Average weight loss is one pound per day. I see from your past messages that you have fasted before. How long is your longest fast so far?

Hi bopsie best of luck on your new life! I'm fasting from today as well but I don't offer myself as a fasting partner anymore as my fasts rarely go longer than a few days to a week lately.

33 pounds is a very specific amount. Fasting for weight loss is great but I would never use it for just losing a specific amount of weight myself. The aim of a fast is to clean out the body of stored toxins along with the excess fat stores and repair any areas of dis-ease. Ideally the fast should be done to completion and then you refeed UP to a healthy weight which your body will find itself easily and naturally refeeding properly on raw food according to hunger. I would think you'd be able to fast for at least 30 days if you rest during your fast, or less maybe if you exercise a lot. There are no guarantees though. :)

Andrew.

Hello bopsie80,
It is good to hear that you are really determined this time around and have the mental resolve to accomplish your goals.
I am sorry that no one got back to you about the rate of weight-loss, but as Loosie has said in this thread, it is about one pound per day, but if you are very overweight you are more likely to lose more weight than that average at the beginning of your fast, as this is the experience of many over-weight people.

A lengthy fast can be, and is for many, the start of a new life, as it not only cleanses and heals, but undergoes a rejuvenation of the body, the mind & the spirit as well.

We are all rooting for you and please feel free to post often for the encouragement and motivation that you may need; this is not a go-it-alone forum. You have friends here............

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Regards

Chrisb1.