Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hi there, Could anyone share the experience of going on Water Fast Only... nothing else. How long did you manage to do it and how did you feel? Any inut would be helpful. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 I went on a 3 day water fast - drinking water each time I felt hunger. The first day (a Thursday) was hardest but after that I felt energized and my thinking was clear.. I worked on Thursday and Friday without problems. Pat _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of dkkmusic Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:51 AM rawfood [Raw Food] Fasting Questions Hi there, Could anyone share the experience of going on Water Fast Only... nothing else. How long did you manage to do it and how did you feel? Any inut would be helpful. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 I got through 2.5 days of water fasting with no problem. The third day my psyche kicked in at noontime and told me to eat and I did. I kicked myself for it at the time because I was doing awesome ... felt wonderful, had energy, etc. It's that old habit thing that ruined it for me. I'm told if you can get past day 3 your golden. That is my goal for my next fast (I just need to finish up the small amount of food that is in the house now) which I expect to be sometime this weekend - to get past the 3 day mark. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hi D, I have done 3 8 day water fasts in the past 2 years, and am preparing for my fourth now in which I plan to go 10 to 14 days. Now, it is of utmost importance to prepare your body for a fast. If you are 100 pounds overweight and have related health issues, going straight into a fast will will be an extremely painful experience...indeed, fasting is easiest for those who are healthiest. So to prepare, if you don't already know: You should mono-diet (meaning eat only raw food) for at least a week or two leading up to the beginning of the fast, with a longer mono-diet lead time the more overweight and toxic you are. If you email me your current diet plan, your height and weight etc, I can recommend something more specific. The mono-diet period will begin your cleanse and you can expect to lose a pound or two a day in excess fat if you have it - you wont lose more weight than is healthy though, so don't worry. This period also helps break any " cooked food addictions " you have, and will make the fast a lot easier. In my first 8 day fast, I didn't really feel anything for about 2 days - slight hunger, but it was by no means uncomfortable. It is important to realize that it takes about 2 or 3 days for the body to actually enter the true fasting state, where the body begins to conserves muscle tissue and utilize fat and interstitial tissue reserves for sustenance instead. Before this happens, your body relies on muscle tissue only, so frequent 2 or 3 day fasting is not recommended as this can reduce your muscle tissue without giving a true cleansing experience. One-day fasting is okay on the other hand, as this is too short of time for the body to bother reducing muscle tissue because the food in your system from the day before is still being digested. However, a one day fast is mostly for rest, although weekly one day fasts does eventually build up. I prefer doing long fasts, because you can really see and feel the results right away. On the 3rd day I started feeling a little tired and a little slower, (but I still went to my desk job/work everyday of the fast...there will be no heavy lifting!!), and on the 4rth day I started experiencing major cramping in my knees and calves. This was due to release of the toxins stored in the joints there, and it went away by the 6th day. You will find your mind to feel a lot more even, concentrated, less distracted, and generally calm. That was my first fast, and please know that breaking the fast is as important as starting it. It must be broken with the right type of food, or else you could damage your digestive system! I can tell you how to break it if you don't know already. Please ask if needed. I lost about 20 pounds of fat I think on that first fast (I had it to lose). My 2nd fast transpired almost exactly like my first, with the knee pain etc, but after I broke it I experienced an increase in my libido that was just ridiculous. I broke that fast extremely well and that might have had something to do with it. But with the return of health and rejuvenation that fasting brings to the body, this is a commonly reported occurrence - not 100% of the time, but you might get lucky After this fast I noticed my bowel movements were of very poor quality, and this lasted until my 3rd fast. On my 3rd fast, I experienced the knee pain again but it was extremely reduced in intensity compared to the previous 2 fasts, meaning the toxins were nearly eliminated from that region. You may experience aches or pains in other parts of your body, or not at all, just depends on where and if large amounts of toxin have been stored in your body. This fast was by far the easiest, but I could feel major processing of some sort happening deep in my intestines - it didn't cause any pain but I could just feel something major happening. I broke this fast very well once again, and after the first day of intaking food again I passed a major clump of mucous! After that passed, my bowel movements were extremely healthy again, and a skin condition I have had since adolescence disappeared and has not returned. I used to have these huge welts in the skin on my back that looked like huge whiteheads - this was my body trying so hard to cleanse itself in the feeding state that it tried to force the mucous out of my skin! But the fast allowed the mucous to pass the right way. I was a huge dairy consumer before studying Natural Hygiene, so I am sure that is where all the mucous came from - I haven't been sick of a cold or anything since I stopped drinking milk, even though I am around sick people all the time! I didn't experience the increase in libido this time, but, I must say it never really disappeared! I've been on a libido high for half a year now, though it is starting to diminish now. My next fast, which starts in a week or two, will go for at least 8 days, but I am trying for 10 to 14. Now that I am at my ideal body weight, my body will use fasting for " deep " cleansing rather than excess fat loss, so I hope to pass more mucous out of my system as I feel there is still some left in my intestines. If you have any more questions, please post and I and everyone will help! Hope this helps! Oh lastly, it is important to be in a stress free environment while fasting, but I have found that having absolutely nothing to do just makes it harder because all your mind has to do is think about food. So have something to do with your mind...if you can work on your computer from home, then thats great, or play games on it etc. Also realize that fasting is a very emotional and spiritual process. You will by denying yourself the thing that since birth has given you comfort! So you must have great faith in yourself, and great courage as well, but these will also develop with fasting. Have fun! Joe rawfood , dkkmusic <no_reply wrote: > > Hi there, > > Could anyone share the experience of going on Water Fast Only... nothing else. > How long did you manage to do it and how did you feel? > > Any inut would be helpful. > D. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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