Fasting
 

I just completed a 19 hour fast - no food or water

The first few pangs of hunger are the worst, but after a while it was easier and easier not to eat. Unfortunately I was a little too weak to continue, I couldn't concentrate on a book I was reading so I decided to eat something. Now I sorta wish I had stuck it out for 5 more hours.

Wondering if anyone has fasted before and if they have any tips. I got a few ideas by doing this: That I need to strengthen my concentration. That food is a very social drug. That eating leads to more eating and that fasting leads to more fasting. And that nothing really satisfies me food-wise, eating food feels empty.

I used to do fasting for like hunger drives and stuff. I drank water though but I did it for 2 weeks. It's only painful the first couple days then I didn't really think about it. Just don't try to over exert yourself.

Forgot to mention I took vitamin pills and such during the period to not make myself completely ill.

Being Muslim, I partake in the Ramadan fast. Its not a really length fast, per se, its more the number of days. Thirty days from sunrise to sunset no food or drink. The first days can be hard. The important thing is to keep yourself busy. And it can be especially hard to go without drink during the summer, hard and dangerous, so be careful.

all i have to say is that your body is a shrine

I think that's amazing. I'm pretty weak right now. I couldn't even stop eating for a day. I will improve in the future. My question is: did you take a One-A-Day all purpose vitamin or did you take several different kinds? some details on that would be helpful. :)

Adamark: why are u fasting?

Ok pretty much protein is bad during fasting so don't need to take anything for that. Basically I just took a couple different vitamins to get me through though ppl do advise against them when fasting. They say juice fasting is better on you because you can get those vitamins easier. I took the vitamins because it's starving the body without out it which is different from fasting. Fasting being a cleansing process.

But yeah there are different techiniques and such depending on you. Things will differ depending on your metabolism rate and such. So there's usually a different way for everyone. It just usually takes a lot of self disapline and motive. Heh talking about all this made me hungery. Glad I'm not on a fast now. :) Oh and remember after a fast not to over eat.

I could never do it. My body burns too many calories. I would probably fall down and die the second day.

My hat's off to you.

What was the occasion, adamark?

Why no water, My family is Jewish and when we fast we're alowwed water.