Last week I had to go to the hospital to have a minor procedure done on my left arm. The night before I had this done I stayed in the hospital and since my procedure was to be done at 7:00 in the morning I had to fast for 12 hours. The next day I was not allowed to have either breakfast or lunch so I was very hungry. I ordered my dinner before I went to have the procedure done so that I could eat right away. Unfortunately, after starting the procedure, my Doctor decided to wait one more day so the medicine I was given could have more time to work. Once I got back to my room I got the very bad news that I was only allowed to have a small bowl of chicken broth! I was so very hungry! I watched TV before I went to bed it seemed all of the commercials were about food! The next day I again could not have breakfast or lunch and after the procedure was finally able to have dinner. The only problem was that the portions were very small. I was in the hospital a total of 6 days and I lost about 6 pounds! One pound for each day!