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A Fasting Weight Loss Plan!

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Fasting weight loss plan

Fasting weight loss plan

Here is a simple plan based on the idea of fasting weight loss. This is a detoxification diet and you should only try this fasting weight loss diet plan for no more than 5 to 6 days.

For your morning, as soon as you wake up,  you can have either one cup of milk that 0% fat or 1 whole wheat toast bread slice with one or two slices of turkey max. Better yet, you can have 2 kiwis with a little honey – but don’t overdo it with the honey. I know it’s sweet and has almost no calories, however, use it wisely. Some orange juice or 2 apples can work too.

For your lunch, I would recommend a tuna salad. You can use tomatoes, some rocket or lettuce, and a little vinegar or balsamic to give it that extra taste. It is recommended that you use only half a spoon of olive oil to get the nutrients that it offers and limit its high calories. If you want to mix it up, a soup could work, with a little boiled chicken. You can also have a little steamed broccoli or other vegetable such as carrots, with a slice of toasted wheat bread or maybe some 0% fat yogurt. Fasting weight loss is not an easy task, but as you can see you can eat a little while at it to sort of cheat the process.

For your dinner, you can have an omelet only with egg whites – nothing else in there (maybe a little spinach) – again with some 0% fat yogurt. Some soup could also do the trick so that fasting weight loss goes smoother.

It is very important to note that you should drink a lot of water on a daily basis. This stands for every sort of diet you decide to follow – not only for fasting weight loss. I recommend at least eight glasses of water per day. You can get one of those 2 liter bottles and try to finish it throughout the day. It’s not that hard. Even I can drink that much water, and trust me I am not a water fan!

Furthermore, I recently learned about this new diet plan. You can find more details about it if you Click Here. I hope you try this out and then come back and tell me if it worked for you. A few of my friends that did have told me it worked wonders for them!

Fasting To Lose Weight – Is It For You?

Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Fasting To Lose Weight

Fasting To Lose Weight

During the last couple of years, due to influences from several celebrities and other high profile figures, detoxification diets have almost become a trend. For some, it is pure juice fasting, others just eat a specific fruit rich in vitamins and there are those who take it all the way and just stick to water. All of those, have the exact same denominator – very little or no food. In this blog we are going to take a closer look into this up and coming fashion.

Detoxification is basically the process through which you release toxins off your body, thus detoxifying it or better yet, “cleaning” it in a way. Fasting weight loss is based on that very idea. You only consume foods that are high in fiber and a lot of liquids in order to aid your body in releasing all the unneeded and unhealthy toxins. This is why we hear all those celebrities promoting how they lost weight through fasting or how much healthier they look and feel after going through the process. Then again, we can’t just follow every word coming out of their mouths, can we? There are a few things we need to consider before taking ourselves through the fasting process.

First of all, we need to evaluate if such a diet would be effective for ourselves as individuals. Then we need to question the validity of all the amazing stories we hear on TV, and last but not least, we certainly have to consider the safety of such an intense diet plan, or better put, “no food” plan. These questions are very complex and as you will read throughout this blog there have been many ongoing debates on whether fasting weight loss is really what it’s made out to be by the media.

There are some that claim that fasting weight loss can lead to dehydration or that through fasting you will harm your digestive system. Others that believe that fasting only leads to weight loss due to the fact that you release water out of your body, and finally many that support the idea that fasting weight loss is only temporary and it will not help you maintain your new weight due to harming your metabolism. None of them, however, ever claimed that fasting won’t make you lose weight. That’s one of the few scientifically proven facts. Stick with me and I’ll show you what I have found through my research on fasting weight loss.

Remember, I am not a professional or anything, I am just like you. Nevertheless, I have been researching fasting weight loss for a while now and this is why I feel confident to share my conclusions with you. I will be looking forward to any comments or questions that you might have through reading my articles.

Best of luck,
Maria Falouri