Comments on: Fasting forward http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=251 An occasional journal of ideas and work by Michael Fitzgerald Sun, 17 May 2026 03:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Michael http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=251#comment-279394 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:34:08 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=251#comment-279394 Nah, the fast was a good thing. I didn't fast because I was trying to lose weight (although I did drop a number of pounds, as any wrestler or boxer knows). But the body likes to hang on to weight and will foil such attempts over the long term. I know that studies show that the most effective way to live longer is a very low-calorie diet. But it seems to me that most humans would not be able to follow such a diet on purpose. Nah, the fast was a good thing. I didn’t fast because I was trying to lose weight (although I did drop a number of pounds, as any wrestler or boxer knows).

But the body likes to hang on to weight and will foil such attempts over the long term.

I know that studies show that the most effective way to live longer is a very low-calorie diet. But it seems to me that most humans would not be able to follow such a diet on purpose.

]]> by: Andreas http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=251#comment-279364 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:44:30 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=251#comment-279364 Sounds like the fast thus proved counterproductive. Right? I've only fasted once, at an (ironically) pricey spa in Thailand, but that was for over a week. The hunger goes away at some point. But a few weeks later I was back to where I had started..... Sounds like the fast thus proved counterproductive. Right?

I’ve only fasted once, at an (ironically) pricey spa in Thailand, but that was for over a week. The hunger goes away at some point.

But a few weeks later I was back to where I had started…..

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