Weight Loss done FAST
As we all know, calorie-restricting diets have been around for centuries. To lose weight it makes sense: the fewer calories you eat, the more weight you’ll lose. But eating too few calories can be dangerous for your health and makes it hard to keep weight off long-term (starvation response).
So what should you think about an eating pattern known as intermittent fasting? More of a lifestyle change than a diet plan, intermittent fasting may help you lose weight, build muscle, and regulate blood sugar. Intermittent fasting isn’t for everyone, could you benefit from it?
The Intermittent Workings Fasting is skipping meals or eating a low- calorie diet. With intermittent fasting, you make a conscious decision about what meals you’ll skip and what time of day you’ll reserve for eating. The healthy way to fast is to choose one to three days of the week as your fasting days. There are several ways to go about this.
One form of intermittent fasting is to set aside certain hours of the day to eat. This may be an eight, six, or four-hour window. Many people choose to skip breakfast and only eat from noon until 8 in the evening, splitting their total calories between two meals.
Another type of fasting is to skip two full meals a day. This means you’ll go a full 24 hours without food. Eat dinner at 6 p.m. and then skip breakfast and lunch the next day.
Or you can fast by eating when you regularly do, only eating half of the amount of calories you normally consume.
Who Should Try it? Intermittent fasting can be a powerful way to teach your body the difference between
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true hunger and mental hunger. Many people eat because it’s “dinner time.” Their bodies are set on a regular meal schedule, so they eat. Intentional, regular fasting can help you and your body learn to eat only when you’re truly hungry.
Some people eat when they’re bored, stressed, or depressed. They aren’t really hungry, but food satisfies a need they have for fulfilment. Intermittent fasting can help you learn to control your cravings and to redefine mealtimes.
Though potentially helpful for some, fasting isn’t safe for everyone. Children, pregnant women or women thinking of getting pregnant, underweight adults, and people with certain medical conditions should not skip meals.
Possible Benefits While more research is needed on this type of eating pattern, there are potential benefits of intermittent fasting. Skipping meals or reducing the number of calories you consume may help you burn fat more efficiently, normalize your insulin sensitivity, lower your triglycerides, normalize your hunger hormone, reduce inflammation, lessen the damage caused by free radicals, preserve your memory, and increase your human growth hormone (“the fitness hormone” that helps build muscle and boost your metabolism).
Timing Your Fast How often you eat influences how your body treats food. After a meal, your body processes the food you’ve eaten and uses it to burn calories for energy rather than using stored fat as its energy. As a result, your fat just sits there. However, when you fast, your body
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