Hi Sandi-
There was some talk about this a while ago and it boils down to habit. I think Dr Herring mentions this in the e-book as well. We are creatures of habit. 85-95% of the things we do during the course of the day are habits that we learned as children. What to say, how to talk, interpersonal mannerisms, eating habits... all of these things are passed on from our parents. Our brain's operating systems are generally written by age 6-7. It's INCREDIBLY hard to be conscious and present in everything we do. So we need to overcome the programmed notion that when you wake up, you shower, brush your teeth, get coffee, eat breakfast, get dressed, etc, whatever you do in the morning and throughout the day. Consciously skip the "eat breakfast" behavior and substitute something else in it's place. Dr Herring's book has a good list of other things to do when you would normally eat. It's all about breaking that pattern and consciously doing something else in it's place. Instead of walking into the kitchen at a certain hour, go outside for some air, or turn the other direction and go into a room that you don't usually go into. Pick up that book you've been trying to find time to read. It'll break the pattern.
Being musical, I like to think of skipping meals like rearranging the structure of a song or the notes of a scale. If my old scale was wake, bannana, bike, work, lunch, work, bike, snack, kids, dinner, bed, my new scale would be wake, shower, dressed, motorcycle, work, walk, work, motorcycle, dinner, kids, bed. Changed my tune, see? If I know what to expect I just change my expectation.
Best of luck to you, I hope this helped a little.
Rick Stewart
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> Hi Jess and everyone else,
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> I find it so interesting that so many of us have these same sentiments - I feel so much energy, I don't feel sluggish, I'm not hungry at all, I feel so free etc., etc., etc. Including me. So why am I not sticking to it this time around??? I know how great I feel when I eat this way and I honestly do have more energy and I get so much more accomplished throughout my day without having to take the time to eat and hem & haw about what to eat and then feel bloated and sluggish because I ate. It is like a vicious cycle that I have gotten stuck in again and it all starts with just eating one thing in the morning. ARGHHHH!
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> So when I know how to avoid all these negative things and have the tools to avoid them (Fast-5) why do I keep falling into the 24 hr eating trap?
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> Thanks for listening,
> Sandi
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