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What actually is happening when people say their stomach has shrunk, not by surgery but that feeling you get when you realize your appetite and ability to eat food has gone down?
Our stomachs stretch to facilitate continual over indulgence....maybe I should have said, ''unstretches'. Shrinks seems like a descriptive word for how it 'becomes smaller' or goes back to normal over time.
First off why are you dong this? If it is to lose weight, you certainly will, but be forewarned that if you are not calculated when you go back to eating real meals you will gain all the weight back and then some.
40 days seems excessive. There is no peer reviewed documented proof that juice fasting is a healthier option than just eating whole, unprocessed foods in a balanced and calorie restrictive manner. But to each his own.
Also, when you juice fruits and vegetables you are eliminating one of the most important parts of the food, the fiber.
If you have read "Sick Fat and Almost Dead" you will see there is actual experiential proof of success with this method, if done carefully. Just saying when you are grossly overweight sometimes a good jump start is necessary -- too many people depending on surgery, with all its accompanying dangers, for the "easy" way to shed pounds.
OP, just be careful and be sure you have a doctor available. Best of luck!
Cleanses are nonsense. Your body cleanses itself on a daily basis. Your stomach will not shrink if it has been stretched out. It would need to be surgically modified.
If you got bored after 9 days how will you get through 40, and really, what would be the point?
Instead of adding fiber just eat the whole piece of fruit or veggie.
Incorrect. The stomach, an organ, DOES shrink back to normal size WITHOUT surgery. When you overeat and/or are overweight, that organ is unnaturally stretched out to accommodate larger portions of food. Over time and less solids taken in, the stomach more accurately returns to its original correct size.
I am fascinated with efficiency and like the idea of fasting while sleeping. Two birds...
Yes...and if you stop eating at 3 or 4 pm....then have breakfast at 9 or 10 am...that is a good one!
Have hot water with lemon in the morning....an idea....if you can wait til lunch at noon...even better!
I'm inspiring myself!
Incorrect. The stomach, an organ, DOES shrink back to normal size WITHOUT surgery. When you overeat and/or are overweight, that organ is unnaturally stretched out to accommodate larger portions of food. Over time and less solids taken in, the stomach more accurately returns to its original correct size.
Not if you are morbidly obese. The stomach can and will lose its elasticity if it stays stretched. Just like a rubber band that gets stretched too far.
If we are talking about smaller amounts of weight the stomach will expand and shrink.
Gnascor,
I'm not sure what IG is?
This is illogical. I am not sure if you are panicking or what salesman suggested this. Never do anything to lose weight you can't maintain for a lifetime.
Healthy diet and exercise, period. What's your exercise plan?
NG
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Originally Posted by gnascor
I am starting a 40 day juice fast on March 20th and looking for advice/support!!!
I am 6'5" @ 385lbs...
I plan on drinking 6 blended juices throughout each day with adding some hemp protein in 1 or 2 of them. Zero solid intake.
I am new to this whole thing, but my old ways were not working and I am looking for a jump start...a pseudo natural way of shrinking my stomach without the surgery.
I also created my FIRST social media account to document this, will be posting pics and tracking progress...my username is gnascor on IG.
ABout a year and a half ago I did a 21 day fast and I felt that I got a lot of benefit from it. Before the fast I had hormone problems and at 56 I still had not started menopause but during the fast all those excess hormones cleared out and bam--I went straight into menopause. I haven't been checked yet but I suspect the reason for that is b/c it shrunk my fibroid tumors and all went to normal. The best part is that it was a super easy menopause and while I've had plenty of hotflashes, no one ever enjoyed those as much as I have, lol. But the best best part is that I have a hormone sensitive breast tumor that I've had treated holistically only and that shrunk and never grew again and 3.5 years past dx I'm healthier than I've ever been. The fast hasn't been the whole of my treatment but it's been a huge influence.
Another interesting benefit that I got from the fast was a total cure of a bad sinus infection and it was bad enough I was going to have to go to the doctor and get antibiotics, but 1.5 days into the fast my sinuses were more clear than I could ever remember them being.
From the stuff I read, the body will jettison everything it doesn't need during a fast. It will spare protein b/c you need that, but bacteria, fungi, viruses, and any kind of tumors will get "eaten," b/c your body doesn't need those so will take out foreign invaders first. Your energy is spared b/c digesting food takes a lot of energy so it will turn to fixing any problems that you may have, like extra hormones floating around. It will save muscles for last, b/c the heart is a muscle and supposedly if you get to the point where you go into starvation mode then the body will start on the muscles, but you will simply not be able to abstain from food at that point.
The very best part? The pride I feel in having done this--I've never thought of myself as a person with a lot of self control so this was a huge boost to my self esteem. I'd recommend keeping a journal during this time and keep track of feelings. I was afraid I'd be depressed during that time b/c I stayed fairly isolated but the opposite was true--emotionally I felt great.
ABout a year and a half ago I did a 21 day fast and I felt that I got a lot of benefit from it.
Exactly what did you eat/drink during your fast?
I've heard of some that include protein shakes. I don't think I could handle a juice fast, too much sugar for my system.
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