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I tried a 10-day water fast (only water, nothing else) in January and it worked great.
I was drinking 8L - 10L water a day.
Day 1, mental hunger but nothing drastic.
Day 2, start getting foggy as you switch into Ketosis
Day 3, feel like you have a major hangover, from water
Day 4, start feeling more energetic and way less hungry
Day 5-10, feel awesome, no ill effects and very much more aware and alert
If not for social commitments (I had to go to Vegas for a bachelor party that weekend) I would have liked to continue it longer.
Everyone is different, but here are my conclusions:
- It was not dangerous in the least to do it for this short period of time. I guess it could be if you have existing medical conditions?
- I did not ease in, or ease out of the fasting period (in fact, I probably went and drank/ate a ton that weekend in Vegas, immediately following). I felt no problems from this.
- I saw no signs my metabolism was any slower upon breaking the fast.
- I did drop about ~22 lbs those 10 days, mostly all water weight and fat (thanks to being in ketosis) and despite going back to bad habits afterwards on purpose to see how the 'rebound' was, only about 50% of the weight came back within the next few months (including that most of that returned weight was likely water weight, due to ingesting carbs again).
- Months later, I still get full quicker than before (stomach likely shrank a bit during that period closer to its normal, fist-sized state).
I would like to do a 30-day one, as I'd like to prove the theory/idea that after 23 days, your hypothalamus should re-set itself and you will find unnatural foods to be disgusting and crave nutrient-rich foods.
However, it's pretty damn hard to do 30 days of only water if you live in a sociable city, go out, etc...(here in NYC, food + drink are a big part of going out).
You would basically, have to become a hermit for those 30 days to pull the experiment off.
Additionally, you should mostly forego exercise so you don't end up burning muscle mass off.
I think the main thing between the results of water-only, or other 'cleanse/fasts' is they contain sugar (juice fasts, the maple syrup or honey/cayenne/water/lemon ones, etc...) and thus you do not achieve ketosis, you simply achieve under-eating.
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