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93civicracer · 04-11-2008, 01:43 AM

I've been doing a whole lot of research on water fasting, and I recently went on a successful 3 day water fast with ease. 5'8" and weighing 210 pounds, I decided to do it mostly to lose weight and try to get down to 140-160 pounds, until I started doing extensive research on the health and detox benefits of a water fast. I really want to do it to lose weight and clean out my body at the same time. I lost over 10 pounds on my 3 day water fast. I wasn't even hungry at all either, I'm pretty sure I can handle a much longer fast.

I'm not going anorexic haha, I've been eating since the 3-day fast which ended about 5 days ago. My question is has anyone else done a long water fast? Would anyone recommend not doing it for weightloss?

I don't have any serious health problems. I am bipolar and am taking 1500 milligrams of Depakote (sp?) nightly and that's about it.

Just looking for some input or advice, anything I should watch out for, thanks in advance for any replies.

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93civicracer Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 9	Trying a 40 day water fast, does anyone have any experience? I've been doing a whole lot of research on water fasting, and I recently went on a successful 3 day water fast with ease. 5'8" and weighing 210 pounds, I decided to do it mostly to lose weight and try to get down to 140-160 pounds, until I started doing extensive research on the health and detox benefits of a water fast. I really want to do it to lose weight and clean out my body at the same time. I lost over 10 pounds on my 3 day water fast. I wasn't even hungry at all either, I'm pretty sure I can handle a much longer fast. I'm not going anorexic haha, I've been eating since the 3-day fast which ended about 5 days ago. My question is has anyone else done a long water fast? Would anyone recommend not doing it for weightloss? I don't have any serious health problems. I am bipolar and am taking 1500 milligrams of Depakote (sp?) nightly and that's about it. Just looking for some input or advice, anything I should watch out for, thanks in advance for any replies.