Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Are you following a diet plan?

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

[fast5] Re: Are you following a diet plan?

The Metformin may very well be the cause of your weight gain. Doesn't sound like you're overeating to a very large degree. But I will say that you're eating all of the things that cause me to gain weight: peanut butter, grains (whether whole or refined), granola bars, wine, yogurt, more granola. You're living on a diet of nonstop sugar. Most people think that grains are "good" or "wholesome". They're not. They are on this planet to feed the birds. Cows are usually raised on grass and then toward the end, before they go to market, they're given grains for the express purpose of fattening them up. Another item is that a bread or pasta label that says "Whole Grains" cannot be whole grains. A whole grain contains the outer hull and germ, intact, and in one piece. I would strongly ask you to try to give up any grains at least until your weight is down to where you want it to be.

-Rick Stewart

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "thirteenblessings13" <thirteenblessings13@...> wrote:

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> This is my typical day:
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> I usually break my fast around 4, sometimes 5 and will have either some natural peanut butter on 1 piece of whole grain toast, or some cheddar crackers (like cheese its) mixed in with low fat cottage cheese. If I'm still hungry I will have a fiber one granola bar.
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> After my snack I take my medication (I'm on Metformin for PCOS) and my daily vitamins. Sometimes I'll have some hot coffee with sugar free creamer in it to get my "real" coffee fix (although the black coffee with cinnamon isn't half bad!)
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> I eat a normal dinner with my family, which is a large salad and some sort of whole grain with a protein. We eat pretty healthfully. I'll usually have a glass or two of wine with dinner. To be honest though sometimes even if I'm not hungry, I reach for seconds and end up way too full. So maybe this is my problem.
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> After dinner I'll have dessert. Either frozen yogurt or some greek yogurt with granola. I'll usually be done a good hour, sometimes two before my window closes and I always have hot white tea before bed.
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> I was secretly hoping that by fasting all day I would magically be able to not worry about carbs or calories and could eat what I wanted within my window but perhaps this isn't the case for me. With my PCOS I do have to watch my carbs and try hard to eat mostly low Glycemic Index foods but I've sort of been eating whatever I want since being on this plan.
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> I'm not giving up yet but am getting very discouraged. I would love to hear how it went for you when you first started out...
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> Thanks for any advice!
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