My 132 Hour Water Fast Experience and Thoughts

My 5 ½ day (132 HR) Water Fast Experience

by Jamil

First if anyone has any questions as to why one would fast for 5 days I am attaching a good link with the explanation below:

http://www.nateliason.com/5-day-water-fast-health-benefits/

I must say that going into this fast I did not plan to have it going for that long. After each day I felt pretty good and said, lets go for another. I finally gave myself and my wife a firm date of 5 days so I don’t over do it.

Reason why I fasted: Body was burnt out, ton of inflammation. Lower back, Neck, Head. Any Sound or Light that was too intense was irritating me. Way too much HEAT in the body. Way too much stimulation.

Toughest part of day was usually at night. This is when the body is usually purging the most in my experience and “cooling down”. My body temperature was all over the place. Sometimes I was burning up in the head and other times I was so cold I needed multiple layers of clothes and 2 sets of covers.

I had my first fast about 5 years ago, and since then never went over 2 and a half days at a time. When I first started fasting it was very difficult, and felt like I was getting really sick. Now these extremes do not occur anymore as my body is a lot cleaner and used to not eating for long lengths of time.

The 2 biggest tools one needs to do to stay strong during a fast is : Continue reading