So, I’m in Hungary for a supervised water fasting weight-loss course, and also plan to visit Budapest’s thermal spas and massage parlours. Hope it’ll be a good experience.
I’ll try to keep a diary and share my fasting experience (I hope that some readers’ attention and advices will stimulate my willpower so I may avoid excess calories and stay fit later on as well). So far, I have just enjoyed the first evening in beautiful Budapest.

Thank you! This will be useful!

Thank you, double happy! I’d like to try 5:2 later on, as I wrote in the previous comment. Now I just decided to spend a couple of weeks to stay away from daily routine and relax – I recently finished a long-term project that has been successful but caused a lot of stress during the process.
Budapest is lovely indeed, and the spring is beautiful, giving a cheerful mood. So, I’m lucky – people here told me that last year’s winter was long and cold, and it even snowed in mid-March.

Thank you, Lindyw! It’s been the 2nd fasting day, and I feel good, don’t really want to eat. Spent quite a lot of time walking slowly and bathing, feel relaxed.
Yesterday’s blood test showed above normal level of IGF-1 but I’ve been told it will go down after few days of fasting. I hope 5:2 diet will also help me to keep the level of IGF-1 within range afterwards.

Days 3 and 4 were quite okay, I didn’t feel hunger in the physical sense but just had mental images of food for a few times during the day.
Had some nausea in the morning on day 5 but alkaline water brought a relief – probably by restoring the acid balance. Spent most of the day sleeping and listening to music.
A few days ago I wondered if I could go on without food just for a couple of days. Now, it doesn’t seem very difficult to go on for two more days. 🙂

Sorry I didn’t write for a few days as I was busy – had to start working on a new project earlier.
I may now summarise the results. The last two days of water fasting were not so difficult, I was not feeling hungry. Just had some discomfort because of a smell from mouth that was explained as a consequence of metabolism change so ketone bodies from burning fat had become energy source instead of glucose.
Anyway, it was pleasant to start re-feeding after 7 days of total fasting. 300 calories on the 1st day, 500 on the 2nd, and so forth, until getting to a usual amount. Even little amounts of food energised me a lot, and I could do some sightseeing and went to a couple of concerts in the evenings.
I lost 3.8 kg / 8lb 6oz but that’s not the only result. I can breath easier now and started feeling more positively, feeling like I’ve been “recharged”. I am glad I did that under supervision, and I very really appreciated Budapest’s excellent thermal baths, fascinating sights and concerts, the city is really marvelous.
And now it’s perhaps the time to try the 5:2 diet, so this is a kind of beginning of a new story.
Thanks for supporting me! 🙂

I have gained about 2 pounds, but it seems I’m able not to gain more weight. It is sometimes difficult to keep a diet regime while travelling around a lot, however, I hope I can manage.
My TDEE is 2435 calories, and maybe I didn’t lose more weight because of somehow slower metabolism, I don’t know. It was good anyway, I’m glad I could do that.