weight loss in ramzan

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@somegroovychick

you lose weight because you’re not eating for 15 hours- it doesn’t really matter what you eat at sehri or iftar, i would think, given how long you spend not eating.
besides, i just don’t want fried foods for either sehri or iftar because its just too much first thing in the morning and for the meal right after not eating for so long.
i’ve lost weight too but this is just water weight- it’ll come back once you start eating 3 meals a day again.

Spot on! No matter how much weight one looses in Ramzan, its counter productive because even going 7-8 hours without eating anything is really bad for the metabolism, and the ‘starvation’ mode kicks in and the body starts storing fuel in the form of fat, and the metabolism becomes sluggish and as a net result, a person would end up gaining more weight to begin with

Honestly, theres no way around it, healthy sustained weight loss that is permanent cannot be achieved in ramazan, with that large window of ‘starvation’. The best way to lose weight is to eat in smaller but more frequent portions and thats impossible in ramzan. Every other technique, drinking water etc, is just damage control.