Fasting short term

Lsbohnert
Lsbohnert Posts: 22
in Health and Weight Loss
I was wondering if it would be good to do like a 3 day fast to lose weight just once in awhile like I've heard about that whole starvation mood thing and that's not long term I heard fasting could be beneficial once in awhile.

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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    Research intermittent fasting. Not three days, but one or two 24 hour fasts a week while eating at or close to maintenance is an alternative to daily calorie deficits.
  • SKME2013
    SKME2013 Posts: 704 Member
    Research intermittent fasting. Not three days, but one or two 24 hour fasts a week while eating at or close to maintenance is an alternative to daily calorie deficits.

    ^^ this. I have done the 5:2 fasting, combined with some weeks of 4:3 and ADF. 5:2 means you eat under 500 cal (women)/ 600 cal (men) for tw non consecutive days a week and the rest of the week you eat normal, albeit staying udner your TDEE.

    Here is a calculator for your TDEE:
    http://thefastdiet.co.uk/how-many-calories-on-a-non-fast-day/

    4:3 is the same as above but here you fast 3 days; ADF means alternate day fasting - so one day as above and the next normal, followed by a fast day...

    I have lsot 8 kgs in 12 weeks and that is quite an achievement considering that I did not have to lose much. (Down from 65kg to 57.1kg)

    It does work very well but the real important thing is to not over eat on your feed days!
    Stef.

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