Board 8 > Doing a 5 day water fast.

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Started at 8pm Easter Sunday. Will we survive? Only thing I will be ingesting is water and one daily multivitamin a day.

I did that years ago. Also did 5 days. Day 2 is the toughest. Days 4 and 5 were actually very easy because you start to feel loopy in a way that is almost euphoric.

TomNook posted...

I did that years ago. Also did 5 days. Day 2 is the toughest. Days 4 and 5 were actually very easy because you start to feel loopy in a way that is almost euphoric.

I remember someone tried recently and failed. I just need to a general reset in my body that this fast should provide.

I have heard day 2 to 3 is the toughest though and is a testament of will at that point.

do 30 days

Aecioo posted...

do 30 days

No

If I was overweight, I would just get liposuction and just get it over with.

StartAllOver posted...

If I was overweight, I would just get liposuction and just get it over with.

Sounds cool

Good luck, and hope you are able to purge your body of the things you need gone.

I was thinkin about trying this too some time soon. Good luck

Questionable if my start time should be 11pm instead of 8pm. I did have a diet Pepsi around then. We will just go to Saturday morning to cover all angles.

Diet Pepsi is just black water

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Diet Pepsi is just black water

It's debatable if the fake sugar tricks the body into thinking it should react. It seems some people absorb fake sugar and some don't. They aren't entirely sure why.

Unless this is some religion thing maybe you should just do a 3 day juice cleanse first and see how it goes

Lopen posted...

Unless this is some religion thing maybe you should just do a 3 day juice cleanse first and see how it goes

We will be aight. <3

I can't fathom doing more than 2 days. Good luck.

jcgamer107 posted...

I can't fathom doing more than 2 days. Good luck.

I eat once a day normally so I almost always do 24 hours on the reg. If I ever start a diet I do 2 or 3 because it shrinks your stomach and then eating less feels so much more filling. 5 is more than usual, but it really shouldn't be too difficult. There is a lot of research that points to fasting that long being very good for the body. I'll try it out I suppose.

Doing one day is hard for me. I can't imagine doing five. Best of luck.

Uglyface2 posted...

Doing one day is hard for me. I can't imagine doing five. Best of luck.

Working days is no issue if you figure you work 8 hours and sleep 8 hours. It's the days you are off that you get bored that get dicey.

After 1 day, all good. Stomach grumbled some around 20 hours. Stomach feels like someone is pressing in on it, but no issues. All good.

That's dumb af

Got a caffeine withdrawal headache going on. *shrug*

If you can shrug it off it's not a proper caffeine headache in my experience.

Best of luck with the fast in any case!

Forceful_Dragon posted...

If you can shrug it off it's not a proper caffeine headache in my experience.

Best of luck with the fast in any case!

I have had a caffeine headache before. It's excruciating until you go to sleep and wake back up.

5 days is too long especially if you don't fast regularly.
Don't be stupid. Well you will likely quit anyway.
3 days max is enough

Slept pretty good today. Almost 48 hours done. Headache went from strong to barely in the background now. That's usually how caffeine withdrawal headaches work based on my past experience. Tomorrow will likely be strong urging to eat. Then it should subside completely and be all gravy from there.

Headache completely subsided. I slept a ton today. As someone who had been suffering from insomnia lately, I cannot stress how good I feel right now compared to before just from the sleep.

2 days down. 3 to go.

3 days down. 2 to go. Trying to decide when I will end my fast. I could do 8pm Friday. Midnight Saturday if I count that diet pepsi I had Sunday night. Or I could just wait til Saturday evening. Decisions decisions.

Corrik7 posted...

3 days down. 2 to go. Trying to decide when I will end my fast. I could do 8pm Friday. Midnight Saturday if I count that diet pepsi I had Sunday night. Or I could just wait til Saturday evening. Decisions decisions.

Is a diet Pepsi water? No? Then you've got to go to midnight Saturday for it to count. I mean, obviously do what you want but why cheat yourself of your personal goal.

Seanchan posted...

Is a diet Pepsi water? No? Then you've got to go to midnight Saturday for it to count. I mean, obviously do what you want but why cheat yourself of your personal goal.

True. It is just debatable if it breaks a fast or not which is why I was thinking about it. Getting a dinner with my child after his baseball game Friday evening would have been convenient.

Good luck Corrik, hope the remaining times goes by...fast

Panthera posted...

Good luck Corrik, hope the remaining times goes by...fast

No problems so far. Been doing a ton of sleeping. Which feels great lol.

just to let you know you inspired me and I'm doing the same right now

ending day 2.

Hunger pains are on and off

and I find myself day dreaming about food lol.

I like eating so I miss the ACT of it more than my body "requiring" it if that makes any sense. I just want to eat to eat, not to get rid of any hunger

the only thing I take are vitamins and my meds of course

I've eaten like crap the past few weeks so thats mostly why I wanted to do this. I've never done this before so I might end on day 3

do 30 days

Punnyz posted...

just to let you know you inspired me and I'm doing the same right now

ending day 2.

Hunger pains are on and off

and I find myself day dreaming about food lol.

I like eating so I miss the ACT of it more than my body "requiring" it if that makes any sense. I just want to eat to eat, not to get rid of any hunger

the only thing I take are vitamins and my meds of course

I've eaten like crap the past few weeks so thats mostly why I wanted to do this. I've never done this before so I might end on day 3

The hunger goes away after day 2-3. The biggest worry is dehydration and not hunger (unless you are skinny. If skinny just stop at 3).

I haven't really had much hunger at all honestly. Some stomach growling but that's about it.

The biggest test was Tuesday when I made my son chicken nuggets and he had 2 left. I hate to waste and normally would have just finished it for him, but I had to hold strong there and just resort to tossing them.

I stopped nicotine, caffeine, and food all at once. So the headaches are most likely from caffeine. I have zero addiction to nicotine and mostly just vape for the fun of blowing smoke and flavors (sometimes with 0% nicotine) I'll probably stop that altogether soon anyways.

But, again, the biggest risk is dehydration. Unless taking like salt water or having reserves, your electrolytes will fall and you will drain of water. I personally can feel my muscles feeling tighter which probably says that I am getting dehydrated and at risk of cramping soon, but I am drinking a good bit of water. So I should be okay.

For you though, I'd recommend being careful and if you feel like it is time to stop, you stop.

Woohoo rounding out 4 days. Don't work tonight so boredom is the major enemy now.

Corrik7 posted...

I have zero addiction to nicotine

I always laugh when I hear this.

so how often are you supposed to do this?

Punnyz posted...

so how often are you supposed to do this?

Once a year maybe if that. Not more than every 6 months.

Waluigi1 posted...

I always laugh when I hear this.

I get it, but I have heard I am supposedly addicted to alcohol and nicotine and etc etc. Addiction and choosing to do something are a bit different.

I drink so rarely now it's silly. I have alcohol sitting in my fridge from 2 superbowls ago because I have no need to drink and don't without company (should give you an idea on how much I have company anymore).

I have a vape sitting on my shelf right now I haven't touched since Sunday. I could switch the nicotine to 0 tomorrow and not care at all. That's not addiction.

An addict can't help themself.

I've never understood why vapers choose the ones with nicotine to begin with.

Waluigi1 posted...

I've never understood why vapers choose the ones with nicotine to begin with.

Sometimes you can't find the flavors you want without it.

so I haven't eaten in 3 days

I just pooped

lol wut

did I sleep eat at some point?

Hunger pains are hurtin now. depending on how I feel tomorrow, I might end it at day 3

Punnyz posted...

so I haven't eaten in 3 days

I just pooped

lol wut

did I sleep eat at some point?

Hunger pains are hurtin now. depending on how I feel tomorrow, I might end it at day 3

Usually the first thing you do when you end it is poop haha.

Corrik7 posted...

Once a year maybe if that. Not more than every 6 months.

OHH wow so not that often lol

IDK why I thought it was once a month or something

Corrik7 posted...

Usually the first thing you do when you end it is poop haha.

maybe this is a sign then lol

Punnyz posted...

maybe this is a sign then lol

Things to watch out for: Day 2 can be very uncomfortable for the many since around 48 to 72 hours the carbohydrates burn from the body and it feels not so great for many; drink your water anytime your feel poorly.

This is you lol.

UltimaterializerX posted...

I did a 3 week water/juice fast plus cleanse once. You stop being hungry after 3 days. Drink a ton of water.

You also need to very slowly work your way back to eating normally. Like, two or three days of one or two bites in a meal, tops. Yay I can eat again will likely cause you to puke.

Wow 3 weeks!?

Only thing I will say punny is that if your goal was autophagy, you are almost there.

well I"m rounding day 3, I think technically I'm on 4 now

I feel like these things are being delayed or something, I seem to be experiencing everything a day behind

Corrik7 posted...

The hunger goes away after day 2-3. The biggest worry is dehydration and not hunger (unless you are skinny. If skinny just stop at 3).

How skinny is skinny? Like, say someone is 5'4 and 130 pounds. Would that be skinny?