Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Exactly how "much" is recomended in the 5 hour window?

Thursday, January 21, 2010

[fast5] Re: Exactly how "much" is recomended in the 5 hour window?

Heather, thank you so much! This is a learning process.

I ate Rice and beans last night. I had two helpings, and Whoa, I got painfully stuffed. I think
1) My stomach has shrunk
2) I can only eat so much anymore and I dont want anymore
3) It almost seems like the fasting actually decreased my appetite or something. I broke my fast with a glass of V8, and I wasnt really ravenous at that point like I could have been? Kinda wierd.

Another weird thing, is that I have had been thinking about vegtables, almost like a veggie craving. I am a huge sugar addict, so this is really something.

Thanks again for all your help, I will try your suggestions!

Anyway, thanks so much

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> I would listen to your body. Keep track some. Expect it to take awhile
> for your body to figure out what is going on.
>
> If you eat way too little, you will be very hungry the next day. You
> can survive that. Really. Drinking lemon-juice-water helps (or vinegar
> water). If you eat too much, you will feel too full, and won't lose
> weight.
>
> Most people just eat til they are full, it seems. From tracking this
> list, very few need to actually work at changing the content of what
> they eat, though some do (i.e. "don't eat junk"). If you do track your
> caloric content, you'll have hard numbers, which might help you,
> depending on how your brain works.
>
> Personally, I'd say if you have an issue with binge eating, it might
> be easier to work with "courses" rather than with "how much". I.e.,
> make a habit that you are royalty, and you are being served in
> courses. You can eat as much of each course as you want, because, hey,
> you are royalty.
>
> 1. The soup/salad course (your choice). A nice big salad, with
> dressing. Or a nice big soup.
>
> 2. The vegie course (sweet potato, green beans, yellow squash with
> carmelized onions, whatever).
>
> 3. The meat/fish course (steak, seafood, whatever you like).
>
> 4. Starches (rice, potato, etc).
>
> 5. Dessert. (fruit, pudding, cobbler, chocolate whatever).
>
> You can stretch this out over 5 hours if you want. It works better on
> a cruise ship where there are actual waiters, or in Spain, where they
> always tend to serve dinner in courses. But you can indulge yourself
> too, even without the actual servants.
>
> The main thing is: don't eat the starches/dessert first. The American
> diet is basically ALL starches/dessert, with a little meat tossed in
> on top. Your body doesn't know what to do with that, because it is
> historically rare. Goats have the same problem: goats can eat grass
> all day, but if you let them near the oat or corn bin, they will keep
> eating until they die. Seriously: I have goats. Goats near oats are
> about like humans near potato chips. So if you feel like you are a
> binge eater ... binge eat on a big salad or bowl of soup. Go ahead and
> binge! It won't hurt anything, and your body will then find it's
> "stop" button.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:31 PM, afwitmer <afwitmer@...> wrote:
> > I did Weigh down/Intuitive Eating very successfully before, But I like the Fast-five idea and it has worked well for me the last 2 days.
> >
> > I am a bit confused on HOW MUCH to eat during the five hour window 5-10 pm. With Intuitive Eating, I would strive to eat only until I was physically full, which was a tiny/small amount of food.
> >
> > Am I supposed to only eat until I am "full" with fast-five also? I am not the calorie counting type. I do have trouble with binge eating in normal life.
> >
> > I know that Bert said the overeating is supposed to go away within 2-4 weeks of sticking with it. I would like to strive for the right amount.
> >
> > Should I just eat until I am comfortably full (during the 5-10 pm) even though it is only a small amount of food? I dont want to go into "starvation mode"
> >
> > Thanks so much for your help!
> >
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