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My water fasting weight loss results will blow your mind

Sep 25th, 2018

Written by David Brown, Last updated: June 24, 2018

Hey, and welcome to my science based guide to water fasting and weight loss.

I'll show you exactly what I did to lose 14.6 pounds (6.6 kilograms) in 5 short days.

This comes down to losing almost 3 pounds (1.5 kilograms) per day, which is ridiculously fast by any standard.

And just in case you're wondering, the answer is no. It's damn near possible to lose 3 pounds of pure body fat per day.

Read this guide all the way through and youll understand exactly what happens behind the scenes of such an awesome drop of that number on your bathroom scale.

HINT: There's actually SIX different types of body weight you'll end up losing when you lose weight this quickly with water fasting (I'll cover all of them in a bit.)

In this guide, I'll also show you some advanced weight loss tricks that you can use to boost your water fasting results even further.

These tips won't "only" help you laser-target that stubborn body fat, they will also help reverse the loss of muscle mass during a water fast.

Before we dive in, you should know that this advanced guide focuses on maximizing your weight loss results during water fasting.

In other words, I'm assuming you already have some experience with water fasting or that you at least understand how water fasting is done.

But if you need a more general introduction to water fasting, you can also read my step-by-step guide on how to do a water fast safely and effectively.

Now that you know what you're getting yourself into, here's a short roadmap you can use to easily navigate this advanced guide to water fasting for weight loss:

This is easily the single most important issue of water fasting for weight loss, so I'll talk about this first.

In one study[1], scientists proved that it's possible to destroy as much as 13 pounds (5.9 kilograms) of lean body mass during a 21-day water fast.

(Your lean body mass includes everything in your body that's not body fat...so muscle mass, bone mass, water weight, glycogen, internal organs, etc.)

Now, maybe youre the kind of person who doesn't really care about how much muscle mass you will lose during a water fast. Maybe you just want to get rid of that stubborn and annoying body fat as quickly as possible.

But even if that's you, you should know that the single most important muscle in your body that can suffer because of this (and that muscle just happens to be your most important vital organ as well) is your heart.

Relax. A short water fast isn't likely to cause any serious damage your heart. I'm only telling you about this scary stuff to make sure you always stay on the safe side with fasting.

But still. If you ask me, losing even a single pound of muscle mass mass as you go after a quick drop of that number on your scale isn't really worth it.

Especially since science has already discovered a better and more effective way of fasting. This modern way of fasting has actually been proven to be a lot safer than water fasting in over 10,000 of medically-supervised cases[2].

The kind of fasting that can fully reverse the unnecessary destruction of your muscle mass and vital organ tissue is called muscle sparing fasting.

And the best part? When done right, muscle sparing fasting won't slow down the incredibly fast fat burn water fasting can deliver.

In fact, modern science has proven that muscle sparing fasting can be done in a way that doesn't interrupt the fasting ketosis in your body. When done right, muscle sparing fasting can actually offer higher fat burn rates than water fasting alone ever could.

But I'm getting off track here. This isn't a guide on muscle sparing fasting, but a guide on how to maximize your water fasting weight loss results. So let's get on with that.

In this part of the guide, I'll explain all about the SIX different types of weight that you will lose during a water fast.

(I've already covered the loss of muscle mass during water fasting, so that leaves us with 5 more.)

After you're done with this part of the guide, you'll understand what actually goes on when you lose weight as quickly as with water fasting.

You'll see exactly why most people keep celebrating that quick drop of that number on their bathroom scale...only to end up totally frustrated after they quickly regain all the lost weight.

To be fair, "fake" weight loss results aren't just a problem of water fasting. Most quick weight loss diets on the market today take advantage of this as well.

Now, let's dive right into taking a closer look at what actually goes on "under the hood" of extremely fast weight loss results.

If I had to name the single most widespread, yet totally irrational fear of weight gains, then drinking water would definitely be it.

So let me set the record straight once and for all:

Drinking plenty of water DOES NOT make you gain weight.

So even though water fasting is about driniking lots of water, this will actually help you get rid of some of the extra water weight that's normally "stuck" on your body.

Whatever your fears about water fasting might be, you shouldn't be afraid to drink plenty of water throughout your fast.

In fact, drinking pleny of water throughout your next water fast will only help keep your body properly hydrated and keep your metabolism properly revved up.

(If you're interested in exactly how much water you need to drink during a water fast to maximize your weight loss results, you can check out my general guide on how to actually do a water fast.)

So let's take a closer look at some of the reasons why your body actually holds on to unnecessary water weight (and how water fasting can help you get rid of that extra water weight).

While your body stores away most of the energy in your body fat reserves, it also stores some energy in your muscles and your liver as glycogen.

And just like your body fat, your glycogen reserves (plus the water bound to them) can add quite a few extra pounds to your total body weight.

I can't cover all the details on how much extra weight you're carrying around because of glycogen or how to get rid of it in this guide on wight loss with water fasting.

(But you can read all about the benefits of getting rid of all the glycogen in your body in my science-based guide to glycogen and weight loss.)

But when it comes to how glycogen affects your water fasting weight loss results (and your energy leves during fasting), you need to understand what will happen during the first 3-5 days of your next water fast:

On to another type of weight you'll almost inevitably lose during water fasting.

Sodium is a very common mineral in our diets (think table salt) and unless you're sticking to a specific, low-sodium diet, you're probably packing on quite a lot of extra pounds because of sodium (salt).

You see, just like glycogen, sodium too binds water to itself. So the more sodium you eat, the more sodium-bound water weight you might be carrying with you at all times.

Again, I can't cover all of the details on sodium and water weight in this guide to water fasting and weight loss.

(But if you want to see just how much extra weight we're talking about, you can take a look at my personal experiment with sodium and weight loss.)

The important thing to remember about sodium and water fasting is this:

Because water fasting means that you'll basically be getting in zero sodium, your body will finally get the chance to flush any extra sodium out of your body.

In other words, if you switch from a high-sodium diet (aka your standard modern diet) to water fasting, you'll quickly drop up to 4 pounds (2 kilograms) of sodium-bound water weight.

Again, this will make your final water fasting results look a lot better on paper, but it won't actually help you burn off any of that annoying body fat.

Time to take a look at another reason why your weight loss results after a water fast may be "inflated".

If you're on just about any kind of a diet (where you're actually allowed to eat solid food), you'll always be carrying around a few pounds of partially digested food in your digestive tract.

But after you stop eating solid foods completely during a water fast, your colon will still keep emptying out for a few days into your fast.

In fact, some people even do a colon cleanse before or during a water fast - to help speed up this process and help the body get rid of "toxins".

(If you're one of those people who'd actually consider doing a colon cleanse for a water fast, then you should definitely read what science has to say about this in my science-based guide to colon cleansing and weight loss.)

Ultimately, with or without a colon cleanse, your weight may drop by a few pounds because at least some of the digested food will leave your body during a water fast.

In other words, this means that you can lose as much as 7 pounds (3 kilograms) of non-fat weight during your next water fast, just because your colon will empty out a bit more than usual.

So let's wrap up this part of the guide with what should be the ultimate target of any well-designed diet, your body fat.

If you've read all about the FIVE types of weight loss results that have absolutely nothing to do with your body fat, then you might feel like you'll barely lose any body fat at all during a water fast.

But I can assure you that water fasting IS one of the fastest ways in existence for you to get rid of that annoying body fat.

Water fasting is definitely not without problems, but that doesn't mean your body fat won't melt away like it's on fire during a water fast.

Explaining (in words) how much actual body fat you can expect to lose during a water fast would be quite tough, because it depends on a lot of factors (your starting weight and body composition, for example).

So in order to help you understand just how much body fat you can expect to lose, I'd need to hire a coder and develop a water fasting calculator.

Such a calculator would be able to tell you as precisely as possible how much total body weight, how much body fat and how much muscle mass you can expect to lose.

(If you actually want me to create a water fasting calculator for you, join our private newsletter community and let me know. If enough people show interest, I'll get on with creating the calculator right away.)

But for the time being, I can "only" offer you some science that will help you estimate how much total weight you can expect to lose during your next water fast.

While I lost almost 3 pounds per day in my own water fasting weight loss challenge, you could be getting better or worse results than me.

Your final water fasting results will depend on a lot of factors, but mostly on how much weight you have to lose at the beginning of your fast.

While a skinny, 140-pound guy can't expect to lose anywhere near 3 lbs per day, a heavy, 300-pound guy could lose even more weight than that.

So the more weight you have to lose at the beginning of a fast (and the longer you plan on fasting), the better your final weight loss results will be.

Because my own results may not be a good rule of thumb for everyone, I turned to science to help you estimate what kind of results you can expect to get with a typical water fast.

According to one study [3] that compared the average weight loss results between men and women, men can expect to lose more weight than women during water fasting.

I've converted the data from the study into a pretty long table.

But you can easily use this table to estimate your own results depending on how long your fast is going to be and your current weight.

Here are two example calculations:

Example 1 (for women):You're a 150-lbs woman who plans on doing a 7-day water fast. You can estimate your weight loss results by taking the value from the second column in the table for a 7-day water fast and multiply it by your current weight.

Your estimated 7-day water fasting results: 150 lbs * 4.5 / 100 = 6.75 lbs

Example 2 (for men):You're a 180-lbs man who plans on doing a 14-day water fast. You can estimate your weight loss results by taking the value from the third column in the table for a 14-day water fast and multiply it by your current weight.

Your estimated 14-day water fasting results: 180 lbs * 7.9 / 100 = 14.2 lbs

Easy, right?

But enough about estimating your water fasting weight loss results.

Let's get on with some of the more advanced water fasting tips that are bound to skyrocket fat loss during your next water fast.

Before we get to my advanced water fasting weight loss tips, let me repeat this one simple fact:

Water fasting IS one of the fastest ways to lose weight on the planet.

In other words, your final weight loss results will beat the results of 95% of all diet and exercise programs in existence.

That's even if you do absolutely nothing but lie in bed all day.

With that out of the way, here are a couple weight loss tips you can use to boost your water fasting weight loss results before you even begin the fast:

If you simply eat less calories than usual before your water fast, your body will need to burn through a lot less energy reserves in your body before it can laser-target your body fat reserves.

This means that you can start burning off that stubborn body fat at the highest possible speeds a lot sooner than if you simply waited things out.

In other words, eating less calories before your fast can help you enter a state of ultra-high fat burn called "water fasting ketosis" 3-5 days faster.

(If you want to find out more about how to enter, how not to interrupt it, and how long it usually takes to reach this state of extremely high fat burn, you can read all about it in my science based guide to water fasting ketosis.)

But restricting calories right before your fast isn't the only thing that can help you start enjoying that state of super-high fat burn as quickly as possible.

Exercising right before a water fast is another awesome tip that will help you reach that highly sought-after state of extreme fat burn 3-5 days faster.

Why?

Because exercise also helps you wipe out the energy reserves in your body that prevent you from being able to really laser-target that ugly body fat.

So you can simply eat less, you can rely on exercise, or use a combination of both to enter water fasting ketosis as early into your fast as possible.

(To find out more about how much exercise, what kind of exercise, and at what intensity you need to exercise to enter a state of super-high fat burn up to 5 days faster, you can subscribe to my free newsletter.)

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