Re: [fast5] New!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Re: [fast5] New!

Hi and welcome!

I don't expect most people understand this way of eating
at the moment, but given the success rate, it's bound
to become "the norm" sometime soon. I was actually
around when the 6-meal-a-day thing was new, and people
railed against it. Now it's a norm, and it works to sell
diet supplements, but not for much else.

My own husband though, used to eat like this all the
time. It was ME who bullied and tempted him into
eating a "good breakfast" daily and make sure he stopped
work to have lunch. He gained 25 lbs. Ok, well, that's
married life! But now he's lost it, and he's doing fine. My
daughter too, never did like eating all the meals. I don't
bully her any more either. She eats less. She looks great.

So neither of them tells me what I should eat. Since I'm
the main person in charge of meals, and I say we only
make one "main" meal a day, that's mainly what they
eat.

My mother, OTOH, started lecturing me about not eating.
And I pointed out that she only actually eats one meal a
day too, so why is she telling me to eat more? She shut up.

Anyway, if people do bug you, there are some good answers:

1. (if you are overweight): "Look at this body. Does it LOOK
like I'm starving?"

2. One pound of fat contains 3,000 calories. How many calories
do you think I have to spare?

3. What studies do you have to show that eating one meal a
day is worse than 3 meals a day (and offer to share YOUR
studies!).

OTOH if you really are rather skinny already and are doing this
out of a sense of self-discipline ... be sure you are eating enough..
Starving yourself, and feeling hungry for the sake of not being afraid
of it, is really not good for your body. Based on my relatives, eating
once a day works fine for humans, but those people DO eat big meals
and are not subsisting off cabbage leaves. Sounds to me though like
you have a nice balanced attitude.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:17 PM, larutanbeauty <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Hello! Just thought I'd introduce myself here.
>
> Just wanted to say that somehow...I think it was a review on Amazon somewhere....a
> person had mentioned "Fast-5." I found the free book, downloaded it, and thought "well,
> why not try this experiment."
>
> I decided to try Fast-5 mainly because he voiced something that I've known for a while: I
> have a strong fear of hunger. Feeling hungry usually induces me to think "i have to eat
> right now before I really get hungry", and then I end up eating and eating and eating.
>
> I've been on Fast-5 for three days now, and I finally feel like I'm getting the best of many
> worlds: 1) dealing with the fear of hunger (surprisingly only for a few minutes at a time a
> few times a day before my break-fast), 2) being able to enjoy tasty, wonderful food and
> feel full and satisfied (I don't eat two meals during my time period, I eat one big meal
> involving homecooked goodness and my "dessert": plain yogurt, banana, nuts, and a bit of
> chocolate syrup! and 3) Actually reducing my calorie intake because of the lack of
> "grazing" and mindless eating.
>
> My husband, once I told him, looked at me worriedly and gave me a hug and said he didn't
> like the idea of me starving myself. I told him not to worry, to trust me, I wasn't starving
> myself (nor do I want to do that to my body). Have any of your family members or friends
> thought you were starving yourself? Did they eventually understand was going on?
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Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/