What is your experience with fasting?

Would you fast in the future?

@Kandae11 I personally think that 3 days is the maximum unless one is feeling fantastic while fasting. And one should slowly build up to fasting for the 3 days. I would start with 12 hours which should not be too hard, then go to 18 and then to 24, and so on. There is no need to rush. 12 hours is no problem at all for me. I have been doing that for a while. Yesterday, I did 18 and felt really good. Today I ate at 3:30 PM. I will try to go 24 hours but I will only do it if I'm not hungry. I don't believe in forcing it. Are you aware of any fasters in the Bible?

@1hopefulman Yes, but not longer than a day, or maybe two.

Do you have any advice for someone that wants to fast and see what happens?

I appreciate you relating your experience. An interesting way of doing it. I am presently working on dry fasting which means no food, no water. I want to see how it will go. If you read my response to @Kandae11 you will see how I am doing it.

@1hopefulman I've never heard of dry fasting.. I guess you will tell more about it when you have tested.. I used to drink a great deal when I fasted..

@buenavida I was inspired to try after I saw this video and a couple of others.

Why not?

If I may ask, do Jewish people fast on the Sabbath?

@DianneN I see! Is there only 1 obligatory fast day (Yom Kippur) or are there more?

@1hopefulman No, they don't. They eat! lol

Thanks for sharing your experience! I guess, we all fast every 24-hour day, it only varies by the number of hours. I'm on a 24 hour fast and I have 2 more hours to go and then I will some watermelon to start. I'm not overly hungry. I may do it again at another time.

@diosabella Glad you also think that it's a good idea and do that at times.

@1hopefulman I really think its good for the body. I do detox too when I have time.

@1hopefulman I forget it

@youless

Actually, we all fast every day. Most of us fast after we go to bed. Thanks for sharing your experience.

I used to do it once a week for 24 hours some years back but I stopped and now I went to get back into it.

As you know, there are different point of views. I am trying to see if there is some benefit to giving the body a break from eating. I am presently on a 24 hour fast. I feel fine. I've got 2 hours to go before I breakfast. Thanks for sharing your view!

@PatZAnthony Most of the time we overeat and so it is good to let the body rest from eating at times also. It is good to educate ourselves on how to stay healthy as long s possible.

@1hopefulman A fast for one day won't harm most. It is the continued fasting without knowledge that harms some. You mentioned somewhere along the way that you do some Intermittent Fasting. We have found this to be of benefit for those in our circle of friends and family. There have been several studies showing that fasting for a certain amount of days could kill cancer cells. However, other studies show that juicing correctly will also do this. To us, there is no point in suffering hunger (but you seem to be fine with 24 hours) if you can instead have juice for a few days. But, what do we know Felix? We are only human.

Yes, that's what I'm trying to do.

There are different views. I have never heard of God calling one to fast. In what form did the call come?

Yes, many spiritual people fast. Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. Remember we all fast for some period of time. One can try making it a bit longer and see how it goes. I fasted for 20 hours and started at 7 PM last night and went till 3:15 PM today and have eaten only one meal today and drank 8 glasses of water. I just went for a 30 min walk and will be going to do some weights now.

@BettyB I was't aware. You need to work closely with your doctor, as you have a special challenge.

@1hopefulman As a diabetic my meals are regimented. I would love to fast but my doctor would have a fit.