I hit one of those pinnacle moments in life last Friday and without thinking twice decided to go on an extended water fast for spiritual reasons. I know that I'll never make my intended target, but I am closing in on day 7 and although I have a real urge to start breaking out of it tomorrow, I suspect that I will push on through the weekend to day 10 and see where I am by then. Perhaps even push it to 2 weeks. And then... So at least 7 days for a first time seems like a success to me.
So far I've seen sinus drainage, coughing up a lot of phlegm, NO bad breath, no funky excretions, no hunger pangs to speak of, some minor heartburn, and a minimum of a gallon of pure water a day. My energy is low enough where I can't do too much work around the house. I am losing weight and it can't be all water with my high intake levels. If anything I'd expect to lose water when I stop this fast.
To add from what I've read, my sense of smell is through the roof now! I can only imagine what my sense of taste will be like. I dream of the day when I can make a pot of from scratch vegetable beef barley soup.
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