Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Enjoying The Process

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

[fast5] Re: Enjoying The Process

Thanks you for your inspiring post, de Vie. I am moving toward a similar approach in terms of enjoying and appreciating food, as well as the periods of fasting. I also am enjoying feeling movement, as I feel a lot more energy eating this way. I feel like my body is waking up.

It's interesting that you mention yoga and dance, as I am trying to do more of both (though my last few quarters in law school make that challenging.) I have exams this week, and have scheduled a combined yoga/dance workshop for Sunday. I'm sooo looking forward to it.

I would love it if you would share your affirmations. You can e-mail me separately if you'd like.

Thanks!

Susie

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, de Vie <de_vie@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Dr. Herring asked that I "shar[e my] experience and perspective," so
> here's some of it.
>
> I am very grateful to have discovered Fast-5. Many thanks to those who
> have spread information about it, and I celebrate with those who feel
> that it is helping them enjoy their lives.
>
> I find myself in an interesting position these days of really Enjoying
> The Process as opposed to End-Results. Maybe there ISN'T really
> end-results, because, guess what, if you haven't noticed yet,
> everything is always changing. Our bodies ARE ALWAYS changing. If you
> get to your goal weight, or if you are at your goal weight, your body
> will be and is still ALWAYS CHANGING. This is LIFE.
>
> As I shared a few weeks ago, this time around of trying Fast-5,
> there's a few things I'm doing differently:
> Most days (I'm flexible with this for social-eating or other
> circumstances), my window is 8:30am-1:30pm, with the largest meal at
> lunchtime. This is based on information Marc David presents in his
> book "The Slow Down Diet" (which I really super-highly recommend) that
> our metabolism is very linked with The Sun, and that our metabolism is
> strongest when The Sun is highest in the sky (solar noon). Having a
> morning-window does feel significantly different to me than having an
> afternoon/evening window, and it feels good to me. Also, the
> Flexibility is very important to me (changing the window for some days
> if it makes sense to). The morning-window has also helped me to start
> getting up earlier again, which means I have more time during the day.
> As I've shared with this group before, I also feel like Fast-5
> greatly helps with my creative work.
>
> That being said, if you don't feel that a late window is working for
> you, you may like to try an earlier window based on that idea. But I
> really believe it's about what works for The Individual. I hope that
> everyone trying Fast-5 knows that the idea of the plan is ANY 5-hour
> window is fine; IT DOES NOT have to be in the evening, nor does it
> have to be at a fixed time every day.
>
> There are many other things that are part of my Enjoying The Process:
> I say a set of eating affirmations before breakfast & lunch (I can
> forward that list of affirmations to you if you like), I set a
> prayer/intention of "complete vitality & well-being" with the food I
> eat, I do a lot of Yoga, dance, etc.; and apply a number of profound
> principles from afore-mentioned "The Slow Down Diet" book.
>
> I don't weigh myself and have no intention of doing so. I am gaging
> my progress by: do I have less (of course, ideally, NO) panic-attacks
> about my body-image, am I more at peace with my body and with my
> eating, I am enjoying being in my body more, I am happier with my
> existence.
>
> I wish every one of you complete well-being, and peace with food and your body.
>
> . . . de Vie . . .
>
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