Will I Feel Hungry?

There may be a sensation of hunger for the first day or two. After that, when the body's metabolism switches over to the burning of fats, the sensation of hunger tends to be diminshed or gone.

Will I Be Tired or Sick?

Energy level on a fast varies greatly between individuals. Some people experience a surge in energy after a few days, but many people continue to feel low energy, as the body turns its energy inwards to heal itself. There may be one or more occasions when you feel moderately ill with flu-like symptoms, possibly even a brief, moderate fever. These healing crises are an important part of the process of fasting and detoxification.

Will I Lose Weight?

Fasting patients usually lose two pounds or so a day for the first week; this decreases as the fast continues.

Will The Weight Stay Off?

Because the body's metabolism slows down during a fast, it is not difficult to gain weight back after a fast. Maintenance of weight loss depends on lifestyle change.

What If I'm Underweight?

A water fast gives the digestive system a chance to rest, and it often absorbs and assimilates better after a fast. Patients who have a hard time gaining weight generally find it easier after a fast, because the food they eat is being more effectively utilized.

What Can I Expect Emotionally?

A lot of emotional issues typically arise during fasting. Primal experiences arise from the withdrawal of food. Food also has a high emotional content in that it is connected with nurturance and survival.

How Do I Get Ready for the Fast?

The benefits of your fast will be increased, and the transition into fasting will be facilitated, if you follow a week-long, pre-fast regimen at home before your fast. Click here for details.

How Do I Start Eating Again?

It is important to start slowly and simply, with a period of raw juices first, then foods re-introduced gradually, one at a time. All Mind Your Body fasting workshop options include at least two days of food re-introduction at the end, to help you ease gradually back into food and maintain the practice of conscious eating.

First morning orange juice

What disorders preclude water fasting?

You should not attempt a water fast if you have:

Why are the Mind Your Body fasting workshops so special?

Water fasting opens up a person physically, emotionally and spiritually, to a point where profound healing on all of these levels is possible.