Rockrz said - "There's no one program that's going to work for everyone ya know..."

I couldn't agree more. This thread is for Intermittent Fasting, and you chimed in.....

Rockrz said - "The key is to not totally fast... just quit eating solid food and start doing smoothies and add powdered food replacement such as Garden of Life which is organic cold pressed nutrition from actual food."

I'm sure you misunderstand what Intermittent Fasting is. Most people do.

Like I said earlier, I'm delighted that you found something that works for you. Best of luck and great success.

There might not be one program that will work for everyone but any program that is not sustainable long term is a program that will work for no one.

ugh. I've had a horrible couple of eating days. I'm blaming it on my period. lol

I'm not doing this "long term".... I'm doing it to lose about 60 pounds
and then I'll focus on maintaining the weight which will include frequent
fasting, or as you folks would consider partial fasting or at least going
on a liquid diet for maybe a couple days at a time so I know I'm
getting plenty of nourishment.

So, what are you people talking about when you say "fasting"?
Drinking water only or something?

I heard that wasn't very healthy for more than a couple days at a time.
How long do you fast, and are you drinking anything other than water?

If you are, then it doesn't sound too different
than what I'm doing drinking smoothies.




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Rockrz -

I propose to you there are far better ways to lose 60 lbs rapidly than what you're doing. In a steep caloric deficit your body will catabolize muscle rapidly making it that much more difficult to keep the weight you lose off. You should look into a PSMF if you're in such a hurry the specific one I would suggest is Rapid Fat Loss.

If you want to know all about Intermittent Fasting is you should read the thread or use google but the "Readers Digest" version is that you do not eat anything for a given period of time. Most people here go no longer than 24 hours. Eating nothing is totally different than drinking juice and in fact has literally nothing in common.

But what I'm doing is not causing my body to be deficient in calories... I'm actually getting plenty of good nutrition and am actually consuming plenty of good food, albeit in liquid form. There's something about not eating solid food that just works for me psychologically which is a big part of weight loss.

Keeping it off is no problem because I'm training myself under a different lifestyle of exercising regularly, getting plenty of nutrition, and eating almost 100% organic, please I consume some good supplements.

I have actually done alot of research and it's working for me just fine. Sure, a liquid diet leaves one hungry sometimes, but that's not a problem for me at all. It was at first, but now it's not as I focus on the fact that losing weight and will be at my target by the end of the year.







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It is clear you have done very little research except that which proclaims what you want to hear. If you're losing fat your body is deficient in calories. That is how fat is lost.

Regardless - best of luck. I'd suggest we turn this thread back to intermittent fasting.

I'd suggest you consider reading about your juice fasting in one of the following threads.

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Here is a great article you may have missed in your research

The voice of reason

Wow, you didn't even read what I said.... I'm not doing "juice" at all...

Yes, and best of luck to you too...

I'm just scaring me that what kind of effect does this type of fasting leave on your body.