So? Why do diets like these leave us heavier and heavier over time? Why can’t we succeed, even though we are trying and trying? Let’s be honest, most of us (including myself) find intermittent fasting compelling for one main reason: weight loss. So, does it work? Research has shown that intermittent fasting is not only safe but also effective for burning fat and achieving weight loss. Nearly all intermittent fasting studies have resulted in some degree of weight loss (ranging between 2.5-9.9%). Episode 16: Choosing Your Goal Weight, Eating to Satiety, Anticancer and Metabolic Effects of IF, and More, 10/18/23 Keep your fasting clean: Follow Stephens’s clean fasting guidelines to teach your body to access its fat stores. You’ll gradually deplete your stored glycogen and cue your body to search for an alternate source of fuel—your fat.

Purpose #2: Activate fat-burning. Fasting burns fat by activating ketosis—using fat stores for fuel. Don’t consume anything that gives your body an external source of fuel.

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Lastly, celebrate your success each time you perform the new behavior. According to Fogg, this reinforces the behavior in your brain and helps make it automatic. Plus, feeling good about yourself is healthy for its own sake.

The One Medical blog is published by One Medical, a national, modern primary care practice pairing 24/7 virtual care services with inviting and convenient in-person care at over 100 locations across the U.S. One Medical is on a mission to transform health care for all through a human-centered, technology-powered approach to caring for people at every stage of life.As time passes, that undereating continues – and, finally, the number on the weighing gets smaller. Seems very simple, isn’t it?