One of the oldest and best weight loss programs is fasting. Although I don't practice what I preach, it is a winning way to lose weight. I found that if I took one day a week and didn't eat food - just drank fruit juice all day that I not only lost weight fast (maybe that's why they call it a fast) I curbed my appetite for the rest of the week.
The benefits from this is that you not only lose weight, you make it so your system isn't hungry all the time. I like to think of it as a dog on a choker chain. You fast on a certain day and don't eat anything. You just drink fruit juices. The next day you eat breakfast (break the fast) and continue on normal all week.
I found that this significantly reduced my hunger cravings all week, but by the end of the week they started coming back. So it's like walking the dog. When he begins to pull, you give him a slight tug to keep him in line walking with you - not pulling you. With fasting when your stomach starts to control you, you simply go on a fast to get your appetite back into submission.
You can do a 24-hour fast or a "sun up" to "sun down" type of fast. Drinking fruit juice is good because it gives you energy without starving to death, yet it removes your dependency on large quantities of regular food. That's my weight loss story!
When it comes to staying healthy, moderation and longevity here is where most people including myself fail miserably - we love food and food loves us!
I'm on to a new plan that tricks the bodies fat burning hormones by eating different calories each day. Supposedly you can lose 9 pounds every 11 days.
It goes like this, your metabolism doesn't know how much food you'll eat tomorrow or the next day because those days have not happened yet. Therefore, your metabolism always burns calories based on your eating habits during the past few days — because it assumes that you'll continue to eat in the same general way.
Fat loss, weight loss and diet - Another secret to longevity.
I believe one of the best ways to live a long healthy life is to do everything in moderation. People tend to over-eat, drink too much, smoke too much, etc.
Years ago, I was always trying to quit smoking. My Grandfather said to me don't quit, just don't smoke. That didn't make much sense to me at the time, but when you think about all those people in the world who are trying to quit, why not learn to cut back instead?
I mean, why not just train yourself to smoke only the cigarettes that you really enjoy? I worked with a red-neck mechanic once down in Florida that never smoked on the job until he completed a task. He would spend a few hours doing a repair job and when he was done he would light up a cigarette kind of like a reward for his hard work.
Why not eat only the foods that really taste good and do this with everything in life. It's like you are really trying to live life to it's fullest and enjoying the little things to their fullest instead of being a slave to them. I think this is a major key to longevity. It's called keeping life's pleasures pleasurable!
Why not? It makes a great alternative medicine compared to some commercial drug that is only for temporary relief and has 20 side-effects not to mention mesing up our water supply! I don't use pot anymore. I don't even drink or smoke cigarettes. I just like the idea of a natural cure type of plant that helps people with their physical conditions.
