Hi I’m new to this forum, and I would like to use this as a tool for me to be accountable for my 3 Day water fast. My experience with fasting has been pretty awesome. 10 years ago I was in college I did a four-day fast and that was no big deal at all. Throughout the last 10 years I’ve done multiple days of intermittent fasting simply because I always felt better waking up the next morning with an empty stomach hungry for a good meal.
This time I am doing a 3-day water fast because my gut needs a reset from 2 months of an undiagnosed SIBO that me as manifested by bouts stressful events in my life. I know that it’s sibo because I exhibit all the classic symptoms of this gut issue. And I have done so much journaling on my own to know that it’s from an overgrowth of bad bacteria in the small intestines that I need to starve these bad boys in order to eliminate it for good so I can be back to my normal healthy self.
The reason why I’m having to use this forum for my water fast is because I found that it’s been extremely difficult to do a water fast for longer than 24 hours during the pandemic where I am having to stay at home (with my mom who is always gorging on yummy food) so much of the time whereas before I had places to go and I could entertain myself or distract my thinking to combat the thoughts of wanting to eat.
Here’s to hoping for a successful fasting Journey that involves 3 days of water fast followed by 3 days of juice fast followed by a few weeks of low f o d m a p diet to completely rid myself of this annoying illness once and for all.