fasting

(sorry...)

I fasted for, uh, 36 hours once. It was kind of fun. But then I got hungry.

Fast for more than 48 hours you start losing protein - muscles organs brain etc. NOT A GOOD THING. 2 weeks, you'll be losing bone mass.

If you fast to lose weight then after 2 weeks your metabolism will have dropped so when you do eat you'll put on fat that will look saggy cos of the muscle you've lost.

if you fast to cleanse your kidneys/liver etc, then do it for 24 hours. Also avoid the lemonade - the acetic acid needs to be broken down. Just drink water.

i was fasting & then i stopped. 2 break my fast i bought sum bbq chicken (which was dumm) & now im crazy sick

sadly i still kind of want the rest of the chicken

one of my vegan books was talking about fasting. it sounded kind of fun and interesting to try but seriously i feel like i've done enough kool-aid drinking this year

kool-aid is vegan??

i was going to make some kind of LITERALLY pun but i decided it would be a bad idea and not worth it

fasting is really p rad its just dumm 2 eat greasy meat after not having had any meat for 10 days esp when u have a lot of editing and revising to do & dont really want 2 spend half the day feeling like ur gonna barf

One of my friends does this for 10 days straight once a year and I refuse to believe it's even remotely healthy.

my friend just told me she is doing this now to 'reset' her eating patterns, drinking only juice for the past 3 days. i was like could you at least eat one meal a day? yeurgh. i'd be unable to concentrate and really afraid of randomly passing out somewhere.

i eat one small meal a day basic just tyrna get the minimum necessary calories usually just some rice or pasta + veggies. its not really abt "healthy" ime more "clarity" & feeling good tbh i find im way sharper & able to concentrate during & after

did kinda cheat this time by having some drinks tho :/

I have thought about going on the master cleanse before but fear that it will mess up the natural balance of my body

in junior high my friend shareef would do this every year and every year i made fun of him but was always secretly jealous, kinda like how i dismiss people who do bikram yoga now when in reality i fear them as gods

should i? mostly looking for mental clarity. the toxin purge would be nice too.

Saw this stuff on sale at Whole Foods for $10/16 oz bottle. Company is massively creepy:

http://blueprintcleanse.com/

Don't Panic - It's Just A Healing Crisis!

Before you even ask the question - let's just go through the list and remain calm.

Detox Symptoms may include:

•Fatigue
•Headaches
•Constipation/Diarrhea
•Skin eruptions
•Rash/Hives
•Cold sores/Canker sores
•Dry mouth
•Nausea
•Insomnia
•Runny nose
•A ton of energy
•Increased sex drive
•Overwhelming sense of calm and productivity

This seems to have been the most popular thread on ilx for the whole I-am-fasting-to-detoxify-myself topic. I have always thought the subject was kind of creepy, but the whole business of ritualized self-purification has been stuck in human's heads for thousands of years.

thx moved posts to that thread