I feel like once you’ve gotten to day 3 or 4 you resist it better.
Thank you
louchi!
]]>I am on my first REAL fast (water only)… Previously I basically just reduced my calorie intake and only had coffee and a bagel for about 2 months.. Lots about 50lbs and was going to the gym 2 times a day.. This is why I say my first real fast. So I am coming up to my 28th day on Sunday Feb 5th which is the day I will be ending my WATER fast.. I have no gone to the gym for the entire time as I didn’t want to drain my energy. I am not a night shift currently so I have been basically working and sleeping for the most part (10hrs or sometimes 12) which is more then my usual 4-6hrs when on day shift… Now I want to know the proper way to break my fast as I have read many sites (including this one) and have gotten different contradicting information.. Like some say you can have soup and steamed veggies while others say you can’t.. Also the clarity of how long it takes to break a 28 day water is not really that great… So could you tell me if my thinking of breaking my fast is correct… I really appreciate this as I do not want to damage my system and undo all the good that comes from fasting.. Oh ya of 2 days ago I have lost 30lbs on my fast.. I still need to loose another 20 or so which I will to with hard work at the gym and proper eating (I have in the past had a bad habit of eating out to much).
Day 1-2 … 50/50 water and juice (store bought apple, orange and fruit juices.. I hate veggie juices)
Day 3-7 … Same as above without the 50/50 mix… Also add in raw fruit and veggies
Week 2 … Same as above but add soups.. (chicken and veggie broth, chicken noodle soup Lipton’s, pea soup) Now this is the part I am unsure if I should do or not.. Like I said contradicting information.. What types of soups can I eat??
Week 3 … Same as above but add steamed veggies and maybe some rice (brown, wild or white) possibly some hard boiled eggs??
Week 4 … Same as above but start adding more solid food likes chicken and fish.. Anything else I can add to this if I can even start this soon??
Is this a bad or good plan??
Thanks
]]>I am a twenty year old young lady who has gone through a never-ending struggle with my weight and health. From abuse of laxatives, a lot of all nighters, alcohol, depression, bad skin rashes, I have experienced it all. I wouldn’t say I have an eating disorder at all, but as my full-time job is a model, I do travel a lot, binge on unhealthy food, but most of all-I have a severe addiction to sugar. This may sound insane, but I am more than convinced it is an addiction, and one that makes me very unhappy. I have a naturally thin figure, I am 5″9 and weigh 123 pounds, and this is when I eat proper meals ( 3 healthy meals a day). The only issue is my addiction to sugar has made me through out the years cut out meals and substitute them by chocolate, and other sweets, in order to “save the calories”. I do realize after consulting a nutritionist this is a completely irrational and unhealthy idea! Long story short, I have been living the most unhealthy life style, okay I have never touched drugs, but other than that, the worst! I have been suggested by a doctor to go on a water fast in order to kick start my new health habits. He suggested I do it in order to eliminate this addiction to sugar, and junk I have which causes me hypoglycemia, and lots of other symptoms, and explained to me that he personally thought it was the only way of getting back on a right track..some sort of a “new beginning”.
Now here is my issue: The intermittent fasting I have done-easily. But now cutting sugar, I have never done. And this is really what I need to do for my own health and future. How do you suggested saving myself from these sugar rages, binges, whatever people may call them, in order to get through enough days for a new start? I am well aware this might not make me loose weight as I am already tiny, but this is really, and truly not the point of my fast.
I am supposed to be setting examples on health with my profession, which I normally could do( I am definitely not a supporter of the pin thin model look), if I wasn’t addicted to sugar. I could eat a entire box of Oreos and feel satisfied.
I would really appreciate yours, more than anyones advice because you seem to have experienced more than I can ever wish to myself when it comes to personal challenges and mental strength.
Good luck to everyone on this website trying to accomplish this for their own good, kudos!!!
god bless, and thank you so much in advance.
]]>My suggestion is to fast for a period of time, (i.e. 3, 5, 7 or 10 days) then eat for a few days in-between. Raw foods are fine. Olive oil, lemon and sea salt is great on a salad. And black or red pepper is also good. Just remember fasting one day and eating the next won’t benefit you in a major way. Only extended periods of fasting do the trick!
During a fast bowel movements are rare. There’s just nothing to push it through So enemas are the only way to clean the toxins and built up crude in our bowels. And they are very important during a long fast. Ron
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