Hello.. I'm Vick
Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 22:31
I just started IF 2 weeks back and now I found this community online. I hope to share and learn from the members here and achieve my goal of losing 30 lbs in 3 months.
Vick
Vick
A forum for the 5:2 Diet and Intermittent Fasting
https://forum.fastday.com/
https://forum.fastday.com/introduce-yourself-f1/hello-i-m-vick-t15751.html
vikbhard wrote: What do you guys think about longer fasts like 36 or 42 hour fasts.
Sassy1 wrote:
... re late night snacking! What strategies have you tried to help limit this?
ADFnFuel wrote:vikbhard wrote: What do you guys think about longer fasts like 36 or 42 hour fasts.
Hi Vick,
Welcome to the group. 10 pounds per month is possible but approaches the upper end of what's likely (I did it in 2013 and have maintained since then). To that end I'd suggest going to ADF rather than 5:2. It's essentially one addional day each week (thereby cutting total weekly calories by around 30%, IIRC). It provides a consistent routine that can get you to fat burning mode (and eliminate hunger) somewhat sooner.
Presuming that you're not diabetic and are otherwise healthy...
For a 36 hour three-days-a-week fast you could simply not eat those 5:2 recommended 500-600 calories on fast days.
For a 42 hour fast do the above while also skipping breakfast every day of the week.
Rationally when you think about it, neither of these two protocols risks health for the vast majority of otherwise people. You will always, afterall, be eating something the very next day. Please realize that this site limits discussions of extended fasting, so it's quite likely this post will be edited to smother the second suggestion. If any event, see pages 258 and 259 in the book The Complete Guide to Fasting by Jason Fung. (See reviews posted in the science section.)
Everyone reading this, please realise too that fasting is only one tool in the box to both lose weight and help regain a healthy life. It is no better than any other weight loss method in terms of providing a one-time permanent cure. To accomplish that you must carefully reevaluate what "normal eating" means to you. We all got fat and unhealthy by "eating normally". Losing weight and immediately going back to any former "normal" absolutely guarantees quick and dramatic weight gain.
Hope this is helpful.
ADFnFuel wrote:
Everyone reading this, please realise too that fasting is only one tool in the box to both lose weight and help regain a healthy life. It is no better than any other weight loss method in terms of providing a one-time permanent cure. To accomplish that you must carefully reevaluate what "normal eating" means to you. We all got fat and unhealthy by "eating normally". Losing weight and immediately going back to any former "normal" absolutely guarantees quick and dramatic weight gain.