[OnMyWeigh]

Originally Posted by M1kester

Hey guys, hoping this thread isn't dead, but I have just completed a 7 day water only fast and lost 11 lbs. My plan was to lose weight and then build muscle and get toned. My question is: Would it be okay for me to start out by maybe drinking a protein shake, or something like slimfast, also I was going to eat some tunafish and white rice along with some raw veggies, would that be too hard on my digestive system after ending the fast?

Yes that would be too hard. That can do more harm than good. You're supposed to break a fast with diluted orange juice OR where I've gotten this next block of info from is Loren Lockman, I will just quote him actually, advice he'd given me on another forum when I was doing my 14 day water fast.

"I'm just seeing this for the first time; life is very busy for me right now at Tanglewood.

Normally, after fasting for a week, most people feel fine and are able to eat as they normally do after about 3 days of slowly ramping up. We never uses juices here as I've modeled my program on what happens in nature and it occurs to me that every other species both fasts and starts eating solid food when ready to eat. W>e've fasted thousands of people over the years and high water content, juicy fruits like papaya and watermelon seem to the easiest, most digestible things for most people to start with. You can't improve on whole food, and having the fiber allows the body to start things moving in the colon again as quickly as possible."