Fasting and cellulite 
#84008
17 y
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Hi
Hope everyones doing well.
Along with my weight gain(from bad diet)came severe cellulite mostly on my thighs, really bad cellulite I NEVER thought it'd go away.Especially given that most cellulite treatments -creams,oral medication,liposuction, mesotherapy- may not rid cellulite and end up being a waste of money I decided to just let the situation work itself out or just give up on wearing shorts.Dry skin brushing is however a cheap highly recommended treatment for cellulite but havent tried it being too weak from fasting.
So the weirdest thing happened today, whilst getting dressed I was SHOCKED, I mean shocked to see there was BARELY any cellulite! I mean as it is I can slip into a pair of shorts as its 85% gone from doing nothing except fasting with occassional walks and cardio.
I really an delightfully shocked; which also brings me to another point of contention:FASTING RESULTS IN LOSS OF MUSCLE TISSUE NOT LOSS OF FAT.
Honestly, now I can argue this is FALSE.
-- First, food provides calories (fuel) for the body in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.Each source of calories is unique in the way it is used and stored by the body.Fat is the most calorie-dense of the nutrients. Unlike carbohydrate and protein, the body has an almost unlimited capacity to store fat and body fat stores act as the long term fuel reserves to prevent against starvation. So this would reiterate that the body does go to our bodys FAT reserves for fuel.
-- Second, given that to reduce the amount of cellulite, the best thing to do is to decrease excess body fat. Then the drastic reduction in my cellulite must be due to decreased body fat having gone from a BMI 36 points to 24 points and lost over 70lbs all from fasting over a few months. Again this makes me believe that you REALLY do loose body fat from fasting. I try to not to discredit people's views especially when I myself dont have the facts but given the above I am now confident there might not be too much substance to the claim that you lose muscle not fat so fasters lets not be discouraged by such claims.
- Re: Fasting and cellulite pepe
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,053,148Anyone that is knowledgable about fasting knows that toxins accumulate in fat and since the main purpose of fasting is to cleanse toxins from the system fat loss is a "by product" of fasting and not it's intended purpose.
Quick weight loss from only fasting and not accompanied by rebuilding periods of planned comprehensive quality nutrition and exercise will result in very loose skin which possibly could give the appearance of the reduced cellulite, but I could be wrong.
From the FAQs:
"The primary focus of any successful weight loss program is and will always be quality, balanced nutrition and regular exercise. Rapid weight loss is neither healthy nor permanent. It takes the system 6 to 8 weeks (longer without exercising) to normalize the metabolism after any fast. Prolonged fasting without resting and including exercise and sound nutritional program for the rebuilding process may cause permanent damage to the metabolism and cause all kinds of possible problems from nutritional deficiency."
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- Re: Fasting and cellulite Roooth
17 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,053,170My thoughts: for those who want to avoid food to deal with their food issues and just fast to lost weight may want to consider instead a liquid/smoothie diet. No solid food, and smoothies can be great for detox and nutrition - smoothies can be made with fruits and vegetables. I've done mango and kale for example. This would be healthier. Of course, the Master-Cleanse is a great way to start - kinda resets the tastebuds for folks like me that have a sweet tooth issue.
- Re: Fasting and cellulite #84008
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,053,183Rooth
Hi, fasting really is more complex than most would think. See people fast for so many different reasons spiritual, cure diesease, weightloss etc. I for example primarily chose a Water Fast to jumpstart weightloss after all its said overweight people tend to have toxins and its hard for your body to loose weight when it has toxins so naturally a cleanse/fast was a good starting point. Further, I made a concsious effort to take time to reflect or just slow down and what better way to do this but in combination with fasting. Prior to the year or less I gained weight not watching my nutrition frankly I did not have any food issues; I ate extremely healthy.So I wldnt say my fast was inspired by food issues, or trying to avoid it rather mine was inspired by a quest to return to my healthy lifestyle that meant weightloss as continued obesity wld put me at risk of chronic illness(in fact I found myself more worried about my BMI stats I was more motivated to bring my points from 36 obse into the 24 normal range why it reduced my risk of chronic illness) and living in a fast paced world I needed to slow down so I just took half a year out to do nothing, slow down and take stock, take a step back and reflect; I found fasting really enhanced this process. As the New Year approaches I feel refreshed, revitalizes and rejuvinated.
I would beg to differ about smoothies to help deal with food issues a liquid diet/smoothies. As you say its a liquid diet in my opinion that not too different from MC/fasts. I could say for those who need a thorough cleanse really Water Fasting is widely accepted as superior, most smoothies have a dairy component not good for cleansing, a whole fruit has its enzymes and fibre intact, however once you puree fruit the valuable fibre is reduced/lost, in fruit sucrose is present in the manner nature intended it to be digested in juices/smoothies a fruit is taken out the way nature intended it be consumed likewise sucrose so the body digests it diferently, unless your'e really careful what ingredients you include these drinks are notorious for high calories I really could go on. However, green juices and green smoothies are an exception they are recommended. See the food industry found a niche in the Smoothie business touting their high caloric beverages as healthy and with everyone trying to be healthy they're making a killing deceiving consumers. As I prepare to come off my fasts I'm fine tuning my nutrition and exercise savvy and spend a lot time researching. Recently, I found a website that lists calories in food and also includes a pie chart to show you what % piece of the pie fat(is in red ha ha),carbohydrates and protein costitutes gosh if only the FDA regulated that food be labelled that way I'm sure lots of companies would be out of business or at least pple would think twice abt certain foods.I mean its one thing being told dont drink vitamin water it has a lof of Sugar then seeing it for yourself. I mean I for one was shocked at Indian Vegetarian Entree's at being mostly fatty after Indian food is touted as "healthy" yeah maybe healthier than Mc Donald but not in and of itself. Seriously we consumers have look out for ourselves I'll give another example in the news the other night the so called "HEALTHY SPECIAL K CEREAL". Yeah right, it was reported that the cereal and almost all grocery store brands contained unhealthy amounts of sodium that were especially harmful to low blood pressure patients or anyone trying to control blood pressure. Worse years agothe FDA noticed this and warned the cereal industry but told them to take the intiative to reduce the amounts on their own and as to be expected YEARS LATER THEY HAVE NOT. In UK, its regulated as such the Special K in England has significantly less sodium than the same Special K box in the US and what do they drill consumers to do "eat Special K for 6 weeks straight" knowing full well its not so healthy.As Amy's the so called healthy frozen dinners have some form of Mono-Sodium-Glutamat (Natrium Glutamat) in some of their frozen entree's and they're supposedly organic, ORGANIC FOOD WITH Mono-Sodium-Glutamat (Natrium Glutamat) whats next ha ha. As for the REAL DEAL with SOY FOODS gosh we'll be here forever for its more deception all in the name of profit.
Take care
- Re: Fasting and cellulite pepe
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,053,196You make some good points. I believe with the sodium issue you prolly meant to say that it would affect folks with "high blood pressure as sodium causes spikes in the BP.
One way to avoid all the misconceptions of how prepared/processed foods are labeled is to just simply avoid them as much as possible cause not only is the labeling deceptive, in addition to all the crap contained in them the nutritional value in these prepared food is also very low or non existent so one should strive to eat mostly or exclusively eat only fresh foods if one want to see the quickest results and changes in overall health,
I just read an article recently about the huge reduction of nutritional content in our veggies from soil mineral depletion etc. While to a lesser degree even organic veggies are affected depending on how conciencious the growers are about crop rotation and replenishing the soil. This makes it quite difficult to maintain optimum health even if we eat just fresh foods. A way around this is juicing veggies in addition to regular whole food consumption. The body has to turn everything into juice in order to digest foods.Thus when one juices veggies most of the digestion has already been done allowing the system to readily absorb a muuuuuch higher percentage the available nutrients.
I know green smoothies are the rage now but in all my years or reading and research in any liquid nutritional regimen the golden rule has always been to "never mix fruits and vegetables" in juice as they digest at a different rates and in liquid form they will ferment in the system and cause bloating and gas and other complications that will impead the efficient absorption of the nutrients.
For anyone concerned with weight I would encourage folks to not focus at all on calories and fat content but on balance and food combining and I firmly believe that adding fresh made juices to anyones diet is the biggest single thing anyone can do for their total health goals.
Not all fat is bad across the board. Healthy fats are one of the most overlooked issues in any healthy diet and essential not only to optimal health but a crucial part to anyone concerned with weight loss. It traditional Indian cuisine they use Ghee (clarified butter) which is much healthier than any of the saturated and hydrogenated fasts used in western cooking so looking at the fat content of Indian food as some sort of measure can be quite deceptive.
Healthy fats (essential fatty acids-EFA) in particular in raw or vegetarian regimens is not only very commonly overlooked but also not easy to include in the diet without supplementation. This is also true in general on any nutritional regimen so I would encourage anyone to get a good quality oil or blends as in Udo's choice that contain a balance of Omege 3 & 6. My personal fave is Hemp oil. I like both the flavor and that it contains the same ratio of Omega3:Omega6 needed by the human body.
Last but not least what is not being emphasized in all this is the PRIME importance of regular exercise. If one wants to see the quickest results or just optimal health in general I strongly believe that resistance or weight training exercise must be included in any REGULAR exercise regimen.
- Re: Fasting and cellulite pepe
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- Re: Fasting and cellulite #84008
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This is a reply to # 1,053,170Pepe
Hi, haha I remember last time you responded to my post:)
Anyway, I only wish I could say my weightloss was quickkk far from it. I had to work at it ust as anyone using convetional methods. Believe me doing one quick fast(even a long one) one doesnt get a true sense of the hardwork and discipline involved. Besides my weightloss, my series of fasts were also an opportunity to slow down, to take stock of life etc at this point I dont even place too much emphasis on weight lost or cellulite in fact I barely pay attention that is why today I was shocked at what I saw cause I'd even forgot/wasnt to bothered about looking at all that stuff.Oh yeah when I'm fasting I reduce chemical use so dont use body loition as the body also expels toxins through the skin.I'll check my weight once in a while out of curiosity bit now my focus is more on a healthy lifestyle and as I prepare to come out of my fasts.
Yup, to sustain any real gain its crucial that fasting be "accompanied... quality nutrition and exercise". Doing a series of Water Fasts I took periods for breaking my fasts to really replenish my body with quality essential nutrients from raw fruit and vegetables and to replenish protein with beans say a bean salad or rice and beans.
Interesting what you say about loose skin giving the appearance of reduced cellulite. See at the beginning when I was obese and decided to fast gosh I was petrified I had visions of all this sagging loose skin down the road, as for the cellulite I thought there was no way it'd dissapear. My boyfriend was kind enough to console me saying I'd only become obese in a matter of months and said something about skin elasticity I didnt beleive him. Luckily as the months have been progressing no loose skin a huge relief, as for cellulite no change for months but hey better cellulite than loose skin. Then I hadnt been paying too much attention and today somehow I noticed a drastic reduction in my cellulite. This is not the first time I lost my cellulite once I fasted 21 days and the intermediate cellulite I had dissapeared but this time I was like no way this severe cellulite is dissappearing I'm telling you I was shocked!But this really wasnt overnight its been a couple months of a seriess of fasts with replenishing in between and exercise when I can handle it.I think genetics,skins elasticity also play a role I think I am genetically blessed because generally I have good skin maybe this is a contributing factor.
Pepe, I know last time you were concerned that other members are here think fasting is a "magic bullet" for weightloss and that they should be cautioned. Well I could say especially if your'e normal weight fasting will quickly result in weightloss BUT if one is not careful as quickly as it came off as quickly as it will come back on and even more. Its absolutley critical to be overly cautious after these cleanses or fasts. For anyone whos overweight, I was there before. Its not going to magically come off in one go. Recognising this will guard against dissapointment then resorting to old ways and regaining whatever was lost. It will take time, its taken me a about 4 going on to 5 months to go from obese to now my normal weight. At first I'd wished It'd go faster but now I appreciate that it took this long because its only with time that sustainable changes can happen,its with time that I had time to think long and hard about the changes I should make not to find myself in this situation again. See doing it over months I really had time to think about healthy eating and ex, time to practice it at times I broke the fasts. whereas say with a 10/21 day cleanse time flies and in no time your'e back to the overwhelming world of eating and if you had bad habits before it sure will take a lot of willpower not to revert to old ways. After all, after a fast your'e hungry especially not having eaten for 21 days or so. I'd say fasting is great but it cannot do everything on its own help it along by making lifestyles changes:)
Take care
- Re: Fasting and cellulite Roooth
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- Re: Fasting and cellulite DenverDude
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This is a reply to # 1,053,148Hi,
It's a common misnomer that since fat has more calories per gram than muscle, that fasting would burn fat first. The reality is that it's exactly BECAUSE fat has more calories per gram that, when fasting or starving, the body tries to retain the fat because it's a greater source of energy on a per gram basis.
One way to defeat this is to actually work the muscles. So, what I've done on other "fasts or diets" is do more weight training and less cardio because the muscles are worked, the body knows that it has to use them then and at some point in the future, so it uses the fat as the energy source.
Your reduction in cellulite is great and maybe the walks and cardio (however minimal) or doing the trick for you. Who knows? It may just be that you've found your key to the fat reduction (it sounds like you have).
But, my method has been to increase the weight training (not heavy, but enough to work the muscles fully, especially my legs) and I've gained tremendous results with various fasts and diets like the South Beach, Fat Flush, etc. Losses of the 2-3% in Body Fat area (starting at about 9-12% generally, so a pretty good percentage loss).
I'm doing the same thing with The Master Cleanse and I'm anxious to see the results. However, for me, it's more about flushing out the toxins than getting ripped.
Nonetheless, a great result for you and I hope it continues. I just wanted to add my 2 cents. Hope it helps in some way. - Re: Fasting and cellulite skinnyminnie
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,053,148I would love to hear more about you losing 70 pounds via fasting. I have done my first salt water flush tonight and will be starting the Master-Cleanse tomorrow.
If I could lose 70 pounds, I would be the happiest person alive.
I have done the Master-Cleanse before (over 18 months ago) for 10 days and felt fantastic. Since then, well I had a baby for starters, and I am ready to get the weight off now. I know from experience that when I am fasting, I really don't get hungry doing the MC- I miss eating and chewing though. But it did help me to break old habits.
I think that by doing an extended fast, I could really get rid of these habits for good and would appreciate any detail you would be willing to share.
THANKS! - Re: Fasting and cellulite Bsage
10 y
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This is a reply to # 1,053,148Thank you! I am on day 2 of cleanse and this give me incentive. Did you also increase exercise?
- Re: Fasting and cellulite pepe
17 y
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