Can Fasting Help Me To Lose Weight?

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Article Title: Can Fasting Help Me To Lose Weight?

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One way to lose weight is to just stop eating. It sounds simple

but in reality you have to know what you are doing to get any

long term weight loss benefits from fasting. Let’s look at the

weakness and strengths of fasting for weight loss.

Like most forms of dieting, fasting can be used to bring about

dramatic but temporary reductions of weight. You can go on a

long fast, taking nothing but juice or eating grapes or taking

some other low calorie meal substitute for several weeks, and

while you are on the fast you will certainly lose weight.

However, during the fast you may not be able to carry on your

normal social interactions. It’s not so easy to sit around

sipping carrot juice while the rest of your family is eating a

normal meal.

Another problem with long fasting is that your body requires

vital nutrients (vitamins, minerals, protein) and your favorite

juice may not contain them. Long fasting without proper medical

supervision can be dangerous.

Finally, a major problem with this kind of fasting is that once

you stop fasting and resume eating your normal diet, you are

likely to gain back all the weight that you have lost during

your crash weight loss fast.

So, does fasting have any place in a weight loss plan? Yes it

does. Periodic fasting is one of the secrets of a long and

healthy life. Our body’s digestive organs require a rest from

time to time, just as we require days off from work. One-day

fasting done in a methodical and regular manner provides the

kind of rest that helps our digestive system, aids in the

elimination of toxins from our body, and, yes, also helps us to

lose weight in a healthy and sustainable way.

How to Do Proper Fasting

Here is a method of doing one day fasts, taking no food and (if

your body is strong) no water in a period from the sunrise of

one day to the sunrise of the next day.

Successful fasting has three stages: preparation, the actual

fast, and breaking the fast. Each one of these stages is

important.

Preparation

If you are not prepared both mentally and physically you will

find it difficult to go one day without food. The mental

preparation is simple, but very important. The night before the

fast you have to take a firm determination that tomorrow you are

going to fast, that you are not going to eat any food. If you

fix your mind in advance then you will not start deliberating

during the fasting day whether you should continue or not to

continue. If you are undecided or waffling you can always find

a hundred reasons why you should start eating!

Physical preparation is also important. The day before you fast

you should eat a normal amount of food and take a good amount of

liquids (especially if you are going to be fasting without

taking any liquids). If you miss some meals on the day before

fasting, then you may start feeling hungry during the fasting

period. If you do not take enough liquids, especially during

the night before the fast, then you will feel uncomfortable

when you are fasting.

If you are physically and mentally prepared you will not feel

very hungry while you are fasting. Once you decide to fast,

your hunger just “shuts off” for the fasting period. This

sounds hard to believe, but if you do it a few times you will

see that it is true.

The Fasting Day

It is best to do light physical tasks and concentrate more on

intellectual and spiritual work during the fasting period. It

is not a good idea to spend your time thinking about what you

are going to eat tomorrow! If you have prepared yourself

properly this shouldn’t be a problem and you can use the time

that you gain by not eating to do some constructive things that

you normally don’t get time to do.

Breaking the Fast

One of the benefits of fasting is that it helps to eliminate

toxins from the body. However, you can only get this benefit if

you break your fast correctly. On the morning following the

fasting day, take two glasses of lemon water. Put the juice of

have of a lemon in one glass and add a bit of salt. (The drink

should taste both lemony and salty). After some time, you can

eat your breakfast. The lemon water will help you to flush your

digestive system with a strong bowel movement and many toxins

will be eliminated.

One day fasts like this can be done twice a month. This kind of

fasting will give rest to your digestive organs, help eliminate

toxins, build your will power and strength of mind. On top of

this, the overall reduction in calories that you get from going

two days without food each month, will definitely be one of the

elements of a balanced and sustainable weight loss program.

About The Author: Dada Vedaprajinananda has been teaching yoga

and meditation for the past 35 years. He is the author of the

" Yoga Weight Loss Secrets " as well as numerous articles. You

can read more of his articles at his website,

http://www.yogaweightlosssecrets.com

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