Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Numbers & calorie counting Re: lightbulb is on!

Thank you Phil, I am sure that is helpful for some people.

I have to say, just for myself, I could never, ever count calories or measure the amount of food I eat by ounces or anything that involves numbers or counting or measuring, it just inhibits me completely.

The only measuring for food I have done is an advice to eat no more than the size of both your fists of food. Somehow that image worked for me. Later, I heard from another source to eat protein (meat) the size of one fist. Basically, I strive to eat 2 fists of food or less, and a good amount of protein within that much. But with Fast-5 I stopped worrying about that, only eating once a day, I eat much less than I used to. I guess 3 meals a day would have been 6 fists of food. I don't eat that much in my one meal, maybe 2, maybe 3 fists at most.

Anyway, we are all different. We respond to different methods.

- Tamara

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Phil Voelker <mail4pvoelker@...> wrote:
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> In my opinion the point that's being missed here is that Fast-5 is really a way
> of eating, not a diet.Â The point of the book as I see it was to educate people
> on the effects of fasting, not to preach dietary limitations -- in fact it frees
> many folks from the thought that they'd be required to eliminate food choices.Â
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> I'd submit to the group that those of you who have struggled with weight loss
> have tried all manner of dietary restrictions and have found them to be
> short-term solutions, so I'm actually quite thankful that there's a minimum of
> dietary advice in Dr. Herring's book.Â Seriously, there's enough of that out
> there (and here, bwahaha).Â Â Â Generally speaking, your body metabolizes highly
> processed carbs/flour just like sugar.Â Fast 5 reduces the number of daily
> insulin spikes so it will still work, but if you reduce flour and sugar to minor
> roles in your diet you'll probably do fantastic.
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> In my un-credentialed opinion, some simple math is really all the average person
> needs;Â Muplriply your goal weight by 10 (not your current weight - the weight
> you feel is where you want to be).Â Â Don't exceed that calorie count, and get a
> wide variety of nutrients.Â Â If you exercise vigorously forÂ more than two solid
> hours per week, add one to your multiplier for every hour over twoÂ Â (in other
> words, if you exercise three hours a week, multiply by 11).Â Â So, if you're 200
> pounds and want to weigh 150, and you're working out three hours a week,Â keep
> your daily intake to around 1650 caloriesÂ (150Â x 11Â = 1650).Â I got this formula
> from a Men's Health article a couple of years ago, and paired with the elegance
> of the Fast 5 method, it will work regardless of whether or not you substitute
> twinkies for tofu once in a while.Â
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> Phil
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> From: barnabywalker <barnabywalker@...>
> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 5:50:43 PM
> Subject: [fast5] Re: lightbulb is on!
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "mimarg" <mimarg5557@> wrote:
> >
> > Hah, the Dr.'s Eades encourage intermittent fasting with lower carb diet.
> > Why I thought it didn't apply here, I don't know.
>
> Undoubtedly, because you "followed Fast-5...By The Book", which in my opinion
> doesn't sufficiently point out the positives of "double-teaming" with the
> Lowered Insulin in Fasting Periods, combined with the Lowered Insulin from
> Low-Carb/High Fat foods in your eating session, which are also insulin lowering.
> Bert addressed that in a posting the other day about some using food selection
> in addition to fasting, but it's non-emphasis in the Fast-5 documentation, fools
> a lot of beginners to Fast-5.
>
> Any who have studied Gary Taubes, Barry Groves, Eades, will know about the
> advantage of restricting carbohydrates.
>
> The saturated fat, replacing some of the carb calories, also very much has
> "stick-to-the belly" properties which helps you fast more hours without hunger.
> Corporate-Gov'e controlled Media has spent YEARS wrongly accusing saturated fat.
> "Big Fat Lies"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WA5wcaHp4
>
> Barnaby
>
> > Thing of it is, I have successfully followed Atkins and lost weight. But I do
> >believe I probably was eating too much calorie wise. Now, the "combination" of
> >lowering my carbs....and FAST 5...my body kicked into KETOSIS immediately. I can
> >taste it and I dropped a few practically overnight.
> >
> >
> > I am NOT HUNGRY.
> > I have energy.
> > A cold I am dealing with is not that bad.
> > And I feel so excited.
> >
> > This really will be my life...my "skinny" life.
> > As far as how many carbs, I think I will level out at about 40 to 60gms. I
> >don't think I need to go super low to make this work.
> >
> > Turning over in my bed last night, I got to thinking when I am successful with
> >this, I will have lost about the equivalent of two little kids...it will be so
> >much easier to turn over and move.
> >
> >
> > Keep on keepin on...
> > MARY
>