Fasting is probably the worst thing anyone can ever do. It's like peeling off your fingernails and toenails and cutting every inch of your body with cuts from them. Then drilling nails into each of your toes and fingers and then both your eyes.

Try it, it's mentally and spiritually enlightening.

Nah, I think I might get a little hungry.

It's no that had. Forced to do it for Id. (Live in India. Damm you uncle, Damm you.) Month long fast. (I onnly do 3 days)
No that hord core type. Allowed water during the day. Allowed to chow down in the night.

I tried once, but then suffered from gastric pains. :wacko:

Ptolemy123 wrote: Allowed to chow down in the night.

indeed, its not like you are starving youself, as you can eat during the night.....*thinks of cookies*

Not that type of fasting.

then i take it you mean not eating at all?

Si, but you can have water.

You can probably hold out for about four days; if you have the will. Any more and weakness will set in.

Humans can survive two months or more without food. Not much good for them, mind.

Generally if you're not eating, hunger tends to go away after a while.

Sentynel wrote: Humans can survive two months or more without food. Not much good for them, mind.

Generally if you're not eating, hunger tends to go away after a while.

I thought for the normal human it was three weeks. You know, the rule of threes: three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food.

Although I guess there are some who could hold out longer.

I held out for nine years.

Krim wrote: I held out for nine years.

Now, that's a plain ly.
Unless your some sort of new age yoga rishi

Sure, three weeks is the standard estimate, but it is possible to survive longer - up to a couple of months - but even if you do survive, you'll be pretty messed up by it.

didn't that stupid 'magician' do a stunt in London in that plastic box for 40 odd days and he wasn't well after that but thats double three weeks. i think it is possible to survive for a couple of months with out food

We all don''t live in London, pal. What stunt?

This the stunt he was talking about. The guy's a right nutter.

It was quite popular, the whole country was talking about it :P

i thought it made international headlines, oh well doesn't really matter

Nope. The only reasons some of Britain was interested was because a) it was happening here and B) they watch stuff like Big Brother anyway. :P