Well, made it for 7 days, ended up breaking last night. I am going to refeed for a couple of days and give it another try, because I really feel that I broke prematurely, caving in to the pressures of exam cramming and psychological pressures.   [End]
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I thank you Golthing for sharing your results of your experiment. I too find thinkers replies not only more like disgiused attacks but childish and wholly unnecessary. Shame on him/her. Keep sharing Golthing and ignore the haters. Drivel is right! I find his claims of slime and sludge exiting the body for years caused by meat eating laughable.   [End]
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I too have had headaches during this fast. Instead of painkillers I have relied on an old Latvian folk remedy which is to put raw cabbage leaves on the forehead. Seems to help for me!   [End]
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Yesterday was brutal. Headache on and off. This morning also woke with a headache and dirty fingernails! I guess the toxins really do come out everywhere! Three zits...avent had this many since I was a teen. Vomitted again today...mucous and lightly bile colored. Stomach was really rumbling last night around fiveish ( dinner time). I was fine but when my sister unexpectedly stopped by with homemade chicken fajitas for dad and I it took all I had not to nibble. I didn’t weigh from day 1 but went to the Y today. No workout just weighed and sat in the hottub and weight was 155 ...
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Great! Made it to day 3! I have had a headache on and off all day. Spent the day doing paperwork (tax forms for my father and myself) and took the computer in to be repaired. I simply need it right now.....2 weeks out from final exams is not the time to be computerless! Also brought up a small to moderate quantity of mucous again today. After which I was profoundly tired and ended up napping for almost 2 hours. Feel better now but still a slight headache. Have some more errands to run..then going to stop by the Y for a sauna and a weigh in. I didn’t weigh upon s ...
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Day 2 has begun at 2pm today. Yay! I must admit, I am struggling more psychologically that anything else. I want to ”taste” something.\ I find I am craving fruits and veggies and am looking forward to eating more of them on a daily basis once the fast is broken properly. How have you experienced fasters dealt with the boredom and that feeling of wanting to taste something? My mouth tastes yucky. I did forget this morning and brushed my teeth with toothpaste, but I will be using water from here on out. I have been very good, and not added a squeeze of lemon or lime to any ...
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Thanks! I am fasting because I know how horribly toxic my body is ( years of abuse in my youth) and I want to get a handle on high blood pressure and tachycardia without resorting to big pharma. I also will of course benefit from the weight that will be lost but that is not my only goal, and I am SO open to the mental clarity and spirituality that may result! So, in short, I am fasting for all the benefits that a fast can offer to me! It is now a little after noon, I am at school (even with 2 weeks to go and finals coming up, I am feeling really peaceful about it). A li ...
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Wow! After my first water fast of 14 days (3 years ago) it has taken me forever to find the fortitude to begin another. I began water only yesterday afternoon, after 2 days on juice, fruit and psyllium husks. This is fast of unknown length, ideally I would like to fast to completion, but at the moment I am just interested in maki ng it past each day as it comes and am eagerly awaiting the loss of appetite. According to the clock I am just over 12 1/2 hours in. I will update as I go along.   [End]
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Would love to join you. I have began today as well, and aiming for 40, but will be happy with whatever number I achieve.   [End]
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Have officially begun my fast today. Looking to fast to completion, but not sure how to discern that truly, as I have never done so before, I wonder if I will be able to recognize it when it comes. I am certain that I am really very toxic. Have completed several 3 and 5 day fasts and once a 14 day fast. I broke that one out of boredom rather than anything else so ... Having said all that, I will be happy with however long my fast lasts, I do need to stay engaged in my normal duties which right now consist of nursing school, work at a restaurant (of course, LOL!) and caring and cooki ...
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Hi everyone. Planning on joining you tomorrow, and going for as long as posible for me. I do go to college and work and have to prepare meals for my elderly father, so... In the past I have completed several 3 days fasts, 5 day and a 14 day fast. I have been wanting to fast again for a long time. Lent seems as good a time as any~!   [End]
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I am planning on starting a water fast for Lent too, and going as many of the 40 days as possible~!   [End]
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Thanks WY. I put alot of questions on there in the hopes that more people would at least be able to find some aspect to share. I guess my idea backfired on me~! Thanks for the tip.   [End]
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Wow Don’t everyone trip over yourselves trying to reply to my post. Thanks so much for the help. Nice support forum.   [End]
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Hi Sunrise~! I am definately interested in your progress and I am sure that you will find that you can accomplish exactly what you set out to do. Having a supportive bf is definately a bonus as well! To WY- I am SO glad that my comment didn’t offend you, becasue that was the last thing I wanted to have happen. Thanks for understanding , and I wish for you the strength and fortitude get past day one, and enjoy a wonderful and productive fast!   [End]
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Hi everyone! Well, I kept my appointment today to donate blood, and now I am all clear to begin my pre-fasting preparation. So, my question is for those of you who are at least somewhat experienced with the water fast. I would like to know what methods you personally use to prepare yourselves for the fast. Do you follow a specific pre-fast diet? Do you modifyyour eating at all before you begin to fast or do you just jump right in? Do you do a liver cleanse before-hand? How about a parasite cleanse? If you do modify your diet before the fast, for what length of time? Is ...
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No disrespect meant WY, but I thought that was the point of an open forum? To get as many varied and educated opinions as possible? Just IMHO, your replies to this faster have seriously been less than curteous.   [End]
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I have had to delay the beginnin g of my pre-fast as I had forgotten about an pligation at university to donate blood tomorrow afternooN Determined to begin after that.   [End]
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I agree....the plans are pretty lofty, and while the length is my ultimate goal (well...fasting to completion would be the real ultimate goal), I have thought long and hard about the time-length I have set out above and it is what I feel comfortable with. I have, in the past, completed several 3 day water fasts, one 6 day one and one 14 day one. The last time I fasted was the 14 day one, and it was about 3 years ago. It has taken me this long to be ready psychologically to undertake this again. As far as the weight, I am uncomfortable with myself at this weight and have tried ...
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Hi everyone. I have decided it is time to fast again, and I do believe I am psychologically ready to attempt to do this. I am going to begin my preparation for the fast on Monday. I have decided to prepare by switching to raw fruits and veggies only for the ten days leading up to my fast. I will then attempt a water only fast for 21 days. I have varied reasons for wanting to fast, among them are to overcome both food and tobacco addictions and to heal some stomach pain that I have had intermittantly for the past 20 years. No cause has ever been determined for that pain. Any weight-lo ...
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Wonderful message Somer. This always bears repeating. Great to see you are still around here.   [End]
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Well, after a sucession of false/failed starts, I have made it to day three of my water fast. I am anxious for the hunger to go away, as they say it will and it is especially difficult because I do have to prepare food for others, no getting away from that! I am determined to give this fast my 100%. Noticing already many emotions surfacing and memories of things/events/people that I haven’t thought about in years. My muscles are a bit sore today, but I am not sure if that is from the fast or more likely from doing spring gardening yesterday!   [End]
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I am starting a fast today and using freshly tapped birch sap and water only. I plan on ingesting about 3 liters a day, for 10-14 days. Could this be harmful? I am NOT underweight.   [End]
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I am strarting a fast using water and birch sap today. The birch sap is freshly tapped and collected everyday. It is supposed to have wonderful detoxing effects. I am assuming that as it is very low in glucose content, that i will also lose some weight during this fast. I am aiming for ten days, but will go longer if I am able to. I will post my measurements later , before and after fast. I don’t have a scale at home, but I believe my starting weight is around 71 kilos. Wish me luck!   [End]
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Thank you for your support! It definately means alot to me. This fast is really important to me, on a spiritual/emotional level as well as for the physical detox and weight loss. Yes, keeping busy is a great suggestion, thank you. Hopefully spring-time weather will soon be cooperating and I will be able to spend more time outdoors. I will definately keep everyone posted, and thanks again!   [End]
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Thank you for your support. :(   [End]
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Bad link. Looks like spam to me.   [End]
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Hi everyone! I have been a lurker on these boards for about 3-4 years now, at least. I have managed to do the master cleanse, once. I quit smoking on December 31st last year. Now after three months of giving myself permission to eat whatever I wanted to (because of the not smoking) my 40 year old figure needs some help! I am planning on doing a fast until Easter, I am going to start Sunday the 22nd, with about a week of fruits and veggies and unsweetened teas only, then move on to water only, for as long as I can hold out. I would be estatic if I were able to drop 20-25 pound ...
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Well, the water tastes just fine....and I am following the drink when thirsty regimen and am not really keeping track of how much I consume daily. It isn’t a whole lot. I have been telling myself that the worse my food cravings or other detox symptoms are, the more it proves that I need to be doing this fast. The worst is when I have to prepare food, as I have always been a ”taste as I cook” type of person, and it is so hard not to nibble or lick my fingers!   [End]
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Well, I have decided to drink the water as is, without boiling. We have drank it like this in the past, the only reason we didn’t do so on a regular basis was the work involved. Basically taking a wheelbarrow and a 30-40 liter can and walking some distance to the spring and back. I have a full can now and have been using this. I do tend to agree with you mouseclick that a few bugs are probably good for us, strengthening the immune system and that as a whole we have gone ”sterile crazy” After all, isn’t that what our immune system is for in the first place? To protect us. I am ...
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Hi fiesta! Sure we can be buddies! I e-mailed you.   [End]
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Hi! I’m new here too...just started today (Friday) and wanted to say good luck. I didn’t do any sort of prep this time because i think i may be a food addict and really it is easier for me to just not have any than to try to modify. Hopefully after my fast, that issue will have resolved and then I plan on going 80% or so raw. Not going to be obsessive about it, just make raw the mainstay of my diet.   [End]
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Hi everyone.....what a lovely and informative forum here, glad to have found it! I am beginning my water fast today. I am aiming for a minimum of ten days. I have done one three day fast about a year ago. I am ready to make a major change in the way I eat....am looking forward to the detox effect of the fasting as well as other health benefits, including losing a few extra unwanted pounds that seem to have creeped up on me over the past two to three years or so. Also after a recent blood test it seems my cholesterol levels are too high (way) and also I seem to have developed high ...
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