A Fasting dilemma...?

Question

I decide to begin fasting, say Monday morning until Monday (pm)
My last meal was Sunday 11PM; I only have water and little orange juice or herbal tea ...When halfway into the fast, I have to eliminate but even though it is not diarhea (not runny), it is like eliminating all the food I had for the past 2-3 days...how come so-o- much when I haven't had anything solid for over 12 hours?(I am looking for a seroius answer here).Thanks a lot.

More info- it was a FAST only! no binge,etc; also there was NO DIARRHEA!

Answer 1

You know, I fasted last week and the same thing happened to me. I hear it takes 24 hours or more for food to completely go through the digestive cycle. When you eat, it is activating your system so while the food you just ate is in your stomach, whatever you ate before that is being pushed out from the end of your tract. I'm not sure how much stock to put in that, but it sounds plausible enough.

Answer 2

Your body only functions in two states; Anabolic and Catabolic. What Anabolic means is that you are in a coloric surplus, catabolic being a caloric deficit.

People ARE animals, we function according to survival and with that, our brain will "inform" our body to function according to pattern. If you are in a pattern of catabolism, your brain will inform your body to, for lack of a better term, hit the RESERVE button. What this does is basically flip a switch that releases less digestive enzymes as a means to conserve energy. It takes energy to digest food, lots of energy. Imagine running a microwave all day long and the electricity bill at the end of the month....

So, when you go all day long without eating or eating very little, you are in essence "catabolic" (there's that word again ;)

Trust me, it's better to snack on peanuts all day long than it is to starve yourself and go home at night to eat a huge meal. Starvation and binging are the worst possible thing you can do to your body for your health. It increases the level of cortisol, a nasty substance that is linked to heart disease and all kinds of other bad diseases such as cancer.

Bodybuilders are the masters of staying anabolic! They don't do the Atkins diet, they don't do the south beach diet, they COUNT CALORIES and figure out their BMR (Fancy phrase for metabolism or how much calories they burn).

Now here's the thing. Women are constantly saying "I don't want muscle"! I got news for you, muscle is the ONLY anabolic agent in the body. What does that mean? It means that the less muscle you have, the lower your metabolism (the less calories you burn daily) Cortisol promotes muscle as a ready energy source in yoru body, remember cortisol is released when you are catabolic (not eating)..... Do you see the pattern here? Don't eat; go catabolic; release cortisol; eat muscle; burn less calories; all of a sudden eat a big dinner...... It's a HORRIBLE cycle to get into.

So, what can you do?

Bring food with you everywhere you go! Cheese sticks, Peanuts, Trail Mix, fruits, veggies with yogurt for dip, salads with oil and vinagar for dressing, chicken breasts, sandwiches, and on and on and on.......

It's your life, it's your appearance, its your health, take control.

Oh, and I don't care what Barney and Friends taught us growing up, Looks DO matter. Don't beleive me? Try and get a job without an in person interview. You think anyone will hire you based upon a resume? Probably not!

Answer 3

i believe it was the liquids you dranked. herbal tea is something you can drink to help you have bowel movements. so that might have triggered your diarrhea.