Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Flexible Windows; et cetera; response to "Day 4"

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Re: [fast5] Flexible Windows; et cetera; response to "Day 4"

I did fast-5 (only I do a Fast 7, because of schedules and activity
levels) and it worked very well for about 2 months. It was effortless for
me to switch to this kind of eating at the time I started. And then I ran
into a problem of running out of energy every afternoon. To the point I
couldn't do office work, because I was out of gas.

I am just now getting back to a slow enough schedule to go back to Fast 5
principles again. Does anyone have any experience or suggestions for
why the body might react this way after some time on Fast 5, or what I
might have not been getting? (I will admit to a very stressful, and
physically active life, so eat more than lots of people do)

Karen in Iowa

> I have a variable eating-window - I usually determine it the day before (&
> before starting the window for the current day) according to what's most
> appropriate for my schedule, as well as for social-eating situations. It
> seems to work really well this way, and I would hope that anyone trying
> out
> Fast-5 would know that they are free to do have a flexible window if that
> works for them. Bert Herring (author of the Fast-5 booklet) has
> communicated that he sees no reason a variable-window wouldn't work as
> well
> as a fixed-window. It seems like having a flexible-window can be a really
> good way to address concerns people come up against about social
> situations,
> and of course also the different variables of our schedules and lives.
>
> Personally I have experienced tremendous benefit from Fast-5 in ways other
> than weight-loss. Interestingly enough - I'm a musician, and I've found
> that doing Fast-5 has really tremendously aided my creative experience
> with
> sound. I'm curious if others out there have had similar experiences with
> whatever their fields are - that it's increased their immersion-experience
> in their field, to have that long period of time without attending to
> eating. I also feel that Fast-5 has been very supportive of a more
> expansive sense of peace.
>
> This is my third attempt at getting past 3 weeks on Fast-5. (Yesterday
> was
> 21 days of this 3rd attempt.) I really feel this is the best food-plan
> for
> me presently, and I am putting forth my full intention that I can get over
> the 3-week hump I've come up against in my past attempts. I feel like if
> get to 4 weeks on this then that will be a significant shift for me.
>
> Thanks for sharing your experiences, I am grateful for this newsgroup and
> very grateful for the information that is put forth about Fast-5.
>
> Wishing you total well-being!
>
> peace
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>
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>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Karen <laurvick@charter.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you could change your eating window for today.....
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fast5@yahoogroups.com <fast5%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
>> fast5@yahoogroups.com <fast5%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
>> emaildonv
>> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 8:25 AM
>> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com <fast5%40yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: [fast5] Re: Day 4
>>
>> ...I am nervous about those temptations a-coming. I have tickets to the
>> Bears/Cardinals game, the game starts at noon...
>>
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