Control Your Weight, Control Your Life
OK, so we’ve all heard people rave about fasting or read articles praising fasting as the best way to lose weight and maintain that weight loss but can we believe it? Is it too good to be true? Seems too simple? Well let’s think about it. We gain weight because we take in more calories than we eliminate from our bodies. So it only makes sense that if we reduce the number of calories that we take in we will lose weight. Simple right? Consuming less food, gives the body a chance to cleanse itself from unwanted toxins that have managed to take up residence, and allowing the body’s natural processes to work. This all seems to make sense.
Fasting provides greater benefits than just weight loss, which is great, but also a inner sense of accomplishment and control over our bodies and weight. So much of our lives is out of our control just think how great it will feel to control this one area. It works wonders for your self esteem, you feel a sense of pride in being able to lose weight and control your body. This isn’t about fasting for political reasons or to bring attention to a certain cause, this is fasting for you and to enable you to achieve your weight loss goals.
Now comes the question, how to fast? I’m, personally, a huge fan of what is known as “intermittent fasting”, which is the practice, of doing a fast at intermittent periods. It’s totally flexible. It is fasting for 1 to 2 days per week, whichever days you want. So if you have an event or plans you don’t need to deny yourself or not attend, just fast another day. Doing this type of fasting also allows for individuals to still maintain a moderate to rigorous workout routine if they want.
Starting slowly and get used to the lifestyle is the best way t launch your fasting program. This will give you a much greater shot at success. Programs started at light speed sometimes lose their traction as people get discouraged and lose interest. Start slow to ensure success!
You would do well to check out this kind of fasting as a method of not only improving your dietary and general fitness levels, but also for the many added benefits that fasting usually brings around, some of those being a sense of discipline, improved sense of well-being, a real chance for your body to rejuvenate, and an antidote to the fast paced lives we all live. The original post about weight loss.

