Can’t Keep the Weight Off? Try a Weekly Monk Fast

Mehdi Yacoubi
Vital Health
Published in
6 min readFeb 15, 2020

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A weekly ritual to keep the weight off, promote longevity and make your life easier

Photo by Miti on Unsplash

We all have that one relative that went through a weight loss phase.

A lot of motivation and a few months later the pounds of fat disappeared revealing a fit and lean body.

Victory: everybody is amazed at the results and congratulates the willpower needed to sustain the effort.

But a few months later, you notice that the pounds are slowly starting to come back. Finally one day you realize that all the weight came back!

How did that happen?

Weight loss and weight management are two different things. Great motivation and momentum can help in the first phase of burning substantial amounts of fat, but only a well-thought system for the “after” will enable the result to stick.

Why keeping the weight off is so hard?

Let’s say that a person wants to lose fat. In most cases, the first thing one does is search for potentially suitable and doable weight loss protocols. Nutrition plans to lower the calorie intake, different healthy recipes, workout plans to burn fat… You name it.

After a little audit and a lot of motivation, the person will start the fat loss…

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Mehdi Yacoubi
Vital Health

Co-Founder at joinvitalhealth.com— Interested in health, longevity, nutrition & self-exp. Weekly thoughts on health & wellness: https://thelonggame.xyz/