Fasting to Lose Weight

By Randy Burkline, contributing author

Fasting to lose weight can be a tricky business if not done correctly which is why this article can make fasting to lose weight more effective. First we discuss the dangers of just stopping eating, next we discuss how to fast effectively then lastly we discuss a potential fasting plan. Hopefully by reading this you can decide whether fasting to lose weight will be effective for you.

Before you start fasting to lose weight you need to be of relatively good health. If you have a heart condition, diabetes or any other chronic condition, please consult your doctor first. So you've decided fasting to lose weight may be right for you because you want to lose weight fast. You definitely lose weight initially for a good few days. Your temptation to binge large amounts of food increases. You initially lose small amounts of fat but you also lose muscle plus important minerals. Eating small amounts of food for longer periods of time slows the metabolism to a point that the body wants to retain the fat for as long as possible, so those inches stop being shed. So on the face of it, fasting to lose weight without other considerations is not at all effective.

For fasting and calorie reduction to be effective, you need to vary your diet intake a lot, which you will see in the example in a moment. For effective fasting, it has been shown to intersperse fasting days with higher calorie days. This is best done in five day cycles. This works because as the body is getting used to and adapting to a fixed calorie diet, you change the calorie intake and the body has to adapt again. When we say adapt, this mainly means keeping hold of the fat. The body is an excellently efficient energy storage system and will do anything in its power to keep the inches on.

When fasting to lose weight, an example of a five day plan is as follows. First day would be fasting or near fasting. Make sure you drink plenty of water! On the next day, a near fasting day, where you eat no more than 1000 calories. For days three and four, you eat an only carbohydrate day and an only protein day. On the last day, you eat whatever you like. This routine, if adhered to strictly will make fasting to lose weigh more effective.

 

 

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