Age-old practice is good enough for me

I discovered a new way of looking at fasting today when an interesting video came up in my YouTube feed. I've fasted in the past but never more than a couple of days, perhaps three at most. I don't remember anything great ever coming of it. I do remember binging at least once when coming off a fast and I always felt bad about that. And, unfortunately, the binge cultivated a wary feeling about fasting ever since.

Otherwise, I've engaged in partial severe low-calorie fasts that, again, were no big whoop for me, if memory serves me right...

Anyway, click HERE to link to the video... and try to skip the annoying ads, LOL.

The gist of the video offers some startling information. Though I sort of knew some of this before, the video brought much all together and hammered it home to boot.

ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO

Fasting has 4 major amazing benefits:

1. Hunger goes away entirely within three days
2. Metabolism does not go down, especially if one gets out and exercises, yes, exercises on no food
3. Muscle mass is not lost especially if one gets out and exercises, strange but true
4. Lost pounds are derived from fat NOT muscle and NOT just water weight

On the contrary, a calorie-restricted diet causes the following:

1. Hunger is a constant
2. Metabolism goes down considerably—not good when you want to burn fat
3. Calories are derived from added carbohydrates from added food not from stored fat
4. Muscle mass may be diminished
5. Your energy level may be lowered

The video recounts an amazing story of a 400+ man who consumed nothing but water, black coffee, and plain tea for a year(!), living off his body fat the entire time. Amazing.

I'M GOING TO DO IT

This scenario is just about music to my ears. If I can just get past the first three days, I could lose this 25 pounds extra I've been carting around in just a couple of weeks. (Realistically, I'm 50 pounds overweight.) And how about all the money I'm going to save on food. Woo woo.

KEEP IT IN MIND

Apparently, it's time to start eating again—when on this total-fast diet—when hunger returns. So, I'm going to have listen to my body; it should keep me informed. 

Let's get started.