Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Introduction

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Re: [fast5] Introduction

What you describe is pretty common ... your body adjusts and sometimes
"shrinks" without actually weighing less. There could be a lot of
reasons for this, and some are discussed in the book. The classic one
is: fat really doesn't weigh all that much. Get a big blob of beef
fat, and you see how light it really is. On most diets, the "weight"
you lose is largely water, and some muscle. Fast5 doesn't encourage
muscle loss, and in fact you might get some muscle GAIN, esp. if you
are working out some.

I see this in my daughter, who more or less eats Fast-5 (though like
your earlier self, she doesn't do it purposefully). She would be "fat"
on the height/weight charts, but in fact she is very athletic and
doesn't carry a lot of fat. She IS extremely "dense" though, and has
dropped a few clothes sizes since she started really working out. My
take is that the weight charts are created for the average person, who
in this time era isn't very healthy.

If you stop shrinking and want to shrink more though, you should take
a look at what you are eating and maybe make different choices, or eat
your food in a different order.

It also can be the case that the weight your body decides to be isn't
the weight you feel you ought to be. While Fast-5 has been a lifesaver
for my overall health, I never have gotten to my "ideal" weight. I
might choose to work on that someday ... or not. Right now I'm happy
that my body works better than it used to!

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:26 PM, aphraat09 <kang@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Hi!
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> I have been following the Fast-5 way of life for only 3 weeks now (after several false starts). Back in 2002 I discovered this way of eating by accident (hectic studenty lifestyle etc) and as a result achieved my ideal weight with little effort and had more energy than I had ever had in my life. I also reveled in a sense of liberation from the constant barrage of food-centric thoughts that 3+ meals a day invite. So much more time to focus on other things!
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> Unfortunately I gave up this way of life (I suppose additional meals and snacks crept in until they had once again taken over) and here I am, a good 30 pounds above my ideal weight and rather desperate to change this!
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> I wonder if I could ask your advice (and I suppose encouragement?)
> I have just weighed myself and (sigh) I do not appear to have lost an ounce - after three weeks of quite strict Fast-5ving. Discouraging as that is, I have noticed that clothes are looser on me. It is as though my body is very gradually 'changing shape'(though I am not exercising at the moment!). Has anyone else noticed this happening to them?
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> In any case I am NOT going to give up!
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> Anyway, thought I would introduce myself and wish all fellow Fast-5ers the best of luck in this endeavor!
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> Alex (UK)
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