What's the longest you've ever gone without eating?

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Posted: 1/28/2006 7:22:18 PM EDT

Anyone ever fast for more than a week?

Being knocked out and IV fed in the hospital doesn't count.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:23:02 PM EDT

[#1]

Not longer then a week.

Max.. 4 days.

My diet was water.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:24:27 PM EDT

[#2]

maybe 2 days max

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:24:34 PM EDT

[#3]

A good solid 20 hours or so. Most of it I was sleeping.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:24:40 PM EDT

[#4]

3 days.

Strep throat.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:25:45 PM EDT

[#5]

87 minutes

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:26:52 PM EDT

[#6]

12 hours

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:28:32 PM EDT

[#7]

5 or 6 days.

Not recommened.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:29:10 PM EDT

[#8]

7 days. Water on most days, from the third to the 7th was juice every other day. Fasting was the reason. Lost 15 lbs but gained it back in another week.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:29:36 PM EDT

[#9]

Six days.

I kept going on water and ephedra. I lost ten pounds!!

I started getting REAL DIZZY on day 5.. had a hard time doing anything, even thinking, on day 6.

The Subway sandwich I had that night was the BEST MEAL I have eaten in my life!!

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:29:55 PM EDT

[#10]

I've had one mean since my wreck 2 days ago. Meds have my stomach all loopy.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:30:31 PM EDT

[#11]

Four days, with only a quart of water a day.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:31:54 PM EDT

[#12]

15 days. and drinking a lot of water does not satisfy the hunger

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:34:52 PM EDT

[#13]

3 days only water

688

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:35:05 PM EDT

[#14]

I've done three days on purpose (fasting) and a little more than three days because I was broke and had no food (all the cash went for the rent and to get to/from work).

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:35:27 PM EDT

[#15]

12 days.
When I was in HS to make weight for wrestling.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:37:15 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Six days.

I kept going on water and ephedra. I lost ten pounds!!

I started getting REAL DIZZY on day 5.. had a hard time doing anything, even thinking, on day 6.

The Subway sandwich I had that night was the BEST MEAL I have eaten in my life!!

funny how thatt works...
two days. they say it does not get "fun" untill 4-5 days.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:39:51 PM EDT

[#17]

6 days.

During the last few days, taking a few crumbs of bread was the greatest thing in the world.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:42:20 PM EDT

[#18]

7 days, I actually didnt feel like walking to the chow hall............ no joke, I have a really slow metabolism so I skip eating all the time.......

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:42:52 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
15 days. and drinking a lot of water does not satisfy the hunger

Impressive, mind if I ask why?

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:43:38 PM EDT

[#20]

2 days. I had Norwalk.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:44:04 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Being knocked out and IV fed in the hospital doesn't count.

Doh!

(That was the only time)

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:46:33 PM EDT

[#22]

12.5 days.

I had an ulcer, and everything I ate would come back up. It was water only for 10 days, and then small sips of 7up would stay down.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:46:33 PM EDT

[#23]

I fasted for 22 days about 5 years ago. I broke my fast on Easter Sunday. During the time I fasted, I drank water almost exclusively. In addition, I drank 5-6 mixtures daily of boiled water, organic apple cider vinegar and honey. After day 3, the hunger vanished. I think the honey helped keep the glucose steady.

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:51:31 PM EDT

[#24]

I'm a lightweight. I think I got up to almost a day once...

Posted: 1/28/2006 7:59:41 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
I fasted for 22 days about 5 years ago. I broke my fast on Easter Sunday. During the time I fasted, I drank water almost exclusively. In addition, I drank 5-6 mixtures daily of boiled water, organic apple cider vinegar and honey. After day 3, the hunger vanished. I think the honey helped keep the glucose steady.

Wow.

Did you have any hallucinations/messages from God?

Posted: 1/28/2006 8:08:56 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I fasted for 22 days about 5 years ago. I broke my fast on Easter Sunday. During the time I fasted, I drank water almost exclusively. In addition, I drank 5-6 mixtures daily of boiled water, organic apple cider vinegar and honey. After day 3, the hunger vanished. I think the honey helped keep the glucose steady.

Wow.

Did you have any hallucinations/messages from God?

No. LOL. I worked every day with some days in overtime.

Posted: 1/29/2006 12:39:45 AM EDT

[#27]

When Sick - 4 days, stomach virus of some kind, most of the time not even water would stay down.. Lost 15 pounds but would not recommend it as a diet.

Not Sick - Probably about 2 and a half days, sailing from Wellington, NZ to Sydney, AUS. Time constraints driving the course and speed, and the sea state kept the ship rolling 20-35 degrees almost constantly for 3 days. Some of the guys couldn't get out of their racks, some of us could at least get up and around, and a few guys had no problems. Basically If you could take a watch you did until somebody came along and relieved you. Some of the crew had coffee cans tied to their belts for puking while working

Posted: 1/29/2006 12:43:16 AM EDT

[#28]

Four days.

On the last day my urine turned a deep orange color.

Not sure what to make of that.

Posted: 1/29/2006 6:43:08 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Four days.

On the last day my urine turned a deep orange color. Not sure what to make of that.

That's a pretty good sign of liver malfunction or bile duct blockage.

I went without food for 7 days after an endoscope procedure to clear my bile duct caused pancreatitis instead. Lived on crushed ice, and let me tell you, every bite was fantastic.

Posted: 1/29/2006 6:52:38 AM EDT

[#30]

Eight days...

Ended fast with McDonalds cheese burger.

Never really felt hungry, just thought I should eat something.

GM

Posted: 1/29/2006 6:55:54 AM EDT

[#31]

I went almost four days once because of sickness. Couldn't even keep down water. On the fourth day I had to be hospitalized and iv'd up with fluids and anti-puke meds.

The first thing the nurses gave me to take orally was grape juice. I looked at her, my eyes saying, "you're kidding, right".

She said not to worry, the anti-puke meds would be sure to keep it down. I projectile vomited grape juice less than 5 minutes later, staining everything it touched.

Brilliant fucking idea.

She gave me ice chips after that

Posted: 1/29/2006 6:58:05 AM EDT

[#32]

left my wife for 1 week
worst mistake of my life.
ate one time and vomited it back up,
drank coffee and smoked cigarettes like a crackhead in need of a fix. returned home and gained an additional 10 pounds.

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