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Fasting

AldrinYeo
AldrinYeo Posts: 26 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
hey guys, I've lost 9 kg for a good 6 months now, and im really happy with my results, right now im currently trying to maintain my weight, I'm fasting for a day, not as a diet but as a Christian due to my believes religiously. And I was wondering. Will that ruin my metabolism and crash it? I've always heard your body goes on starvation mode and holds onto fats so will I gain weight after the fast? Advice please and add me as well =) always happy to have more company with me in this lifestyle of mine to be healthy

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  • jamesha100
    jamesha100 Posts: 214 Member
    There are various diets that include fasting so I do not think you need to worry. The 5:2 diet seems to have some reasonable scientific research behind it.

    http://thefastdiet.co.uk/
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    From everything that I've read here:
    1) you can not wrack your metabolism
    2) it takes days if not a month to go into starvation mode
    3) hardly ever does anyone gain from starvation mode. The poor starving children in africa don't gain fat.
  • Anna_Sta
    Anna_Sta Posts: 22 Member
    Exactly what AslSmile said. Metabolism damage is kinda BS.
  • Jesusjohnjames
    Jesusjohnjames Posts: 378 Member
    Fast in secret!
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