Date:   7/11/2011 1:22:40 PM ( 13 y ago)
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Hello good folks,

I only made it 2.1 days dry before moderate to strong persisting thirst in my dry mouth and throat and the beginning of dry peeling skin on my lips led me to drink, but i decided to satisfy thirst  with water-only (in this case for .5 day, satisfying even mild thirst throughout this period) before going back into the next dry segment which has been about 20 relatively comfortable hours so far. So currently i am 3.5 days into this combined dry/water-only fast.

My longest dry fast to date was a reasonably comfortable 4 days about a month ago followed by a very difficult and uncomfortable 3.5 days about 5 months ago.  I would like to reach about 10 days combined total this time with about 8 of them dry, maybe something close to 2 days dry followed by .5 day with water-only repeated 4 times.  This would be the approximate protocol only if i can handle 2 days dry each time. Not knowing how dry and thirsty i might become, i may have to settle for 1 or 1.5 days dry in some instances, but we'll see how it goes. 

I have learned and learned well through the aftermath of the very difficult 3.5 day dry fast not to push myself too deep into thirst.  In that instance i fought med-heavy mercilessly persisting thirst for about 24 hours before finally drinking and experienced 10 days of dehydration-induced nausea as a result along with drying skin in many places and even some blisters. 

Indeed dry fasting is the most powerful of all methods of cleansing and healing, but it is possible to take it too far and i have learned through experience to respect my body's limits. Let it be stated that for some people, 7 and even 14 days dry does not lead to such strong thirst or symptoms of dehydration.  I realize and accept completely that i am not one of these individuals, at least not at this stage of my life.  

Back to the current fast, i did the first 2.1 days dry in what i will call semi-rigid fashion which for me means no showers, baths or swimming (because the body does indeed drink through the skin when thristy), but i did brush my teeth with water-only, wash my hands and other limited strategic places and even soak my feet in cold epsom salt water, the latter partly as a compromise to help slightly appease the fairly strong thirst i was experiencing. I resisted a moderate persisting thirst for the better part of the 2nd day before the thirst increased a notch (to med-heavy persisting) and i decided to drink.      

I am hoping for and anticipating some continued heart healing in this fast.  Past water-only fasting of 30, 36.5 and 17 days, each with many less aggressive dry segments (mostly 15-20 hours until reaching semi-moderate persisting thirst) along with the 4 and 3.5 day dry fasts and about 3 months of aprox 16 hour daily dry fasts have allowed my body to take a badly damaged heart to about 90% healing and my goal is to reach 100+.

Exercising modestly, not pushing too hard, but i did isometrically train my muscles in the first 2 days of the fast (while i still had more energy) to try something new.  I don't believe those workouts will produce a gain in size, but i do believe the muscles will be stronger and healthier as a result, utilizing weaker recycled protein sources to build up stronger ones.

Otherwise i am jumping on the trampoline and walking, each at a comfortable pace which at this point is pretty slow to moderate and doing these a couple times each per day.  The trampoline sessions are only 2-5 minutes and the walks 10-15.  Existing in a state of heightened calm, the gentle walking is a delight to my soul, sometimes feeling a bit like walking on clouds.

I do have to work somewhat, but i am trying to work as little as possible and lay in bed reading and otherwise relaxing as much as i can. I am also making a point of laying in the mid-day sun for a few minutes each day to capture all of the benefits brought forth through this worthwhile endeavor.    

As another welcome perk of the fast, i would expect to burn about 5-6 pounds of actual fat over the 10 days (should i remain strong in my resolve to go this long), enough to create a noticeably healthier overall body composition with perhaps about 8-9% body fat and some fairly well defined muscles.  I will of course lose a lot more than 5-6 pounds overall, but i know from experience that even through healthful eating and exercising this additional weight (the weight that does not include the 5-6 pounds of fat) will return within about 2 weeks, most of it temporary water and intestinal content losses, but i also expect to gain some muscle that is eager to be trained and fed and probably a little bit of fat because though i eat healthy foods, my goal is to build my body and replenish nutrient stores, erring on the side of eating a little too much.

I believe that fasting primes me to build muscle more efficiently once i begin eating again, primarily due to a heightened ability of the body to assimilate nutrients and i believe that each cell in my body will become stronger and healthier.     

Finally, when i ended the 4 day dry fast (about a month ago) i did so feeling pretty good (meaning that i didn't knowingly break it in mid crisis), but the very first morning upon awakening i had a sore throat which persisted for about 2.5 weeks(!) and about 2 days after breaking i had developed a night time and morning cough that persisted this entire past month until i began this fast... and the cough was gone about 1 day into it. 

I broke the 4 day dry fast with distilled water initially, but an hour or two later i had some herbal tea with honey and some fruit, followed a couple hours later with some vitamixed vegetable soup.  My guess is that the 4 days dry stirred up some toxic activity and i didn't give it enough of a chance to exit my body (with a longer water-only segment) before greatly slowing the cleansing process, trapping within me what would become the sore throat and cough. I see this fast as the means by which to completely eliminate any remaining trace of those issues.  

As to refeeding and assuming i proceed with the full 10 days,  i would expect to break the last dry segment with at least .5 day of water and follow this with about 2 days of largely organic juices, both raw (some fruit juices, tomato juice, carrot/beet/celery/parsley) and cooked (as in collards or other heavy greens/garlic/onions/celery/chili peppers) and herbal teas, then eating largely organic whole fruits and vegetables for 2 or 3 days before finally introducing other healthful foods.

Feeling pretty good now, not at the top of my game, but able to pretty much do the things that need to be done without too much discomfort.

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