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Dry Fasting

I haven't heard much about dry fasting, which is fasting without drinking anything at all. Some people actually do dry fasts where they don't bathe, wash dishes, brush their teeth or have any kind of contact with water. That just sounded way too harsh for me but I was willing to give the soft dry fast a try.

Since the beginning of the year I've done 3 or 4 dry fasts lasting almost 48 hours. I was so surprised that dry fasting is actually much easier than water fasting. When you start drinking the water it makes you hungry. Dry fasting was a breeze up to the 44 hour mark, more or less. Then I started getting light headed and thirsty and it was time to break the fast. Even though the weight loss was very rapid, it was also mostly water which came right back the next day when I started eating and drinking.

Since it's been almost a year since my last long 10 day fast, I thought it was time to embark on a new way of fasting. I started 5 days ago and I've been mixing up water and dry fasting. Started with 44 hours dry, then 4 hours water. Next day 24 hours dry then 6 hours water. Following day 16 hours dry and 8 hours water and so on. Starting with a dry fast was super helpful as it was much easier getting through the toughest days. Even days 3 and 4 were smooth sailing. The weight loss has also been more significant as I've already lost almost 4 kg in 5 days as opposed to the 5kg I lost during my 10 day fast, even though I have much less extra fat on me than last year. I hope that it will be just as easy to maintain afterwards. Will keep you guys posted!

For more info on dry fasting, please check out Dr. LeGrand's videos. So much helpful info in getting started.

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