Water Fasting Anyone?

iAm_misspiggy

ONLY respond if you have done it before please and thank you. :flowerforyou: I'm 7 hours away from being done with day 2. :laugh: I'm considering doing 3 days then eat veggies on day four then do 3 more days. I'm not sure yet.

vim_n_vigor

Unless you have a pressing health reason to do this, you are better off just eating food. 6 out of 7 days with no food without medical supervision is probably not the best choice.

**I did have to do it for 2 days for medical tests. It sucked. I lost weight, sure - but only until I could eat again.

daves160

I've done water/juice fasts before for 2 or 3 days. But only for cleansing my system and I do it when I know I won't have to exert a lot of energy. If you are "clean" on the out going side, then you have accomplished the goal.
It is very depleting on my system as far as energy and strength go.

PrincessEliNa

Do you mean just drinking water with no food at all? Or water as your only liquid source? *Not sure what you mean*

JustEllieK

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ninerbuff

Do you mean just drinking water with no food at all? Or water as your only liquid source? *Not sure what you mean*

I'm sure that's what she means. IMO one of the most muscle wasting and under nourishing things you can to your body. You need essentials for your body and metabolism to perform correctly and not eating protein and fats for a few days at a time could upset this.

Gigi_licious

I'm not sure if I should respond to this or not, but considering I've never done it because it sounds ridiculous and unhealthy....and I like food.....but I would say it doesn't sound like a good idea.

Seajolly

I don't like when people automatically attack others for water fasting. There are many religions in the world that do this often. Water fasting for a couple of days is NOT a terrible thing, if your doctor says you are healthy enough to do so and it's okay. In fact, short fasts can be very good for the system. A few days will not ruin your metabolism.

Just wanted to say this as a lot of people automatically attack people for fasting here and it bothers me...

sexforjaffacakes

A water fast is okay for like a day, two at the very very most, but it's more to "cleanse" rather than to lose weight as a permanent weight loss technique it doesn't work and damages your body and metabolism

monikajj

It's not for fat loss.

McKayMachina

I do it once in a while when I am feeling heavy and sluggish. Makes me feel awesome. Never more than once/week and usually less than once/month. I also incorporate green tea and coffee.

Timdog57

Be careful, you've opened a can of worms... Most people around here don't seem at all open to fasting...

Anyway, I've done 24 hour fasts (in fact I'm doing one as we speak), but nothing longer. From what I've read there's a lot of great science supporting the positive effects of fasting for 16-36 hours. I'm not sure about anything beyond that however.

patriciaachish

I tried the master cleanse diet for 14 days (only drank lemonade) and I sure lost weight 14-15lbs but gained it again immediately... As everyone has mentioned, any kind of fasting IS ONLY GOOD AS A CLEANSING TECHNIQUE, not a weight-loss method because you only lost water and waste weight not actual fats because you wont have enough energy to work out, but I do know somebody that works out while doing the master cleanse diet but IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS because of blood sugar drops...

Remember:
ANY KIND OF FASTING = CLEANING/CLEANSING THE BODY
WEIGHT-LOSS = EXERCISE+NORMAL HEALTHY DIET

oswaldbowser

Sorry to sound stupid but how on earth can water fasting clense the system !

KarmaxKitty

Fasting = Cleansing

Weightloss = balanced diet and excerise.

I'm not sure if you're fasting to lose weight, but if that's the case don't do it. It comes right back. Fasting every now and then isn't totally bad. I do one occasionally when I'm feeling rather...not all myself. It's like restarting for me. Ask your doctor about it though. Not for weightloss reasons, though. That's just silly.

puggleperson

I haven't done it, and you can't stop me from responding.

THIS IS A STUPID IDEA!

"Only respond if you've done this..." what? Do you want to surround yourself with idiots.

LMAO!!!!!!!

koosdel

Sorry to sound stupid but how on earth can water fasting clense the system !

Well... if and when the re-feeding syndrome kicks in, there is a lot of barfing.

channa007

Sorry to sound stupid but how on earth can water fasting clense the system !

Well... if and when the re-feeding syndrome kicks in, there is a lot of barfing.

You crack me up bro! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

oswaldbowser

Fasting = Cleansing

Weightloss = balanced diet and excerise.

I'm not sure if you're fasting to lose weight, but if that's the case don't do it. It comes right back. Fasting every now and then isn't totally bad. I do one occasionally when I'm feeling rather...not all myself. It's like restarting for me. Ask your doctor about it though. Not for weightloss reasons, though. That's just silly.

Fasting means the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time......nothing to do with cleansing !

KristiPugel

I wouldn't recommend doing a water fast for weight-loss purposes. Fasting is more of a religious thing. I find it benificial in my prayer life, but the weight-loss is just a side benifit. It doesn't stay gone though, because once you start eating again, there's the tendency to over-eat and the weight comes back and brings friends with it.

iAm_misspiggy

ALSO I do boot camp for exercise, but I'm of course not going during the fast period. I've decided to NOT do a 6 day water fast but to phase into Dr. Ian's 4 day diet.... so fast for a couple days then add in veggies... then build upon that.

The seven dieting modules of the 4 day diet include:

Induction (detox/cleansing)
Transition (to reintroduce all food groups)
Protein Stretch (to avoid plateaus)
Smooth (when you can have some formerly forbidden foods like pizza and French fries)
Push (the sprint just before the final stretch, back to a stricter eating plan)
Pace (a comfortable module for you to catch your breath)
Vigorous (the final module to lose those last few pounds)

I've done the 4 day diet before and struggled during the fruit and veggie only detox. I feel like fasting would make only eating fruits and veggies feel like cake. The Strategy is If I'm discipline enough to have only water for a couple days nothing can phase me (diet wise)

KarmaxKitty

Fasting = Cleansing

Weightloss = balanced diet and excerise.

I'm not sure if you're fasting to lose weight, but if that's the case don't do it. It comes right back. Fasting every now and then isn't totally bad. I do one occasionally when I'm feeling rather...not all myself. It's like restarting for me. Ask your doctor about it though. Not for weightloss reasons, though. That's just silly.

Fasting means the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time......nothing to do with cleansing !

Not PHYSICAL cleansing. Not the cleansing I was referring to. I know the definition of fasting, thank you very much.

Schwiggs

ALSO I do boot camp for exercise, but I'm of course not going during the fast period. I've decided to NOT do a 6 day water fast but to phase into Dr. Ian's 4 day diet.... so fast for a couple days then add in veggies... then build upon that.

The seven dieting modules of the 4 day diet include:

Induction (detox/cleansing)
Transition (to reintroduce all food groups)
Protein Stretch (to avoid plateaus)
Smooth (when you can have some formerly forbidden foods like pizza and French fries)
Push (the sprint just before the final stretch, back to a stricter eating plan)
Pace (a comfortable module for you to catch your breath)
Vigorous (the final module to lose those last few pounds)

I've done the 4 day diet before and struggled during the fruit and veggie only detox. I feel like fasting would make only eating fruits and veggies feel like cake. The Strategy is If I'm discipline enough to have only water for a couple days nothing can phase me (diet wise)

If people could lose and keep off their weight in 4 days, this would be a lot more popular than it is. Stop buying into fads please. You're reinforcing a gender stereotype, and I'm sure the dedicated women of this site don't appreciate it.

Avalonis

ONLY respond if you have done it before please and thank you. :flowerforyou: I'm 7 hours away from being done with day 2. :laugh: I'm considering doing 3 days then eat veggies on day four then do 3 more days. I'm not sure yet.

All I heard was "I'm being unhealthy and making diet decisions that the research by numerous medical studies states is unhealthy and dangerous, but please don't tell me that I am demonstrating the classic signs of an eating disorder"

Anyone else hear that?

Carry on.

XxXskinnyMiniXxX

ONLY respond if you have done it before please and thank you. :flowerforyou: I'm 7 hours away from being done with day 2. :laugh: I'm considering doing 3 days then eat veggies on day four then do 3 more days. I'm not sure yet.

All I heard was "I'm being unhealthy and making diet decisions that the research by numerous medical studies states is unhealthy and dangerous, but please don't tell me that I am demonstrating the classic signs of an eating disorder"

Anyone else hear that?

Carry on.

:laugh:

Jezza777

Yes I fast occasionally, two days is usually my limit but I take my men's multi vitamins during that time

iAm_misspiggy

How could the diet be for only 4 days if it has 7 modules??? Don't respond if you don't know what you are talking about or without reading. The name is 4 day diet, but it's not really for FOUR DAYS! http://www.ubciweek.com/diet-2/does-the-dr-ian-smith-4-day-diet-work.html

iAm_misspiggy

ALSO I do boot camp for exercise, but I'm of course not going during the fast period. I've decided to NOT do a 6 day water fast but to phase into Dr. Ian's 4 day diet.... so fast for a couple days then add in veggies... then build upon that.

The seven dieting modules of the 4 day diet include:

Induction (detox/cleansing)
Transition (to reintroduce all food groups)
Protein Stretch (to avoid plateaus)
Smooth (when you can have some formerly forbidden foods like pizza and French fries)
Push (the sprint just before the final stretch, back to a stricter eating plan)
Pace (a comfortable module for you to catch your breath)
Vigorous (the final module to lose those last few pounds)

I've done the 4 day diet before and struggled during the fruit and veggie only detox. I feel like fasting would make only eating fruits and veggies feel like cake. The Strategy is If I'm discipline enough to have only water for a couple days nothing can phase me (diet wise)

If people could lose and keep off their weight in 4 days, this would be a lot more popular than it is. Stop buying into fads please. You're reinforcing a gender stereotype, and I'm sure the dedicated women of this site don't appreciate it.

How could the diet be for only 4 days if it has 7 modules??? Don't respond if you don't know what you are talking about or without reading. The name is 4 day diet, but it's not really for FOUR DAYS!

killerqueen17

I have fasted before, but not for weight loss-- simply for spiritual reasons. It's tough. I have only gone a day or so on just water, but typically I will have juice, tea, and sometimes even broth if I'm feeling absolutely terrible. And to be honest, I couldn't tell you if I lost any weight doing it or not. I wasn't keeping track of my weight the last time I fasted... but my clothes didn't fit differently or anything like that. I wouldn't recommend it as a weight-loss method at all, personally... because when I did it, it didn't affect my weight. lol.

xToTsx

I tried the master cleanse diet for 14 days (only drank lemonade) and I sure lost weight 14-15lbs but gained it again immediately... As everyone has mentioned, any kind of fasting IS ONLY GOOD AS A CLEANSING TECHNIQUE, not a weight-loss method because you only lost water and waste weight not actual fats because you wont have enough energy to work out, but I do know somebody that works out while doing the master cleanse diet but IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS because of blood sugar drops...

Remember:
ANY KIND OF FASTING = CLEANING/CLEANSING THE BODY
WEIGHT-LOSS = EXERCISE+NORMAL HEALTHY DIET

I agree with this. Fasting as a weight loss method is not safe and shouldn't be done. I've heard that fasting for a day or, at most two, can be good as a cleansing technique. Even then I wouldn't do it often. The only other reason I can think of to fast is religious purposes. I've done it for religious purposes before, I didn't notice much of a change.

carolynmittens

Fasting means the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time......nothing to do with cleansing !

seriously? no offense but do you know anything about fasting? other than knowing that it involves abstaining from food, that is. fasting has EVERYTHING to do with cleansing. the body expends a tremendous amount of energy digesting food. when you're not preoccupying your body with the tasks of digesting food, absorbing nutrients and eliminating waste, it focuses all of its energy pulling out and flushing toxins from the body. haven't you ever felt a loss of appetite when you're sick? that's your body instinctively telling you to fast, so that it can expend more energy fighting off the virus that's attacking you. in the same way, fasting when you're not sick (well, when you're without symptoms, anyway) allows your digestive enzymes to focus on eliminating the dead, damaged or diseased cells in your body as well as flush out accumulated toxins.

and this goes for everyone else in this thread who claimed fasting is "stupid." there are a tremendous number of great books out there on this subject if you ever care to educate yourselves. here are three examples:

http://www.amazon.com/Fasting-Eating-Health-Medical-Conquering/dp/031218719X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318293532&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Juice-Fasting-Detoxification-Healing-Power/dp/1878736655/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1318294618&sr=8-9

http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Fasting-Throughout-Spiritual-Rejuvenation/dp/0877900396/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1318294753&sr=8-10

those books also detail numerous accounts where fasting has improved conditions such as chronic pain, skin irritations/disorders, high blood pressure, hypoglycemia, rheumatoid arthritis, digestive disorders, autoimmune illnesses, migraines/acne/allergies etc etc, i could go on. it's a very interesting subject if you care to learn a bit more about it.