Pax's Second Water Fast Thread

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#1

Hello all,

Last year, on November 1st, I began my first experience with water fasting. I had planned on fasting for 21 days and breaking my fast on the 22nd day, which was coincidentally Thanksgiving. Upon breaking my fast, I felt amazing. I felt almost totally in sync with myself, like a million bucks. This time, I’m shooting for two million.

Though I was quite successful in accomplishing what I had set out to do, there were still a few things that I could have improved. My fast was broken prematurely, and it was broken with the wrong type of food. Seven days was difficult. Two weeks was difficult. But once I had reached 21 days, I felt like I could’ve kept going. I wanted to. However, out of a misplaced sense of obligation to an annual family gathering (well, the assorted victuals, at least), I prematurely broke my fast on day 22. And on Thanksgiving food, to boot. My intestines were in much pain, to say the least. Sort of like forcing yourself to run 10 kilometers after sitting on the couch and eating potato chips for a month.

This year, I returned from a 10-day Vipassana Meditation course (which, I think, had a veritably salubrious effect on more than just my mind, but more on that later) and decided to try fasting again. On the 2nd day, I caved in and ate some homemade almond butter. It was not as tremendously tasty as my mind had led me to believe, and I could also not fit as much into my shrunken stomach, further detracting from the intense pleasure I thought I was about to experience. Oops.

Today is now November 5th. It’s 1:29am as I’m typing this sentence, and I am on my fifth day of water fasting. I have begun again, now with the assurance that the food I’m fantasizing about isn’t as good as I think it is, along with the achievable prospect of real progress. I don’t know how long I’m going to fast this time. I didn’t really start out with a “plan” in mind. A proper fast ends when your body physically craves food again, not when your preordained schedule dictates. For now, I’m taking it one day at a time.

I’ll be posting updates along the way. Sometimes periods more frequently than others, of course, but I’ll be here.

I’m tired. More later.

Wish me luck, guys.

PS Here’s a quick overview on the stages of fasting
http://curezone.com/faq/q.asp?a=25,1787,2836&q=759
and something a little more in-depth
http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020127shelton.III/020127.toc.htm
just in case you’re interested

#2

just woke up. i’ve had vivid dreams and morning wood two nights in a row, maybe three, can’t remember.

#3

Damn, your commitment is commendable.

How do you avoid losing excessive weight when you’re doing this? And are you able to do any work?

#4

I expect to lose excessive weight (in the neighborhood of 30lbs), and no, I’m not currently working. The only thing I could really manage right now would be the cushy desk job I don’t have.

#5

seventh day is nearly over, feeling good about sticking it out. and when i’m walking around, i can feel my junk a lot.

#6

Thanks for the updates pax. I’m going to do a water fast eventually. Are you doing this unsupervised?

#7

Yes, unsupervised as was done previously. I don’t really think a fast needs to be supervised as long as you’re being responsible. So far I’ve lost ~21lbs (haven’t weighed myself today) in 19 days (18.5), and it’s going great. Old hunger for Reese’s Cups and beer returns with transience. It’s easy to understand that cravings for foods like this are the result of opiate activity. I’m more interested in eating and living healthy until my health can afford these things again on occasion. I’m staying well hydrated and keeping physical activity on the low side. Sleep is highly predictable.

I had a very, very nice dream last night if you catch my meaning, which is actually very odd, considering SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin; binds to free testosterone and makes it unusable) is very high during fasting. Perhaps my hormones are returning to pre-fin levels, but it’s too early to tell. I did clean my bathroom yesterday, and there were plenty of xenoestrogens in the air.

#8

im jealous as hell man, you’re probably gonna be cured when you come off that fast.

#9

Have you tried fasting? It seems some members have had some improvements from fasting.

Do we know of anyone who didn’t improve or got worse after a fast?

Good job Pax.

#10

yeah lol, im one of the main guys who experienced benefits from fasting hahah. I went on a two week fast earlier this year. I can still attest to its benefits. The biggest benefit being 20 pounds of muscle I have put on since the fast; I dont even drink protein shakes or use testosterone supplements or anything, I’m doing the same thing I did before the fast, its just now, my body actually responds to weightlifting.

#11

Any updates, Pax? Considering your fast began on or around November 1, I assume you’ve broken it at this point (though perhaps that’s not the case). Regardless, how are you feeling?

#12

pax…?