How hard is a 30 day water fast. 
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I'm posting this because I see people on here everyday saying that they are going on a 30 day Water Fast maybe more, but I think very few understand how hard it really is. In the books and stuff they say that there will be a 3-4 day detox stage then after you reach this you'll reach a fasting high. This (day 22)is my 5th long Water Fast and I find that to be the opposite with me. I have about 10 days where I am running circles around people then I slow down a bit and gradually get slower. By day 30 I am pooped and a walk to the mail box seems like a marathon. Writing an essay question during a test takes the whole hour because you have to stop and let your hand rest because you don't have the energy to keep the pencil moving. Cravings on the other hand never go away. I've spent all day today looking up recipes for foods that I can break my fast with. I guess you can say that hunger goes but cravings however do not. Emotions also get in the way. I suffer from GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) If I don't take my meds I'm usually bent over and cant eat because my stomach is in knots. It goes away then the smallest thing in my life sets it off again. When I fast I don't take my meds and that goes away almost 100 percent. But my emotions can be very unstable. I watch the news and I want to cry if I see a tragedy. I think of things in the past and I want to cry weather because I am happy about it or sad about it. Another weird thing when I'm fasting I can't stand to watch horror movies. It's just too much on me. I go from one extreme to the other. In all I find fasting to one of the most difficult things I have done. With the cravings, the weakness, the emotions. My advice is don't set yourself up for failure. Fasting is very hard and it seems like it goes on forever. If you do want to experiment try a juice fast or a master cleanse for 30 days. To me physically and mentally they are very similar to a water fast, but a Water Fast is a lot more intense. I'm not saying don't water fast just know your reasons before you do so. And don't just jump into a 30 day water fast. I'm sure there are people out there that have done it. I'm not one of them I had to work up to it. I did lots of short water fast and a few juice fast before I attempted a 30 day water fast. Now days I feel I could do a 40-50 day fast if I wanted to but I would rather not after 30 days my system is purged my goal is met and I'm done. So in all what I'm trying to say is if you want to fast be prepared, it's not easy.
- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. chrisb1
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This is a reply to # 1,512,304truckerman,
a 30 day Water Fast is only as difficult to endure as the levels of toxemia allow, and also whether the fast is conducted correctly.
For anyone suffering from toxemia, and that would include by far the majority of people, then it can be a very trying ordeal; this can be minimized by conducting the fast correctly with as much rest as possible, and where this would mean physical, emotional and sensory rest, away from the turmoil, stress and strain of everyday life.
This is how Nature intended us to fast, and is reflected within Nature by animals that seek out the peace and quiet in a place of refuge and solitude to undergo one.
It is mostly true to say that energy levels will increase up to a point during the fast, but then strength and energy will gradually diminish after the middle and latter stages.
The "fasting-cure" or the "rest-cure" (as fasting was formerly described as), is meant to be just that..........a complete rest of body mind and soul: so complete rest will greatly minimize if not eliminate the symptoms you have described.
If you do carry on as "normal" and try to perform the same duties and tasks that you would while eating, and this would include the emotional involvement with horror movies and soap-operas, this would prove to be very enervating and draining of ones nerve energy or life-force and make the fast a much more unpleasant experience.
I agree that cravings never seem to go away: this was also my own experience, but then the voluntary abstention from food or nourishment is the unusual in Nature, as we are mostly designed to take external nourishment on a regular basis, and where fasting is a last resort only in the case of injury, illness, or disease.
You will also find that if and when your body is free from toxemia, and you undergo a complete rest away from the disturbances and turmoil of everyday living in tranquil surroundings, it can be a very pleasant and extremely rewarding, physical, spiritual, emotional/mental experience.
The conduct of your fast, and your living habits thereafter (not rebuilding toxemia), are paramount to its success.
Take care.
Chrisb1.
- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. bluesteel
15 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,512,923The problem is that most people have things that they can't put down. Jobs or college classes. The only thing they can do is to slow down in their free time. I used to do that before. I put popped in DVD after DVD lying there in enternal bliss of being lazy.
- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. chrisb1
15 y
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This is a reply to # 1,512,998It is mostly a question of priorities.
If the proper conduct of a fast is that important, then time can be found one way or another.
I know many people who take a 4 week vacation just to relax, sunbathe and chill out. If time can be found for this, then I am sure the time to undertake a prolonged fast (if required) can be found.
This was the custom in Sheltons time of people taking their annual vacation in a fasting retreat.
Chrisb1- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. truckerman
15 y
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This is a reply to # 1,513,171The guy who inspired me to fast for the first time for 30 days was working 16 hour days.
- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. chrisb1
15 y
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This is a reply to # 1,513,248truckerman,
if the chap who inspired you to fast the first time for thirty days was working 16 hours a day whilst fasting, then this only demonstrates a waste of energy on his part.
Energy that could have been better utilized for the benefit of the body.
A work schedule such as this produces enervation, resulting in toxemia, and the exact opposite to the wants and needs of the body, and the desired results of a water fast.
Chrisb1
- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. chrisb1
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- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. truckerman
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- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. chrisb1
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- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. bluesteel
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- Re: How hard is a 30 day water fast. chrisb1
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