Life After Massive Weightloss

In this weeks article we discuss a question about life after losing weight via fasting.

Recently there was a question a member in the Facebook group asked in regards to life after weight loss. The question was “How’s life after losing weight, especially those who lost weight through fasting”? I felt this was a perfect topic for this week’s newsletter.

Spoiler alert: Life is good! But the question remains how is life? Is it all that it’s cracked up to be? Let’s dive a bit deeper into life after losing almost 200lbs with fasting.

For those who may not know, during my fasting journey, I have lost 197lbs 100% via fasting. Most of that is water fasting with about 10% coming from Juice and Dry fasting. Through that time I have had many ups and downs and will be speaking about that in greater detail during our 2024 Annual Retreat. There have been so many positive things that have occurred since weight loss which I’m sure a lot of you are looking forward to achieving as well. A slimmer body, more energy, increased libido and performance, clearer mentality, an abundance of positive things have happened I didn’t expect. I noticed people listened to me more, they treated me better, and I was getting more attention, someone said to me one day “Part of why people listen to you stephen is because you’re good-looking. Needless to say, I blushed but no one listened to me before when I was 400lbs. I still don’t quite take those compliments well. Why is that? When you change your body via fasting there is a rapid change in everything there’s a mental adjustment part that we do not factor in, that’s where we need to look at some of the contrast to all this positivity.

After having a large amount of weight loss no matter how you achieve it, there will need to be a change to maintain these results. The reason that I got to 400 lbs was due to my eating, lack of activity, and the enormous amount of toxins I consumed in my life. So the simple answer on paper is just move more eat differently and remove toxins from your life. What I did not know is the amount of work it takes to do those 3 simple things. Changing the entire way I experienced life through food. Going through therapy to understand my traumas and where they stem from. I began to take accountability and understand my life was not the result of my parents but the result of the actions I have taken.

The way the body works it always remembers the size we were, the foods we used to cope, and the amount of fat cells we had to store toxins. It will do anything it needs to do to survive and keep the status quo. It tends to want to take us back to what we know as normal and this is where the battle is fought. I keep fasting as part of my life, partly for the maintenance of weight, the anti-inflammatory benefits, and healing. I went through years of trying different diets and combinations of foods to find what works best for me and work to make those dietary habits permanent. I make sure that I am maintaining an active lifestyle with my hobbies like skating, running, walking briskly, and working out in the gym. I continue to make strides mentally to grow my knowledge of the body how it works and ways to naturally treat it for overall wellness. I guess what I’m saying is there is never an end to this road. There is never a point where you hit and you’re just like “Okay I’m done focusing on my health.” That doesn’t mean it needs to consume you and you become a wellness coach but it’s part of life that must continue to be a focal point. You maintain your health as a focal point because at the end of the day, if your health declines nothing else matters. So instead of waiting for something to happen… Continue to keep your eyes on the prize. Where you see yourself will take you longer to achieve than you realize, so strap in for a wild ride and never give up on yourself, because if there’s one thing I can promise… It’s all worth it!