Weight Gain After Fasting. I Feel Like I'm Cursed to be Fat!

by Antonio Rivas
(Texas)

I Gain TEN Pounds (At Least) After EVERY Fast! Why?

I have gotten pretty good with fasting and can go as long as 30 days without eating with relatively little trouble. MY question, and my problem is, why do I regain the weight so quickly? IT is very disheartening. No matter what I do I end up giving in to very strong hunger, i get demoralized and quickly regain the weight I fought so hard to lose. Please help!

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Nov 10, 2017
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Sugar, Flour, Processed Poisons NEW
by: Anonymous

You won't regain the weight if you eat foods that are in their natural state (or as close as possible). You will almost always regain weight and health issues when you eat processed foods, like white or "enriched" flour, sugar.

Please consider the book, "The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet". It's not a fad diet book. You just eat low carb veggies (compared to high glycemic veggies) and meat (if you're a meat eater). All your meals, but one, will be low carb (they have a big list of what is low carb). The one 'free' meal per day is made up of whatever you want.

For example you could have a breakfast of scrambled eggs with broccoli in it plus an oz or less of melted cheese on top and bacon/meat. No toast/bread (processed) or high carb foods. Then for lunch you would have another low carb meal. But for dinner, you can have steak and potatoes, pancakes and hashbrowns or whatever you think up. I think they suggest you precede this high carb meal with a salad or 2 cups of low carb veggies.

It worked great for me back when I ate meat. Just give that a try. You may also want to consider intermittent fasting along with this. I.F. is easy because you know the fast isn't going on forever (if you're deeply attached to food/bingeing). Don't feel cursed. You're facing the right direction!

Jul 27, 2016
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Long-term Calorie Restriction
by: Lauren E Porter

One can lose a lot of weight with fasting, but if you return to poor eating habits after the fast, you will be in trouble. I think the key is to continue to practice calorie restriction by eating notably less than you used to eat in the past. At first it will be tough and you will fight hunger pangs, but these symptoms disappear over a period of weeks and you'll feel absolutely amazing.

Jul 27, 2016
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It's a Struggle, But it Is Worth It!
by: Robert D Johnston

I can totally relate to your disappointment However, I have come to realize that this weight gain after fasting is quite normal. When the body is fasting, it is in 'survival mode.' Basically, the body thinks that its survival is being threatened by the lack of food. The metabolism slows down significantly to conserve energy. When you break the fast, the body, rather than going back to normal, begins to 'hoard' food out of fear that another food shortage may happen. In addition, the digestive system goes into hibernation when fasting; it's like a large bear sleeping. Then, when you break the fast, you have two things going on: the metabolism remains slow and continues to hoard fat from whatever you eat, AND, the bear wakes up MASSIVELY hungry and wants food, food and more food. The only way to counteract this challenge is to have a structured eating plan in place. You need to identify and prepare a structured eating plan that you are going to fall into right after the fast. This eating plan needs to be very predictable, and by no means should you deviate from it because, if you do, then the disordered hunger will attack and overtake you. Bottom line: Yes, you will have to take some weight gain initially. But if you have a structured eating plan, and you stick to it completely, you will find yourself feeling better and better as the weeks go by. Very important: Start to do some kind of exercise so help speed up the metabolism, keep sugar intake low and drink at least one gallon of water daily. If you are patient, you will find that the initial weight gain eventually goes away and that y our body actually will reshape itself to the lowest weight that you had achieved.

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