New beginnings... water fasting

I have been doing more and more research on water fasting, looking up both sides the negative and the positive. So far the pros outweigh the cons.  Still I am a little bit sceptical but I want to give it the old college try. I don't want to seem like I'm trying to be something that I am not, trying to take the easy way, seeing lazy, or insecure. I want to do this more so for the health benefits rather than the weight loss even though that would be awesome. Frankly I really don't care if anyone disagrees with this because  this is my life, my opinion, and my choice. I am doing this for me and me only. Throughout my years of binging out of boredom I feel my body hating life.. slowing down and unhealthy. I just don't want to be overweight or feel disgusting on the inside everyday. I know that my biggest obstacle would be the mental part not so much the physical. I need to be mentally prepared for this fast and I am known to make excuses and to put stuff off. I promise myself I wont do that again. I am going to start off with a 3 day water fast to test it out.. if I think I can go longer I will. Seeing as though I love water this shouldn't be so much difficult. I don't know my measurements or anything but will post went I figure it out. I don't know my weight as of today but I am going to go off on my last weigh in which was 226lbs. I personally don't look that big but its true, my short term goal for the end of the summer is to be out of the 200's so 199lbs would be awesome with a 26lbs loss. I am not shy about posting my weight for everyone to see cause I dont realy care, once I lose it all it wont matter anyway. You get me? My ultimate goal is 170lbs I wouldn't want to go any less because I feel as though I would be too thin and really unhealthy and sicking and to be honest anything less than that would be unrealistic. So I'll post my fasting update in 3 more days. See you then :)