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Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

This post is probably going to be funny to some of you and disturbing to others. Viewer discretion is advised...

Okay I've had my meal. Yeah I splurged and bought extra but I did manage to eat it really slow (and most of my stuff ended up cold but it was still good). For some reason the food tasted different. In fact everything I've tasted today has a weird difference to it. It's probably due to me waiting so long to put food in my mouth but whatever.

I was alone sitting here and I had to fart. I thought “Well I am alone, what harm will it do?”. Apparently a lot. It's a very bad idea to fart when the only thing you've had for the last 3 days is water, juice, or soda. I guess my motor skills really were impared because normally I can tell when a fart will become something more but not this time, oh no.

A SNL skit comes to mind and resonates loudly as I sit here. It's hilarious to watch but the saying that goes along with it just really hit home: “Thanks OOPS! I crapped my pants!”. Yeah the skit was for adult diapers where grandparents were taking a dump out in public relying on their diapers to keep everything 'safe'.

What's sad is I really had to go to the bathroom and I actually somehow managed to form a turd in 3 days. It was surprisingly large for my lack of food consumption so I have no clue how I produced it. It must have been hiding somewhere in the abyss known as my intestines because it magically appeared in the toilet. I just wish it would have alerted me before I proceeded to ruin my boxers while I was at work. Luckily no one was here to hear me carry on about it in the bathroom. Not much got through to my shorts but yeah some did and I'm now sitting here commando style. I had to dab my shorts a little to make sure I wasn't putting my bare ass back on wet 'smelly water'. I do have a plastic bag in my car for safe transport of my stained pride but it still isn't cool. I guess I have an excuse but it's something I myself started and I myself get to end up with this consequence. I'm laughing at myself right now, really... on the inside.

Yeah this post is gross but its needed to prove a point: Don't go 3 days without eating or you'll probably need OOPS! I crapped my pants!

Print | posted on Friday, May 28, 2004 5:04 PM | Filed Under [ Living on planet Earth ]

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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

Dude! You have balls of steel for posting that. I think everyone's done it though, whether they admit it or not. For what it's worth, you might have fared better if you limited your choice of liquids during the fast to clear liquids, gone very minimal on the fruit juice, and no soda whatsoever. At least that was the prescription (24 hr fast, clear liquids only) we used to treat diarreah in an outdoor survival program I worked for years ago.

Kudos on getting through it through. I've done a handful of 24 hour fasts and been wanting to take on a 72, but want to tackle it with a little more physical preparation.

There's a great account of a 7 day fast in the book _The Way of the Peaceful Warrior_ by Dan Milman. ln light of your guest for spiritual clarity, I highly recommend it to you.
5/28/2004 10:37 PM | MacSqueeb
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Er, *quest* not *guest* (posting from a tablet PC).
5/28/2004 10:40 PM | MacSqueeb
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The problem with the whole thing is I wasn't originally set out to fast. I just wasn't eating. There was no spiritual reason, purely fleshly ones.

Part of it was I was tired of living in a place where people would only acknowledge me when THEY wanted something. Part of it was an experiment to see if I'd have serious issues. Part of it was just my stupidity in that I didn't prepare at all, it just happened. Part of if was I was too busy working to think about food at all.

So most of this post was a warning: If I'm going to ever go through a 72 hour fast for spiritual reasons, (and I do want to) do it correctly and beware flatulence. I'm sure some day in the future I'll comb over this and heed my own warnings but for now it just is something I have to deal with.

I think it was my body's way of saying "Well if you're going to deprive me, I'm going to give you a little present" and it did. I was definately surprised.
5/29/2004 10:03 AM | Jeremy Brayton
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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...


TOO MUCH INFORMATION!

THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT!

p.s. The word definitely does not contain the letter "a"
7/7/2004 11:54 PM | jeff Atwood
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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

please could you tell me if i was'nt to eat at all what would happen to me
would i be in hospital, faint at anytime, weight loss
please email me at ashleyjamesgoodwin12345@yahoo.co.uk
1/10/2005 7:04 AM | ashley james goodwin
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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

I dunno, I've gone for 1 day twice now and nothing has happened to me, but one day isn't very long. I tried to go for a week, but I wasn't prepared, lol.
2/1/2005 12:47 AM | Smeemer
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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

well im going to go for 3 days without eating and see what happens, could you e-mail me at prettypollyp@hotmail.com and tell me what would happen if i just drank water of tea, thanks!
3/27/2005 11:13 AM | polly
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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

well im going to go for 3 days without eating and see what happens, could you e-mail me at prettypollyp@hotmail.com and tell me what would happen if i just drank water or tea, thanks!
3/27/2005 11:14 AM | polly
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i've gone 6 days...just cause i hated myself when i ate...i did it and i felt really good when i did it...but my friends made me eat again when they found out.. also u get REALLY light headed...especially if you do sports like me...
11/2/2005 1:39 PM | megan
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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

i wish i could have the power not to eat for 3 or even more days i need to lose weight and fast will this help? any tips on making myself feel not hungry or filling myself up with anything email jadeandellie@hotmail.co.uk
12/6/2005 12:43 PM | jade
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# re: Another reason why not eating for 3 days is generally a bad idea...

Lol, I Did 6 Days On Water And Nothing Like That Happened xD
I Felt Crap Though ):

My Pants Are Unsoiled (;
8/3/2008 8:20 PM | Chrissie
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