I'm curious to hear your experiences with this method of fasting and what you guys think! I honestly think doing something of that sort is generally silly and should not be done. But can I have your permission to be a little brutal here? What is your experience? Does anyone else here do this? Yes, a 24 hour fast is without a doubt the best way to lose weight in this short of a time frame. If you don't drink anything (or sweat a lot), you're dehydrating yourself. If you want to lose weight QUICKLY to kickstart a healthy lifestyle though it cant be beat. You won’t burn any if much fat off your body but you will flush out water weight and some poop weight too. baloney... your research didn't show that cleanses are bullshit? At first glance, it might seem like the reduction of calories that occurs with regular fasting is the main reason for losing weight. I did alternate day fasting for a month and it changed my life. you make a lot of great points but it's all nothing I wasn't already aware of minus the cleanse thing which honestly I'm not surprised about and was just a bonus to it all. There is a strong biological urge to eat more afterwards- not immediately after your fast, but a little afterwards. Do not fast if you are a person who, when you get cravings, goes for ultraprocessed foods. There's a reason people talk about "water weight". So i control myself.). You could get the same thing by having an 800 daily deficit. I don't pick the same days each week because I find it easier to fast on days where I have long shifts to distract me from food and so that I'm not fasting when my family are having food in front of me. Since fasting reduces the number of calories you take in for that day, you will be in a caloric deficit. Your body will tap into fat reserves to get meet its energy needs when food isn't enough. The next time you have something to drink (or eat, all food has water), your body will take what it needs to top itself off to the proper water amount, so it holds on to more water than usual. Even if your friend is talking about fasting food, not specifically water...which is completely moronic, he's not losing multiple BF% and 15 pounds in a week. During a 24-hour fast, using those different hormones processes, your body will burn the energy stored in the form of glucose and fat. I've heard this many times, people claim that when you fast you lose weight, but when you return to eating normally after 48, 72 or 96 hours you will gain most of the weight back regardless of your calorie intake after the fast. A place for people of all sizes to discuss healthy and sustainable methods of weight loss. This body accelerates the burning of fat in order to get water. If, for example, this is taken as dinner, it would be identical to a 24-hour fast. He's only put on a few pounds back since then, but from what he was saying from his research, the fast forces your body to rely on BF for energy, because you aren't getting carbo/protein sources anymore for it. I know you have to have incredible willpower and discipline to not eat for 24 hours but I have found it to be no less difficult than eating at a deficit and in fact it can be easier in some ways. Yeah dude your test levels are going to rise when you literally aren't consuming any magnesium/zinc or any nutrients at all, and unless you're out in the sun you also are not getting any vitamin D, zero percent vitamin K etc. And I can understand why you would use that tone in a sub like this but maybe in the future don't assume that someone making a post knows absolutely nothing about weight loss :). If you’re Keto-adapted, you’re going to have a much easier time on a 24 hour fast than somebody who is not (or just starting out) on a low-carb, Ketogenic Diet. Sheeeesh.... New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the IsItBullshit community. Unless you binge eat like crazy afterwards, there's a net reduction in weight. You are just buying into a delusional psuedo-science bullshit fad. It sounds like that starvation mode myth where people claim that eating too little will make you gain weight. Your body far prefers to burn glucose, first, then body fat for energy. Most of the food is digested and its energy is utilized within 12 hours of consuming it. Umm you gain that weight back, it's called dehydration, if any of you watch combat sports or wrestling it's what those athletes do to lose anywhere between 7-30 pounds in a single day/few day span with sodium/potassium manipulation, and it all comes back...it's called water weight for a reason. It would be easiest to forget the whole thing, right? It can be difficult to sustain long term due to societal pressures, and I do experience nausea and occasionally lightheadedness. Presuming you're 2500 TDEE, that's a 5500 weekly deficit. I mostly deal with petty thievery and drunken brawls. Your body doesn’t need a cleanse as someone else mentioned. I've done a good bit of research on this and it not only helps you lose weight but cleanses your body and relieves stress. I would recommend 16/8 every day + one 36 hour fast per month or two. Let me just be frank as well: All the people who advocate fasting, take a look at them. Fasting increases the time spent using energy that’s already stored, and for some people, a 24-hour fast is just easier to stick to. I like it and the biochemistry behind it. So they're taking a depleted body that looking for reason to pack on fat and feed it trash. edit: You might head over to r/fasting ... New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Unless some specifically due for religious reasons like Ramadan, Khabib in the UFC does, otherwise their bodies are not attained through not eating food. Oh, what about those abs! And then one or two times per week I do a 24 hour fast, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays. No visible signs of weight loss but my planter fascillis was no … (I do feel a desire to fast longer, but it's not worth it. If you want to lose weight, fasting might be beneficial for you. I do get cold, dizzy and headachy some days but I can tolerate it knowing I can eat tomorrow and will help me reach my goal. Fast for 12 hours a day. This is one of the reasons dry fasting can burn more fat than intermittent fasting. By the second day when i wake up, my anxiety is always lowered enough to eat, so i dont feel a need to go longer. Without it I fasted with no hunger at all. We're doing something here. I get that, but that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying compared to eating less, is fasting less effective? Im underweight again now, which i think looks good, but i dont need to lose more. I fasted for about 36 hours, I weighed about 76kg when I broke it. Fat loss with 16:8 fasting. But that doesn't mean you can't change your methods. When the body uses up its glucose stored in the liver, it starts burning fats as … However, the reduced calorie intake is not the sole reason behind the weight loss that many experience as a result of intermittent fasting. Fasting with food is entirely different. Why dont bodies need a cleanse? i was only speaking purely on personal experience lol I've lost over 100 lbs using a caloric deficit and I have plateau'd and found this as a way of breaking that pleateu. Those who are experienced with fasting may choose up to two separate days per week to conduct a 24-hour fast. You think they fast? Fasting is an effective way to lower your caloric intake, as long … Well, my 24 hour fast turned into 30 hours and it was much easier than ever before. Yes eating temporarily like you say doesn't change much but the difference between a diet and a lifestyle change is one is temporary and one lasts for ever. My weight varies throughout the day by about 2 Kg, as I drink, eat, go to the loo etc. I thought I made that somewhat clear. I was amazed and very happy to see about a two pound water bloat drop away. Or, you can just do 500 a day and add a month or two of patience until you reach your goal. Soon, I found myself going 24-hours, sometimes by accident. But you must consider the fast's effects on your behavior outside it-- after breaking fast, and the leadup beforehand, to fasting, when you consider it -- these are pretty serious considerations. I found it easy to adjust and many kids ready meals are below 250cal which help. I have dry fasted for 3 days. This will be cake I thought (pun intended). Here, an RD shares big fasting diet mistakes. If that's why youre approaching it, purely for weight loss, dont use it. I have become a tea drinker. Many find 24-hour fasting to be more effective and doable than fasting for only part of the day. It has helped me lose a few pounds (which i gained in eating disorder recovery). Eating temporarily in some special way doesn't adjust your expectations, doesn't teach you how to make your own favorite meals work for your goal weight, doesn't teach you how to deal with parties or your holidays (including feasts and fasts). Your body needs a certain amount water. I plan to eat ~500kcal below maintenance for 6 days out of the weeks and fast for 24 hours once a week. What about my weight loss? Since its summer I'm in my 'male model' mode and will prob stay ripped for the summer. And it's much easier to come off a 1 day fast than a 2 day fast for me, for a couple reason. If your cravings are for fruit/veg, nuts, beans, fish- wholesome stuff-- fasting is an option. It works but its just part of a healthy routine NOT the ultimate answer. Fasting is by far the fastest way to reduce belly fat. You'd be right, but you're also missing the point. Whether to experiment with fasting, learn more about your relationship with food, or to help you finally complete a 24 hour fast, hopefully this article has been valuable to you. Fasting kickstarts your fat burning since after the fuel from your most recent meal is used up, your body shifts to burn fat for fuel. Source: just be sick so you can't eat for two days and measure your weight. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/ReredditLink.f7b66a91705891e84a09.css.map*/. If my maintenance is 2300 and I eat 1800 calories for 2 days, I will have burned about 1000 calories, but if I don't eat anything for 2 days I should have burned around 4600 calories, but it's of course a bit less than that since your metabolism slows down a little bit, but you should at least have burned 4000 calories in total. It may have something to do with no coffee! My mental, physical, and emotional health have literally never been better and I have tried almost everything. But if you are set on pushing forward with it might I suggest heading to r/fasting to get a community geared towards the practice. First of all are we talking about water fasting like OP says? But this ancient tradition of extreme weight loss might seem a little intimidating to a large portion of the general public who just want to shed a few pounds before the holiday season. I'm curious to hear your experiences with this method of fasting and what you guys think! With fasting, i dont go past a day personally. But it seems I am coffee sensitive, not caffeine sensitive. It does appear that fasting can help with weight loss.However, studies make it clear that this is not the case for everyone. Fats have roughly 700-800 kcal / 100g, so even with the most generous of rounding you lose maybe 300g of fat (and some water). Most people only do one 24-hour fast day per week. I had similar results to this kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E484qiQXxzM&t=10s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inRCKUeA4fY. Ketosis Process is On. They seem sooooo unnecessary to me. It has been made popular by several books, most notably the fast diet published in 2013 by Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer (which was then televised in a widely watched documentary), which really brought this method of dieting into the forefront of the public eye. one 24hr fast + 6 binge days is certainly worse than 16/8 every day. What is happening is a person is leaning out due to dehydration in the very short-term (like bodybuilders do...have done for many years). If not, please know it's not personal. And you are completely demolishing your glycogen stores + obviously losing water weight and being dehydrated. When you approach 24hr fasting it can feel heavy, but once you get towards 30 hours it starts to feel very uplifting and energizing. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Source on the T levels? Fasting uses the self-healing properties of the human body. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. It's in good snarky fun. May Enhance Heart Health by Improving Blood Pressure, Triglycerides and Cholesterol Levels. I will provide more information on water fasting, with Cole Robinson’s Snake Diet as the foundation, in future blog posts. Most people that fail at fasting mostly have terrible diets. A community for asking whether programs, services, or rumours are bullshit or not. It is bullshit. Whether you need to lose 2 lbs or 400 lbs, you are welcome here! Even the idea of 16-hour intermittent fasting seemed a little crazy to my hAngry mind, so I started there. I do 2-3 days a week at 500 calories and the rest of the week 500-200 below maintenance. One day water fasts have become a popular way to maintain health and vigor. Fasting for up to 24 hours can lead to a metabolic … I do intermittent fasting. water fasting + healthy eating + exercise = ridiculous youthful look that gets my old self carded quit a bit. Instead, the 5:2 diet consisted of 5 days of normal diet. Usually I do 16-20 hours of fasting with a 4-8 hour window for eating, which might be anything from one light meal to two meals and a snack. An all-day fast may sound intimidating, but Lowden explains you may not need to be so strict to see results, since calorie reduction is the key to weight loss. Thank you for your first post in r/loseit! In additional people always think I'm the youngest of 5 brothers when I'm actually THE OLDEST. I could see a 24 hour fast being a good maintenance choice. Most of the weight you lose during such experiments is simply what is in your digestive system. The 24-hour fasting approach may be especially helpful with losing body fat. Intermittent fasting can help aid weight loss, unless you overeat in your window, eat unhealthy foods, and more. A 24 hour fast does not really mean that you go an entire full day without eating. However, as there are many ways to do intermittent fasting , … Loss. IsItBullshit: Water fasting longer than 24 hours is an ineffective way to lose weight because the weight will bounce back when you eat normally again. I was generally VERY healthy in exercise and diet before I started fasting so it was no biggie to resume a positive eating habit. If it works for you cool. I'm a huge advocate of searching Google scholar for relevant articles but also keep in mind the scope as metabolism based studies often have a sample size of like 4-16ish and narrowed to a subpopulation like overweight women in their mid-40s who have PCOS. Researchers divided 100 obese study volunteers (mostly African-American women, without other major medical issues) into three groups: 1. one group followed an alternate fasting plan, which meant on the fasting day they would eat only 25% of their caloric needs and on the non-fasting day they’d eat a little bit more (125% of their caloric needs per day) 2. a second group ate 75% of their caloric needs per day, every day 3. a third gr… I have fasted for holidays before and I have done intermittent fasting but this method seems to yield the best results and ofcourse everyone is different. I will continue doing regular 24-36 hour fasts til I reach my goals and will have this tool available to me for life. ._2YJDRz5rCYQfu8YdgB_neb{overflow:hidden;position:relative}._2YJDRz5rCYQfu8YdgB_neb:before{background-image:url(https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/reddit_pattern.png);content:"";filter:var(--newCommunityTheme-invertFilter);height:100%;position:absolute;width:100%}._37WD6iicVS6vGN0RomNTwh{padding:0 12px 12px;position:relative} Intermittent fasting breaks the continuous supply of energy through glycogen, hence it forces the body to use stored fat into energy which leads to fat loss. Prolonged dry fast is when you go without food or water for 24 hours or longer. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. Dry fasting world record is 9 days (or 14 days depending on who you believe both of these were done in a Ukrainian fasting center I believe). 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