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Hello. A little about me and my fasting experience thus far: I am new to posting on this forum, but not new to reading all of the wonderful posts. I am on day 16 of my water only fast. It started out as a 3 day fast to try to kick my Sugar cravings and reset my tastedbuds so that I could start on an anti-candida diet. I did a 10 day master cleanse last year and did not come off of it correctly, I binged very badly and have eaten very badly ever since. I have gained about 20 pounds in the past 10 months and my candida is out of control.
I didn't know anything about Water Fasting when I started this and was only planning on going for 3 days, but the more that I read (especially on this forum), the more it appealed to me and I decided to do a longer fast with no exact end day in mind. I would love to fast to completion but am just taking it one day at a time and listening to my body. I am hoping to weaken my candida greatly so that when I start the re-feeding process and start on anti-fungals, I can kill it off.
While on this fast, for the most part I have fealt great! I have 3 young kids, ages 2, 4 and 6 and I have had plenty of energy to keep up with them and keep up with my daily mom and wife duties most days. Days 9 and 10 were HORRIBLE, I felt awful all day those two days. I was ver weak and dizzy, I had a horrible headache, my legs were throbbing and I was very nauseated. My wonderful husband gave me a massage on the evening of day 10, I slept great that night and I have felt fantastic ever since!
My only real complaint is that my food cravings have been intense every day. It doesn't help that I have to prepare meals for my family all day long. Some days I crave really healthy foods but most days I still crave sweets really badly. I had hoped that after 15 days the sweet cravings would be gone, but they are definitely not.
So here is my dilema that I hope some of you experienced fasters can way in on. I had been able to fight my cravings up until yestereday and for some reason last night when I was making dinner, I just cracked! It started with just a little taste of yogurt, then a taste of fruit, then a taste of this and that. I probably ended up eating about 1 to 1.5 cups worth of food. My stomach fealt awful and I felt SO guilty after coming so far. My little binge only lasted about an hour...until about 3:00 in the morning when I couldn't sleep and I did the same thing, about 1 to 1.5 cups worth of food and no it wasn't healthy food. Of course when I woke up this morning my cravings were stronger than ever and once again I caved in on a little snacking.
Why is this happening now? Shouldn't I be over this part of it at day 16?? I am wondering if part of it is due to the fact that I am in the middle of my menstrual cycle, which is a time when my cravings are always really strong.
So, I am getting ready to do a salt water flush to flush all of the junk out of me and get my digestive tract nice and clean again. In case you are wondering, no, I have not been doing those or enemas on this fast, I just feel that it will help me to avoid the cravings if I know my system is clean and back on the right track. My question is this: How has this slip up affected my fast? How long will it take my body to get back into ketosis? Are the next 3 days going to be as bad as the first 3?
Over the past 16 days, I have had many questions come up that I have been able to find answers to by searching the forum, but just cannot find an answer to this one. I am not ready to end my fast, for one I know that I am still extremely toxic and for two I have learned that quite possibly the most important part of a fast is in how you eat coming off of it. I don't want to come off of this fast the wrong way like I did with the Master Cleanse. Ideally I would like to continue to fast either to completion or at least until I am confident that I can control myself and my cravings when coming off of it, and I proved to myself last night that I am definitely not there yet!
There are some wonderful, knowledgeable people on this forum, I hope to get some feedback on this so that I don't feel like I have completely blown it. Thank you for taking the time to read this and thanks in advance for your input.
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- Re: Please help! Day 16...what happe... waterbug
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This is a reply to # 1,409,570You did great going up to 16 days. Congrats. Unfortunately, ketosis stops once you eat something, so it will take 3 days to get back into the grove. To get back on track try iced lemon water to ease back into fasting, it helps me ease into a fast.
- This is probably not what you want t... Maverick494
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This is a reply to # 1,409,570...but you'll give my post a read anyway.
Like you, I saw fasting as a way to reset myself. I figured I'd emerge from the fast as a new person, someone who could control herself and get into a healthy lifestyle after a bad past. You want to hit two goals in one go: break ties with your cravings and beat that candida. I've read the messages, I get the enthusiasm. I was like that too.
Then I broke my fast. The first day my stomach was like a bear slowly waking up from hibernation. I got by with sipping OJ. Then the trouble started. I got really bad cravings. Really bad. So I caved and ate. I hadn't eaten for all those days, so what harm was a little bit of this and that going to do? A little bit of this and that turned out to be a LOT. So I felt miserable, shitty and guilty. What to do? Get back on the fast? It's tempting, isn't it? You'll vow that you'll do better next time.
Chances are you're a normal human being of flesh and blood and you won't. Like me. Sorry, this is not what you want to hear. You want me to tell you that ofcourse fasting will help you gain control of those cravings.
I say: the damage is done. To make sure you don't end up miserable and 20 pounds heavier like I did back then, try to gain control by easing back into food slowly like you would if you'd broken your fast the correct way. There are a lot of good threads around with manuals how to break your fast properly. You have broken your fast badly, but don't feel discouraged. There's still hope.
Since you have food in you right now, a flush, cleanse or whatever won't undo it. Just like laxatives don't make you digest foods quicker. Going cold turkey again by fasting isn't a good idea. The food will rot inside your body because your body will be brought back into a state of ketosis. Talk about being toxic.
I get that when reading about fasting, is like reading about the best thing since sliced bread. Nobody ever talks about the downside of it. One thing is your metabolism. It slows down. It can take months to return to normal. That's why breaking the fast is more important than the fast itself. The way you break it determines the benefits you get from it.
Also fasting doesn't change your mindset. Breaking the fast is like a hard test and only people who are armed with healthy routine that has been branded into their brains will end it well. An experienced waterfaster like "High On Water" on the forum is one of the few that I know of who have successfully fasted.
I think the best thing for you to do is to set up a healthy eating pattern to fall back on. You even had cravings during the fast, so it's clear these need to be controlled first before you can take a stab again at fasting. Don't be too ambitious. There's a reason you're still battling these issues. It's because if there was an easy solution, you would have found it by now.
If you don't believe me, take a look at the forum posts, weed out the one timers and look for the long, day by day updated fasts. How many of these people broke their fast the right way? The ones that do usually post about their experiences. The ones that don't mysteriously disappear or they show up after a few months attempting the same thing again.
I might sound harsh but this has been my experience. Others might disagree so it's up to you to choose who's advice to follow.
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- Re: This is probably not what you wa... Akieye
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This is a reply to # 1,409,995Maverick, thank you for your detailed response and sharing your experience with me. Sorry to just now be getting back to you, it was a busy weekend.
I can relate to what you are talking about with breaking the fast badly even with the best intentions in mind. I did a 10 day master cleanse last year and when I went off of it, I went right into eating junk food telling myself that I would start eating healthier tommorrow...yeah right! That didn't exactly happen! My metabolism had slowed way down and I was eating way to much and like I said in my first post, I gained alot of weight over the following months.
Thr frustrating thing is that before the MC, I had been a fairly healthy eater and just couldn't get back on track. I have successfully stuck to the candida diet a couple of times in the past with a lot of success and am confident that I can and will do it again.
I did go right back onto my fast after my first post a couple of days ago. I am on day 19 right now and originally posted on day 16. It has been 3 1/2 days back on just water. I have been surprised that these past 3 days were as bad as the first 3 days. I am really kicking myself because I had been feeling great, other than the cravings, and now for the past 3 days I have been tired and irritable with horrible headaches. I am hoping that it clears up by tommorrow. Also, I decided to buy some keto stix to see how long it takes for my body to go back into ketosis. I tested again this morning and there were still only trace amounts of ketones. I thought that it only takes 2-3 days to go into ketosis and start showing the dark purple on the keto stix. Any thoughts on this?
Anyways, thanks again for the info and insight that you provided. It was definitely a reminder of how difficult it will be for me to break my fast properly. My husband and I juice alot so I am planning on breaking with at least a week long juice fast then start adding in raw fruits and veggies.- just inquiring Mia2421
9 y
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This is a reply to # 1,411,694Hello,
I was just wondering roughly how much weight have you lost over this water only fasting period? I have been wanting to do a Water Fast although before starting I have been researching all about it so I can begin as well as finish the Water Fast properly..
roughly how much water would you consume through out the day?
I find this quite intriguing, I read another article where a man lost 6kg with in 5 days and began the ketosis stage on the 2nd day due to preparing his body for the Water Fast by eating raw fruits & vegetables 2 days before he even began the water fast. He spoke about the the body goes through before your body reaches ketosis.
I have purchased Garcinia Cambogia Extract pills and am just wondering whether Water Fasting along with these pills may help. Not sure. How is your fasting process going?
- just inquiring Mia2421
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