How To Use Fasting To Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

The holiday season doesn’t have to mean automatic weight gain. In this video, I break down how to use fasting strategically during the holidays not for aggressive weight loss, but to maintain your weight, protect your metabolism, and start January exactly where you want to be.

Most people gain 3–5 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. The goal is simple: if you start the holidays at 150 lbs, you start January at 150 lbs.

I walk you through:
• How to schedule fasting around holiday events
• Why maintenance matters more than perfection
• Simple hydration and eating windows that actually work
• When to use juice fasting, mono fasting, or short water fasts
• How raw foods can reset you fast without stress
• Liver support strategies to reduce bloating and rebound weight
• Tools I personally recommend to help flush holiday damage

Key tools mentioned:
Restore by Root Wellness (supports elimination and detox pathways)
https://therootbrands.com/AHealthyAlternative

Castor oil liver packs (hexane-free recommended)
https://amzn.to/4m70Qcc

Free community support:
Join AHA Communities and talk with people who’ve already done these fasts
https://www.ahacommunities.com

Coming soon:
DR96 January Challenge
A powerful, fully guided 96-hour dry fast with proper prep, education, and refeed support. If dry fasting sounds intimidating, this is the safest way to learn it with community accountability. I’ll drop the link under this video once it’s announced.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction:
1:19 Weight Maintenance, Not Weight Loss
2:23 How to Schedule Fasting Around Festivities
3:23 Options for Fasting: Juice, Mono, or Water Fast
4:42 Clean The Liver
6:00 Using portion control
7:00 The Next Fasting Challenge is Dry

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