Our ancestors thought little about preparing for fasting. It was a natural and usual thing for them, because they were born in Orthodox families and from an early age they knew everything about fasting. It is more difficult for a modern person, who often comes to faith in adulthood. If you decide to fast, then the first thing to understand is that fasting is a spiritual achievement. This is by no means a diet or just a healthy diet.
Instructions
Step 1
Fasting prepares us for heavenly life, is its threshold, so much attention should be paid to your spiritual state. Think, what is your soul obsessed with? What is in it from God and what is from his enemy?
Step 2
Repent. But do not just say the words of repentance, these words have no power, but repent sincerely, with confidence that you are on the right path. Then it will be easier to enter into fasting, a time of spiritual and bodily abstinence. Ask for forgiveness from all relatives, friends, acquaintances.
Step 3
Forgive everyone yourself, forgive sincerely, unhypocritically, leaving no vexation on your neighbors. If this does not happen, fasting will no longer have the proper effect.
Step 4
Physical preparation for fasting also needs to be started in advance. If you've never fasted before, try avoiding fast foods on Wednesday and Friday first. It is best to do this throughout the year.
Step 5
It is necessary to accustom yourself to fasting little by little. Everyone determines the amount of food during fasting independently, in no case should you expose yourself to exhaustion, exhaustion. If you decide to endure Great Lent, then a week before Lent, give up meat in your diet. Avoid snacks, i.e. from food that the body does not really need, but is a habit. Train yourself to get up from the table a little hungry.
Step 6
Know in advance what foods you can eat during the fast. In the modern world, fasting is not as strict as in the early days of Christianity, on some days seafood and fish are allowed.
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