40 days of water fasting....

[MightySunTzu]

Originally Posted by IvyW

Thanks=D

yes, if nausea happens at or aorund the 30 day mark i will wait until it passes.

Good on you Icy (haha, just kidding, but i accidentally typed it that way and decided to keep it). Anyway, i just wanted to make sure that this was your thinking since it is of such vital importance.

Originally Posted by IvyW

My plan is to juice for one week, add fruits in the 2nd week, veges the 3rd, and fish the fourth, is there a better way of doing this?

This is sensational. There is nothing wrong whatsoever in what you are planning and if anything it might be slightly more conservative than necessary, but there is nothing wrong with that at all and in fact is just helps to assure that your transition is absolutely optimal. Whatever happens next, 1 whole week of juice is a very smart and healthy way to begin the transition.

The only tinkering i might do (if it was me) would be to include some mostly raw vegetables in the 2nd week in alternating meals with the fruit meals, such foods as say spinach or leafy lettuce, onions, red or yellow bells and tomatoes. I do know that bells and tomatoes are fruits botanically speaking, but not everybody thinks of them as fruits so i'm just wanting to be clear that i think they are fine to include at this time. I might also make a vitamixed soup of other mixed vegetables, but that's just me.

By about 15 days of breaking the fast you'd likely not be pushing yourself too fast if you were to have some fish and other healthy foods outside the fruit and vegetable kingdom, but all the more power to you if you chose to wait longer. Most people tend to be too impatient in breaking a fast, sometimes decidedly to their detriment, so since you are choosing (not erring) on the side of caution, this is indeed to be commended.

[IvyW]

Originally Posted by MightySunTzu

Good on you Icy (haha, just kidding, but i accidentally typed it that way and decided to keep it). Anyway, i just wanted to make sure that this was your thinking since it is of such vital importance.



This is sensational. There is nothing wrong whatsoever in what you are planning and if anything it might be slightly more conservative than necessary, but there is nothing wrong with that at all and in fact is just helps to assure that your transition is absolutely optimal. Whatever happens next, 1 whole week of juice is a very smart and healthy way to begin the transition.

The only tinkering i might do (if it was me) would be to include some mostly raw vegetables in the 2nd week in alternating meals with the fruit meals, such foods as say spinach or leafy lettuce, onions, red or yellow bells and tomatoes. I do know that bells and tomatoes are fruits botanically speaking, but not everybody thinks of them as fruits so i'm just wanting to be clear that i think they are fine to include at this time. I might also make a vitamixed soup of other mixed vegetables, but that's just me.

By about 15 days of breaking the fast you'd likely not be pushing yourself too fast if you were to have some fish and other healthy foods outside the fruit and vegetable kingdom, but all the more power to you if you chose to wait longer. Most people tend to be too impatient in breaking a fast, sometimes decidedly to their detriment, so since you are choosing (not erring) on the side of caution, this is indeed to be commended.

i may try it your way the second week.. im scared to death of screwing up my digestive system, LoL Im also worried that the juice is going to taste sooooo good that im just not going to want to stop and end up eating everything in sight. Ill just take it day by day.. week by week..

im craving mango soup now, the main craving i've had through out this fast haha

[MightySunTzu]

Originally Posted by IvyW

i may try it your way the second week.. im scared to death of screwing up my digestive system,...

A legitimate concern which is why a gradual transition is so essential. Have you had any bowel issues before? If so all the more reason to ease out with even greater caution than is normally recommended.

Originally Posted by IvyW

LoL Im also worried that the juice is going to taste sooooo good that im just not going to want to stop and end up eating everything in sight.

This is why i like the idea of sticking to strictly juice for about 7 days following a 30 day fast. It's hard to get yourself into trouble if you draw the line at juice and really... after going easy the first few hours you can pretty much have all you want because it is so digestively simple. Bites of fruit at this early stage can indeed get me into trouble because i wouldn't always be able to trust myself to stop at mere bites once i get a taste for it, but by day 8 my body is ready to famously digest the greater quantities i will desire (actually day 9 because day 8 has to be a careful transition day). As well i will have juiced through the period of most voracious appetite, enabling myself to tame that wild beast while engaging only in the most digestively safe (simple) food.

[IvyW]

Originally Posted by MightySunTzu

A legitimate concern which is why a gradual transition is so essential. Have you had any bowel issues before? If so all the more reason to ease out with even greater caution than is normally recommended.



This is why i like the idea of sticking to strictly juice for about 7 days following a 30 day fast. It's hard to get yourself into trouble if you draw the line at juice and really... after going easy the first few hours you can pretty much have all you want because it is so digestively simple. Bites of fruit at this early stage can indeed get me into trouble because i wouldn't always be able to trust myself to stop at mere bites once i get a taste for it, but by day 8 my body is ready to famously digest the greater quantities i will desire (actually day 9 because day 8 has to be a careful transition day). As well i will have juiced through the period of most voracious appetite, enabling myself to tame that wild beast while engaging only in the most digestively safe (simple) food.

i had issues when i was on dexpak that is something i never want to experience again!

I will definitely take my time during the breaking/transition.

[IvyW]

i broke the fast early. I had two small strokes wednesday night and still in hospital. To those that are reading this the water fasting had NOTHING to do with the strokes. I have 2 blood clots in my brain. I got extremely lucky.

The good news is according to ct scans my hip and lower back issues are completely gone! So the fasting helped me in the way i wanted it too. the bad news is im no longer aloud to lift heavy weights so im kinda bummed lol

I want to wish everyone good luck with their fasting. I didn't break this by choice and i would have made it to the full 30 days.

[MightySunTzu]

Originally Posted by IvyW

i broke the fast early. I had two small strokes wednesday night and still in hospital. To those that are reading this the water fasting had NOTHING to do with the strokes. I have 2 blood clots in my brain. I got extremely lucky.

Wow i really didn't see that one coming. Sorry to hear about this and i hope you're doing ok now.

Originally Posted by IvyW

I didn't break this by choice and i would have made it to the full 30 days.

I believe .

[IvyW]

Originally Posted by MightySunTzu

Wow i really didn't see that one coming. Sorry to hear about this and i hope you're doing ok now.



I believe .

lol i didnt either i actually wanted to sleep this off, good thing my husband ignored me.. i wasnt in any pain and had no idea what having strokes felt like lol.. plus im only 25.. docs are pretty shocked at how well im doing. Im back to normal self.

[hieza]

MightySunTzu, i would like to thank you for the invaluable sharing, information, and support of others in the forum going through fasting. I have started saving some of these fasting related threads to learn more.

I dont know if you will get to read this considering closure time of these forums being so close. I will try anyway.

Originally Posted by MightySunTzu

The scale weight i reached at the end of this 36.5 day fast is something i consider to be insignificant and was a lot lower than the weight where i normalized within 2 or 3 weeks of breaking. I believe i got down to 138 pounds and was back (as desired) to about 163 within 3 weeks (my height is 5'11"). Even at such a low weight my body fat percentage, though low, was not even nearly dangerously low. I looked overly thin at 138 but i knew that what really mattered was where i would normalize a few weeks later with the return of these temporary losses and as well i was taking advantage of this prime opportunity to quickly restore any and all of the minor losses in muscle. As a side note, i place a high value in such measurements as body fat percentage, muscle mass and bone mass, and discount the importance of scale weight. I don't think most people will gain back 25 pounds before stabilizing, but i had a strong rebuilding emphasis.

CountryGirl who started this thread, had asked you how much weight you have lost with fasting, and this was part of your response on page 1 of the thread. If anyone needs a fuller reference to this in future, here is the permalink to the specific reply that was made; 40 days of water fasting....


Can you elaborate in regard "Strong Rebuilding Emphasis" in the last sentence of the quote.

What does that entail. Does it involve purely a physical exercise/ muscle rebuilding, and/ or does it involve some nutritional strategy?

Thanks if you can reply.