lol, trust me.. STOP.

there is no easy way out.. diet and excercise.

I second what Nemesis says - motion passed?

For anyone fasting: Nevermind the uncertified opinions of selfproclaimed helth gurus. If you don't eat you will loose weight, and to do this fast is needed for those of us who are an inch from up.

No, it is not THE sollution for long term weight management, but it was the only thing that worked for me (and I tried all of the "only X diets" and "not X diets")

Loosing 9 lbs in a matter of 48 hours is enough to motivate even the most "hopeless" of us.
Sure! It is improtant to see a doctor if you notice that your body has a hard time coaping.

Also, this might sound like the "Stop eating diet"
I am not saying that fasting is easy, I know, my friends: The first 48 hours is prettymuch repeating the phrase "No, I am not going to eat" over and over again. And it did take me about two years before I made it over those first 48 hours, but just keep trying.

When you start eating again, your stomach will have shrunk and this will give you a great starting point for your new, improved eating habits.

I recomend staring your fast with three days where you don't have to do anything: NO work, NO chores and (for the love of god and all other things that might or might not be holy) NO walking inside, outside, next to or even within sight of a store

Never give up, my friends

Hurray for you

Wow, this topic has evolved since the last time I post it here...

Anyway, I fast also but only in Ramadan as required for Muslims to do it... Its the most enjoyable month to fast in... great time! I simply love it!

Occasionally I do fast here and there for religious reasons also, not a bit of regret.

Certainly, breakfast is very important and I usually loose more weight if I eat a proper breakfast and thats why also God command us to eat at dusk before we start our fast for the day and break our fast at dawn...

Hello!

Although that may be true, fasting a day out of the month has been proved healthy in regards to recharging the body and resting the digestive system. If your on a diet, fasting frequently would definitely destroy it but doing it very seldomly for health purposes will you do you some good.

fasting is not as evil as all you say it is. until recent history people did not always have full supermarkets and had periods of little or no food. it is ok to slow down and not have to stuff yourself on cue. sometimes we seem to be programed to eat or are shown advertisments that make us hungry. i have been doing this for a little or a month and i feel great. lost about 8 lbs and dont attack my fridge when my [16 to 18 hours] is up. we eat too much processed foods and need to give our bodies a break. the processed foods are also designed to make you hungry for more. [you have seen what the tabacco companies did ]. just start with...if you are not hungry,dont eat...if you are a little hungry ....have some fruit or nuts.

This is the thing, we are programmed for these sit down meals. Who ever said we are supposed to eat three meals a day. Eat when your body needs it. Learn to listen to your body.

I have been slim all my life and I listen to my body. I do not need or even think about food in the morning. I drink tea. Then I have a very, very small bowl of bran if hungry. During the week my main meals are lunch and dinner.

I have an immense amount of energy and no health problems. Often on the weekends my husband, my children and myself only have breakfast and dinner. We will have our breakfast at about 10 or 11 am, a large breakfast and then won't eat until about 6 pm.

But I guess it depends what you are putting into your body to begin with. We grow our own veges, have our own chickens and catch our own seafoods. That food seems to sustain us.

actually fasting is what we try to do when we want to lose weight quickly because we feel desperate- or have an event, etc.
I've tried it before and it is awful, just liquids? not for me. my body is smarter than that.

fasting might seem an ''easy'' way out for losing weight but think about it. in that short notice what goes first is water and even muscle. fat takes longer to get burned.
also if it took you a considerable amount of time to get the weight on (for me it's been all my life, chubby since I was 10) it is only natural that it will take you a little longer than you expected to lose it all. I say 4-6 months of eating properly and exercising regularly is the best way to go: don't starve yourself or exercise until you are almost fainting, the results won't last.

I lost 6 kilos (like 13 pounds) in about 4 months back in 2007. just eating normally- but adding whole grains and more veggies and exercising 3 times a week in a curves gym. It wasn't extreme at all and now in 2009 I haven't gained that weight back even though I stopped dieting and exercising!
believe me not having that weight back is worth the effort and extra time.

agreed... fasting is one of the worst possible ways to lose weight

Thats so hard, and I still do it.. I need to work on my 6 tiny meals

I don't feel like arguing but depending on HOW you fast makes a difference and not all fasts are bad.

I fast only for a 24 hour periods and when I am trying to get lean I do this once a week. There is scientific research that this helps weight loss. Fasting for 24 hours helps insulin levels and increase GH levels.

Again if you Google it there is plenty of research out there.

Just my 2 cents though.

From various articles I've read, (if you disregard the idea of fasting for weight loss), it supposedly can prolong your lifespan. I have a friend who has gone from 180lbs to about 120lbs, and she fasts every other day, for health reasons; not as a method to lose weight. Here is a study regarding intermittent fasting: Alternate-day fasting in nonobese subjects: effects on body weight, body composition, and energy metabolism -- Heilbronn et al. 81 (1): 69 -- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

I think that you can fast, just don't use it as a way of losing weight. It is not practical as you tend to eat twice as much after you get off so you would be gaining the weight and more.

Fasting for fat loss is for the uneducated people. The body obviously is way smarter than them because though they have lose weight(it is muscle mass btw, not fat) their body suffers from intense hunger and craving. I am not ashamed to say I was once a part of the uneducated freaks, I crash diet and suffer the consequences at dinner where I actually ate 5 times which in return didn't help me with my fat loss goal...
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