When I try to start fasting I get diarrhea immediately. But when I stop and eat something really solid like bread it goes away. But...If I eat something high in fiber like vegetables and grains, it continues. Try eating some whole grain bread and see if it works.

"I broke the fast because I was feeling absolutely miserable..." Just speaking plainly, you likely broke the fast during a "re-tracing" of some earlier issue that had been subsequently suppressed (either with drugs or over-attention to getting {"symptoms" over and done with)

Also, (as you correctly intuit), you introduced too much too fast.

-including the "beano" and the "digestive enzymes". all this speaks of a rapid return to allopathic ways (treating symptoms)which is exactly what the Water Fast aims to, and is so good at, if treated with real respect, unravelling...

I think there is a recent post here that links to "how and when to be your own doctor", a wonderful title in the "soil and health library"
Made available online for anyone to read...

Look down the first few posts and you are bound to find it.
(You will have to open the posts)\
I revisited it today, and was again so impressed by the breadth and depth of generosity and genuine knowing that characterizes the Hygienists and their wisdom.


If you connect with the mentioned material, I think you will see your way back to restarting the re-feeding. (Or having more calm patience with the process)And you will surely gain a lot of faith in going slow; and the 'whys',
and never stopping the Water Fast when you "feel miserable"; this is fundamental learning for water fasters


No judgement here though==only well-wishing. I water fasted 29 days, and began to eat again before "natural hunger" returned. It thus took me several weeks to gain back digestion and ordinary vitality. In the long run though, I DO see the value of it, regardless. It reset my whole bodily 'take' on food, and resolved several minor issues.(If I had only toughed it out, past the last few rough days, I feel sure it would have been so much easier and sweeter: the refeeding...

One thing I would wish others to know is to never stop a fast on a 'down'. Please think of reading the work cited
its very grounding stuff.
also consider: the human body works in cycles of seven:
seven days, and three cycles of seven days (21) can do a *lot* of good. In seven years, every single cell in the body has been replaced. Seven is a number to respect.

I quit my Water Fast on the first day of a new seven cycle. I would probably have been better off quitting before--- (like at 21 days, when I still felt good, before I entered a new deeper phase of cleansing,) or--later, when the good feelings returned (as they always do)


best, Chiron

25 days on water only, you have a lot of will power!

I don't think probiotics are a good idea; I don't use them anymore. I would think that eggs, nuts, and whole grains may have been too much for your system to handle all at once. A fruit-only diet is supposed to be ideal. Have you ever tried the orange juice fast?

How toxic are you? Do you have dental metals? Did you use anything to get rid of parasites?

Hope this helps and good luck!

I fasted for 35 days at the beginning of 2009, and I don't remember having this much trouble afterwords with digestion. I also did a 10 day fast in the summer that was no big deal.

I'm still not taking in any dairy, and I'm trying to eat fruit regularly (oranges, apples, grapes, mostly).

I think other posters made mention that the fast may have been broken too fast.
On a fast of that length, where the return of natural hunger wasn't present, it is ideal to do just juice for a few days followed by soft fruits for a few days and then on to easy to digest salads.
The eggs, nuts, and whole grains introduced on the third day may very well be the culprit. Those foods should be more like two weeks in on a fast of that length and introduced one at a time preferably only one introduced per day in order for the system to adapt to the new foods.
All that said, if your situation persists, I would seek out a good kinesiologist.
I made this similar mistake following my thirty day fast where I had wheat on the third day (and sugar), I consumed a bunch of "healthy" whole grain wheat cookies.
A kinesiologist found a valve between the stomach and small intestine to be stuck - a stuck ileocecal valve. Which he fixed.
A good kinesiologist can test and find whatever is out of sinc with the body.