Water Fasting Experiment

This week I decided to experiment with water fasting.  I’ve experimented with many other forms of fasting and cleansing; however, never a complete water fast.

On Sunday I had a calorie gorge.  I ate probably close to 10,000 calories on Sunday as it was my cheat day.  At 11 pm I had my last food.

Monday was day one of the water fast.  No calories allowed.  Just water, coffee, tea, and vitamins/supplements.  Day one was actually surprisingly not too bad, but by the end of the day I have to admit that I was dreadfully hungry.

Day two was more of a challenge.  I found myself thinking about food constantly.  My stomach was also in a state of constant hunger pain.  I did manage to get in a work out though on Day 2 near the evening and felt fine.

Something that I noticed from the water fast was that I felt mentally sharp and my energy was awesome.   As strange as it sounds, I just felt “healthy”.

Wednesday morning when I woke up and finally had my first calories; it had literally been 55 hours.   I know it sounds strange, but I felt like I could have gone longer.  I only lost 4 lbs surprisingly; however, my body fat percentage dramatically dropped.  I had a very lean and vascular look going on.  Also, my muscle tone still seemed the same.  I’ve read that it actually takes a lot longer to lose muscle mass than we think.  I’ve also read that when you fast, on the 2nd day your HGH levels increase by up to 2000%.  So there are quite an enormous amount of health benefits to fasting.

My conclusion:

I am not going to make water fasting a part of my regular regime; however, it’s good to know that I am certainly capable of going long periods of time without any food at all and still be okay.  This will be a trick that I shall pull when traveling or in situations where I’m stuck with only unhealthy choices to eat, instead I can just choose to fast.   Every Monday I do a deep cleanse, which is a modified version of fasting by consuming less than 500 calories of nutrient dense solutions so it makes it much easier as opposed to having nothing.