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Summary of Description:
If you fast for one week, you could lose up to 13 pounds (5.89kg) of water and up to 5 pounds (2.2kg) of fat. However, several factors can affect this, such as exercise, stress, sleep, age, metabolism, history of consuming a lot of carbs, and health issues. To ensure you’re fasting correctly, make sure you’re taking enough electrolytes and sea salt, as well as B vitamins, trace minerals, and protein. Finally, consult a physician before making any changes to your health regimen.
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What Could Happen if You Stopped Eating for One Week?
When you hear the phrase “fasting for seven days,” you may wonder what could happen. After all, the most weight a person could lose in one week is about 2 pounds (0.9kg). But that’s if someone is eating throughout the week. So, what could happen if someone fasted for seven days?
Water Loss
If you start cutting carbs, you could lose a lot of fluid. Initially, a person could easily lose 13 pounds (5.89kg) in one week. This depends on how much water weight you have.
Fat Loss
One pound of fat is 3500 calories. An average person might burn roughly 2000 calories in a day. So, in theory, if everything goes perfectly, a person could lose 0.5-0.7 pounds per day while fasting. This would come out to just under 5 pounds (2.2kg) per week with Fasting.
Muscle Loss
When you start fasting, you can stimulate growth hormones. Growth hormone protects against the loss of protein. Typically, the body doesn’t use protein as fuel. It uses the fat energy until that’s gone, then it uses muscle. Let’s say someone is a bodybuilder, or they have a good amount of power on their body, and they’re exercising. But after they start the week fast, they don’t exercise. Potentially, their abilities could shrink because the exercise keeps the muscles stimulated and growing.
Are You Fasting Correctly?
A good indicator of knowing if you’re fasting correctly is being able to exercise without feeling too weak and tired. If you’re fasting but don’t have any energy and can’t do intense exercise, you may need more electrolytes. It’s also important to ensure you’re taking enough sea salt regardless of whether or not you’re eating. Green powder drinks, B vitamins (nutritional yeast), and trace minerals may also be beneficial while fasting.
Does Insulin Help Muscles Grow?
Some people think they need to load up on carbs to spike insulin to help their muscles grow. But insulin comes with a package. And insulin is also triggered by protein. So, a better solution may be to have more protein instead of carbs. This isn’t a good idea if you’re trying to lose weight. But it may be a better option if you’re trying to build muscle.
You must do it correctly if you’re considering fasting for a week. Make sure you’re taking electrolytes and trace minerals, and consider taking B vitamins and nutritional yeast for better health. Also, consider having more protein instead of carbs if you’re trying to build muscle. Finally, ensure you’re still exercising to keep your muscles stimulated and growing.
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Timestamps
0:00 Fasting for 7 days
0:17 Water loss
1:03 Fat loss
2:45 Muscle loss
3:45 Are you fasting correctly?
5:30 Does insulin help muscles grow?
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What could potentially happen if you completely stopped eating for seven days? In past videos, I’ve said that the most weight a person could lose in one week is about 2 pounds (0.9kg). But that’s if someone is eating throughout the week. So, what could happen if someone fasted for seven days?
If you start cutting carbs, you could lose a lot of fluid. Initially, a person could easily lose 13 pounds (5.89kg) in one week. This depends on how much water weight you have.
One pound of fat is 3500 calories. An average person might burn roughly 2000 calories in a day. So, in theory, if everything goes perfectly, a person could lose 0.5-0.7 pounds per day while fasting. This would come out to just under 5 pounds (2.2kg) per week with Fasting.
But, there are a lot of variables that can affect this, including:
• Exercise
• Stress
• Sleep
• Age
• Metabolism
• History of consuming a lot of carbs
• Health issues
When you start fasting, you can stimulate growth hormones. Growth hormone protects against the loss of protein. Typically, the body doesn’t use protein as fuel. It uses the fat energy until that’s gone, then it uses muscle.
Let’s say someone is a bodybuilder, or they have a good amount of muscle on their body, and they’re exercising. But after they start the week fast, they don’t exercise. Potentially, their powers could shrink because the exercise keeps the muscles stimulated and growing.
A good indicator of knowing if you’re fasting correctly is being able to exercise without feeling too weak and tired. If you’re fasting but don’t have any energy and can’t do intense exercise, you may need more electrolytes.
It’s also important to ensure you’re taking enough sea salt regardless of whether or not you’re eating. Green powder drinks, B vitamins (nutritional yeast), and trace minerals may also be beneficial while fasting.
Some people think they need to load up on carbs to spike insulin to help their muscles grow. But insulin comes with a package. And insulin is also triggered by protein. So, a better solution may be to have more protein instead of carbs. This isn’t a good idea if you’re trying to lose weight. But it may be a better option if you’re trying to build muscle.
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