I totally think that it is possible to keep the majority of the weight off with healthy eating and exercise after a water fast. In my case I lost 14 pounds on a 7 day water fast. After the fast I completely binged everyday for a month (and I mean I ate the same or even more food than I usually did prior to the fast) and I still didn't gain back all the weight I had lost. So I always think that if I had eaten healthy and exercised like a normal person, I would have kept the majority of that weight off AND I think I could have lost more.

With every single fast I've done, I always gained back everything except for 10-13 pounds.

For the record, I looked at the permanent loss of the 10-13 pounds, instead of the rest of the weight I gained back.

Time will tell with THIS one!

On March 12th, I started my fast weighing 176 pounds, and I weighed in on Monday, April 9th at 152 pounds. I planned to get weighed today, but it rained all day and we just didn't get out! ;-(

The answer is YES YES YES! I am living proof. I started my fist fast back in June of last year at around 310 pounds.. and have done a couple fasts since then. (Each fast no longer than 12 days at a time - 1 juice fast - and the other's water).. Anyhow, that coupled with a good eating plan for inbetween fasts.. I've lost 100 pounds and still working toward my goal of losing a full 160. YOU CAN keep the weight off, and guess what? --->> It's NOT all water weight either like many like to say it is. It all depends on what you do with yourself after the fast.. if you go back to the way you've always eaten, you'll get the same results you've always gotten - does that make sense? Anyways, yes, you can keep the weight OFF!

Hope this helps out some!

April
SW: 310
CW: 210
GW: 150
My progress pics & blog:

http://www.spankysvoice.com

hi,

i think you can definitely keep the weight off after fasting if you're careful, i lost 29lbs on the mc last year, i ate very lightly for a few weeks afterwards (mainly fruit and veg, and a small amount of protein eventually) and continued to lose weight. however i took a holiday to menorca a few months later and the healthy eating went out of the window, i even started drinking alcohol which i don't normally do (holiday mentality and all that lol!). anyway i figured that if i had stuck to my plan then i wouldn't have gained back, so i think it's probably up to the individual in most cases. i accept with everything there are exceptions to the rule but i would say if you're very careful then you should manage not to gain.
a long fast can break the physical ties to eating that we have but the emotional ties take a bit more work and can so easily rear their ugly heads at any time, especially once we go back to eating. i always say "if i never had to eat ever again, my problems would be no more...i'd be cured," just like an alcoholic or drug addict abstaining from alcohol or drugs respectively. the problem is if we don't eat, then we'll die....my happiest state is a fasting one (3 days + lol!), when the thought of food is a distant memory and i reach that euphoric light feeling where i think i've cracked the food addiction, the problem is it's still there when we go back to food.
anyway i've digressed a bit but, in a nutshell...yes i do think it's possible not to gain :)

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