Great stuff. I found that a few bigger fasts really helped kick start the weight loss and build up some momentum.

Please do keep us posted here with your results.

JB

I wanted to share with you my fasting experience. Since October 25th I have been fasting for religious reasons. One meal a day…and I would have it at lunch time. about 1300 calories. I started at 239lbs on the 25th and 9 days later on November 3rd I was 231. Then for the 3rd till yesterday i did a full 72hr water fast. It was tough but I ended up at 227 lbs. Last night after getting done I binged (yea I admit it) on around 2500 calories worth of not so good food. After going to the gym today I am at 228lbs. Today is the last day of the fast so I will weigh again tomorrow morning and then in a week to let you know my progress as far as rebound.

How long did it take you to be delivered from the stronghold of emotional eating or boredom eating ?I have not been able (fears ???) to complete a 24 hour fast but have been cutting back to 2-3 meals a day instead of the 6 meals that I have been brainwashed with for so many years.It is amazing discovering my reasons and triggers for eating, I am learning a lot and seem to face some fears when trying to do the 24 hour fast.I am making progress but it is with babysteps and very slow so that is why I am really curious about your timeline.
Michelle Legg

I agree…..for the most part, nutrition isnt the main reason why people cant lose weight. I have recently been delivered from the stronghold of emotional eating or boredom eating. I was able to deal with this issue by fasting…so when I would normally run to food, I had to either deal with the real problems in my life or find another way to handle my boredom. Food can be a drug but the difference between food and the other named drugs like alcohol is that you cannot simply abstain from food. You gotta eat at some point to stay alive. Btw….great and awesome sight. I check in on here daily.

I totally agree. For some (not all) people food is a medication to help ease the pain/loneliness/stress/anxiety/whatever they are going through. It really is the only socially acceptable drug that we can use to band aid whatever our true underlying issues are.

Think about it this way: some people say they are ‘emotional eaters’ and eat when they are upset or stressed etc…this makes sense because food itself has a calming effect on your nervous system, hell if you eat enough of it it’ll put you right to sleep <– most anxiety or antidepressant drugs don’t work as good as food for this!

now imagine this following statements from the following people:

Alcoholic saying: “I’m just an emotional drinker”

Cocaine addict saying: “I’m just an emotional coke head”

Heroin addict saying: “I’m an emotional heroin addict”

I know this is an extreme example. But the point is the addictive nature of high fat/sugar/salt foods stimulate very similar chemical pathways and centers in our brains…the only difference is that food is a socially acceptable drug of choice as these others aren’t (well, maybe except for alcohol but that is a whole different story)

I believe that understanding nutrition or how nutrition ‘works’ is completely irrelevant to weight loss and getting control of your bodyweight.

The real battle is working on the underlying issues that get you into a state of overeating for prolonged periods of time and resolving them. <– this is the only way to experience true and lasting weight loss.

JB