Fasting

[Luba]

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tkdlady and I were on the Chatbox this morning and were talking about weight issues and 'fasting'.

See "health benefits of fasting" under "Health and Wellness"

[PepsiChic]

i do this often, my psychiatrist said its not good and called it "self starvation" it doesn't seem to effect me i guess "short term" but 5 years of it hasn't caused me many problems. its not so much that i hate my weight, im very very conscious of what i weigh, but mainly i just don't like eating, i like food, but i hate eating. :s

[Duke]

Just make sure that if your fasting, your also working out at the same time. I don't care who says what, your body feeds off muscle long before it chooses fat due to density.

Don't let your starving body eat your muscle, make it target your fat.

[TKDLady]

That is true. If you go below a certain number of calories your body will start storing the fat and burn the muscle first. It uses this as a survival technique when it thinks you are starving. The fat reserves go last, muscle goes first. Drink plenty of water and workout as much as you can.