END OF THE FASTING. FASTING WEIGHT LOSS TABLE.

Fasting has been known to man and animals since time immemorial. For primitive people it was the only way treatment. Centuries passed, a person starved when he was injured or sick, because the instinct of self-preservation told him so.


The last day of fasting is not difficult at all, but getting out of fasting correctly is quite difficult. Along with a description last day of my diary, I post a detailed table of weight loss during long-term therapeutic fasting.

Not having reached one day to the round number "20", I (finally!) felt hungry, and decided to start getting out of fasting. After waiting another two hours, so that the fasting period was exactly 19 days, I went to make apple juice. Thanks to everyone who read my diaries, asked me questions, criticized or supported - without you it would have been difficult for me to endure 19 days psychologically. My state of health is excellent, pressure, pulse, temperature are normal.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO SUMMARIZE THE RESULTS OF LONG-TERM THERAPEUTIC FASTING
As you can see, over such a long period, I lost 13.5 kilograms excess weight. Of course, this is not only adipose tissue, it is also muscles, connective tissue, and other tissues too, to a certain extent. If we evaluate such a loss in weight, from the point of view of medicine, then I lose about 8 kg of adipose tissue, about 4.5 kg of connective tissue (including muscles), and about 1 kg of everything else. My body was cleansed as much as possible, the lost kilograms were mainly old and weak cells. The volume of my waist, which now, probably, can already be called by this word, is now 93 cm, which is less than the original one by about 20 cm. The shape of my body has changed quite a lot. This is especially evident in the arms, where the loss of both fat and muscle is especially noticeable, but this is all fixable. These results are satisfactory to me.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT
Of course, very quickly I will gain a few kilograms, at least due to food that was completely removed from the body during fasting, and with a normal diet, it can be digested in it for up to six days. But if I succeed in the most difficult thing - to get out of fasting correctly, then the weight gain will be no more than 3-4 kg, which will suit me perfectly. As you can see, without any diets, I managed to improve my weight quite a lot, and therefore general state my body. But this is not the main thing, the main thing is that my body was able to rest, cleanse itself, and now it will begin restructuring, renewing the lost tissues with younger ones. The result of such an update is especially noticeable on the skin of the face. I have never used cream in my life, but the skin on my face looks pretty good, which is the envy of many of my female peers.


EXIT FROM STARVING IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT EATING
Now, in a week or two, when I start eating normally and consuming enough protein, I will need to start rebuilding my muscles by doing certain things every day. physical exercise. Thus, in 2 months I will find a good shape, I will not be ashamed to undress on the beach.

The next time to starve for such a long period, I plan not earlier than in a year, I think that I do not need more frequent fasting. Of course, from time to time I will arrange for myself fasting days, starving for about a day, but no more than that, before the onset of an acidic crisis. I really hope that my experience will be useful to many people who would like to try to starve for a while, but just can not decide on it. Be bold, because fasting is easy!

Can fasting help you lose weight?
At lunch, eat a little, at dinner, even less, and even better, go to bed without dinner at all.
Benjamin Franklin

Is starvation effective method weight loss? Can you lose weight fast by fasting?
Yes, fasting is an effective method of losing weight. With the help of therapeutic fasting, you can lose weight quickly. However, this method has its own peculiarities.

When a person begins to starve, his weight decreases. For each day of fasting (at the first stage of fasting), from 100 grams to a kilogram of weight is lost - it depends on individual characteristics. That is, losing weight by 5-8 kilograms in 7-8 days of proper fasting is quite realistic. However, in order to start such a fast for the first time in your life, you must first cleanse your body for at least two to three months with weekly 24-48 hour fasts. I highly recommend - before starting fasting, read the special literature on therapeutic fasting. Remember - drink medicines, smoke, etc. during fasting is impossible!

People often ask: “Will the weight come back after fasting?”

Yes, the weight will come back. Moreover, according to the law of nature, it can become 5-10 kilograms more than the initial weight that it was before starvation.

When fasting, weight quickly decreases. After leaving the fast, the weight of a person also quickly increases - approximately in the same proportions in which it decreased during fasting, and reaches the initial level in a period equal to its duration, and sometimes even faster. At the same time, physical strength also increases, well-being quickly improves, mood rises, painful symptoms mostly disappear. Blood pressure reaches a normal level, the pulse becomes stable, the stool normalizes. A large appetite and high spirits last after fasting, approximately one and a half to two times longer than the fasting time.

If you do not want the weight to return to its previous weight after fasting, be sure to change your diet. Eat less, eat smart. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Eat not when it is customary, but when you want to eat.
TABLE OF WEIGHT CHANGE DURING FASTING

Most modern diets give only short-term results. Therefore, fasting is often considered one of the most effective diets.

Benefits of Fasting

What are the advantages of fasting for weight loss in comparison with other methods that are aimed at weight loss:

A person tolerates fasting much easier than other methods of losing weight, since there is no constant feeling of hunger;

During fasting, as a rule, there is a safe and fast loss weight;

During fasting, in addition to weight loss, the body becomes healthier, breathing becomes free, general well-being improves, constant fatigue disappears, ease of movement increases, symptoms of indigestion are minimized, and congestion decreases. abdominal cavity, decreases arterial pressure and also reduces the overall workload on the heart.

Neither flabbiness of the skin and tissues, nor its sagging is observed. Although this rule does not always apply to older people.

The dependence of the effectiveness of the result on the duration of fasting

Undoubtedly, fasting significantly contributes to a decrease in the mass of a person. This, as a rule, is due to the fact that during starvation, the fat reserves of the body will be consumed in the first place. During the first days, especially before the onset of a hypoglycemic crisis, 1-2 kg per day is lost. In the following days, weight loss slows down significantly - up to about 200-300 grams per day. However, this is relatively fast diet. Let's bring sample diagram weight loss during fasting of various periods:

1. One-day fasting - loss of 1-3 kilograms;
2. Fasting before the hypoglycemic crisis (5-10 days) - loss of 7-10 kilograms;
3. Fasting for 10-14 days - loss of 10-12 kg.
4. When fasting for more than 14 days, weight loss is usually about 1 kilogram in 3 days of fasting.

It should be noted that these are average figures.

Effectiveness factors

What factors influence how much weight will be reduced during fasting?

Motor activity during fasting. The effect of physical activity on weight changes during fasting is rather ambiguous. At first glance, the more physical exercise during fasting, the more effective weight loss should be. In reality, a person who leads an active lifestyle may well lose less weight than someone who will constantly be in bed.

Fasting experience. If a person constantly practices fasting with a health purpose, then he will lose weight much less than the one who first decided to do fasting. The more often you starve, the faster the body will switch to internal nutrition, the weight will be lost less and less.

Dry fasting. This type of fasting is best used in the first days of regular fasting. It is best to spend the first two or three days of fasting without water, and then drink as much water as necessary for good health. Longer periods of dry fasting, without proper experience, are dangerous to your health.

General well-being before fasting. The following should be noted here - the better your health before fasting, the easier it will be to fast, and the less weight you will lose.

Additional procedures. Various procedures, such as sauna, physiotherapy, massage, may well help in getting rid of excess body fat as soon as possible. These procedures improve blood flow and speed up metabolic processes, which accelerates the consumption of fat in the body.

Body type. Depending on the physique of a person, weight loss in different periods of fasting is different. Fat people in the first days of fasting, as a rule, lose more weight than others. This is due to the fact that the body gets rid of excess fluid that has accumulated in the tissues.

Age. Young people tend to lose weight faster than older people. This is due to the fact that in young people the activity of metabolic processes in the body proceeds faster than in the elderly.

Everyone who decides lose weight by fasting must understand that only a change in lifestyle will allow to achieve the goal. Keep track of your menu and the foods you eat. This will allow you to feel like a complete and absolutely healthy person. If you decide to lose weight through fasting or have already done so and want to share your results, then do not forget to leave feedback. And share individual prescription your best diet.

Page 4 of 19

About the pounds that "fly away

Your main problems: weight loss, figure control, diet. Everyone considers himself an expert in these areas. The most bizarre diets catch on for a few months and then give way to new curiosities. This week all ice cream, next week only bananas, then only proteins: nothing but juicy steaks. Bring yourself to thinness!

Excessive weight is becoming the number one problem, disheartening not only adults but also children. There are several reasons for this: the abundance of food, the rising standard of living in America, on the one hand, on the other hand, the shortening of the working day, the shortening of the working week, the availability of modern means of transportation and many devices that help in work. It would seem: a person has less work, which means less need for food. But the variety of foods, artificially stimulated appetite, and rising incomes are causing food consumption to rise.

Hygienists are first and foremost realists. They argue that it is impossible to falsify the fact that the fastest, proven and safe way to reduce weight is fasting, and the only sure way to maintain weight at the normal level is to refuse proper nutrition.

The method of losing weight by following a certain diet is very rarely successful for the reason that this is a long drawn out process that requires serious self-control, which the average person is not always capable of. It is not surprising that an obese person, after losing several pounds in weight in a short period of fasting, believing in the positive effect of such treatment, returns to old habits, to overeating and regains its former dimensions. It is very rare to find a fat person who would methodically follow a diet that promotes weight loss.

I want to remind readers of what I have already said many times in my lectures: do not start fasting on your own, without the advice and supervision of a fasting specialist. Although fasting is a completely safe means of improving health and losing weight, it nevertheless affects the entire complex human body and therefore should be supervised by a qualified professional who knows what to expect and what warning symptoms to watch for during a fasting course.

How much weight can you expect to lose? The rate of weight loss, of course, is individual for each organism, but the average figure for prolonged fasting is about 2.5 pounds per day. Is such a large daily weight loss safe for a person? This is true if fasting is carried out under personal control and with proper and long rest.

What are the advantages of fasting over other methods aimed at weight loss:

1. During fasting, fast and safe weight loss occurs;

2. A person tolerates fasting more easily than a diet - there is no aching desire to eat;

3. With weight loss, neither sagging nor flabbiness of the skin and tissues is observed (however, this rule does not always apply to very old people).

When the weight of individuals decreases to a certain limit, there are immediate signs of improvement in health:

1. Breathing becomes freer;

2. Ease of movement increases;

3. The feeling of fatigue decreases;

4. There is no longer a feeling of overcrowding in the abdominal cavity;

5. Symptoms of indigestion disappear;

6. Blood pressure decreases, heart murmurs decrease;

7. Less and less common is the state of discomfort.

All these facts are noteworthy. But the overall improvement in physical condition usually far outweighs the effect of weight loss, thus indicating that health improves with reduced food intake. There are good enough reasons to state that a significant reduction in the intake of sugars, starches, fat has a positive effect on the human body.

In 1962, a woman began fasting under my supervision in order to reduce weight. In conclusion, she told me: "It was a fascinating experience - to watch the pounds disappear before our eyes. I have never seen anything like it." Another lady remarked after a 15-day fast for weight loss: "I went to a well advertised resort. They kept me on a 700 calorie a day diet and I was constantly hungry. This fast was a pleasure for me!"

A third lady said after a week of fasting for weight loss, "This is the most remarkable experience of my life. I have enjoyed both fasting and resting." Are these typical cases? I doubt. Fasting is not always a pleasant experience, as it seemed to these women, but patients rarely disagree that in order to achieve their goal, the fasting process should not be interrupted. It is known that in many patients every breakfast or lunch is accompanied by unpleasant sensations in the stomach, and even pain. In such situations, fasting often brings not only relief, but also joy.

It is a great satisfaction to watch how the weight literally "dissolves" at a rate of 2 to 4 pounds per day. Losing 19 pounds in a week is an extremely pleasant factor. Of course, there are exceptions when the rate of weight loss during the first days of fasting is insignificant, there are even cases when one or two days the scale does not register any changes at all. But we must remember that the rate at which you lose weight at the beginning of fasting is not always maintained further.

Fasting, which is carried out in order to reduce weight, is easier than a course of treatment with a specific diet, because, unlike people on a diet, a starving person does not experience hunger during the entire period of treatment. His taste buds do not respond to tempting food, and the secretion of gastric juice also decreases.

The fasting person may feel the desire to eat on the first or second day of fasting, but it happens that he does not feel such a desire at all. The feeling of hunger usually completely disappears by the end of the third day. And in cases where fasting for some reason has to be interrupted, neither weakness nor hunger returns to the starving person.

Two series of experiments conducted by medical professionals in hospitals also led them to empirical evidence that fasting is not only the safest and fastest way to reduce weight, but also the most convenient.

One of these experiments was conducted by Leon Blum, MD, in Atlanta, Georgia, where he conducted a series of experiments on long-term fasting for weight loss. The second scientist was Gardild Duncan, MD, University of Pennsylvania. He also supervised weight reduction, and his tests confirmed Bloom's findings and considerations.

These two scientists found that a starving man lost an average of 2.6 pounds per day, and a woman 2.7 pounds. Both Bloom and Duncan claim that the starving people did not experience hunger, mental or physical exertion. One of the fasting said: "I feel better than ever in my life," another patient after 48 hours of fasting said that she wants to eat no more, and even less than if she missed one meal.

To quote Bloom: "The current practice of eating at regular intervals leads to the erroneous conclusion that fasting is unpleasant." He further states that, in his opinion, based on observations during the tests, fasting is well tolerated. human body if water is available to it.

In a later stage of the experiments, Blum allowed a four-week fast, with no ill effects observed. While reading his report on these experiments to the annual meeting of the American medical association Duncan stated: "While short periods of complete fasting may seem barbaric, this method of restoring health is extremely well tolerated." He added that there is evidence that obese people almost always enjoy complete fasting, in part, perhaps due to the high spirits due to the fact that hunger is not a problem for them. In addition, they are inspired by weight loss.

If a healthy person is starving solely for the purpose of weight loss, then I do not insist on bed rest, moreover, I allow you to do physical exercises. Sometimes I even prescribe a special course of these exercises. However, this does not increase the rate of weight loss as much as one might expect, but helps maintain tissue tone.

The amount of exercise it takes to lose weight with gymnastics alone is more than the average person can do. To lose one pound of weight, for example, sawing wood for 10 hours or riding a horse for about 43 miles.

Physical exercise is always in danger of increasing appetite. During fasting, exercises should be resorted to only to the extent that they can benefit the fasting person - and this is done under the supervision of a physician.

My experience shows that when various speeds metabolism (metabolism), in most cases, excess weight does not appear due to violations of the endocrine glands, but because of the habit of overeating. Sometimes they say about some people: "Whatever they eat, everything turns into fat." But the truth is that these people eat not only more than they should, but even more than they want.

What is the maximum weight loss per day allowed while fasting? The answer is this: since fasting is a complete abstinence from food, the body itself solves this problem. If body fat tender and lethargic, weight is usually lost quickly in the first days of fasting. I have observed rates of weight loss while fasting 4 to 6 pounds a day. Losing 20 pounds in a week is painless in many cases.

Those who have impaired metabolism, in the first days of fasting, sometimes lose depressingly little weight. Let me reiterate: any fast lasting more than a few days should be done only under the supervision of an experienced specialist. In all cases of any organic defect or chronic disease, such as heart or blood, even the shortest fasting should be carried out under supervision. The starving person must be securely protected from any danger lurking in the depths of the body, which can reveal itself during the refusal of food.

This is the general picture of fasting. But once again I want to assure the reader that if he is in perfect health and just wants to lose weight, then fasting will become for him not only a means of losing weight, but also an inspiring factor that will initiate a new worldview.

Overeating, junk food, poor water quality, stress - best friends excess weight. This is the problem of many people on the planet, the number of which continues to grow. Among the many ways to stop this epidemic, fasting for weight loss is an effective method that also contributes to the overall improvement of the body. Fulfillment of all conditions, consultations with nutritionists, doctors, keeping a table of weight loss during fasting will provide the most positive expected result.

Proper therapeutic fasting for weight loss: principles and types

Therapeutic starvation consists in the fact that for some time a person does not consume either food or water, or drinks only water. Indications for such a temporary lifestyle can be diseases of the stomach, liver, skin diseases, obesity, or the desire to lose a few extra pounds.

Due to the existence of several types of such a diet, everyone can choose the most acceptable option that he is able to withstand. Weight loss during fasting is usually gradual. It should be noted right away that you need to prepare for such a step, since it is not easy: you need to overcome your stereotypes, radically change your diet, fight temptations (this is probably the most difficult thing in this process). For the successful implementation of the plan, two points are important: morale and motivation. And one more thing: you need to remember that such fasting for weight loss is correct.

So, at its core, fasting happens:

• water;
• dry.

According to cyclicity, they distinguish:

• cascading;
• periodic.

By time:

• one-day;
• multi-day.

Water fasting for weight loss

This type of abstinence involves the use of only purified or distilled water. It can be drunk in any quantity. It is better to do this at the first sign of hunger.

Dry fasting for weight loss

Since fat surrounds everything in overweight people internal organs, then during dry fasting for weight loss, it is actively burned. This method is used under the supervision of a doctor, because of all the types it is the toughest. At this time, the ban is imposed not only on water, but also on food. Do not even allow skin contact with water. A harsh test, but gives a good result.

There are many positive reviews about dry and water fasting for weight loss. As a result, weight loss was smooth, nails improved. The digestive system began to work better: constipation and stomach pain disappeared.

Cascading fasting for weight loss

With such a fasting period, "hungry" days and days when it is allowed to eat raw plant foods alternate. This mode is softer, but no less effective. The weight gradually (which is very important!) decreases and stabilizes. The skin does not sag, energy and efficiency appear. The time for changing cycles is determined in advance, for example: one day - dry fasting, one day - raw food diet. The second option: 1 day fasting - 2 days raw food diet, then 2 days fasting - 3 days raw food diet, etc. After reading the reviews about cascading fasting for weight loss, you can make sure that it works! There is no debilitating feeling of hunger, and adherents raw vegetables and fruits will be able to enjoy their favorite foods.

Intermittent fasting for weight loss

The essence of such a diet is to starve for periods, between which you need to adhere to a normal diet. For example, 1 day of dry fasting - 1 day of proper nutrition or follow the scheme (3 - 3, 7 - 7, etc.). This does not mean that during the period of allowed days you can eat to satiety, and then starve. The correct approach is to gradually enter the hunger mode: kefir at night, a lot of water during the previous day.

There are many supporters of this method in the world to improve their forms, reviews about fasting for weight loss are different: someone expected a quick result, and the scale arrow stuck at one mark for several days, someone started the process right away. In any case, the effect was positive.

One day fasting for weight loss

Having chosen such a mechanism of nutrition, a person refuses food on a certain day of the week (let it be constant). Even once a week without eating, you can move the scale to the left. This diet allows you to learn how to enter into fasting and get out of it, improves immunity, eliminates toxins.

Before you start a longer process of losing weight (multi-day fasting), you should spend several times a one-day. This speeds up the process of adaptation to new conditions.

First you need to try to hold out on this mode for a day. Then repeat 3 times a week. If the body reacts normally, there will be no exacerbation of chronic diseases, you can enter into longer periods of fasting. Such fasting for weight loss is curative, so gradual addiction to it spares health and will not be a big stress for the body.

All the time you need to write down your feelings in a notebook. Good advice: make a table of weight loss during fasting, where in the columns mark the date, weight on that day and the difference with the initial readings of the scales.

Of course, everyone is free to choose means in the struggle for beauty, but losing weight through fasting can, without spoiling health, help to find it.

During fasting, the body completely switches to internal nutrition, the basis of which is human fat accumulation. For normal life during the day with complete water starvation, the body has enough 300-400 grams of own fat, during the breakdown of which glucose is formed, which is the main life activity of a person.

With a complete transition to internal nutrition, it is for this number of grams that you will lose weight per day. But the transition to internal nutrition does not occur immediately. This takes some time, the duration of which depends both on your experience of fasting and on a number of other reasons. The average time for such a transition is 5-7 days, but for some people the crisis comes later. Basically, this applies to beginners, in whom the transition to internal nutrition can be delayed even up to 10-11 days. Before this transition, which is called the acidotic crisis, weight loss is much greater and most often amounts to 1 kg per day. With significant obesity and for beginners, weight loss these days can be even greater - up to 1.5-2 kg per day. The onset of an acidotic crisis indicates a complete transition to internal nutrition. The body begins to use its resources very economically. Weight loss slows down, first to 500 grams per day, and then to 300-350 grams per day. This weight loss usually lasts the entire period of fasting, even despite physical activity. With regular use of fasting, the body quickly switches to internal nutrition and is able to use its own fat more economically, so weight loss may be less.

This is what an approximate weight loss schedule for water fasting would look like:

from 1 to 7 days of fasting - about 1 kg per day;

from 7 to 10 days - 500 grams per day;

from day 10 and the entire subsequent period of fasting, weight loss is 300-350 grams per day.

Table of approximate weight loss during water fasting of various periods.

As you know, a loss of 20-25% of the total weight is considered safe. As can be seen from the table, even for people with low initial weight fasting of short and medium periods is quite safe and can be used to treat and prevent various diseases.