Some things I’ve observed:
DO NOT take in too much salt/potassium in a day, it will really mess with your numbers and the natural progression of the fast
Water fasting has absolutely NO affect on body Acidity/Alkalinity/Ph levels
Day 4 is everything everybody says it is. Suck it up. It only gets better after that.
Somebody really has to do an in-depth study on Plateaus. What causes them? What is happening when weight and body fat percentage stalls? The body’s energy has to be coming from somewhere, so it must be fat, right? If so, how is it possible that weight/BF remain the same for days? etc., etc……
I’m embarrassed that it took me so long to find out that there was such a thing as Water Fasting and Dry Fasting
With the exception of the plateau, I am loving this and will be incorporating it into my lifestyle from now on
Just a few notes from a Noob.
Natural progression of the fast, that is good to understand.
It is natural that the body holds extra water when processing carbs and when carbs are cut out that loss of water will come back with carbs.
> Water fasting has absolutely NO affect on body Acidity/Alkalinity/Ph levels
I trust you, but does this include a week later after the fast. Autophagy can do some really miraculous things, and I doubt that pH levels would not be improved.
As your body wants to stick to water that remains from the amount of fat that already burnt (as fat ties more gramms/water) then comes the whoosh effect after a bigger meal. As for dry fasting…. Dunno about that but at least keep water intake but don’t go full dry…
Fat loss is gonna be no-to-slow until glycogen stored is used up. Water loss will happen quick, as that glycogen is burned up in those first 3-4 days. But high caloric food after fast will require that water back to be store more glycogen.
Gluconeogenesis and water weight
Once you hit that sick feeling in the fourth day-ish you are transitioning into fat burning mode and stay there til ya eat more than 56g of carbs and 25 g of protein in a day.
Drinking distilled water is bad for electrolyte balance. As well as high dose mineral supplements which can create imbalance.
Not taking in electrolytes contributes to worse symptoms at transition. I shoot for 25% of daily recommended dose of sodium and potassium.
Cardio Exercise or intense weight lifting will reduce time it takes to burn through glycogen, but necessitate muscle loss when water fasting.