Consumed Only Water for 21-days. This is what I learned.

If you've spent time with me or attended any of my workshops, you know I am a huge fan of water. However, I never thought I would only consume it for the next 21-days.

With the help of my motivational water bottle and my husband, I embarked on a journey that I never thought was possible.

For the next 21-days, I consumed water morning, noon, and night. 128 oz of water a day.

Between cooking meals for the kids, turning down food from neighbors, and the temptations of eating out - I documented my journey of fasting.

It has been noted that entrepreneurs do extreme things to up their mojo, from fire walking, Ayahuasca, silent retreats, to adrenalin rushed adventures. However, I believe 21-day water fast is the equivalent of all of these things and more.

After 21-days of no food, I jotted down some thoughts right before I took my first sip of celery-watermelon juice to break my fast and start the re-feeding process.

Here's what I learned:

The best results are not always visible (at first). ?

My husband lost 50 lbs (22.68 kg) from his 33-day water fast. I lost 28 lb (12.70 kg) from 21-day water fast.

The results were visible, but it was the non-visible results that changed our lives.

We grew up with an unhealthy relationship with food. Happy? Eat. Sad? Eat. Bored? Eat All three? Binge eat.

This lack of self-control flowed into other areas of our lives, and while we seemed to be doing well - we were often disappointed by the lack of progress we wanted to make in our lives.

We gained a new respect for food as fuel - a better way to manage food-triggering emotions, new willpower, and a deeper spiritual connection to our being. This has been honestly transformative.

Mind, body, and soul must sync to succeed.

My mind took the most convincing, once I fed it the logic it needed; that my body is and will be okay without food for a list of reasons, my mind eased up, and my body responded positively. This happened around day five.

Next, my soul / spiritually became elevated. At one point, I felt I could answer the meaning to life or any complex question. It was phenomenal. The mind, body, soul connection is amazing. The only thing that came close was my home birth experience.

If you've been working your mind, neglecting your body, and ignoring your soul, you will struggle to get the results and achievements you desire. Connect the three and watch the magic happen.??

The mind is a powerful place.

The mind is a powerful place - and what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way - NF

The mind and gut are connected. The gut is referred to as the second brain - both are extremely powerful in the way they process and heal. Around day-5, as irritating as it was, I began to get "full" off of water and learned that ghrelin - the hunger hormone was working with me and my brain stopped sending me messages. They say we only use 10% of our brains.

I wonder if that's because we limit the possibilities and outcomes that we think can happen. Instead of thinking of one or two solutions, opening up the mind to get imaginative and creative can unlock key potential growth.?

I am not a victim.?

As happy and excited as we were doing this water fast, friends and family felt bad for us because we weren't eating. They didn't realize that while we weren't consuming food, our entire body was doing something that many rarely experience. It was healing in ways we are still feeling the effects.

I didn't want or need anyone to feel "bad" for me - it wasn't that I couldn't eat. It was that I choose not to. I am not a victim. Even if something happens to me, I can choose to live with a victorious mindset - regardless of what others say or feel about me.?

Focus on what I can contain, not control.?

In part of our research one, Dr. mentioned how we suffer from what is called Kings Disease more than ever. Kings Disease is an illness that only Kings got due to their rich diet and access to food. The poor didn't get these diseases because they didn't have the same food access.

Nowadays, more so in America, we have access to whatever we want to eat, and disease is rising.

Rather than focusing on what I can't control, which is very little - I spend 21-solid-days concentrate on what I could contain, which was what I put in my mouth. It was empowering. By doing so, I reached a level of enlightenment that changed me from the inside out.

Take the path few will follow leads to amazing results.

Whenever my husband and I would share what we are doing, we got the following responses "Wait, you are drinking just water? Nothing else?", " I could never do that." "How do you even functioning right now?"

This showed us how rare the concept of not eating by choice is. In a society where the good seems to be drowned out by the bad and people with millions of followers seem to outshine everyday heroes in the background, I often feel our society has it backward.

My husband and I struggled with eating, and thus our weight suffered. Not only did the water fast reset, that it changed us in so many ways. The results were amazing.

Under a medically supervised fast, which is highly recommended, diagnoses like Cancer, type two diabetes have been revised and even cured. These results are excellent and achieved by doing something a little different and following a path less followed.

I'd like to add, it becomes clearer to me that people don't realize their own power. Some of the same universal responses we received about the water fast, we also received about walking around barefoot, also known as grounding or earthing.

Final words

You might be wondering if we gained the weight back, and I'm happy to report no.?

I'm currently 34lbs (15.42 kg) down from my pre-water-fast weight, and with my new understanding of how I interact with food - I am excited to continue to enrich my mindset, heartset, soulset, and healthset.

If you are curious about my water fast journey, I am happy to answer any questions, share my experiences and resources.

Thank you for reading.

Light, Love, and Gratitude,

Charisse