Heather, do you mind me asking how the tea bothered you? Right now, green tea is the only thing helping me make it to my 1:30 window, it seems to help keep my appetite under control. I'm waiting for that appetite supressant to kick in....:)
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> Getting really thirsty isn't unusual while fasting, esp. during weight loss.
> I don't know why you'd get it on Fast-5 but not on ADF though. It might have
> to do with the tea or coffee though: both of them can be dehydrating. I had
> to give up on tea during fasting times, because it turned out it bothered me
> quite a bit.
>
> I get full after eating one meal too. I think the body *does* adapt, and one
> of the ways it adapts is to get a lot more efficient. And it knows exactly
> how much food it really does need. What Dr. Bert recommends in the book is
> to wait a month before trying to tweak things too much: you might have some
> swings of appetite and energy, but eventually things settle down.
>
> If you are worried about too few calories though, you might want to do the
> opposite of what many of us do and eat the high-calorie stuff first.
> Starting a meal with a salad works great for people who eat too much, but if
> you think you are eating too little, try starting the meal with, say, fish
> and chips or whatever high-cal food works for you?
>
> If you feel good though and are not turning into skin and bones, I wouldn't
> worry about it. When my daughter charted how many calories she eats a day
> for a class, she came out *way* low ... she really doesn't eat all that
> much. But she's tall and athletic and muscular. I kind of think the "calorie
> charts" are assuming people have very poor digestion or poor quality food or
> some such, or most people in our country are just eating way too much food.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:06 AM, nancynanoux <nancynanoux@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "nicolllamorna" <nicollbarker@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've started doing Fast5 4 days ago, previously I'd been doing ADF for
> > over a year.
> > >
> > > I've given myself a 5 hour eating window between 5 and 10pm and haven't
> > had any problems fasting all day, just the odd hunger pang every so often
> > that soon goes. No cravings like I used to struggle with doing ADF. Energy
> > levels are great, I walked 20km on Sunday morning with no ill effects.
> > >
> > > I do have 2 queries for anyone who has been doing this for some time.
> > Firstly I'm really thirsty nearly all the time. I'm drinking lots of water
> > plus some coffee, decaff coffee and green and white tea (not tea with
> > milk!). Wondering if this is normal and will settle down after a while. I
> > know a lot of the liquid we get is from food so maybe it's down to me eating
> > less, but I never had this with ADF.
> > >
> > > Secondly, I'm struggling to eat enough. Once 5 o'clock comes round I try
> > and eat some fruit and nuts or a salad, then have my evening meal around 7
> > thinking I can then snack a bit later, but I'm finding it hard to eat all my
> > evening meal and almost force myself to snack later on. My stomach feels so
> > full and heavy almost as soon as I start eating. Again I'm wondering if
> > anyone else has encountered this and if my body will adapt.
> > >
> > > I don't really want to lose any weight as I'm at my target weight from
> > the ADF and want to maintain but think I need eat more than I'm currently
> > doing to do so.
> > >
> > > Other than that so far so good and loving this way of eating. Any
> > advice/experiences would be appreciated.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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