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Does only two days of not eating slow metabolism

chillakiss
chillakiss Posts: 33 Member
edited January 28 in Food and Nutrition
If I don't eat for two days, but just drink water, will my metabolism slow down? I know metabolism slows down OVER TIME, but just how long would it take until it really slows down? Is two days still considered a short amount of time?

I'm not anorexic, or anything. I'm just fasting for church, but I also work out a lot and am trying to lose weight, so I'm wondering if those two days of water fasting would drastically change my metabolism.

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  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    More than likely not. Two days doesn't make a habit, and it takes a habit of that to slow down the metabolism. You'll probably hold onto water weight like nobody's business, but your metabolism will be fine.
  • toutmonpossible
    toutmonpossible Posts: 1,580 Member
    No, two days will not slow down your metabolism. This would be a problem only if you are already normal or low weight and ate very little, say, under 500 calories, for weeks or months. And your metabolism never grinds to a halt. There was a morbidly obese man who lost weight on a medically supervised program in which he consumed water with nutrients for a year.
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