Ramadhan

Hello,

It's currently the Ramadhan months for all us Muslims out there. My brothers and sisters are all celebrating the holy month of Ramadhan, insyaAllah. For those of you who don't know what Ramadhan is, here's a little info. :D




From Wikipedia:
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar;^[1] Muslims worldwide observe this as a month of fasting.^[2][3] This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam.^[4] The month lasts 29–30 days based on the visual sightings of the crescent moon, according to numerous biographical accounts compiled in the hadiths. 

We fast from dawn to dusk, refrain ourselves from eating or drinking any food, as well as abstaining from smoking and having sexual relations. We eat before dawn (called sahur) and withhold from aforementioned until the sunsets (called iftar). This month is the greatest months to teach human humility, humbleness and abstinence. That's why the month is sacred and holy for us muslims. Usually, muslims need to have a lot of patience during this month cause let's face it, abstaining oneself from food can make you a little cranky and tired. However, the good deed you get from staying patient is doubled in this month then from any other months.

WOooOO00! Look at me getting all passionate over my religion. This totally makes me talk off tangents from my original point. What I really wanted to point out was that the whole month test out my will power to eat. Everybody have cravings, especially if your deprived of food for more then 12-hours. In that case, it teaches tremendous things. Control and gratefulness; as in, controlling what we eat and grateful for whatever is on the plate, even though you want to eat a horse. It might take a little use to, but after 9 days of fasting, my body is adjusting. Although, I get so tired easily. 

The upside to fasting for 29-30 days is that I'm loosing weight without really exercising, all thanks to fasting. I started fasting on the 10th of July, which is 9 days ago. When I weight myself back then, I was 90kgs. Now? Alhamdulillah, I am 85kgs. Nice, huh? 

Technically, I'm not really proud. :( I want to build up my core muscles and stamina but everytime iftar rolls in and I get a chance to eat, I would probably be too full afterwards to exercise. I'm probably gonna sleep early afterwards too since I was tired tackling the day without food and water. Sucks, right? I did tried exercising on day 4 or 5...but then, I almost puked my dinner and I got so dizzy that I can't walk right. 

-__- I'm ashamed of my unfitness. 

You're probably thinking I eat like hell for iftar right? Nahh! Like I said, ramadhan is the month for humbleness and self-control - abstaining oneself from ones demons and desires. If I want to be a good muslim, I must endure what my religion ask of me. I must fully understand what the months means and I do so by training myself control. 

hehehehe~ 

Sometimes, I lose. Sometimes, I win. A raging battle against oneself is difficult cause we sometime win, and sometimes we fall face first and eating dirt but hey! It doesn't mean we should stop trying. We should continue on, even if we have been eating dirt for awhile. Control is everything! Too much eating, you'll be tripping. Too little controlling, and you'll be bursting.

psst. Both means the same thing. ;D

Cheerio!