I just completed a 7 day water fast last week. Very easy actually if you start fat and don't do heavy exercise.livefreeordie wrote:12 day water fast? I struggled to get past 3 days, how do you do it?
My problem was I was lean to start, so afterwards I had veins showing all over my abdomen like a body builder. I wasn't trying to lose weight, this was a cleansing fast for me. Plus I continued my daily calisthenics, which are strenuous (dive bomber pushups, handstands, one legged squats, tucked planche, etc). By the 7th morning, my body said no more and so I had to skip exercises that day. I'll probably skip exercises next year.
In general, you will feel significant bodily fatigue, a small mental slowdown, and you may feel cold, so best to fast in summer like I did. You will NOT feel hunger, other than maybe the first 3 days. If your body is messed up, you may also have terrible headaches and other flu symptoms the first 3 days. This will pass eventually. Your body will resist work once past the first 3 days, however if bodily work is necessary, like sprinting to catch the bus, the power is still there.
You will not lose muscle, provided you walk around a little and maybe do a few push-ups, but no need for the heavy calisthenics I was doing. I had to struggle with those calisthenics days 4,5,6 and skipped them day 7, as I noted, but the day after the fast and ever since, my performance is back to normal.
Boredom can be a problem. I was able to continue my usual routine if several hours masturbating per day, lots of valley orgasms but no peak orgasms (sexual kung fu). I spent a lot of time just lying bed staring at the ceiling, not bored, not even thinking. Sex drive will be stronger after breaking the fast than it was before fasting. Sex drive during the fast will be low, so hard to get erections, but you can still get and keep them, as I did while masturbating, you just have to struggle a bit to get going.