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[yagathai]

So I think I'm going to try fasting for a couple of days, see how that treats me. Never done it before, so it ought to be interesting.

If we're hanging out at anytime between now and 7PM on Sunday, I apologize in advance. I'm likely to be a cranky son of a bitch.

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[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

Stay hydrated.

It's a totally worthwhile experience and I wish you luck with it.

[lostreality.livejournal.com]

I used to fast all the time when I was a kid (as part of my parent's religion we had like 6 fast days each year), it's a great way to get a headache and be cranky and want to sleep all the time. :) So what exactly do you mean by fasting? Will you be drinking water? Juice? Broth? Nothing? Curious...among the ortho jews we didn't drink anything, there's no way I could keep that up for several days

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

Any zero-kcal fluid is fine. Water, tea, coffee, even diet cola (though probably not). Also sugarfree gum, which ought to be close enough to zero calorie to be fine.

[lostreality.livejournal.com]

ahh so you don't have to deal with "hairy tongue" that you get from not drinking for 25 hours :) Oh the ridiculous things I used to do...

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

So I've heard the headache and crankiness might actually be as much fat- and sugar-withdrawal as it is anything else. You know, the dopamine rush you get from eating delicious things stopping is bound to fuck you up a little.

Well, anyway, we'll see.

[lostreality.livejournal.com]

maybe? When I was a kid my mom was very strict about eating sweets and we had a really healthy diet (especially compared to now, ha) so not sure if that was the case, although I also don't remember being all cranky and headachey every time I fasted either.

What I do remember is right around like the 20th hour I start feeling really really horrible and need to take a nap, but after that I get a second wind and am fine and feel ok, and I hear similar things from my friends who do those lemonade fasts for days and days and days- that there is an initial hump to get over but after getting over that it gets a lot easier.

[cynic51.livejournal.com]

I've always found it to be great for mental focus. After the first 12 hours or so I stop thinking about food and I can get so much done. Sadly, the first 12 hours are unpleasant enough to nullify this benefit.

[devotdsatellite.livejournal.com]

I did a fast when I had my tonsils out. Thankfully I had Percocet to zonk me thru it. And it wasn't my choice. I could only swallow little sips of water.