Monday, September 27, 2010

Re: [fast5] Re: Not eating enough?

 

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@yahoo.com> wrote:


--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "nicolllamorna" <nicollbarker@...> wrote:
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> I've started doing Fast5 4 days ago, previously I'd been doing ADF for over a year.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Other than that so far so good and loving this way of eating.  Any advice/experiences would be appreciated.
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