i think a 10 day fast is really good amount of time to set yourself. im doing the same but starting next monday -due to work stuff this week. i am going to make 10 and just see how i feel if i want to stop i will if i want to keep going i will do that too. i wish you all the best and hope you get everything out of it you hope for. now as far as the food thing at home it was really really hard the first 2 weeks for me cooking food or smelling it in the house. after two weeks i didnt care. so be prepared it might be still hard. my thing was to burn nice smelling oils, ask the rest of the family to clean up completely wipe benches empty the rubbish etc. i also found it easier at the start to cook food i didnt particularly care for. to this day i still cannot make lasagne or have pita bread in the house. not sure if i would actually eat it but hey im not even going to tempt myself with those two loves.i would also go for a walk while they ate. i tried to find other things we could share in too because meal times for us was family time. but it turned out everyone loved the fruit juices so this was what we kind of socialised over. i htink it is ok to ask those who you love and love you to help you out a bit too. i always thought it was only 30 days - i think they should be a little accomodating! think of it as a gift you are givign yourself - this truly makes sense when you accomplish your goal and know it was you who did the hard work!