Today I started a water fast. I’ve been looking at this sub for a while and have tried smaller fasts, and I now want to go for this. Problem is, I always get headaches and sometimes I can feel my neck pulsing on my left hand side. I think maybe it’s dehydration because I’m only about 24 hours in. I took an electrolyte capsule before too. What do you think this is a result of?
The neck pulsing is hard to say. As for the headaches, dehydration is pretty likely. You aren’t getting any of the natural moisture from food for one, and the amount of hydration you need in a day is often heavily underestimated as it is. Honestly though, I find the 24 hour mark to often be the worst, and I sometimes get headaches even with proper hydration and electrolytes. It just happens sometimes.