Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Re: Eating during your window

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Re: [fast5] Re: Eating during your window

Thanks!

I'm not an expert. I do like to pass on info when I can. "What goes
around comes around" and all that.

As for weight loss ... I lost 35 lbs the first time I did it. 2nd
time, not so much. But my issues are very, very different and I'm not
really working on weight loss. If I was, I'd get some *exercise* which
I very much need! My reasons for doing this have to do with unresolved
digestion issues and arthritis and blood glucose levels. And this
constant hunger I used to feel that led me to keep gaining weight.
THOSE issues are pretty much resolved in F5. I've been doing it mostly
for about 2 years (with occasional breaks). Mostly at this point it is
a lifestyle or habit.

I really wouldn't worry about magnitude of weight loss. If you look at
a lb of pure lard ... it is BIG. Fat is very lightweight. It's the
water that weighs, and you might not lose much of that on F5, because
there isn't so much glycogen depletion and dehydration (which I think
is what happens on some diets). Also if you work out you get "denser"
which throws off the numbers. Like I said, my dd, is overweight if you
look at the charts, but if you look at her while she is swimming she
looks like Diana the archer.

IF has been shown to have very good health effects aside from weight
loss, in any case. It's a good habit ... it saves your money, saves
your health. Work on getting the body you want, making it healthy,
flexible, strong. Don't worry about the scale too much, is my general
opinion.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:55 PM, cathykowloon <cathykowloon@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wow Heathertwist. Thanks so much for both of your posts. You provided a wealth of information that I will take time to go over in real detail tonight. I do wonder with the eating less, why our bodies don't drop the weight faster. By doing Fast-5 (which so far, is great.... I actually love fasting... it's easy for me and helps me get my mind off calories, what to eat, how much, what combinations, etc) it seems I will be cutting out quite a bit of calories (like 2 meals worth) and seems a 1 -2 lb a week weight loss is small potatoes... but I suppose time will tell.
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> More importantly, this seems to be a diet plan that I can stick to. I love being able to eat what I want... I had pasta for the first time in 2 months.... and fruit! What a joy.
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> It seems you are an expert.... can I ask how long you have been doing IF and your results? Have they been sustainable?
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
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>> I just did one of my long rants about hunger in an earlier email today,
>> so I won't repeat it!
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>> As for low carb ... I think that going without eating gives the carbs
>> plenty of space to be stored, so it's not so critical that you be
>> low carb to lose weight. Most people here don't. BUT ... some
>> folks seem to have their hunger triggered by high starch/low protein
>> meals (or other things: for me it's beer!).
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>> Personally I think it's mainly "starches" not "carbs". A handful
>> of raw carrots just does not do the same thing in the body
>> that a piece of bread does. Finely ground grains digest hyper
>> quickly and do weird things in your gut (and the gluten content
>> of bread does it's own thing). Finely ground grains make
>> farm animals really sick, to the point where other food additives
>> have to be added to keep the animals healthy. Cooked whole
>> grains ... porridge, steamed rice ... do a different thing,
>> interestingly enough. So for race horses, "gelatinized" starches
>> are used over, say rolled crushed grain, because of
>> the differences in digestion. So you might find that pasta ...
>> gelatinized grain ... works differently than baked bread. Or
>> that a bowl of rice works better than pasta. But if your
>> hunger is well in check (as yours seems to be) then maybe
>> just don't worry about it. See what the scale says after
>> a month.
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>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:02 AM, cathykowloon <cathykowloon@...> wrote:
>> > I have 2 concerns after 2 days on the Fast-5.
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>> > 1) how can I make sure I eat enough? I am eating until satisfied and it comes out to 2 small snacks (hand full of baby carrots, 10 almonds) and a normal dinner.
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>> > 2) do I have to eat a paleo or lo carb diet to lose weight on this IF method? I am not a huge carb eater, but on occasion I do like pasta....
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>> > thoughts?
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>> Heather Twist
>> http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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