Good for you, that requires discipline that I do not have. Giving up alcohol has helped me greatly, lost 35 pounds and got off the diabetes medicine. Couple that with eating right and life gets much better.
There are many ways to better ourselves if we are honest and willing to make some sacrifices.
Indeed. And just getting off the diabetes medication is huge. Allopathic medicine is essentially chemical poisoning plus invasive procedures. It's these death-cultists tinkering with us. "Let food be thy medicine, let medicine be thy food." (Socrates)
It's like a big reset to go for 72 hours! In past fasts, I have experienced low energy and headaches on the first day, but this time is different. I think that cellular memory has kicked in because I just do not feel hungry. I encourage you to do what feels right for you. Any time we shake up our routines, it keeps the fuckers off track, and I'm all for that!
Great photo too by the way. Yesterday afternoon around 1:30 my house started shaking. I ran outside and there were two military helicopters flying very low just west of my house.
Even spookier since Mike was responding to a comment I made on his Substack, that just as I was posting my long comment about his alien encounters and gov involvement, a low-flying big chopper flew over my house.👻
Best of experience with that! Been thinking about a 3 day dry-fast - fat and oxygen turn to water, to I think I can make 3 days of it... I do frequent 1 day dry fasts and don't get thirsty in the least...
I have never heard of dry fasting. I have always included water, but only when I truly feel thirst. I say, trust your intuition! We each have different needs! I went 21 days without food and only had lemon water. I never forced it, it just happened that I had no hunger. Then, on the morning of the 22nd day, a fruit smoothie sounded good.
I have always had to force it… LOL! But I am debating a 3 day dry fast - I am truly addicted to caffeine… LOL! If I don’t have My morning joe, by the evening I am having a headache, and by morning it is blinding. We’ll see.
I went off coffee/caffeine many years ago. It was two weeks of feeling like someone was pounding the back of my head with a rubber hammer😭! I experienced blinding lights in my eyes, especially in the morning. After the detox, I felt amazing! A few years later, I made the mistake of starting back on regular coffee, then my stomach went crazy, it felt like a ball of acid. I had to go through the horrible detox again, and it was actually worse, lasting three full weeks😩. I will not return to consuming caffeine!
Yeah, I tried to get off about 30 years ago. By the end of a week, I was walki8ng into walls thinking I was going through the door. I had one cup and all the problems vanished. So for a while I maintained one cup a day, but for the last couple decades, it’s been two.
Thanks, Jay. I think it will be different for each person. I started my fast from a fairly healthy state of being, and I have done such fasts before. So my body can adjust quickly. Other people may have a more difficult process because of an unhealthy baseline. I will address your comments in my fasting update! But suffice to say, I had three waves of hunger yesterday, and they were all very mild and brief.
Hi, Sharine. I've been away from Substack for awhile, popping in only occasionally to see what people are talking about. Had some issues to deal with. Your title caught my attention because I once fasted on just water for (get ready to think I'm insane or lying) thirty-six days! I swear it's the truth. I had a neurological health condition that I needed to rid my body of. I won't go into all the details now (may write about it in an article in the future), but I will say the fast didn't cure me. However, it did lead me to the cure. Throughout my journey, I discovered I had mercury toxicity. (Fasting doesn't remove heavy metals.) Nonetheless, I persisted in my search for a cure, and ultimately found a protocol (thanks to chemist Andy Cutler) that actually does work. Since that time, I have also done a few 3-day water fasts. You'd think that, having done a 36-day water fast that three days would be a joke. Not so. I guess my illness had given me the willpower to persist for the month or so of fasting. Fasting without that "incentive" is tough! And, I really don't enjoy the three-day fasts much at all. Though, I do believe the benefits. Anyways, I just wanted to chime in with my two cents worth. All the best with your fast! And, thank you for sharing your experience.
Hi, Josh! It's great to hear from you. First, I don't think you're insane or lying about a 36-day water-only fast! I myself did a 21-day fast, and it wasn't planned — it came on spontaneously — so I had no intention about it. Regardless, I felt amazing. I continued to exercise every day, and I also walked to and from my work about 1.5 miles each way! I understand that fasting cannot remove heavy metals, and I am very happy that you found Andy Cutler to help you remove the mercury. I definitely have an intention and incentive to do my fasts, which may be why I feel successful: The benefits are fabulous. Just getting me up during the day for walks in nature is SO GOOD! Also, returning to my daily writing has been a welcome, soul-warming activity. Thank you for sharing your truly amazing story! I wish you all the best, and look forward to hearing from you in future posts. I hope to get back to writing about my esoteric research.
I'm glad you are feeling good and that you are getting back to writing again. I plan to get back at it again, soon, too. I miss chatting with you, and with Mike Huggins, and a few other warm and witty writers I've gotten to know via Substack.
Also, after I posted my previous comment, I did see (via others comments) that you had done a 21-day water fast. Kudos to you for that! Over the last several months, I've changed my lifestyle quite a bit. The benefits have been gradual, but definitely noticeable. Body, mind and spirit are so interconnected. Anyways, thanks for getting back to me. I'm sure we'll chat more going forward. :^)
Thanks, Max. I did 21 days water-only fasting and, like you, I felt fabulous! Do you mean go without wine during my fast, or in my non-fasting life? I am not drinking alcohol during my fast!
Good for you, that requires discipline that I do not have. Giving up alcohol has helped me greatly, lost 35 pounds and got off the diabetes medicine. Couple that with eating right and life gets much better.
There are many ways to better ourselves if we are honest and willing to make some sacrifices.
Indeed. And just getting off the diabetes medication is huge. Allopathic medicine is essentially chemical poisoning plus invasive procedures. It's these death-cultists tinkering with us. "Let food be thy medicine, let medicine be thy food." (Socrates)
I'm going to write a fasting update later today!
I’ve been thinking of doing the same. I use to do these all the time. I once went months just eating one meal a day.
It's like a big reset to go for 72 hours! In past fasts, I have experienced low energy and headaches on the first day, but this time is different. I think that cellular memory has kicked in because I just do not feel hungry. I encourage you to do what feels right for you. Any time we shake up our routines, it keeps the fuckers off track, and I'm all for that!
Great photo too by the way. Yesterday afternoon around 1:30 my house started shaking. I ran outside and there were two military helicopters flying very low just west of my house.
Even spookier since Mike was responding to a comment I made on his Substack, that just as I was posting my long comment about his alien encounters and gov involvement, a low-flying big chopper flew over my house.👻
I'm sure it was a coincidence😬😵
Best of experience with that! Been thinking about a 3 day dry-fast - fat and oxygen turn to water, to I think I can make 3 days of it... I do frequent 1 day dry fasts and don't get thirsty in the least...
I have never heard of dry fasting. I have always included water, but only when I truly feel thirst. I say, trust your intuition! We each have different needs! I went 21 days without food and only had lemon water. I never forced it, it just happened that I had no hunger. Then, on the morning of the 22nd day, a fruit smoothie sounded good.
I have always had to force it… LOL! But I am debating a 3 day dry fast - I am truly addicted to caffeine… LOL! If I don’t have My morning joe, by the evening I am having a headache, and by morning it is blinding. We’ll see.
I went off coffee/caffeine many years ago. It was two weeks of feeling like someone was pounding the back of my head with a rubber hammer😭! I experienced blinding lights in my eyes, especially in the morning. After the detox, I felt amazing! A few years later, I made the mistake of starting back on regular coffee, then my stomach went crazy, it felt like a ball of acid. I had to go through the horrible detox again, and it was actually worse, lasting three full weeks😩. I will not return to consuming caffeine!
Yeah, I tried to get off about 30 years ago. By the end of a week, I was walki8ng into walls thinking I was going through the door. I had one cup and all the problems vanished. So for a while I maintained one cup a day, but for the last couple decades, it’s been two.
Wishing you best of luck if you decide to detox from it!
Well, at 67, and living only for My work and My morning cuppa, I doubt I will be going that route… LOL! But thanks!
Thanks, Jay. I think it will be different for each person. I started my fast from a fairly healthy state of being, and I have done such fasts before. So my body can adjust quickly. Other people may have a more difficult process because of an unhealthy baseline. I will address your comments in my fasting update! But suffice to say, I had three waves of hunger yesterday, and they were all very mild and brief.
Hi, Sharine. I've been away from Substack for awhile, popping in only occasionally to see what people are talking about. Had some issues to deal with. Your title caught my attention because I once fasted on just water for (get ready to think I'm insane or lying) thirty-six days! I swear it's the truth. I had a neurological health condition that I needed to rid my body of. I won't go into all the details now (may write about it in an article in the future), but I will say the fast didn't cure me. However, it did lead me to the cure. Throughout my journey, I discovered I had mercury toxicity. (Fasting doesn't remove heavy metals.) Nonetheless, I persisted in my search for a cure, and ultimately found a protocol (thanks to chemist Andy Cutler) that actually does work. Since that time, I have also done a few 3-day water fasts. You'd think that, having done a 36-day water fast that three days would be a joke. Not so. I guess my illness had given me the willpower to persist for the month or so of fasting. Fasting without that "incentive" is tough! And, I really don't enjoy the three-day fasts much at all. Though, I do believe the benefits. Anyways, I just wanted to chime in with my two cents worth. All the best with your fast! And, thank you for sharing your experience.
Hi, Josh! It's great to hear from you. First, I don't think you're insane or lying about a 36-day water-only fast! I myself did a 21-day fast, and it wasn't planned — it came on spontaneously — so I had no intention about it. Regardless, I felt amazing. I continued to exercise every day, and I also walked to and from my work about 1.5 miles each way! I understand that fasting cannot remove heavy metals, and I am very happy that you found Andy Cutler to help you remove the mercury. I definitely have an intention and incentive to do my fasts, which may be why I feel successful: The benefits are fabulous. Just getting me up during the day for walks in nature is SO GOOD! Also, returning to my daily writing has been a welcome, soul-warming activity. Thank you for sharing your truly amazing story! I wish you all the best, and look forward to hearing from you in future posts. I hope to get back to writing about my esoteric research.
I'm glad you are feeling good and that you are getting back to writing again. I plan to get back at it again, soon, too. I miss chatting with you, and with Mike Huggins, and a few other warm and witty writers I've gotten to know via Substack.
Also, after I posted my previous comment, I did see (via others comments) that you had done a 21-day water fast. Kudos to you for that! Over the last several months, I've changed my lifestyle quite a bit. The benefits have been gradual, but definitely noticeable. Body, mind and spirit are so interconnected. Anyways, thanks for getting back to me. I'm sure we'll chat more going forward. :^)
I did 15 days no food—just water! It felt great! Try going without the wine!
Thanks, Max. I did 21 days water-only fasting and, like you, I felt fabulous! Do you mean go without wine during my fast, or in my non-fasting life? I am not drinking alcohol during my fast!