Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: New with question

Thursday, September 10, 2009

[fast5] Re: New with question

I've been doing fast-5 for roughly 15 weeks. During the beginning I certainly wanted to binge, a lot. While you can eat whatever you like, if you are eating a higher percentage of junk foods than you normally would, you will probably not see the results you want. What exactly are the foods that you love? You can try eating more filling foods while you break your fast, or break your fast with salad, soup... but I did find that I would try to cram in as much food as possible, usually lots of fruits and vegetables, and I was continually losing. I did play around quite a bit with the ratios of carbs, protein, fats to see what worked best for me. Everything in moderation is key, I think. It really takes mental strength to break the binging habit, once you realize that you don't have to eat so much, that you won't be hungry the next day, that even if you are a little hungry, you will get to eat in a few more hours... hang in there. :)

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "chadstephensfamily" <ginstephens@...> wrote:
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> Hi, Fast-5ers! I'm new and slowly working my way through the archives.
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> I'm on day 4 today, and I started on Monday cold turkey. My window is 3pm-8pm.
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> While I love that I am not on an energy roller coaster all day long, and I no longer need coffee which I thought I was addicted to, I am having trouble controlling myself in my window!
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> I know that that feeling of bingeing is supposed to go away....but I would like some people to verify that it will, indeed, go away!!! My weight is exactly the same as it was on day 1 (thank goodness) but I'm just worried I will GAIN weight if I don't get this figured out!
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> I am not exactly eating the best things during my window, either. I think it is the fact that I have been dieting for the last year, and one of the biggest draws to fast-5 is that I might be able to eat foods that I have deprived myself of over the past year and still maintain or lose weight.
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> I've lost 40 pounds in the last year doing a combination of hCG and low carb. My issue is keeping the weight off while eating foods that I love. Plus, I am at a weight that is still not my ideal weight...I'm at 145 (5' 5"), and according to the charts in the book I should weigh around 125. That's also the weight I look best at. Even though I could live with 145 for the rest of my life, I would like to lose at least 10 more pounds and keep it off.
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> So please, experienced fast-5ers, tell me that the need to binge will go away! And that I will NOT gain weight on this plan. AND that I don't have to be as vigilant with the things I am eating during the window as I had to be when eating at society's "normal" times.
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> Because if I'm just going to have to NOT eat all day and then ONLY eat diet food during my window, I will be disappointed!
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> Thanks for your words of wisdom!
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> Virginia
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