Good luck Susie. It's nice to know that it doesn't matter if your circumstances mean you need to take a break from this way of eating as it's not like a diet where it's hard to do it again because you will be cutting out things you like. With Fast5 it's almost a pleasure to do. I haven't been doing it for long but it's so nice to not feel bloated in the daytime and have the horrid afternoon slumps I used to get from pigging out at lunchtime.
Like you say, it's so freeing not to have to pack up snacks in case you get hungry or worry about getting something for lunch, I really notice how much more time I have and although I seem to eat a lot in my window, my food bill has gone down quite considerably and I don't shop nearly as much, I was always worrying about running out of food, but now I'm not bothered as I know pretty much how much I'm going to eat in my 5 hours.
I'm not very good at drinking water so I drink diluted squash and lots of green and white tea and a couple of cups of coffee...I love my morning coffee, black of course, but that's how I've always drunk it so no hardship.
I do get hunger pangs but find if I ignore them they literally disappear in about 10 minutes. Before I would get really panicky about feeling hungry and would get quite stressed if I had nothing to eat, get shaky and feel sick. Obviously it was all in the mind as I don't get any of this. When I first started fasting I thought there is no way I can last a day of not eating, I struggled to get through a couple of hours! It's definately mind over matter.
Anyway I have rabbited on long enough. Good luck but I'm sure you won't need it. Jealous of you being able to study by a lake, how lovely.
Niki
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "susieq_az1" <susannauw2010@...> wrote:
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> I posted quite a bit in February and March and was doing fantastic with FF. Then I started my final quarter of law school, which was compressed and very intense. I found that I started varying my window to try to accommodate my new schedule, and one thing led to another . . . I'm not kicking myself for the FF "vacation" because I've had a lot of external life issues during that time, and I have stuck to skipping breakfast, which is my natural preference. It's still nice to do that confident now that it's right for me, even if some days the rest of the day fell apart food-wise.
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> So. Yesterday was my last day of class. (Yay!) I am craving the craving-free feeling I had with FF, along with the freedom from spending time and money on food during the day. I have exams next week (which I did in March on FF with great success), then a few days off, then I will be studying for the bar in late May, June and July.
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> I'm restarting my 3-8 pm window tomorrow. I'm really excited about getting back to feeling normal again. My plan is to study for exams, (then for the bar) at the lake that is just two blocks from me or at the library when the weather doesn't permit hanging out outside. All I have to do is walk over with my study materials, camp chair and a big bottle of ice water. I don't need to pack snacks or walk back home to make lunch.
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> I want to study at the lake because, well, I can. But I find that FF allows me to think about what I really want to do, because the focus is not on food. And I want to enjoy the beautiful summer weather, the refreshing view of the lake, and the activity that is always going on there.
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> Re-entry will be this weekend, and I expect some discomfort, but as someone (Rick?) said recently, I will just tell that pesky dog to go lie down and wait for dinnertime. ; )
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> Susie
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