57 replies to this topic

[Nick]

I'm not looking for, "it's not safe." I'm looking for an answer. How long can I go without eating before my body starts to deteriorate?

[Sweeney]

Your body will begin to deteriorate after about two days.
You could probably live for a few weeks.

[sockopen]

Depends how fat you are.

[foogie]

I remember something from a long time ago, for food it was something like 2 weeks or so before death became an issue... lol, but it's far less with no water... like 3-4 days. lawl.

[Eeyore]

Zomg not safe!!1

About two weeks before you die, but you'd be feeling absolutely aweful sooner then that. However fat doesn't come into it so much because whilst it can be used to give you energy it won't give you the essential nuitrients and that you need, so it doesn't depend on how fat you are like someone said. Not to my knowledge. I dropped Biology last year though and we didn't study how long it took to die, so I'm not exactly all knowing on the subject.

[Cript]

Depends on a multitude of things, among them being metabolism, your activity, and stored fat. If you intend on being active then it's closer to 2 weeks. If you intend on sitting on a couch watching TV and you're say 40% body fat, you can probably go for 4-6 weeks. The body can use fat or muscle as food so it'll eventually eat them both. The reason animals hibernate without starving is because they reduce their metabolism so much...so like I said, if you just sat around 24/7 or slept a whole lot...you'd be set for at least a month.

[Nick]

Well, I'm not fat, but I want to drop some quick weight. How much ould I drop in 1 week without eating?

[Insanedragonz]

Well, I'm not fat, but I want to drop some quick weight. How much ould I drop in 1 week without eating?

You probably gain more weigh because after that first week over, you gonna eat like a pig

[Nick]

No, I won't. I just drink a lot of water now.

[Cript]

Well, I'm not fat, but I want to drop some quick weight. How much ould I drop in 1 week without eating?

If you didn't eat a single thing, you'd drop about 15 lbs...you'd probably lose 7 the first 2 days, then as your metabolism went down, you'd lose the other 8 through 5 days. God, this reminds me so much of wrestling. Please tell me that's not why you're doing this.

BTW: you're better off maintaining your diet and just going for runs in sweat suits and stuff. When I was in wrestling, I would run off all my water weight and just eat chocolate and crap since it had a ton of fat (energy) in it...I wouldn't go back to that crap for anything.

[Sock_Eater_Bobby]

If you fast and later go back to your usual diet, you'll only gain weight Your body will want to store as much as possible.

That's what happens to anorexics

Edited by Sock_Eater_Bobby, 18 January 2007 - 09:15 AM.

[sockopen]

it doesn't depend on how fat you are like someone said

Yes it does.

Well, I'm not fat, but I want to drop some quick weight. How much ould I drop in 1 week without eating?

Eat at proper times, excersize more, drink more water and eat a salad with every meal. Not eating will do you more harm than good in the long run (health and weight-wise respectively).

[Jeff]

not saf3 u dye

Nah, just what you should do (I saw this on some tv show) if you aren't planning on eating at ALL is just have like one enery bar per day. This guy said on some show that he had 1/3 for breakfast, 1/3 for lunch, 1/3 for dinner and he felt okay...

[Cript]

Yes it does.
Eat at proper times, excersize more, drink more water and eat a salad with every meal. Not eating will do you more harm than good in the long run (health and weight-wise respectively).

If he's wrestling, like I assume he is to have to lose weight so fast...he needs to lose x amount of pounds by x day...drinking more water and eating anything might hurt him.

[nox]

it will just lead to the body's metabolism slowing down to an extreme rate. your body will first eat away at your muscles before fat. if you're doing it for boxing or wrestling that's one thing.. but if it's just to look cute for some date..it's not gonna make you look any better

[Jewbert]

The only reason I'm replying in this is because I actually have experience with this having done it before.
The best thing for you to do is not to just STOP eating...that's not good for your metabolism, as others have said. Rather,
you should just eat very little or next to nothing. If you continue to just eat a little bit every day, you will more than
likely drop some weight. You should also exercise if you have the free time because that helps to burn off the calories
you do eat. Also, drink plentiful amounts of water. Make sure the water is ICE cold because the body uses more energy
warming the water up to your internal temperature thus burning more calories. Another thing, I have found great use of
these drink mixes with the brand name "Morning Spark." They are FULL of caffeine, which I know isn't necessarily good
for you BUT... caffeine is a diuretic which means it basically makes you pee more which is good for losing weight.
Each serving of Morning Spark contains 160 - 180 mg of caffeine which is the equivalent of two cups of coffee or two eight ounce Red Bulls.
Of course, that can dehydrate you so drink plain water with it. It wakes you up to and makes you want to do stuff.....burn those
cals! Haha...
I hope this helps!!!

Edited by brookuslicious, 18 January 2007 - 01:40 PM.

[Nick]

Okay, I do eat next to nothing, but today for instance I didn't eat anything and I've just been drinking ice water. Dropping 15 pounds in a week would be amazing.

[Hawk]

Okay, I do eat next to nothing, but today for instance I didn't eat anything and I've just been drinking ice water. Dropping 15 pounds in a week would be amazing.

I will laugh hard at you when you gain it all back in the following weeks.

[Nick]

Lol, wow considering I gained about 5 1/2 pounds over christmas break, and I'm a pretty skinny kid, I won't be gaining it back.

[Cript]

I will laugh hard at you when you gain it all back in the following weeks.

He's not trying to lose weight in the longrun it sounds like...just for this week. I used to drop 5-15 lbs in a week all the time during wrestling by running with sweatsuits and not eating anything...I didn't gain much of it back because I made sure to lose fat and muscle, but gain back the muscle...If he starves now, his body will eat both fat and muscle that he has stored...If he proceeds to eat right after this, he'd only gain back muscle...

Make sure the water is ICE cold because the body uses more energy
warming the water up to your internal temperature thus burning more calories.

Very cool you brought this up...something very few people know.

[Nick]

Cript it is for the longrun, but my diet is good, it's just I've gained some weight that I want to get off quickly and then go back to my old vegetarian diet.

[Hawk]

He's not trying to lose weight in the longrun it sounds like...just for this week. I used to drop 5-15 lbs in a week all the time during wrestling by running with sweatsuits and not eating anything...I didn't gain much of it back because I made sure to lose fat and muscle, but gain back the muscle...If he starves now, his body will eat both fat and muscle that he has stored...If he proceeds to eat right after this, he'd only gain back muscle...

You wrestlers Trying to squeeze into the lowest weight class you can My friend who is a wrestler has only been eating graham crackers and apple sauce for like, the past few days xD

[Cript]

Cript it is for the longrun, but my diet is good, it's just I've gained some weight that I want to get off quickly and then go back to my old vegetarian diet.

If you're looking at a week-long timeframe, there's obviously something important going on that you're willing to completely starve for...how do you get protein when you're doing a vegetarian diet? Personally, I'd see a meat-only diet as much more efficient.

[Greenstranger]

I learned that you can live up to 6 weeks

[Nick]

If you're looking at a week-long timeframe, there's obviously something important going on that you're willing to completely starve for...

Hell yeah there is, but no one here wants to know about it.