I’m at the end of day 4 on a 6 day water fast. I feel fantastic. True story: I had a dream this morning that someone had a sandwich in front of my mouth and I woke myself up trying to bite it.
MY story. I went to bed Sunday night after eating a pizza, big bag of chips, 6 pack of beer and a couple cocktails. Woke up Monday at 7. Fell back asleep. Got back up at 11 and had to cancel work. Felt so horrible I decided to stop everything and go on a fast. I had done one 10 years ago for 3 days and knew I'd feel great after a couple days. I stayed on for 128 hours till Saturday morning. I went from 155lbs to 144.2lbs. I did moderate exercise for an hour as much as my body would handle. TRUTH- this time I felt out of it till Friday. It's now saturday morning as I type and I'm drinking coffee and going to eat in about an hour. I feel like a new man...Fasting works- even if you dont do it right- it's the hardest "easy" thing you'll ever do.
My friends fasting is magical... I did fasting for 4 days in regular intervals.. like i would eat for 7 days and then fast for 4 I did this for 2 months and lost 12kg.. from 84 to 72.. and it wasn't that hard trust me.. it also helps you to gain control over your mind.
@@cheejokonya8403 I'm towards the end of day 5, I've not taking a nap and I've worked over 12 hours a day each day and I'm going for 16 days , if the 16 is ez then 20 if I get to 20 with no change I'm going 40, wish me luck or actually this is all Jesus
@@Erlov71 not sure what separate us it's not willpower because it doesn't take much, it's not drive cause this shit is ez, end of day 15 going 40 minimum 53 is the ultimate goal, u need to read and hear the benefits u gotta want to prove to yourself u can do it, most people fail in life at everything stopping smoking, stopping porn, just any addiction weak minds weak people, don't be weak, u don't need to eat I'm living proof of 15 days and honestly I can't imagine why I will start eating again, u gotta get by the 1st few days the hunger goes away, u get use to it, u serious need to read upon it cause I was second guessing myself but once I read that each week the detoxing and healing goes twice as fast each week so the longer you can go the more your become pure, that's what's this shit about being pure, reset tour body, mind and soul and lets go . I have videos were I give a few tips and advice if you interested, I have an appointment with gi specialist tomorrow see what he has to say, but I feel okay granted I'm not doing much but that's because I'm sports betting and making chips but imma have to get back to it and I was driving the same as before that wore me out, I walked that wore me out, any activity put me short of breathe I get the fuel thing , if tour doing Hella activity I don't think I could do this either. Rest as much as u can
@@bleach--__--2493 oh I ak not active on both. But I can give you tips. Go on for dry fasting first. Try not to drink water as long as you can and if you feel hungry and feel like giving up drink a glass and you will realize you are not really hungry but is only thirsty 2. Set your mind. Think that after days of fasting you can have a day to eat whatever you want. Prepare a reward for yoursel and it will keep you going 3. Avoid going to tge kitchrn or somewhere foods are placed. It will only seduce you and you might be tempted to end your fast 4.Do some hobbies. For me, I draw, study since I am still a student or just watch videos. Distract yourself from thinking of food. 5.watch motivational videos, meditate and relax. Belive that you can do it Trust me. This is what I did and continue doing. Im on my second day water fast right now for the third time trying fasting. Good luck!
Big di*k Tyrone I’m still alive so that’s good. The hunger pain never goes away. Absolutely brutal but great learning experience. Made me realize that most of our hunger comes from cravings and not actual physical hunger. Makes normal healthy diets easy as my body now knows the difference between the two. From my experience 80% of the hunger was just from cravings so it’s a huge mental battle. Pro tip: when headaches get severe mix a bottle of water w/ one tbs of pink salt.
I love fasting, just don't like how much I think about food, it's staggering the amount of time we spend thinking about, preparing and eating food while not fasting.
@@elenachiritescu2681 The first 3 days are the worst especially day 3 but it gets better you just have to push yourself past the first 4 days and then it is night and day different.
Growing up, I never realized fasting was unusual. For spiritual reasons, my mom goes on at least one 3 day fast per month, and often does 7-10 day fasts a few times a year, and she’s very healthy. I had an uncle that did a few 40 day fasts (he died in his early 60s though, so I don’t recommend going that long).
@@simplygriffo2527 you need mineral salts ( sodium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus). It makes the fasting process easier. And yes you can add lemon juice to your salt water.
@Matt Davis It sounds as if you’re implying he died as a result of fasting, therefore I ask… What other issues did he have? What underlying health issues did he suffer from? What type of lifestyle did he live?
I'm on day 5 of a 5-day water fast. I can’t wait until tomorrow! I did my 5 day fast for a body reset. I've done a 7-day water fast before, and it was really challenging. Many water fasters will report that they felt very light and energized from around day 4-5. I never experienced that. What didn't help either was that I watched basically all episodes of Chef's Table on Netflix in a row 🙈. I finally broke my fast with some cucumber and avocado. And it was heavenly, lol! This time around, it was easier. The first 3 days were pretty bearable actually, I still got to do some work. But on day 4, I couldn't function. All I did was lay on the couch and watch series. I don't even want to watch anything anymore, but it's a way to keep me occupied cause I don't have the energy to work. I'm also experiencing brain fog: yesterday, it took me 5 minutes to figure out what day it was... This is the final day, and I feel more or less similar to yesterday. The end is near, though 😀. I like what Matt of Yes Theory said about his water fast and seeking discomfort: _"You have to force yourself to lack things. Otherwise, you're just going to think everything is kinda normal, available and you're not gonna appreciate it."_ Doing this fast gave me a newfound appreciation for the good things in life, especially all the tasty delicious foods out there that sometimes I may take for granted. I'm a big proponent of slow living, and doing a 5 day water fast will surely slow you down. In that sense, it also has a spiritual component. We've been given this amazing body, and we need to nurture it to be able to function properly. But by overfeeding it, we're actually doing ourselves a disservice. A fast is way to reset your body and give it time to heal. And it makes me appreciate that, without a healthy body, everything I want to do and put out there in the world, cannot happen.
Thanks for sharing this. It really helps me. I’m on day 5 of a water fast. Although I can feel this is doing amazing things for my body, health and spirit , I have very often found it extremely difficult from the beginning. I thought by day 5 I’d be experiencing all that energy people talk about, but actually I’m more exhausted than any day so far.
Symptoms sound like electrolyte levels, not "detox". Add salt, potassium, and magnesium to avoid. (I do 3-5 day fasts every 3 months and continue working out. Miserable without at least salt!)
@shashank99kunwar yes, although I try to time so I don't have my krav maga classes scheduled for the very end, as high intensity gets tiring. I still do weights okay though.
@@aprilf3243 why pickle water? I just purchased magnesium citrate powder. Its flavored and I'm concerned if this will break my fast, do you know if it will?
Sorry to hear, I use Lite Balance (Sodium, Magnesium and Potassium) every day I fast. If you attempt another, remember to include body salts in your drinks. I find Organic Ginger tea allows me to take my Life Balance easily.
I don’t drink coffee much, but during my 5 day fast I drink 12oz a day 2 out of the 5 days to help accelerate the liver discharge of fat as I’m trying to avoid NAFLD. It’s ok to drink coffee black if you aren’t a heavy consumer of it. Coffee actually helps as long as it’s a small amount; otherwise, you get the shakes.
Im 60 hours into my 5 day water fast, fighting the crave of digging into food, stomach has been consistently rumbling with diarrhea, legs are aching/fatigued but not bad holding out
if your kidneys are hurting/aching while fasting you probably aren’t drinking enough water, that’s always my sign that i should drink more water while fasting and it eventually goes away
John 3:16 🙏 For God so loved the world,that he gave his only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,but have ever lasting life.
My experience is that you need to drop your blood glucose levels and raise ketones, thus nutritional ketosis. To get into deep nutritional ketosis, (some also would call this Autophagy, ), a zero calorie fast would be required. I took me 4 days to reach a 59mgdl glucose level/4.9mmol ketone level. I would also recommend doing intermittent fasting before prolonged fasting. This will prepare your body mentally/physically.
@@reneronquillo753 Great... I also want to get off High BP medication. I have started intermittent fasting too. I might also try going vegan for a month.... Apparently that also reduces blood pressure (according to a documentary called Game Changer on Netflix) How much weight did you lose and what difference did it make to your BP?
You can go into ketosis on a juicefast if your calorie levels are low enough and you go enough days. I always end up on ketosis on a juicefast 👍🏻 I test using urinalysis
I'm 49 hours in. Need to beat 94 hours which was the length of my last fast a few months ago. I am just on water, water with added Himalayan pink salt/ bicarbonate of soda/potassium chloride and green tea only. 3 litres in total, no brown tea or coffee. I was 99.6 kg at the start. I do them to detoxify and weight loss. This time I won't give in and have a goal of 120 hours, I will go longer if comfortable. My problem is a few weeks after I get back on the biscuits/chocolate/ ice cream and energy drinks. I don't drink alcohol anymore and smoke.
I’ve completed three separate three day fasts. Only drank water. No salt, no supplements. Did a lot of exercising including long distance running and sprinting in the park in the middle of the summer. Never felt weak or lightheaded. Totally normal, if not more energy. However I also didn’t notice much of a body fat loss (visually) as compared to all the before and after videos you see.
As a type 1 diabetic I was very wary of fasting, However decided to give it a whirl and started doing 4 day water fasts, So I have to monitor my blood sugars. Insulin down from about 40 units to 7 units in 24 hours. I feel great, but I do feel it gets harder not easier.
Great video Cam. I've been doing fasting protocols for years but have never been supervised or had data collected. Super interesting to see some of the physiological data! Thanks and keep the vids coming :)
I finished my 120 hour fast (5 days) two weeks ago. My first two fasts were 50 hours and 60 hours. Compared to the shorter fasts, I feel my intestine became much younger and doing better than my shorter fasts. After my shorter fasts, my skin was smoother but it got back to usual in about 7-10 days. My skin is still smooth after 14 days.
My 5 days were a bit different... i basically felt normal... more energetic. i also didn't feel hungry. In regards to sleep... man oh man, i have not had such good sleeps in a long long time. So i basically didn't eat a thing. I did however have about 2 cups of tea(no sugar) and water per day.
So much easier to do a 5 day fast once you are fat adapted. It is imperative for blood glucose to remain stable at all times. Any other way, the incessant hunger would be unbearable.
@@RichLadyThoughts do one meal a day for three months...then do a 48 hour fast...next try for a three day fast...no need to exceed three days...then go back to omad....here's the bad news though....hope you can afford to buy a new wardrobe because your cloths aren't gonna fit after just a month on omad
First time I did a fast I hated it since the first day. This time Im at peace on day 6. Detoxing symptoms are a lot less and I have more energy today. (Only drinking water) Note for the ladies. Both fasts made me get my period on the third day or so but it was not painful at all I was so surprised I had zero cramps. Thanks for posting!
Wow, I'd love to hear that gentleman's take on the keto rash. When I do a water fast I get a rash all over my body as a byproduct of high ketones in the bloodstream, around day 3-4, but there's not much research online. It would definitely be cool to work through a fast with an expert like that and let them analyze what may be going on with the body.
On my sixth day, it’s getting pretty difficult a few times a day now. I’ve done this dozens of times in my life and I usually hit a wall around 7-9 days or so. My energy goes to sustained 0 and at that point I start taking in calories
Didn't end up being the case for me Kane, and the goal was a detox. The juices have medicinal purposes to help cleanse. It depends on what your goal is. Cam
Juice fasting/feasting is basically a calorie restrictive diet so of course you will lose some fat. However, you won't switch over to full ketosis on the juices because of the carbohydrate intake. A water only fast will have you enter true fat fuel mode/ketosis in roughly 3 days after all the glycogen is burnt up.
That's true it can only be water no juices. Water has no calories while juices have calories basically it's like eating food. So I suggest only water no juices.
I like to do juice fasts all the time. I will restrict myself only to apple, orange or grape juice and watermellon slices. Other than that, it's nothing other than a few bananas or the occasional chocolate brownie. After fasting I feel so much healthier and better, it works. It just works
Have done a lot of fasting this year. After 3 months break from long fast I started a 5 day fast last week. I was too hungry, dissy, weak and gave up. This week I started again and it is so much easier. On day 3 now and do not feel any hunger at all so 5 days should be easy. It is interesting what causes the change in hunger and dissines. I will drink some picked juice on this fast to see if it makes a difference. Also interesting that if I re-feed too much, too quickly, i get diarré within 1-2 hours. Meaning that food goes through me in just a few hours.
Drink water when you fast!!! . Half teaspoon of salt. No headaches day 6. pack and half cig habit, half pot of coffee and sugar already a memory and broken habit.
I started my 5 day fast on Friday night at 296 LBS I'm on day 5 just weighed in Tuesday at 283.5 definitely learned it's about giving my body a break vs how much weight I can lose. Good luck to all that attempt fasting it will definitely test your mind body and spirit but you will be amazed how strong and determined you can be.
Reah Ray A tip. I’m not sure of your age but if you have access to a blood pressure machine I recommend you use it. My pulse rate increased because my sugar levels were low. Make sure you monitor that. If you run into that problem get some orange juice so can bring your sugar levels back up. On my seventh day I had lemon water, it tasted so damn good. It was the first flavored anything I had in seven days. Good luck to you too.
@@saulgood2548 thank you for the advice. I've previously done 5 days and 30 days fast but it's been a while now. Wishing you all the best and kindly keep us updated 😊
I’m at day 2 of 5 and i have mad migraines but I’ll keep going. Not my first fast, have done 3 days up to 5 times and 7 days twice. Doing five days now I’ll keep updating. I’m on day 2 and I’ll be updating my weight loss here: goal weight is 58kg currently on 80kg
You have to live for many decades, so don't think to get results in a ultra short term dear I recommend you to focus on goal not on time, stick with 21 hour's of fasting everyday and 3 hour's of eating window , do it consistently and you will see the results in 3 month's, give yourself atleast 3 to 4 months so those things which we are losing won't come back. Stop every processed food even ketchup or mayonnaise bread, just take fruits salad enough protein but natural not sausages.
Beginning of Day 5 Weight Down from 331-314lb Feel Better and Cleaner Bp down from200/100+ to 150/85 Before meds can’t sleep feel my heart beating fast and also because of a shift change at work Feeling Blessed I drink about a gallon or less of water a day
I did water fast for 5 days and from 95.35kg it became only 91.25kg .., I didn't water fast after that. because after my water fast I learned to eat a little and drink a lot of water, so as not to go hungry right away. after my dietary restriction of 2weeks from 91.25kg, and my current weight is now 86.55 kg .. sorry for my grammar
@@kobak1040 hey friend do intermittent fasting daily.eat lesser carbs and more veggies.and please add apple cider vinegar. It will take maximum 3 months to reverse fatty liver by following this protocol
@@akilina_ yes i have been drinking apple cider vinegar since i had fatty liver and i have also started eating vegetables and fish instead of fatty foods, on july 8 my next ultrasound and hopefully i will be fine
I've read conflicting information regarding muscle burn - our bodies aren't burning muscle over 5 days, that would be an utterly useless adaptation. The impedance measurement to me is totally wrong here
I’m doing a 3 days fast ( only consuming plain water, plain coffee and plain tea, and water with salt and lemon juice). I’m on day 2 now, already down 1.25 kilos! Planning to go on an intermittent fast for 6 days straight after my 3 day fast ( planning to have an 8 hour eating window , 16 hour fasting for the 6 days). Wish me luck!
The doctor mentioned no caffeine, which is fine, but keep in mind, it doesn't break the fast if its straight black. It actually has been shown to increase the autophagy in your body ( when the bad cells get killed off and the new ones emerge ) Of course, if you want to do a full blown reset, then stay away from it if you are an addict.
@@kathrinat9824 Like I said in the end of the post, if you are an "addict" of it, then of course it will be flushed out as you aren't taking any of it in.
Why would he drink juice ? Usually you retain muscle when doing a water fast. Your not getting into auotophagy which is cell clean up if your drinking juice
Can u ask him next time what specific "toxins" you're expelling, ideally ask before your appointment so he has time to articulate it best. Very interested.
I think some folks need to understand: if you want to do a 5 day fast and quit, the results will have little positive effect on you, and your weight will quickly return. The best thing to do is be consistent. Continue on your same trajectory. Even if it’s not 5 days, fasting is something you must maintain. This is not to discourage people from it, but I literally read a comment from a person taking on their first fast that read “I did a 3 day fast, I lost weight and I stopped because I didn’t want to develop an eating disorder”. Literally, that 3 day fast was pointless torture. As I see it, at least. Fasting is a lifestyle. You either love it or cannot tolerate it. There are bad moment (the dry/raw mouth and spitting is gross). But; when you start to fit clothes snugly, then comfortably, then loosely you’re like “wow!”. My diet is 5 days on water followed by 2 days of great meals (anything I want). I did this from 16-19, then the pandemic hit. I took 20-21 easy and cleaned up some issues personally. I resumed 5 day weeks 20 weeks ago and I’ve never felt better. I’ve had a couple “down” weeks, but I feel like I’m starting it over and know in about a month TRUE hardcore weight loss (fat) will kick in. That’s when you start to see yourself different and know the lifestyle has changed you. Find yourself what works. If it’s 2 days, do it. I love the challenge of 5. But would never go over. Also find something to look forward to. I get a large frozen coke when I’m done. Plus, I’ve laid out outfits I wear that I was too big for and watch the clothes I use to wear daily look like poptents. Again. Do you, but FAST and keep at it! It’s the lifestyle I wish I had the discipline for when I was 18. You will never regret it.
Can i still consume 5 of my vitamins & supplements every single day when do this 7 water Fasting ? Will them danger/damage my body/my kidney,etc coz some of them must eat them after meal, and we can not eat at all while Water Fasting. Please do answer, Thank you.🙏
Every Muslim do fasting like 1 month every year... We fasting by not eating and drink when the sunrise until sunset.. it is very good for your body ... It is not torture your body to much bcs you only eat at night and night time for sleep that mean no to much eating tight
Why would the body burn muscle before fat? Does this happen when a person does not have enough fat reserve? I do not want to lose muscle during my fast.
@@Britishpakistani2023 I decided to fast because I needed the clarity you get while on a longer fast. I still don't know why my kidneys hurt at all it wasn't even the electrolytes, however around day 10 I woke up and the pain was just gone. Made it all 30 days got all the clarity I needed to make that important decision, all of it seemed to work for the best. I also lost 20lbs after refeeding too so 👍👍
@@Britishpakistani2023 I have also incorporated a regular fasting at irregular intervals into my life and feel 10 years younger. Always consult your DR but as an uneducated laymen I highly recommend!
@@seanmiller292 That's awesome. I fast around 29 / 30 days a year from sun rise to sun set. But due to culture we open our fasts with fried foods, sweet foods and most of the time unhealthy foods. Anyway my kidneys hurt due to lack of water. One of my friends also confirmed the same. That pain went when we increased water. A 5 : 2 fasting is also recommended for us. A lot of people do it due to religion. Time I try it too.
Im on a 10 water fast. Atleast, that's what I wanted to do. I'm 5 days in and I swear to god this is the hardest thing i've ever done. I read on the internet that the hunger will go away eventually, but every day I'm so unbelievably hungry. Can't sleep sometimes due to hunger. Please motivate me to continue...
I would break the fast. Unless, it's mental hunger. The first four days I am dealing with eating out of boredom. I am not having actual hunger after the first 24 hrs. Try watching some Jason Fung videos.
I would avoid eating carbs/ drinking juices during a fast because it will prevent your body from entering ketosis, which means your body will continue to primarily burn its muscle instead of its fat. It also seems like this guy didn't do a good job of drinking water or electrolytes which are extremely important if you're not eating. Dunno if he did or didn't but based on the symptoms he described it sounds like he was very dehydrated and low on electrolytes the whole time
