I want to change my relationship with food & maintain a healthier body weight. I have issues with overeating. I want to make it a goal to fast 24 hours every week to lose and then maintain my weight. I have lost 25 pounds in the past due to exercise and healthy eating, however, it never seems to be sustainable for me. I haven’t tried fasting before so I want to try it out. Please leave any advice or recommendations below! I am going to start this week 😊
Also if comfortable, please let me know how much weight you have lost from doing 24 hour fasts and how long you have been doing it for.
Go from a lunch time to another lunch time so you’re sleeping through most of it. Also, make sure you eat normally and don’t overcompensate when you break the fast. Fasting isn’t anything special when it comes to weight loss, it’s just a method of cutting calories. Yes, there are hormonal changes and all that other stuff, but really, it’s still about cutting calories. (And when I mean nothing special, I really mean that. You can read old Greek dialogs debating whether it’s more proper to eat one meal a day or two. The idea we need 3 or more is a modern thing).
For me, eating only one meal a day (I don’t consider it fasting until it’s several days, personally) helps me avoid taking in excess calories. You have more opportunities to mess up if you eat more frequent meals.
If you have a lot of weight to lose you’re going to need to do more than 24 hours once a week. You can start with that, since you’re new to fasting, and build up your fasting muscles. But you will need to increase those fasting hours, even if you just do it a little at a time.