I just wanted to give a short and quick update. I've been back now one week... I'm down 5 lbs and have been feeling great! My energy level has been really good and I worked out 3 days last week. As for the spacieness i was concerned about. I have been able to all but completely get rid of it by adapting some of the warrior diet techniques during my no eat time. In other words, instead of not eating i have 1 apple for breakfast and 1 carrot for lunch and that's it! Pretty nuch fasting... But it keeps me from becoming light headed and intead of making me hungrier like i thought it would, it satisfies me unt I'll my eat window. So... So far so good!
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> There is another factor that comes into play for some people: it's a
> kind of "reactive hunger" that happens after you eat something your
> body really doesn't like. For me that is either gluten or casein ...
> if I get either one of those two for dinner, I am RAVENOUS the next
> day and simply cannot fast. From my reading, it seems that food
> reactions (IgA allergies) cause high cortisol levels, and cortisol
> makes you very hungry.
>
> A simple way to test for this, or any kind of food reaction, is to
> take your pulse before and after a meal. If your pulse goes UP after a
> meal, then you are reacting to that meal. Other signs are cold hands
> (another cortisol symptom), feeling cold, or feeling shaky. One nice
> thing about F5 is that after a nice long fast, it's easy to see the
> reaction after a meal.
>
> Foods with a high glycemic curve also can have this effect. My
> solution to that has been to take fiber (konjac) with the meal, which
> effectively lowers the glycemic curve without me having to pay too
> much attention to the actual carbs in the meal. It also helps the meal
> digest better. Vinegar with a meal is also known to help with this.
>
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> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:29 AM, seven3403 <travis.foley@
> > One other thing...
> >
> > I've read before that eating too many carbs (like eating spaghetti) during your eating period can make you feel lousy... would you guys agree with that?
> >
> > I'm trying to avoid carbs as much as I can this time... is that sound advice?
> >
> >
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> >> Thank you David, once again, great advice!
> >>
> >> I'm usually one to dive head first into things... kinda stubborn I guess, or anxious for results and end up bombing all together.
> >>
> >> I like what you said about needing time to shift from customary patterns... that does make sense... and I'm sure will help me function better as I try and get used to this.
> >>
> >> I weighed this morning before my workout... first time since I quit F5 last June... I've gained about 12 lbs... blah. I know for a fact it will come off and stay off if I do this right so I can make it a comfortable, daily way of life.
> >>
> >> Thanks again.
> >>
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> >> > Rey's suggestion is a good one, I think. If you backtrack some of my posts,
> >> > you'll see that I segued into a FF-type WOE a decade ago (long before I'd
> >> > ever heard of FF) via eating fruit and raw veggies ad libitum through the
> >> > day, and a "normal" meal in the evening. It was originally my own version
> >> > of a weight-loss plan, and it was effective. This type of approach is in
> >> > effect the warrior diet - very light eating during the day, with the bulk of
> >> > nutrition in the evening. Then, without ever pushing it, I just found
> >> > eventually that I was eating less and less of my bag of goodies until
> >> > ultimately I was water-fasting during the day. Like your situation, this
> >> > was whilst carrying on a demanding work role, and also working out each
> >> > morning.
> >> >
> >> > Our physiology needs time to shift out of its customary patterns, and each
> >> > individual needs time to experiment with how their body responds in
> >> > different situations, using different feeding schedules, and with adequate
> >> > adaptation periods. The "warrior" strategy is certainly worth a try as a
> >> > gentle intro to the FF WOE.
> >> >
> >> > David
> >> >
> >> > On 24 January 2010 14:25, Reyaz Raheem <reyazr@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Maybe you should investigate the Warrior diet, which allows you a minimal
> >> > > amount of selected foods during what would be your fasting period in F5.
> >> > > Quite a few people start out on WD and progress to F5.
> >> > >
> >> > > Rey
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > *From:* fast5@yahoogroups.
> >> > > *seven3403
> >> > > *Sent:* Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:07 AM
> >> > > *To:* fast5@yahoogroups.
> >> > > *Subject:* [fast5] Long timers?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > If anyone on here doing F5 has been steady with it for more than a year AND
> >> > > has had great success... I love to hear from you. I've been back and forth
> >> > > with this and have even posted the issues I have on this forum and have not
> >> > > had any success finding a solution... was hoping that maybe someone out
> >> > > there would have some advice that would help.
> >> > >
> >> > > Basically, I was getting too spaced out and unable to think, not sure what
> >> > > it was, all I know is I can't function when I'm like that... I need the
> >> > > mental power in order to do my very demanding job... I really seemed to lack
> >> > > that when I don't eat... then there's the spaciness after I do eat at 3:00.
> >> > >
> >> > > Anyway... if I can get around that issue, I would LOVE to start up F5
> >> > > again... I loved it other than than. Blood pressure went down, lost weight,
> >> > > cholesterol numbers looked great... my doctor was thrilled. He did not have
> >> > > a problem at all with the plan and said we all eat way more than our body
> >> > > needs anyway.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks!
> >> > >
> >> > >
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