Fasting to shock metabolism?

lauramalott7

Starting today I am going to intermittantly fast in order to try and shock my metablolism...I have been eating a healthy diet and working out and have gained 5lbs out of nowhere?!? Any advice or stories on this would be greatly appreciated

OllieGBR

I'm no expert regarding this topic, but have just started the 5:2 diet idea of fasting for 2 days out of 7 per week.
The ideology behind it sounds compelling, however there is no evidence to date that it works;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9480451/The-52-diet-can-it-help-you-lose-weight-and-live-longer.html

Started yesterday, so nothing to report!

Ollie

Mokey41

You don't shock your metabolism. You're born with your metabolism and you'll die with it. There's very little to change it except extreme starvation and a slight decline as we age. Fasting doesn't shock anything back into place.