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Tokki1 · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:54 am Post subject:

My juice fast lasted 7 days then I ate some salad and some chicken then got really drunk.

Surprisingly I feel great. I lost a total of 12 lbs which I've managed to keep off.

merkurix · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Location: Not far from the deep end.

Bramble · Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: National treasures need homes

This site looks like a good resource for anyone thinking of fasting. Haven't had time to read through it all yet ...

http://www.healthpromoting.com/index.htm

poet13 · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

So I'm going to start my fast on Saturday. I think I will start with 9 days and see how it goes.

Regarding Bentonite and Senna tea.

-Can anyone tell me where they have been able to buy those here? I haven't been able to find them.

-Can someone provide a translation for those two products?

-If they are unavailable to me, does anyone know of adequate substitute products?

A Korean person here suggested that I might need a prescription to get bentonite. True?

-Maple syrup. Simply can't find it in my little town. Especially grade B. I understand that honey is a poor subsititue, but that molasses is a good subsititue. True?
If so, what would molasses be called in Korean, and do they even have that product here. I have looked in Homever and E-mart, but didn't see them.

Thanks in advance for any help someone can give me.

poet13 · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

This fasting stuff is pretty cool.
I'm lightheaded and spacy, with a permanent little smile drawing up the corners of my mouth. It's almost like....you know... I've also been having olfactory hallucinations since last night. Perhaps the sweetest thing I smelled in months was that fresh wholewheat toast yesterday evening. That was followed by a beef hamburger, then fajitas, and then a western breakfast of bacon, eggs, homefries and toast. Right now I can smell roast lamb over olive wood. Slept from 8:30 to 10pm yesterday, and rode around the rice paddies from about 12 to 3am.
The weekend without booze or cigarettes was surprisingly easy. It wasn't until I got here to school that the urge to smoke just reared back and punched me straight in the hippocampus. I have spent most of the morning reading BBQ recipes and fantasizing about food.
Ok, maybe my smile is not so good. A teacher just called me over to his computer and showed me a picture of Jack Nicholson with one of his evil smiles. He doesn't speak english so he just pointed at me, and then at the picture. I'd like to go outside and walk around, but thats where I go to smoke.
Gotta get a grip.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

so not eating makes you really lightheaded and think about food all the time.

Does anyone have the number for CNN?

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

poet13 · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:50 am Post subject:

I think I'm about done with Daves. Wading through negative BS day after day just isn't worth it.
If you want to know about my fast, PM me. I don't think I'll bother posting public anymore.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

I'm looking for a good colon cleansing pill - I have a chance to do some shopping back in the states next month and I'm wondering if GNC or some other health food store might have something good. Please, if you guys know what to look for, post it here...

Thanks!

taobenli · Joined: 26 Apr 2004

Just read this thread and am interested. I am in Korea this summer and have been really good about not drinking, but have probably consumed more red meat than I am used to and am feeling a little bloated. I've been working out more diligently than I did back at home in grad school last year so have lost about 4 kilos in a month (weight that I think was just waiting to come off).

I tried a water fast about a year ago and only lasted less than a day. I felt horrible (and I should have known I would since I'm mildly hypoglycemic) and it's also hard when one has a husband who cooks well hovering around and trying to feed you. (:

But now I'm thinking of trying a juice fast, or even this "master cleanse" (though I don't really like the idea of hanging around my potty just waiting- brings back too many memories of China and food poisoning). I will be going back to the U.S. in a few weeks (after some time in Japan, which should be mildly de-toxing in itself) and then a few weeks before grad school starts again.

I would like to try some kind of fast for 3-5 days, possibly one that can be extended longer if it's going well. What would you recommend for a first-timer? ALSO, I really would like my husband to do this with me. I am carrying a little extra weight, and he is carrying a lot. As we get older it also worries me more and more than a lot of that weight is in his middle and too close to his heart. He likes eating, though doesn't drink much- he exercises but I think he just really needs some kind of de-tox to get a some weight that's been there a long time to come off. But the problem is, he works (like you do) so he might not be able to go quite as gung-ho as me (so he doesn't get too woozy and actually still gets work done).

Whoo. Sorry for the long post. Any recommendations for a week-two week fast for the two of us? My plan is to fast and then go to both a regular doc for a complete physical (haven't done one in years) and also to go to a nutritionist (I also have bad skin that I'm hoping fasting will improve too).

simone · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Now Mostly @ Home

I know a good source for fasting information and foods here in Seoul.

They're also the only place (other than GNC) I know to get flax. They import organic stuff from Canada. He mostly works with Oriental Medical clinics, not with the general public.

PM me and I'll give you his email address.

Bramble · Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: National treasures need homes

This article may be of interest to some:

No mention of unicorns, though

sojourner1 · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

Make sure you drink lots of water and take vitamin and mineral pills. I would guess that after about 3 days, you body is on fat burning frenzy since that's the only energy available. And then if you are working out and getting exercise, your only burning fat instead of losing muscle. Your body will consume your muscles if dieting without exercise.

I am considering a severely reduced calorie diet too as the beer and fried food at night has packed on pounds or kilos on my mid section. I just love that beer and food after work too much.