Different for everyone, don’t focus on the weight loss, focus on the journey 
Nov 29th-30th or Dec 1st - Water Fasting Challenge Day 1
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I started the night of November 28th but broke my fast yesterday afternoon after having leftover thanksgiving. I started a new fast since then. I am 4.8 pounds down since the initial start.
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Starting my fast December 1st! Hoping to make it to 21 days
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Hello Yasemin!
I see that you monitor this thread recently, so it’s my chance to say thank you to you and know you will see it.
I stumbled upon your YouTube channel about 3 months ago, and you opened my eyes to the concept of prolonged water fasting, which really has changed my life. I am currently down 60 pounds, and have 25 more over the next month to go before I will adopt a keto/2MAD maintenance mode. Part of my success so far is also from being able to walk or bike 3-4 hours per day, which has helped burn far more fat than shorter faster jogging never could. Now at my lower weight I actually just ran a half-marathon a few days ago which was impossible 3 months ago.
I am a chemist who formulates dietary supplements, but never knew about fasting. I’ve been fasting in cycles of 14-days on, then 4-5 days of full-calorie strict-keto 2MAD, then back to fasting. Thankfully, I have a capsule-making machine, so I’ve compounded my own complexes of electrolytes, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids in the right proportions, plus a few others like algae, nutritional yeast and medically-beneficial botanicals like ashwaganda and bacopa. I am lucky to have access to all that, but also spent 3 months putting myself through a freshman year of cellular physiology & the endocrinology of fat burning and exercise.
Anyway, this is just a personal message to you that I absolutely appreciate the introduction and motivation you provided for my first 21-day water fast which really kick-started my new outlook on food and health.
Thanks!
Clint in Sac
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Nearing on 72 hours…no weight loss yet (I don’t have a scale but can tell I almost look bigger than when I started, so must be water) but in deep ketosis. Patiently waiting on a whoosh.
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Starting today at 9 PM! 12/01/2020
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Day 2-- All is well. Happy Fasting everyone.
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@ClintInSac Very cool that you make your own! That’s so awesome! Yes trying to answer a few questions here and there!
Love the plan you’re on! You will have amazing success with it, it’s all mental from here since you have the plan and you’re all set with your homemade electrolyte capsules! Thank you for your lovely message 
You got this!!! Let’s make some progress in the month before resolution time!
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Again, there’s no point in weighing daily, trust the process.
If you light a fire, it will need fuel to burn (like a log)…
Your body cannot run on 0 fuel… which means there’s no choice but for it to be burning fat in order to keep you functioning.
If you’re not consuming any fuel and your body is not consuming any fuel from your body, then we need to tell the CIA and go study you to solve the world energy crisis because then you’re an alien that can magically produce fuel from thin air 
Best advice, put the scale away, hide it in the closet, keep fasting, trust the process, and focus on other benefits. Lowering risk of diseases and illnesses, helping reduce inflammation, helping you get rid of brain fog, helping you unlock mental clarity, helping you prevent future cancer. Forget the weight loss and focus on the health benefits of fasting, the weight will come.
This is a lifestyle, not a quick fix 
Some tough love for tonight, but seriously stop obsessing over 1-2 lbs and put the scale away and just keep fasting. Didn’t take you 2 days to put the weight on so it won’t take you 5 minutes to take it off. Give it a month, 2 months… even 6 months of consistency and then come tell me how you feel.
For now, put the scale away, take some before pictures to compare in 6 months and let’s fast - enough is enough
No bullshit from anybody! Let’s go! 
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Day 3 today! Yay.
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I started today dec 2nd
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Let’s go, where are everyone’s check-ins?
How do you feel today?
What day are you on?
What will you do to keep yourself busy today?
Do you feel any symptoms?
Answer these questions as a reply!
Let’s go December, let’s finish off this ridiculous 2020 year!
Day 4 (87 hours) - I feel ok, hopefully get the energy and motivation to go for a walk after work since that usually makes my mood better. Otherwise, working from home but not too busy today so far. My symptoms are low energy, slight nausea yesterday but now back to slight hunger.
Approximately how many 500mL water bottles do you all drink? I guess 6 would be equivalent to 3L, which is probably what you should aim for, give or take?
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Checking in:
Broke my fast with a meal on day 5. Back on it to accomplish 7 days consecutively. The choice to break my fast came from becoming emotionally depleted. To be honest, I really do not know of way that works to regain energy/strength when my emotional state takes a hit from negativity.
What happened:
I have a child that acts out quite intensely to anything she disagrees with. Of course, as good parent, I cannot tolerate bad behavior. It must be dealt with and corrected. This particular child can turn a simple instruction in to half the afternoon of emotional distress instead of just doing the task that is being requested. It is exhausting. Yesterday was the worst I have had to work through. I had asked my daughter to read an article to supplement her distant learning. Her response: I don’t want to. That’s fine, but I told you to do it and you need to obey me because I am your mother. Might seem harsh, but that is how I roll. I will never ask my children to do something that will harm them. So they can trust that everything I tell or ask them to do is always for their good. The fight was intense and lasted longer than had she just read the reading. After much opposition, she finally did what I asked her to do. And she had fun sharing with me the new things she learned. But oh my, I was beaten down after that! I tried mentally reminding myself to just get through the last two days, but I eventually made the choice to replenish my energy with food. I want to do better in this area and actually have the victory. I know that if I didn’t have a whole household to take care of, I probably would have just went to bed at 4pm and continued my fast. But I couldn’t. I had so much more to take care of and my work wasn’t ending until 10 pm. I am grateful I have perspective of where the breakdown is occurring, but I am frustrated that I can’t seem to overcome.
18 hours back in to my next fast. I am mentally reminding myself to not lose control of my emotions even in the face of intense opposition and acting out from my children. I think I have to deal with this issue before it is an issue. Meaning, the problem is losing control of my emotions vs calming my emotional upset with food.
With my current fast, I am also fasting from curing emotional upset with food. It’s my body that needs food, not my emotions. This time, I will seek out prayer and scripture to refeed my emotional state, not food. I am curious to see if this works.
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5 days is amazing Rebecca! Mama duties are tough, but trust your instincts and your heart, you got this. Another 24 hours almost in there bag, moving on to day 2 soon - you got it!
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Only completed 3 days and today, Dec 2, I broke the fast. I had a painful migraine headache that no amount of supplements, Nsaids or Tylenol would calm so I had a protein meal and a coffee in hopes it would go away. It worked and I stopped eating at 3pm, so I don’t regain what I “lost”.
My weight loss isn’t actually showing yet - I’m still 168.2 - but I know its there. I can feel the fluid retention that will eventually go away. To counter todays calorie consumption (app 600 cals) I did 12k steps and plan to exercise this evening. Tomorrow is another day one and screw the scale, I know I’m going in the right direction.
All in all, although I would have preferred to go a full 5 days, all of these stops and starts as I attempt water fasting have still been beneficial. I’m learning what fasting process works best for my body and my weight is going down.
Moving forward I think I’ll keep a daily black coffee as part of my fast. Caffeine withdrawal may explain the migraine.
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Migraines during water fasting are often caused by carb withdrawal and sodium depletion! 
Most common side effect in day 1-3 are headaches or migraines for some people.
Make sure to take your electrolytes (especially a pinch of salt in your water 2-3 times a day) to prevent the sodium depletion!
Black coffee is ok, but might make you very nauseous during a water fast! So just beware and tread lightly with black coffee on empty stomach!!
You got this, reset and keep going!
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About to be 24 hours fasted at 9 PM! Shooting for 15 days. It’s 7:39 PM right now!
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I really need to get back to fasting. I fell back into my old habits once it started to get cold. Most my jeans that fit me after losing weight are tight now and I never have anything to wear. Except leggings or sweats. 
I’m sad I let myself go this autumn.
My “why“ is to be more in control with eating and feel more comfortable in my skin. I’m going start fasting tonight at 9pm and fast till Monday. Refeed a couple days then fast again until I feel better.
Ive probably watched all fasting videos on YouTube to stay motivated; can anyone recommend what you do to stay motivated and keep fasting?
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Day 2, going for 20 days. I’ve completed a 30 day water fast before so I’m kind of used to it. So far feeling ok… Good luck everyone!
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