In general, men should drink around 13 cups of water and other fluids daily (about 3 liters), and women should aim for 9 cups (2.2 liters). You can stick to the daily recommended amount of water during your water fast. Choose the purest water you can, or drink distilled water.  Don’t drink all that water at once! Spread out your water consumption throughout the day. Try setting out three 1-liter jugs every day, so you can see how much water you should drink. Don’t drink more water than the recommended amount, as this can throw off the balance of salt and minerals in your body and cause health problems. If you get strong hunger pangs, work through it by drinking 1-2 glasses of water. Then lie down and rest. The craving will usually pass. You can also try distracting yourself by reading or meditating. Break your fast with orange or lemon juice first. Then proceed to add foods to your diet gradually. Eat small amounts about every 2 hours, at first. Proceed in a stepwise process from easily digested foods to foods that are harder to digest. Depending on the length of your fast, you can spread this process out over one day or many days:  Fruit juice Vegetable juice Raw fruit and green leafy vegetables Yogurt Vegetable soup and cooked vegetables Cooked grains and beans Milk, dairy, and eggs Meat, fish, and poultry Everything else Fasting won’t help your health much if you return to eating high-fat and high-sugar foods afterwards. Follow a diet high in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and low in bad fats and refined sugar. Exercise for 30 minutes five days a week. Live a healthy lifestyle to improve your health and wellbeing, and let fasting be only a small part of that.

Summary: Drink 9-13 glasses of water a day. Combat bouts of hunger. Break your fast slowly and gradually. Eat a healthy diet regularly.


You can leave them in their overnight, or just pop them in there until the chocolate is completely solidified. Once the chocolate is solid to the touch, they’re all done. Enjoy!

Summary: Harden your cake balls in the fridge.


Although you want to follow a healthier diet, it's still appropriate to indulge in your favorite foods. Following the 80/20 rule can help you stick to a healthy diet while eating more indulgent foods in moderation.  Although eating a nutritious, well-balanced diet is important, it's not realistic to eat perfectly healthy every day for the rest of your life. People derive a lot of enjoyment out of eating and occasionally eating more indulgent foods. Treat yourself to an indulgent dish, glass of alcohol or larger portions occasionally. This is still considered normal and healthy eating; however, only indulge 20% of the time. Most of the time, or 80% of the time, you should be choosing healthy foods. There are certain groups of foods that you should limit and only eat in moderation. Added sugars are something that should definitely be eaten in moderation as they often no nutritional value.  Added sugars are added to certain foods during their processing. They offer no nutrition, only extra calories. In addition, many studies have shown that a diet high in added sugars can lead to obesity.  Added sugars are found in a wide variety of foods. Try to limit items like breakfast pastries, cookies, cakes, ice cream, candy, and cereals. Also limit sweetened beverages. Not only are they high in added sugars and calories, but many people also don't think to count these types of drinks as a source of calories since they don't fill you up as much as food does. You may end up drinking more calories through these beverages. The American Heart Association recommends that women consume no more than 6 teaspoons and men consume no more than 9 teaspoons of added sugar daily. In addition to added sugars, you should also limit certain groups of foods that contain high quantities of fat. In particular, you want to avoid higher levels of saturated and trans fat.  There has been some controversy over whether or not saturated fat is as dangerous or unhealthy as previously thought. However, saturated fat is still a fat which means it's very calorie dense and if eaten in large quantities can still lead to weight gain and adverse health effects.  You don't need to avoid all saturated fats, but do eat them in moderation. Especially foods like: full fat dairy, fatty cuts of beef or pork, deli meats and other processed meats. Trans fats have been directly linked to several adverse health effects like raising bad cholesterol levels and lowering the good kind, increases your risk for developing heart disease and stroke and increases your risk for developing diabetes. Try to avoid these foods as much as possible. Trans fats are found in a variety of foods including pastries, cookies, cakes, margarines, pies, fast foods, fried foods, baked goods, and soy sauce. There is no safe upper limit for trans fats. These should be avoided if possible. If you choose to drink, do so in moderation. Moderate amounts of alcohol generally do not pose health risks for most people.  If you drink larger amounts of alcohol (more than three servings daily), you may increase your risk of high blood pressure, liver disease, heart disease stroke, and depression.  Unlike some foods, there is a specific definition of moderate alcohol consumption. Women shouldn't drink more than one serving daily and men should consume no more than two daily.  If you do drink, consider skipping mixed beverages that are mixed with sweetened beverages or fruit juices as these contain extra calories and added sugars. One serving is equivalent to a 12-oz beer, 5 oz of wine, or 1.5 oz of liquor.
Summary: Follow the 80/20 rule. Limit sources of added and highly processed sugars. Limit sources of unhealthy fats. Consume limited amounts of alcohol.