Just finished a 21 day water fast - my thoughts

[Tyrannosauraus_Rex]

13 minutes ago, idibezwada said:

21 days is a bit too extreme without supervision...i was suggest to go max of 7 days...need to plan on doing it sometime this year

21 days is too extreme - it is just that there are people who have done it - and I perhaps took a risky call - I do need to watch for my health carefully and avoid "re-feeding syndrome".

 

7 days sounds good to me. You may even want to start with 3 days and slowly and gradually increase it if you want to.

[csrcsr]

26 minutes ago, Tyrannosauraus_Rex said:

No vitamin supplements. But drank water with electrolytes to maintain electrolyte balance.

thanks bro, congratulations on the achievement , mine max was 3 days , 

edo autophagy ani edo antaru kada, in your research  will that happen with water fasting tooo? or you have to be dry fasting , can you measure it by any test ?

[Discotek]

Daily exercise and clean eating either enough protiens , diber snd carbs in balance

why this has to be so complicated to do ?

 

[Yuvasamudram]

Ninnu chusthe inspiration undi baa. I cannot even do half a day. Basic ga Saturdays kuda afternoon devudiki dandam pettukuni afternoon non- veg thinesthunna...

[Tyrannosauraus_Rex]

1 hour ago, csrcsr said:

thanks bro, congratulations on the achievement , mine max was 3 days , 

edo autophagy ani edo antaru kada, in your research  will that happen with water fasting tooo? or you have to be dry fasting , can you measure it by any test ?

Autophagy will probably start around day 3 - to put it is simple words - since you are no longer eating - your body focuses on other important activities like cleaning up dead cells or renew cells - this typically does not happen when you are eating food everyday since the body is more focused on digesting food.

I am not sure if there's any test to prove it - it just is universally accepted that this happens.

 

I am scared of dry fasting bro. Food lekapothey parledu ikaani water kuda lekapothey - I am just scared - but that is just me though.

[Paamu]

1 hour ago, csrcsr said:

thanks bro, congratulations on the achievement , mine max was 3 days , 

edo autophagy ani edo antaru kada, in your research  will that happen with water fasting tooo? or you have to be dry fasting , can you measure it by any test ?

sleep raadu no ? how you managed with hunger 

[Tyrannosauraus_Rex]

45 minutes ago, Yuvasamudram said:

Ninnu chusthe inspiration undi baa. I cannot even do half a day. Basic ga Saturdays kuda afternoon devudiki dandam pettukuni afternoon non- veg thinesthunna...

Mana poorvikulu ekadasi ki or 12 days ki oka saari fasting antey - it is not without any medical basis - whether they realized it or not. Occasional fasting is good. 

Ennallu cheyyali annadi completely up to you. 

[citizenofIND]

All these are temporary. Once you start consuming solids you will gain quickly. 

[Tyrannosauraus_Rex]

Just now, citizenofIND said:

All these are temporary. Once you start consuming solids you will gain quickly. 

Not necessarily - once you resume eating - it does need to be in measured quantities. There's plenty of people who have done this and got good results.

The question is more mental than physical. 

[csrcsr]

1 hour ago, Paamu said:

sleep raadu no ? how you managed with hunger 

Body adapt avutayi bro 3 days tarvatha your stored fat will run the show body lo critical organs like liver pancreas etc rest dorukutayi 

[csrcsr]

1 hour ago, Tyrannosauraus_Rex said:

Autophagy will probably start around day 3 - to put it is simple words - since you are no longer eating - your body focuses on other important activities like cleaning up dead cells or renew cells - this typically does not happen when you are eating food everyday since the body is more focused on digesting food.

I am not sure if there's any test to prove it - it just is universally accepted that this happens.

 

I am scared of dry fasting bro. Food lekapothey parledu ikaani water kuda lekapothey - I am just scared - but that is just me though.

Super congratulations  

[nenu_meeku_telusa]

Not the way to lose weight and not good for body. 

[pichhipullayya]

2 hours ago, csrcsr said:

thanks bro, congratulations on the achievement , mine max was 3 days , 

edo autophagy ani edo antaru kada, in your research  will that happen with water fasting tooo? or you have to be dry fasting , can you measure it by any test ?

Hydration kuda leka pote kastam kada anna

I just did 30 hrs fast, lemon water, black coffee tho survived.

When i broke fast just little quantity of food.

 

[citizenofIND]

1 hour ago, Tyrannosauraus_Rex said:

Not necessarily - once you resume eating - it does need to be in measured quantities. There's plenty of people who have done this and got good results.

The question is more mental than physical. 

Hmm atb. If you can walk or run daily and maintain food, heavy breakfast, afternoon soup, even two chapati also works. Only on water not sure how body parts function in long run, don’t know the theory here. 

[Tyrannosauraus_Rex]

17 minutes ago, citizenofIND said:

Hmm atb. If you can walk or run daily and maintain food, heavy breakfast, afternoon soup, even two chapati also works. Only on water not sure how body parts function in long run, don’t know the theory here. 

You are right though - this is not for everyone - I mentioned in my OP that I did consult my physician before I started and even she was not exactly enthused by it.  So she simply told me if you do want to go ahead and do it - make sure you have enough electrolytes in your body.

There are so many variables - like if you have any health conditions like diabetes etc., not at all a good idea. Overall people need to do their own research - SPEAK to health professionals and do this carefully.