{"id":80,"date":"2008-02-06T12:58:41","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T12:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeyourbody.wordpress.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2008-02-06T12:58:41","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T12:58:41","slug":"the-viral-weight-loss-plan-or-the-unexpected-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2008\/02\/06\/the-viral-weight-loss-plan-or-the-unexpected-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Viral Weight Loss Plan or The Unplanned Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was doing really well for a month. I got in some good workouts in January and visions of fitness danced in my head. Then along came a virus that sat down beside me and now those visions have gone down the toilet, so to speak.<\/p>\n

What? Although I got my newsletter<\/a> out early Monday morning (only because I had worked on it for days beforehand), that is about all that I have accomplished since then except for spending way too much time in the bathroom. I have eaten almost nothing in the last two days and I don’t have a good feeling about today, either. I highly don’t recommend a stomach virus to lose weight, but it sure does work. It is just too bad that you have to see the weight that you are losing. Yuck!<\/p>\n

I do recommend however, since the bathroom is calling again and I have to go for now, that you read a good article on my site entitled, 10 Reasons to Fast<\/i><\/a> and you will get some good ideas on how and why to fast and the many benefits that come from a “planned” fast.<\/p>\n

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I was doing really well for a month. I got in some good workouts in January and visions of fitness danced in my head. Then along came a virus that sat down beside me and now those visions have gone down the toilet, so to speak. What? 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