Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Fast-5 and my story

Hi Churyl. I do get my blood work done about every 3 to 6 months and I get a fitness profile done once a month. This allows me to watch everything that can be measured.

I am sure you are correct, between stress and lack of sleep my body is just holding on to all that "fat". There isn't much I can do as my job keeps me running crazy hours and the stuff on the weekends is for me, so I don't want to give any of that up too.

In fact I have a very busy weekend this weekend. Saturday the shelter I volunteer at is having a "Homecoming day". there will be a barbeque, vendor booths, tours of the newly renovated kennels, a doggie kissing booth and more. It will be a lot of fun, but I will be working from about 11am until 6 or 7 pm and I get to work the "refreshments" area too. That means I will be fasting, but having to cook hamburgers and hot dogs for the public...:) Good thing I don't get hungry easy especially since I don't care for meat.

Jennifer
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Churyl Zeviar <churyl@...> wrote:
>
> You get a ton more exercise than I do! And I am 5'6" and 120 lbs... so I
> agree with you.
>
> It seems to me you need more sleep. With that little sleep, your
> cortisol levels are probably really high, which makes you hold on to the
> weight.
>
> Perhaps you could get a blood test to see how your thyroid, folic acid,
> vitamin d, iron, testosterone levels, etc are... Also, if you are older
> than 35, you might consider a hormone panel. Read any of Suzanne Somers'
> latest books to see what I'm talking about. Your hormones could be off
> and be the culprit for the weight.
>
> Congrats on finding Fast 5!
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 2:13 pm, gremlinpugs wrote:
> > Hi all. My name is Jennifer (but I have lots of nicknames so as long as
> > it is polite I answer). I joined the fast 5 website and left a message
> > in the forum with my story, but when I saw there was a yahoo group I
> > just had to join up to keep up on fast 5.
> >
> > This is rather long as I am going to tell my story ( and I already see
> > that many of you have the same issues I do ). Well here goes:
> >
> > I have battled with my weight since I hit puberty. I eat pretty healthy
> > since I moved out of my Mom's house (about 20 years now) but the weight
> > just kept going up and up. I don't really overeat with portions unless
> > there is a special event (a gathering where food is a part of the
> > event) but even then I don't eat a lot of food. I am one of those
> > people that is never hungry.
> >
> > Doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, etc have all said I don't eat
> > enough to lose weight. That my not eating is slowing my metabolism.
> > Well I am not hungry. That is partly because I am so busy and the other
> > part because I just always feel full anyway, so if I eat, I get sick to
> > my stomach.
> >
> > The other part is that "they" tell me I don't get enough
> > exercise...um... somehow I don't think that is the issue either. Let me
> > give you a rundown of my week:
> >
> > Mon, Wed, Fri:
> > 4am - walk, feed dog, get ready for work
> > 5:45am - get bus to NYC.
> > 7:15am - walk 2 miles to job
> > 8am - work until 4pm
> > 12-1pm -- lunch but I never get to eat. Sometimes get to take a walk.
> > 4:40pm -- take bus back home
> > 6:30-7:30pm (depends on if good day or not for traveling) - get home,
> > walk, feed dog, make dinner. (Mon, Wed cook for Tue & Thur)
> > 8:30pm Eat dinner
> > 10pm Walk dog
> > 11pm Get stuff ready for next day (Mon, Wed)
> > 12am - go to sleep.
> >
> > Tue, Thur
> > Repeat Mon, Wed, Fri except:
> > 8pm - go to gym and work out with Trainer (this is why I cook on Mon,
> > Wed for Tue, Thurs)
> > 11pm -- have dinner that was made day before.
> > 1am -- go to sleep
> >
> > Saturday
> > 6am - get up to feed and walk dog,
> > 8am - go do errands that could not be done Mon - Fri. i.e. shopping,
> > etc
> > 11:30am - get home to walk dog
> > 12-12:30pm - arrive to visit Mom at nursing home
> > 3pm - get home to start prepping food for the week to make cooking
> > easier. Make the longer cooking stuff like whole grain pasta from
> > scratch, stews, soups, anything that has to cook all day or takes a lot
> > of work
> > 5pm - feed dog, walk dog, do work around house, write bills, etc.
> > 7pm - have dinner
> > 9pm - do laundry, catch up on DVR recordings, call friends (maybe go
> > out on date, other odd items) :)
> > 11pm -- take dog for walk and then go to bed.
> >
> > Sunday
> > 6am - get up to feed and walk dog
> > 7am - 5pm -- volunteer at local "no-kill" animal shelter
> > 6pm - get home, make dinner, walk and feed dog
> > 7:30pm - eat dinner, prep for return to work Monday.
> >
> > Ok, I know all that is really TMI, but it is an outline which does
> > change based on other events that happen, like when I am on-call for
> > work (that is 24/7 once every 5th week). It also shows that I am pretty
> > much doing the fast-5 plan just because my schedule requires it.
> >
> > When I first heard of fast-5 and then read the e-book, I couldn't
> > believe I was already doing it, but not with as tight a structure for
> > the 5 hour eating window. On march 31/april 1 I started structuring my
> > schedule so that I would eat between 6:30pm and 11:30pm and only drink
> > 0 calorie liquids the rest of the time. Since I did that, I have lost
> > 10 lbs and several pants sizes.
> >
> > Fast 5 is great. It appears to work well for me. I was over 250 lbs 2
> > years ago and I am currently down to 210-220 (somewhere in there, my
> > next fitness profile is on April 24). I am only 5'3" so I am considered
> > obese even though my body fat is under 23%. I really hope that fast 5
> > will help me hit my goal of 170 by December. I think it is reasonable
> > and possible, if my body continues to cooperate.
> >
> > Thanks for reading. Comments welcome.
> >
> >
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