Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Plant based diet

Sunday, July 12, 2009

[fast5] Re: Plant based diet

Rob you are right it takes time. I too like the idea of the fasting to clean out and regroup. The trick is to not use the 5 hour window to overeat calories or nutrionally bankrupt foods (chips, candy.. even though a little of that goes a long way a lot of that doesn't get you much further). some days I feel really hungry and those days I need to go for the health & taste as opposed to the empty calories. I guess it's not just the 5 hour window but what you eat during that time. because if your input exceeds your caloric output you will not be losing any weight, additionally if you shortchange yourself on nutrition you will feel that effect. I think pace is the key. as the saying goes slow and steady wins the race?
also like you mentioned staying busy is good too maybe excess eating can be due to boredom sometimes?
i think its also good to make sure to stay hydrated as well
Paul

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "craztrader" <craztrader@...> wrote:
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> Paul,
> Ultimately I want to return to fruitarian but like the first time it takes time.
> Right now I feel I need to fast as much as possible to clean out and regroup.
> With the fast 5 I can fast but I get to eat every day.
> When I say I fell off I mean last christmas I began dabbing in to the holiday fudge,candy etc etc that mom makes and a little this little that..next thing you know I was back to the SAD diet.
> Now for oh 7 months now but Im returning at a medium pace back to plant based and then fruit.
> So far this is working well.
> Today is day 3 and I had NO HUNGER till about 430.
> Then At 5 I broke the fast with cauliflower, romaine lettuce, and beans I made in the crock pot all day.
> I am losing weight and feeling so much better.
> I made the remark in another post that it is hard on weekends to wait till 5 to eat because at work I am busy all day and dont think about eating much but today (Saturday) wasnt bad at all.
> I just cleaned my house and stayed busy and now my window is open!
> Rob
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Katz" <paulcats02@> wrote:
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> > Hi Rob
> >
> > >Anyone on the fast 5 do this on a plant based diet, like the one Dr
> > Furhman sudgests?
> > > Fruit,Veggies,Greens, and beans, no meat.
> >
> > I follow the fast 5 and am a plant-based Vegan however I do not follow
> > the Furman diet (Eat to Live) strictly. Meaning that while I do my best
> > to make fruits, veggies, greans and beans the mainstays of my diet, I
> > also do enjoy protein isolate & concentrate powders (such as hemp, pea,
> > rice, buckwheat, and soy), "meat" analogs (made from ingredients such as
> > TVP, soy protein, wheat gluten and konjac) and whole grains, too. I'd
> > like to have less of the latter (proteins & grains) but I do feel that
> > they meet a need for me (my activities include martial arts, weights,
> > running, and yoga).
> >
> > > Im starting it right now.
> > > I was fruitarian/raw for 2 years and was on top of the world,felt
> > better than I ever have, and >maintained 160 lbs.
> >
> > That's impressive. While I am probably 50% fruitarian/raw (even more in
> > the warmer weather), I never have made a fulltime shift. Maybe if I
> > lived in a place like Hawaii or California, I would try but here in NYC
> > I feel that during the cold seasons I am not suited for it?
> >
> > Maybe that's just me though...
> >
> > > I fell of in December 08 and now Im 210 and feel like crap.
> > > So now Im going back but this time the Fast 5 way but plant based
> > only.
> > > I thumbed thru the book "Eat To Live" by dr. Furhman and I really
> > believe were designed to eat >plant based not meat.
> >
> > How did you fall off? Off of fruitarian/raw? Or off vegan?
> >
> > > Animals who eat meat have 3 feet of digestive tract, we have 20.
> > > Meat has no fiber. It just sits there in your digestive tract moving
> > slowly and >rotting.Fruit/Veggies move thru quickly with no
> > complications.
> > > Anyway I wont get carried away with meat, this is just my personal
> > belief.
> > > I was just wondering if anyone here is on a plant based diet on the
> > fast 5?
> >
> > I agree with you on the above although I vegan more for personal ethics
> > & morals; is that a factor for you, too?
> >
> > Best of luck
> >
> > Paul
> >
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