Hello Dori

I have tried fat fasts of 900 calories/day from fat, i ate olive oil and a
small salad.  I did it for 2 days and felt ok, i have only fasted once for
36 hours and felt about the same.

In terms of weightloss on the fat fast i seem to lose more just following
low carb paleo, which i can't understand because in Dr Atkins book, which is
where i learnt about doing fat fasts, he says its the best way to lose
weight and anyone who loses weight fairly easily (which i do, i'm just
impatient!) should not attempt to do it because the rate of weight loss will
be too rapid to be safe.  Maybe i did something wrong? As far as i am aware
i don't think there are other reasons for doing fat fasts apart from to lose
weight?

What did you eat when you did it? and did you lose any weight?

Thanks
Mel.

From: Dori Zook <[log in to unmask]>
 >>Fasting is the "ketogenic kickstart" which can get you there more quickly.
 >
 >If one reeeeeeeeally wants to see some weight loss, is it best to fast once
 >in a while, or not?  I've sometimes wondered if doing it for a day here and
 >there might help.  It does give me a nice 'fresh start' feeling but if it's
 >a moot point, why bother?
 >
 >I will say this.  I had brain surgery in '93 for a benign tumor in my left
 >temporal lobe.  The warning sign was complex-partial seizures which left me
 >unable to read, speak and understand speech.  One day of fasting doesn't
 >hurt me but I've tried three-day 'fat fasts' (1,000 calories/day fat only)
 >and by day two, seizures.  So doing this for more than a day isn't a grand
 >idea in my case.  I'm thinking more along the lines of one day a week IF it
 >would help.