Just finished 21 days fasting
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Did a 21 day fast myself last year and had almost as much energy for normal day to day stuff as usual. Not enough for a workout or anything strenuous, but I work full time online anyway so just carried on as normal.
Sounds like you didn't take any electrolytes if you were weak? I took electrolyte supplements all the way through and it makes all the difference. The first time I did a 7 day I didn't take any and I was so weak I nearly blacked out every time I stood up.
Mentally it's TOUGH so kudos for sticking it out. Hope you got the benefits you were looking for. I only kept off about 10lbs afterwards, but much improved digestion, better skin, and got rid of sugar cravings so easier to eat better now.
Sounds like you didn't take any electrolytes if you were weak? I took electrolyte supplements all the way through and it makes all the difference. The first time I did a 7 day I didn't take any and I was so weak I nearly blacked out every time I stood up.
Mentally it's TOUGH so kudos for sticking it out. Hope you got the benefits you were looking for. I only kept off about 10lbs afterwards, but much improved digestion, better skin, and got rid of sugar cravings so easier to eat better now.
soa0611
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took electrolytes 2 last days as highly mineral water , it helped a little but still i was as boiled sausage, don't know.
but the first 2 weeks i was almost ok
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Yeah I started at 16 / 8 a little over a week ago and worked up to 18 / 6 a little each day - in two weeks I'm shooting for 20 / 4. It can definitely be tough but I skipped breakfast a lot already, so basically I started eating dinner a little earlier and then not eating til lunch the next day and it's worked pretty well so far lol. I drink a ton of water and black coffee during the fasts though to keep me full-ish, and I feel great
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GT_Aggressor
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Wow, wow, you didn't tell us - what is your purpose?
soa0611
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SEOMet
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And does fasting help? Just curious, I have no clue
crissdinesh
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You did a record. Congrats!
Abdullah Prem
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how much weight lost?
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I often do intermittent fasting for months and having only one, rarely two meals per day, but drinking only water for 21 days sounds like madness.
Was it recommended by someone/were you supervised or you figured yourself that it's a good thing to do and did it on your own? If you do water fasting this long without medical supervision, it's a health risk or you can even die.
Was it recommended by someone/were you supervised or you figured yourself that it's a good thing to do and did it on your own? If you do water fasting this long without medical supervision, it's a health risk or you can even die.
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Titanlord
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its not hard, just go for it, only at the start you will feel like you want water, maybe a couple of hours then its smooth sailing, i would suggest you just listen to your body and don't push yourself, i usually do 2 days dry fasting and i am used to it but i too will just do 30-40 hours only every once in a while, go with your gut. i don't recommend you do this if you have some health issues, take electrolytes when you break the dry fast, and it's almost impossible to do dry fasting in summer, never risk your health, just listen to your body and how much fat you have will affect how long you can do dry/water fast, a skinny person will find it extremely hard to go on for days but for a heavy person it will be a breeze to fast few days
Titanlord
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fasting does help in some cases, when you fast your body recycles dead cells (Autophagy) and you can find lot of people who fast for a while and refeed and keep fasting show improvements on some health issues, but its upto you, you need to be safe while doing this and if not done properly its very risky, and always take electrolytes while fasting
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Hopefully, you're feeling better. You need to be careful going back on food.
I've done the Stanley Burroughs Master Cleanse for 15 days.
Search something like: coming off the master cleanse, you'll get diet recommendations to help ease you back on to hard food. Also, chicken or bone broth is your friend right now.
One last thing: People, DON'T DO THIS, it's not healthy! Even the OP recommended not doing it.
I've done the Stanley Burroughs Master Cleanse for 15 days.
Search something like: coming off the master cleanse, you'll get diet recommendations to help ease you back on to hard food. Also, chicken or bone broth is your friend right now.
One last thing: People, DON'T DO THIS, it's not healthy! Even the OP recommended not doing it.