Completed a 72 hour fast last night (Water Only) AMA 📊

[Sleepy Floyd]

This is placebo and extremely unhealthy.

Just eat healthy, exercise, and sleep 6-8 hours. I don't get why people choose to torture themselves and harm their bodies.

I used to have high blood pressure. By simply using less salt and eating healthier, I got it down to normal.

 

[MajesticLion]

Everytime hunger would come on and my mind was tryna seduce me to go to the pantry, I’d take a big gulp of water/flavorless electrolyte mix. I immediately wasnt hungry anymore.

This is what I added to my water for electrolytes:

Coconut water.

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

This is placebo and extremely unhealthy.

Just eat healthy, exercise, and sleep 6-8 hours. I don't get why people choose to torture themselves and harm their bodies.

I used to have high blood pressure. By simply using less salt and eating healthier, I got it down to normal.

What are you calling a placebo

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Coconut water.

Coconut water breaks your fast defeating the purpose of hitting autophagy, cellular repair, HGH, etc.

• Calories & Sugar: Even natural coconut water has calories (about 40–60 calories per cup) and contains natural sugars like glucose and fructose. That’s enough to trigger an insulin response, which technically breaks a fast.
• Autophagy & Metabolic Fasting: If your goal is autophagy, fat burning, or longevity benefits, coconut water will interrupt the fast.
• Electrolyte Fasting: If you’re fasting purely for hydration or electrolytes (like during long workouts in heat), some people do include coconut water — but that’s more of a modified fast rather than a true water fast.
• Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss: Having coconut water during your fasting window will break the fast, but depending on your goals, it might still fit into your plan if it helps you stick with fasting overall.

Bottom line: if you want a strict fast, stick to plain water, black coffee, or unsweetened tea. If you just want to replenish electrolytes while keeping calories low, coconut water can be useful, but it’s no longer a “clean fast.”

 

[Capitol]

Congrats bro but I noticed that you stopped feeding the streets with those workout challenges. You getting right and leaving us flabby huh

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Congrats bro but I noticed that you stopped feeding the streets with those workout challenges. You getting right and leaving us flabby huh

Man nikkas aint eeen participate in the last one

I got one on deck for yall coming up. Ill post it in the next day or two

 

[MajesticLion]

Bottom line: if you want a strict fast, stick to plain water, black coffee, or unsweetened tea. If you just want to replenish electrolytes while keeping calories low, coconut water can be useful, but it’s no longer a “clean fast.”

ok the sugars are the issue



ginger water or sorrel water


Point being, cut out the supplement middlemen. Use what is naturally available.

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

ok the sugars are the issue



ginger water or sorrel water


Point being, cut out the supplement middlemen. Use what is naturally available.

Ginger water:


Ginger itself doesn’t really provide electrolytes like sodium, potassium, magnesium, or calcium. It’s mostly phytochemicals (gingerols, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds). If you steep ginger in water, you’re mainly extracting flavor and some of those compounds, but not electrolytes in meaningful amounts.





Sorrel water (hibiscus tea):


Hibiscus has trace amounts of minerals, especially potassium and a little calcium and magnesium, but when steeped in water the levels are very low. A plain sorrel/hibiscus tea won’t give you enough electrolytes to support a long fast — you’d need much larger concentrations or a specially prepared infusion to make a difference.





Bottom line:


Neither ginger water nor sorrel water should be relied on for electrolytes. They’re good for flavor and can have health benefits (ginger for digestion, hibiscus for blood pressure support), but for fasting you’ll need proper electrolyte sources (like sodium, potassium, and magnesium from mineral water, salt, or dedicated electrolyte powders).

 

[King Static X]

Respect

 

[The God Poster]

Nah I have a Renpho Smart Scale at home that measures body fat, weight, BMI, etc.

I weighed at home pre-post fast

A couple hours before the fast ended I went to my gym and used their more accurate InBody machine and secured that data

The scales aren’t always accurate. I’d be interested to see your actual blood work etc right before & after

 

[stave]

second post in here is extremely flagrant holy fukking shyt

 

[MajesticLion]

Ginger water:


Ginger itself doesn’t really provide electrolytes like sodium, potassium, magnesium, or calcium. It’s mostly phytochemicals (gingerols, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds). If you steep ginger in water, you’re mainly extracting flavor and some of those compounds, but not electrolytes in meaningful amounts.





Sorrel water (hibiscus tea):


Hibiscus has trace amounts of minerals, especially potassium and a little calcium and magnesium, but when steeped in water the levels are very low. A plain sorrel/hibiscus tea won’t give you enough electrolytes to support a long fast — you’d need much larger concentrations or a specially prepared infusion to make a difference.





Bottom line:


Neither ginger water nor sorrel water should be relied on for electrolytes. They’re good for flavor and can have health benefits (ginger for digestion, hibiscus for blood pressure support), but for fasting you’ll need proper electrolyte sources (like sodium, potassium, and magnesium from mineral water, salt, or dedicated electrolyte powders).

You go ahead and let these AI people lead you by the nose

 

[Sniper]

How’d you get around the headaches?

 

[maxamusa]

breh straight water

 

[maxamusa]

Has this affected the consistency of your semenial fluid? And/or the smell?