Fasting Every Other Day: New Diet Plan?

Takes a while to get used to, kinda like warrior diet. It's good to fast.

If you are going to fast every other day, make the days you eat healthier fruit/vegetable days. You will feel so much better and your weight will drop considerable. I fast all the time.

I did the every other day fasting for about 4 months about a year ago. The last two months, I did it only 3 days a week. It is not that hard to do. In fact I prefer it to other dieting that I have done. I was not rigid in my adherence the last two months. If I had a job interview or a special occasion, I put off the fast until the next day. The really wonderful thing about it was that my blood sugar is almost normal now. When I stopped the diet, I did gain some weight back, but my blood sugar did not rise. I am about to start it again. I am a believer in its health benefits.

People please DO NOT do these diet

The reason this diet failed is the sugarless gum and sugarless beverages which stimulated the hunger response. It will be interesting to see the results of the diet if just water were given.

Any suggestions about what to do about the dull headache I get from not eating on fast days?

"Any suggestions about what to do about the dull headache I get from not eating on fast days?"

Eat something. Fasting isn't healthy, hence the headaches.

Angela, drink plenty of water, maybe some tea to help you detox. Have a colonic.

Ben, your claim is unsubstantiated.

Sounds like a fancy name for anorexia if you ask me.

It is an idiot's response to fast every other day. It's not healthy. Why don't you, I don't know, eat lots of fresh healthy food and go for invigorating walks???

Lay off the creamy sugary fatty food and do some exercise - not go off on some crackpot idea

I would think this plan would backfire at some point. If you eat 0 calories one day, but are freakin' starving the next day and wolf down 4000 calories (very possible to do if you are very hungry), then what's the point? I don't see how it's any healthier than eating moderately every day. I suppose some people fast for religious reasons, but not on a regular basis. Sounds like a setup for lack of hormone response after a while...diabetes, hypothyroidism, etc.

Hi there guys im fasting in the month of ramadan. the problem is, i was fasting on the first day and my last lesson @ skl was games, and we played hockey. This really tired me out and when i got back home i thought i was gonna collapse. My whole body was really achy, and i had a throbbing headache. Even when it was time 2 eat, i couldnt. So i had a paracetomol...seemd to work but then in the early hours of the morning, when i woke up 2 eat, i could hardly push my toothpaste out. I really want to keep fasting, and theres no point of not doing so if i cant really eat that much, so do i continue to fast or not?

Regarding the Ramadhan thing, intense exercise is not recommended unless it is the late evening. I've been practicing ramadhan my whole life and after about a week you get used to the fast. Make sure you eat a high protein with EFAs meal in the morning. It will hold you all day. The headache comes from low blood sugar. If you eat more protein and fat at suhur your blood sugar will remain stable. If you must exercise or play a sport during the day plan on eating immediately at sunset. Protein followed by starchy carbs is best. Eat again 2 hours later. And drink plenty of water at night. You may find it difficult to sleep at first, but you will be ok. A basketball player here in the US fasts and continues to play well. I know it is a sacrifice, but that is the point of Ramadhan isn't it. Plus it is only for a month. Ramadhan Mubarak!

Thank you, ramadan mubarak 2 u 2!!!

Maryam, thanks for the info...I always wondered how athletes who practiced Ramadhan were able to perform even though they fasted during the day. Now I know :)