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Fasting to lose weight really can’t be beat and if you eat low carbs in between fasts you will turn in to a fat burning machine. . . literally! Quit playing around with the fad diets and magic pills. Try intermittent fasting and get that hot body that you had back when you were younger. Your guy or girl will love you for it!
[I'm not saying that fasting will get you the guy or girl of your dreams, but don't we all feel better when we are in shape and confident, regardless of what we have on? This hot couple don't look like they are self conscious about their bodies, isn't it your turn now?]
There are many reasons why fasting works so well, below is a list of my top 3 reasons.
1) By doing an intermittent 24 hour fast, you will cut your calories significantly, while still being able to eat each day. Obviously cutting your calories is key to losing weight and keeping it off. Remember there are two key components to losing weight, eat less and exercise more. Intermittent fasting takes care of the eat less part of the equation.
2) Fasting is effective because when done in the Eat-Stop-Eat way, it is incredibly easy to stick to, which is the biggest knock on most diets. If you don’t stick with a diet, it’s not going to work long term, regardless of what you are eating. Most diets are incredibly hard to do more than a few weeks or a month at most, and most people don’t last longer than a week! They soon quit and are off to find the next biggest fad diet, only to do the same thing over and over again.
3) In between fasts, you can eat whatever you normally would. Of course, the better that you eat, the more weight you will lose and the healthier that you will be. That being said, if you change nothing about your diet and just fast two times a week, you are going to lose body fat. It’s that simple. You will lose weight and still be able to eat the way that you like to eat.
I started intermittent fasting on January 1, 2010 and went from 201 lbs down to 176 lbs and have stayed at this weight since May 1, 2010. It is now July and I am ratcheting it up a bit and will go down to around 170 and see what my abs look like. These are my three top reasons why fasting to lose weight has worked for me. If you haven’t tried intermittent fasting the eat-stop-eat way, I urge you to check it out below. If you have done it, please leave me a comment and let me know what your top reasons are.
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Kelly,
I used to be a “6 meals a day” kinda guy and found it to be an enormous inconvenience. These days, I eat two meals every day, and eat until I’m full. Unlike the diet advice given out by most people that suggests you stop when you are only 80% full. Oh yeah, I do one full day of fasting every week and it is WAY easier than caloric restriction.
Darrin´s last blog ..In Search of the Best Abs Exercise
I couldn’t drop my bodyfat down below 10% .. I tried everything heaps of cardio but it stuck to my guts.
Then I read about fasting and tried it out … and yeah you guessed it! it stimulated something in my body and caused to break the plateau I was in, was able to lower close to 8% … I now use it as a monthly “hit” to reignite my fat burning.
Raymond – ZenMyFitness´s last blog ..MMA Core Workout-The Secret for Granite Abs
ESE really got me down to where I am today, as well as helped me maintain my weight loss easily.
My favorite part of ESE is that no one knows how I am losing weight (unless I tell them) I tend not to advertise the things I try until I feel confident that I will succeed, with Intermittent fasting I can diet without anyone noticing.
Kelly,
I couldn’t agree more that intermittent fasting is the simplest and most effective way to reduce calories. My eating plan consists of Primal lower calorie meals Monday through Friday and ESE plus higher calorie cheat meals on the weekends. Using this routine, I have been able to drop down to about 7% body fat, so I can attest that it works!
Alykhan
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Kelly,
Congrats on losing all that weight. I’ve had a similar experience with ESE and don’t foresee stopping any time soon.
Dave
Dave – Fitness Training Tips´s last blog ..Plyometric Training Exercises- How To Jump Higher to Dunk
Kelly
Totally agree. The reason ESE has worked for me is that I have more discipline in fasting once or twice a week than I do with cutting out foods I love.
Kevin
Kevin´s last blog ..Intro to Dharma Fitness Path
Darrin,
The one thing that I love about fasting is the time that I save not having to prepare food. I usually leave in the morning early and don’t get home until around 6 or 7 pm. The days that I am eating, I need to pack a lot of food since I won’t be home till late. It is a lot easier to just grab my jug of ice water and go instead of getting my breakfast and lunch together.
Raymond,
I am the same way. I just use fasting every once in a while to give me a jolt or get me back down if I eat a little too much. It makes holidays and picnics a lot more fun, not having to be so strict with the food.
LD,
That’s true. I lost all of that weight and nobody knew how I did it either. They never saw me cutting food back and whenever I went to lunch or dinner, I still ate whatever I wanted.
Alykhan,
Fasting is one of the best things that I have learned in my adult life. It literally has made such a positive impact on my life and made it so much easier. I feel bad for people that will not give it a try. I think once they would, they would be amazed with the results like everyone else here.
Dave,
Thanks my friend. It definitely feels great! I remember back in 1997, I did a natural bodybuilding show in Pittsburgh. (I know, I know, I was trying to be a meathead!) But to get down to the weight that I needed to be at, I was so freaking miserable for 12 weeks. My wife was like, “You need to quit this diet. It makes you in such a bad mood!” With fasting, I am now super lean, but I don’t have the mood swings and am not a miserable prick! lol. By the way, lucky for my physique, I sucked at being a bodybuilder and gave up!
Kevin,
True. It is far easier to not eat for one or two days a week and eat normal the rest of the time versus a strict diet all of the time. I have been reading more and more about the health benefits of fasting and how it effects your insulin. It just keeps getting better and better! I hope to meet Brad Pilon from eat stop eat one day, so I can shake his hand! His system has made such an impact on my body and my life!
Nice post.
I’ll definitely have to give this a try now. I bought the e-book but was too scared to give it a shot.
I trust my fellow bloggers to steer me in the right direction. Guinea pig #3344 signing on.
It’s all in your hands people!
C.
Clint,
Yeah, you really should check it out! It has given me so much freedom and more than that, it really gives results. Intermittent fasting the Eat-Stop-Eat way has worked wonders for everyone that I know, that actually tried it. By the way, you have a kick-ass look to your site. I will be checking it out often. Good job, my friend!
Kelly
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I like the concept behind ESE, and it’s good see that many people have benefitted from it as is evident from the previous comments. I am looking to give it a try.
The problem for most people on the fast day is making sure that they don’t over eat on the one meal. This use to be my problem as I would go the 24hrs and then eat way more than I normally would almost completely missing up the whole fast. I have been able to eat what I want when I want and that includes drinking alcohol following fasting approaches.
-Thomas
Thomas – Waist, Hips, & Thighs´s last blog ..Can You Tone Fat Away
This is very important because your body’s aerobic capacity will determine how your body deals with physical, emotional, and mental stress. When you lower your capacity for work, as you do in this type of exercise, you are lowering your long term health, as well as decreasing your burning fat.