Weight Loss Research

[joyfogtimenet]

I'm a woman, in my late 40s, who is of normal weight, and is very active. I would like to loose 10 pounds (still considered to be in the normal range) and am going to give fasting a try. I'm not sure why you need to fast though when you are a man in your 30s who is very active. Shouldn't you be lean even if you don't fast. I know I would be very lean if I didn't have problems with binge eating.

[destiny6666]

my ex girlfriend used to do this ... she called it a disco diet ... leading up to a dance party ... eating nothing for a few days and boom ... flat stomach :)

[heavynsad]

do you think you can change your body in one week by going crazy and working out hardcore for 115 hours in 1 week?

[fayetress]

I am finding that I am eating much less now have overcome fear about "starvation mode" I am less obsessed with food, It is not easy to change...I intend to follow what you are presenting. Sounds true to me. I once worked for the worlds largest diet organization,met the founder in 1978, and she was pretty fat, employees weren't allow to go more than 2 pounds over their goal weight. You won't find that in any weight loss research..what did Dr. Atkins weigh at the end anyway??

[Gudni777]

Dr. Atkins was fluid overweight because he had to take steroids because of his heart condition in the end.

[fayetress]

I am in the over 50 obese women group... however, I am moderately active, I have tried everything I know to lose the weight, but intermitent fasting makes the most sense. Eating nothing for 36 hours once a week is actually easier than eating small controlled amounts.

[sethinsb]

what about limiting yourself to small controlled amounts for say the weekdays, and then eating whatever you feel like on the weekend? I think this is much healthier and your 'feasting' periods will decline in proportion over time.

[SWOSchampion]

@sethinsb i think it's a great method but what i like most about eat-stop-eat is the flexibility of only having to think about it one or two days in a week instead of five. Also, i found it easier to rule out ALL food for 24 hours compared to refraining from eating too much most of the time. :) but that's just me...

[ademeyer]

Why would a lean, very active man be interested in the results of a study on weight loss? Why would he think the study's results would apply to him? This makes no sense.

[mastery89]

He was using himself as an example. He is saying that a study done on a certain group of individuals doesn't always apply to another group of individuals and to make sure that what you are researching applies to you directly.

[yoyogirl24]

This video tells it like it is.