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So back in 2016, I stumbled on the topic of fasting.
And after a brief period of being very, very skeptical,
I started doing some research and I really found out the profound effects that
fasting can have on your body. Now,
I believe fasting is one of the single best ways to lose weight,
to boost your energy and to just improve your overall health and feel incredible
in your body. And so in the next five to 10 minutes,
we're going to be talking about what fasting isn't isn't,
why fasting is so amazing. And then of course,
how to actually go out and implement fasting into your life. So, first of all,
what is fasting?
Fasting is going to be abstaining from food for a certain period of time.
So there's lots of types of fasting. There's fasting from hard foods.
There's fasting from certain types of foods.
There's fasting from food in general. So when I refer to fasting,
I'm talking about not having anything except for water,
plain tea and plain coffee. And so there are a lot of different ways to fast.
There are a lot of different lengths of fasts.
There are a lot of different times to fast,
but basically when I refer to fasting,
I'm just talking about for a certain period of time could be 12 hours could be
24 hours, could be 72 hours not having anything except for that water,
that coffee, or that tea. Now,
if we were to dive into why fasting is so amazing,
I could genuinely make a video that is probably a couple hours long dive in
deep. But if I was just to sum it up and give you guys the brief overview of why
fasting is so incredible, I would probably want to cover four different things.
So number one, fasting gives your body time to heal. If you think about it,
when we're eating food,
if we have a hundred points of energy to go to different parts of the body,
digesting that food is going to take up a lot of that energy.
And so when we fast,
our body actually goes through something called cell apoptosis,
which is all that energy that's normally used to digest is now going to cleaning
out old cells to make room for newer and healthier cells. And so,
because of that, not only are you going to be more energetic,
but you're also going to have improved brain health, improved organ health,
and all of the cells of your body are just going to start to become more healthy
in general.
The second reason fasting is so amazing is because it boosts energy and it
reduces cravings.
So for most people hearing that I know is a little bit backwards. Um,
that's actually the exact opposite of what most people believe and what most
people are taught. Right? We believe that if we don't eat food,
we're going to have more cravings. And then also,
because energy comes from food,
we think that not having any is going to make us more tired,
but the thing is it's actually the exact opposite. So when you fast,
you're actually creating an environment in your body that's allowing you to
reduce those cravings for sweets or for fast food.
And then also that's allowing the environment to create more energy in your
body. Third major benefit of fasting is it helps massively burn fat. Now,
of course, with fasting,
one of the reasons you're burning fat is because you're eating less, right?
You're consuming one or two less meals every single day,
but on the other end of that, because it's optimizing your hormone,
because it's boosting your human growth hormone by as much as 400% is actually
going to boost your metabolism as well.
So you're going to be consuming less calories,
but then you're also going to be burning more in the process. And finally,
number four.
My favorite reason for fasting is it just teaches you crazy discipline.
As a society, We've been brought up to believe that if we're hungry,
we have to eat. When you put yourself in that situation on purpose,
where you're hungry and you choose not to eat,
you teach yourself that that association necessarily,
isn't true and that when you're hungry,
you don't have to just drop everything and just go eat.
And it's also going to help you stabilize your blood sugar and the process.
You're going to be a lot less "hangry" in those situations where you don't eat.
And in general, it changes your relationship with food.
You don't have to consistently eat anytime you're hungry,
anytime you're stressed. Cause if you're fasting, you just say, no,
you just kind of backed up and you don't worry about it.
And so with that information on fasting,
hopefully right now you have a different lens and you believe in the power of
fasting. So how do you actually do it? Now,
The first thing I would say is that if you're fasting, start out slow.
So I recently put out a video of three-day fast that I did,
which I'll put right here. And then I also recently did a five day fast,
which are videos coming out soon about, but I didn't start like that.
My first fast wasn't a three-day fast or a five day fast.
I started with 12 hours a day and then 16 hours and then 18 hours.
And then I did my first 24 hours did a 24 hour fast once a week for
probably six to 10 months before even doing a longer fast.
And so the first step is going to be picking how many hours you're going to
fast. And so when you pick that time,
so let's say you choose 14 hours that you're going to go without eating. Now,
it's going to be as simple as picking one. You're going to start that fast.
And when you're going to end that fast.
So if your last meal comes at 6:00 PM at night, 14 hours from that would be.
14 Hours.
That would be 8:00 AM the next morning.
Or if you were to stop at 8:00 PM at night, 14 hours from that would be.
14 Hours from.
That would be 10:00 AM the next morning.
So choose that length of the fast and then choose the starting and the end time
of the fast. And then once you've done that,
basically you're going into the fast understanding that you're just going to be
drinking water. And if you want,
you can have plain tea or plain coffee during that fast.
Now just some tips to make fasting a little bit more easy. So number one,
make sure your last meal before your fast and the meal you break your fast with
are both very nutritious. Make sure you're avoiding starchy carbs.
You're not having sugar.
And you're basically giving your body the nutrients that it needs for that fast.
And then second,
and I believe that this is the most important is stay consistent.
Don't break the line. Don't say 10 minutes before your fast is up. Oh,
I can break it. It's fine. I'm almost there stay that full time.
But then also commit to this in the longterm.
Now you don't necessarily have to do this every single day,
but if you are going to fast,
what I would recommend is starting with one or more times every single week.
So you can give yourself some sort of consistency. And while you're doing this,
whether you're doing it for weight loss or for energy or for overall health,
just remember: results aren't going to come overnight. Through fasting,
It's going to take a couple of weeks for your body to really adjust to that
schedule. And then for you to actually see changes in your body,
it may take a month or two. So trust the process, stick to it.
And just remember that if you do this the right way, it works,
you don't have to second guess yourself.
You don't have to wonder if you're going to get results,
but if you stick to this, it's going to work.
And so let me know in the comments, what are your thoughts on fasting?
Are you hesitant? Are you ready to jump into fasting?
Maybe you've done some fast before. Let me know in the comments.
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