Fasting for fast weight loss is a popular of losing a large amount of weight in a short period of time. While many of us would like to lose weight quickly is this a sensible approach or are we kidding ourselves or worse, risking our health with these rapid dieting techniques?
Fasting can be used to lose weight by drinking nothing but water for a prolonged period of up to seven days or more and it may even be possible to reduce body weight by as much as 20 lbs in obese individuals. Is this impressive weight loss a reduction in body fat or is it simply water weight. The answer is unfortunately the latter. It is not possible to lose 20 pounds of body fat in just seven days and weight lost this way will likely be put back on very quickly.
While this may force most people to consider more long term and sustainable weight management solutions there will be those who will be attracted to this rapid, all be it short term, weight loss solution. The danger however with this type of regime of extremely low calorie intake is that it will leave you feeling tired, drowsy, sick and cranky.
A more sensible and realistic approach to fasting for fast weight reduction is to use flexible intermittent fasting or alternate day feeding to achieve a marked calorie reduction. Weight loss using these methods can still be very significant with 1- 2 lbs of weight loss per week on a consistent basis. You could realistically drop a stone in as little as 6 weeks.
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