Water Fasting Anyone?

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.

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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 !

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.

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:

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.

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.