Re: Water question

"She decided to no drink water she don't like it much.
So today she passed out,hit her head and back,luckily she is ok but it could have been very bad."

When we fast whether it be on water only or with juice we need to be ever mindful of the possibility of light headedness, regardless of how much water we drink.  Less water generally equates to stronger detox so the need for caution in getting up slowly becomes even more prevailing.
 
"My advice drink 8 to 10. For weight loss it seems to be working great.I am down from 258.8 to 226.0 today day 23."

Many people in this forum are actually fasting for optimal health, and not with such a strong emphasis on temporary water loss.  When deciding how much water to drink, it is their health they are primarily concerned with and according to the masters who have dedicated their lives to the study of fasting and have fasted and studied tens of thousands of patients, drinking to thirst is the most beneficial way to go.  I am really curious, which experts in the field of (water-only) fasting are you referring to who recommend "forcing down" 8-10 cups per day whether thirsty or not rather than drinking only the amount needed to satisfy thirst, whether this be 2 cups per day or 10?  In whatever i have read, i have never seen such a recommendation.

"But drop that water and bad things will happen. I was also feeling lightheaded yesterday and also had not taken my water that day like usual. So upped the water and feel fine today."

Feeling fine is often the product of having slowed the rate of cleansing.  Lightheadedness is a very common symptom of detox and excess water will make us cleanse and heal less aggressively.  If your goal is slower detox (ie: to minimize light headedness) then drinking more water than you are thirsty for would be one way to accomplish this, exercising more than minimally would be another... and deviating in any way from water-only would be yet another.   To believe that we must be doing something right if our symptoms are minimal is actually quite inaccurate.

If you want to cleanse and heal as aggressively as possible (drinking only to thirst, preferably distilled water and nothing besides water, exercising only so much as to flush the lymphs and otherwise resting as much as possible) light headedness is very likely to become more of a factor in your daily life. 

The key to navigating light headedness is to always get up as carefully as necessary.  This might mean sitting for 3 minutes on the edge of the bed before gradually standing up, ever on alert to sit back down again if you become dizzy, resting on the wall between the bedroom and the bathroom, peeing sitting down and whatever other measures may be necessary.   

In my most recent fast i went 36 days with amazing results and light headedness was an accepted daily part of the experience.  I drank only when thirsty, usually going dry for 15-20 hours per day without the slightest hint of dehydration and drank only home distilled water,  exercised only minimally to flush the lymphs and laid down most days for about 23 hours.  And yes i am one of the "purists" who had water-only with no vitamins, minerals, medications or any other exceptions. : ).

I know what it is to fast actively having briskly walked 2 hours per day in another fast, something i might add i still believe in for some people depending on their situation.  What i mean is that everybody wants to cleanse and heal, but some people very legitimately would want to burn as much fat as possible even at the expense of some of the cleansing and healing.  Such an active fast will slow the detox (though still be very detoxifying), but hasten the fat burning while also keeping the metabolism from temporarily slowing down as much... and as such might be an understandably worthwhile tradeoff for some people. 

I also know what it is to drink more than thirsty for having fasted with a gallon of water per day believing at the time in my inexperience that it was "going to help flush more toxins out" and if i go back far enough i know what it is to have had mineral water or tea or sugar free gum or apple cider vinegar... a zero calorie diet rather than a distilled water-only fast.  But the more i have read and experienced, the more clear it has become that the masters had it right.