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What’s the longest you’ve gone?

How hard was it for you?

I started one. Lots of greats benefits per IG which is never wrong. I am 34.5 hours in right now. Did 46 hours two years ago which wasn’t bad.
 
6 1/2 days. Water fast with electrolytes. I thought I posted about it on here somewhere at the time. Didn't get the benefits I kind of expected. I did accelerate my weight loss leading up to my trip to Hawaii. I've done several 3 day fasts. I kind of like that as a way to start up a diet change. Used it to get on and off keto when I played around with that for a few months several times before. I found after 2 days my appetite greatly reduced and felt and improvement in mental clarity for a few weeks after my 6 day fast. I wanted to go 14 days but circumstances made it more difficult so I cut it off at 6 days. Would recommend every now and then.
 
This is the start of my posting about my fast. Wish I had gone longer but 6 days was pretty good.

LogGrad98

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Two updates. First the important one, my wife made it through the surgery really well. Doctor said she has no issues or complications. But now she's working through the pain of eliminating the CO2 they use to inflate the abdomen for the surgery. Unfortunately it has to be transferred out through the blood and organs, which is a slow painful process. We have her walking a lot and it's helping but she said she'd rather have another baby than have this pain again. Looks miserable. It'll be good in the long run but living through this part is hell.


Ok, 2nd update. 2 days into my fast. Only...
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Miggs said:
What’s the longest you’ve gone?

How hard was it for you?

I started one. Lots of greats benefits per IG which is never wrong. I am 34.5 hours in right now. Did 46 hours two years ago which wasn’t bad.
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Fasting is one of the most underrated things you can do for your health from a conventional standpoint. I find that most people think it's insane to do a 2-3 day water fast with electrolytes. I fasted once for 107 hours. It was very difficult and there were moments past 72 hours where I nearly wilted and began eating again. But It was profoundly beneficial to my health. Especially I thought it had a very good impact on my brain health. One thing to remember is that it's very important after a long fast to refeed in a smart way. See the 24 hours after you end your fast as a time to plant seeds with what you eat. start slow... maybe some Collegen peptides or bone broth. Wait a few hours. Drink a table spoon of EVOO, Avocado, Wild Blueberries, Eggs, unflavored greek yogurt. Walnuts, Wild caught Salmon, etc strewn in throughout the day... not all at once haha
 
Tom Pitt said:
Fasting is one of the most underrated things you can do for your health from a conventional standpoint. I find that most people think it's insane to do a 2-3 day water fast with electrolytes. I fasted once for 107 hours. It was very difficult and there were moments past 72 hours where I nearly wilted and began eating again. But It was profoundly beneficial to my health. Especially I thought it had a very good impact on my brain health. One thing to remember is that it's very important after a long fast to refeed in a smart way. See the 24 hours after you end your fast as a time to plant seeds with what you eat. start slow... maybe some Collegen peptides or bone broth. Wait a few hours. Drink a table spoon of EVOO, Avocado, Wild Blueberries, Eggs, unflavored greek yogurt. Walnuts, Wild caught Salmon, etc strewn in throughout the day... not all at once haha
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What the **** is wrong with you people? Fasting? Absolute ****ing nonsense. The Germans put my mates relatives on a long involuntary fast in 40s and it didn't ****ing work out too well for them. Fasting... Idiots...
 
Rubashov said:
What the **** is wrong with you people? Fasting? Absolute ****ing nonsense. The Germans put my mates relatives on a long involuntary fast in 40s and it didn't ****ing work out too well for them. Fasting... Idiots...
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Well, if they just called it starvation, nobody would want to do it.

My step-mother ended her life with VSED - Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking - basically starved herself to death. Her illnesses, while debilitating, did not qualify for the Oregon Death with Dignity act, as they were not terminal, and she didn't want to actually commit suicide, so VSED. It was pretty terrible for her, and for us to watch.
 
gandalfe said:
Well, if they just called it starvation, nobody would want to do it.

My step-mother ended her life with VSED - Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking - basically starved herself to death. Her illnesses, while debilitating, did not qualify for the Oregon Death with Dignity act, as they were not terminal, and she didn't want to actually commit suicide, so VSED. It was pretty terrible for her, and for us to watch.
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So sorry to hear that. Another way religion has failed us. Instead of allowing people the dignity to choose how and when we force it to be ugly and mean and terrible for all involved because invisible sky Daddy might get mad or something. ****ing ridiculous. Although I applaud Oregon for at least having a law on the books, most of these laws needs to be expanded. Give people the choice they deserve. I think the same should apply to things like dementia. If the diagnosis is impending dementia then the individual should be allowed to choose to end it when they are still lucid and can have a final meaningful goodbye with their loved ones instead of becoming a burden on everyone and suffering until they die a much worse death. So much for us actually being civilized.
 
LogGrad98 said:
So sorry to hear that. Another way religion has failed us. Instead of allowing people the dignity to choose how and when we force it to be ugly and mean and terrible for all involved because invisible sky Daddy might get mad or something. ****ing ridiculous. Although I applaud Oregon for at least having a law on the books, most of these laws needs to be expanded. Give people the choice they deserve. I think the same should apply to things like dementia. If the diagnosis is impending dementia then the individual should be allowed to choose to end it when they are still lucid and can have a final meaningful goodbye with their loved ones instead of becoming a burden on everyone and suffering until they die a much worse death. So much for us actually being civilized.
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Right, they should allow you to add that into your advance directive - "If I get dementia and think it's 1984 again and can't recognize my children, just pump me full of drugs and let me float away." My mother-in-law is currently in that state, she thinks my wife is either her sister or a friend from high school, whereas she is the oldest child and the only one left (one died of cirrhosis and the other of an unspecified drug overdose.).
 
Miggs said:
Too late. I caved at about 41 hours.
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Not bad, close to 2 days. Try again after a few weeks. You can build up to it. How long did you want to go for? You were counting in hours so I'm assuming not more than 2 or 3 days?
 
gandalfe said:
Well, if they just called it starvation, nobody would want to do it.

My step-mother ended her life with VSED - Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking - basically starved herself to death. Her illnesses, while debilitating, did not qualify for the Oregon Death with Dignity act, as they were not terminal, and she didn't want to actually commit suicide, so VSED. It was pretty terrible for her, and for us to watch.
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Dude, that's awful. Its the same here with our assisted dying stuff, you cant have a directed will or directed care plan if say you have an illness like dementia. I've had to hold down so many ancient people, while a nurse force feeds them through a nasal gastric tube against their will. It is a soul destroying experience, these poor people are ****ing terrified and you just walk away going this cant be my job.
 
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