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

Saturday, July 11, 2009

[fast5] Re: Plant based diet

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

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Katz" <paulcats02@...> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>