5-day water fast

[elcano]

why would you want to heal your colon?... is it hurt?

[d_couch90]

Originally Posted by Chris Garry

if you choose to fast you will realise by the end of the very first day that "hunger" is all mental, its all in your head.
you have plenty of undigested food stored in your stomach that will be broken down during the fast and used as energy.

whilst the colon is in a constant state of use it will never fully repair.
only by completely emptying the contents of your stomach and giving it a good rest will it truly start to heal fully.
theres a lot i dont understand about this process, i dont claim to be any expert but i have done this once before about 2 yrs ago and the results were good. hence why i am so keen to do it again

unlike last time (the nucleus for my original fast was food poisoning) this time i will be doing some training, a little zoo-zitsui just once a day, i think tomorow morning, thursday morning, oh and i have a grappling competition on the saturday- the day i break my fast.
that should be awesome, lol.

Why does your colon need "repaired"?

[Timma]

would be interested to see weightr loss please.
also would be interested to see your weight a week later.
thanks

[joshetc]

Originally Posted by bacon

I went 36 hours without food earlier this year just to see if I could do it. It's easy if you stay busy and well hydrated. I was renovating a house at the time so I was working moderately hard for all three days.

Really? You went 36 hours without food over 3 days?


Btw.. healing your colon seems kind of stupid. Do you have a ruptured intestine or something? I think eating food might be the least of your worries if you have a legitimate reason to need to heal your colon.

Good luck not eating for 5 days I guess..

[junkyard dog]

I couldnt imagine not eating for 5 days, then doing a competition.

Im curious to see how this works out in the end. Maybe it could show support for fasting for those of us that do not believe in it.

[Ralff]

What is your approach to starting food again? Like what foods are you going to start back with, portion sizes, etc?

[SPIKE RAZORFIST]

Originally Posted by Chris Garry

Im 24hrs into a 5-day water fast.

If anyone is interested I will post updates, or you could just post advice or your own experiences fasting for health benefits.

I am also doing updates every-so-often on my twitter.

Wish me luck!!

Wait I corrected my self. 5 days water only. Dang. That sucks.

[Monger]

Originally Posted by Chris Garry

if you choose to fast you will realise by the end of the very first day that "hunger" is all mental, its all in your head.

Hunger is a very complex mechanism and is governed by hormones and neurotransmitters. It can be drastically different between two individuals. The fact that you had one experience doesn't mean that everyone will have the same experience when it comes to hunger.

you have plenty of undigested food stored in your stomach that will be broken down during the fast and used as energy.

You're not going to have undigested food in your stomach supplying nutrients for 5 days after eating. You have energy from fat stores, glycogen, and protein that the body can use for energy. Too bad there are no long term protein stores in the body. All your protein needs during the fast will be covered by breaking down existing tissue.

[Monger]

Originally Posted by d_couch90

Why does your colon need "repaired"?

Most likely it doesn't. I mean no offense to anyone here but I think those that buy into this are victims of hype based on quackery.

[bellend]

Water fasting is a great way to slow your metabolism and trick your body into thinking you're starving.

Not recommended for anybody who exercises at all because that will aggravate things even worse during this process.

The body needs to be repaired, water isn't enough.