Honestly , 4 days rest between 10 days fasts will not even give you enough time for re feeding.By the time you are done with juices etc you will have to go back to ketosis for next 10 days ..Let alone, benefits of 20 days fast are much more.
Just my opinion, of course.
If you need to do more reading about it , pick ChrisB1,MightySun ( these are names I would pick - great support and knowledge) and check ALL their posts with links about the topic. Very useful and motivational info
Good luck
V

Hello #128676,
the motivation for fasting comes from within and the mental resolve to undergo such a process.
Sometimes it is easy when faced with a life-threatening disease and you are faced with no alternative.

There are always more people worse off than yourself, so if you can imagine and live through the pain of deprivation, squalor, poverty, and desperation of those who are far less fortunate than yourself, then fasting for twenty days is relatively easy.
Boredom is a non-entity in such situations and a relative joy to live with in comparison for such a very short time span.

One long fast is infinitely more beneficial than two short fasts over the same length of time, and this was the experience of Shelton and Carrington plus a host of other fasting supervisors.
There are benefits to be had from two short fasts, but not nearly as much as one long and protracted fast.

Long fasts are preferable to short ones because once the body is in the fasting state it cleanses/heals systematically into the harder to get at body tissues. For this reason, most of the recoveries from illness have taken place in the latter parts of long water fasts. Long fasts also give the body the uninterrupted time to do the work of healing.
The first few days of fasting gets rid of the gross waste products of digestion, but only after this can the body pull out its tools to get to work on healing proper.

Chrisb1.

All advice already provided is wonderful, especially from Chris. I agree especially with what he shares about hitting rock bottom with one's health and it being fairly easy to focus on healing. I was in an extreme circumstance with my health having undergone multiple reconstructive bone operations over a 2 year period to restore the mobility in one of my legs. Motorcycle accident. I agree that when you're in the space of healing or having undergone any similar health circumstance your motivation escalates to extraordinary levels. You become very focused on getting well and doing anything you can to do this. Fasting was easy for me when I was able to do it from this space ironically. My first Water Fast was 30 days.

However, the self-discipline to Water Fast wore off for me after I had fully healed and picked up some familiar and old habits. I found myself in self-sabotage mode. I'd only be able to Water Fast for a short time before mental cravings started taking over. I'd last maybe 2 days. I know in hindsight much of this stems from residual trauma & PSTD from the accident I still needed to heal. I had been self-medicating with food. What worked for me was to start with 3 day fasts, then I escalated to 10 days and eventually I was able to complete another extended water fast and the healing benefits were tremendous. In between each fast, I refed for at least one to two months with a primarily high raw foods diet and plenty of juicing.

In summary, don't fight where ever you happen to be. Just flow with it and do what you can do now. Don't look at it as failing or a negative, simply know you're taking steps to get to your ultimate goal.

My recommendation would be to start with what you can accomplish. Perhaps plan for a 3 day fast, break it successfully, refeed with the foods you notated above and extend your water fast when you fast again. Mentally this may be very motivating for you as it will register that you successfully completed a planned water fast vs. failing at fasting. See the difference?