At the begining of November, I started a juice diet. I drank about 8 oz of fresh juice from a variety of fruits every day, except on the 6th, 7th, 10th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, when all I drank was water. That's 13 out of 30 days on water only. On the first of November I weighed 123 lbs, and now I weigh 104, but I've only lost two pounds in the last six days (five of which were water-only days). So is it possible that I actually lost more weight on juice than on water alone?
Note: I only did yoga and simple breathing techniques durring the first 24 days of my fast, but on the 25th, 26th, and 29th, I added a 10 minute light jog to my usual schedule.
Wow - 104 is really low, unless you are really, really short. Like 5' flat. That is just really low. Maybe it is why you are losing. Also, water fasting is sort of hard on you. I hit a plateau on my juice fast about a month in, back in May, and then broke through and kept losing. I wouldn't jog on a water fast, though. Be careful.
Yes, I'm a very short lady. I'm only 4'10". What happened to you durring your plateu? And how long did it last? Should I just go back to juice? I'm definately not exercising anymore, just doing stretches every morning.
My plateau lasted more than a week and a half. I got very discouraged. Then, all of a sudden, it was like my body caught up to the weight loss, and I dropped like 4 or 5 pounds suddenly.
And at 4'10", your weight goal is fine.
I would recommend doing more juice than water. Or even cutting the juice by hald with water and seeing what that does. good luck!!!
Yes it is possible to lose more weight on juice than water. But it is not which one is better but your body decides where it should place that extra energy from not digesting food. You should enjoy reading this webpage about the rate at which someone loses weight. It teaches you to trust your body's intelligence. Plus stress is fattening so do not worry about how fast you lose weight.
Unless you are very short-under five feet, you weight is at or probably below where it needs to be. The fasting body has a wonderful way to prevent body weight from going dangerously low, it drastically slows down the metabolism. You will not lose much more weight and remain healthy. Of course, eventually you will go into starvation mode and the body will start comsuming itself. You really need to rethink fasting at this point. Also, you must be very careful to avoid gaining back weight too quickly. I am sorry to sound negative, but you are in a potentially dangerous place right now. Your body is telling you that you cannot afford to lose more weight right now, please listen to it. Is it your height or some other reason you want to be so terribly thin? How much of you health are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this weight?
My height is 4'10". When I first decided to start a fast, I had no intention to lose weight. I was sick of an extremely unhealthy lifestyle, I lifestyle in which I was eating fast food late at night and getting literally no exercise. Once I started fasting, though, I started to lose weight and started to feel better. Once I lost some weight, it made it more comfortable for me to exercise, and I dont want that taken away from me now. If I am in danger of gaining weight rappidly, then what should I do to prevent this? Should I go back to a juice diet for a while, and then slowely work my way back into eaing solid food with a raw diet? And when would it be safe to start exercising again?
Your body loses what it wants. When your hunger comes back, that's the biggest sign that you're done.
After any fast you HAVE to change your eating habits afterwards. You cannot go back into unhealthy eating or you will gain the weight back, and then some.
There's no way I'm going to start eating poorly again, dont worry about that! But I dont feel hungry at all, and I'm definately not too skinny, all of my weight is from fat, I dont have an ounce of muscle. Is it possible that I've just hit a plateu? What will happen if I continue the water fast?
I would transition to a juice fast. First dilute the juice 50/50 with distilled water. Gradually increase the strength of juice until you are drinking the whole juice. This will help you keep the calories down while your metabolism slowly returns to normal. When your weight stabilizes, start adding small amounts of raw fruits and a few raw veggies. The trick is to balance adding enough foods for strength and proper nutrition without packing on a lot of pounds. Of course some weight is always regained when solids are introduced. This is not fat, it is fecal material. Loss of water and fecal material accounts for a lot of the weight lost in the first three to seven days of fasting, especially water fasting.
Water only fasting is a powerful form of detox, and can help the body heal many health problems. However, it is not a good way to safely and permanently lose a lot of weight because of the slowdown of the metabolic rate. In fact the average person's metabolic rate is reduced 20-25% in a 7-10 day water fast. It can take months for that rate to get back to normal.
When you do a juice fast a lot of the weight you lose isn't just fat. The alkaline minerals from the juice allows your body to let go of stored acid waste.
Your body stores acidic waste in your fat to protect you from it until it can neutralize it and keep it from hurting your eliminating organs.
Your body will hang onto this fat to protect you. So it is true that you could lose more fat with juice than with water.
The juice is also good nutrition and will keep your body from going into starvation mode, which slows down your metabolism.
It also keeps your body from taking minerals from your bones to neutralize acids.
You probably don't need to lose any more, and your body has stopped losing because it's reached it's ideal weight now. I just checked your BMI - and it's about 22, which is within the healthy range (a healthy BMI is 18-25, so you're nicely in between). Congrats on your success!! :)
Basically it checked the ratio between your height and weight. It's a fine indicator of a healthy weight for the average person, but it's not especially accurate for build builders and athletes, since they tend to have more muscle, which makes their weight heavier even though they're not overweight (muscle is weighs more in the body than fat).
I would not recommend fasting to lose weight. There are much safer alternatives and all it takes is determination. Take your drive and focus from the liquid diet and eat healthy meals with smaller portions. The possibly get your heart rate up to a fat burning level for about 45 minutes and you already set your self up to lose weight really fast, but in a safe way
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