I'm probably not the best to give advice right now after breaking my fast today (once again). But you should be mentally prepared for a fast. I think you should go eat, if it's torturing you this much to the point of picking the food up and sniffing the life out of it then go indulge, go eat something but don't go too crazy. I was on my second day (which is nothing compared to yours) and was not even hungry really but the cravings and temptation to eat was just torture; a friend of mine called and asked if I wanted anything at Subway before she stopped over my house and I don't know what took over me but I said "yes!" so I ate a ham sandwich followed by a nice cold cup of orange juice and it completely filled me up. Sometimes you just have to do what you want, then when you're ready start the fast, begin it and don't break it. I've realized that I keep breaking all my fasts because I'm not totally ready. I have to really want this and even though I do, clearly not bad enough or I would have told friend no thanks to subway lol. Do what's best for you. Go eat your parent's cooking! Yummy lol. In the meantime, I'm giving this site a break. I'm not ready for a Water Fast as I thought I was and I'm starting to sound bipolar, one minute I'm on this serious fast, the next, I'm eating God knows what. Good luck in whatever you do next. Take care :-)

i know you're looking for encouragement, but all i have to say is that i unfortunately totally know how you feel. my hunger NEVER diminishes during a fast. i think it may have to do with our ages (i'm 18) because none of the other members seem to complain about this too much.

a lot of people here would probably disagree with me, and i don't mean to discourage you, but i don't think it's that necessary for you to be fasting for a prolonged period. another option would be to go on a partial "fast", like limit yourself to only consuming vegetables and fruits and absolutely nothing else for a couple weeks, or something like that. the way i see it is that fasting may get you extreme results in a short period of time, but the torture you're experiencing from all the cravings could lead you to binging in the end, making your efforts pointless. just consuming a very strict healthy Diet may take longer, but at least you won't feel horrible doing it and the effects are more likely to be sustainable. just eating very healthily may result in a sufficient enough of a detox because you are only 17, so you've been putting junk into your body for a shorter time than most people here, and your body is naturally, um, I guess more robust, so you can probably heal more efficiently. (although GalWants2BeSlimAgain has some great advice too i think)

in case changing plans absolutely isn't an option, what i do while fasting is take up little chores or hobbies that i usually wouldn't have time for, for example i'll lay around in bed studying and doing drills on japanese grammar, or lay on the couch and watch several happier, upbeat films in a row, which keep me in a light mood, or writing out detailed healthy eating/exercise plans for after my fast. i don't know if you're big on malls, but going to the mall and just window shopping can keep me distracted pretty much all day. unfortunately i don't actually have any methods of overcoming cravings, for me it's just all about staying distracted long enough to not notice them =/

to answer your concerns in the other post you made, don't worry about the mucous, humans actually consume a large amount of their own mucous everyday haha, i forget how much but it's pretty nasty :p . I doubt your natural bodily fluids will kick you out of detox/into starvation mode. and also, I'm very skeptical that particles or whatever in your water can be significant enough to completely kick you out detox either. i have no scientific evidence with which to soothe you, but try to relax anyways, and just don't think about it. (i find that fasting causes me to obsess unnecessarily about things; perhaps that's what you're experiencing?) i'm pretty sure your body's doing what it's supposed to be doing and probably isn't silly enough to get sidetracked by some particle-y water.

okay, i kind of got carried away. practically wrote you a novel haha. don't know how much use all this will be to you, but good luck with everything :)

Why do u want to fast in the first place? You have to be really motivated in order to do it, because it is really hard. Maybe if youve done it before and eat very clean it might be tolerable, but coming from a normal diet and then just jumping into a Water Fast really requires discipline and motivation. I have just done this myself, im on my day 18 now and will break the fast later today, but it has really not been easy. One thing is the cravings for food, and then theres the lack of energy and therefore social life and so on. So if you really want this u have to be motivated, but day 5 is good its not gonna get easy from now on in any way, but I think the worst part is over by day 5, was for me.
Good luck, and yeah try not to think to much about food :-)

If it makes you feel any better I'm on day 18 and still going. Am I hungry oh hell yea I'm even making peanut butter sandwiches for my dog. The best thing to do it not look at food at all. I couldn't watch that video in the above post made me crave broccoli and Cayenne pepper, and cabbage and onion soup with carrots. I could go on forever about all the foods that I would enjoy right now but it will just make me crave more. I just look at how far I have come. I'm past the halfway point. I just have ten days to go plus a few. Anyways hope this helps.
Peace