Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Drinking milk

Saturday, May 30, 2009

[fast5] Re: Drinking milk

What's in the book is intended to be a starting point that works for most everybody, but it is by no means intended to be an absolute requirement for a lifetime. The only person who should dictate "rules" for you is you, because you alone can determine what is working for you and what lifestyle you can sustain for the long run.

No one knows exactly how much caloric intake during the day is enough to keep F5 from working -- it varies from one person to another and is question worthy of some research. However, you can tell whether it's too much for you in particular by whether it triggers limbic hunger (and you wind up eating before your break-fast time -- it sounds like this does not happen with the small amount of milk you consume) and by whether you are losing weight at a rate that is acceptable to you. If weight loss is your goal, then the rate of weight loss hardly matters as long as you are losing some, because as long as you're making progress, you'll get to where you to be. The only difference might be sooner vs. later, but in the long run, it's getting to your goal weight and staying there that matters.
If milk makes the Fast-5 program more sustainable/pleasant and does not halt your progress, then there's no weight-loss reason not to use it. The longevity benefits of F5 are not defined and might be microscopically lessened due to milk consumption, but that remote possibility has to be balanced with making your way of eating something you can live with (and enjoy) indefinitely. Cream should have less of an impact on insulin than milk as Rick said, and it may take a much smaller volume of cream to produce the same taste effect you get with milk.

If it's working for you, it's a routine you can sustain, and you're happy with the progress you're making toward your goal, why change? If you get to a plateau, then a change might become necessary. This approach is what I call "a study of one," meaning that you start with the basic plan, modify it as needed based on your lifestyle and the results you see with your body, your lifestyle and your preferences, and then you determine what way of eating is just the right fit for you.

Best wishes,
Bert

Bert Herring
Fast-5 Corporation

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Donna B" <bitchwins@...> wrote:
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> I guess what I really want to know is – does having the milk in the coffee
> through the day actually affect the effectiveness of Fast 5? For example am
> I still going to lose weight by sticking to the 5 hour window for eating but
> having the cuppas with milk (and throughout the day that would amount to
> around ¾ of a cup of milk.)
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> I read in the free ebook about how to do the Fast5 etc but not exactly sure
> how and why it works in the body – exactly what does the more than 5
> calories do (spike insulin – and if so, so what?)
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> Is there another book that all of you have read?
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> From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick
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> I personally don't drink plain milk and I don't use it in my beverages. I
> did think about it though when I started F5. The conclusion that I came to
> is that if a person has to have milk in their coffee or tea, it might be
> better to use a small amount of heavy cream instead of milk. Milk doesn't
> have as many calories as heavy cream but heavy cream has no carbs and won't
> affect insulin levels in small amounts such as what is used in coffee or
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> If you use a tbsp of cream in your coffee you're ingesting 25 calories of
> fat. That's a half hour of potential bodyfat that could be burned. So really
> it's up to you.
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> Stll, Dr Herring's recommendation from the F5 book is not to have more than
> 5 calories during your fasting period.
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> -Rick Stewart
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