Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] fast 5

Sunday, December 6, 2009

[fast5] fast 5

Hi Carol,
It's Great to hear from you and I'm afraid to tell anyone what I am doing also.
I've been doing this since 10/09 and have just told my dh... he hadn't noticed
because I was breaking it on Sat/sun . I did say something to my sister ,who's
been trying to lose weight ..but with calorie control and she read the book on
line and Loves it... she told me she was having trouble not eating all night..
she's a retired shift worker and has still not been able to go to sleep until
2 or 3am...
My window is from 3pm-8pm.. I found out if I eat too late and close to bedtime
that I'm very uncomfortable all night.. and I go to bed now around 9pm .. I've
also been sleeping better doing FF .. I'm able to get 7 or 8hrs all together ... although
some nights aren't good.

BTW... my sister has had a penpal in New Zealand for 50yrs.. they have both visited
each other over the yrs too...

I'm glad you wrote in , I need to hear others experiences with FF...
I haven't lost that much weight in 6wk I've only lost 6lbs (I'm doing lowcarb also)
but sometimes I slip up... so I do know why it hasn't come off faster...
I used to have cream in my morning coffee and I'm also thinking that is what's slowing
down my weight loss too... so this wk I stopped the cream... and I'm doing a straight
19hr fast..

Helen

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, carol olsen <wineloverinnz@...> wrote:
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> hi everyone
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> have been lurking here for a while think i did a small post early on
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> i started fast 5 on the 16/10/09 or 10/16/09 for those not in kiwi land LOL
> i eat low carb and have lost a total of 5.7kg or 12.54lbs an average of .78kg or 1.72lbs per week i had lost 5kg or 11lbs just doing straight low carb over about 3months but thought that fast 5 was more of a long term prospect
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> my eating window generally is 5pm to 10pm but as i am a shift worker this sometimes has to change although i am gradually learning it doesn't need to be a great change
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> at first if i was working a night shift i used to change to have a window something like 11pm to 4am but on a couple of occasions when i didn't do this i found it didn't make a lot of difference to how i felt so now i mostly stick to the 5pm to 10pm regardless
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> i do however have a splash of milk in my tea or coffee i did try not to have this but i just cannot i stuck it out for several weeks but found i was just forcing it down so now i have the milk and don't feel bad about it
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> i tried to drum up some interest in fast 5 in new zealand where i live but got very limited response so any kiwis out there would love to hear from you
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> have had the odd slip up on the way but nothing too drastic usually peer pressure to' just try this '
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> i haven't said too much to other people as i still get comments about my low carb eating they just cant get their heads around the fact that i can eat eggs butter fatty meat etc and loose weight even though the evidence is in front of their eyes
> i am scared that if i tell them about fast 5 they will really think i am nuts
> how do other people cope with this ?
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> i am surrounded by very overweight colleagues who say they are on diets and yet seem to gain weight
> i would love to point them in the fast 5 direction but not sure how to go about it without causing offence or have them thinking i am mad LOL
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> love having this group where i can read about other peoples journeys
> everyone seems to be doing well
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> cheers carol
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