I’ve read A LOT of great information on this website and I’m glad to have resources like this to assist me in my juice fast process! I am doing the fast mostly for weight loss but I also want to kick my bad habbits of eating greasy/fatty/ICKY foods. I am on the second day of my juice fast and I’m actually not too hungry, but I REALLY want some food. I am 5′9″ and I weigh about 205. I want to lose about 50-60 lbs. I must have some muscle hiding under my fat because I have a friend who is the same height as me and weighs about 175 but I look thinner than her….odd huh? What I really want to know is what I need to do to lose weight and lose it fast. I walked (with minimul jogging) on the tredmill yesterday for about 1.5 miles and I think I’ll do the same- maybe more- today. I have been extracting mostly fruits as I do not care for vegetables- should I be juicing more veggies then fruits? Thanks in advance for the help!!!
]]>Those are heavy duty drugs. You can see the impact of a drug based on the withdrawals. The long-term effect of these drug will not be good. Surgery is a wise choice if you can afford it. I had disc bulge and surgery many years ago and I no longer in pain. Yoga and decompressing the spine by pulling on one leg or pressing down the pelvis in the right direct can make a huge difference in pain. I have relieved several patients of pain with this spinal decompression technique. Sure you can take the drugs and juice fast but not with water fasting. There are many exercises that can also have great benefit in pain reduction. Water fasting and taking these drugs can damage your stomach lining. Take them with juice. ]]>
I have been reading your site and it is very interesting.
I would like to start a 30 day fast and my only concern is that I am on these meds baclofen and vicodin for back buldges. Will these mess up the fast?
Or can I continue to take them while fasting?
I do plan to fast on juice with some water days inbetween.
Please write back when you have time
thanks,
Xandra ]]>
You will lose some but it comes back quickly after the fast. You can take 10 egg whites a day and drink only juice and train like a mad man if you want cuts and muscles. Do 30 days. Blend them into the juice. ]]>
For weight loss store bought juices will work. Drink the minimum to maintain strength. Acid juice can upset the stomach if you drink too much. Sip them. ]]>
Juice fasting will help anemia. Make some blackstrap tea with hot water and 3 tablespoons of blackstrap molasses for the iron content. You can easily lose 20 lb on a fast. Try a 21 day juice fast. ]]>
Sure, that is fine. For water fasting for healing I recommend a small amount of raw sugar with lemon juice. 2 or three glasses a day. ]]>
Just email it to us with any pics, such as full body before and after, scans of medical documents if you are fasting for healing, and we will put it together and publish it. You can add any research links or your site if you have one. The best enema looks like a water bottle and uses about a quart of plain water. Usually found in a pharmacy or medical supply shop. Use it 3 times at the start of a fast and every second day after that replacing the intestinal bacteria as recommended on this site, on the last use of the enema. ]]>
Yea I remember those days. LOL. Trying to repair the damage of partying with fasting yet not lose out on the fun. From experience, the impact of alcohol in a fasting state if far different than when you are eating.
1. The high is more intense but you come down faster.
2. the hangover is far worse.
3. The impact to sleep cycles is more intense.
5. Dehydration is more intense on a much smaller amount of alcohol.
6. It is more of a head buzz than a tire body effect but the after effect is feeling dirty and out of it.
If you do drink alcohol during a fast do it in the interest of science and post it. Write a paper on your experience. Record amounts and times, and effect.
I already paid my dues to science.
LOL
True science is unbiased and unashamed. Everything else is promotion. ]]>
I am about to (attempt to!) undergo a two-week water fast. I’ve never fasted before and I know that for first timers a juice fast is recommended but I really want to throw myself into this to see how much I can handle and properly clean-out my body, obviously with the hope of losing weight, too. Is this OK to do?
Also, what is the advice on drinking alcohol during fasting? Like say during a juice fast, would drinking say vodka and cranberry juice be OK or totally damaging to the fast? As a student, most of my socializing revolves around alcohol and although I will try to avoid it during this water fast, I was just wondering what the guidelines on this are in general?
Thanks a lot, this is a great site that has given me the final push to do something I have always wanted/ felt I NEEDED to do for a long time but never had the confidence or knowledge on how to go about it.
]]>Lack of hunger is normal during fasting. It is an effect of catabolsim. You will not have regular bowel movement but may have stools every few days. I recommend an enema but is it not crucial. Achy muscles are normal during catabolism. The detox is cyclic so energy will come and go with more energy the longer you fast. Document your fast for publication on the Fasting Network. ]]>
The first fast is the easiest. The second and third get harder. I use the enema as it takes away all desire for food. The effect is instant and works every time.
But the good news is good. Muscles and no weight gain. So you are losing fast but your weight will not change. And muscle is heavier than fat. ]]>
Well, this is the fast that just wasn’t… I just can’t quite get there. Almost every day I eat something - not much: a cup of chicken broth, 80gr of tuna… but something. And I’m well past the stage where normally Im not feeling hungry.
I’m trying to listen to my body - and I don’t eat unless my body *really* insists. But that happens at least once a day (well, most days - I’ve had a couple days without anything but water and unsweetened herb tea). Frustrating!
Usually for me, it’s pretty easy to ease into a fast, it’s like walking down the steps into a pool: I eat less and less and less and finally nothing - but this time I just can’t get off that last step.
It *is* true that I’m putting on quite a bit of muscle - what with the construction in the house. I’m relatively active for a 50 year old professor, but when I went to my chiropractor recently, she thought I’d been going to the gym. So I’ve definitely bulked up - especially my back, shoulders and upper arms.
It’s possible that the protien cravings are simply my body insisting on what it needs to build the new muscle - but I want to scream at it: Use Fat! Use Fat!
In any case… that’s where I am. Sort of half-fasting… & doing protein instead of juice when it’s too much. Not loosing too much weight (none in the last three days), but not gaining either, which is a plus for me. (Yes, Tom, I’m a *VERY* slow burner!)
So as always, thanks for being there. Tom, if you know any tricks to help me over that last hump, let me know… Otherwise, I’ll just keep on keeping on. (At least I’m pretty happy - not nearly as down as I was a while ago).
Ona
Ona
]]>I was wondering about the Russian accent when I called. For me water fasting and hard work…. Impossible. The zone is illusive. Thanks for the post with lots of details and these days it is the details that make the science. ]]>
The site turned my blood pressure readings into Russian telephone numbers. Don’t call them! They are blood pressure readings!
Grinning,
Ona ]]>
Just checking in… (& I just spent 20 mintues looking for my last post, but I can’t find it… didn’t make a note of what category it went in… Duh).
This fast is pretty d**m tough. I have to say. A lot of different things coming up - real life interfering (grrr) - getting the flu… You know, *stuff*.
In any case, the upshot is, I’ve been sort of alternating between full water days (well, plus herb teas, etc - no sugar), and “last prep” days (add in some clean protien, usually fish).
Additionally, my scale is completely f****d. It jumped 10 kilos a few days ago (about 22 pounds - not a possible weight gain under any circumstances) - so I’m trying to let ‘results be my guru’ and I’m having a hard time trusting my results.
Also a water fast when you’re doing a lot of physical labour is tough - even for a very slow burner like me. (For a fast burner, like you Tom, it probably just isn’t to be done).
Still, good things. No dizziness (until today when my blood pressure went down to 106/62!!! Crazy! I’m usually a steady 120/80). Not much trouble doing the physical work, except that my body is much more frequently saying “hey, give me something! - protein preferably” No bread or sugar cravings. Hmm… Hard to find the good things. Except that the fast is not disrupting my life too much - but I’m letting my life disrupt it more than I usually do.
So my body feels really betwixt & between right now… I’m realy annoyed that I had to take a break, because two weeks ago I was really in the zone… And I’m just having a hard time getting back there.
Oh well, it’s important to note that good days and bad days are just part of the deal… And s*** happens - like my wife coming home with the flu on my last day of prep or the kitchen wall needing to come down on my first full water day.
So thanks for being there to check in with…
Ona ]]>
That’s great news. What juice fast do you recommend for me to follow as I want to go on a 30 day fast.
]]>For anemia, the protcol is blackstrap molasses tea made with by mixing it with hot water as it is high in iron. Vegetable juices with beets, and greens from a juice extractor. 10 to 35 days of juice fasting is recommended.
With, vitamin E 1200 IU daily, B complex,and any supplement recommend for the condition. ]]>
thanks
Micheline ]]>