Fasting: and its benefits

I was on Instagram (like I always am) and someone, I can't remember who posted a picture about fasting and the benefits. I'm not new to the concept of fasting. I know a lot of different people do it, for different reasons. I just never thought enough of it to actually do it until recently.

My husband usually fasts once a week anywhere from 24-48 hours. He does it to lose water weight or to give his body a rest. I read that fasting is good for the digestive system, and gives you more energy. These were my main two reasons for fasting.

We're in a culture where food is everywhere and we think we need food all the time. Sometimes our intestines work overtime and, sometimes it just needs a break. So fasting can be great for your body and digestive system. If you do it right that is.

I wanted to give my body a rest because this past Sunday I had some pizza, and wanted my body to recover from all the calories. So Monday evening at 5pm I decided to fast until Tuesday 5pm, so 24 hours. My plan was to not eat anything but drink of a lot of liquid since my body was going to be without food for a long period of time.

I drank water and low calorie juices, and felt pretty good. I started getting hunger pangs around 3pm Tuesday. But made it all the way until 5 pm. I was pretty proud of myself for actually sticking through until the 24 hour mark. I don't know how often I will do this, I want to say once a week but I can't commit to that, right now. Well I can but I might not want to do it next week.

One important thing to remember if you do decide to fast is make sure you are very hydrated. Drink lots of liquids, water fills me up pretty good and you can never have too much water!

With all that said here are the benefits of fasting along with what I said. Have any of you fasted before?