Thank you, Rick! And I appreciate your comments about my blog. I've never had a blog before and consider myself to be a private person, but I decided that I needed to do it and start posting to a forum so I could get some accountability with others and honesty with myself.
In the past I used the self-talk phrase "The time will pass whether I diet or not" to motivate myself. But now that the word "diet" is a four-letter word to me, I now say to myself that the time will pass whether I lose weight, do Fast-5, or not. I ask myself where I want to be a month from now, or a year from now? I can't stand the idea of spending another year being as fat as I am. It's no way to live, and I'm SURE it's killing me. Just before I found Fast-5, I hit rock-bottom...I was sick of the shame, sick of the ugly clothes (sorry, but plus-size clothing is hideous!), sick of feeling sick, sick of worrying about my pre-diabetic condition, sore back, sore neck, sore FEET (feet that are too small and delicate to be lugging 85+ pounds around), watching my blood pressure and cholesterol rising to dangerous levels, and worrying about the heart-palpitations that I was getting almost daily. Not to mention how sad it makes me feel to look into the mirror and not recognize the person looking back at me...I used to be an attractive and active person. My dear husband loves me no matter what, but I would like to reclaim some semblance of the pretty woman he married 22 years ago (she has emerged from time to time over the years, but I would like her to come back to stay).
You make a good point about looking at changing the macronutrients in my diet, and I have been gradually doing that by increasing complex carbs, lean proteins, and minimizing less-healthy foods. I find that the longer I do this fast, the more I gravitate naturally to healthier foods. I eliminated high-fructose corn syrup years ago, along with any kind of sweet caloric drinks, trans-fats, saturated fat (with the exception of occasional real butter), and never deep-fry anything and instead use healthier cooking methods using olive or canola oil sparingly when oil is needed. I've studied nutrition enough to know at-a-glance the caloric, protein, and fat content of almost any food I see. Doing Fast-5 has virtually eliminated my nibbling problem, which I now know was caused by Limbic hunger eating.
By employing instinctive, moderate eating during my window, I can achieve a modest weight loss, as you said. I'm glad you brought that up because it's made me reconsider if a modest rate of weight loss is what I really want. While I don't want a fast rate of loss, knowing that losing weight too fast includes an appreciable loss of muscle and water, slowing the metabolism, and increasing hunger. I DO want to maximize a healthy, reasonable loss of fat each week. So I think I'll follow your lead and eat more protein and fat and decrease the less healthy carbs. Thanks for sharing what is working for you!
That's why I'm here at this forum. I can save myself some trial and error by learning what is effective for others. I need to release some fat as quickly and safely as possible. No food or "taste" is WORTH staying obese for!
Best,
Joy
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "RickS" <rstewart@...> wrote:
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> Welcome Joy!
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> Fast-5 is a game changer for sure. I read your blog and I liked what you said about whether you do Fast-5 or not, a year will still pass so you might as well just keep doing it. Slow and steady wins the race. Though many people here have lost incredible amounts of weight in a very short time by combining "diets" with Fast-5. But it's great to know that by just eating during your window in moderate amounts, you can easily maintain modest weight loss until you get to where you want
> to be.
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> I saw in your blog that you had listed several of the diets you had tried. I assumed that it wasn't a comprehensive list, but I wondered if you had tried changing the macronutrient content of the foods you are eating? You would still be able to eat what you want, but maybe eat more protein and less starch. Maybe have more chicken and less pasta. The reason I ask is because weight loss in Fast-5 was very slow for me for a while until I adjusted the percentage of macronutrients I was taking in. I now eat more protein and fat and less starchy carbs and weight loss has really become fast and easy.
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> -Rick
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