3 day fast: metabolic shutdown?

[Bradshaw]

For the next three days, I plan to only drink water. Lots of water. Then, starting Sunday Oct 9th, I will keep a food journal of everything that I eat. I want to get my diet 'handled'. I feel that it is necessary to do the fast to clean out my system.

In the past, I have ingested too much: coffee, coke, fast food, beer, etc. I plan on stopping cold turkey.

Don't worry about motivation: will-power is my middle name. I am currently preparing recipes, buying food, doing extensive research on diet to feed athletes, and have almost finished reading Tom Venuto's "Burn the fat, Feed the Muscle" (highly recommended)

My only concern is: will this 3-day-fast slow my metabolism down too much? What are the consequences? Is it worth it?

 

[mrRuckus]

Originally posted by Bradshaw


My only concern is: will this 3-day-fast slow my metabolism down too much? What are the consequences? Is it worth it?

What's 3 days of no food compared to a lifetime future of eating well?

It won't matter long term.

 

[C00L]

just stop eating all the garbage. no need to fast. instead eat healthy foods.

 

[Bradshaw]

I think I am going to skip the fast. I am too f-ing hungry!! I am going to go eat now. (something healthy of course)

p.s. 200th post! Senior Don Juan Status.

 

[mrRuckus]

Originally posted by Bradshaw
I think I am going to skip the fast. I am too f-ing hungry!! I am going to go eat now. (something healthy of course)

p.s. 200th post! Senior Don Juan Status.

did you change your middle name?

 

[DonJuanMonk]

You have a willpower of an ant.

 

[Bradshaw]

Originally posted by DonJuanMonk
You have a willpower of an ant.

And you have the grammer of grade-school drop out retarded boy.

 

[Bradshaw]

Originally posted by mrRuckus
did you change your middle name?

I wasn't talking about the will power for the fast. I was talking about the will power to maintain the healthy diet. It is stupid to stick to something that nobody was saying would be beneficial. That is why I was asking: is this worth it? I did some googling for fasting, and it seems pretty new-age and not scientifically proven. Hence the name in the title. I was ASKING if it is needed.

 

[RaWBLooD]

dont do it, fasting is not healthy. Unless, your soul is the focus.

 

[Phoenix_of_the_ashes]

Originally posted by Bradshaw
I wasn't talking about the will power for the fast. I was talking about the will power to maintain the healthy diet. It is stupid to stick to something that nobody was saying would be beneficial. That is why I was asking: is this worth it? I did some googling for fasting, and it seems pretty new-age and not scientifically proven. Hence the name in the title. I was ASKING if it is needed.

Excuses excuses man, you made yourself look stupid. We all know that you tried the fast.

 

[Bradshaw]

Originally posted by Phoenix_of_the_ashes
Excuses excuses man, you made yourself look stupid. We all know that you tried the fast.

THE TITLE OF THE THREAD HAS A QUESTION MARK IN IT. It was an INQUIRY. I asked in the originial post "is it worth it?" (to fast)

NOBODY on this thread has said that it is worth it. I did my own research as well, and determined that it had no proven scientific value.

If I was trying to impress people, I would just have lied and said that I fasted for 10 days. (really, how would you know?)

One more time, for those of you who probably don't score very well on reading comprehension tests:

Will Power= for the healthy diet.

Fast?=was an inquiry.
http://www.answers.com/inquiry&r=67

 

[Phoenix_of_the_ashes]

Well why did you try it anyway then?

 

[Bradshaw]

Originally posted by Phoenix_of_the_ashes
Well why did you try it anyway then?

Because I thought that it was a good way to 'detox' your system. I found no evidence that this occurs. I DID find some things saying it can be harmful: eg. Your bowel muscles weaken if not used for a for even a short period of time; your body thinks that you are in a famine and slows your metabolism down (hence the title of this thread), etc.

 

[Phoenix_of_the_ashes]

Originally posted by Bradshaw
Because I thought that it was a good way to 'detox' your system. I found no evidence that this occurs. I DID find some things saying it can be harmful: eg. Your bowel muscles weaken if not used for a for even a short period of time; your body thinks that you are in a famine and slows your metabolism down (hence the title of this thread), etc.

Well why did you even start then?

 

[Bradshaw]

Originally posted by Phoenix_of_the_ashes
Well why did you even start then?

To see differing points of view, experiences, or knowledge that people had of fasting. This IS a DISCUSSION board isn't it? I did most of the research in the last few days, because nobody else was contributing anything useful to this thread. (That is not entirely true. A few of you did say that fasting was in fact unnecessary, and even unhealthy. That would just solidify my arguement on why I decided against it.)

 

[Phoenix_of_the_ashes]

Originally posted by Bradshaw
To see differing points of view, experiences, or knowledge that people had of fasting. This IS a DISCUSSION board isn't it? I did most of the research in the last few days, because nobody else was contributing anything useful to this thread. (That is not entirely true. A few of you did say that fasting was in fact unnecessary, and even unhealthy. That would just solidify my arguement on why I decided against it.)

No no,I was asking why you started the fast, not this thread.

 

[Bradshaw]

Originally posted by Phoenix_of_the_ashes
No no,I was asking why you started the fast, not this thread.

As posted above, because I thought it would help clear out, or detox, my body. Based on my research in the last few days, I realize that this doesn't really happen. Old wives tale. Not scientfically proven. Therefore, no point to continue.











YOUR turn to get the last word in now...

 

[Phoenix_of_the_ashes]

So you started the fast without having finished the research?

It still just sounds like a stupid excuse to me.

 

[Bradshaw]

Originally posted by Phoenix_of_the_ashes
So you started the fast without having finished the research?

It still just sounds like a stupid excuse to me.

I see that you have played this game before...

 

[DirkPitt]

Fasting works. Lost 65lbs here. have kept it off.