Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:28:04 GMT
Tomorrow I start my 4th attempt at a 40 day water fast. My first attempt I made it 3 days. My second, 5 days. My last attempt which ended a week ago lasted 7 days. The difference though, was the first two times, I ended it because I mentally wanted food. I needed it emotionally. This third time, I totally had my emotions under control and could have went years mentally without food... but on day 7 I got horribly horribly sick... like puking in the toilet for 4 hours sick... and I decided I had better eat something. I've spent the past week doing my research on why I got sick, and it seems like there's two reasons... 1.) My body is a toxic nightmare. I've never taken care of myself.. I eat junky food, and have for the past 20 years of my life. I'm chock full of artificial this and chemically fortified that... this stuff literally stays in your cells. Part of what makes fasting so good for you, is it gives your body a chance to detox, and rid your cells of all that junk... this comes out in your urine, your sweat, your stomach fluids... etc... I just had so much toxins trying to come out at once (since I have SO much built up) that I literally couldn't stomach it. 2.) and the second reason, which goes along with reason #1... I was focused on this solely as a weight loss thing... so instead of just drinking water (which is supposed to help cut down / speed up the toxin elimination) I was drinking mainly diet soda... which is full of more artificial crap.. basically, I was already full of toxins, and I went from feeding my body toxins mixed with food and nutrients, to only feeding it toxins!! no wonder I was sick. :P So anyways, this time around... only water. And filtered water as much as possible. Supposedly if I can make it to day 10, the majority of the toxins will be gone, and I'll start to feel better than I have since I was a kid. We'll see :) Oh, and just because I know everyone is going to ask... I lost 24 pounds in my 7 day fast last week. gained 4 of that back when I started eating food again. 
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