Re: Fasting and weight loss

From: Ignoramus32355 (ignoramus32355_at_NOSPAM.32355.invalid)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: 24 Jul 2004 23:40:55 GMT

I am a 172 lbs man. When I fast for 36 hours, drinking all water I
want, I lose 3 lbs. In the next few days, abount 2.3 of those pounds
come back. If I eat more, all 3 lost pounds come back. About 0.6 lbs
is the actual fat loss, the rest if transient effects.

i

In article <8f9d5e28.0407240824.5267a31b@posting.google.com>, Roger Lepine wrote:
> Dear experts,
>
> Here's an interesting question for you.
>
> Given: a standard 2000 calorie diet.
> Activity: normal office activity, no exercise
> Weight: 200 pounds, male.
>
> If a person fasts for, 32-36 hours, say from
> Thursday night, until Saturday morning,
>
> What can the expected weight loss be for the this
> time period?
>
> Perhaps 10 glasses of water drunk through this
> time period.
>
>
> Remembering my high school science, there is
> the law of conservation of mass.
>
> Applied to eating, this means, that to gain
> 10 pounds, you must consume at least 10
> pounds of food and water. Obviously, a lot
> more than 10 pounds, because so much of the
> food and water is converted to energy, waste,
> and evaporated through the skin.
>
> With this physics, you cannot eat a few ounzes,
> and gain a few pounds.
>
> Assume all other things being equal.
>
> I know that diet has become a religious war
> item these days, and I'm not interested in such.
>
> Please don't bother speculating about long
> term averages, about eating more when you break
> the fast, etc. Or about exercise, red herrings,
> or other variables that are not in the question.
>
> Please also don't bother talking about
> whether this is adviseable or not.
>
> Just the answer please.
>
> Hopefully based on some kind of science or
> experience, not speculation.
>
>
> Thanks a lot

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