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.
My faith is extremely important to me, I’m glad to hear many on here practice for the same reason.