Fasting and Weight Loss
Fasting and weight loss is sort of controversial. Some people believe that if you fast you cause the body to go into starvation mode thus lowering metabolism. And as you may or may not know a lower metabolism is not a good thing if you’re trying to lose weight.
Then others like myself believe it can be done effectively as long as you know how to do it properly. For fasting and weight loss to work you need to have a plan that doesn’t abuse the body and cause it to go into starvation mode. It’s not that hard to do and is worth learning.
If someone abuses fasting then yes their body may think it’s starving and slow metabolism down creating the problem of little or no weight loss and the need to get it back up.
To use fasting and weight loss effectively you need to start by cutting out toxins at least a week or two BEFORE the fast. This way you prepare the body for a big change a little at a time. You can’t expect to eat junk food, smoke, consume alcohol or any of these toxic substances and suddenly just stop eating and not have a problem.
The key is cutting them out a little at a time, so that the body can adjust. For example, stop eating junk food one week then cut out sodas the next and so forth.
After you accomplish this you then begin to fast certain meals, not every meal. You may eat breakfast, but then only drink fruit or vegetable juice for lunch. Then eat a light dinner and, of course, you’re now eating healthy foods; junk foods are gone. This is how you gradually prepare the body for fasting correctly.
It takes discipline for fasting and weight loss to be effective. This is another great thing about fasting and that is it teaches disciplined eating habits. You can’t just eat when you want or what you want, that’s not how it works if you want to lose weight.
Once you get to the full fast, drinking only juices, you may want to do it for a weekend to start. Or a time when you’re not very active, so that you won’t get weak.
Then in time you can do the fast for longer periods, however, this is not something you do as a lifestyle, it’s for short periods. This way you gain discipline and detoxify the body as well as lose weight in a healthy and safe manner, without stressing the body.
Now you know how to do it correctly so why not give it a try?
