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Distinguished Fapstronaut
Hey Fapstronauts!
I just had a run of success with losing a bit of extra weight. I had been in a bad situation, my L5-S1 disc herniated and left me with only about 5% use of my leg. Doc' gave me all kinds of strong painkillers for about a year.
So I ended up around 175lbs. It's not a huge amount of weight, but when that was all pressing down on one of the nerves in my spine...well, let's say it put me in the mindframe where I knew that losing weight would help me deal what I was experiencing.
To be honest, shedding down to 150lbs was surprisingly easy. It was not without its discomforts, but compared to some more mainstream routes of weight-loss, a very relaxed fasting regimen was all I needed which made the result so astonishing to me. I mean, with my injury, exercise is very difficult and I was expecting to have a long haul to go. But I was pretty much done within 2-3 months.
The science behind how something like this is possible is fascinating.
It turns out that there is a special mode the body goes into when it has had no food. Enzymes are released to protect muscles from being used as fuel while the rest of the body gears to begin to use its own fat as the fuel source. When this state is entered into intermittently for short periods of time, it also acts to boost your metabolic rate.
So, for 3 days out of every 2 weeks, I fasted. I didn't do much else other than that from my usual routine.
Being lighter on my feet has helped the kind of pain I generate while working considerably more easy to bear.
If you ever consider doing something like this, please check in with your doctor to make sure that your body can handle the stresses of fasting.
I just had a run of success with losing a bit of extra weight. I had been in a bad situation, my L5-S1 disc herniated and left me with only about 5% use of my leg. Doc' gave me all kinds of strong painkillers for about a year.
So I ended up around 175lbs. It's not a huge amount of weight, but when that was all pressing down on one of the nerves in my spine...well, let's say it put me in the mindframe where I knew that losing weight would help me deal what I was experiencing.
To be honest, shedding down to 150lbs was surprisingly easy. It was not without its discomforts, but compared to some more mainstream routes of weight-loss, a very relaxed fasting regimen was all I needed which made the result so astonishing to me. I mean, with my injury, exercise is very difficult and I was expecting to have a long haul to go. But I was pretty much done within 2-3 months.
The science behind how something like this is possible is fascinating.
It turns out that there is a special mode the body goes into when it has had no food. Enzymes are released to protect muscles from being used as fuel while the rest of the body gears to begin to use its own fat as the fuel source. When this state is entered into intermittently for short periods of time, it also acts to boost your metabolic rate.
So, for 3 days out of every 2 weeks, I fasted. I didn't do much else other than that from my usual routine.
Being lighter on my feet has helped the kind of pain I generate while working considerably more easy to bear.
If you ever consider doing something like this, please check in with your doctor to make sure that your body can handle the stresses of fasting.