Thanks everyone for your replies, it does make sense and I feel a lot
happier now :)
/Kirsten
On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 01:02 +0000, grdmahelen wrote:
> I always ate 3 meals a day + snacks.. and drank water... tea or whatever
> and when I started ff 2 months ago drank instead of eating something..
> and now if I get hunger pains I drink something and then I'm fine...
> so I don't know about not drinking .. but if your not thirsty then I wouldn't
> drink...
>
> I don't get "hungry" any longer but I still have something to drink somewhere
> around me guess it's a habit and I don't know what to believe about the amount
> of fluid to take in or not... I do what feels good for me and what I like...
>
> Helen
>
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> > One of the reasons you need water is to process food. You have 30 feet
> > of gut, and when it is full of food, you need water to add with it
> > (the food gets watered down and made into a slurry). You need more
> > water when you eat packaged and processed food, because it is very
> > dry. Also, the food is often salty, and that causes you to retain more
> > water. And it makes your blood sugar go up, which (esp. if it goes up
> > too much) makes you more thirsty.
> >
> > So, I can think of several reasons offhand why thirst *might* go down.
> > And some more traditional fasters find they actually do better if they
> > drink less when they are not eating, for some reason. Drinking water
> > causes you to lose electrolytes and B vitamins, so there is likely
> > some kind of "sweet spot" that is the ideal liquid need for each
> > person. Probably, as with food, I'd go with what works for you. If you
> > feel hydrated (plenty of saliva and tears, no dry lips) and healthy,
> > then forcing yourself to drink doesn't strike me as a good idea. You
> > have a very good chemistry set built into your body, and if it thinks
> > you need water, it will let you know by making you thirsty (at least,
> > it will if it's working: Fast 5 tends to make it work better). I
> > usually keep some fresh water next to me as I work: if I feel thirsty,
> > then I'll drink it unconsciously. If there is no water nearby, I tend
> > to drink nothing but coffee, esp. at work places where the coffee pot
> > is near cubeland but water isn't. Then I feel sick by the end of the
> > day.
> >
> > I find my thirst level varies greatly depending on what I'm eating.
> > Sometimes I have zero interest in liquids: sometimes I drink a lot of
> > water and herb tea.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:53 PM, wildduck_zaseuk
> > <wildduck@..
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm new to the group. I recently adopted this WOE partly out of convenience (don't really have time during the day to stop for meals) and partly as a weight control device - I am not trying to lose weight, just keep it stable. I found out about, and read, the Fast5 book about a week ago, after I'd been eating like this for a few days (was doing some research to make sure I wasn't damaging myself).
> > >
> > > My eating window is pretty much one hour around 6-7pm, just enough to have dinner with my family and eat a bit of dessert. I am not troubled with hunger during the day until about 4-5pm, and even then it is easily tolerable. What concerns me though is my complete lack of thirst. I have a mug of water first thing to take some medication, and then seldom feel the need for anything more until just before I eat, when I'll have a pint of very diluted fruit juice. Then another mug of water later on with bedtime medication. That's it. I've read all about not going by thirst and how you're supposed to drink water all day long to keep hydrated and what have you, but I can't stomach drinks if I'm not thirsty.
> > >
> > > So, I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a decrease in thirst, I've been trying to find out more but come up with nothing.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance, and happy Christmas to you all (if you celebrate it).
> > >
> > > /Kirsten
> > >
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