Most forms of fasting are an interesting experiment (if done in moderation) and provide a good break from your accustomed way of life, which gives you time to re-assess things.

Good luck with your bet - I wouldn't be coming to this site for a week though - just too much temptation - it would be like being on a cream cake ban and standing outside the pattiserie all day.

Aristophanes wrote a comedy about the women of Athens putting their men on a sex ban until they agreed to stop buggering off on military campaigns every summer. I remember the sausage seller doing a roaring trade. Lysistrata.