Has anyone here fasted for a month?

Not a month, but 10 days. It was great – felt amazing. A bit weak, & craving food I see others eat, but other than that feeling “floating in the air”. Drank only juice. Besides being fun, I didn’t notice any long term effect (apart from weight lose).

I intended to do it for 2 weeks, but my father (a physician) told me that the 1st muscle the body turns to for proteins, is the heart, so I’d better stop. So, I won’t recommend more than 2 weeks, without medical supervision.

No, and hell no! I lurves my food too much :)

@augustlan OM NOM NOM
im with you i couldnt give up food, eating is one of the best things i do all day lol

I fasted for 2 weeks, only drinking this gross lemonade. But i’m in agreement with @augustlan and @uberbatman, I lurves it too much!

I began a fast – but then I got too hungry.

and I’ll tell ya, that was the longest half hour of my life

I’m Muslim, I fast the month of Ramadan every single year!
However, it’s not that I don’t eat anything at all during the whole month, but only during the day, and we can eat after the evening.

I wasn’t aware that a prehistoric bird practiced Islam.

Is it seriously possible to fast for a month? I fasted for a day a few times but that’s all. @archae when is ramadan?

Yes, it’s possible to fast for a month, surviving on water. It’s not advisable though.

I did a two week fast once, that’s as long as I lasted. You feel tired, you get headaches on the first few days then you feel pretty damn good for the rest. Eating food again however, can be uncomfortable.

If I were to choose between drinking, or eating for the rest of my life, I would choose drinking. I love drinking more than eating. And now I see that I will live longer with drinking! But isn’t there H 2 O in some foods like watermelon?

@90s_kid i think there’s some level of water in every food no? but…definitely a lot more in watermelon than some other foods :-)

@ AstroChuck

Funny.. :)

@ 90’s kid

It the 9th month in the Hijri calendar. Almost same as September in Gregorian.

Wait so you go by a totally different calendar? I never knew that!!!
I thought everyone went by January, February, March, etc…

quick aside…I read this as “Has anyone Farted for a month”. I wee’d myself just a bit from the laughter. Quite disappointed, actually, when I opened the thread.

I think a month is way too long. I have only fasted for a day at a time. I have tried to do cleanses but always gave up. I don’t have a ton of willpower about food- I’m always hungry!

@90s kid- Many cultures and religious faiths go by a lunar calendar. E.g.- Chinese, Hebrew/Jewish, Muslim, Eastern Orthodox Christian, etc.

For anyone interested in reading a fascinating story of extreme fasting, check out the short story “The Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka.