Fasting For Weight Loss
Fasting For Weight Loss
Fasting For Weight Loss – The effective method to cut calories and burn body fat
After more than 15 years of struggling with my weight, and trying just about every diet there is, I realised diets don’t work long term. I had set a target to lose 56lbs ( 4 Stone – 26 Kilos ). No diet I had ever done had helped with my weight loss long term. Yes I would lose weight initially, I could even follow low carb diets like Atkins and the south beach diet for around 12 weeks, then the same problems would hit me, I would start to miss the foods I was not supposed to eat, and this is the biggest problem with diets, they restrict and deprive.
So what made fasting for weight loss different ?
The main difference with using fasting to lose weight is I did not stop eating any foods I like, by using periods of intermittent fasting , I was just eating less. You also become much more aware of your own body and your eating habits , this in turn helps you start to eat less at other times.
Using a form of flexible intermittent fasting to help with your weight loss can provide you the same calorie restriction as a diet, but in a shorter period of time. In my own experience this has enabled me to lose body fat, yet not feel deprived of the foods I enjoy. In my case I found it easier to use fasting periods of 24 hours to reduce my calories than a steady calorie restriction of say 5oo calories per day. After over 12 months of using this method to, first reduce and then maintain my weight, I continue to find it easy. Compare this to the numerous diets I had tried over a period of 15 years.
Fasting For Weight Loss – Getting Started
The only proven way to lose weight, is to eat less calories than our daily needs over a period of time. Many people like to make weight loss complicated, but the truth is , losing weight is simple, it’s just not easy.
If the idea of fasting for weight loss appeals to you, then I suggest you read through this blog to learn more about how intermittent fasting works and why it is a healthy way to manage your weight. I am living proof that you don’t have to give up the foods you love in order to lose weight.
If you have tried every other way to try and lose weight, then it’s about time you considered fasting for weight loss.
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Hi Dave,
I was excited to find your site! I am just starting ESE….bought the book 2 weeks ago. I have been trying the fasts for 2 weeks (2 times a week) but 3 times out of 4 only made it to 18 hours (leanagins) but I am going to continue, because like you said, I just have to get used to it and then it will come easy. So next week I will try different times. So you are 100% clean eater…no alcohol, cupcakes, etc here and there? I work out 3 times with weights and kickbox 3 times a week, but I do like my wine and an occasional sweet.
Thanks for your answer!
kristin
Hi Kristin and Dave, I’m so glad to have found your site too, the more literature/knowledge online helps to keep commited to my new eating plan of ADF (6pm to 6pm every other day). Although after a little over 3 weeks and 7.6 pounds lost, the scale and how I feel is reason enough to stay committed. I would venture to say I did NOT have a drink of alcohol about 4 of the past 23 days, so if you are working out as much as you say and eating mostly clean I would say, go enjoy yourself girl, have 2 or 3! I keep it w/in my feeding time and no problems! I’ve been doing light weight workouts and crunches, nothing like what I use to do (cardio/weights) at the gym, but I feel all my muscle is STILL miraculously there and the belly fat has melted off. I want to lose about 25 pounds by May 1st idealy. Although I woudn’t call this a day, but a WOE, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever tried, I really feel like I’m cheating the system somehow.
Hi Kristin,
I am far from a 100% clean eater. I certainly drink alcohol and continued to do so while I was losing the weight. I focus more on calories than anything else, however I try to ensure that most foods I eat are filling, but I still eat foods that many would tell me to avoid.
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