Fast For Weight Loss

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By yoshithin



How Fasting Works

Day 1 to 3 of the fast will be the hardest, but the pain will be caused more by gastric irritation and not true hunger. After day 3 of fasting, hunger is reduced or disappears all together. The earliest benefit of a fast occurs on days 3-5. Days 7-14 will be healing, days 14-21 will be like a euphoric dream and days 21-28 will be nothing short than a complete regeneration of the body.

Without food, the body will use an alternative energy source such as glycogen or stored fat. Once the glucose is reduced in the body the bodies metabolism changes and starts producing ketone bodies. Once a person eats even a single crumb, the bodies metabolism immediately converts back to how it was before and the hunger levels will rise. After the glucose and the stored fat is used up, usually occurring after 28 days, the body will start burning vital tissue or starving. Note that once starvation begins the fast must end.

Water fasting mainly benefits people with a A slow metabolism. Some people can't maintain a healthy

weight for their body grows out of control like a cancer and fasting can help because the body will gather more energy to burn more fat. Fasting is also great for people who hate or can't exercise. In fact, one can think of fasting as being like exercise because like exercise it will take a degree of self sacrifice.

If a fast is performed 1 to 3 times annually for 14-28 days, the body will reach a state of health no amount of exercise could ever accomplish. A fast will be a long detoxification that demands mental preparation to carryout, especially if one is going to do a water fast. A juice fast is not as hard as a water fast but the benefits of a water fast is is well worth the pain.

Fasting Crib Notes:

- After day 5 the desire for food will dramatically drop

- After day 10 hunger levels for the most part will be non-existing and energy levels will rise

- Expect to lose at least a pound a day

- Drink 5-10 glasses of water a day

- Stay clear of exercise

- Get rid of headaches by drinking peppermint tea or by taking a potassium supplement

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Claudia  says:
2 years ago

Thnk You! Amazing Help!

Shin  says:
18 months ago

Fasting for such a long time while continuing your stressful daily activities is really, really not healthy.

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Annette Rozen  says:
18 months ago

why would anyone want to harm their body like this? However muc weight you may succeed in losing via this method, its simply not worth it.

asdkjag  says:
17 months ago

if you dont agree with the method then dont look at the website,dumbass

damla  says:
17 months ago

i completely believe that fasting works though i havent tried it more than a day.tomorrow im gonna start raw carrot fasting i dunno if u have heard about it. 3 carrots a day and thats it. each for morning, lunch and dinner (at 5 o clock).

scousediamond  says:
17 months ago

i am really new 2 this sort of thing but im already findin it interesting i will start my fastin 2moro an let everyone know how well or not so well im doing

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InsideOut  says:
15 months ago

So Scouse. How are you making out?

anita  says:
15 months ago

thankyou!! just wondering.. is chewing gum allowed in a fast?

schmoopsy  says:
13 months ago

I caught a cold so taking sudaphed took my appetite and I did not eat for six days except for 2 cough drops and milk and sugar in my morning tea. I look a lot thinner, but I wanted to go to a thanksgiving dinner so I wouldn't feel lonely. It was the first food in nearly a week. I only ate a few bites but it was so delicious, I can't stop thinking about it. Now that my cold is gone I'm still taking the sudaphed but I can feel my appetite creeping back. I just want to go one more week without eating. I have to cook a dish for a party tomorrow and I'm really tempted to eat a little bite of potato so I don't ... flip out or something while I'm trying to cook this really splendid dish that I know I can't eat. I hope all this starving gets me the love I want from other people.

Carlana  says:
13 months ago

If it hurts you know its working... like she said... euphoria is on the way

Kitty  says:
12 months ago

When I first tried it I did it for 4 days. The hunger went away at the end of the 2nd day for me. I lost about 10 lbs and felt immensly better. It also helped me quit smoking fast. My energy was up and I was bouncing off the walls when I started eating again. I'm type 1 diabetic so controlling weight is very important in controlling levels. My glucose levels dropped only twice which I treated with some cranberry juice.

Whenever my levels are out of whack, I won't eat anything for like two days and everything's back to normal.

And because toxins leave the body acne clears up. Mine did.

vardon  says:
12 months ago

I really want to do this, but i like at home with my family.

I can skip breakfast and lunch, but mum will get suspicious if i don't eat dinner.

What can i do?!

Aus  says:
7 months ago

this sounds so kool, i am so going to do this !! but i might have hard time getting out of dinner as family will be like omggg ! eating disorder whhinggge ! but im still going to give it my best go. promise xx

fdbneah  says:
7 months ago

i am def going to do this!!

booya  says:
4 months ago

this is amaaazing, i wanna try it so bad ! :D but.. is there any chance to faint or something ? do you have any other tips we can use with that fast ? like, i dont know, pills or... Oh and when you talk about fast and water fast... does it mean that just a normal fast means you dont eat AND drink for 28 days ? Thanks a lot :)

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