You got it I do 72 hour fast all the time .Man I wanna do this but don’t think I got the willpower . I be hungrier than a mug
Yes easy up to 5lbs depending how big you are honestly .Will I lose weight doing a 3 day water fasting?
We are talmbout some legitimate dumbshyt in this thread. They could just employ a version of Ramadan fasting throughout the year and it would be much safer.Dry up your insides, brehs
You literally have no idea what you’re talking about .We are talmbout some legitimate dumbshyt in this thread. They could just employ a version of Ramadan fasting throughout the year and it would be much safer.
You idiot I am fasting right now for Ramadan so I might know a little bit about fasting.You literally have no idea what you’re talking about .
Fasting is safe you have enough fat on your body to sustain .
Goodness y’all say anything .
Just because you don’t have the mind or will power to do it doesn’t make it unsafe .
I’ve been fasting on and off for three years now it’s amazing .
Yea I loose at least 1.5 pounds a day when water fasting. I've also lost a lot of weight quickly from intermittent fasting, but it took two or three days longer to see the same results.Will I lose weight doing a 3 day water fasting?
Cassandra Holloway: So to start off, what is intermittent fasting? How would you explain the premise of it to someone?
Julia Zumpano: Intermittent fasting is just when you restrict your eating for a period of time. It can be done in many ways. Fasting can be done by the amount of hours you're not eating in a day, if it's by days in the week or it could also entail a caloric fast.
Cassandra Holloway: When we talk about fasting, is it absolutely no solid foods? Can you have some drinks on it? Kind of walk us through what are the general rules of intermittent fasting.
Julia Zumpano: Generally, fasting means that you should not be eating any solid food and also not consuming any beverages that have calories. Coffee is an exception and so is tea. They technically have five calories or less per serving, but no drink that actually has carbohydrate-based calories. You can drink water, black coffee and unsweetened tea. In some cases you can have a small amount of cream in your coffee, as long as it does not provide a substantial amount of calories or carbohydrates.
Cassandra Holloway: What about electrolyte drinks that if they have the zero carb, like you mentioned, are we allowed to drink like clear electrolyte drinks?
Julia Zumpano: Clear electrolyte drink should be acceptable for that case, yes. It wouldn't inhibit the fasting process.
Cassandra Holloway: I want to talk a little bit about the benefits of intermittent fasting. I guess, why would someone choose to try this eating style? Obviously weight loss is a big one, but why else? What are other reasons people choose to do a fasting approach to dieting?
Julia Zumpano: There have been some good preliminary studies showing that fasting can drop levels of insulin. It can decrease aging and the progression of diseases over time. It can help symptoms of metabolic syndrome. So metabolic syndrome is a multitude of factors, including high blood pressure, elevated blood triglycerides or blood glucose, elevated waist circumference, obesity, and elevated bad levels of cholesterol. There was a specific study that took patients that had metabolic syndrome and asked them to fast at least 14 hours, and then took a control group, which ate unrestrictedly. They noticed that the group that fasted at least 14 hours showed reductions in all of those risk factors. Their blood pressure came down. Their waist circumference came down. Blood sugars and triglycerides came down.
We see a lot of benefits from a fasting state, even if it's a slight form of fasting, because what happens is that our body shifts its form of metabolism. Generally our body uses glucose as our main source of energy. And what happens is when you fast, you no longer use glucose, but you tap into your body's own fat stores to burn for energy. That creates a state of ketosis, which is a similar state that we can obtain in a ketogenic diet or a very low carbohydrate diet. The state of ketosis has been shown to decrease insulin levels, decrease inflammation, and has been shown to have multiple health benefits when done properly.
Cassandra Holloway: Can intermittent fasting be dangerous or not recommended for certain people?
Julia Zumpano: Certainly. We really advise against any form of fasting when it comes to patients who currently have an eating disorder or have a history of any eating disorder. These types of diets can stimulate the eating disorder, or if the eating disorder is kind of in a stagnant stage and it's in remission, it can regenerate some of those thoughts and behaviors. We certainly want to avoid that in any form of disorder eating, history of disorder eating, and also in populations, of course, that are malnourished that need extra calories, that may have diseases or glycemic control issues that would require more frequent eating habits. With any type of diet change specifically that might affect your medications or blood sugars, you always want to consult your physician before you start the diet. Make sure you get clearance and ask if there are any ways that you can adjust medication regimen to still be able to control all the current protocols that you're trying to do to control any disease states you might have.
Cassandra Holloway: I want to talk a little bit about intermittent fasting for people who are athletes or for people who are really active. I know I tend to work out really early in the morning and I have tried intermittent fasting before, and it made me very sick, very nauseous, very just shaky because I'm so used to eating right after a workout. What's your advice for people who work out regularly who aren't used to going these long stretches with no food?
Julia Zumpano: Fasting is not for everybody. Certainly it could just be something that it's not for you. It's okay to come to that conclusion or maybe it's just not okay for you in this timeframe with maybe you have a fitness goal, like running a marathon or doing an iron man, or you're trying to meet other goals with in regards with fitness and the fasting just doesn't work with this other goal you're trying to set. And that's okay.
You can always table fasting for a later date and time, but if you still want to try it and you are doing more intense workouts, what you could do is create a fasting state, start your fasting state earlier. If the morning time is where you need to have food, try to create a fasting state, cut it out of your dinner and try to fast more after dinner, eat an earlier dinner, eat a very large lunch, very light dinner, and try to create more of that fasting block in the evening, as opposed to the morning.
Another way you can approach it is fast on the days you don't work out. So, I mean, if you're working out seven days a week, then obviously that's not going to be possible, but maybe you do take a two day break. So that's where you could create that fasting state, those two days that you do not work out.
You sound like a bytch .You idiot I am fasting right now for Ramadan so I might know a little bit about fasting.
You have been doing it for 3 years. Good for you. However these fasts you all are talking about can be extremely dangerous and should be approached with caution, because depriving yourself of nutrients for prolonged periods of time can be trigger health events if you are unaware of underlying health problems. Another thing about extreme fasting/diets is that they don't work long-term. Any credible physician, nutritionist and trainer will tell you the same thing. You will end up weighing more after the extreme fast/diet than you did before engaging in it. The safest and most effective way to lose weight is a lifestyle change with an emphasis on daily exercising and a diet high i. fruits, vegetables and grains.
Question - how do you guys handle training during/after a fast? I did a 24 hour fast last Sunday, hit the gym Monday morning, and felt really flat and lacking energy.
Yeah but it gonna be mostly water weight. The most I lost on three day was around 10lbs. I can’t remember the exact number as I stopped keeping track after the first few fast.Will I lose weight doing a 3 day water fasting?