Re: Day 6 Water fast, still extremely weak

From everything I have researched about fasting, extreme weakness is supposed to go away after the first 3 or 4 days, along with hunger. It is day 6 and I am still patiently waiting for the weakness to go away. Just getting up to get a drink of water or go to the bathroom is a huge task. I get dizzy and out of breath.

Hi LunaViolet,

I have both experienced and read many accounts of people persisting in weakness throughout a long fast.  The body is cleansing (detoxing) which causes weakness and is also calming itself, slowing down our vital functioning.  It is very common and normal to experience very low blood pressure and heart rate, both of which will make us feel weak and light headed especially upon arising too quickly.  None of this is a warning sign to discontinue the fast.

It is true that exercise will generally make us feel stronger, and part of the reason is that it both un-slows our system and reduces the rate of detox.  From my own experience, if you were to walk briskly a couple of times per day throughout your fast you would notice a big difference. 

When i have wanted to cleanse and heal most aggressively and optimally i have made a point to exercise only minimally and only very gently.  Combined with laying down 23 hours per day, this type of fast led to the greatest amount of weakness throughout and by this i mean 30 and 36 days of feeling weak, but with amazing benefits upon emerging.  

By contrast, i have felt the strongest in a fast where i was brisk walking 2 hours per day and this fast preceded the resting fasts so my body was far more toxic at this time... and yet because of the exercise my body was not being allowed to enter into the deepest state of rest and i was thus not allowing myself to feel as weak.    

So far the only symptoms i have experienced is LOTS of weakness, hunger, and weight loss. I have NOT experienced headaches, nausia, breakouts, or any other detox symptoms that I have read about from others experiences. And I most definitely have NOT experienced any energy or good experiences. Is there something wrong with me or should I keep going with this fast? I really want to keep going until my weakness goes away and I feel better. But what if it never happens.

It sounds like you are doing great, that there is nothing unusual or otherwise wrong with you and i believe you will benefit yourself maximally by continuing with your fast.  Your weakness might go away and it might not, but either way you are accomplishing something amazing within your body and you would do well to keep going.  

What if I'm not supposed to fast for some reason or another because normal people feel good at this stage?

Honestly from your description, i believe you feel no worse than the average faster feels at this point.  Weakness throughout is so very common.  Also it is said that (generally speaking) the worse we feel while fasting the more we needed it.  Your diet speaks of a person who should be fairly clean within, so hopefully your weakness will not persist as long as mine. 

I hope you're still fasting and many blessings as you continue :).