Many people have asked me if I have lost weight through
fasting. As I reflect on my weight loss journey, I would have to say yes. But it was not the type of fast that
most would consider. I have done a
variety of fasts for cleansing and detoxification purposes let me stress that I have not done fasting for weight loss.
It is my belief that when you cleanse and detoxify your
system, your body will have the ability to absorb more of the nutrients in the
food that you are already eating.
Because your body is absorbing more nutrients, you will eat less food
and feel better. Consequently, you
will lose weight because you are eating less.
When I began looking into cleanses I started with what is
called a Daniel Fast. In the bible
in the book of Daniel you will find an account of these fasts. Basically the Daniel fast is a diet
consisting of fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, and grain. During this fast you may NOT have all
meat and animal products, solid fats, dairy products, sweeteners, processed
foods, fried foods, or drinks except water.
I did this fast for 21 days and I lost 16 pounds. I ate whenever I was hungry, I just
limited my intake or what I ate.
This is the only fast that I lost weight on and it stayed off. Remember my goal was not to lose
weight.
The second fast I did was also as a cleanse and that was the
Arise and Shine cleanse. On this
cleanse I did lose weight but not that much. I lost 9 pounds but I gained 4 of
them back.
The third and final cleanse that I have used is the master
cleanse. I did this on for 10 days
and l lost a total of 4 pounds after gaining some of the weight back.
Even though I lost weight as a result of the fasts, that was
not my intention going in to them.
I must stress once again that I did not do these for weight loss. One important issue to remember is that when you are fasting you will lose water weight.
When looking at the fasts as fast ways to lose weight, I would choose
the Daniel fast or Daniel diet. I encourage you to read up and study about the diferent fasts. I wll post links for more information soon.
