Fasting Dos and Don'ts: Using Fasting for Weight Loss and Reversing Insulin Resistance
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Intermittent and extended fasting has been a huge part of my weight loss journey and an important factor in reversing my insulin resistance and pre-diabetes. In this video, I give some tips on how to set yourself up for success with fasting, some things to avoid, and context so you can decide what approach to fasting is right for you.
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I don't generally take time to comment on videos, although I probably should. The last week in May one of your videos popped up on my screen. I was intrigued as I have been trying to lose weight for over 30 years. I was strict keto for over a year with only a little weight loss. I just want to thank you, truly, thank you. I have a stressful seasonal job and feel like I will do really well in my off season. I have been carnivore for 90 days and have lost over 30 pounds and I don't know how many inches. I have a long way to go, but thank you!!!!! For the first time in my life my food is not making me sick. Blessings to you and your family, you have changed my life forever!!!
So awesome
“I don’t have to be hungry to want to eat” Wow! Me too!!!Laura Spath you are the first person that really gets me that I totally identify with!!! Seriously, when we eat a meal and my four boys and my husband are all talking about how stuff they are and I’m thinking I could still eat… I know I’m not made from the same cloth as other people! I have to process everything that I eat or I will eat all day long! Thank you so much for your videos thank you so much for your encouragement!!!
I’ve been shocked at just how much supplementing with electrolytes has helped me on my carnivore journey…keep bringing this great content.
…and for those who are religious, fasting is a spiritual discipline that is mysterious but POWERFUL!
After a 25 year history with keto, including extended fasting since 2018, I am now well establised on carnivore. 7 weeks in. I have reintroduced extended multiday fasting because I have metabolic/insulin resistance issues and because I want the benefits of autophagy. I believe even a young healthy person can benefit from autophagy, so I recommend it.
My issues are better than ever on carnivore by the way, so my fasting is more productive. Very pleased.
Me too. I love intermittent fasting. Just started extended fasting. I'm 60 with some health issues and am insulin resistant. Love your channel. Thank you!
The evening boredom eating is my downfall. Was convincing myself that low carb keto snacks were okay but I'd eat 4 or 5. I lost 37 lbs last year and got to relaxed and gained back 10. So glad I found your channel and am losing again. Working up to a 48 hr fast. AND I love ribeyes!!
Laura send me prayers starting my 24 hour fast in 30 minutes after my coffee. This will be my very first 24 hour fast, been doing 16 hour fast pretty good. Check on me later see how I’m doing lol
I have a ton of fasting/keto/carnivore experience, this information is spot on. Great video!
When I start feeling meh I love looking back at your videos keep inspiring ❤
Thank you! I remember a while back you said, "Fasting is my superpower." I always wondered HOW LONG you would fast. You answered that.
Great advice, Laura. Totally agree. I have found that spontaneous fasts work best for me. Totally agree that it is easier when you're busy.
Brilliant video Laura, thanks for everything you do....
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Thanks for all the helpful videos, it's motivation to keep going in changing my life!
Great review. You made some key points on living life while navigating this. Thank you.
Just used your link to order a starter pack!! I'm excited that I found you. You are very inspiring!
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Laura, you have helped so many. God bless you kid!!
Thanks, Laura. You are an inspiring, down-to-earth encourager. I so much appreciate you.
your skin is beautiful! I have noticed a huge improvement in my complexion since i started carnivore (BBB&E) approximately 8 weeks ago. I have lost 20 lbs+ and have been doing IF since I started this, I had gotten used to it when I tried KETO a few years ago. I mostly just eat once per day.
Thank you for your honesty as I can so relate to your struggles. I'm so very glad I found your channel.
Always the best advice!!! 🔥 such great tips.
OMG Laura! I needed this episode! I am 2 months into carnivore. Gaining weight yet again and had to go buy new pants for work. I’m almost back up to 200 lbs. However, obsessive disorder: eating, fasting…. Dr Berry’s eating until you are comfortably stuffed… I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS! I didnt eat for the entire month of Feb. I fee this video was meant for me.
You're a star. And always with the wise advice. Great talk. Thanks.
REALLY appreciate this video. Very helpful. THANKS!
Thank you for these helpful tips, Laura. I began this IF/carnivore journey several months ago and it is still trial and error for me. It is getting easier to do 24 hour fasts (eating around 2 pm each day is working for me but it took time for me to figure that out) and I am increasing my ability to avoid carbs day by day. I am viewing this as a lifestyle choice rather than a diet so I am giving myself grace to improve on healthier eating choices by not berating myself if I don't have a "perfect" food intake day. Your channel has been a great asset to me with this learning process and I thank you very much for sharing your time and experience with us. Rhonda, in Tennessee
Thank you so much for this video, really love your content, please never stop 🙏🏻
Your shirt is awesome 👍🏻❤️
Great tips. Thank you Laura.
Can’t thank you enough for your video collection !! You have a way of sharing what folks need to hear - esp love your vids of what to order at diff restaurants and tips for quick meals on the run. Did carn a couple years ago for about 5-6 mos but didn’t lose, and I’m convinced it was bc I didn’t have enough fat which is so counterintuitive, but things are def tightening up and I’m only a month in. Bonus: eyebrows are growing in where they have been missing now for years !
I just started this carnivore diet a couple weeks ago and I have been doing the one meal a day. It’s been working great and I was surprised that after the first week my asthma was improved drastically. What a benefit for a brittle asthmatic of virtually all my life. I want to fast longer but fear the thought as I fought anorexia as a young woman and feel a longer fast could easily set me back. I’m not one to have a problem continuing not to eat if I stop eating for any period of time. Even in 24 hrs I’m only mildly hungry and I know if I ignore it I could do days because of my past mindset. Thank you so much for these videos.
Thank you for sharing these tips
Whew! You guys are a ROCKIN AWESOME LOOKING PAIR! It’s so amazing the difference in all three of you! (Your mom too!). I did my first 72 hour fast a couple weeks ago to prepare for a colonoscopy after having started strict carnivore for a few weeks prior and that after 2 years of strict keto. That fast was delightful!!! I’m ready to use 36 and 48 hour fasts regularly. Thanks so much for this great video!!
Great advice! Autophagy starts at 36 hours so a 48 hour fast is great for cleaning up the cells, when ready for a longer fast.
Thanks Laura ! I’m a happy faster and Keto-er, getting ready to start carnivore. I’ve lost 30lbs, 30lbs to go. Your information is so solid and I really appreciate you ! Bless you and your family.
You cannot survive long term without carbohydrates, fiber and vitamins found in fruits and vegetables. You will have to go back to a balanced way of eating and gain more weight than you started. Just do it the healthy way, and have a balanced diet
Same here! I lost 50 lbs 5 years ago on keto and I gained a little back but stopped losing weight on keto completely. I switched to carnivore 6 weeks ago and began losing but very slowly. Carnivore is so easy to switch to from keto!
@@alliesteph6274 That is your opinion. Many Drs. cases prove you to be incorrect!
Just ordered thru your link. Thanks!
Thanks for the educational video.
Super timely! I’m 5-6 weeks into carnivore, eating between 12:30-7:30pm, and did my first extended fasting last weekend (43 hours). I was starting to look around for more details on extended fasting frequency and symptoms to tell me I’m headed towards trouble. Thank you!
Excellent. So after 5-6 weeks what results have you seen.
@@lovelife2day I stopped snoring, and inflammation and skin itch issues were gone. After 90 days I had lost 30 lbs
@@vickikenton5439Awesome!!
Have missed your videos. Thanks for the info.
You are such an inspiration- GOD bless you🫶🏼🙏🏼💞🎼🍀💜🫶🏼
Such good advice. All right on the money from my experience
Very informative video, thank you.
Thank you Laura!
Thank you!!
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!👏
Thank you!!!
Thanks for the great information
Awesome . . . Love this video.
Laura, I love when you do these fasting refreshers. You are so informative because you cover so many situations from beginning to end. I always need reminders to keep up on electrolights. So thanks!
Thank you for the very important , realistic and very helpful suggestions from experience. I’m ketovore and would maybe be carnivore. I’ve done some fasts. Trying again, but needed some help. This video helped.
Thank you 😊
So relatable… I can also eat even when not hungry.
Great video! Just what I needed. These tips are super useful. Question for you... have you ever tried Next Level Diet? I got a weight loss meal plan from them that's worked wonders for me.
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Laura, you're looking great and you're so helpful for this new carnivore! Thanks for taking the time out of your busy life to encourage the rest of us!
Thank you for these videos. You really help encourage me on the journey. I’m going one year on carnivore and really stalled on Weightloss.. I think these fasts will help
I'm like this. I have to also use fasting to help keep myself in check
Feast or Famine Ideology I've feasted far to long. Thank you for the video ❤
Love the shirt 😋my favorite breakfast!!!
Another video full of great advice. Thank you.
As in MOST things ... one size does not fit all.
Had no idea that carbs are called carbohydrates because they hydrate by holding on to water. Your info is amazing! Thank you😀
Right. I can’t believe I was today years old 😂
Hi. It isn't so. Carbohydrates means the molecular structure of the molecule. There are Carbons (C) and hydrogen (H), with C-H bonds that build chains and circles.
@@olenjka55 thanks. 🤦🏼♀️
Ty for sharing and God bless 🙌
So cute your egg and bacon t shirt. Thanks a million for sharing your wisdom with us. Can't wait to start Carnivore. You are looking stunning so keep up the good work you are putting in to having a better quality life. Watching from New Zealand.
I totally agree. I eat sometimes just to get rid of the food - because in my head I think if the "bad food" is not here I wont eat it.
I don't know if this is normal, but the hunger is worst the first two days. Thanks for knowing that hunger can be a terrible issue. I have fasted before, and I had an unhealthy relationship with food. All the other fasting videos hardly address this.
I have that same shirt! Great video. I relate a lot to you. I need fasting for the same reason of "I will eat anytime". It's helped a lot, especially keeping the desire for junk food away.
Where did you buy the shirt?
@@neishasmoak4387 Amazon!
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You both look great!
Love your content! I was wondering if you could do a video on tips for managing fasting with kids. I would like to include fasting in my carnivore diet, but I'm not sure how to explain it to my daughter. On a side note, any tips on living carnivore while raising children would be great. My biggest fear is negatively impacting my child's relationship with food.
I have my Redmond salt rock on hand, keto chow drops 🙏
OMG I totally relate. I love love love to eat. Hungry or not.
I would add that not everyone can handle solid food to break a fast, maybe some broth or scrambled egg is best for some. I have an iron gut, never any issues, yet found out the hard way when I did a 3 day fast a while back. Tried eating some meat to break my fast, first bite told me um, no way chica~ instant nausea. It truly does depend on the person, the length of time, etc~ so yes, be mindful of your body's conversation.=)
*Great content Laura~ practical, solid advice. Had to smile when you mentioned extra electrolytes w/heavy sweating/humidity/travel etc~ I've about doubled mine lately, & seriously cannot recall a more humid, sticky monsoon season here in AZ- wtheck is up?! Cannot wait for Fall to get here, plz let it be soon=)
Please know that Keto Chow minerals or electrolytes r much cheaper to buy. I love those. On amazon.
Love this! Thank you!
May I offer one bit of unsolicited advice from experience with coffee? Caffeine is awesome, coffee while fasting or in detox drives the toxins back into the cells. So advice from my physician to me to you while fasting or detoxing avoid coffee and go with teas ♥️
Thank you for your take on things. I think you and your husband have a lot of the same issues that I have. I have not had your success and it may be because I have fasted too hard and rebounded for quite a while. It's just hard to be patient in the short term because I just don't lose weight on carnivore and my blood sugar levels climb over months. Only fasts work for me, but I also have to eat and not lower my metabolism. It's a tight rope that I haven't managed to master.
Wow, your mom looks like her 10 year younger sister in the side by side you showed of her!
Love LMNT. In you opinion....will the flavored ones break a fast?
About how many packets a day do you use? Thanks so much for this informative video!
luv the t-shirt
~ I watch this as I enter my 3rd day fasting 👌
That is an eating disorder .
@@alliesteph6274- So is being fat ... 😉👌
You are so right about the feeling of scarcity. I think a lot of issues with overeating could have come from childhood where there were points in time where there was nothing food or guarantee of a meal. Such as was the case with myself growing up poor. It helps to remember I have steaks I can pull from the freezer and as they take a day to thaw I can try to fast knowing I'll be enjoying that steak soon
I had the same poverty, feast on shopping day and fasting when we ran out of food childhood. I feared fasting going into my ketovore adventure and started with a 8 hr ‘feasting’ window. Within a week the fat satisfied me so much I started my day with a bulletproof coffee at about 10 am and ate my one meal at about 2. That’s a 4 hr ‘feasting’ window without a struggle. I was amazed and this is my new norm. For 6 months I have now maintained my 45 pound weight loss. I follow Laura, Judy Cho, Dr Ken Berry and Dr Anthony Chaffee. Basically a ketovore I find carnivore folks eat cleaner. Keto folks skate too closely to my old habits. Best wishes for your journey to optimum health!
@@barblacy619 thank you for kind words! My weight loss has been slow as I have PCOS but I keep pushing on. Wish you best of health!
I love that you include fasting On your channel ~im Like you....i can always eat! I've followed Dr Fung since before i stared carnivore. If i just eat when hungry as a carnivore i gain fat. I need boundaries😂
What a helpful video at just the right time for me. I recently went full carnivore. Just before going carnivore, I was just about off my diabetes meds. With carnivore my blood sugar has risen. and I'm still not able to fast. Feasting and fasting is a term also coined and promoted by the Steak and Butter Gang with Bella. It's a great concept, it's just not working for me. I still has some symptoms of hashimotos and stopped my meds but may begin those meds at a much lower dose. Anyway, thanks for your no nonsense approach.
U really need Dr Berry utube. And his wife NEISHA loves it utube
I’ve experienced bingeing after a long fast. It feels like, when it’s finally time to eat, that I can’t stop myself. I’m working up slowly. I’m comfortable with 16/8 and throwing in a 20/4 every now and then. I haven’t done an omad in a long time.
Finally someone else feels this way about feasting! If I were to eat to over fullness I wake up the next day so hungry! I think it stretches your stomach like people do on holidays!!!
Thanks for doing a utube, miss your videos
Where do we get that shirt, Laura? So cute!
what are the ratios for potassium, magnesium and salt. I want to to make my own electrolyte drink. TY
Just ordered some LMNT for the first time 😁👍
Keto chow minerals or electrolytes r much cheaper & better
Hi Laura, I try to order the sample LMNT but there is no option on their website
With thanksgiving coming up, what does that look like on the carnivore diet? Is it just the turkey? All my favorite sides are out.
Unsure why over salting makes my feet and hands hurt. I don't do well with salt. Started KETO last June 2023 and started a 30 day carnivore challenge 1/2/2024. When I over salt my ribeye or meat that salt does not agree with me. 🤷♀ Also, I like what you said about being realistic and not following a set schedule it should be whatever works within our schedules.
do you use a fasting app and if so could you suggest a good one.
I have Always had an unending appetite....until I fast for 24 hours, then I have opposite problem, difficult to eat enough to get in daily protein needed. So weird to not be hungry for me. Doing Carnivore for the most part but sometimes don't want to eat for a couple days...dont understand!!
Thank you for all of the tips Laura. Fasting triggers my past disordered eating... which is why I enjoy carnivore - its taken away that thought of binging. However, I was at goal (by calorie restriction) when I started cv... I've been considering the modified alternate day fasting (500 cal 3x wk). How do you feel about this type of "fasting"?
Omg after 3 videos know i know why i feel weak im going to buy some pydlyt however you spell that😂
Hello Laura, I am in Spain now and I don't have LMNT. Do you have any tips on whether I can find it in Spain? Or maybe I can go around it for now? I wonder if I can ask for electrolyte replacement in a pharmacy
Laura..i keep fasting/ OMAD, but recently i switch to 2 MAD on carnivore diet.
Very reassuring to know that despite being a carnivore for years you have this issue too. That's exactly like me. People sometimes complain about them not being hungry on carnivore. I wish I had that problem. I could eat every 2 hours of every day if you'd let me lol
THat t-shirt is a hoot
Thank you for your content. Can you do a video on the no fiber side of the diet. All the Drs i talk to say that the lack of fiber is not good for the colon.. if you can ty.
Dr Berry utube. U never need fiber.
Ok Laura, I’ve got to say I find this EXTREMELY amusing. I fast EVERY day. Those who fast and promote fasting for health are NO different than those who eat “carnivore” and promote that. Saying that Fasting isn’t sustainable is NO different than saying eating ONLY meat isn’t sustainable.
If I find out I accidentally ate carbs (hidden sugar), can a 36 hour fast help correct my blood sugar & ketosis?