r/Water_Fasting

So I took your guys’ advice and decided not to buy the LMNT packets. Instead, I’m planning to supplement with Lite Salt, regular salt, and magnesium glycinate.

From everything I’ve read, a common electrolyte target for an extended water fast is roughly:

Sodium: 3,000–5,000 mg/day
Potassium: 2,000–3,000 mg/day
Magnesium: 300–400 mg/day

Since Lite Salt contains both sodium and potassium, I have to combine it with regular salt to get enough sodium without taking way too much potassium.

My only concern is… that’s a lot of salt. It ends up being around 2–3 teaspoons of salt a day. I’ll do it if that’s what’s actually needed, but is that really healthy, or am I overdoing it?

I want to fast as much as I can +10 days.

I'll update here

wish me luck:)

Hi, does anyone want to join me on a 14 day water fast? I'm starting tomorrow sometime around midday. I just predict that it'll be easier for me if I have someone to go alongside! Or if you are going longer or shorter too, it doesn't really matter. Thanks

So I am currently on 35h and I had a question,

do electrolytes with less than 10 kcal per serving cause problems or break the fast?

I want to do long water fasts and I could not find anything In italy Amazon that had 0 cal

I have been reading quite alot about water fasting, and the most attractive part i read is, that when you lose a lot of weight during the water fast, you dont really have much loose skin.

Now i am 21, about 123kg and 176cm tall, how long would i need to fast to atleast drop down under 100kg?

I have been struggling all my life with being overweight, and over time ive noticed it affecting me way more both mentally and physically. My joints and my back are hurting more often than id like to admit and my confidence just keeps sinking like a ship with a massive hole. My job is also a bit physically demanding, which i sometimes cant handle that well with my weight.

id like to be able to do things without it being a monumental task, and constantly being scared of breaking random chairs or anything else is just so embarrassing. there are so many things that would be way better, if i wouldnt be so obese.

im scared water fasting might affect my performance at work aswell, especially in the 35-40° Celsius heatwave we have going on right now in europe. (i work outside all day most of the time)

But if possible, id like to fast however long is needed so my body can recover from all the damage ive caused over the years.

My fear of being a diabetic in the future is also very real haha.

Thanks to anyone who might be able to give me a bit of advice here.

Please if you are trying to do it let's do it together and request me:)

I water-fasted for 3 days and when I broke my fast, my mouth pretty rapidly started hurting when I was eating. Not topographically, it feels more like muscle pain in the chewing and swallowing muscles (mostly the back of my tongue and side of jaws).

I ate a couple of dried plums mashed in water, and a boiled egg, so nothing particularly chewy. Has this happened to anyone else or you have any idea why?

I have juice-fasted before and never had this issue. This was my first water fast.

After failing multiple time started 3 days water fasting again I am easily able to touch 24 hours mark but then I just loose hope and eat . This is my 20th try and now crossed 30 hours mark . I saw posts where people easily achive 5 to 7 days fast . How do you guys do that please teach me n looking for partner to motivate each other

I'm in day 4 of my water fasting, I just took a 10 minute walk and after that, I collapsed to my bed and curled to myself, feeling miserable, I can't even explain how Inwas feeling I could not even drag myself to bathroom.

I fell asleep for 3 hours and I just woke up, I'm not feeling that miserable but I still fill like life is leaving my body slowly.

I've done a 7 day water fasting before which was in my school time and I was in school 8 hours and rest of the day I had to study full time without taking a nap, but I wasn't that weak anymore and I was going down and up the stairs really well, I should mention I'm not going school anymore.

why am I feeling so weak right now? I'm taking electrolyte and salt and lot of water as well.

I kinda hate myself for being that weak and miserable, I'm lying all bed all the time and when I did just a 10 min walk, I almost died!

I was supposed to do a 21 day water fast, I even found a friend to do fasting together for motivation, I had sever heartburn this past 4 days, not usuall, it was like I'm drinking acid and my stomach was burning all the tima, but I managed it, until today, I woke up at 9pm and decided to study but I couldn't read a single page cause Iwas suffering I was in pain, drinking litres of water didn't help at all even though every one saying it does.

I finally couldn't take it anymore and broke my fast today, it's my day 4 and 11h, I ate some cold yogurt which really help my burning stomach calm down

and just, I really really hate myself, I failed so many times, all was because of cravings but this time I was really disciplined about ignoring cravings, but the pain made me stop

I'm really useless and can't even do such easy thing while the other people are doing 30 day and 40 day easily.

It's been 50 hours now I am feeling better there no as such weakness I am having black coffee problem is with sleep i guess lost almost 1and half kg but it is probably water weight but feeling happy what I saw on scale . Any suggestions for me 3 rd day is started

I’m worried about the peer pressure to eat I’ll be experiencing over the next 39 days. (It’s been 24 hours since starting). A lot of social activities revolve around food catch-ups in some way or another.

Do I say I already ate? Do I say I’m fasting without telling them logistics (how long for/how long it’s been)? Just say no to food with no explanation?

Should I only tell a few trusted ppl and hide it from others?

Any recommendations on how to best handle this? I don’t want to be pressured to eat.

I'm 399lbs, 5'5, female. I'm 47h hours into a 7-10 day fast. The longest I've ever gone was 64 hours(no electrolytes). I'm not hungry and I've be taking Lyte balance electrolytes since the 26h mark. I've been looking into refeeding syndrome and it completely scared me. I almost broke my fast because of it. As in pot boiling, dough resting in the microwave, almost broke.

Luckily I changed my mind. For those that have done more then 5 days water fast, should I be genuinely worried? I think my high body weight should protect me plus I was planning on breaking the 7-10 day fast slowly (broth, broth with kale, watermelon, then next day broth with kale and eggs, then an actual whole foods meal) ((alot of broth I know but I really hate stomach pain, better safe than sorry)).