Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Breaking the plateau

Monday, November 7, 2011

[fast5] Re: Breaking the plateau

Hello
it's nice to hear that fasting has helped you with your gut issues. I too suffer (sometimes really badly) with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I tried my first ever calorie controlled diet in the Spring, and the IBS pain, bloating and constipation was the worst I have EVER had! It was all the extra vegetables and salad! In the end I had to give it up!

Have been doing the EatStopEat 24 hour fasts this past 3 weeks and although it doesn't appear that I have lost any weight or inches, my jeans feel much more comfortable and my gut feels really good compared to normal! The constipation (just not going!) seems a bit worse than usual, but I have just read that that can happen with Fast-5... something to do with your gut trying to adjust to your new way of eating. Don't know what to do about that really.

I have just joined this group tonight (7th Nov 2011) so I hope I am posting this in the right bit! lol Takes a while for me to get used to a new forum!

Jan :O)

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
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> Nice! It probably bears repeating, that though people talk a lot about
> "tweaks" to Fast-5, a whole lot of people do fine with no tweaks at all and
> just enjoying whatever foods they want.
>
> Some of us also use Fast-5 as a vehicle for experimenting with diet, for
> reasons that aren't necessarily about weight loss. For me, I originally got
> on it to help with gut issues (from living for years with undiagnosed
> celiac) and blood sugar issues. Fast-5 helped a LOT on both of those, with
> no tweaks at all. But it also made it easier to do food experimenting,
> because when you only eat one meal a day it's easier to track the effect of
> that meal. And I do love to experiment! That doesn't mean though, that such
> experimenting is part of Fast-5. We do share what works though, esp. when
> it helps for people who reach a plateau.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Jessica St.Onge <dhgirl2006@...>wrote:
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> > I dont eat like that at all. Im a beginner so Im taking one thing at a
> > time lol. I eat whatever I make everyone else for dinner. I start with a
> > snack to break the fast at 4. Could be anything from a cookie a banana,
> > nuts to a protein shake. Then I eat a normal dinner. Steak, speghetti,
> > chicken etc.at 6. I even make breakfast for dinner since I missit a bit,
> > Im usually pretty full. If by 8 I feel like it, I have anoher snack. Could
> > be frozen yogurt, cheezits, cookie and tea. So, Im a very bad girl, but it
> > works for me. Im losing weight not tons, but its definately the inches. My
> > clothes are loose. I do work out 6 days a week with a combination of weight
> > training and cardio. but thanks for the tips. Ilove reading them. Have a
> > good weekend all. Im going out to eat on a date Saturday and Ive never
> > felt excited to eat anythingon the menu. Im always agonising what I should
> > get to not spluge on my diet. Fast 5 lifestyle so far works great for me.
> > May not be for everyone. I know. Alot of people think Im nuts, but I dont
> > care. I like it so far.
> > On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
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> --
> Heather Twist
> http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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