If you have quite a bit of weight to lose, chances are that you’ve tried quite a few different diets and weight loss programs.
Something you probably haven’t tried yet is intermittent fasting… yet it may just be the powerful solutions you’ve been looking for to finally get your body weight under control.
How Intermittent Fasting to Lose Weight Works
Here’s how it works. You go to sleep at night and your body starts to burn off the calories from the food you’ve had for dinner. As the night progresses, your body starts to run on stored energy, first the glycogen stored in your muscle cell. Once that is gone, your body starts to burn body fat for energy. And that’s exactly what we want to lose weight.
This automatically happens toward the early hours in the morning (depending on how much food you had the night before and whether or not you indulged in that late-night snack.
To keep your body burning fat and help you lose a few pounds, you simply extend the period of time you already spent fasting (when you sleep at night). Instead of sitting down to breakfast, grab some black coffee, some tea, or some water and go about your day.
If you can, make it without food until about 3 or 4 pm, then enjoy a healthy meal that will keep you full until it is time to go to sleep.
Wow, That it Sounds Hard to Wait until 3 pm
If this seems a little too hard to do at first, go without eating as long as you can, and then enjoy two smaller meals a few hours apart before going back to fasting.
You get used to making it without food the first few hours of your day and then push yourself to eat later and later until you can make it down to one main meal in the late afternoon.
Why Intermittent Fasting Works so Well for Weight Loss
There are two good reasons why intermittent fasting works so well when it comes to helping you lose weight.
The first is that it forces your body to go to the fat stores for energy, something that doesn’t happen as long as you continue to eat, even if they are small, low-calorie meals.
The second reason is that even if you eat a very big meal when you finally can eat, you will still consume fewer calories overall than if you had 3 meals and a couple of snacks.
One reason this way of eating works so well for many people is that you’re not asked to give up any type of food indefinitely. You just have to postpone eating that burger or piece of chocolate cake for a few hours each day.
Of course, you can lose weight faster if you avoid refined carbs and sugar as much as possible on fast days. But it is entirely possible to lose weight with intermittent fasting even when you indulge in the occasional sweet treat or slice of pizza.
If you are interested in fasting during your weight loss journey hop on a clarity call with me to define your health goals and get support to meet those goals.
