First water fast questions, managing electrolytes and GI changes.

Hello.

I’m near the end of day 2 on my first water fast. I’m taking a 400mg magnesium supplement in the morning and have a mixture of lo-salt for potassium and salt for sodium to hit good electrolyte levels that I’m mixing with 2L of water and drinking throughout the day.

I haven’t been a very healthy person in the past and I’m doing this for weight loss and to hopefully change my unhealthy relationship with food. Coming out of this fast, I plan on adopting a simple and healthy meal prep plan from budget bytes and living a much healthier life. I don’t have a particular length goal for this fast, I’m hoping to go 7 days at least and if I’m feeling good, try 14.

I feel perfectly fine and got used to the hungry feeling quickly. However, I am having a lot of diarrhea. I read that this is common but I haven’t seen it reported often in the amounts that I’m having. I’m not really sure how to quantify it but it is often, a short-to-medium bout every few hours at least, with a pretty constant urge of a small amount. I’m not trusting any farts, don’t worry.

Is this really normal? I have no idea how much of the potassium/sodium is being absorbed - it feels like the water solution is going in one end and out the other. I’m drinking more plain water to make up for this but I’m not sure if I should be adding electrolytes or not.

Any advice is welcome and appreciated. Thank you.