>>141885
It depends on what manner of balance you maintain. Distilled water will kill you more quickly and cause more leeching of minerals from your bones to maintain homeostasis. Mineral water will treat you more kindly, but it's safer to also include orange juice and 0% milk while keeping salt handy (in case of physical exertion that causes sodium losses). If you're willing to punish yourself with a fast, you could also just do a really simple diet to maintain a bare level of normality and safety. Electrolyte deficiencies are not fun. I don't think you would have trouble losing weight with the following restricted diet:
- 0% milk
- orange juice
- kale or another leafy green
- pineapples
- dates
- alkalized, low iron cocoa powder to mix in your milk*
- optional plain coffee
- optional glycine or gelatin as a supplement with some meals
All of these items except glycine/gelatin are steady sources of minerals—importantly magnesium (some coffee brewing methods retain the magnesium). Some might try supplementing minerals during a water fast, but this is easy to get wrong and often dangerous in my opinion with anything other than mineral water because the correct ratios are tricky. I've noticed few diets can achieve such an adequate amount and excellent ratios of magnesium, potassium, and calcium all along with nutrional cofactors without including fruit, melons, leafy greens, or milk. The importance of magnesium cannot be understated as it is involved in countless metabolic processes and the problem with an overly restrictive fast is that many important processes slow to a crawl. I am highly confident that this specific selection of foods will not promote obesity and is highly likely to cause weight loss if your current diet contains high amounts of fat or starch or low amounts of vitamins and minerals. Trust me, the kale isn't obesogenic no matter how many pounds you eat. You might even try taking a B vitamin complex including thiamine, riboflavin, and biotin to speed up your metabolic rate at the same time.
*Cocoa powder comes in different varieties, but the key difference between this and chocolate or chocolatey candies, is that cocoa powder should normally be low in fat without any additives. Alkalized or lime treated cocoa powder should be lower in iron (read labels) while still providing the high quality protein and magnesium associated with chocolate. Iron overload is a potential contributer to obesity, and the above restricted diet could lower iron stores depending on which items are eaten most frequently.