Susie, I can certainly empathize with you. When I was working on my doctorate, I remember the very first residency. They gave us a contract we had to sign that said we promised to eat 3 meals a day and get 8 hours of sleep a night. Now I did my doctorate while working full-time. So, that was a bunch of BS about eating and sleeping. The reading requirements alone could not be done in the time we had let alone sleep and eat.
In addition, I find that eating puts me to sleep. So, eating before a major paper or exam just never made sense at all. I could eat after if I was hungry.
I have such a hard time understanding how they came up with this idea that you HAVE to eat all the time. The best joke is that you need to eat to lose weight. Well since starting fast-5 I have lost more weight then in 2 years of trying to lose it THEIR way.
I started fast-5 April 1 2010, I have since lost 20 lbs total and at least 3 inches off my abdomen (my problem child area). At my last weigh in (2 weeks ago) I lost 7 lbs. I feel great, have more energy now, and actually have cut down how much I eat in my window. I just can't eat a lot of food or I feel so "bloated" the next day.
Good Luck with that bar exam. I am routing for you!!!
From: Linda <linda.eichblatt@
To: fast5@yahoogroups.
Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 11:10:15 AM
Subject: [fast5] Re: Annoyance at the status quo
Susie: You go, girl. Vent away, this is the place for it.
Incidentally, I used to eat a lot of protein in the morning on test day, but I no longer have any need to do so. In fact, I feel no ill effects whatsoever (e.g., shaky hands, weakness) from intermittent fasting. I eat one meal per day, and fast for 23 hours. I have lost 113 pounds in 9 months and feel better than I have in years.
Good luck with the bar exam. I know you will pass.
Linda (also known within the family as Susie)
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.
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> Hi all,
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> I am working my way through the bar review course, and I have to express my frustration at how and where the unproven and (in my opinion) inaccurate dietary theories about fasting have crept into our culture. Even in my course, I keep finding references in needing to eat to keep up one's energy.
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> To the bar review course guy:
> First of all, I can handle my own dietary needs, thankyouverymuch. Just give me what I need to know for the exam. Secondly, I think much better fasting, so please don't just repeat dogma from the media about needing food for "energy." I do just fine thinking on an empty stomach, and I don't want to take the fake food protein bars you suggest to the exam. I'll eat real food at my planned times, like grapes or nuts, OK? I'm not going to bomb the exam because I didn't eat a protein bar at my break with all the other people who have bought into that theory and are shoving snacks into their mouths.
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> Stepping off my soapbox now . . .
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> (I'll post soon about the exam break times and my normal window, and ask for suggestions on how to plan for that.)
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> Susie
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