Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Long timers?

Monday, January 25, 2010

[fast5] Re: Long timers?

Thank you... your success is encouraging! I cannot imagine doing this without the spaciness... I'll try not over doing it when I do eat and start out slower.

I started today again... I'm eating raw fruit during my off time (today only 2 apples... one for breakfast and one for lunch) just to try and prevent the spaciness... and I just finished exercising... great workout! The spaciness is there today, but I'm hoping it will subside by trying some things different.

Thanks again and may the LORD bless your efforts.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Linda Eichblatt <linda.eichblatt@...> wrote:
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> I have completed 5 months on FF and have lost 68 pounds. I've never noticed
> any spaciness or lack of concentration. I do limit calories with this plan,
> and basically eat only once a day, with a 23-hour fast. I very much enjoy
> my main (only) meal, sometimes eating breakfast foods, other times a big
> salad with boiled eggs, and most often a cup of hot soup followed by a plate
> of fish or chicken with veggies. I eat a light dessert (sliced fruit) 2-3
> times a week.
>
> My weight loss fluctuates, of course, but over the long term I average 1% of
> my current weight each week. I make sure to get at least 45 grams of
> protein per day. My only health "issue" is constipation, and this is
> because I simply cannot eat enough fiber within my caloric limitation. The
> only thing I can do about this is to take stool softeners, which I do about
> one or two nights per week.
>
> I intend to stick with Fast-5 intermittent fasting until I either: a)
> reach my goal weight; or b) find that I'm no longer losing weight. If the
> latter happens, God forbid, I will switch to the Atkins diet. I keep this
> backup plan in mind because, like you, I don't see many folks who have done
> FF all the way through for really BIG weight losses like my own. (I'm
> trying to lose more than half of my beginning body weight, a total of 158
> pounds.)
>
> So far, so good, though.
>
> Linda in Cowtown
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> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:06 AM, seven3403 <travis.foley@...> wrote:
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> >
> > If anyone on here doing F5 has been steady with it for more than a year AND
> > has had great success... I love to hear from you. I've been back and forth
> > with this and have even posted the issues I have on this forum and have not
> > had any success finding a solution... was hoping that maybe someone out
> > there would have some advice that would help.
> >
> > Basically, I was getting too spaced out and unable to think, not sure what
> > it was, all I know is I can't function when I'm like that... I need the
> > mental power in order to do my very demanding job... I really seemed to lack
> > that when I don't eat... then there's the spaciness after I do eat at 3:00.
> >
> > Anyway... if I can get around that issue, I would LOVE to start up F5
> > again... I loved it other than than. Blood pressure went down, lost weight,
> > cholesterol numbers looked great... my doctor was thrilled. He did not have
> > a problem at all with the plan and said we all eat way more than our body
> > needs anyway.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
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> --
> Regards,
> Linda Eichblatt
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