Have you ever heard of intermittent fasting? It's exactly what it sounds like. It's a program where once or twice a week you fast. So twice a week you consume nothing but water. This method can make you lose a lot of weight quick, and it's not unhealthy despite popular belief.
Think about how you're supposed to lose weight. It's simple, you just have to use up more calories than you intake. If you go 2 whole days a week with no calorie intake, you will speed up your weight loss process dramatically.
One thing that may worry you is you won't have enough energy to continue your exercise program. Well, that's only the case when you do permanent fasting for consecutive days. With intermittent fasting you fast only once every few days, so you will still have energy to do your workouts. In fact, it actually helps speed up your metabolism and can actually increase energy levels.
Another benefit of fasting is because it cleans out your body. If you only drink water for a whole day, you remove all of the toxins in your body from your normal diet. By getting rid of these toxins, you can lose weight faster, and you will feel better while fasting.
Try intermittent fasting if you're trying to lose weight. Start out only doing it once a week with very moderate exercise, and if you think you can handle it, start to step it up, until you're doing it twice a week and have a regular exercise program to go with it.
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