Re: hi hi! i'm a new faster, on day 4.
Hi Qazwsx,
Today is day 12 for me. I drink only distilled water as it seems most people here do, however, some do drink artsian water, whatever that is. I have been drinking distilled water for many years. If you put lemon in your water then you are not doing a water fast. A
Water Fast is water only according to thirst.
I had a small bowel movement for the first couple of days but nothing since. This is normal, some people have more or less further into their fast, every person is different.
This is what was posted to me when I asked about bowel movements: "Fasting will give the bowels & colon a much needed rest, but once the fast is over, the bowels will return to normal with the correct refeeding and living habits thereafter."
I would never take an enema, but there again that is a persons preference. Some people here feel very strongly that you should not take one and some feel it necessary. I don't happen to feel you should do an enema but of course that is the course I have chosen for myself.
Hope this helps.