Fast to Lose Weight Can It Be Done and What Happens?
There are many, many ways to lose weight. All kinds Active Lean Reviewof diets, programs, rules and gurus claim to give the best results and get you there quickest. But the main aspect of any weight loss comes down to this: If you want to lose weight you must burn more calories in a day than you take in. That way the extra energy has to come from the body's stores i.e. it's fat reserves. The calories you take in are purely down to the food you eat, and the calories you burn will depend on your activity level for the day.
Now there are all kinds of ways of 1) reducing your calorie intake and 2) increasing your calorie burn throughout the day. But the one way to GUARANTEE that you burn more calories in a day than you take in is to take the calorie restriction to the extreme and STOP EATING!!! In other words you can fast to lose weight. Zero calories in means your deficit for the day will be several thousand calories and there's only one place your body can go to get those calories - your fat reserves! We all know that the average man burns 2500 calories per day and the average woman 2000 so if you are taking zero calories in this is the amount of fat you will burn in a day to get the energy. And this is before you do any exercise by the way. A fit person could easily add 500 calories to that during a workout.
Of course it is incredibly difficult not to eat; after 24hrs your body is screaming out for food and it's very hard to ignore. It is also worth mentioning that severe calorie restriction over the long term in called anorexia and you don't want to develop an eating disorder in your quest to shed pounds. Fasting should be done for a fixed and short length of time or until you reach a target weight. It goes without saying that you should seek medical supervision if you are intending to fast.
