A lot of people tell me that “fasting is not worth it”. “It is too extreme”. “It is not healthy”.
Truth is, I find fasting to be very easy. Cutting calories, but still eating, is, in my opinion (at least for me) very much harder to do. I have done low-calorie diets so many times in my life and never had success. I started fasting in February 2017 and the results have been fantastic.
Now, I am going to show two pictures. The “old me,” and the “new me.”
Which one looks healthier?
Based on the changes, do you think it was worth it?
The old me
The new me
A bit of a change, don’t you think?
Weight Loss so far
The old me was 430 pounds. The new me, right now, is 230 pounds.
Weight loss of 200 lb! I can’t believe it.
It was not hard to do
I am shocked that I have lost this weight without it being very difficult at all.
Low carb on the days that I eat. I usually eat 1 day a week (1 or 2 meals and only low carb). I fast the other 6 days.
Healthy?
But like people tell me… fasting is not healthy/
Right.
excellent
I feel it is too!
You look great! Keep up the good work! 🙂 I’m on my first week of fasting myself and have seen 3 pounds drop. Like you said, it’s easier than anything else I’ve every tried.
Hi Donna, congratulations and good luck to you
Have you had bloodwork done to back up that claim?
Yes, i have blood work done every 2 to 3 months.
Wow 200 lbs , that’s awesome , looking good and healthy Bob , great job 👍👍
Thank you much, Lorne. I am really feeling great.
Sometimes I get so busy with a project that I’ll forget to eat for a day or so.
No loss of energy level either.
Usually, fasting actually leads to increased energy! It is the reverse of what people would expect.
Wow! Congratulations on your weight loss. i read both of your articles on fasting. It’s something I was afraid to do because of diabetes and needing to eat and take medicine. One I review Dr. Fung’s teachings I will embark on a fast myself.
Thank you Joyful. I was afraid of fasting at first, but figured what could I lose. I tried it and it has been wonderful. I used to have diabetes (for 25 years) but it is gone now!
Congratulations! I’m excited to read your story!
Thank you Peggy!
Amazing and wonderful! ‘Bout time to go shopping and buy some shorter shirts! 😉 I am within a couple of pounds of my weight goal, and also need to do a bit of shopping! Such a strange feeling… I am sure looking at the first picture and the second, you can hardly believe it! 🙂
Hi, Luanne, nice to hear from you, as always. Great to hear that you are basically at your goal weight! I want to lose another 50 lb. Congrats, Luanne, I am very happy for you! Hey, the two of us are going to be a couple healthy people soon! Well, you are more or less there already, but give me a few more months to catch up with you!
I enjoy reading about your journey – you have achieved so much.
! I have only started fasting and the longest I have done is 24 hours – will attempt 36 next week. You no doubt will fly the last 50 👍
Good luck to you Susan. I am sure you achieve great success.
You now weigh 20 pounds less than me. I’m 5′ 10″. How about you?
I am also 5′ 10.
This is the heaviest I’ve ever been and I’ll be 57 in a couple of months. My goal is to get as close to 190 as possible, which for me has always been my optimum weight.
I am shooting for 180. But I will be happy to be under 200.
Reducing is better…
That’s what works for you go for it. I have no arguments. But does not what works for me
Wow thats insanely incredible!!!! Congratulations!
Did u strictly water fast or what did u do? Supplements? Any exercise? How much water/day?
Thanku for the inspirational story.
I am fairly strict on my fasts. No supplements. For exercise i lift weights and i also walk 5 to 10 miles per day. For drinking water I just drink whatever i want, I mean I drink however much my body asks for.
Awesome job! Im wondering if you plan to continue this lifestyle once you get to your goal weight? I have done a few extended fasts (5-7 Days) but usually only once per few months and in between I change it up, ie 1 meal per day, sometimes fast for 36 hours etc. I can’t imagine only eating 1 day per week on a regular basis. Anyway I’m very happy for you- you are an inspiration!!!!
Thank you Erica. Doing EF regularly can be hard at first, but once you get used to it.. well.. you are used to it! LOL
I do plan to do fasting for the rest of my life, regardless of reaching my goal weight in the near future I hope! I will probably do mostly IF with a few EF times 2 or 3 times per year. That is my current thought anyway.
Great job! I love your posts! I believe I could do EF but I need the BPC and MCT oil for appetite suppression. Is that terribly wrong in your opinion? Just one cup of coffee with 1 tblsp MCT oil and 1 Tblsp butter in The morn and afternoon?
It is amazing what you have accomplished!
Juli
In my opinion you should do what you need to do to make it. Does that means bulletproof coffee use it. In time you will train yourself to you won’t need it anymore or will need much last. Good luck.
Wowsers Bob, you have so much to be proud of, you are truely an inspiratation.
I lost 60 kgs, that was before learning about fasting though. I do IF and eat once a day and once a week I do a 3 day fast and This keeps me feeling on top of the world, and I can see my body changing shape and growing muscle
Big congratulations to you. I believe that’s a great fasting protocol . you’ve got going there. Keep it up, you are doing great.
You mean 6 days of fasting? You don’t eat anything??????
Yes that’s correct.
Eveyone should fast tonight at Sundown for 24 hours..for Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)….A great reason to take a step into fasting.
I love fasting. It feels very good.
You’re looking much healthier! Congratulations!
Thank you Dan.
Congratulations, since you first started blogging about IF and Dr. Fung, I have been researching and I believe Big Pharma, Big Food, and the government have led us down the primrose path. I am doing IF, training myself for EF and the difference is amazing. It’s up to us, not government, insurance or Drs, to get healthy.
I agree with everything you say. Good luck to you!
Wow,
Glad I found your blog. I started fasting in January 2016 and lost 100 after losing another 100 with keto which was way harder and crashed my thyroid.
I don’t have any set schedule wish did.
Since there’s now one story I can point too that’s so similar I can now say I’m not strictly anecdotal.
I tried all sorts of diets over 20 years and none of them worked after awhile. Fasting to me is the opposite. Hard to start but it’s just downhill.
David
Our stories sound very similar. What a great success you also achieved, congratulations. Join en are my blog on leave your comments so others can learn.
Regular fasting is great for purging the body of toxins, charcoal tablets also help!
Thanks Denzil. Yep, fasting has many great health benefits.
Fantastic job Bob! I believe in fasting. I never get past 4 days though, so I may try again. My fasting blood sugar went down below 100 when I was (I have dawn phenomenon), You are looking great. Keep it up!
Thank you, Jen. Don’t’ worry about a blood sugar below 100 unless you are taking medication for Diabetes. If you are on diabetes meds, you can probably get off of them with that blood sugar. My blood sugar is regularly in the 50s or 60s. Under 100 should not be a problem!
Good luck to you!
Jenny Bourgeois McDaniel
Fasting is an ancient method, much preferable to modern dieting.
Bob My wife and I started IF back in March of this did not know you were doing it. We both have had incredible results with a 23;1 Window. We love eating this way. Some times I will do a 72 Hour fast.
Several years ago I read about a man that was over 100 years old that ate one meal a day. I was trying to find the article what came up was people eating one meal a day and losing weight. I told my wife that I was going to do it for a Month as a experiment.
She said that the craziest thing I ever hear of. She said I could never do it. A week later she joined me. Now she says thanks to your crazy Ideal.
Bob I am really amazed that you did so well and am happy for you.
Hi Nathan. My wife’s reaction was about the same as yours. She thought it was crazy. I didn’t think i could do it and neither did she. It didn’t take long, i was telling your how much i loved it and she jumped in to doing intermittent fasting. A lot of people cant believe it when i tell them that i enjoyed fasting it makes me feel good. Bad, that is the absolute truth. A lot of other people who do fasting say the same, and it seems that includes you as well. Good luck with your efforts.
So amazing. You story is great and so real. It is something that others can do! I am a Type2 Diabetic for decades. Discovered fasting through Dr. Fung and Dr. Longo. I’m down 50lbs from my top weight. Feeling so much better. Fasting has been a near miracle in my life. Happy to be fasting “with” you!
Hi Carla. Congratulations! I am so happy to hear that fasting has done great things for you as it has for me! That is great to hear! Keep it up!