Thanks for the replies!

@Archus, my bad, maybe this wasn't the best place to post the message since it's true that I'm not having distilled water only. I can see why this is important from a detox point of view, but for losing weight, it should still be called fasting, since 0 calories is still 0 calories...

Anyway, I'm well aware of the importance of the refeeding period as well as the lifestyle changes that have to be made afterwards. I have been obese since I was 6 yo. I know exactly what I need to eat, I just need more self-control. I was actually heavier than 258 lbs (my peak was 280 lbs) and I slowly went down to 240 pounds over a period of almost a year. However, Im living alone, working part time and going to Uni, and I recently had some problems (failed first year of Uni, lost job) and I started to eat too much again. When I went to the scale a few weeks after that, I found myself at 258 lbs and I felt like I just lost months of progress in a couple of weeks. Worst feeling ever. So I said f*** it and went rogue by entering fasting..and here I am!

Hey, Valkyrie man, good to meet a fellow biker.

Fasting for weight loss isn't going to lower your metabolism. Dr Fung - intensivedietarymanagement.com has 2200+ patients he has fasted out of T2 Diabetes and he has not observed lowering metabolism except what is proportional to the reduction in weight. Like a 250lb guy uses 2500 calories when he's on his couch. A 150lb guy uses 1500. But you fast and you don't drop to 1200.
To really get to 1200 you need to do partial eating, like eat a tiny piece of bread every 3hrs.

Anyway fasting for weight loss - dry or Water Fast is extremely effective. And does not lower your metabolism. However there is a few caveats.
Fasting causes your weight and fat to drop very very fast. Fat secretes leptin. Leptin causes your body to say "we're full after this food" stop eating. When you're fat, you're leptin resistant and you have tons of leptin. You lose the fat, and you lose all that leptin. The resistance to leptin takes a while to catch up I think. So you have a nearly bottomless appetite. Have you seen a 150lb guy eat like he's a 250lb guy. Oh yea I do that.
Fasting teaches you nothing about yourself or what food is good for you. Worse yet, it gives you the power of the greatest weight loss mechanism ever conceived. So you're clueless and omnipotent. That is a recipie for disaster.
These are my observations so fat from going to 148 from 238 in just a few months.
Now I am working on a third theory that can tie all these together and give me and who ever else a way to correct themselves.

Insulin resistance does not follow insulin levels so closely. Insulin resistance follows Free Fatty acids as well. To lower insulin resistance you need to lower FFA's and insulin. Fasting lowers Insulin. Losing weight does not lower FFA's as much as you expect. That's why your lipid profile only improves slightly with a 100lb weight loss. If you however drop to under 7-8% BF likely the lipids will drop nicely. That should take down IR.

So fast your way to 7-8% BF and sit there for a few months till all the other factors catch up.

My theory, still to be proven. My next fast is still being planned. Likely 5 day dry, 5 day water and 5 day of fat and longer if needed till I am @ 7-8%.

Lets see.
Thanks.
Srinath.

Great! Keep it up.

Are you walking for 15-20 minutes a day?

Nice work, when you're in the 100's of lb extra range, you use a lot just being normal and of course that fat is basically easy for your body to find and burn, so it does it very very well with nary a hiccup.

Maybe its a good idea to not eat at all till you've got nothing left on yourself - like in the 7-8% range and maybe then start re-feeding on something very veggie heavy.

Obviously I am the last person to advice you on it, I broke every rule in the book, and even some that haven't even been written I think. But this time I'll follow it.

Fast till 7-8% BF, then re-feed a week+ with veggies and fermented foods.

But good luck on your journey down the slide. Enjoy.

Thanks.
Srinath.

Start of dry fast - Its a few mins old now, just finished my shave and shower.
5/21/17. 7:00 Pm, 169lb, 24.6 BMI, 19.0 BF, 38.0 Muscle, 8 Visceral fat.
Thanks.
Srinath.

I was losing 2/3 to 3/4 lb a day on average. It will probably be more when you are heavier. Don't worry, once you're body realizes there is a buffet in vicinity it will not stop till all of it is gone. It will clean out everything else in the process too. From there on out, its all what you do to keep it clean.
Thanks.
Srinath.