{"id":1409,"date":"2021-11-22T08:19:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T08:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dofastingblog.kinsta.cloud\/i-tried-28-day-intermittent-fasting-challenge-for-5-weeks-and-lost-21-pounds\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T11:12:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:12:53","slug":"i-tried-28-day-intermittent-fasting-challenge-for-5-weeks-and-lost-21-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dofasting.com\/blog\/i-tried-28-day-intermittent-fasting-challenge-for-5-weeks-and-lost-21-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I tried 28-day intermittent fasting challenge for 5 weeks and lost 21 pounds\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, I\u2019m Annie. I\u2019m 25 years old, happily married, and just had my third baby in under 4 years. As you can probably imagine, my body has gone through a lot over the last few years, and it was really showing.<\/p>\n

I usually wait until around 10 months postpartum to start losing the weight, but this time was different. I\u2019ve been suffering from postpartum depression and anxiety, and I couldn\u2019t even look at myself in the mirror anymore without crying and being disgusted with how I looked. I realize that I\u2019ve just grown 3 beautiful lives, but that doesn\u2019t take away from my sadness. At 6 months postpartum, I finally decided that what I needed was to lose weight\u2014 not only would it help me physically, but most importantly, mentally.<\/p>\n

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I started doing some research on different diet methods to find what would fit my lifestyle best. I stumbled upon an ad for DoFasting<\/a>, and everything started to go up from there.<\/p>\n

Before making my new lifestyle change, I had a problem with binge eating. I would eat when I felt overwhelmed, anxious, mad, sad… so, basically, I was eating a lot. Most of the time, I wasn\u2019t even hungry.<\/p>\n

The hardest part of my journey was truly all mental-related. Training my mind that I didn\u2019t need to go back for seconds and that I didn\u2019t need a midnight snack. Once I got over those terrible sugar withdrawals, I was pretty solid.<\/p>\n

I learned how to successfully fast and eat healthily and then immediately started shedding that weight. Every morning I would get on the scale and see I was a pound or so less than the day before, and that was my constant motivation.<\/p>\n

Whenever I started to feel like I needed to dig into some sweets, I would step back and think about the long run and how I didn\u2019t really need the sugar\u2014 it was just a \u201cwant.\u201d<\/p>\n

You learn to take things 1 day at a time and picture yourself a week, a month, or a year from today. I would feel defeated if I indulged a little bit one day and would gain a few pounds back and have to work extra hard just to get back to where I was.<\/p>\n

I lost 21 pounds in 5 weeks from doing the DoFasting program, and I\u2019ve genuinely never felt better. My mind feels more clear, I\u2019m happier, more patient, less anxious. I just feel like I\u2019m a better mom and wife when I\u2019m a healthier person. I would recommend this program to everyone and anyone who is needing to lose any amount of weight.<\/p>\n

Tips from Annie:<\/h2>\n