Muslims, how many kilos do you lose during Ramzan?

[padamchen]

In a lot of Muslim societies people don't lose weight during Ramadan, they put it on. This is because we have developed a culture of having heavy meals laden with fatty foods before and after the fasting period.

I think if you avoid this excess you can easily lose 4-5kg in a month.



How many days a week are you fasting? The 5:2 diet is recommended, but if you to do it more intensively fast every other day.

If you fast daily your body will adapt to the lack of calories and the rate of weight loss will reduce.

Currently I'm doing it everyday. 16:8, then 18:6, and last two days 20:4.

I thought 5:2 was eating regularly for 5 days with a 24 to 48 hour fasted period?

If so, I plan to do that (modified) probably on my rest day (Monday) for a start. 24 hours. I don't know about 48 hours honestly.

Cheers, Doc

5:2 is 5 normal days and 2 fasting days (split up across the week). The fasting days are 16 hours from what I know.

I think it's pretty good for a slow weight loss.


Lol people can be so conflicted! I know people who only attend masjid on Eid.

I'm attending some Islamic classes and my sheikh focuses on cases like these sometimes. His advice is to never discourage anyone, let them do what they can and hope that the sincerity of what do draws them closer to the deen.

Thanks Ghazi. Will read up to confirm.

Do you have any source that specifically says daily 16:8 the body eventually adapts to, slowing the fat loss?

Cheers, Doc

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Guys, I'm doing a survey for a sports group I belong to.

Its about this new fad of Intermittent Fasting, where you fast for 16 hours, and eat in a 8 hour window.

Sounds pretty similar to what many of you would be doing during Ramzan, though Im guessing the fasted period would be about 15 hours max? 4 am to 7 pm?

So I would really appreciate it if you could let me know your experience. Any weight lost? How much? Has it remained the same year on year? Do you tend to eat more than normal when you can? Binge eating?

On an average how many kilos would you lose in the month? And what is your base weight?

Your inputs would be most helpful! Thanks.

Cheers, Doc

Actully you gain weight, cause your body goes into survival state and it converts all food consumed into fat. Basically your body doesnt trust that u will feed it again so it stores the food as fats for survival. The whole fasting thing is now very popular with resistance trainers and doctors because it flushes out your body.

 

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2-3 kilos.

 

[313ghazi]

Currently I'm doing it everyday. 16:8, then 18:6, and last two days 20:4.

I thought 5:2 was eating regularly for 5 days with a 24 to 48 hour fasted period?

If so, I plan to do that (modified) probably on my rest day (Monday) for a start. 24 hours. I don't know about 48 hours honestly.

Cheers, Doc


Thanks Ghazi. Will read up to confirm.

Do you have any source that specifically says daily 16:8 the body eventually adapts to, slowing the fat loss?

Cheers, Doc

That's not specific to any diet. It's the same for all diets or exercise regimes. Do any of them long term and they become less effective as a method of losing weight, as the body adapts to the new regime as its expected standard baseline of energy/activity.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/weight-loss-plateau/art-20044615

I experienced this personally and broke through it by regularly changing the type of exercise I did and by including random cheat days.

Things to consider trying whilst intermittent fasting;

Zigzag dieting; https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drsquat6.htm

Carb cycling:
https://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/what-is-carb-cycling

Intermittent fasting is fine, but if you find results slow down, mix it up a little.

 

[Jaanbaz]

I've been trying intermittent fasting one and off for a few years, I actually can't do it at the moment as I'm lifting heavy weights again, but it actually worked for me when I did have a go although combined with a lot of cardio mostly cycling and running. so from 80kg I went down to 60kg in 9 months. I didn't even eat less just did a lot of running.

 

[padamchen]

I've been trying intermittent fasting one and off for a few years, I actually can't do it at the moment as I'm lifting heavy weights again, but it actually worked for me when I did have a go although combined with a lot of cardio mostly cycling and running. so from 80kg I went down to 60kg in 9 months. I didn't even eat less just did a lot of running.

And how tall are you?

I'm also thinking of adding a day every week of running into my cycling training as cross training.

Lots of news recently about cyclists suffering poor bones due to the non weight bearing non impact nature of the sport.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Rashid Mahmood]

Guys, I'm doing a survey for a sports group I belong to.

Its about this new fad of Intermittent Fasting, where you fast for 16 hours, and eat in a 8 hour window.

Sounds pretty similar to what many of you would be doing during Ramzan, though Im guessing the fasted period would be about 15 hours max? 4 am to 7 pm?

So I would really appreciate it if you could let me know your experience. Any weight lost? How much? Has it remained the same year on year? Do you tend to eat more than normal when you can? Binge eating?

On an average how many kilos would you lose in the month? And what is your base weight?

Your inputs would be most helpful! Thanks.

Cheers, Doc

Fasting is not about losing weight, so no one fasts to loose weight.
It is much more.

 

[padamchen]

Fasting is not about losing weight, so no one fasts to loose weight.
It is much more.

It might be a lot more. But most people who fast for non-religious reasons do so to lose weight. That is obvious in the real world and from the terabytes of information on the net.

Either way, this thread is only about fasting and its effect on weight.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Rashid Mahmood]

It might be a lot more. But most people who fast for non-religious reasons do so to lose weight. That is obvious in the real world and from the terabytes of information on the net.

Either way, this thread is only about fasting and its effect on weight.

Cheers, Doc

You specifically asked about Ramzaan, which is only for Muslims, that what I answered for.
Cheers.

 

[Zibago]

I gain

 

[padamchen]

You specifically asked about Ramzaan, which is only for Muslims, that what I answered for.
Cheers.

I did clarify that the reason I was specifically asking Muslims was because what you guys follow in Ramzan is pretty close theoretically to Intermittent Fasting.

Its a ready-made cohort that I have available on PDF which is why I have found this thread most informative.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Zibago]

Losing weight in Ramadan is a myth... At least among current Muslims of our time...

True

 

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Month of Ramadan is the minimum amount of fasts a practicing Muslim should do. If one has the opportunity one should fast for a few days in other months as well

 

[Jaanbaz]

And how tall are you?

I'm also thinking of adding a day every week of running into my cycling training as cross training.

Lots of news recently about cyclists suffering poor bones due to the non weight bearing non impact nature of the sport.

Cheers, Doc

I'm 5'7 Tall Midget.

How many times do you to gym or exercise outdoors? If you're doing say 3 times a day running/cycling you could do another day of light weight training depending on your age.

 

[I.R.A]

Guys, I'm doing a survey for a sports group I belong to.

Its about this new fad of Intermittent Fasting, where you fast for 16 hours, and eat in a 8 hour window.

Sounds pretty similar to what many of you would be doing during Ramzan, though Im guessing the fasted period would be about 15 hours max? 4 am to 7 pm?

So I would really appreciate it if you could let me know your experience. Any weight lost? How much? Has it remained the same year on year? Do you tend to eat more than normal when you can? Binge eating?

On an average how many kilos would you lose in the month? And what is your base weight?

Your inputs would be most helpful! Thanks.

Cheers, Doc

8 kg.