I posted here asking for help the other day. I have never fasted before. Starting a Water Fast tomorrow. Not sure how long i will go. I drink 1 to 2 cups of coffee everyday. Won't i get a caffeine headache? If so for how long? Is it safe to just stop drinking coffee? Could i fast and still have my coffee? (with 2 tablespoons of cream)? But wouldn't that defeat the process of 'fasting'?? Not sure what to do. Could someone help me? Please.
If you consume anything other than water, it is not a fast, it is called starvation. Your body continues in the digestion mode. Please do not take any coffee or anything else. The headaches will be there or may be you will have other symptoms of detoxing.
Also read other messages here, especially from chrisb1.
I am only able to do short fasts of 3 or 4 days. On the first day of my fast I have a couple of black coffees with no sugar. The next day I usually feel sick and don't want the coffee. So technically day 2 is really day 1. But I find it helps me to launch a fast if I know I can have coffee with NO CREAM on the first day.
I drank plain coffee today when I was suppose to be fasting and it helped ease how awful I was feeling. So, I wouldn't count today as day 1 either, but now I am getting more comfortable with going with out food or flavored drinks.