Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Fast-5 Diet & Atkins

Thursday, April 15, 2010

[fast5] Re: Fast-5 Diet & Atkins

Kathy,
I break my fast with a full on meal, right there at seven a.m ! :) I have salad and protein, then a treat like dark chocolate, some yogurt, peanut butter smothered on something, or fruit. I've always been a very healthy eater, but I eat too much. It's a portions issue for me, and always has been.

I eat from 7am to noon each day. I am perfectly fine going to bed hungry, and I AM hungry by that time, about nine hours into the fast. I like these hours because I'm a school teacher and daytime fasting after sleeping gives me a headache and tummy ache, and then I'm grouchy with the kids, not cool. I would love to work it into the 5-10 eating window as dinner has its social importance in my life, but for now I just break the fast when I HAVE to have dinner, and limit that to about once a weekend, which is fine. My husband and I just do lunch rather than dinner, he's ok with that.

So I eat from 7am to noon and fast from whatever time lunch ends for me that day to the next a.m.
I do not have an easy time of it as some report, so I'm hungry at that break of fast and LOVE a good, healthy meal which I fully enjoy. then eat one more (smaller, but a meal) at lunch. Snacking leads me all into that processed food, more more more realm I'm trying to get OUT of...but that's me. Everyone's different on here. good luck to you! :)
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Lowe <mslalowe@...> wrote:
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> Janice,
> Do you break your fast with a meal or a snack? What is your window?
> Kathy
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> On 14 April 2010 21:45, janicetira <janicetira@...> wrote:
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> > Hi Erin and welcome
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> > I do low carb and fast five and love both. The lowered carb diet helps with
> > hunger and cravings, so I'd recommend doing them together, not waiting to
> > add one to the other. I have insulin resistance too and all is well with
> > (very well) with this procedure. Let us know you fare!
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com <fast5%40yahoogroups.com>, "e.pollard82"
> > <e.pollard82@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, my name is Erin. I am going to be doing the fast-5 diet together
> > > with the Atkins diet. I have PCOS & insulin resistance so I have to
> > > watch my carbs indefinitely.
> > > I am going to start fast-5 tomorrow without Atkins just to get myself
> > > accustomed to one diet first. Monday I will begin them both together.
> > > Does anyone else watch their carb intake in conjunction with fast-5? I
> > > would assume that both diets together would be a double whammy on excess
> > > insulin.
> > > I would like to lose between 65 & 70 lbs. [;;)]
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