[fast5] OT: walking works for me

I suppose exercise is sort of off topic, but I just thought I would mention this.

I live in a city where I walk a lot and it's an easy way for me to put some exercise in by walking quickly. I can walk for my errands, it helps me a lot.

I have also read that walking is an exercise with the least risk of injury.

To lose weight, put a little spring in your step

When it comes to weight control, almost nothing is easier and cheaper than brisk walking.
Going for a walk every day can improve mood, increase energy, lower blood pressure and protect against diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer.
But to reap these benefits, you need to get the lead out and put some spring in your step.
It's not window shopping or taking a stroll in the park. Walk like you're late for the bus.
You should be able to carry on a conversation, but you'll be a little breathless when you talk, says Miriam Nelson, director of the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Prevention at Tufts University in Boston.
You should be able to feel that your heart rate is up. Keep in mind that a brisk walk for one person may be a stroll for another, she says.
Pace yourself. If you are just starting out with a walking program, you should try to work up to a pace of at least 3 mph, says Anne Lusk, a research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Here's another way to look at it:
• Less than 3 mph is considered slow walking.
•More than 3 mph is considered brisk walking.
•More than 4 mph is considered very brisk walking.

She says to figure out your speed, count your steps per minute: 3 mph is about 120 steps a minute, while 4 mph is about 135 steps a minute.
Besides increasing your pace, you may also need to increase the number of steps you take.

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Re: [fast5] Re: Couple of Questions need some ideas

Well, sounds like a good experiment! I can tell you from what I've read from various people posting, that you might not have to worry so much about "magic numbers" on Fast-5. Whatever the body is doing on this way of eating, it is different from the normal feeding algorithms in the books. Personally, when I'm "on a diet", my metabolism goes into a tailspin. On Fast-5, I actually eat quite a bit less, but my metabolism is doing fine, and I'm not hungry. Which doesn't make sense, except that I think I'm actually digesting food better, and insulin metabolism is different.

So anyway, your experience in the past might not hold true with this way of eating. If you read the archives, a lot of people do worry about the whole "starvation syndrome" thing because they appear to be eating too little, but this doesn't seem to cause a problem.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:43 AM, mariabl <piggieria@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh I'm fat :) and trying to loose the weight. I am very muscular and actually large boned, but the weight I'm shooting for is the weight I was when I was 20% body fat, which was 125-130lbs.  Right now I'm at 143lbs.  I started out this year at 153lbs.   The last 5lbs I've lost in the last few weeks using Fast 5.  I'm really more going for fat loss not so much worrying about the physical body weight.  I gained a lot of fat between 2008 & 2010.  Unfortunately with a lot of viseral fat (fat inside the organs).  Which is what I'm currently loosing. Although I still have quite a few inches of reg fat to loose too.  That hasn't changed with the 5lbs I lost, but my stomach were the viseral fat pouch was has gone done significantly where I used to see my stomach pooch out is now an indent.

Anyway, the only reason I'm counting calories is because I need to loose weight/fat.  In the past when I wasn't eating enough I would stall on my weight loss, even when I wasn't hungry.  That magic caloric number was 1200 when I wasn't workign out and 1250-1400 when I was.  So I wanted to keep my caloric intake within that range, so I would continue to loose weight properly.

Once I acheive my goal weight, I won't worry about it as much because I do feel as long as you are eating a lot of fruits and veggies and getting proper nutrition the number doesn't necessarily matter as much.  1000 calories of doughnuts is not in anyway nutritionally the same as a meal that has a lot of veggies, fruit, and protien.

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[fast5] Re: Couple of Questions need some ideas

Oh I'm fat :) and trying to loose the weight. I am very muscular and actually large boned, but the weight I'm shooting for is the weight I was when I was 20% body fat, which was 125-130lbs. Right now I'm at 143lbs. I started out this year at 153lbs. The last 5lbs I've lost in the last few weeks using Fast 5. I'm really more going for fat loss not so much worrying about the physical body weight. I gained a lot of fat between 2008 & 2010. Unfortunately with a lot of viseral fat (fat inside the organs). Which is what I'm currently loosing. Although I still have quite a few inches of reg fat to loose too. That hasn't changed with the 5lbs I lost, but my stomach were the viseral fat pouch was has gone done significantly where I used to see my stomach pooch out is now an indent.

Anyway, the only reason I'm counting calories is because I need to loose weight/fat. In the past when I wasn't eating enough I would stall on my weight loss, even when I wasn't hungry. That magic caloric number was 1200 when I wasn't workign out and 1250-1400 when I was. So I wanted to keep my caloric intake within that range, so I would continue to loose weight properly.

Once I acheive my goal weight, I won't worry about it as much because I do feel as long as you are eating a lot of fruits and veggies and getting proper nutrition the number doesn't necessarily matter as much. 1000 calories of doughnuts is not in anyway nutritionally the same as a meal that has a lot of veggies, fruit, and protien.

Maria

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Re: [fast5] Re: Couple of Questions need some ideas

One thing Fast-5 does is change: 1) Your appetite and 2) How well you process food. OK, the second one is my addition, not Dr. Herring's. But I digest food way better than I used to, even though I'm eating way less and my metabolism has not slowed.

I think it's a mistake to count calories too closely, unless you are having problems. 15 lbs overweight may or may not be "over fat" ... if you work out, you are probably gaining muscle and even bone. But here is the deal: your appetite KNOWS what your body needs. That is what it is designed for. In most creatures, it works exquisitely, and the creature only eats as much as it needs.

If you eat a low-nutrient diet, your body will adapt such that you can eat more calories, just so it can get the nutrients. It may not actually digest all those calories (there are lots of bacteria that can digest it instead, for instance). Or it may decide to digest the extra calories and store them as fat, depending on some triggers people don't understand well just yet. 

But if you are truly not eating "enough", and you are paying attention to your appetite and how you feel, you will be HUNGRY and want to eat more. This is a good thing. The fact you are not underweight, and not hungry, I would think means: your body is quite happy with your food level. OK, so some book somewhere might disagree. But your body is, right now, doing way more accurate measurements on you than any lab can.

Now, if you start going really skinny, lose your appetite, get sick often, have no strength, get depressed, get dry skin, can't get out of bed ... something is wrong. Then it's time to figure out what is going on.

Otherwise ... I think of my Dad. When he was born, the medical community was saying that a newborn needed exactly 4 oz of milk. He was a huge baby, and always hungry, but they would only give him 4 oz. So he cried a lot. Now, when I had my daughter, I dutifully asked: "how much should I feed her?". The doc just laughed. "But what if I feed her too much?" He laughed again "You can't overfeed a baby!".

He was right. Babies haven't been taught to eat more than they want, and they'll just toss up the extra. Usually the slurp and slurp and then go to sleep. Adults SHOULD be like that!

So right now, if you indeed have 15 extra lbs of fat: perhaps your body is saying: I want to get rid of this 15 extra pounds. I'm not turning on hunger, til it's gone.

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:20 PM, mariabl <piggieria@gmail.com> wrote:

Well right now I'm only averaging between 800-100 calories per day. I am overweight but only by like 15lbs now.  I shouldn't really be eating less then 1200 calories, and really more like 1300 calories.  Right now because I'm trying to loose weight I want to make sure that I'm eating enough to continue to loose weight.

Although the difference today then in the past is that I'm eating a lot more fruits and veggies vs processed grains.  So technically I'm guessing I am getting more nutrients.

Maria

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
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> Sounds like it should be pretty easy to get enough calories then. Most of
> the calories in a meal come from the fat part (fruits and vegies are mainly
> water and fiber). I'm not sure why you need more calories though: if you
> aren't hungry for more food and you have enough energy and aren't
> underweight? However, if you do need easy calories, one thing I've done is
> to make coconut oil candies. Just mix coconut oil, honey, cocoa (if you like
> chocolate) with seeds (ones you can eat) dried fruit, etc. and make them
> into little balls. You can also pulse dates or other dried fruit in the food
> processor, and mix with seeds, coconut, or other crunchy bits. And of course
> there are meals with plenty of calories, like fried fish!




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[fast5] Re: Couple of Questions need some ideas

Well right now I'm only averaging between 800-100 calories per day. I am overweight but only by like 15lbs now. I shouldn't really be eating less then 1200 calories, and really more like 1300 calories. Right now because I'm trying to loose weight I want to make sure that I'm eating enough to continue to loose weight.

Although the difference today then in the past is that I'm eating a lot more fruits and veggies vs processed grains. So technically I'm guessing I am getting more nutrients.

Maria

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
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> Sounds like it should be pretty easy to get enough calories then. Most of
> the calories in a meal come from the fat part (fruits and vegies are mainly
> water and fiber). I'm not sure why you need more calories though: if you
> aren't hungry for more food and you have enough energy and aren't
> underweight? However, if you do need easy calories, one thing I've done is
> to make coconut oil candies. Just mix coconut oil, honey, cocoa (if you like
> chocolate) with seeds (ones you can eat) dried fruit, etc. and make them
> into little balls. You can also pulse dates or other dried fruit in the food
> processor, and mix with seeds, coconut, or other crunchy bits. And of course
> there are meals with plenty of calories, like fried fish!

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Re: [fast5] Re: Couple of Questions need some ideas

Sounds like it should be pretty easy to get enough calories then. Most of the calories in a meal come from the fat part (fruits and vegies are mainly water and fiber). I'm not sure why you need more calories though: if you aren't hungry for more food and you have enough energy and aren't underweight? However, if you do need easy calories, one thing I've done is to make coconut oil candies. Just mix coconut oil, honey, cocoa (if you like chocolate) with seeds (ones you can eat) dried fruit, etc. and make them into little balls. You can also pulse dates or other dried fruit in the food processor, and mix with seeds, coconut, or other crunchy bits. And of course there are meals with plenty of calories, like fried fish!

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:28 PM, mariabl <piggieria@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes sorry I eat beef, chicken, turkey, fish and eggs too.  I don't eat pork for religious reasons.  I don't have a problem digesting.  It is actually just my body reacting to the foods.  Letting my stomach rest with this program is what actually helps.  The oils I eat are olive oil, coconut oil, canola, flax (although I think I react to this too, I'm testing right now), and occasionally sunflower seeds.  I started reacting to safflower so I cut that out.

Grains even rice and quinoa cause me to have a constant sinus headache and pressure, although I could try then again now that I'm doing fast 5.  I don't have as many sinus problems and it is my peak allergy season.  I haven't even had to take any allergy meds.

Diary typically just causes mucus in my throat, but that is mainly when I drink milk or have ice cream, not really with cheese.

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[fast5] Re: Couple of Questions need some ideas

Yes sorry I eat beef, chicken, turkey, fish and eggs too. I don't eat pork for religious reasons. I don't have a problem digesting. It is actually just my body reacting to the foods. Letting my stomach rest with this program is what actually helps. The oils I eat are olive oil, coconut oil, canola, flax (although I think I react to this too, I'm testing right now), and occasionally sunflower seeds. I started reacting to safflower so I cut that out.

Grains even rice and quinoa cause me to have a constant sinus headache and pressure, although I could try then again now that I'm doing fast 5. I don't have as many sinus problems and it is my peak allergy season. I haven't even had to take any allergy meds.

Diary typically just causes mucus in my throat, but that is mainly when I drink milk or have ice cream, not really with cheese.

Maria

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
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> You don't mention meat or fish in your list, or eggs? Are you vegetarian
> too? The foods you list are all very low calorie. My inclination would be to
> add, say, fatty fish, or coconut oil, both of which digest easily. White
> rice is usually easy to digest too. If you eat ginger or kimchi with meals,
> that definitely helps digestion. So does konjac powder.
>
> Dairy is hard for a lot of people to digest, but if you can do cheese it
> might help.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:53 PM, mariabl <piggieria@...> wrote:
>
> > Fast 5 is still working great for me, but I am running into a couple of
> > problems. I typically eat between 2:30 & 3, work out for around an hours
> > sometime between 5:30 and 7. I then cook dinner and eat between 7:30 & 8.
> >
> > Here is the problem if I eat too much when I break fast I get tired at my
> > desk in the afternoon falling asleep. I also feel tired when I do my
> > workout. If I keep it light (ie not many calories typically around 3-400
> > calories) I don't get sleepy and I don't feel tired during my workout.
> > Since I don't get done with my workout until close to 7 or after 7, I can't
> > eat until then. I eat too much at 7:30 & 8 I don't sleep well because I'm
> > too full.
> >
> > Part of the problem is that I have food allergies/sensitivities, and do
> > best eating Paleo (ie no grains,diary, potatoes, or beans). To make it
> > worse I can't have any nuts due to my allergies. Well that and I can't eat
> > avocados, tomatoes, turnips, parsnips, and I can only have a small amount of
> > beets. Fruit I can't have pears,mangos, bananas, and apples I can only have
> > 1 every couple of days or I react. Pineapples I react sometimes. No citrus
> > fruit either. I can only eat so much squash(including melons) without a
> > problem too.
> >
> > I'm just looking for some suggestions on trying to increase my calories.
> > I'm thinking about maybe cycling yams some days and cheese another to help
> > increase my intake a little. Any other thoughts?
> >
> >
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