FASTING? need help?

réalta

hi guys,

i am doing a 24 hour fast for Trocaire, starting tonight after dinner

so i know i will be drinking LOADS of water :laugh:

but is there anything i can do to help my body along, i usually eat little and often, will this affect my weight loss or what? is it bad that i am doing the fast, its just its for charity and i used to do it in school every year, so thought i could help out again

also,
here is my donation page if anyone would like to donate a euro/dollar/pound :smooched:

http://www.trocairefast.org/modules/system.php?pageId=REP300539

(ps, the money goes straight to the trocaire website, it never sees my pocket :blushing: )

réalta

hi guys,

i am doing a 24 hour fast for Trocaire, starting tonight after dinner

so i know i will be drinking LOADS of water :laugh:

but is there anything i can do to help my body along, i usually eat little and often, will this affect my weight loss or what? is it bad that i am doing the fast, its just its for charity and i used to do it in school every year, so thought i could help out again

also,
here is my donation page if anyone would like to donate a euro/dollar/pound :smooched:

http://www.trocairefast.org/modules/system.php?pageId=REP300539

(ps, the money goes straight to the trocaire website, it never sees my pocket :blushing: )

SHBoss1673

OK so here is an example of the RIGHT reason to do a fast. To help others.

Kudo's realta!

IMHO, fasting can be done for any number of reasons legitemately, but the one reason I don't think it should be done is for weight loss. So good for you lady!

Anyway, while uncomfortable, I don't think 24 hours of fasting will have any serious medical consequences (assuming you are healthy to begin with). Just keep drinking the water and add a few vitamin supplements in there and I think you'll be fine.

now I'm going to go check out your trocaire page and see how I can help.
:flowerforyou:

réalta

thanks so much Banks :blushing:

i really appreciate your support

i am working tomorrow, so my hands will be kept busy and away from the fridge! lol i will be starting after dinner tonight, so from about 7pm until 7pm sat, i think i should be ok, lots of water and just get on with it as its such a great cause, unfortunately some people have no choice whether they want to fast or not, so im glad i can do something small to help

thanks everyone :drinker:

DBranchaud

Try drinking herbal tea...or is that not allowed?

réalta

awh thanks, never thought of that :blushing:

and i LOVE my herbal tea :drinker:

cettefille

Your fast includes being able to drink?

I sometimes fast for religious reasons, and the fast is nothing to eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, so I just make sure I eat a good breakfast and drink lots of water in the morning before I begin my fast. Then after I break my fast I allow myself a bigger (higher in calorie) meal than I would normally eat. I'm not exactly sure how your particular fast works, so I'm sure my input probably doesn't help... sorry.

réalta

i appreciate all input,

it says on the trocaire website that you can have water and/or fruit juice, but i think i will stick to water, as fruit juice is kinda food in my opinion :blushing:

im doing it for charity and they say i can have water :drinker: otherwise id be v.moody! lol

MTGirl

Wow - that's great Realta! Wish I had some extra $ to donate

My only advice, besides the water thing, would be to go a little easy when you break your fast. Your body hasn't had food for 24 hours, so start with lighter stuff, toast, fruit, and let that settle for an hour or so then move on to more substantial fare. Easier on the tummy and digestive system! Let us know how much you raise??!! :drinker: :drinker: Way to go!

réalta

Wow - that's great Realta! Wish I had some extra $ to donate

My only advice, besides the water thing, would be to go a little easy when you break your fast. Your body hasn't had food for 24 hours, so start with lighter stuff, toast, fruit, and let that settle for an hour or so then move on to more substantial fare. Easier on the tummy and digestive system! Let us know how much you raise??!! :drinker: :drinker: Way to go!

thanks so much, yea i never thought about that, i was planing to have a nice yummy dinner ready for me, maybe i will have some snacks and a light meal tomorrow evening instead

thanks for the support :flowerforyou:

kerrilucko

I used to do a 30-hour famine in high school every year. There were never any adverse effects. You should allow yourself to have fruit juice though, it helps to regulate your blood sugar. 24 hours isn't as long as it seems. If you keep yourself busy it'll be over before you know it :flowerforyou:

LeanLioness

I would do the water and herbal tea...............just my opinion.

Fruit juice does not regulate the blood sugar, it will give you the see saw effect of your blood sugar going up and then down when the sugar rush is over..............

kerrilucko

I would do the water and herbal tea...............just my opinion.

Fruit juice does not regulate the blood sugar, it will give you the see saw effect of your blood sugar going up and then down when the sugar rush is over..............

we were always specifically instructed by professionals in health care to drink fruit juice throughout the day. If regulating blood sugar is not the reason then I don't know what it, but I am just sharing my personal experience.

réalta

thanks guys

i will try a little OJ, if i feel weak, i appreciate all your support

just waiting for hubby to come home so i can have my last meal of the day! lol :laugh: :laugh:

kerrilucko

thanks guys

i will try a little OJ, if i feel weak, i appreciate all your support

just waiting for hubby to come home so i can have my last meal of the day! lol :laugh: :laugh:

ooooh what'cha gonna have? lol better make it good :laugh:

réalta

i am having beef mince, my own recipie, i add tomato purree, herbs, veggies, and cajun spices,

i find some of the pre-made sauces not great, and they have lots of salt!

i will have carrots, peas and butternut squash fries too

yum :laugh:

MisoSoup79

Eating a little yogurt before and after your fast might be beneficial, especially if your stomach bothers you during your fast. The live bacteria in yogurt helps your digestive tract recover from being emptied (also good for if you have suffered a lot of diarrhea and vomiting due to illnesses). It's probably not a medically recognized practice, but I have always found it helps me.

It's awesome what you're doing, BTW! :flowerforyou:

LeanLioness

I would do the water and herbal tea...............just my opinion.

Fruit juice does not regulate the blood sugar, it will give you the see saw effect of your blood sugar going up and then down when the sugar rush is over..............

we were always specifically instructed by professionals in health care to drink fruit juice throughout the day. If regulating blood sugar is not the reason then I don't know what it, but I am just sharing my personal experience.

The fruit juice will temporarily bring the blood sugar up until the sugar is burned, then it will go down again, the same effect as a candy bar would have................

The only way fruit juice will help to keep blood sugar even is to have a bit of protein shortly after drinking the juice (like nuts, cheese, egg) or the blood sugar will dip..........

I have found with fasting, it is best to stick to frequent sippings of water or herbal tea very often through out the day................

réalta

thanks guys

3...2...1... GO!

so i had my lovely dinner and for dessert a Creme Egg (counted it into my calories!)

let the fast begin! :drinker:

roll on 6.30pm saturday evening! :laugh:

LeanLioness

thanks guys

3...2...1... GO!

so i had my lovely dinner and for dessert a Creme Egg (counted it into my calories!)

let the fast begin! :drinker:

roll on 6.30pm saturday evening! :laugh:

Good Luck!!! :drinker: :drinker:

réalta

i have to go to work now, im not a morning person anyway, and now i cant have breakfast! :noway:

so, i hope the customers are nice to me today or else! :laugh:

purrrr

That's lovely you are doing this for charity! :flowerforyou:

Fasting isn't just religious or charity thing, it's also good for your body as it flushes toxins out. The Muslim fasting that doesn't allow for water during the day is pretty tough, although in general I find a lot of positive things in their religion and one of them is exactly fasting. The other being that they always wash their posteriors after restroom and Muslim men are circumsized and shaven at all the strategic places of the body. (well, just my personal preference here :blushing:)

Water can be toxic itself, so no food and no water makes sense to me if you are really thoroughly cleaning your body, although personally I will probably never dare to fast without water as it can cause more pain than gain on a warmer day. I have tried water fasting for 1 day like what you are doing now and some years ago I tried light fasting for several days with tea and some fruit (there was a popular book that recommended it at the time), it's not very hard during the day but usually quite hard in the evening. It usually recommends for lighter food before you start so you prepare your body and definitely lighter food after you finish. Light food meaning fruit and vegetables mostly.

On a different note, I read one article about peritonitis (years ago my best friend died from it a little before her 16th birthday ), so among everything else it said it can occur if you eat something too oily after not eating for an extensive period of time. This should mean a lot longer than a single day but just thought I should mention since I personally felt somewhat upset from it...

:flowerforyou:

SHBoss1673

That's lovely you are doing this for charity! :flowerforyou:

Fasting isn't just religious or charity thing, it's also good for your body as it flushes toxins out. The Muslim fasting that doesn't allow for water during the day is pretty tough, although in general I find a lot of positive things in their religion and one of them is exactly fasting. The other being that they always wash their posteriors after restroom and Muslim men are circumsized and shaven at all the strategic places of the body. (well, just my personal preference here :blushing:)

Water can be toxic itself, so no food and no water makes sense to me if you are really thoroughly cleaning your body, although personally I will probably never dare to fast without water as it can cause more pain than gain on a warmer day. I have tried water fasting for 1 day like what you are doing now and some years ago I tried light fasting for several days with tea and some fruit (there was a popular book that recommended it at the time), it's not very hard during the day but usually quite hard in the evening. It usually recommends for lighter food before you start so you prepare your body and definitely lighter food after you finish. Light food meaning fruit and vegetables mostly.

On a different note, I read one article about peritonitis (years ago my best friend died from it a little before her 16th birthday ), so among everything else it said it can occur if you eat something too oily after not eating for an extensive period of time. This should mean a lot longer than a single day but just thought I should mention since I personally felt somewhat upset from it...

:flowerforyou:

This topic has been covered very thoroughly. Here's a good post that goes over it. it's old, but it's still relevant.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/2934-fasting

Please be careful what you tell people.
I'm all for fasting if it's done for the right reasons (religious, surgery, done under doctor's supervision, and in this case, for a good cause and only for 1 day)
But fasting for health and "flushing toxins" is both unproven, and dangerous.

purrrr

Please be careful what you tell people.
I'm all for fasting if it's done for the right reasons (religious, surgery, done under doctor's supervision, and in this case, for a good cause and only for 1 day)
But fasting for health and "flushing toxins" is both unproven, and dangerous.

ugh, i probably didn't explain myself very well - i definitely do not recommend fasting/starvation at all, nor have i ever done it for longer than a day. what i did long time ago was probably a week on tea and fruit but i don't remember any particular results from it except i was so hungry

i do believe that fasting can be used for health reasons but i also believe that this shouldn't be done on your own for longer periods of time without some kinda specialist following your condition because i've also read about people killing themselves trying to achieve health this way. :ohwell: the Muslim fasting is only during the bright part of the day, they can eat/drink when it's dark outside, so I find it positive but I am not Muslim so I neither need nor want to fast without any water all day...

so, all in all, i second your idea that fasting is good but just a single day on water :flowerforyou:

oh i followed that link... the OP is recommending fasting as a quick way of losing weight... yeah, pretty much, except it will come right back once your done and that's if you make it to the end of your fasting days because you might just end up in hospital long before that. definitely not what i meant... if i was into that i wouldn't be on MFP but busy meditating and saying prayers (never said a prayer in my life but might as well learn) all day like what she recommends there :sick:

ps: i just checked the profile of that girl who recommends fasting for losing weight... that was even more entertaining to read than the post itself :happy:

SHBoss1673

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ugh, i probably didn't explain myself very well - i definitely do not recommend fasting/starvation at all, nor have i ever done it for longer than a day. what i did long time ago was probably a week on tea and fruit but i don't remember any particular results from it except i was so hungry

i do believe that fasting can be used for health reasons but i also believe that this shouldn't be done on your own for longer periods of time without some kinda specialist following your condition because i've also read about people killing themselves trying to achieve health this way. :ohwell: the Muslim fasting is only during the bright part of the day, they can eat/drink when it's dark outside, so I find it positive but I am not Muslim so I neither need nor want to fast without any water all day...

so, all in all, i second your idea that fasting is good but just a single day on water :flowerforyou:

oh i followed that link... the OP is recommending fasting as a quick way of losing weight... yeah, pretty much, except it will come right back once your done and that's if you make it to the end of your fasting days because you might just end up in hospital long before that. definitely not what i meant... if i was into that i wouldn't be on MFP but busy meditating and saying prayers (never said a prayer in my life but might as well learn) all day like what she recommends there :sick:

ps: i just checked the profile of that girl who recommends fasting for losing weight... that was even more entertaining to read than the post itself :happy:

OK, that makes me feel much better. :happy:

réalta

i survived! lol

just had a gorgeous cajun chicken bagel after 24 hours of fasting :laugh:

its just for charity, i would never fast for weight loss reasons, just to add :flowerforyou:

so far i have raised 172 euros and a little more money to collect yet from friends

thanks so much for all your support guys, i really appreciate it

**edited for bad spelling! lol**

cettefille

Fasting isn't just religious or charity thing, it's also good for your body as it flushes toxins out. The Muslim fasting that doesn't allow for water during the day is pretty tough, although in general I find a lot of positive things in their religion and one of them is exactly fasting. The other being that they always wash their posteriors after restroom and Muslim men are circumsized and shaven at all the strategic places of the body. (well, just my personal preference here :blushing:)...

Water can be toxic itself, so no food and no water makes sense to me if you are really thoroughly cleaning your body, although personally I will probably never dare to fast without water as it can cause more pain than gain on a warmer day. I have tried water fasting for 1 day like what you are doing now and some years ago I tried light fasting for several days with tea and some fruit (there was a popular book that recommended it at the time), it's not very hard during the day but usually quite hard in the evening. It usually recommends for lighter food before you start so you prepare your body and definitely lighter food after you finish. Light food meaning fruit and vegetables mostly.

The Islamic fast really is not that bad. You're right in that we only fast during the daylight hours, and we have to refrain from both food and drink, as well as other things. What many people don't know is that a part of our fast is that we are supposed to take a pre-dawn mean called suhoor. It is not safe to fast without doing so. We're not supposed to pig out before or after our fast, but we are supposed to eat something and drink lots of water before the fast begins in order to fast safely. And then when we break our fast when it is time, we are supposed to only have some dates and some water, then we do our prayer, and then we eat a regular meal.

Funny thing is, a lot of times after fasting all day I could be hungry, but then when I break my fast I just want some water and after that I'm not even hungry anymore, and I end up having to force myself to eat a meal. Also, there were times when I first became Muslim and was trying to fast in Ramadan where I didn't know you were supposed to eat first, I didn't do that and I would end up spotting later in the day. But when I do it right and take suhoor first I have no problems like that.

PS congrats realta for your successful fast.