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02-02-2006, 11:36 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Surrey, BC, Canada
Posts: 1
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Alternate-Day Fasting/Introducing myself
Hi. My name is Jason and I'm 32. I'm new to the forum. I made a resolution at the beginning of this year to lose weight and get in shape. After considering several diet methods and not liking any of them, I finally came up with my own idea, which I later found out is also being tried by others with some success.
I sit at a desk and answer telephones for a living. After a decade of this type of work
I've become quite out of shape. I realized I simply don't need all the extra calories I've been consuming for the amount of energy I exert at work. However, I do need enough energy to keep up with my kids and not go insane at home. So finding the balance has been tricky.
I started my diet on January 10th. I now only eat every other day. On the days in-between I consume nothing but gum and low-calorie beverages, such as tea, diet soda, and water.
Before you say to yourself, that sounds amazingly dangerous and unhealthy, which was one of my concerns starting out, you'll be surprised to find out that in fact the opposite is true.
Just by Googling "alternate-day fasting" you'll read how eating every other day not only cuts weight, but can also potentially extend your life, reduce the development of cancer, enhance insulin sensitivity and lower the risk of heart disease.
It has been going well so far. It's been almost a month. Because I will only weigh myself on the 10th of every month, I can't tell you exactly how much I've lost yet. But I can tell you I'm already having to pull my belt a couple notches tighter. So I expect I've lost a few pounds at least.
I'm keeping a web-log of my progress and I invite you all to check it out. Leave me feedback about what you think, if you've tried it, considered trying it, or if anybody's
had any success with this method. I look forward to your "feed"back. (Forgive the food pun.) 
Jason
http://everyotherdayfast.blogspot.com
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02-09-2006, 12:15 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 30
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You may lose weight in the short term......but this isn't a 'lifestyle' that one can live with for life. What do you think will happen when you go off this diet? Incidently when you starve yourself, you slow your metabolism. As a result you need few calories. This will eventually lead to weight gain and fat storage. You need a real program that you can live with for life.
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Good Luck
Sara
me....260 to 137 in 1.5 years! PM me and I'll tell you what I did and the resources I used.
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05-15-2006, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Louis, MO
Posts: 1
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Not knowing that such a diet existed, I've occasionally tried alternate day fasting when Ive had a day of over-eating. I have always felt like it did a bit more than simply correct the damage done the day prior; Ive felt like Ive actually lost weight on day 3 (day 1 = meltdown/day 2 = fasting). I'm not sure if I could do this on a regular basis, but I know that is is effective as a reversal (especially compared to purging~ which I would never do) on those high cal days where stress is high, pms is raging or other high intake days for whatever reason.
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