Fasting, at heart, is an exercise of patience. It forces us to slow down, to feel the drag of time. When you are hungry, the day seems longer, not shorter. Embrace this. It is by design. You are on a journey into the patient nature of a God who has no regard for time. It is a paradox, in that you must embrace the suffering of fasting and learn patience by it, yet you must not yield the cry of your heart in defeat. Yearn for breakthrough, even when you do not see it. Do both: embrace and yearn. Wait and pray.
