Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Caramels Re: I continue to realize the benefits...

Monday, October 25, 2010

[fast5] Caramels Re: I continue to realize the benefits...

Oh that's a great trick!

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "foxchyck" <foxeye@...> wrote:
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> This was one of the things that helped me get back on track recently. :) Telling myself "Self, you can either have an X-hour long window, but you'll have to eat only meat and vegetables, OR, you can fast X more hours and I'll let you have as many dark chocolate caramels as you want."
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> Caramel won every time. :P But it helped me to lengthen my fast back to where it needs to be for me, and once that happens, the desire for the caramels dwindles in a few days.
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> Sometimes the power of the craving can be harnessed for the greater good. :P
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> P.S. Oh, and a big :D and thumbs up for you on how well you are doing! It's so great to read people feeling healthy and hopeful.
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Anna Fogg" <annafogg1@> wrote:
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> > . Here's another, I have a reason now to hold off and wait a couple more hours before eating when I feel tempted. My mind thinks, "I've gone 16 hrs, 17 hrs already is this (fill in the blanks)doughnut, fruit salad, burger, worth losing the effect on non-insulin release, the other great gains I've made so far all these hours? I usually answer myself back, nope, and that if I wait longer, I can have that thing plus more.
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