You are right! You are right! You are right! You are right! The questions are fading….
Ok, I am on day 19.. today its 5:oo pm, it is now 5:18 and I haven’t jumped up to eat. Although I probably will once I am done with this. Today I had some hungry moments, but they were dull and mostly background noise, same for yesterday and the day before..
I also went to the grocery store, big problem, if I am not hungry, I can’t decide what to eat. I will stare at the shelves for ages.. I wasn’t hungry, I did all those things but at least I did get bacon and sausage.
Laura
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Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 2:02 PM
To: fast5
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [fast5] The Book
Laura, as a long-termer (10 years of various forms of intermittent fasting) I want to emphasise the time it can take to truly adapt to this way of eating, both physiologically and psychologically. Given enough time, all the questions currently pressing on you will fade into the background as these adaptations take place, things stabilise, and you become confident in your ability to perform effectively without continual eating, in a range of contexts (e.g. in my own case, including demanding work situations and day-long physical recreational efforts such as hiking and skiing). You will become much clearer about what your body is really signalling about what you need to eat, and when.
How long does this take? There's no single answer, because everyone is physically and mentally unique to some degree. For myself, I think I had less trouble than many who report going "cold turkey" on this forum because I segued gently into day-long fasting through a "warrior diet" approach where I ate a little fruit and raw veg during the day. Then I tried breaking my fast a little later until eventually I was fasting all day. I can't remember how long this all took, because I didn't set strict targets, and I never allowed myself to become excessively uncomfortable through lack of food. I think I realised that if all of this was going to be worth doing, then what would count would be building capability over the long-haul, not short-term heroics. In my own view, what one really gains from this approach in the long term is the confidence to make use of food flexibly and appropriately to the needs of any given situation, rather than slavish adherence to some inflexible regime.
Congratulations on your progress, and keep your eye on the goal.
David
On 9 November 2010 18:34, Laura Cody <lecody2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Well, I went ahead and downloaded the Fast-5 book and since It was so short, I read it, parts of it twice. Have to say I am glad I didn’t spend money on it, I don’t think it is worth buying. Reading yes, but not buying.
I was left with more questions then I started with, like why am I so hungry one day, and not the next? For instance, the night before last, my last meal had low levels of sugar and I was hungry most of the next day. Last night, I ate a tangerine and some prunes at the end of the 5 hours and today I am barely noticing not eating.
Guess I need to do some more experimenting.
Oh yea, yesterday I reached 4 pm and definitely stopped eating by 9 pm. I have managed the 5 hour window a number of times once I hit 3 pm, but I never insisted to my self that I do that. So today is 4:15 pm.
I am also staying up later and have more energy during the day, so that is good. Eating less and the scales are 6 lbs less. According to the book, I think, that is just excess water. Even so, maybe I will continue losing and the loss will be FAT, of which I have plenty I can spare to burn up for energy.
Laura
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