How to Fast for Forty Days and Nights
Whether you are doing this for spiritual reasons or simply want to lose weight, article will help you start the process.
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Instructions
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Know what kind of fast you would like to do. Will it be a liquid fast, abstaining from certain foods until a certain time each day, eating only special foods like vegetables, or not eating or drinking anything the entire time?
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Conduct research on the pros and cons of the type of fast you have selected.
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Make an appointment to see your doctor. You will need to find out if you have any medical condition that you may not be aware of that would hinder you from this type of fast. Discuss your plans with your doctor.
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You will need to prepare your body for this undertaking. At least two weeks or more in advance, begin to reduce the amount of meals you eat each day. Avoid drinking anything but water during that time, so that you are conditioning your mind and body to no longer crave sugary drinks, coffees, and teas.
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Avoid gum and hard candies. Although your breath will not be pleasing to smell initially, you will not want to tempt your body by making a meal of these items.
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As you reduce your meals each day until you are surviving on nothing but water, you will notice headaches, stomach aches, and other symptoms. If you find you are having minor symptoms that come and go such as feeling faint or weak, hallucinating, and other minor complications that are hindering your performance at work or school, keep plain crackers on standby. The symptoms may subside. However, if they don't you may want to reconsider fasting from food all day. Rather, set aside a time each day when you will fast and when you will eat and don't fluctuate from your schedule.
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Once your fast is complete, it is important that you don't eat a large meal. Instead, you will eat very small portions each day. Start with a few crackers, then later in the day a piece of cheese and so on until you can stomach a larger meal. You will know that you have eaten too much when you experience cramps, nausea, and other stomach related illnesses. Try to eat fresh food when you start back to eating and avoid the pre-packaged man made items.
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Tips & Warnings
Have a good reason why you will fast for 40 days and let that be your focal point. Hang up a quote, scripture, picture, or anything that will help keep you focused.
Having a supportive team of people around you will help you get through it.
Try to avoid being around food as much as you can when you first start and turn down invites where food will be served until you are strong enough to handle being around it.
Avoid telling everyone you know what you are doing, there will always be someone around you to say something negative.
Spiritual fasts require lots of prayer, Bible reading, and dedication to the word of God.
Fasts for dieting don't normally keep the weight off and oftentimes people will put on more weight after they fast.
You will be irritable during the first week or two until your body adjusts.
In time for women, you may not get a menstrual period. You will also notice that your urine will be clear in color and bowel movements may not have a smell. In time, bowel movements may go away.
Stay away from any protein drinks during this type of fast they have a tendency to constipate.
Carbonated drinks, milk shakes, and acidic fruits should be avoided. They can upset the stomach.
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do not eat crackers as suggested after a fast. especially a 40 day water fast. dilute water & juice first. then go to fruits. ie. watermelon, apples, grapes. then go to veggies and juice them to be gentle to you body in which you love. NEVER RETURN back to the American diet you had previously. if you do, you wasted your time!
