Let's Get Started, "The Recipe"
DittoDan
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Ok, there are 20 people here now, so lets get started.
I will write the full explanation and then summarize it at the end to a "post card" size.
You know how long winded I am, but I have reasons for everything. If you don't know the underlying reason, you may wander or stray from the principle, and not achieve the same results. Heck, I don't know if this will work on anybody. I have done it over ten times and only once did it have a lesser degree of loss. 9 out of 10 times I lost from 3-6 lbs (from the previous week weigh-in).
I will make each of the (7) days, right in a row after this post. Please do not respond or ask questions until I finish all 7 days.
Dan
I will write the full explanation and then summarize it at the end to a "post card" size.
You know how long winded I am, but I have reasons for everything. If you don't know the underlying reason, you may wander or stray from the principle, and not achieve the same results. Heck, I don't know if this will work on anybody. I have done it over ten times and only once did it have a lesser degree of loss. 9 out of 10 times I lost from 3-6 lbs (from the previous week weigh-in).
I will make each of the (7) days, right in a row after this post. Please do not respond or ask questions until I finish all 7 days.
Dan
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Day One (Monday for me)
Food:________Eat your normal Keto food. 70-80% fat, under 40 grams carbs
Calories:_____"Be good!" (definition of "Be good": don't go too far over, under is OK. I am ASSUMING you have a deficit of some sort) ~ If you don't, get one.
Protein:______Normal (medium)
Exercise:_____None
Food restrictions: as I said before, lay off the Artificial non-caloric sweeteners, limit to one small packet a day
Coffee:_______I don't drink it, so I have no idea what it will do. From all the reports I read, its a good thing.
Water:________8-10 cups a day, DO NOT DRINK MORE THAN THIS! You don't need too.
Vitamins, minerals and meds: Do what you normally do.
Weigh yourself, BUT do not report to MFP. Just write it down somewhere. We will analyse later.0 -
Day Two (Tuesday for me)
Food:________Eat your normal Keto food. 70-80% fat, under 40 grams carbs
Calories:_____"Be good!" (definition of "Be good": don't go too far over, under is OK. I am ASSUMING you have a deficit of some sort) ~ If you don't, get one.
Protein:______Normal (medium)
Exercise:_____None
Food restrictions: as I said before, lay off the Artificial non-caloric sweeteners, limit to one small packet a day
Coffee:_______I don't drink it, so I have no idea what it will do. From all the reports I read, its a good thing.
Weigh yourself, BUT do not report to MFP. Just write it down somewhere. We will analyse later.
Water:________8-10 cups a day, DO NOT DRINK MORE THAN THIS! You don't need too.
Vitamins, minerals and meds: Do what you normally do.
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Day Three (Wednesday for me)
Food:________Eat your normal Keto food. 70-80% fat, under 40 grams carbs
BUT, if you have had problems with constipation, you might want to LAY OFF the CHEESE or whatever food gives you constipation. I noticed when I was in China, they don't use much cheese. The whole time I was there, I didn't get stopped up one time. Day four is your fasting day, and it could cause problems. So, lets preemptively try to avoid constipation before the fast starts! I manage this with Milk of Magnesia. But there have been weeks I forget to use it and I am fine after the fast, but then other weeks, I wished I had taken it!
Calories:_____"Be good!" (definition of "Be good": don't go too far over, under is OK. I am ASSUMING you have a deficit of some sort) ~ If you don't, get one.
Protein:______Normal (medium)
Exercise:_____None
Food restrictions: as I said before, lay off the Artificial non-caloric sweeteners, limit to one small packet a day
Coffee:_______I don't drink it, so I have no idea what it will do. From all the reports I read, its a good thing.
Weigh yourself, BUT do not report to MFP. Just write it down somewhere. We will analyse later.
Water:________8-10 cups a day, DO NOT DRINK MORE THAN THIS! You don't need too.
Vitamins, minerals and meds: Do what you normally do.
Make your last meal no later than 9:00 pm.0 -
Day Four (Thursday for me)
Your water fast started last night.
Don't eat anything this day.
This means NO NIBBLING! You're giving your stomach a rest. And I have (anecdotally) think when I nibbled, I didn't have the same results (always less weight lost). Can I scientifically prove this? No. But, lets try it this way first, then you try it your way the next time, and report back to the group.
I up my water intake by two cups, that is 10-12 cups per day. ONLY drink this amount of water!
This is important. Timing of water drinking! Drink 6-8 cups by LUNCHTIME. Drink, all but one cup before dinner. Then drink the last cup before going to sleep. DO NOT FORGET and then try TO DRINK A BUNCH OF WATER BEFORE BEDTIME! Why? Because one drawback of fasting is that it "energizes" you and you may have problems with sleep. You don't want to be peeing all night waking you up. Although, peeing is the way your body releases the fat when it is burned. I think this is called the Kreb Cycle. IDK, and I don't care. But, fasting will release water. I hope you can make it through this. I always do. But, if you don't and you get sleep deficit, then manage it some other way or end the program and conclude its not for you.
Electrolytes: All you keto'ers know that if you don't get enough potassium, sodium & magnesium you will get the Keto Flu. I have got this during fasts. The way I manage it is this:
Magnesium: Rain or shine I eat Mag Citrate everyday, or I get leg cramps. I have had no ill effects eating my normal Mag Citrate with the Milk of Magnesia.
Sodium & Potassium: If the preceding days, I salted my food heavily with Lite Salt or No-salt, I don't bother with eating supplemental salt on the Fast day. If I wasn't heavily salting my food before Fast Day, then I usually eat a half teaspoon of No Salt. Usually mixed with Lawry's season salt for taste. I do this to avoid "feeling crummy". This usually happens about 20-24 hours into the fast. I mix the salt, then lick the tip of my finger and touch the salt and eat it. it takes 30 minutes to an hour to do it this way, but that's how I roll. I actually enjoy eating salt. After an hour or two, I feel normal again and go to bed.
If you start to feel crummy, dizzy, start with the salt. If you don't like licking it, do chicken or beef broth. There might be salt pills (I think they have those).
Fasting is great for getting things done, its so refreshing to have so much energy. Plan your day to get things done on that day, and distraction is the best thing if you get cravings. I mean, I don't sit in front of the TV and watch food commercials or "The Food Channel" while I am fasting.
One time during a fast, I had some steaks in the fridge I didn't feel would make it much longer, so I fired up the grill to cook them and take them to work the next day to "break" my fast. EPIC FAILURE.
Weigh yourself, BUT do not report to MFP. Just write it down somewhere. We will analyse later.
Vitamins, minerals and meds: Do what you normally do, EXCEPT if you are a diabetic that takes glucose lowering meds, I wouldn't take them! You may go low! Check you levels.
Exercise: STRICTLY forbidden!
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Day Five (Friday for me)
Weigh-in day. Do your weigh in and report to MFP. Hopefully you lost weight. If not, do one more 7 day cycle. There has been a couple times that I wasn't happy with my results (maybe only lost one pound) in that case, I continued the fast until dinner time, or on one occasion, until Saturday morning I then stalled the official MFP weigh-in until Day Six (Saturday for me)
I think this is the most important day of the whole week. You can ruin the whole experiment by OVEREATING this day. Break your fast at breakfast, or lunch or dinner. I usually wait until lunch.
BE GOOD today! Don't go over on Carbs, don't go over on calories. It seemed like if I ate even a little over, like 200 -400 calories, my body added back 4 pounds! And try being especially good on Carbs, I sometimes try harder to lessen my carbs on this day. This is day you don't break your fast at a buffet or home cooked meal. Maybe try going to a "weighed" out meal. Or something that is labeled and known. I think you know what I mean.
Exercise. I never did any this day. Try that first. Then if you're brave enough, if you want to do some light cardio, see how it goes and report back to the group.
CONTINUE with Milk of Magnesia if things aren't moving!
Vitamins, electrolytes, meds, resume as normal.
Water: 8-10 cups a day (no more, no less!)
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Day Six (Saturday for me)
Now this is a little different for me. I do my exercise this day. Its usually doing my E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program
First, you don't have to exercise!!!
If you do exercise, it need to be intense enough to give you some "soreness". This will cause your body to absorb water in the healing process. You will gain water weight from the fasting AND the soreness. I have found that if I do a subsequent fast the next Thursday, my body "heals" near the night that I fast and releases more water. Its incredible. I have lost up to 6 pounds on the following Thursday IF I do the day 1-7 again the same way. I will lose the 2 lbs I gained after the fast and 4 lbs lost from the previous weigh-in.
Again, you will gain weight back!!!!! Don't worry about it. If you follow the steps over again and BE GOOD, it will all happen again each week. 3-6 lbs @ week loss over the previous week.
Since I use the Ketonix ketone breath analyser, I have noticed that my body is STILL producing a lot of ketones ~ even though I have stopped the fast the day before. This is another day to "be good" and allow your body to keep burning the fat. With that said, I do eat a few more carbs than normal, BUT it right BEFORE I do my intense workout ~ NOT afterwards.
CONTINUE with Milk of Magnesia if things aren't moving!
Vitamins, electrolytes, meds, resume as normal.
Water: 8-10 cups a day (no more, no less!)
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Day Seven (Sunday for me)
Food:________Eat your normal Keto food. 70-80% fat, under 40 grams carbs
Calories:_____"Be good!" (definition of "Be good": don't go too far over, under is OK. I am ASSUMING you have a deficit of some sort) ~ If you don't, get one.
Protein:______Normal (medium)
Exercise:_____None
Food restrictions: as I said before, lay off the Artificial non-caloric sweeteners, limit to one small packet a day
Coffee:_______I don't drink it, so I have no idea what it will do. From all the reports I read, its a good thing.
Weigh yourself, BUT do not report to MFP. Just write it down somewhere. We will analyse later.
Water:________8-10 cups a day, DO NOT DRINK MORE THAN THIS! You don't need too.
Vitamins, minerals and meds: Do what you normally do.
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OK, I am sure I left something big out. I am tired because today I "labored" on my shed. Got the doors on and its waterproof now. Need to paint it. But this is going to be a short work week. I have lost so much weight, I'm going to my 40th high school reunion next Saturday night (Lord willing) in Dallas, Texas (Where my other two grown up children live) Yahoo! I'll be fasting and travelling next Thursday. Will be there until Monday. My boss is hating me for all this, oh well, he'll get over it.
Now its time to clarify things, fire away with your questions...
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Summary:
Day one: Normal Keto, no exercise
Day two: Normal Keto, no exercise
Day three: Normal Keto + Preemptive Constipation Alert! No exercise
Day four: Skip eating this day, no exercise, drink all water early in day, don't cook delicious food!
Day five: MFP Weigh-in day, no exercise, Break Fast & BE GOOD!
Day six: Normal Keto, Exercise this day, BE GOOD
Day seven: Normal Keto, no exercise
Repeat at least one full cycle again (two weeks total)
Report your results on this group (I start another post).
Enjoy, Dan
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Thanks so much for sharing-it's easy to understand too. Glad U got your laboring accomplished on your shed this labor day So excited for you and your high school reunion-bet U can't wait! And, to see your kids-Bonus!
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Okay then!!0
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OK. I will start soon.0
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
LOL! Step right up!
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I'll start yesterday, normal keto day, no exercise. Check. I did weigh myself yesterday and today and didn't log it to MFP. I've created a Word doc on my desktop with the summary and my daily weigh ins. I have to drop my current daily water by about 20 oz a day but that won't be a problem. My plan for Saturday exercise is to utilize our Bowflex. I can certainly work out enough on there to feel it the next day. Now, just gotta remember to fast on Thursday and regulate water correctly that day. Lets do this.
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Looks like I follow the "normal" keto (1-3,7) days anyway, so i'll make tomorrow my fast day. That will correspond to Hillbilly shoppin' day for resupply. I will have to drop my water as I usually drink 12-16, looks like less runs to the spring! Weighed myself this morning and wrote it down.0
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OK.
the plot thickens ....
broke fast today after first 36 hour fast. feeling pretty good. zero weigh loss but probably due to overhydration.0 -
middleagedmeh wrote: »OK.
the plot thickens ....
broke fast today after first 36 hour fast. feeling pretty good. zero weigh loss but probably due to overhydration.
2 cups of water weigh a little over one pound.
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After Thoughts
Ok, I have more tidbits. This woke me up, thinking of all the stuff I didn't mention.
1) I forgot to mention that I rarely eat breakfast. Thats been my whole life, I'd rather sleep a few more minutes (if I can), I have insomnia on occasion as I try to solve all my problems, work problems and the world's problems. So I guess I sorta do Intermittent Fasting (IF). But it is never planned and I don't set any "window" of time to eat. I usually eat lunch, but dinner can be from 6:00 to 11:00 pm. I'm a two meal person. So, I'm not sure if that needs to be fit into the recipe...what do you think?
2) I have a weird dynamic that happens over and over, and I can't explain it, maybe you know what's going on. First, if I water fast, the second night when I get to sleep, I get cold. So, cold I have to add blankets. Secondly, when I have a really strenuous workout on my EASY exercise plan, I get really hot (while I sleep) on the next day when I am still sore. It goes away when the soreness goes away. I was just curious if this happens to you? Or if you know what it means?
3) During the fast, "If you're not peeing, you ain't losing". That's what I come to realize. And the longer I sleep, the more I pee, the more I pee, the more I lose. I have read that women can swing as much as 10 lbs in short order on their cycle. So, I am really curious what will happen to them if they attempt a fast at that time.
4) You shouldn't have your cholesterol checked right after a day long fast. It will be higher. According to "Cholesterol Clarity". Most of the lipid items in the lipid panel aren't an accurate measure of health. There are much better tests, but unfortunately, many of the better health marker tests aren't covered by insurance.
5) Please read the, "11 Myths of Fasting", that I posted on another discussion.
6) Here's a few more:
Paleo Leap ~ Long Fasts: Dangerous or Beneficial?
Mark's Daily Apple ~ Why Fast?
Burn Fat Fast, Live Longer < video
A compilation of research articles that support intermittent fasting is very good for your health
The History of Fasting by Jason Fung (long read, I haven't read it yet, but I have seen some of his lectures)
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middleagedmeh wrote: »OK.
the plot thickens ....
broke fast today after first 36 hour fast. feeling pretty good. zero weigh loss but probably due to overhydration.
How many cups of water did you drink?0 -
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Oh wow, that was great, haven't listened to Tom Waits in years ! It's early am here right before work and I want a beer......0
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middleagedmeh wrote: »OK.
the plot thickens ....
broke fast today after first 36 hour fast. feeling pretty good. zero weigh loss but probably due to overhydration.
2 cups of water weigh a little over one pound.
Can you help me out with what your "cup" of water is? Sorry if it is obvious, but it crossed my mind it could be a random "cup" in your house. So, I will assume it is a measuring cup of water? That seemed a bit light to me at first glance.
Since you're restricting water to 8-10 cups and saying we don't "need" more than that, I want to be sure I'm clear on your idea of a cup.
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middleagedmeh wrote: »OK.
the plot thickens ....
broke fast today after first 36 hour fast. feeling pretty good. zero weigh loss but probably due to overhydration.
2 cups of water weigh a little over one pound.
Can you help me out with what your "cup" of water is? Sorry if it is obvious, but it crossed my mind it could be a random "cup" in your house. So, I will assume it is a measuring cup of water? That seemed a bit light to me at first glance.
Since you're restricting water to 8-10 cups and saying we don't "need" more than that, I want to be sure I'm clear on your idea of a cup.
Nic, a cup of water is 8 oz. or 236.6 ml (if you are on metric system). I use containers that are marked as such. I do not use random coffee cups or any other vessels. I have a 4 cup container I fill ~ when I get to work, and can easily see my progress for drinking water.
While I have you here, I want to stress that 8-10 cups is "Goldilocks". If you drink too much water, your body will absorb it and your kidneys won't be able to get rid of it. I think many people "over drink" water, they think if a moderate amount is good, the double the amount is excellent. I disagree. If you drink too little, you'll get dehydrated. I have tried more and less, and these are the numbers that give me the excellent weight loss. Its a recipe.
For your first water fast, use my numbers and also note the timing of drinking the water. The timing is "Goldilocks" to. If you drink all the water too soon, you'll be thirsty later in the day. If you drink it too late, your body won't have time to pee it out, and your weight loss will suffer. Yes, I have also drank water too late in the day and my weight loss suffered.
I noticed, that the longer I slept on the second night of the fast, the more peeing I did, and the more weight I lost on the morning weigh-in. But there were days were I forgot to drink my water early on and then drank 4 or more cups before going to bed, and my weight loss suffered.
There is a connection between fat burning and water/peeing. And somewhere out there on google, there's probably a study that will back me up.
I hope I am making this clear. I may be wrong scientifically, but I have done this enough (experimenting with qty & timing) of water and that I easily noticed differences in my week to week losses.
And, this is why I am stressing two other "water retention" things.
Salt.
If I eat too much salt, I have noticed my body retains water. The way I can easily know if I eat too much salt is easy for me. Last night, I salted my shrimp way too much. At about 5 am in the morning, I get what I call, "salt mouth". My mouth tastes really salty, its parched, and I have to rinse my mouth out with water. Then I go back to sleep. So today (one day before the fast) and during my fast, I will NOT eat any additional salt. I will only eat salt, when/if I start to feel "crummy".
Exercise.
Any exercise that "makes you sore" damages your cells. The bodies response will be water retention. Water is a big part of the healing process. So, all you people out there that do a lot of exercise that makes you sore ~ a day or two ~ BEFORE your weigh-in ~ are doing it WRONG. That's why I stress the timing of exercise in relation to the fasting and weigh-in. You have to give your body time to heal, because when it does, it will release a couple pounds of water (pee).
Again, I doubt the above is scientific and can be criticized ~ or just plain wrong. But I still get the good results following my recipe.
Dan
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middleagedmeh wrote: »OK.
the plot thickens ....
broke fast today after first 36 hour fast. feeling pretty good. zero weigh loss but probably due to overhydration.
2 cups of water weigh a little over one pound.
Can you help me out with what your "cup" of water is? Sorry if it is obvious, but it crossed my mind it could be a random "cup" in your house. So, I will assume it is a measuring cup of water? That seemed a bit light to me at first glance.
Since you're restricting water to 8-10 cups and saying we don't "need" more than that, I want to be sure I'm clear on your idea of a cup.
Nic, a cup of water is 8 oz. or 236.6 ml (if you are on metric system). I use containers that are marked as such. I do not use random coffee cups or any other vessels. I have a 4 cup container I fill ~ when I get to work, and can easily see my progress for drinking water.
While I have you here, I want to stress that 8-10 cups is "Goldilocks". If you drink too much water, your body will absorb it and your kidneys won't be able to get rid of it. I think many people "over drink" water, they think if a moderate amount is good, the double the amount is excellent. I disagree. If you drink too little, you'll get dehydrated. I have tried more and less, and these are the numbers that give me the excellent weight loss. Its a recipe.
For your first water fast, use my numbers and also note the timing of drinking the water. The timing is "Goldilocks" to. If you drink all the water too soon, you'll be thirsty later in the day. If you drink it too late, your body won't have time to pee it out, and your weight loss will suffer. Yes, I have also drank water too late in the day and my weight loss suffered.
I noticed, that the longer I slept on the second night of the fast, the more peeing I did, and the more weight I lost on the morning weigh-in. But there were days were I forgot to drink my water early on and then drank 4 or more cups before going to bed, and my weight loss suffered.
There is a connection between fat burning and water/peeing. And somewhere out there on google, there's probably a study that will back me up.
I hope I am making this clear. I may be wrong scientifically, but I have done this enough (experimenting with qty & timing) of water and that I easily noticed differences in my week to week losses.
And, this is why I am stressing two other "water retention" things.
Salt.
If I eat too much salt, I have noticed my body retains water. The way I can easily know if I eat too much salt is easy for me. Last night, I salted my shrimp way too much. At about 5 am in the morning, I get what I call, "salt mouth". My mouth tastes really salty, its parched, and I have to rinse my mouth out with water. Then I go back to sleep. So today (one day before the fast) and during my fast, I will NOT eat any additional salt. I will only eat salt, when/if I start to feel "crummy".
Exercise.
Any exercise that "makes you sore" damages your cells. The bodies response will be water retention. Water is a big part of the healing process. So, all you people out there that do a lot of exercise that makes you sore ~ a day or two ~ BEFORE your weigh-in ~ are doing it WRONG. That's why I stress the timing of exercise in relation to the fasting and weigh-in. You have to give your body time to heal, because when it does, it will release a couple pounds of water (pee).
Again, I doubt the above is scientific and can be criticized ~ or just plain wrong. But I still get the good results following my recipe.
Dan
Carbohydrates retain water too. That's why when a person starts a lo-carb diet, he looses a lot of water weight. But since we are on LC diets, that shouldn't be a problem.
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Has anyone else started?
This is my first fasting day. I finished eating at 8pm last night. It's just past lunchtime here and my stomach is gurgling asking for food but I feel fine in myself - my colleagues here at work might feel different about it listening to the growling! I have drunk quite a lot - 2 large cups herbal tea, one cup marmite (I decided this was OK as only 9 cals and thought it would help keep the sodium up) and 2 x 300ml cans diet coke (I know Dan, I know, but it fills me up a bit), so need to slow down now over the afternoon otherwise I will be peeing all afternoon.
I should have said that I used to do IF on 5:2 (ie normal eating but then 500cals on the 2 days) but found that I could eat enough on the non-fasting days to completely overcompensate for the fasting days. I then moved to 1 day on, 1 day off (I usually had 500 cals on my fasting day in accordance with the protocol) (still on carb way of eating back then) which was great, feast and fast, and you couldn't eat enough on the feast day to overcompensate for fasting. I did lose weight that way, but eventually just gave up, I think I was fed up. Hopefully this way will be more sustainable. My previous experience does however teach me that the body can be trained to it as I never felt particularly hungry IF-ing once I adjusted to it - nothing unmanageable anyway.
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I fasted yesterday, last meal was 5pm on the 8th. I stayed true and had water and an 8oz cup of black coffee late morning. Posting in the Results thread.0
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I'm stopping my caloric intake now and will fast for 36 hours. Curious, Dan, have you tried mixing a 40 hour fast or so in to experiment?0
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mcpostelle wrote: »I'm stopping my caloric intake now and will fast for 36 hours. Curious, Dan, have you tried mixing a 40 hour fast or so in to experiment?
Yes, if my break fast day weighin is not acceptable, I extend the fast to dinner time, which can be as much as 48 hours. Then I move my "official MFP" weighin to the next day (Saturday.)
I want to mention that I am dedicated to weight loss. There may be a lot of other ways to lose weight, exercise everyday, or possibly where you go carnivore. But I don't like just eating meat.
I know that fasting for short periods of time can not hurt me, I also know that not eating will ALWAYS result in weight loss. I have heard people say they have fasted and not loss weight, I believe their water management is wrong. Because there is no scientific way that a person can gain or stay neutral on weight if the body is consuming 2200 calories of energy per day. Water is the key as I stated before with salt, exercise, woman's cycles, carbs. If you manage them and properly "time" them, you will lose weight.
I'll say it again, if you ain't peeing, you ain't losing.
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