Today I want to talk about extreme fasting and weight loss hacks compared to sensible and lifelong unstable lifestyle changes. And I’ll also touch on the importance of therapy and recovery.

Finally Fasting is the YouTube channel I mentioned.

Looking back on my 11 year weight loss journey.

The podcast I mentioned in this episode is here : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

Hitting a new weight loss milestone, the importance of consistency and routine, coping with routine when traveling, and Jillian Michales.

Today I’ll talk about my sustainable weight loss theory, weight set points, and a cheesecake rat study which is summarized below with a link.

The article from the Irish Times discusses a study on rats conducted by Paul Kenny and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute. The study found that rats fed high-fat, high-calorie junk food exhibited behaviors similar to drug addiction. The rats consumed more food over time and experienced changes in their brain's pleasure centers, becoming less sensitive and requiring more food to feel good. This study highlights the addictive potential of junk food and its implications for understanding obesity and its treatment.

Citation 1; Junk food junkies

https://www.snexplores.org/art...

Citation 2: Obesity lessons learned from rats diving into cheesecake

https://www.irishtimes.com/lif...

The effect of extended access to highly palatable foods on hunger, cravings, satiety, etc. It’s good news!

Study is here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...

Weight gain increased strikingly in rats with extended access to the cafeteria diet compared to the chow-only or restricted access groups (Fig. 1a). Weight gain also tended to be increased in the restricted access rats compared to chow-only rats, but this effect did not reach statistical significance. The development of obesity in extended access rats was closely associated with a worsening deficit in brain reward function, reflected in progressively elevated BSR thresholds

This is an amazing good experiment that shows conclusive that ultra-processed food is the problem.

Video - https://youtu.be/wIhbYA5QLEw?s...

A very popular actor just shared a story of how they fasted 41 days and lost 60 pounds.

Looking at my lab results and weight loss results for 2023. Plus a look ahead to 2024.

Today begins another week of extended water fasting after a weekend refeed.

My extended fasting / intermittent fasting journey to make noticeable health and weight changes to end the year.