Thank you CandiceMarie, for this link. I am doing my long Lent fast with an eating window (20:4) and this article helps me to carry on. Think positively about the benefits of fasting while you struggle to keep at it... as he says in the article.
I am not Catholic, and medically children SHOULD NOT fast at all. Horrors.
But I am a Christian and I do have a Spiritual side to my Lenten fasting. Fasting removes the 'flesh', so to speak from our encounter with God. When fasting I find it so much easier to pray and just to concentrate on the presence of God. Yea, if you haven't experienced this, it is impossible to explain. But it is something very beautiful
It is good to be reminded of all the health benefits, too. Thanks!