[Sasquatch]

...that from this friday to the next, I'm not going to eat anything, just drink water.  I figure my body can handle it because of survivorman.  He eats very little and does strenuous stuff, and he seems to make it out ok.  The reason I tell you guys this is that you all seem pretty intelligent and I want to know a couple of things:

1) Will this have any lasting effects on my body.
2) Will this make me not be able to do homework as well.

[Kazan]

that's retarded

when you end up in the hospital i'm going to laugh

[jdjtcagle]

Not eating for a weeks length can be really dangerous, especially if you pack it away afterwards... you could kill yourself. 

You will be physically and mentally weak, expect headaches and stress... especially homework

[redsniper]

Told you so.

[Admiral_Stones]

Be sure to make a video diary of it

And YES, very important not to suddenly start eating when it's over. You have to slowly start eating again, or your metabolism won't hold it = death.

[achtung]

Well, looks like we might be adding someone to this year's Darwin Awards list.

[Kazan]

Well, looks like we might be adding someone to this year's Darwin Awards list.

dunno if it would pass the originality requirement

[Sasquatch]

Be sure to make a video diary of it

I am actually going to do this, I am a RTVF major and I was planning on making a documentary about it.

Also, I have been reading on how to go about doing this fast, and I am preparing my body.  A lot of people say it is a detoxification process (kinda think its bull****) but there are many people doing it out there, and they say that a bigger person may not feel any affects at all (and I'm pretty big)

[achtung]

Well, looks like we might be adding someone to this year's Darwin Awards list.

dunno if it would pass the originality requirement

Maybe he could limit himself to eating only his own salted flesh?  That sounds original.

[Nuclear1]

This really is one of those things that you have to think "If I was drunk, would this be a good idea?"

If you answer "no", it is a terrible idea that will probably get someone (read: yourself) hurt/dead. Don't do it, for your own sake.

Also ask whether FOX would make a reality show about it. If "yes", bad idea.

[NGTM-1R]

Rule of threes got beaten into my head back with the Boy Scouts.

Three weeks without food.
Three days without water.
Three hours without warmth.
Three minutes without air.

So, honestly speaking, you should be fine from the not-eating part.

[Janos]

Rule of threes got beaten into my back with the Boy Scouts.

Three weeks without food.
Three days without water.
Three hours without warmth.
Three minutes minutes without air.

So, honestly speaking, you should be fine from the not-eating part.

You'll survive (unless you have diabetes or something) just well. You'll just feel quite weak.

[Mika]

2) Will this make me not be able to do homework as well.

I'm pretty sure you can't after two to three days. Thinking requires surprisingly lots of energy.

Why you wouldn't try something easier first, like total celibacy for 30 days? You will notice that your behavior starts to change after about two and a half weeks... The funny thing is that the other people will notice it also, even if you didn't tell anyone.

Mika

[castor]

I think going with just water is gonna get ugly, if you've not done it before.
Juices only would be a lot better, but I guess it's out of question due to the bet..

[Herra Tohtori]

If you have enough fat on your body to power whatever you do (movement aside, you still need energy to produce body heat and maintain vitals like kidneys, brain, circulation, breathing...) there shouldn't be any lasting effects... If you don't have enough fat stored, your body will start providing energy by taking proteins from your muscles, and that could be considered a lasting effect in the sense that you'll need to restore the lost muscle mass afterwards.

Also, I'm not sure what a week long water diet would do to fluid-ion balance of the body. Kinda depends on your local water consistency, how much minerals and stuff is in it...


I wouldn't do it, at least not without medical counsel.

[jdjtcagle]

I think going with just water is gonna get ugly, if you've not done it before.
Juices only would be a lot better, but I guess it's out of question due to the bet..

Don't juices have the "wrong" kinds of sugar and are actually unhealthy for you.

[Kazan]

people keep talking like being chubby is going to help with this.

it's not.

when you're starving your body burns muscle off first before it goes for the fact - because muscle requires energy to maintain so removing it first reduces your overall energy requirements

[Nuclear1]

I think going with just water is gonna get ugly, if you've not done it before.
Juices only would be a lot better, but I guess it's out of question due to the bet..

Don't juices have the "wrong" kinds of sugar and are actually unhealthy for you.

Artificial ones, yes.  Real fruit juices (i.e. orange, apple, grape) are actually quite good for you.

[jdjtcagle]

Hmmm... I could of swore that real fruit juices - somewhere in the process of making it into a juice, leaves a "bad sugar" product.

[Flipside]

Fasting at that level is not something I'd recommend without serious preparation, it's possible to do, but you need to be sure that you are prepared to do it both physically and mentally, it can actually have profound mental effects as well as physical ones. And when you do start eating again, be careful, too much at once and you'll simply vomit it back up, you'll have to start with small meals and work your way up.

My own advice would be 'don't do it', especially not for a bet, whoever you made a bet with probably has no concept of the kind of punishment a body takes when you fast, but it's certainly not worth doing simply to prove a point.