Sentence 1: Josh was waiting all day for an all you can eat buffet dinner. 
 Sentence 3: He looked forward to stuffing his face 
 Sentence 4:  When the time came, he ate 5 full plates of food 
 Sentence 5:  Soon after, his stomach started hurting from all the food 
 Option 1: He had been fasting for the past two days. 
 Option 2: He had been eating it for the past two days.