What's the longest you've gone without eating?

[meatwad]

I haven't really had anything to eat since lunch yesterday and I'm not hungry at all. WTF?

[tina1979]

I haven't really had anything to eat since lunch yesterday and I'm not hungry at all. WTF?
36 hours. I was fasting for some kind of charity at church. I think I was 16 or 17

[capella]

hmmm, probably not more than 12 hours because I just like food dammit!

[meatwad]

Yeah, but I'm not fasting, I'm just not hungry. It's pretty fucked up. Is there such a thing as a reverse tapeworm?

[joneshen]

Once I tried to fast for 24 hours last October (that's another story). I lasted from 7 PM until about 2:20 pm the next day. I broke down and ate with my friends, who were in town, because I was starting to feel just a bit ill.

[meatwad]

Well aparantly talking about it fixed it, cause now I'm hungry.

[tina1979]

I think I've probably gone about 24 hours (not fasting) I ate lunch then skipped dinner for whatever reason, I rarely eat breakfast and I would eat again at lunch the next day

[cornflakegirl]

3 days
fasting

[StateNAurora]

10 days fasting.

[kitalyn414]

i got to day 3 of a juice fast before almost passing out.

i'd say probably 24 hours without eating anything at the very most.

[tdko]

After being hungry for awhile, your body will start digesting your own internal tissue. So, when the feeling of hunger goes away, that's because you already ate. :twisted:

[tina1979]

how do you make it 3 or 10 days fasting? did you have juices or anything?

[Mad Dawg]

It's not healthy to go very long without eating, even when fasting. During Ramadan, I understand Muslims only fast during the daylight hours. I do the same thing for Holy Week, and that's hard enough.

[natbumpo]

3 days. It was a side effect I experienced when I first started prozac.

[24forever]

When I was in HS I had some battles w/anorexia. Sad but true. I went probably 2 days without eating. I'd do it all the time. Once you skip one meal it gets easy to not eat later. A habit I try to avoid.

[Cole]

maybe 15-17 hours. Usually that was due to the ingestion of adderall or harder things that make you not want to eat. :redface:

It's been over a year though.

[Taza Tikha]

24 hours. I had breakfast the morning I was moving, spent the entire day packing and loading and transporting and unpacking. Stopped only a few times to drink some water. Collapsed into bed that night exhausted. Woke up the next morning, realized I hadn't eaten, but didn't have any food in my new place. By the time I got to the cafe, it was almost lunch time. I ate a few bites of a sandwich, was totally disgusted at the taste of any food, forced myself to eat some more, ended up in the ladies room puking.

If I go more than half a day without eating, my stomach feels funny and I lose my appetite. I really, really hate that. Because when I do eat, I feel even worse. I imagine that's how the mechanics of anorexia works, and I thank God I never had to suffer through that.

Now, even if I'm not particularly hungry, I still snack every few hours to keep everything working right.

[Drufus]

I'd say around 15-16. I;ve eaten large dinners around 7pm, then went to bed prob aroun 2- then slept to about 12. That would explain the large time gap, however, this rarely happens.

[mishl982]

Hmmm I really like food and get hungry all the time so usually I eat every 2-3 hours, snacking in between meals. As for the longest, I think I went a whole day without eating when I had a fever.

[aprilangel]

about 40 hours. It was awful.

[shimmer728]

When I was in HS I had some battles w/anorexia. Sad but true. I went probably 2 days without eating. I'd do it all the time. Once you skip one meal it gets easy to not eat later. A habit I try to avoid.

Yep, same here, and you're absolutely right that it's an easy habit to fall into. I've been recovered for about seven years, and I STILL have to watch myself. Losing weight is addicting to me, and it is damn hard NOT to fall back into that self-destructive pattern sometimes.

[SunDevil]

48 hours without food or water, our group was hiking in northern New Mexico. And we didn't bring any food and just a little water than went fast in the summer.

[Melynna]

i was on a water fast for 88 hours 2 weeks ago. i didn't even have energy to type :surprised

[RayJ1977]

I went four days two weeks ago without eating. I was just real busy at work and then when I got home, nothing sounded good.

[wordsmith]

It happens a lot that I don't stop to eat lunch when I'm working...I get too busy, and either don't think of it, or don't make time. Since I rarely eat breakfast, that means that dinner is the only food I get sometimes. I've found myself doing one meal a day a lot. But I tend to always have at least that. Sometimes not. In any case, I'm a long way from starvation.

I've probably only gone for serious stretches with no food when I'm super sick.

[Kitty]

I'd say 24 hours or so. But, I can't say for sure. Both times I had surgery I had to fast the day before but you were allowed to eat jello and a few other things. So, I don't know if that counts.

I have a VERY hard time if I don't eat at least every 6 hours. I get light headed, dizzy, and sick to my stomach.

[yankeeyosh]

About 27 or 28 hours. I fast once a year on Yom Kippur, so on that day I'm not eating (or drinking) for 24+ hours straight.

[MetFanL]

Not very long... I've always needed to eat every 3 hours or I get light-headed and REALLY irritable. I think my longest would be 12 hours before a blood test or medical thing.

[labrat2111]

I think the longest I've gone is 24 hours when sick and vomiting so I couldn't hold anything down anyway. Most recently it's just been 12 hours for some routine blood tests. I like food too much to go very long without. Plus I'm trying to do more of eating smaller and more frequent meals/snacks.

[spokes]

i've gone a couple of months now (without eating anyone :p )

seriously though, there was one time where i went about 2.5 days without eating (surprisingly enough this also coincided with being dumped) - otherwise i have gone may 24hrs or so when i was sick.......