Re: Fasting and weight loss

From: Patricia Heil (pjayheil_at_erols.com)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 21:45:25 -0400

Start an exercise program or you won't be healthy no
matter how much weight you lose.

"Roger Lepine" <body_222@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8f9d5e28.0407240824.5267a31b@posting.google.com...
> 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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