Fix Your Life with Fasting (and get skinny)

“One quarter of what you eat keeps you alive; the other three-quarters keeps your doctor alive.” 

No matter what kind of diet you’re on or how healthy you think you are, the unfortunate reality is that unless you live in the Tibetan mountains you are probably loaded with toxins. Beyond building up toxins from food, you may be experiencing other unhealthy events such as drinking alcohol, smoking (whatever you smoke), or other recreational weekend activities which we will not discuss in detail.

The result of this unhealthy cocktail is feeling sluggish in the morning and after lunch,  aging (aka wrinkles), unhealthy colon (your poo is important), and most importantly WEIGHT GAIN!

The more toxic your body is, the harder it is to lose fat. There are a bunch of complicated processes that the body goes through to change it’s chemistry which are made that much more complicated by toxins.  So what can you do to fix your toxic, dirty self without a lot of money or commitment?? FAST. One day a week is all you need to see benefits. Of course, if you’re up for a 3 day fast (only once a month) you’ll heal that much more. However, for most of us that is unreasonable because of the need to function in work and life at 100%. Needless to say, energy levels are much lower during a fast.

Here’s why fasting works for weight loss and general detoxification:

• Detoxification is a normal body process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins through the colon, liver, kidneys, lungs, lymph glands, and skin. This process is sped up by fasting because when food is no longer entering the body, the body turns to fat reserves for energy.
• There is a healing process that begins in the body during a fast. During a fast energy is diverted away from the digestive system due to its lack of use and towards the metabolism and immune system. The healing process during a fast is greatly encouraged by the body’s search for energy sources.
• The most scientifically proven advantage to fasting is the feeling of rejuvenation and extended life expectancy. When you clean yourself out, your cells rejuvenate and you are good as new (almost).
• Fasting is a much easier way to reduce calories than consistently eating less. If you eat the same as you always have, but take out one day a week from eating, your weekly calorie intake will be greatly reduced.

Now, here’s a quick and dirty way to do it without much pain:

• Make lunch your last meal of the day
• Suffer through not having any dinner that evening by keeping yourself busy with shopping for skinny clothes, doing a full facial and mask on your hair, or having sex.
• Wake up the next morning and don’t eat breakfast
• Begin eating again the next day at lunch.

Words of advice….

• Eat light around the fast. So have a light lunch the day you are starting the fast, and another light lunch when resuming eating again. Otherwise you may not feel good.
• Don’t exercise. When fasting you need to conserve your energy for the healing events that will take place inside you.
• Don’t sit around at home and think about how you’re fasting and it sucks.
• DON’T do a fast hung over

If you would like to turbocharge your progress with fasting or you simply want more info about why and how, this is an excellent read.

Let me know how it goes…..