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Originally Posted by Lioness  Nannie, you are not fat!! Yes, you would look and feel better if you lost a little. I implore you to change your mind about fasting
because (in my experience, and many others) it will only make your addiction WORSE. See my post on the 40 Day Water Fast thread. You lose weight on a fast, but the weight is mostly muscle mass and water from your tissues metabolizing protein, NOT FAT. You will wind up higher in bodyfat, lower in muscle mass, slower metabolism, AND MORE OBSSESSED WITH FOOD. A short fast for a few days to cleanse your body and renew your spirit is OK. But to stay fit and thin for life, fasting absolutely BACKFIRES.
Your body assumes you have been starving and kicks your appetite and cravings into high gear. The deprivation will also set you up for even more emotional bingeing. WHAT GOOD IS IT TO LOSE 20 lbs. AND GAIN BACK 30?
My advice ( I know, who asked me?)  : Do a daily exercise program, eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies, less processed foods and soda, eat only when you're truly hungry, stop when you are near full and the fat will stay off permanently. WORK WITH YOUR BODY, NOT AGAINST IT. Look at the website normaleating.com. Watch how naturally thin people (not dieters) eat. They'll get the occasional cheeseburger and fries, but they leave food on their plate. They eat slowly and enjoy their food leisurely, not wolfing it down. They stop when they are full. They listen to their body's own wisdom. They are usually active and into at least one sport or dance activity. They do not obsess on a number on a scale. AND THEY DO NOT STARVE THEMSELVES. Much luck to you, whatever you decide to do. |
im·plore (m-plôr, -plr)
v.tr.
1. To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy.
2. To
beg for urgently; entreat.
Why are you
urgently begging this person? It sounds like
fear to me.
Dr. Charles Goodrich of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, who has fasted many times said "People don't realize that the chief obstacle to fasting is overcoming the cultural, social and psychological
fears of going without food. These
fears are ingrained. . . .However, fasting is not starving, not even in a medical sense or the natural sense."
Someone says 'I heard' and it starts a rumor. That is how you heard what you heard. It is from people hearing it (reading it) from someone else who does not know.
But if you look at an authoritative source like a book on fasting you can learn what really happens with fasting. For example:
Dr Cott (M.D. and psychiatrist) says "the rate at which you lose weight is generally in proportion to the degree you are overweight. Most people who fast for a week can expect to lose up to 20 pounds." "But when you fast, it is not unusual to lose 4 or 5 pounds the first day and up to 10 pounds in 2 days." The general rule is that fat people lose weight at a faster rate than thin people during a fast.
Dr Cott says (page 57 of his NY Times best-selling book
Fasting: The Ultimate Diet) "But
Dr. George F. Cahill, Jr., of the Harvard Medical School, has noted that 'man's survival [of long abstention from food] is predicated upon a remarkable ability to conserve the relatively limited body protein stores while utilizing fat as the primary energy-producing food.' "
What about a famous doctor like Dr Oz (Oprah's doctor). When he has someone very obese he sends them to Dr Fuhrman (MD) to be fasted.
My site on on
fasting has quotes by 19 different MDs. The New England Journal of Medicine-- "Fasting is a valid experience. It can benefit any otherwise healthy person whose calories now have the upper hand in his/her life."
Joel Fuhrman, M.D. (has fasting center in NJ) says in his book "In my practice I have seen fasting eliminate lupus and arthritis, remove chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema, heal the digestive tract in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, and quickly eliminate cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and angina. In these cases the recoveries were permanent." Please note that I am
not urgently begging you or imploring you to stop urgently begging or imploring people.