Here is an IF success story from one of my readers which was posted in my food blog on July 9, 2011. This is indeed one of the most encouraging comments that I receive ever since I blog on IF and food. So I’ve decided to copy this comment from my Hong Kong Food Blog and post it here.
Hi Anna, I didn't know where to drop this, so I'm just going to leave this here.
Back in September, I had this massive craving for Cantonese food while I was at school (without my parents' cooking). I googled around and came to your site. Then I read about IF. I've never made an effort to lose weight, but I decided to give IF a try. I did it for about three months. Then Christmas break came around. After that, I reduced my fasts and eventually stopped because juggling my semester schedule and IF was too much for me.
However, I just wanted to thank you so so so much, with every ounce of sincerity that I have. When I stopped IF, I started eating healthier (and I'm not just saying "eating healthier," I really mean it.
Lifestyle changing, healthy eating, not just dieting - "healthy eating", if that makes sense. I don't think I could ever ever have done this if I hadn't stumbled on your blog.
IF taught me how to look at food differently every single day. It taught me about hunger and bored eating. It taught me so much, in only three months that I did it seriously.
I'm down 30 lbs now. I lost 10 pounds on IF, then the other 20 lbs by eating responsibly. This is a leap for me because I had never lost more than 5 lbs at a time in my life. I have a long way to go, but for a girl who has never really put an effort into weight loss until I saw your blog, I really just wanted to thank you. I wanted to write to you for a while, but I didn't know how to thank you, and I really still don't. Thank you so much! Also, I just came back from Hong Kong and the food was delicious! :D
Intermittent Fasting Success Story
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Calorie Restricted Diets - Good or No Good?
Calorie Restricted Diets have helped many to lose weight. But there is an argument that "You're just going to put all the fat back on... "
My friend Brad Pilon has recently written an article on this topic. I like his points and would very much like to share with you.
"Calorie restricted diets are pointless because they are hard to maintain and you just end up putting the fat back on once you stop the diet"
I have NEVER understood this argument against dieting.
To me, it's just a back handed compliment:
"Sure, you're losing tons of fat now and you look great, but as soon as you stop dieting and start eating like the rest of us again your just going to gain all that fat back! "
Funny how you never hear anyone say:
"Really effective weight training programs are pointless because they are hard to maintain and you just end up losing all the muscle when you go back to being sedentary"
or
"Getting out of debt is pointless because it's really, really hard, and once you go off your budget and start spending like crazy, you just end up in debt again!"
To me, this is just the arguments made by the defeated, the lazy and the jealous.
My advice? Ignore these arguments, and stay the course.
Eat less, move more, fast once or twice a week, ignore the naysayers. That's the approach people who transformed their bodies using Eat Stop Eat followed, and it will work for you too.
Your friend,
Brad
Eat Stop Eat
My friend Brad Pilon has recently written an article on this topic. I like his points and would very much like to share with you.
"Calorie restricted diets are pointless because they are hard to maintain and you just end up putting the fat back on once you stop the diet"
I have NEVER understood this argument against dieting.
To me, it's just a back handed compliment:
"Sure, you're losing tons of fat now and you look great, but as soon as you stop dieting and start eating like the rest of us again your just going to gain all that fat back! "
Funny how you never hear anyone say:
"Really effective weight training programs are pointless because they are hard to maintain and you just end up losing all the muscle when you go back to being sedentary"
or
"Getting out of debt is pointless because it's really, really hard, and once you go off your budget and start spending like crazy, you just end up in debt again!"
To me, this is just the arguments made by the defeated, the lazy and the jealous.
My advice? Ignore these arguments, and stay the course.
Eat less, move more, fast once or twice a week, ignore the naysayers. That's the approach people who transformed their bodies using Eat Stop Eat followed, and it will work for you too.
Your friend,
Brad
Eat Stop Eat
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Juice Fasting – Benefits and How
If you’ve been following my blog, you may know that my fasting journey started with a six-day juice fasting.
To start with, I prefer juice to water for one reason – I like to have some taste, sweetness and at least something rather than nothing in my mouth. May be for this reason, people generally can stay through the first three days without much problem. In fact, there were more scientific reasons to backup my choice, but at that moment in time, I didn’t know. If you want to try juice fasting, let me walk you through some basic facts.
About Juice Fasting
While juice fasting, the stomach actually shrinks to its original size (the size of your fist). When you just drink your food, your stomach gets a physiological rest, allowing the colon to shed old compacted and putrefied material that was waiting there to cause future disease. Hence juice fasting is not only responsible for weight loss, but detoxifying and rejuvenating our digestive organs.
Please always include fresh raw fruits and vegetables. They require no digestion & almost all their vital nutrients are assimilated directly in the bloodstream.
Raw juices of fruits & vegetables are extremely rich in vitamins & minerals, trace elements, enzymes & natural sugars. They exercise beneficial effect in normalizing all the body functions. They supply needed elements for the body's own healing activity & cell regeneration thereby speeding the recovery.
Juice Fasting Juices 
If you are technically interested in the nutrition value and benefits of the juice fasting fruits and vegetable juices, you may look up the internet and spend a few days reading overwhelming information.
I’m not a technical person, so my suggestion to do juice fasting is by color rotation. I’m sure you won’t miss anything in terms of nutrition. And that was exactly how I did it myself. Here are some of the fruits and vegetables generally available, delicious and economic. I’m sure you’ll love some, if not all of them.
- Acid fruits like orange, lemon, grapefruit, strawberry and pineapple.
- Sweet fruits such as prunes and grapes.
- Sub-acid fruits like apple, plum, pear, peach, apricot and cherry.
- Vegetable fruits, namely, tomato and cucumber.
- Green leafy vegetables like cabbage, celery, lettuce, spinach.
- Root vegetables like beetroot, carrot, onion, potato and radish.
I made the juices myself to guarantee freshness. Drink immediately after the juices are made. If you don’t have a juicer at home yet, buy one. A simple inexpensive home juicer will do. It is desirable to use juices individually. If you prefer to mix, I would suggest no more than three juices in any one mixture.
Who Should Do Juice Fasting
Anybody – whoever wants to start a new and healthy life. But you may say that ‘if it is easy, then everyone would be doing it.’ Right, each year, millions of people attempt to take control of their weight and health. And each year millions of people fail. If you don’t want to be the next one, you need to find out more about juice fasting and seek support from people with successful experience.
Generally people who suffered from pain and got recovered will share their experiences and hope to help others who had been suffering from similar pain. For me, I create this blog to share my fasting experiences. For Kate West, she has taken her years of overweight/unhappy experience into a simple handbook called Breakthrough Juice Fasting, in which she takes you by the hand and show you step-by-step how to do juicing fasting. FYI, Kate after mastering this system became a detoxification consultant and enjoying great joy in helping others to go through the journey she had.
Intermittent Fasting Sucess Report - Juice Fasting Knowhow
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Why Bother With The Lemonade Diet?
Do you love lemon? A lot of us do. What do you love a lemon for, apart from its fragrant and refreshing nature? Have you ever associated it with weight loss, health and even a master cleanse? In fact, a Lemonade Diet which is also known as The Master Cleanse, is a life transformation exercise where many people enjoy a new and better life after going through it.As someone who’s enjoying the benefits of fasting, I would like to introduce more fasting diets ideas to encourage more readers to go fasting. Let me begin with the Lemonade Diet.
There's a lot of buzz surrounding the Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet. Lately it seems like every Hollywood actress or actor who needs to get in shape is turning to this decades old health system that involves drinking a mixture of lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper.
With all the diets out there to choose from why would anyone bother with the Lemonade Diet?
There are two main reasons people like the Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet. The first (and most obvious) is that it works. The results people are getting with the Master Cleanse border on miraculous, and they are backed by thousands of devoted users who are living testimonials to the effectiveness of the Master Cleanse.
The second reason people choose the Master Cleanse over other diets and wellness programs is that it's fast. The typical person only spends 10 days on the Master Cleanse, compared to other diets that can last months or even years you can see why they choose the Master Cleanse. For urgent dieters who for any reason need to shed pounds in a short period, this method is widely used.
Another interesting thing about the Lemonade Diet lasting just 10 days is that you only need a short term burst of will power to get through it. Having to sacrifice for months is what makes other diets so hard to stay on, but most people can will their way through 10 days.
What can you expect from 10 days on the Lemonade Diet?
Even though most people are going on the Master Cleanse to lose weight quickly, there are many other health benefits to be gained by doing the Master Cleanse. Flushing out your system is what the Master Cleanse is really designed to do. Even back 60 years ago when the Master Cleanse was first invented people had health problems as a result of waste building up inside of them. Today with processed foods, pollution, and all around poor diets our bodies desperately need to be flushed out every once in a while.
When you flush out your body with the Master Cleanse the waste you eliminate will be abnormal. The smell, color, and texture of the waste that comes out of your body shock some people, so you should be prepared.
It's true the Master Cleanse can help you lose up to 20 pounds, look younger, ease chronic pain, cleanse your body of internal waste, and boost your energy levels in 10 days but...You know the saying - "if it was easy everyone would be doing it". Right. Some people can’t even do it for one day.
If you want to try the Master Cleanse, there's more you need to know than just drinking the lemonade mixture for 10 days. In fact most people who try the Master Cleanse without knowing all the steps fail. If you want to see whether the Lemonade Diet is right for you, there's a good book Master Cleanse Secrets that you should read before starting because it covers the common problems people face, and how to avoid them.
Go fasting! I wish you all the best!
Anna
Intermittent Fasting Success Report - Lemonade Diet
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Is Eating Two Meals A Day Better Than Six?
Is eating two meals a day healthier or 6 to 10 small meals?
To lose weight, there are two completely contrast approaches. One is fasting, reduce in frequency and quantity of food. One is increased meal frequency such as 6 or more small meals daily, but no reduce in calories. It seems more “health experts” are encouraging people to go for the small meals approach. I doubt how many of them are doing what they encourage others to do.
I’m someone who do what I encourage others to do – fasting for weight loss.Eating 2 meals a day is in fact one way of intermittent fasting. I have been on this eating style for many years. You may want to hear about how two meals a day contributes to my health and keeping my body weight stable.
Flipping through my food diary, take the first week of April as an example, I had five days on one meal and two days on two meals. For the second week, I had three days on one meal and four days on two meals. I am basically eating everyday with my fasting window ranging from 14 hours to 24 hours and occasionally 30 hours.
Isn’t this meal frequency scary? I don’t think so. Some of my readers had been motivated by me to switch from alternate day fasting to a one-meal or two-meal plan. They like it because they are able to eat their favorite foods everyday.
Who Should Consider Eating 2 Meals A Day?Please understand…I am not saying that you should adapt to this way of eating at all. If I feel I need food…I eat. This way of eating isn't about starving myself and it is out of my natural need for food. Of course this won’t happen overnight. I took some time to build up this eating habit. Please don't eat this way until you have a deep understanding of the diet.
Fact is, if you want to lose weight but are not prepared to change your eating habit in one way or another, your chance of success could be limited.
About Intermittent Fasting and A Two-Meal PlanMy blog is about intermittent fasting and I talk a lot about IF without going detail about the science behind it. Because I’m not a scientific person and generally people tend to lost interest when articles get too technical. Therefore I would like to point to websites that go in depth into the subject of IF. Mike O'Donnell's 2 Meal Solution is one of them.
My suggestion is to go to Mike's site and do some research to see if a 2-meal day makes sense to you. If it does, give it a try…if it looks impossible for you then continue to eat the way you have been eating. Intermittent Fasting works extremely well for a lot of people and has documented health benefits if done properly.
Mike O'Donnell, the Man Behind 2 Meal SolutionMike quitted his well paying corporate job to venture into his passion for wanting to help people get better health and fitness. He has been a certified personal trainer for about a decade. I came to know him because I have been following his blog and learn a lot about IF. He has recently re-designed his outstanding "IF Life" blog and re-named it “2 Meal Solution”. Set a couple hours aside…I’m sure you are going to love his site!
The great thing about Mike is that he provides a staggering amount of free info, such as a free e-course and a free reading of the first 30 pages of his ebook. As a blogger, I know just how much work is involved in writing unique content and answering questions. It is a lot of hard work…and Mike does a fantastic job!
Reading Mike’s site, you’ll be inspired by his real passion in helping others to stay healthy and fit. Personally I’m completely impressed by his mission to provide simple and effective ways to improve our weight loss, fitness, health and lifestyle. Here is his website: 2 Meal Solution
Intermittent Fasting Success - Two Meals A Day
To lose weight, there are two completely contrast approaches. One is fasting, reduce in frequency and quantity of food. One is increased meal frequency such as 6 or more small meals daily, but no reduce in calories. It seems more “health experts” are encouraging people to go for the small meals approach. I doubt how many of them are doing what they encourage others to do.
I’m someone who do what I encourage others to do – fasting for weight loss.Eating 2 meals a day is in fact one way of intermittent fasting. I have been on this eating style for many years. You may want to hear about how two meals a day contributes to my health and keeping my body weight stable.
Flipping through my food diary, take the first week of April as an example, I had five days on one meal and two days on two meals. For the second week, I had three days on one meal and four days on two meals. I am basically eating everyday with my fasting window ranging from 14 hours to 24 hours and occasionally 30 hours.
Isn’t this meal frequency scary? I don’t think so. Some of my readers had been motivated by me to switch from alternate day fasting to a one-meal or two-meal plan. They like it because they are able to eat their favorite foods everyday.
Who Should Consider Eating 2 Meals A Day?Please understand…I am not saying that you should adapt to this way of eating at all. If I feel I need food…I eat. This way of eating isn't about starving myself and it is out of my natural need for food. Of course this won’t happen overnight. I took some time to build up this eating habit. Please don't eat this way until you have a deep understanding of the diet.
Fact is, if you want to lose weight but are not prepared to change your eating habit in one way or another, your chance of success could be limited.
About Intermittent Fasting and A Two-Meal PlanMy blog is about intermittent fasting and I talk a lot about IF without going detail about the science behind it. Because I’m not a scientific person and generally people tend to lost interest when articles get too technical. Therefore I would like to point to websites that go in depth into the subject of IF. Mike O'Donnell's 2 Meal Solution is one of them.
My suggestion is to go to Mike's site and do some research to see if a 2-meal day makes sense to you. If it does, give it a try…if it looks impossible for you then continue to eat the way you have been eating. Intermittent Fasting works extremely well for a lot of people and has documented health benefits if done properly.
Mike O'Donnell, the Man Behind 2 Meal SolutionMike quitted his well paying corporate job to venture into his passion for wanting to help people get better health and fitness. He has been a certified personal trainer for about a decade. I came to know him because I have been following his blog and learn a lot about IF. He has recently re-designed his outstanding "IF Life" blog and re-named it “2 Meal Solution”. Set a couple hours aside…I’m sure you are going to love his site!
The great thing about Mike is that he provides a staggering amount of free info, such as a free e-course and a free reading of the first 30 pages of his ebook. As a blogger, I know just how much work is involved in writing unique content and answering questions. It is a lot of hard work…and Mike does a fantastic job!
Reading Mike’s site, you’ll be inspired by his real passion in helping others to stay healthy and fit. Personally I’m completely impressed by his mission to provide simple and effective ways to improve our weight loss, fitness, health and lifestyle. Here is his website: 2 Meal Solution
Intermittent Fasting Success - Two Meals A Day
Saturday, April 2, 2011
How To Win Weight Loss Battle
The Weight Loss Battle Is Won or Lost In Your Mind
Have you ever stopped to take an inventory of all the things you currently do for weight loss, fitness, nutrition and your health in general?
If you do you’ll quickly find out what you’re doing for your body that is working and what you’re doing that might not be working so well.
You might be following a regular workout routine, and have some nutrition guidelines like ‘never drink calories’ or ‘always choose the low fat version’.
But if you honestly take a really good look at everything you’re doing, can you honestly say which things are working and which things aren’t?
And specifically what is working for weight loss? Weight loss seems to be more of a mental battle than a physical one. Sure there are some hunger cravings to deal with every now and then, but 90% of the battle is in your mind. If you can win the battle in your mind you can also win the battle around your waist or butt (or wherever you store your fat).
The most important thing you can ever do to lose weight is to re-program the way you think to believe that not only is weight loss possible, but that it’s possible for YOU.
Whatever thoughts you hold in your mind will become reality regardless if they are positive or negative.
I can best explain what I am talking about by a rather Profound Statement:
Our Brains become magnetized with the dominating thoughts that we hold in our minds. And, by means which no man is familiar, these magnets attract us to the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts*
This is a quote from Napoleon Hill, and believe it or not it explains EXACTLY what I’m talking about. Because if you bend and twist this quote, you get this: It is up to YOU to choose to believe that you DESERVE to lose weight.
(And you can’t wait, not even another day. You need to choose to believe RIGHT NOW!)
Every day that goes by that you don’t take action, is a day that you learn to accept that you DO NOT DESERVE to lose weight. And if you don’t believe you deserve it, it’s never going to happen.
Positive thoughts alone will NOT create weight loss… (You can’t ‘wish yourself thin’)
You need a plan.
And Eat Stop Eat is that plan.
Eat Stop Eat is a PERFECT map that lays out EVERYTHING you need to do to lose weight while maintaining your muscle mass. And it’s much simpler than you probably think. It is not complex nor is it confusing.
Everything that you need to do (and everything you don’t) is clearly laid out for you.
But it’s up to YOU.
Everything you need is RIGHT HERE in Eat Stop Eat.
It’s completely up to you to take action, TODAY.
So Eat Stop Eat is a belief that you deserve to lose weight, AND it’s the plan to help you get there, but if it were just a plan, it would be an average book at best.
It will open your eyes to just how simple weight loss can be, and how you can lose weight without totally complicating your life. There is nothing preventing you from losing weight besides your own mind…
…And it’s time to change your mind.
Get Eat Stop Eat, change your mind and start losing weight today.
Your friend,
Anna
This article is by courtesy of Brad Pilon, author of Eat Stop Eat.
Have you ever stopped to take an inventory of all the things you currently do for weight loss, fitness, nutrition and your health in general?
If you do you’ll quickly find out what you’re doing for your body that is working and what you’re doing that might not be working so well.
You might be following a regular workout routine, and have some nutrition guidelines like ‘never drink calories’ or ‘always choose the low fat version’.
But if you honestly take a really good look at everything you’re doing, can you honestly say which things are working and which things aren’t?
And specifically what is working for weight loss? Weight loss seems to be more of a mental battle than a physical one. Sure there are some hunger cravings to deal with every now and then, but 90% of the battle is in your mind. If you can win the battle in your mind you can also win the battle around your waist or butt (or wherever you store your fat).
The most important thing you can ever do to lose weight is to re-program the way you think to believe that not only is weight loss possible, but that it’s possible for YOU.
Whatever thoughts you hold in your mind will become reality regardless if they are positive or negative.
I can best explain what I am talking about by a rather Profound Statement:
Our Brains become magnetized with the dominating thoughts that we hold in our minds. And, by means which no man is familiar, these magnets attract us to the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts*
This is a quote from Napoleon Hill, and believe it or not it explains EXACTLY what I’m talking about. Because if you bend and twist this quote, you get this: It is up to YOU to choose to believe that you DESERVE to lose weight.
(And you can’t wait, not even another day. You need to choose to believe RIGHT NOW!)
Every day that goes by that you don’t take action, is a day that you learn to accept that you DO NOT DESERVE to lose weight. And if you don’t believe you deserve it, it’s never going to happen.
Positive thoughts alone will NOT create weight loss… (You can’t ‘wish yourself thin’)
You need a plan.
And Eat Stop Eat is that plan.
Eat Stop Eat is a PERFECT map that lays out EVERYTHING you need to do to lose weight while maintaining your muscle mass. And it’s much simpler than you probably think. It is not complex nor is it confusing.
Everything that you need to do (and everything you don’t) is clearly laid out for you.
But it’s up to YOU.
Everything you need is RIGHT HERE in Eat Stop Eat.
It’s completely up to you to take action, TODAY.
So Eat Stop Eat is a belief that you deserve to lose weight, AND it’s the plan to help you get there, but if it were just a plan, it would be an average book at best.
It will open your eyes to just how simple weight loss can be, and how you can lose weight without totally complicating your life. There is nothing preventing you from losing weight besides your own mind…
…And it’s time to change your mind.
Get Eat Stop Eat, change your mind and start losing weight today.
Your friend,
Anna
This article is by courtesy of Brad Pilon, author of Eat Stop Eat.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
No Breakfast is Good Breakfast!
You may have heard of ‘no news is good news’. What about ‘no breakfast is good breakfast’? If you haven't heard of this, let me ask you one question. What are the reasons you get off a bed?
You may say that the alarm clock rings; time to go to work; time to go to school; time to go to the airport; or time to go do something.
What if it is on a holiday that you don’t really need to wake up on time to do anything? What are the reasons you get off a bed when you don’t really want to?
Well, I didn’t close my curtain well enough, the sun was shinning on me; there were noises around; my back pain didn’t allow me to stay in bed any longer; or weather was too cold, my heater was out of order….the list goes on… Have you ever been told by your stomach to wake up? Because you are so hungry that you need to get off the bed and eat? I think these are the only group of people who really need a breakfast. Are you one of them?
Today, I have a day off. I have no lunch/dinner booking, so I decided to do something unusual – I went to the McDonald’s. It has the best breakfast deal in town (starting HK$13) so I went there. While I was enjoying my sausage muffin, I had a crazy idea as to ask a few people around me ‘why are you here?’ Some looked at me as if I were a mad woman. But the fact was, nobody said that they were hungry. It was just a habit or they love McDonald’s or they came because it was cheap.
Eat breakfast as a habit, can that be changed? Why are we eating when we are not hungry?
Weight loss is a hot topic nowadays. People tend to spend huge money in SPA, diet programs and expensive gym membership without realizing that the change of a little habit can do the job – no breakfast.
In fact, many people looking to lose weight are reluctant in changing their eating habit. Why don’t we take a simple step to begin with? Let me put it this way – 'no breakfast is good breakfast'. If you could switch to a ‘no breakfast’ lifestyle, then you are on your mark to start an IF lifestyle. IF simply stand for Intermittent Fasting, Intensity Fitness and Instant Freedom, according to Mike O’Donnell, author of 2 Meal Solution.
I notice Mike O’Donnell has newly developed a E-course for those who want to lose weight with a simple lifestyle. The good news is that his E-course is free. Take a look at Mike's website and see if you want to enroll for his free E-course.
Intermittent Fasting Success - No Breakfast is Good Breakfast
You may say that the alarm clock rings; time to go to work; time to go to school; time to go to the airport; or time to go do something.
What if it is on a holiday that you don’t really need to wake up on time to do anything? What are the reasons you get off a bed when you don’t really want to?
Well, I didn’t close my curtain well enough, the sun was shinning on me; there were noises around; my back pain didn’t allow me to stay in bed any longer; or weather was too cold, my heater was out of order….the list goes on… Have you ever been told by your stomach to wake up? Because you are so hungry that you need to get off the bed and eat? I think these are the only group of people who really need a breakfast. Are you one of them?
Today, I have a day off. I have no lunch/dinner booking, so I decided to do something unusual – I went to the McDonald’s. It has the best breakfast deal in town (starting HK$13) so I went there. While I was enjoying my sausage muffin, I had a crazy idea as to ask a few people around me ‘why are you here?’ Some looked at me as if I were a mad woman. But the fact was, nobody said that they were hungry. It was just a habit or they love McDonald’s or they came because it was cheap.
Eat breakfast as a habit, can that be changed? Why are we eating when we are not hungry?
Weight loss is a hot topic nowadays. People tend to spend huge money in SPA, diet programs and expensive gym membership without realizing that the change of a little habit can do the job – no breakfast.
In fact, many people looking to lose weight are reluctant in changing their eating habit. Why don’t we take a simple step to begin with? Let me put it this way – 'no breakfast is good breakfast'. If you could switch to a ‘no breakfast’ lifestyle, then you are on your mark to start an IF lifestyle. IF simply stand for Intermittent Fasting, Intensity Fitness and Instant Freedom, according to Mike O’Donnell, author of 2 Meal Solution.
I notice Mike O’Donnell has newly developed a E-course for those who want to lose weight with a simple lifestyle. The good news is that his E-course is free. Take a look at Mike's website and see if you want to enroll for his free E-course.
Intermittent Fasting Success - No Breakfast is Good Breakfast
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