Thread: Water Fasting
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Old 02-25-2008, 09:58 PM   #305 (permalink)
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SeeYouInAnotherLife, I am really worried that you're doing this for the wrong reasons. It should be to purify, and it should be a good thing, and not solely to lose weight. Then it turns to anorexia, though I am not an expert on this.

Not to say that fasting is anorexia, but you sound very desperate to lose the weight, and you're talking about how feeling "empty" makes you feel "thin," and...I don't know. I have never really fasted, but it seems to me that the aim isn't a specific result, but the spiritual clarity and the physical detoxification as a benefit. It isn't something done out of desperation, and it isn't a result-oriented process. If you're desperately trying to lose weight, then the fasting process will be one of resistance, which is why you then get desperate to have pasta and a glass of wine.

I would suggest employing some methods to lose weight first--eating a low-calorie (but not too low), balanced diet, exercise. Come to fasting when you want more than just weight loss.
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