...when one has a non-Christian family who may think he's mad doing it, and doesn't want to make too much of a big deal of it (either to try and avoid conflict or to adhere to Jsus' command not to draw attention to one's acts in the Sermon on the Mount)? This is how I find myself. I've tried fasting say for one or two meals in a day, nothing really gained as I've not been too sure what to do with it and I admit I keep making other excuses to avoid fasting too! But anyway, shuld I bother mentioning it to my family when I fast or keep it quiet?