Thomas underwent an incredible physical transformation with fasting, but the added health benefits convinced him to make it a long-term lifestyle.

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Fasting isn't just about weight loss. My name's Thomas DeLauer and I had my own personal transformation with intermittent fasting and with longer term fasting.

I was close to 300 pounds and yes, I had an amazing weight loss transformation with intermittent fasting, but it wasn't what I was just solely focused on. You see, the power with intermittent fasting comes from what happens to your mind more than anything. It's an element of mastery, an element of discipline that translates into so many different aspects of your life. The weight loss just becomes kind of a natural byproduct of it. 

So when I had to go through this transformation, well sure, weight loss was great, but what I discovered and what I was empowered with was even more amazing. See, it changed my relationship with my family. It changed my relationship with friends, but most importantly, it changed my relationship with food. 

Anything in life is going to be about reorganizing your priorities, and when all of a sudden you're not thinking about food day in and day out, you have time to focus on your friends. You have time to focus on your family, you have time to focus on your business, whatever it is. Life is just a simple game of shuffling priorities around and when food isn't as much of a priority for a given point in time, well then all of a sudden you see all these amazing things happen. Food becomes no longer just a novelty. Food is something that you appreciate like we should be appreciating it. It's nourishing your cells. It's nourishing your brain. It's nourishing you literally from the inside out, and when you have a solid appreciation for that, it allows you to appreciate when it's not there too. And that's exactly what fasting is all about. 

Now, I don't want you to think that fasting is a game of subtraction. We're not taking something out of your life. It's a game of addition. You're empowering yourself to be able to get more out of your life.

Imagine this for a moment. You've been fasting, so your relationship with food is a little bit distanced and then you sit down and you enjoy a meal. Well, the colors, the food on your plate are going to be brighter. The food is going to taste more powerful. It's going to taste better, and you're going to appreciate the time that you're sitting there with your family enjoying that meal. Believe me, some pretty amazing stuff is going on inside your body, but it's also about what it's doing on the outside day in and day out and how it's helping you appreciate the awesome version of yourself that you are.

Why I Fast: Thomas DeLauer

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