I read this samll booklet be Donald Upton which is called The effects of fasting. The book tells that fasting is a good way to reduce weight and rejuvenate your senses. I wanna loose around five to ten pounds. Can I go for it?
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Fasting causes the body to go into starvation mode whereby metabolism slows, muscle is broken down causing ketoacidosis (this causes very bad breath), fat is retained as it is a valuable energy store to the body and is more important for survival then muscle tissue. You will get a large initial weight loss but this will be mainly water and essential fluids. You will suffer from low energy due to no food intake and lack of vital nutrients. You wont die but you will cause serious health problems if you were to do it regulary. After the fast as soon as you eat your body will retain the fat/energy as it will still be in starvation mode and will be trying to conserve all the energy it can plus your metabolism will be very slow. As a nutritionalist student i suggest that you eat regular small meals a day as this increases metabolism, eat foods that make you fuller quicker such as rice and try to take a brisk 20 minute walk a day. That should do the trick.
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Hey, we are on the same page. I'm 5'3'' and I weigh 125. I used to weigh 107...so I need to lose 18 pounds. I know this sounds crazy.....but I lose weight by eating one meal a day. I'll snack on fruits and veggies only. Limit your calorie intake. Your body burns about 10 times your weight. So right now, your burn about 1,140 calories in a day. There are 3000 calories in a pound. Slowly cut back your intake. I lost 20 pounds in 2 1/2 months doing this. Try eating about 500 calories a day. then youll burn about 600 calories a day + whatever excercise you do. But always snack on healthy foods throughout the day or else your metabolism with slow. NO SODAS.FRIES.CANDY! limit your bread and pasta/rice intake as well.
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Don't rush it! Large, quick weight loss is not healthy, and from what I've heard, you're less likely to *keep* it off.\n\nIt's better to have a gradual weight loss so your body can adapt more thoroughly to the change.\n\nMost importantly, make sure your doctor can check you out and tell you the best way to go about this. Good luck! : )
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hi :) am not sure whats available in the markets...but, this is what i did to lose weight... PLEASE DONT TAKE PILLS... pills are nothing but anorectic agents... they make you feel less hungry... there is no way to loose weight fast... though , sauna , steam and massages help slightly... it has to be combined with diet and excercise... pills are very bad in the long run... can lead to impotency and infertility...\n\nAlso... short term diets are no good because , they terribly pull down your body metabolism rate since you dont eat much during that period ... Because of this , once you break your diet , you'll start putting on more weight, the reduced body metabolism will take longer and slower to burn the food you take in...\n\nThey also dont work because once you break your diet and start eating normally, you will get back to your normal weight as you might not be cautious as to how many cals you take in per day...\n\n\ni lost 10 kgs in about 5 months time... i am getting married in august and i desperately needed to loose weight... i was 65 kilos when i started... according to my BMI , i was 10kgs + overweight... i stand 5'2.odd and 65 kilos is grossly overweight...\n\njust dieting wont help like i found out in my case... diet + exercise will do the trick...\n\ni'll tell you what i did... it worked for me... hope it works for you too :)\n\nthe trick is not to starve but to eat smart :) and stay healthy :)\n\nwhat you should cut down :\noil , butter , cheese , margarine , mayonisse , sauces (depends , will get back to that a bit later), chips , crisps, nuts , chocolates , sugar , cola, fizz , areated drinks ,ice creams , chocolate , alcohol , cakes and everything else thats hi - cal... you'll need to avoid everything thats sweet , oily and sticky... if you are not sure about what foods to avoid... check the net...loads of info available...\n\nvegetables / meat to avoid :\npotatoes - very very important , beetroot (its a root and has concenterated sugar in it) , all kinds of roots basically except carrot... avoid lamb, mutton , pork , beef, and prawns... all these put on weight... eat only lean meats... thats fish and chicken.. avoid eating egg yolk... eat just the egg white...\n\nfruits to avoid :\nmangoes , bananas , jackfruit\n\n\nnow that we had a look at what foodstuff is to be avoided...you might be wondering if there is anythig at all that you can eat... thats how i felt... there is loads of stuff you can eat actually :)\n\nhere they come :)\n\nfast foods are a big no no... you can order salads and special lo cal foods that are avaailable in most outlets...\n\nits best to eat at home for the period you are dieting and trying to lose weight...after those few months... once you've shed your load...you can get back to your usual lifestyle... of course with some caution...\n\n\nmy diet...\nbreakfast:\n\nskimmed milk (use skimmmed milk , is low in fat , other typer of milk are higher in fat content) , fruit... i am from India... am not sure where you are from and hence you might not understand certain food types we consume here... but let me tell you something... Indian food is very very oily and very difficult to diet...\n\nand try cereal in the mornings... oats, weetabix... etc... have a good breakfast...alwaays use brown bread... whole wheat brown bread is very good for weight reduction...\n\n\nfor lunch , we are staple rice eaters... rice is bad for fat reduction... but i still took rice because its a habit tht cant be changed... everyone takes rice here... so... rice - one cup - 100gms and lots of veggies cooked in less oil.. and absolutely no coconut and curry with less oil... all in all keep your oil intake to 2 tea spoons everyday... that would be just for seasoning... also using olive oil helps a lot...\n\n\nthen for dinner... compulsarily have wheat... pasta is a good option...but make sure you buy wheat pasta... check before buying... and of course in pasta absolutely no sauces... some varities o
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A healthy diet will take about two pounds a week off on average.  You're young and your metabolism may rebound slightly faster than most particularly if you maintain a reasonable physical fitness routien.  \n\nDon't be in too much of a rush it's hard work to loose weight and remember you must maintain the activity level ater the weight is lost.  Or it will come back on and bring extra weight with it.  Take your time slow and steady wins the race and you want to be healthy for the whole rest of your life.  \n\nRemember too if you are careful to maintain a healthy lifestyle you will influence your future children to do the same it is an excellent thing that you are doing this at an early age.  I for one am very very proud of you and if you ever need anyone to talk to about it feel free to contact me.  \n\nWay to go!!!!!
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These are my thoughts as a physician and athlete.  Don't target losing more than about 2 lbs per week. If you try to lose faster, your body will go into "starvation mode" and get very stingy about burning calories while at the same time very efficient about storing any calories that you do provide. And it will make you feel awful. \n\nThe most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode. \n\nAnother overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.\n\nYou are welcome to look at my Yahoo!360 Blog (September 10) for more details. \n\nAloha
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Coming from someone who just lost 20 lbs. and before would look in the mirror and want to cry. I have some advice. The first thing, stop eating after 7 oclock. Tell your self that you can always eat in the morning, you can eat as much as you want before 3 oclock as long as its HEALTHY and you move around during the day. Drink plenty of water. 50% of americans mistake thirst (dehydration) for hunger and also not drinking enough water can lower your metabolism as little as 3%. Dont go to bed super late, that always makes it worse. Give yourself at least 3 to 4 hours before going to bed after you eat. It will just sit in your stomach and turn to fat if you dont. Also eat healthy foods not junk food, that is the second reason people gain weight. I am a massage therapist and a nutrionist, and am also going to school for my DVM. I went from 150 to 130 (I am 5'8) in 4 months just from not eating late and switching to whole and raw foods. I dont eat fast food at all, maybe once a month at the most. I make my food and take it to work. Try a supermarket like whole foods or trader joes, which or more natural. And try dairy products without growth hormones, which actually contribute to weight gain. Being a naturalist and not eating after 6 or 7 has changed my life. Sure I get lazy, and dont want to work out, but because I have a healthy diet and I can sometimes get away with it. Also a good thing would be to find some kind of hobby or something you love to do and use that to work out, like for instance I love to dance, and I use that as my work out regimen. I dont feel like I am doing it because I have to but because I want to. Good luck. I hope you can use some of my advice. I know its hard but you can do it. Anyone Can. One more thing that might help is buying a scale that calculates your specific body fat, it will help you set realistic goals for your body and where you stand in losing body fat.
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Actually despite all the myths, it would be extremely healthy since your body has all the nutrients you need to go without any food for a month. The healthy part is you would not consume any unheallthy food at all.\n\nIt is a limited fast. A fast with only water may be slightly better, but you will still get almost all the benefits of fasting. Instead of getting opinions of people who never tried it, see site below with what 8 MDs say about fasting. It is a fast but with 3 V-8s a day added. Your body will still be dumping lots of toxins. Does V-8 have salt added? If so you do not want to use it. Click "home" page and look under anti-water for more on this. I am asuming it has only vegetables.
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Don't bother with fasting or starving yourself. Not only will this make you feel miserable, but it will actually hamper your weight loss by lowering your metabolism (your body's natural ability to burn calories). If you want to lose weight, here are some tips:\n\n1) Exercise! It's really a wonder-drug. You'll burn calories, build muscle (which helps your body burn more calories on its own), and you will feel less hungry. If you don't have much time, you don't have to do a lot. Any little bit helps. Pick up a jumprope for a few minutes a day. Do some situps and pushups a couple times a day. Don't worry if you can't go to the gym for an hour every day - you can still exercise.\n\n2) Eat healthy fats and proteins and lots of fruits and vegetables. Skip the refined sugars. Instead of popcorn, have an apple. Go for foods high in nutrition - not high in sugar and starch. Mushrooms and carrots are a great start, but what is even more important is a balanced diet.\n\n3) Eat frequently! Sometimes eating more is really one of the best ways to lose weight. No, not necessarily more food, but more often. Your metabolism will be higher when you eat six small meals or snacks as opposed to three larger meals. If you don't want to go overboard cooking, try putting half of each meal in a tupperware container for later. Eat your 2nd meals for snacks. Even if you eat exactly the same amount of food, you'll lose weight if you split it up into smaller portions. Plus, you'll be less hungry throughout the day.\n\n4) Drink lots of water! Most people don't drink enough water and drink a lot of sodas, juices, and other sugary beverages. Skip anything with sugar in it (milk is still good) and drink only water. Soda is a HUGE source of (unnoticed) calories. Forget the diet soda too - it is full of bad stuff. In fact, if you currently drink a lot of it, you'll probably be amazed how good you'll feel if you quit. It's very common to be constantly dehydrated because you quench your thirst with soda (which doesn't actually hydrate your body).\n\nGood luck! And be healthy. :)
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Yes you can. Some people want to know how much weight per week is safe to lose. Others want to know how much weight they will lose sticking to a certain program. There are lots of people who repeat what they have heard but no reliable sources say that only a certain amount is safe to lose. You can drink too much water, eat too much, exercise too much and fast too long (an MD fasted a fat guy for 8 months and he died). But you can not sleep too much!  Why? Because you do not control how much you get only how little you get. You cannot force yourself to sleep if you do not need it.\n\nSo you do not choose how quickly you lose weight. Your body decides that. So only your body knows how much you will lose. It will only allow you to lose what is safe. One guy under an MD's care lost 180 pounds in a year fasting on weekends. So some lose quickly on a bad weight loss plan  and others lose slowly on a great weight loss plan. Make sure to eat foods with nutrients for skin, like omega-3 fatty acids, to avoid loose skin, when you lose weight.\n\nDiets do not work. 99% of people gain the weight back. Here is how it works. No one teaches the animal what to eat and what not to eat. He knows instinctively what to eat. Humans also have the same instinct. The way it works is just eat whatever tastes good and that will be healthy for you and non-fattening. That is why a baby tastes everything. So again whatever tastes good, is good for you. This is why you will spit out spoiled milk.\n\nBut wait!!! Man has the technology to create rat poison. It tastes like healthy food (good taste) but kills the rat. So man has done that to you. Note- any food unaltered by man (uncooked) that tastes good, is good for you. So if you are stranded in the woods, that is how you  know what to eat (cooking changes that). So man has created fake fruit. It tastes like fruit that exists in nature but it is terrrible for health, addictive and fattening called sweets.\n\nSo it is natural  to like real sweets called fruit, like a baby does, but they have fooled you just like the rat. But they do not want to kill you. They want you to become obese so you will buy lots of their foods. This is called GOOD BUSINESS. Remember the above (not on site) and see site below to re-learn how to eat so you can be thin and fit for life.\n\nhttp://www.phifoundation.org
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am not sure, but I don't think you could...  I suggest that you just do your thing, take less food do more physical activity and then, by the eight day just be happy with whatever amount of weight you lost.. Am sure, even a pound lost will be something rather than gaining one.  I am on a diet too.  I need to loose about 15lbs and I wish I could do it in one month.  I have been trying to loose weight for a month now.  I do tae bo and limit my food.  In about three weeks I just lost around 4.4 pounds tho there were days when I got tempted and failed my food diet... But that does not stop me from trying to still loose the 15 lbs I dream to shed.\n\nSo good luck to us... Keep in touch and pls inform me if ever you lose the 14 lbs in 8 days
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do what you feel convicted to do. fasting is between you and God. if you feel convicted to not eat  a veggie burger, dont.
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Definitely!  It is a way to draw closer to God.  Many times God calls for the fast himself.  One night I was seeking God throughout the night.  I finally fell asleep, spent.\n\nWhen I woke up I had knowledge that I was to fast.  So I asked God, "How long?"  "Three days." I heard.  "What if I get sick?" I asked (I have hypoglycemia).  He said "Eat fruit."\n\nThis was a fast called for by God.  I ate only fruit for three days.  It was a wonderful experience, and I drew very close to my God.\n\nBe careful, fasting is not a physical thing but a spiritual one.  Ask God if he will accept your fast before you go on it.
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Please INSIST on doing it a healthy way!  You don't want to sacrifice your health for ANYTHING...and yes, that includes your weight!\n\nAlso, NEVER resort to starvation dieting!  Not just because it is unhealthy, but because it doesn't work!  Your body will adapt to not getting nutrients and your metabolism will slow down.\n\nNEVER take laxatives or purge yourself!  This will throw off something called your electrolyte balance, and can lead to problems with nerve functioning and even your heartbeat!\n\nNow on the positive side...\nThere are generally two healthy (and lasting) things to do if you desire to lose weight.  Make healthy changes in (1) your diet, and (2) your lifestyle.\n\nIn general, you want to avoid or at least cut down your intake of empty calories and saturated fat.  Avoid soft drinks and the real sugary stuff.  Eat more grains, fruits & veggies, and fish; less red meat and junk food.  And you want to eat smaller portions.  It's better to eat 6 small meals throughout the day instead of 3 huge meals!  And you don't want to eat close to bedtime, because your metabolism slows down when you sleep.\n\nYou need to combine this with regular exercise.  Even doing things like walking up the stairs instead of taking the elevator will help.  Manage stress; this can lead to additional production of something called cortisol, which traps excess fat in the mid-section area.\n\nFinally, don't do this alone!  Get together w/ a friend who is also trying to lose weight and encourage each other.  Join an online support group.  Join a weight-loss program or a gym.  If you can't afford that, go to the library and rent videos on healthy eating or with workouts that are fun.\n\nYour doctor, who knows your medical history, can also help you.  Some meds and medical conditions, like an underactive thyroid gland, can promote weight gain.\n\nThere's more, but I hope this is a good start.  I hope you'll change your motivation from losing weight to living a more healthy life.  When you become healthier, the pounds will naturally drop off as a result.  Best wishes for success!
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Fasting will slow your body's metabolism, it's the worst thing you can do to your body!\nEat several (4-6) small meals a day...your body will burn calories faster and build your metabolism in a short period of time.\n(eat about every 2 hours)\nThe first 8-10 pounds you shed is water.\nMeal suggestions:\n1st: piece of fruit\n2nd: string cheese, summer sausage, cottage cheese/yogurt\n3rd: bowl of cereal\n4th: soup/sandwich\n5th: a good dinner-meat, potatoes/pasta, veggie...your body needs carbs, protein and vitamins to stay healthy\n6th: salad/raw veggies\nDrink plenty of water \nDrink milk or juice/water with every meal (no soda pop)\nStay away from munchies, fried & fatty foods.\nSmall amounts of food will shrink your stomach and you will feel full.\nSimple activities & exercise (especially walking) will help lose the weight and tone the body.
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You could try one of the 11 day or 14 day detoxes which focus on burning fat and detoxing the toxins that are stored in your fat. (Which potentially make losing weight too fast usually dangerous.) They generally focus on a lot of water, cranberry, organic where possible, sufficient protein, beneficial herbs and seasonings, eliminating typical allergens such as wheat/gluten and dairy, utilizing good bacterias, flaxseed or fish oils, lots of fiber, fruits/veggies, and of course, a mild exercise program. After the 11 or 14 days you can merge into the next phase, which offers more calories and avoids famine and metabolism problems.\n\nI typically lose about 6-9 pounds the first week to ten days when I go back on the wagon, pretty much in "false fat" or water weight. It ends up averaging for me, about 10 pounds per month.\n\nThis is also takes into consideration that you NEED to lose weight. At 13 and 119 pounds, I wouldn't think that would be a problem. And of course, the less you need to lose, the longer it takes. But still, you could consider working on the HEALTHY aspect... eating better for your monthly cycles, your bones, better hormones and brain power, and gettin enough sleep with more energy. Staying active itself might be all you need with your metabolism, but as far as I know, the detox was the fastest thing I've ever done - about 40 pounds in 4 months.\n\nThe question is hon, who said you needed to lose weight in the first place? Did a doctor? Don't put your health behind some superficial need to be thin, etc. Keep in mind that YOU are beautiful because YOU are YOU, not because you fit a size 0. \n\nIf you truly feel the need to lose some weight, please do it the healthy way, with plenty of healthy fats and good carbs from veggies and fruit, and moderate exercise. Please please don't be tempted to try smoking or potentially harmful 'diet drugs.' If you feel the need to get started on the Battle of The Bulge this early in your life, you will probably be fighting it for decades to come, the long run - and these quick fixes will not help you keep it off in the long run; only a healthy plan and lifestyle that you enjoy will work.\n\nHope your taking a multivitamin/calcium/iron too, since between now and the next decade you will form the bones that you will have for the rest of your life, and it's probably never too soon to start preventing osteoperosis. The bottom line is, whatever you do, make it a matter of wanting to feel better and be healthier... and whatever issues with your size and appearance will naturally follow. Don't go on crash diets and only follow recommendations for your young age.\n\nAnd always love yourself the way you are!
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as a snack between meals, it would be good instead of junk snacks. Don't add sugar to it and use 8 oz of low fat or 2% milk. Study shows when you drink milk it helps you keep a lower weight and less body fat. Have an exercise plan as well, walk at least 3-4 times a week for 20 mins or more and then increase if possible, measure your servings, drink water. You'll do good. I hope this helps. I used this and I lost 10 lbs in 6 wks. Remember, everyone is different and you may as well loose less or more. Just dont give up.