[fast5] OT: Fast Five movie

I just think it's funny that there is a new movie called "Fast Five"
Looks like a lot of car chase scenes and fighting. I don't think they are fasting, LOL.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/200768/movie-trailers-fast-five---trailer-1

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[fast5] Re: First Week Done

welcome maria and good luck with fast 5. i am on week six myself but i was on it a month and quit and came back. i truly believe it is a great way to live and the reasons behind it are solid. if you need or want additional support we have a small group on spark people: http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/groups_individual.asp

also, my son has terrible allergies and i did some serious research 2 days ago. this is some of what i learned:

eat local honey. the bees are getting the local polllins into the honey and the theory is you will consume a little each day and your body will create immunities. kind of like drinking a little poison every day to become immune! lol

tea made from stinging nettles will help with symptoms. read up on that because you have to get them before they flower.. this is very important.

use a nettie pot and do it every day! you can buy the in stores, at amazon and ebay.

again, good luck

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "mariabl" <piggieria@...> wrote:
>
> Let me first say I decided to try Fast 5 for a few reasons:
>
> 1) I have seasonal allergies that affect what foods I can eat, even causing me to react to the food. The biggest being trees, which are completely pollinating right now. For the last month,since they woke up, my stomach as been funny (gas, indigestion, nausea, ect). If it gets to upset I simply fast and give it time to rest. I figured with all the problems that I was having it may help my stomach calm down.
>
> 2) Since I wouldn't be eating as often I would have an easier time rotating my food, so I wouldn't eat the same thing over and over again. Again letting my body rest between the various families of veggies, fruit, ect. It also may give me a better idea of what I'm actually having a problem with.
>
> 2) I'm trying to loose weight, and although I eat mostly healthy I do like treats. I figured this eating plan would help give me some leeway, because in the end some days I will be eating a little more calories sometimes a little less. Thinking long term use of the plan anyway. I realize not complete leeway :) but a little more then eating 3 meals a day.
>
> So anyway I am 1 weeks in. It has indeed helped my stomach. I haven't felt as sick, except when I ate jumk. I've also been able to space out the types of fruit/veggies I eat. I also amazingly lost 1.5 lbs even though I haven't necessarily been eating the best. It may be water weight but I don't think so since my clothes seem to fit a little easier.
>
> I've had some days were I was extremely hungry and ended up eating something early. There is a few reasons that may have caused this. One I was eating candy, or cookies, or burger king. All horrible things, and it may have threw my stomach off even more. 2 I think I would do best with my window from 3-8. This is kind of my natural window. Typically I eat lunch late around 3 and my dinner is then eaten around 8. When I tried to move it later I either ended up binging on candy, or I would ate close to bed toss and turn all night or have weird dreams or both.
>
> So today I start week 2. With a window of 3-8, so we shall see how well I respond this week.
>
> Maria
>

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[fast5] Re: First Week Done

Welcome!

When I have days that I am hungry, it is almost always because I started eating the day before with carbs. If I break my fast with protein and/or fat, I'm fine. Since I like cheese, having a piece or two of cheese while getting the rest of my meal ready seems to work well.

My window is also 3-8. Since I have had acid reflux which lead to Barrett's Esophagus, my Dr. wants me to not eat for 2 hours before going to bed. So even if I go to bed fairly early, that fits.

Fast-5 is a pretty easy habit to get into for the long term. I've been eating this way since Aug 2009. Lost about 40 lbs pretty quickly. Not a lot of loss since Jan 2010, but I have been happy with the way I feel and haven't worried about sticking with my window all the time anymore. Usually it's only when there is a reason such as a luncheon, party, etc. During the first 6 months or so, I really stuck to my window because if I didn't (even once), I would put on weight that week.

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--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "mariabl" <piggieria@...> wrote:
>
> Let me first say I decided to try Fast 5 for a few reasons:
>
> 1) I have seasonal allergies that affect what foods I can eat, even causing me to react to the food. The biggest being trees, which are completely pollinating right now. For the last month,since they woke up, my stomach as been funny (gas, indigestion, nausea, ect). If it gets to upset I simply fast and give it time to rest. I figured with all the problems that I was having it may help my stomach calm down.
>
> 2) Since I wouldn't be eating as often I would have an easier time rotating my food, so I wouldn't eat the same thing over and over again. Again letting my body rest between the various families of veggies, fruit, ect. It also may give me a better idea of what I'm actually having a problem with.
>
> 2) I'm trying to loose weight, and although I eat mostly healthy I do like treats. I figured this eating plan would help give me some leeway, because in the end some days I will be eating a little more calories sometimes a little less. Thinking long term use of the plan anyway. I realize not complete leeway :) but a little more then eating 3 meals a day.
>
> So anyway I am 1 weeks in. It has indeed helped my stomach. I haven't felt as sick, except when I ate jumk. I've also been able to space out the types of fruit/veggies I eat. I also amazingly lost 1.5 lbs even though I haven't necessarily been eating the best. It may be water weight but I don't think so since my clothes seem to fit a little easier.
>
> I've had some days were I was extremely hungry and ended up eating something early. There is a few reasons that may have caused this. One I was eating candy, or cookies, or burger king. All horrible things, and it may have threw my stomach off even more. 2 I think I would do best with my window from 3-8. This is kind of my natural window. Typically I eat lunch late around 3 and my dinner is then eaten around 8. When I tried to move it later I either ended up binging on candy, or I would ate close to bed toss and turn all night or have weird dreams or both.
>
> So today I start week 2. With a window of 3-8, so we shall see how well I respond this week.
>
> Maria
>

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Re: [fast5] First Week Done

Welcome to the group!

I do Fast-5 primarily to heal my gut, and it has worked extremely well. My basic problem was celiac, but that was undiagnosed for 40+ years, and it left me with a rather damaged digestive tract. My take is that Fast-5 gives the system time to do "do housecleaning" while it's empty.

As you say, it's a lot easier to find "problem foods" if you only eat once a day. But also, foods that I used to have problems with, stopped being problematic. I can digest pretty much anything these days (except wheat, of course). 

The other thing that helped for digestion is konjac. I take 1/4 tsp. of it with meals. It is known to help people who have problems digesting starch, but I think it works for most foods. Basically it feeds the good bacteria in the lower gut, and also slows down stomach emptying so there is more time for digestive juices to work. Some people get gas from it when they first take it though, so it might take some getting used to.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 2:57 PM, mariabl <piggieria@gmail.com> wrote:

Let me first say I decided to try Fast 5 for a few reasons:

1) I have seasonal allergies that affect what foods I can eat, even causing me to react to the food.  The biggest being trees, which are completely pollinating right now.  For the last month,since they woke up, my stomach as been funny (gas, indigestion, nausea, ect).  If it gets to upset I simply fast and give it time to rest.  I figured with all the problems that I was having it may help my stomach calm down.

2) Since I wouldn't be eating as often I would have an easier time rotating my food, so I wouldn't eat the same thing over and over again. Again letting my body rest between the various families of veggies, fruit, ect. It also may give me a better idea of what I'm actually having a problem with.

2) I'm trying to loose weight, and although I eat mostly healthy I do like treats.  I figured this eating plan would help give me some leeway, because in the end some days I will be eating a little more calories sometimes a little less.  Thinking long term use of the plan anyway.  I realize not complete leeway :) but a little more then eating 3 meals a day.

So anyway I am 1 weeks in.  It has indeed helped my stomach.  I haven't felt as sick, except when I ate jumk.  I've also been able to space out the types of fruit/veggies I eat.  I also amazingly lost 1.5 lbs even though I haven't necessarily been eating the best.  It may be water weight but I don't think so since my clothes seem to fit a little easier.

I've had some days were I was extremely hungry and ended up eating something early.  There is a few reasons that may have caused this.  One I was eating candy, or cookies, or burger king.  All horrible things, and it may have threw my stomach off even more.  2 I think I would do best with my window from 3-8.  This is kind of my natural window.  Typically I eat lunch late around 3 and my dinner is then eaten around 8.  When I tried to move it later I either ended up binging on candy, or I would ate close to bed toss and turn all night or have weird dreams or both.

So today I start week 2. With a window of 3-8, so we shall see how well I respond this week.

Maria



 

 
 

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[fast5] First Week Done

Let me first say I decided to try Fast 5 for a few reasons:

1) I have seasonal allergies that affect what foods I can eat, even causing me to react to the food. The biggest being trees, which are completely pollinating right now. For the last month,since they woke up, my stomach as been funny (gas, indigestion, nausea, ect). If it gets to upset I simply fast and give it time to rest. I figured with all the problems that I was having it may help my stomach calm down.

2) Since I wouldn't be eating as often I would have an easier time rotating my food, so I wouldn't eat the same thing over and over again. Again letting my body rest between the various families of veggies, fruit, ect. It also may give me a better idea of what I'm actually having a problem with.

2) I'm trying to loose weight, and although I eat mostly healthy I do like treats. I figured this eating plan would help give me some leeway, because in the end some days I will be eating a little more calories sometimes a little less. Thinking long term use of the plan anyway. I realize not complete leeway :) but a little more then eating 3 meals a day.

So anyway I am 1 weeks in. It has indeed helped my stomach. I haven't felt as sick, except when I ate jumk. I've also been able to space out the types of fruit/veggies I eat. I also amazingly lost 1.5 lbs even though I haven't necessarily been eating the best. It may be water weight but I don't think so since my clothes seem to fit a little easier.

I've had some days were I was extremely hungry and ended up eating something early. There is a few reasons that may have caused this. One I was eating candy, or cookies, or burger king. All horrible things, and it may have threw my stomach off even more. 2 I think I would do best with my window from 3-8. This is kind of my natural window. Typically I eat lunch late around 3 and my dinner is then eaten around 8. When I tried to move it later I either ended up binging on candy, or I would ate close to bed toss and turn all night or have weird dreams or both.

So today I start week 2. With a window of 3-8, so we shall see how well I respond this week.

Maria

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Re: [fast5] Re: Is diet soda slowing me down?

I think the key word is "in excess."  Two sodas a day isn't excessive.  Six might be, for instance.

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Subject: [fast5] Re: Is diet soda slowing me down?

 

I think the keys words here are "CAN be". I know that for me, I wouldn't have made it in my early weeks without my Lime Diet Coke before my window opened. I think it's an individual thing whether or not limbic hunger is stimulated. Of course, I need to note that I've never had more than one or two 12 oz. cans in a day. I drink LOTS of regular water in addition to the flavored calorie-free water I drink throughout the day.

Recently, I bought a glucometer because I was curious as to whether I would have an insulin response to the artificial sweetener in my soda when in a fasted state. There was none. No spike at all. I've also noticed that, for me, I've felt no increase in appetite after drinking the soda, but instead an actual decrease in my appetite. That's just me, though. My experiment of one.

Now that I'm into my 13th week, I find that I'm naturally drinking diet soda less and less...but that doesn't mean I'm giving it up completely, unless my tastes change. Personally, I think there is too much hype about diet soda and the seemingly endless list of everything else that is supposedly "bad" for you. I prefer to travel my own path of moderation. Everyone knows themselves best and should do what feels best for their own bodies.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Lovellsjl@... wrote:
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>
> From what I have read both caffeine and artificial sweeteners in excess can be appetite stimulants. I think if you are drinking a lot of diet soda it could be slowing down your weight loss. Try drinking a lot of water instead and taking walks also helps suppress the appetite naturally.

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Re: [fast5] Re: Is diet soda slowing me down?

One thing I noticed about diet soda: every time you want one, you have to open a can or bottle. I got more cognizant of this because we don't actually have garbage pickup where I live, so I have to recycle each one of those bloomin' cans or bottles and take them to the recycle place, every week. The amount of "pop" a few people can go through in a week is kind of scary.

What we've mostly done in my family is switch to tea. We have a "hot shot" kind of thing that gives instant tea water, and everyone has their favorite teas. Mine is Neem, which I get from Neemtreefarms. I also grow lemon verbena and a couple of others. I keep the leaves in the freezer, so I can just grab a few to add to the hot water. Other people like the dried teas, like chamomile and mint. 

Anyway, it's a different habit. The teas, to me, taste "fresher" and less artificial, and I don't actually miss the sweet (or artificial sweet) taste. I do like fizzy stuff though, and have experimented with "poor man's pop" (vinegar and baking soda, which is actually rather good!) and fizz water of various types. I don't like all the recycles though, so I try for homemade!

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jump4Joy <joy2garden@yahoo.com> wrote:

I think the keys words here are "CAN be". I know that for me, I wouldn't have made it in my early weeks without my Lime Diet Coke before my window opened. I think it's an individual thing whether or not limbic hunger is stimulated. Of course, I need to note that I've never had more than one or two 12 oz. cans in a day. I drink LOTS of regular water in addition to the flavored calorie-free water I drink throughout the day.

Recently, I bought a glucometer because I was curious as to whether I would have an insulin response to the artificial sweetener in my soda when in a fasted state. There was none. No spike at all. I've also noticed that, for me, I've felt no increase in appetite after drinking the soda, but instead an actual decrease in my appetite. That's just me, though. My experiment of one.

Now that I'm into my 13th week, I find that I'm naturally drinking diet soda less and less...but that doesn't mean I'm giving it up completely, unless my tastes change. Personally, I think there is too much hype about diet soda and the seemingly endless list of everything else that is supposedly "bad" for you. I prefer to travel my own path of moderation. Everyone knows themselves best and should do what feels best for their own bodies.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Lovellsjl@... wrote:
>
>
> From what I have read both caffeine and artificial sweeteners in excess can be appetite stimulants.  I think if you are drinking a lot of diet soda it could be slowing down your weight loss.  Try drinking a lot of water instead and taking walks also helps suppress the appetite naturally.

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