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Fasting To Lose Weight – Read This Before You Start
By Leonard Fast | March 9, 2010
Sounds so easy, eh? Fasting to lose weight will give you the body of a movie star in a mere couple of weeks.
Those extra pounds you hate will simply vanish as you quit eating food for 10 days or more and swallow only juice or water – leaving you with a hot bod Julia Roberts or Matt Damon would be proud of.
Sorry folks, fasting to lose weight – used on its own – will not give you the long-term healthy trim body you really want.
Yes, there are stories and testimonials out there about people who’ve tried water fasting to lose weight or juice fasting to lose weight – and they claim to have dropped 10, 20, 30 or more pounds. But let me emphasize, this is a short-term fix that doesn’t work long-term.
Liquid-only fasting should always be of short duration – a day or two – because your body needs nutrition! Don’t embark on a long fast with the sole intention of losing weight because fasting was never designed to be a weight loss program.
If you do use fasting to lose weight – on its own without other lifestyle changes – you will be disappointed. Yes, you might well drop several pounds very quickly, but once the fast is over you will likely pile on the excess weight again. This is the original “quick fix” in a world that wants instant solutions and gratification. You’ve got to do more than drink nothing but liquids for days on end if you want to get healthy and in shape.
Extended liquid-only fasts send a distress signal to your body that it is being starved! Your brain will slow down your metabolism and you’ll have less energy. The aim of every decent weight loss program should be to speed up your metabolism, not slow it down!
One more thing – extended liquid fasts can make you sick, everything from headaches, dizziness and cramps to kidney damage.
OK, so no fasting if you want to lose weight? Well, no! There IS definitely a role for fasting in a healthy lifestyle and even if you want to lose weight, but you have to do it the right way. Remember, religions and cultures the world over practice short fasts – your doctor even insists on a 12-hour fast if he wants to take blood samples! And some illnesses, like tummy bugs, can actually be treated by fasting – denying those little critters the nutrition they need to make you miserable!
A short fast also gives your digestive system a rest from the daily grind of meals and the other junk in between – coffee, candy, snacks perhaps even alcohol.
Finally, to use the benefits of fasting as part of your weight loss plan I encourage you to check out a great how-to guide called Master Cleanse Secrets by Raylen Stirling. This is a fast with a big difference – you can continue eating. The all-natural drink ingredients include organic lemons.
Read more about safe fasting and altering your lifestyle to get slender and energetic at Master Cleanse Fast.
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