2 days of fasting to kick start your body?

Lady_Clarington

While talking to my mother last night about my plans to try and loose weight she told me that she was instructed by the doctor a couple of years ago (she is a short little dumpling and has been for many many years) to have two fasting / restricted days before ever starting a new regime to kick start your metabolism into loosing weight.

Is this complete nonsense? Does fasting for two days before starting a new regime really make a difference to the amount you loose / how quickly you loose?

SJVZEE

Complete nonsense-fasting does not kick start metabolism. However, there are several intermittent fasting plans that are good for weight loss, that you may be interested in-but you do these for the duration of your weight loss (and even afterwards, for the health benefits associated with them). There's a few IF groups here on mfp, to get some more info-

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/8005-5-2-fasting

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/49-intermittent-fasting

Lady_Clarington

Thanks - I'm glad I didn't blindly follow "mother knows best!"