I run a dieting advice Web site and I used to get this question all the time: Are fasting diets an effective way to lose weight?Fortunately I think word is starting to get out and people are starting to realize that they aren't, but let me set the record straight once and for all in this article.
Fasting has one advantage when it comes to losing weight: it's pretty hard to gain weight when you're not eating anything. But you're not trying to stay the same weight, are you? You want to slim down.
The crucial disadvantage to fasting diets is that they work against the body. The body responds to extreme calorie reduction by conserving as much energy as it can-including slowing you're your metabolism. A fast, healthy metabolism is exactly what you need to lose weight without a ton of pain. So fasting diets are inherently self-defeating-you may not gain weight, but if you lose weight, it's likely to just be water weight that you'll put back on later, anyway.
The opposite of the fasting diet is the popular calorie shifting approach. Calorie shifting doesn't require you to stop eating-in fact, some of the meals you eat may be larger than normal. This approach "tricks" the metabolism into increasing, thus causing the body to burn more calories, even while you're doing the same things you do every day.
Calorie shifting is an incredibly powerful approach, but only a few diets have incorporated it so far. The most popular one online is FatLoss4Idiots. FatLoss4Idiots guarantees weight loss of up to 9 pounds in only 11 days and will return your money if you're not satisfied-so it's hard to see how you could go wrong with this diet.
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