Comments on: The Truth About Fasting to Lose Weight

By: Andi @ London Personal Trainer

Andi @ London Personal Trainer — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:23:51 +0000

Steve, I got the point that fasting works for weight loss but for me it’s unhealthy. I’m sorry but just an opinion.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:53:51 +0000

You must not be a real personal trainer then, or you would be hip to the Intermittent Fasting revolution in recent years. Fasting works for weight loss.

By: Toronto Personal Trainer

Toronto Personal Trainer — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:23:48 +0000

I hope people who do fasting as diet will read this article. I am really against fasting and never would I ever try. I think the best part of losing weight is to make to eat healthy and safe.

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:38:15 +0000

This is a very interesing post with opinions from both sides. I, like some others was very overweight at 275 lbs. After changing my diet and lifestyle to lose 35 lbs, I underwent a 22 day juice fast in which I lost about 35 more lbs and ended up at 203. 6 months later, I followed up with another 15 day juice fas and got to 185lbs. I did much research before fasting and found most of what fasting proponents said to be true. My body did not attack my muscle which I did have. Even though I had lots of stores bodyfat from bad lifestyle, I have worked ou for years. Within a few days of each fast, my body would replace the glycogen stores and water which amouned to about 6-7 lbs. I now incorporate intermittent fasting into my regular lifestyle. I have been able to add about 15 lbs of pure muscle to my frame and get more attention from my new found body than I ever have. FASTING IS A GOOD THING!!! And it works quickly. Not the 8 – 12 months it would have taken to lose 75 lbs with a 500 calorie a day deficit. Do the research yourself and don’ let anyone discourage you from utilizing this wonderful tool that nature has given us. It is not only good for weight/fat loss, but has tons of other health benefits. From a training perspective, I at 47 years old outlift both of my training partners at the gym and they are 10 and 17 years my juniors and equally as fit as I am. That is jus to stress the point that I have not experienced any muscle mass or endurance loss from fasing. At least not any that lasted beyond my glycogen stores being refilled. But I have reaped huge benefits from having a clean detoxified smaller body. My workout intensity after fasting has increased tremendously because my body just functions better after getting rid of all the toxicity. I learned that fat cells are used to store excess toxins when it is too busy(digesting food) to get rid of them. No matter how much of a calorie deficit you create, the bosy cannot get rid of the toxins in those fat cells until it can do it safely and it sees fasting as the perfect opporunity to do so.

By: Fasting Retreats

Fasting Retreats — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:57:38 +0000

Fasting is a great way to lose weight and cleanse the colon but one must know what he/she has to go through before deciding to proceed.

This is a great post, very useful information. Thanks!
Fasting Retreats recently posted..“Just wanted to express my gratitude for everything I witnessed at Tanglewood It truly was a divine life changing experience- and I am forever grateful” — Ryan Geoghegan

By: joey

joey — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:38:11 +0000

ohhhh and i forgot.. Metabolism does not stay low after a fast. Yes, it slows down while your fasting.. metabolism does what it does on a moment to moment basis. You fast, it slows.. You go back to eating and or exercise, it goes up right away cause it’s being asked to do the work of digesting food, or you are working out. It doesn’t just stay low forever after and you get fat. lol.. The only weight that will come back will be minimal, and most of it the water weight returning. The only way to get fat is to eat like a fat person.. the only way to lose weight is to eat less or fast. And fasting is the quickest route. The long term benefits are permanent if you just eat according to the requirements of you NEW body weight. lol i hate when i send a comment and forget to finish

By: joey

joey — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:23:57 +0000

Andreas Cahling fasts and can squat that:) I think he’s even a vegetarian too:) I fasted for ten days on water and lost 17 lbs. I didn’t do it for weight loss though, just to clean out my colon and toxins. At the end of it, my eye sight was better, my taste buds were much better, my sleep was much less required (4 or 5 hrs of deep sleep.. hadn’t been like that since i was a kid)and had tons of energy.. Especially my mental state was much clearer. That was a year ago and i am actually 5 lbs less than i was when the fast was done. The key to NOT gaining weight back is to not go back to eating the way you did pre-fast. If u want to maintain a 120 lb body weight, u gotta eat like a 120 pounder. It’s really much more simple than what is being fed to us. Just most people take what they hear and think of it as fact without asking questions or have any individual thought. And since most are too prideful to admit they could be wrong, they actually stick do the bull just because. lol.. People have fasted longer than 40 days.. a couple days, or even ten days of fasting will not be harmful to most people.. it would be the opposite. Plus whatever little muscle lost can easily build back fairly quickly. Especially if you are a trained individual, since muscle has memory. You make good points, but to say flat out that something is unhealthy when it actually has good health benefits does not seem like great advice (though respected, i see u really believe what your saying to help) Anyone want to do their own “research” and find out for yourselves, try this:

1: Fast for yourself for like 5 days or more and see how u feel a few days after.

2: Don’t take every article u read to heart. Internet is full of the most “popular” opinions, and not really facts. It took me 2 years of reading on here and many books, and doing it myself to come to this conclusion.

3: Here are some great books on the subject.. probably the best ones to recommend. First one is the “miracle of fasting” by Paul Bragg.. 2nd would be “Rational Fasting” by Arnold Ehret, and third is “Fasting, Hydropathy and Exercise” by Bernarr MacFadden. These r gems that took me a while to finally come across after much searching.

There is my novel comment, lol, hope this helps

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:34:40 +0000

Actually, muscle tissue, aka amino acids, are easier for your body to break down into units of energy, than are fatty acids. Your body would prefer to store the fats for later, in case of famine or a hunger strike or something. Show me someone who regularly fasts and also squats 500 lbs, and I’ll eat my words.

By: adam

adam — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:22:32 +0000

I just got done with a fast and I feel better than ever! fasting has been used for thousands of years and practiced by every religion..it also makes perfect sense because your body is smart enough to canabalize the least important tissues(fat..toxins), it doesnt just start burning muscle! ya fasting is bad..and setting your alarm for 4 am to have cottage cheese or protein shakes is a terrific idea! spoken like a true meat head..

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:20:31 +0000

Thank you for your comment on fasting. I’m finding more and more proponents of fasting, but it is still not a good diet for gaining muscle, or even maintaining muscle in a fat loss phase. But for losing weight (muscle, fat, and water weight) fasting can be useful when used properly. Great job on your fat loss achievements.