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I have never been more miserable than when I was doing fasting. It was truly one of the most horrible times of my life. I tried for months. My sleep as disrupt

I have never been more miserable than when I was doing fasting. It was truly one of the most horrible times of my life. I tried for months. My sleep as disrupted, I felt awful, and I had no energy. But more to the point, _nothing happened at all_ in terms of weight loss. Just thinking about it makes me angry! I have no idea what the hell is going on with my metabolism and why I am the pure opposite case. I'm genuinely curious. Right now, I lift heavy 3x a week and do moderate cardio 3x a week (run, bike, swim, etc). I feel great! And I get to eat like an insane teenager. My blood chemistry is perfect and my resting heart rate is in the high 40s. It's more than a little frustrating at times that I have to do all that _work_ when I personally know people who dropped a bunch of weight with almost no effort via fasting. I feel great, though, and at this point I'm used to the program.

anthonypasq 5y ago
fasting is only useful as a hunger management tool. it doesnt really do anything incredible to your metabolism that would result in huge weight loss irrespective of calorie intake. all diets are just hunger management tools.
- criticaltinker 5y ago
  > fasting is only useful as a hunger management tool. it doesnt really do anything incredible to your metabolism This is a pretty dismissive comment, here are some excerpts from the abstract of my previous citation [1]: > In lower eukaryotes, chronic fasting extends longevity, in part, by reprogramming metabolic and stress resistance pathways. > In rodents intermittent or periodic fasting protects against diabetes, cancers, heart disease, and neurodegeneration, while in humans it helps reduce obesity, hypertension, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis. > Thus, fasting has the potential to delay aging and help prevent and treat diseases while minimizing the side effects caused by chronic dietary interventions.
ensiferum 5y ago
If you're already healthy then don't worry about it? For the metabolically sick people the idea of "losing weight to get healthy" is sort of wrong. One must get healthy first and when health is regained through proper lifestyle and nutrition the weight will also come off. Getting healthy can take months so visible changes in terms of starting to lose visible fat can take months as well.

anthonypasq 5y ago

fasting is only useful as a hunger management tool. it doesnt really do anything incredible to your metabolism that would result in huge weight loss irrespective of calorie intake. all diets are just hunger management tools.

criticaltinker 5y ago
> fasting is only useful as a hunger management tool. it doesnt really do anything incredible to your metabolism This is a pretty dismissive comment, here are some excerpts from the abstract of my previous citation [1]: > In lower eukaryotes, chronic fasting extends longevity, in part, by reprogramming metabolic and stress resistance pathways. > In rodents intermittent or periodic fasting protects against diabetes, cancers, heart disease, and neurodegeneration, while in humans it helps reduce obesity, hypertension, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis. > Thus, fasting has the potential to delay aging and help prevent and treat diseases while minimizing the side effects caused by chronic dietary interventions.

ensiferum 5y ago

If you're already healthy then don't worry about it? For the metabolically sick people the idea of "losing weight to get healthy" is sort of wrong. One must get healthy first and when health is regained through proper lifestyle and nutrition the weight will also come off. Getting healthy can take months so visible changes in terms of starting to lose visible fat can take months as well.