The days of fasting are for spiritual strength and a period of storage

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

The days of fasting are for spiritual strength and a period of storage.
From the depth of spiritual fast, one gains spiritual strength that sustains him during his period of no fasting. He who is honest for instance during Lent, stores up spiritual stock that strengthens him throughout the fifty sacred days following Lent, where neither fasting nor prostration are allowed