Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: RE: [fast5] Carob instead of chocolate? Re: Long timer reporting in.

No, I don’t care for carob. It won’t be forever.. I will add chocolate back eventually.

Laura

From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tamaratornado
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 11:39 AM
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [fast5] Carob instead of chocolate? Re: Long timer reporting in.

Do you like carob?
Carob doesn't have the stimulants that chocolate has.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Laura Cody" <lecody2001@...> wrote:
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> See, this is the kind of story that should have been included in the Fast-5
> books. There is lots of great information.
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> Thanks Tara!
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> I like the chocolate for the window, but my doc said for the time being, no
> chocolate, no caffeine, and no cokes. Don't care about the last two, but the
> no chocolate makes me sad. :-(
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> Laura
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> From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> aconcelman
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:00 PM
> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [fast5] Re: Long timer reporting in.
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> Hi Leisa,
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> During weight loss my diet regimen changed at different times to increase my
> weight loss. Initially, when I started the program, I ate a "break-fast"
> snack, then dinner, followed by a window closing snack. I tried to eat less
> of "empty carbs" like bread, or chips and increased my intake of healthier
> carbs and proteins. Although, I did not really focus on specific types of
> foods. I learned to eat what i was hungry for even if it was chocolate.
> However, even as I progressed in my weight loss, I would also plateau. At
> plateaus, I would cut out my consumption by a serving, eventually giving up
> the opening window snack and then the closing window snack. At the end of
> weightloss to get through my last plateau, I ate only one time during my
> window and limited it to one plate of dinner. This satisfied me and I was
> fine for the next day.
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> It is kind of funny, but whenever I was hungry during the day (this often
> occurred when I was about to break out of a plateau and let go of some
> weight) I would tell myself to dig down deep to those well placed stores of
> energy and use that for fuel. So, being hungry acutally signaled potential
> weight loss for me.
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> I have never been fussy about what I ate but I try to keep things in
> moderation and perspective. I limit bread or snacks or any other food that
> does not have a specific nutritional purpose. But, I am not a slave to that
> rule, if I feel like a doughnut I will have one in my window. I just don't
> do it often or over indulge. The beauty of this way of eating is that your
> body really will let you know what it needs if you are able to limit intake
> and provide a stable routine (eating at approximately the same time each
> day).
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> Hope this answers your question!
> Tara
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com <mailto:fast5%40yahoogroups.com> , "Leisa
> Bishop" <leisabishop@> wrote:
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> > Tara, I'd love to hear how you ate during weight loss and how that changed
> for you once you hit maintenance. Thanks!
> >
> > Leisa
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: aconcelman
> > To: fast5@yahoogroups.com <mailto:fast5%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 9:48 AM
> > Subject: [fast5] Re: Long timer reporting in.
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> > Hey Wallie,
> > I actually weighed myself about once per week during weight loss. I made
> sure that I only stepped on the scale during my lightest time in my window,
> an hour or two before I broke fast because there is such a difference after
> I eat or drink, and I wanted to see myself at my lowest possible. I don't
> like to weigh often because I don't want to be obsessed with my weight.
> However, I am in maintenance, and I check about once a month or so just to
> see. I can usually tell by how my clothes fit if I have been overindulging
> during my window.
> > Hope that answers you question.
> > Tara
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com <mailto:fast5%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "wallieg26" <wallieg26@> wrote:
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> > > Hi Tara,
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> > > Do you think weighing oneself on a regular basis is important?
> > >
> > > Would you mind sharing your perspective on that?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > WallieG
> > >
> > > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com <mailto:fast5%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "aconcelman" <taraconcelman@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have been fast-5ing for 5 years this month! (Can you believe it
> Bert?) I am still going strong and would never eat any other way. When I
> start eating to much dinner (restaurant style) or, am not active enough, I
> gain 1 or 2 pounds and then I start paying attention again. But, I am
> actually throwing out clothes that I wore out, not that I out grew. That is
> really nice. But I think the best part about fast-5 is that my life is no
> longer about food. I like food, I enjoy eating when it is time. But I don't
> spend the majority of my day thinking about it, planning it, eating it or
> cleaning it up. That was my life style of old.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I just wanted to weigh in and say that I still live this
> way.......and I love it.
> > > >
> > > > Tara Concelman
> > > > Fast-5 since 05.
> > > >
> > >
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