Ep. 36 - How often can I do a 48-hour fast? | Weight Fluctuations & Volatility, Energy Changes, Neural Plasticity | Weekend Warriors, Compliance, Religious Fasting | Customized Intermittent Fasting Plans

Fasting For Life

Scott Watier

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Get your FREE BOX OF LMNT hydration support for the perfect electrolyte balance for your fasting lifestyle with your first purchase here! In this episode, Dr. Scott and Tommy discuss how safe and effective 48-hour fasts are, how often to use them, and their limitations in some situations. They go into details about large weight fluctuations and volatility in energy levels associated with the common scenario they see in clients that are strict throughout the week and then let their guard down and sometimes overindulge on the weekend. This can cause large swings in the scale as well as in energy and motivation. Listen in and find out what you can do to fix this all-too-common problem! Need help with a fasting plan? www.thefastingforlife.com/live Show Transcript: www.thefastingforlife.com/blog If you enjoy the podcast, would you please tap on the stars below and consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to bring you the best original content each week. We also just enjoy reading them! Sign up for the Fasting For Life newsletter at www.thefastingforlife.com Follow Fasting For Life: www.facebook.com/thefastingforlife www.instagram.com/thefastingforlife

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Scott Watier.
0:03.4	And I'm Tommy Welling, and you're listening to the fasting for life podcast.
0:07.1	This podcast is about using fasting as a tool to regain your health,
0:11.9	achieve ultimate wellness, and live the life you truly deserve.
0:15.0	Each episode is a short conversation on a single topic with immediate actionable steps.
0:20.0	We cover everything from fat loss and health and wellness to the science of lifestyle design.
0:25.0	We started fasting for life because of how fasting has transformed our lives and we hope to share the tools that we have learned along the way. Hey everyone welcome to the fasting for life podcast my name is Dr Scott Wady I'm here as always with my good friend and colleague Tommy Welling good evening sir
0:46.8	Hey, how are you Scott doing awesome we got a question that we're gonna dive in tonight that I think is gonna to be extremely relatable to a lot of people.
0:55.0	It came in through one of our newsletter emails that we go that goes out when you
1:01.0	all sign up for our Fast Start guide on our website and it
1:05.1	spawned a really good conversation between you and I so I'm excited to kind of dive in.
1:08.3	Yeah me too you know a lot of the questions that come through as we we go through and figure out
1:16.4	what the best way is to answer them we we start to realize like this is probably on a lot of people's minds
1:22.3	so maybe we should put the answer out to everybody.
1:26.5	Maybe everybody can benefit from them.
1:28.8	Yeah, these are some of the things that you and I talked a lot
1:31.0	about in the beginning too and how we've kind of figured out how to put together plans and get people results and the you know the algorithm and the math behind it but also the real life application which tends to be the more troublesome part, which is the habit, the day to day, the week to week.
1:47.0	So the original question was how often, let me get it, let me get it right here, how many times a month it is it
1:58.8	is it okay to do a 48 hour fast. So when I first read that, my first response was, well, all the time.
2:10.7	I just do 48 after 48 after 48, which would be my purgatory.
2:15.0	Because it is my least favorite time, but really it's based on, you know, individuals' goals and kind of where they're at.
2:24.8	Yeah, and, you know, to add to that, you know,
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