As long as you learn its never a failure. Journaling will help you where the stress points are coming from and hopefully you can then create coping strategies for each of them. You WILL get to your goals!
21 - Water Fast Journey Lilly
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Thanks! I have so many moments where I think I really don’t ever make it . I’m not even this far away from my goal weight, around 8kg, and if I would have a bit more self discipline I would already be there 
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I’m looking forward to have some broth and maybe light amount of steamed veggies until Sunday and then hit the 21 day fast! What do u think about this? Would u guys say, that this preparation is going to help me? Or any other suggestions?
What’s the longest fast that you have completed?
Only 4 days. I already did soo many 24h/48h fast, OMAD and I’m basically doing intermittent fasting for a very long time now.
I know that I shouldn’t start with a big goal like 21 day or even more but the problem is I just wanna get this done. Although I’m trying my best to see this as a positive thing I just wanna loose this weight.
I’m basically home all day and around food all the time which makes is extra hard for me to stay busy or away from it. I honestly just wanna end this weight loss and actually start LIVING. I have no idea if I wanna continue this life if nothing changes. And this scares the shit out of me
I understand. Longest I completed was a 7-day and then and went out and completed a 40-day! LOL.
My recommendation then is do what I did to complete the 40-day. I use the app Zero which only allows as its longest a 7-day. So I broke it into 5 7-day consecutive fasts with a final 5-day to finish it off. Besides my daily walk which served as my daily goal for myself, breaking it up this way didn’t make getting to 40 seem so far away.
So you can break your 21-day into 3 7-days. My last fast was a 21-day which I documented in its own separate DJ in case you want to check it out.
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Thank you so much for always responding and giving me hope that I’ll reach my goals one time! So I already had the zero app and I’ll split the 21 fast into three 7days. That’s actually a really good suggestion from you, since I always struggle with overwhelming about such a long fast.
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Hey Lilly. We are kindred spirits. EVERYTHING you’ve said speaks to me on a personal level. If I could just control my hands from picking up the food and putting it into my mouth… I have done all the different fasts you mentioned. I’m about 60kg and want to lose 7-10kg because I’m also quite short. If I could just be disciplined for 21 days then I could meet my goals that would otherwise take 6-12 months. I just want to be DONE with the rollercoaster! I have a family celebration I am hosting on March 1 so I decided this week I would eat what was in the refrigerator and pantry so there will be literally nothing in the house. I would suggest a week of getting off sugar but still eat when you’re hungry. It’s almost impossible to fight the sugar addiction at the same time as binge eating disorder (I know because I also deal with it). I’m here if you want to be accountability buddies.
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But honestly I still know we can do it! We all deserve to feel good in our bodies.
I never felt good in my body, although I never was overweight I still struggled with my body image and food. If I eat balanced and Whole Foods ( which I actually really enjoy!) I don’t get these extreme cravings on shit which I do when I restrict myself this much. I actually do enjoy cooking healthy and eating fresh fruits but as long as I go on extremes like this all I crave is Carbs hahah.
I always remind myself that I could be at my goal weight since such a long time if I would be a tiny bit more strict.
I’m planning (an I know I will do this!) on a liquid fast with some broth until Sunday. Honestly atm I’m in a weirdly good mood and really looking forward to it. I’f I’ll succeed until Sunday I can already be very proud on myself!
From then I’m planning 3 7day fast, so in total a 21day fast.
I’m just wanna be done with this, and life a normal life again. I can’t even imagine a life with constant thoughts about food and my body anymore.
I just wanna be healthy, love my body, fuel it in the right way with the foods I love!
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And weight wise I hope I’ll be around 49-50kg until Sunday ( this should be manageable!)
And from there I can get rid of the extra 9-10kg on the 21day fast.
That’s my plan I can do this!!!
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Today was awful. Started the morning with a weirdly positive mood, then had a huge breakdown and cried soo much. I don’t wanna continue living this life anymore, fighting against myself everyday, failing and never achieving results. I can’t do this anymore. I just wanna be happy with my body. When I’m fasting it seems to me that my goals are sooo far away, and 21days are unreal but looking back three weeks ago I was stuck at the same place …
Hi Lilly, hang in there!
I was looking at one of your posts and saw that you only weigh 50 kg and want to lose 10 kg.
Are you sure that fasting is right for you? Maybe get checked by a doctor or nutritionist and discuss if you should actually be fasting. Just a thought.
Do you have someone you can call and talk to or visit right now, to help you feel better?
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Hang in there!
My motivation was if I didn’t change I faced diabetic caused foot amputation and/or going on the dialysis machine.
Just focus on each day. When I was struggling to finish my daily walks on rough days I just focused on taking one more step forward.
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I actually have talked to my doctor this summer and she had some knowledge about fasting and didn’t say something against it. I lost 5kg felt amazing but due some pretty bad personal stuff I gained the weight back. I’m stuck at the same place for too long, staying everyday at home (I‘m in between a moving process from Germany to Copenhagen) and my mind is just not in my control anymore. I don’t socialize and before I’ll move and finally start a new positive life in cph I wanted to loose this weight to finally be at a happy place with myself.
I could continue writing because I just have so much on my heart. The past months were filled with extreme anxiety, I dealt with depression and I dropped out of school because it was all too much for me. I’m thankful for my decision because I’m definitely at a better place now and the fact that I’ll move to Copenhagen to study there is a dream coming true. The only thing is that I wanna finally finish this weight loss. And when you’re home everyday, don’t talk to people (besides ur mom and dog), you’re slowly starting to get crazy. I do study, read a lot, paint but most of the time I think about food/weight lols/and my body.
My whole mind is just tired of this, hiding my body, this dreadful relationship with food, stucking at the same place, not moving forwards, no willpower and being silent. Not talking with someone about this is the hardest part… I’m just soo tired of all this
You will succeed when you are sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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That is a huge motivation. Wasn’t it dangerous to fast with diabetes? I heard that you can go into a coma.
I feel like one of my reasons is so shallow. I’m doing it to heal from sibo, but I alsoI need to lose weight to fit into my clothes, otherwise I’ll have to get a whole new wardrobe and I do not have the money for that.
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I actually have no other chance. For me it’s a lifetime decision. I either have to choose fasting which means life to me or continuing this which means my end.
This is more than just weight loss to me and even though it’s so important to me, I wonder why I don’t push more?? Like it’s the most important thing for me but I’m still not strict? Because I can’t see hope for me anymore? Because I failed already too much?
I need u in my daily life to motivate me every god damn day to keep on going🥺