I have done many water only fast in my teens and 20s. I also did a weekly Thursday daily water only fast.
Here are my experienced benefits:
1) Self Discipline! Talk about learning how to control yourself. Best reason to do it.
2) strangely after 3 days the stomach stops shrinking and I swear I have the most energy and focus for 3 or 4 days. I use to stop once I started getting tired again.
Had several people I know do 40 day fast and well they got more energy again around the 2nd week.
3) Sadly You can't LOSE weight long term on fasting.
P.S. I need to try it out again it has been almost 15 years since my last big fast.
>2) strangely after 3 days the stomach stops shrinking and I swear I have the most energy and focus for 3 or 4 days. I use to stop once I started getting tired again.
>Had several people I know do 40 day fast and well they got more energy again around the 2nd week.
That's not strange so much as an indicator that the body has probably shifted into a ketogenic metabolic state at those points. It's being discussed a little bit more upthread.
Here are my experienced benefits:
1) Self Discipline! Talk about learning how to control yourself. Best reason to do it.
2) strangely after 3 days the stomach stops shrinking and I swear I have the most energy and focus for 3 or 4 days. I use to stop once I started getting tired again.
Had several people I know do 40 day fast and well they got more energy again around the 2nd week.
3) Sadly You can't LOSE weight long term on fasting.
P.S. I need to try it out again it has been almost 15 years since my last big fast.