Hi,

I'm 5'7" as well, before my 21 day fast I was about 205 pounds (so we are about similar size) and I lost about a pound (1/2 kg) per day. I didn't weight myself during the fast because I know I am impatient, I always was, and any number on a scale would be a disappointment. Usually, the scale number was a reason I would break a diet.

I would advise you to forget the scale because there is absolutely no faster way to lose pounds/kilograms, so whatever number is, it is the fastest, and think rather about all other benefits the fast will do for you.

This is what kept me going. I felt and convinced myself that I'm fasting for my health and that my weight is almost unimportant. And at some level that was true.

Tomorrow, after one week of break, I'm starting my second fast, and if everything goes fine I will attempt the third fast as well. Hopefully, I will lose about 60 pounds fasting and the last 15-20 through exercise and plant eating.

So forget the scale, do it for your health and read about fasting and this forum; it is excellent.

All best
M.

Can you drink herbal teas? you mentioned you were drinking tea

Hi,
Well,no big difference compared to yesterday.I did not have any detox symptoms.But then the clothes are becoming larger.I am noticing that especially in waist region.But my abdomen is not supporting it fully,though it seems to be slowly reducing.I have a weight target in mind, hope i could reach it in time.But i would not weight myself till a time comes.But i still want to carry on well and win it in style.

Thanks!

About the tea...

"anything with taste tends to inform your hypothalamus that you are actually eating, thus undermining the switch to catabolism."

//www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1675486#i


When it gets too hard to work you may want to switch to a juice fast/feast for a while. When we fast with water only our bodies are living off of our diseased tissue. If you take tea this is sabotaged and you stand in danger of entering a starvation mode. When you switch to juice you will be living off of the juice and not your body, but it may be the break you need to get back to successful water fasting.

If you need the tea for a day or two to help you get started I don't think it would be any big deal, but you do not want to continue Water Fasting with a cup of tea occasionally.