[MightySunTzu]

Originally Posted by merveilles

I went on a 10 day water fast last month. Now I want to try this for 3 weeks.. I'm starting today.. Does anyone have any advice? Just thinking about this makes me hungry.

Hey Merveilles, how is your fast going?

As to advice, i will agree with the others that reading about fasting and about other people's experiences is valuable. Relaxing as much as possible is good (working as little as possible, especially in the area of physical exertion), warm baths, getting some sun and getting a little bit (but not a lot) of exercise each day is ideal. I and others have posted their experiences herein if you were interested in searching these out. Actually, since it is not always as easy to find as we might hope, this is the link to the thread i started: Beautiful Fast

Originally Posted by Wes

As has been said in other posts on this subject, and as the previous user said, be sure to get all the facts.

The body just cannot survive on water alone. It needs a specific daily input of vitamins, that just are not present in water, and being deprived of them erodes your health, sometimes significantly.

Hey there Wes,

You are right that the body can not survive on water alone. Thankfully on a fast, the body is burning its own fat as fuel (along with a much lesser percentage of the weakest and most damaged or diseased tissue) and getting an ample supply of vitamins and minerals daily from the stored nutritional reserves within the tissues.

Originally Posted by Wes

Fasting, unlike what some people think, does not mean not eating; it means eating the minimum necessary.

Actually, the people who believe that fasting means "not eating" are correct! It does not mean eating the minimum necessary, it means eating nothing.

Originally Posted by Wes

Bottom line: you may even make the 3 weeks, but most likely the real costs will be far greater than the actual benefits.

Counterpoint Bottom Line: If Merveilles fasts for 21 days, she will accomplish such an amazing cleanse and revitalization within her body that she will emerge as a virtually new person.