Fasting & Losing Weight

I once bought a book called 'The Way Of Life' by Pierre Marion that advocated eating only between the hours of 5am and 9am and not eating anything else for the rest of the day. As strange as this fast sounds it worked for me a few years ago but I can't seem to get into it now, although I will keep trying.

I love the idea of fasting for weight loss for several reasons:
1. It teaches self discipline.
2. If done properly it can be a great detoxifier.
3. A regular fast done in a healthy way is a great way to stabilize one's weight
4. I like the connection with spiritual disipline, and getting closer to our spiritual selves.

My personal opinion is that if one focuses on some of the above benefits of safe and healthy fasting the weight will fall off and stabilize anyway.

It is easier said than done though...I am really trying hard at the moment to disipline myself to fast for even one day.