I love low-carb. However, the last 20% of the weight you want to lose will be hard to get rid of due to the bodies ability to convert protein into glycogen. Water-only Fasting burns fat and protein in a ratio of 97% to 3% respectively. That's a trade I'll make all day long. This ratio was estimated first by Dr. Herbert Shelton in his book Fasting and Sunbathing. Physiological testing proved him right as was published with Dr. Jason Fung's book The Complete Guide to Fasting. Shelton's book is a free read and the best of the book's I've ever read on fasting.
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lessee...when I started trying to loose weight I weighed 330.
I weigh less now...306 last time I checked.
If my goal was to weigh 180...and I could only drop to 220....
awwwwww.
I started at 260 and sit here today at <210. Tomorrow I hope to start a 7 day water-only fast after supper with our son and his family. Before I have surgery in Jan-Feb I hope to be well below 200. I'll fast too after surgery because the body heals much faster that way. Mankind is the only mammal on the face of the earth that is stupid enough to eat when he is sick or injured. Dr. Shelton's book goes into great detail on that fact.