Well yikes. I was really hungry and headachy and tired yesterday and ended up eating way too much in my eating window. Really what I should have done was tried to drink more water and get some sleep. It's amazing how we often misinterpret hunger when we're really just tired.
Anyhow, I gained back my 2 pounds lost and I feel just awful today. Hoping for a really healthy eating window tonight!
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> Thanks a lot for your responses! I did read the Fast-5 ebook but re-read it on Friday and it really made more sense after doing the diet for a few days. So I guess a bit of newbie advice should be read the book when you first start and re-read it about a week in LOL!
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> As far as the water thing goes, I find I'm not as thirsty during my fasting window but I do drink a lot of hot herbal tea to take the edge off of the hunger, which probably replaces a lot of the water I would normally be consuming. I am way thirstier during my eating window and drink the majority of my water then.
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> One thing that I am truly amazed about is that I was able to stick to this without any issues at all this past weekend. Fridays through Sundays are notorious for me to fall off of the wagon and give up on any other diet I've ever tried. This is the first time in a very very long time that I stayed on track without effort. It's like KNOWING that I can have something makes me not want it as much anymore, if that makes any sense.
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> I feel really great and have lost 2 pounds. Considering Dr. Herring says no weight loss until about three weeks in is normal, I am ectatic! And that's with eating some chips and homemade banana bread! Of course most of my diet is really healthy, but it's so nice to be able to have a splurge and not feel guilty about it!
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> Thanks again for the advice and support!
> Heather in CO
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> > Heather in CO
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> > First, hi Heather and welcome. I am new to joining Fast 5 myself (april 1, 2010). Bert has on his website his e-book which answers all of your questions. It is a free download or you can purchase it from Amazon. I will try and answer your questions from my memory of what I read, so pardon me if I get anything mixed up here.
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> > 1. the weight usually starts coming off after the 3 week initial adjustment time. Sometimes sooner and sometimes later. It all depends on how close you get to the fast-5 way and how your body responds. According to Bert's research most participants noticed inches coming off or body changes before weight.
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> > 2. If memory serves me, Bert's book indicates several things regarding hunger and headaches. If your hungry then eat. It takes time to adjust and a headache can be your body's way of going through a type of withdrawal. Remember you learned to eath 3 to 6 meals a day. Your body is used to this now it is changing and that can cause some side affects. Also, Bert mentions that there will be good days and days where you slip. Just start over again and continue on the plan if you slip. No big deal. The change doesn't happen overnight.
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> > 3. I do take multi-vitamin because my GP insists along with a host of other medication that I hope to get rid of over time. I am patient, I have had an issue with food all my life and not as an overeater either. I have my story posted here in the group and on the website if your interested. No need to repeat. :)
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> > At any rate, stick with what makes you feel good. Be happy and enjoy all the free time and extra $$ you will have now. :)
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> > Sincerely
> > Jennifer Lupo, D.M.
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> > From: thirteenblessings13 <thirteenblessings1
> > To: fast5@yahoogroups.
> > Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 2:05:00 PM
> > Subject: [fast5] Day 5 with some questions
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> > I posted something on the FB page and am so glad to find this Yahoo group too!
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> > I started this journey about five days ago. As typical for me on a Friday, I went off of my diet and woke up Saturday feeling guilty about it. So on Saturday, I ate way too much all day and night and woke up on Sunday feeling miserable. I remembered that when I was thinner, I used to naturally fast or not eat much during the day and ate whatever I wanted at dinner...I never felt deprived and I was lean and felt great. So Sunday I decided to do a fast.
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> > While fasting, I did some research on fasting on-line and found Brad Pilon's Eat Stop Eat. While researching Eat Stop Eat (see how much extra time we have while fasting LOL?!) I discovered this diet and really felt it made more sense to me - this was naturally how I used to eat when I was 20 pounds lighter as I said before.
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> > So I started the Fast 5 on Monday. Today is Day 5. I have been following the diet to a tee although I didn't jump in cold turkey. I broke my fast at noon on Monday, then at 1:30 on Tuesday, and have been keeping with a 3:30 break-fast since then. My window ends at 8:30.
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> > Okay so anyway onto my questions. I haven't lost any weight yet although I've been drinking a lot more water and definitely eating healthier, for some reason salad and lean protein sound so much better than processed foods. I also don't stuff myself, I find very little food satisfies me and I am not gorging myself during my eating window. Is it normal not to see scale movement? I would normally feel discouraged but I feel so GREAT on this diet that I'm sticking with it. I also hate being a slave to my scale and am in no rush to lose the weight as I know that fast weight loss equals fast weight gain. I guess I wonder when did all of you start noticing fat loss results from this way of eating?
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> > Second question is that today has been really tough as far as hunger. I'm having hunger pains and feeling very distracted and headachy. This is the first day that this has occured, the past few days I've been quite content during my fasting period. It's been a struggle for sure today. Also normal for the early stages?
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> > Also wanted to know if you are taking vitamins or supplements to make up for anything possibly missing in your diet. If so, what do you take?
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> > Thanks so much, so glad to have found this diet and all of you! I still haven't told my friends or family about this WOE, I don't want to hear the criticisms that I'm starving myself and will never be able to maintain such a strange and fad diet, etc... I'll wait to tell them about it when my clothes start falling off of me LOL! So it's nice to have the support and someone to talk to.
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> > Heather in CO
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