The longest you've gone without eating?

WindSock · 03-11-2012 12:11PM

3.5 day fast. And 3 days due to illness. Makes your breath reek though.

Ghost Buster · 03-11-2012 12:13PM

golden lane wrote: »

four and a half days.......

Same for me. In hospital with a ruptured appendix. The nicest meal i eve r had was the dry toast and black watery tea i was allowed when given the all clear:D

Toby Take a Bow · 03-11-2012 12:15PM

Does it count if you're hooked up to drips and feeds and things like that? If so, two weeks, nil by mouth type stuff. Never again (hopefully). I lost around two/three stone, and it's not weight I could afford to lose.

df1985 · 03-11-2012 12:16PM

if you go to ibiza do what people in Ibiza do, you can easily go a few days. the weight falls off.

sunflower27 · 03-11-2012 12:17PM

A few days after I had my wisdom teeth out and the gums sewn back up would probably be the longest without food.

Was in so much pain, the last thing I thought about was food. Lost a fair bit of weight for a short time as well come to think of it.

03-11-2012 12:18PM

I'd regularly go a day with just a can of diet coke just because of awkward sleeping patterns or different hours in college. Longest I went was a full week with just water. It wasn't fun.

MagicSean · 03-11-2012 12:19PM

52 hours in hospital for tests.

WindSock · 03-11-2012 12:47PM

df1985 wrote: »

if you go to ibiza do what people in Ibiza do, you can easily go a few days. the weight falls off.

I did and put on weight. The food is delish.

FouxDaFaFa · 03-11-2012 12:51PM

horsemaster wrote: »

24 hours fasting is complete fasting without water.

Is that...wise? Surely you'd risk dehydration.

Longest for me was about 25/6 hours, charity fast.

Eve_Dublin · 03-11-2012 12:55PM

What's this fasting business? Is it to lose weight? Surely you'd just pile it on again after.

Gummy Panda · 03-11-2012 12:57PM

bluewolf wrote: »

I've been following these studies as I was doing IF for a while. I think it's actually not so clear cut after all that restriction increases longevity.

I've done the 24h a few times. It was no problem from a hunger point of view at all, but I got pretty grumpy in the mornings (worse than usual ). Didn't get any of this clear thinking business others say they get from doing it

Do you eat a low - moderate carb diet?

Reason i ask is that people who get the clear thinking might be due to usually eating a carb heavy diet and the massive reduction in glucose for them.

horsemaster · 03-11-2012 01:02PM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Is that...wise? Surely you'd risk dehydration.

Longest for me was about 25/6 hours, charity fast.

I am in my 40s and I have been doing this since childhood. Initially it was due to the fact that people around me did this but later I did it for personal reasons. It takes much more than 24 hours for dehydration to hit. Hindus fast for 3 days straight without drinking anything without any problem in the temple I volunteer. A 24 hour fast is not a problem. But as in everything, please consult your doctor before you fast. I am a Ayurvedic practitioner and I have clients/patients who fast as part of their treatment.

03-11-2012 01:03PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Do you eat a low - moderate carb diet?

Reason i ask is that people who get the clear thinking might be due to usually eating a carb heavy diet and the massive reduction in glucose for them.

Not as much as I used to but I did go fairly low carb for ages

MaxSteele · 03-11-2012 01:06PM

I don't think I've ever went more than 12 hours without food. I'd probably have withdrawal symptoms If I tried.

I'll never understand people who "can't eat".

Grayson · 03-11-2012 01:08PM

I had to fast for a test (medical, not educational

) once. No eating from midnight and I had to fast 24 hours. So stopped midnight day one. It was 8pm two days later when the test was. It had originally been scheduled for the morning. So that's 44 hours without food.

I used to skip entire days without food but don't do it so often now. Not deliberately, I'd just forget. Now, if I go too long without some sort of food intake, I get a headache. But I do still go quite often with little intake. I sometime go days with just the odd sandwich or bowl of noodles here or there.

Sunnyisland · 03-11-2012 01:35PM

4/5 days on a few occasions, But i was nourishing myself with guinness.

Fixing Good · 03-11-2012 03:23PM

A mate of mine said he heard of a fella that went for 40 days and 40 nights but I think he was talking sh1t!!!

Emeraldy Pebbles · 03-11-2012 03:30PM

Around 5 days when I was ill in hospital. Lost 9lbs in that time, as my body was concurrently trying to heal a surgery wound. Not good. :-/

aaronjumper · 03-11-2012 03:35PM

Mine was three days. Boy did I enjoy the fish and chips on day four.

af_thefragile · 03-11-2012 03:51PM

I never eat.

I just absorb energy from the atmosphere!

mauzo · 03-11-2012 03:56PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Id say about 24 hours when travelling , ****îng airplane food no way

I love aeroplane food

I've gone about 24 hours I'd say. Not a patch on some of you, you guys are bad ass

03-11-2012 03:57PM

Two days when I was 9 and had food poisoning. Not eating for two days ended up in me having a seizure, passing out and nearly ended up in a coma

So since then the longest I've gone without eating is about 8 hours...

Spread · 03-11-2012 04:01PM

9 months

Karona · 03-11-2012 04:03PM

I used to be able to go a good while without food but lately if I go without food for so long I get really bad shakes. I have been tested for diabetes and all that jazz but apparently I am as fit as a fiddle.

juan.kerr · 03-11-2012 04:10PM

Manny Pacquiao wrote: »

43 days when I was lost in Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert. How I survived defied medical science. All I had was dirty water and my will to survive.

And a great imagination. Don't forget that.

juan.kerr · 03-11-2012 04:12PM

I'm like the guy from the Skittles advert where everything he touched turned to Skittles.

Unfortunately everything I touch turns to ****, which I'm allergic to.

ArtyC · 03-11-2012 04:28PM

About nine days. Had a heavy drug problem. Didn't sleep either. Glad I cut that habit

1ZRed · 03-11-2012 04:35PM

A bit over 24 hours but I get seriously aggressive when I'm that hungry so it's best to be nowhere near me if that happens.

Esoteric_ · 03-11-2012 04:39PM

6 days. I was stressed and upset and had no appetite, so I lived off of sugar free red bull, water and black coffee. Ended up fainting in work, which was a little bit awkward. :pac:

Nowadays, I'd easily go 24-48 hours without eating if I'm not hungry. And yet I'm still a fat cow :pac:

1ZRed · 03-11-2012 04:59PM

Do you have to be very technical about it because I've gone through a few bouts where I was eating one "meal" a day of toast for a straight week from being stressed/sick but I've never not eaten anything at all for more than around 24 hours. That'd be cheating I suppose

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