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

Monday, January 25, 2010

Re: [fast5] Re: Long timers?

For me personally that worked. BUT...we are all different. One woman posted a while back that after hearing all the advice about low carbs, she kept lowering her carbs and feeling worse. Finally after about a year of that she added carbs and felt better.
So my advice is to try it and see how it works for you . Keeping a journal helps build awareness.

Oh and with regard to your initial question, another tactic might be to just ease into Fast -5 as is suggested in the book. Move your first meal back a half an hour. Stay with that till you are comfortable. Then another half an hour...Or hourly increments. Whatever works for you. Best not to be rigid.

Ellen

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "seven3403" <travis.foley@...> wrote:
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> One other thing...
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> I've read before that eating too many carbs (like eating spaghetti) during your eating period can make you feel lousy... would you guys agree with that?
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> I'm trying to avoid carbs as much as I can this time... is that sound advice?
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "seven3403" <travis.foley@> wrote:
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> > Thank you David, once again, great advice!
> >
> > I'm usually one to dive head first into things... kinda stubborn I guess, or anxious for results and end up bombing all together.
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> > I like what you said about needing time to shift from customary patterns... that does make sense... and I'm sure will help me function better as I try and get used to this.
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> > I weighed this morning before my workout... first time since I quit F5 last June... I've gained about 12 lbs... blah. I know for a fact it will come off and stay off if I do this right so I can make it a comfortable, daily way of life.
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> > Thanks again.
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, David Nyman <david@> wrote:
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> > > Rey's suggestion is a good one, I think. If you backtrack some of my posts,
> > > you'll see that I segued into a FF-type WOE a decade ago (long before I'd
> > > ever heard of FF) via eating fruit and raw veggies ad libitum through the
> > > day, and a "normal" meal in the evening. It was originally my own version
> > > of a weight-loss plan, and it was effective. This type of approach is in
> > > effect the warrior diet - very light eating during the day, with the bulk of
> > > nutrition in the evening. Then, without ever pushing it, I just found
> > > eventually that I was eating less and less of my bag of goodies until
> > > ultimately I was water-fasting during the day. Like your situation, this
> > > was whilst carrying on a demanding work role, and also working out each
> > > morning.
> > >
> > > Our physiology needs time to shift out of its customary patterns, and each
> > > individual needs time to experiment with how their body responds in
> > > different situations, using different feeding schedules, and with adequate
> > > adaptation periods. The "warrior" strategy is certainly worth a try as a
> > > gentle intro to the FF WOE.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > On 24 January 2010 14:25, Reyaz Raheem <reyazr@> wrote:
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> > > > Maybe you should investigate the Warrior diet, which allows you a minimal
> > > > amount of selected foods during what would be your fasting period in F5.
> > > > Quite a few people start out on WD and progress to F5.
> > > >
> > > > Rey
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *From:* fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of
> > > > *seven3403
> > > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:07 AM
> > > > *To:* fast5@yahoogroups.com
> > > > *Subject:* [fast5] Long timers?
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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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