This message was so touching in so many ways. I looked up M.E., wow, I was so touched with what you have been through to stay strong and positive. I think its great that you came back to fast five too, I hope you have great sucess with it. It really does help me so much with my food obsession. It forces me to find other ways to spend my time. I'm finding myself so amazed with life, the little things are just so thrilling to me.
It almost feels like, by fasting, my other senses have become awake. Things smell amazing now, I feel like i just want to sniff everything LOL, all my food smells fantastic! I loved the smell of the clean sheets on my bed and how soft all my blankets feel. I feel like I'm discovering life, real life outside of food obsession. I love smelling things in nature, the smell of rain, the smell of the fall leaves, they seem to have thier own scent. The sense of touch feels amazing now, I love taking baths now, I actually take the time to enjoy the experience instead of rushing through it because its a chore.
I decided to work part time for my parents horse farm, I could use the exercise on my days off and they appreciate the help. Today I walked to the barn and I just enjoyed the experience so much. I've never felt so alive... really alive. I felt the rain touching me, it felt nice. I worked hard, it felt nice. It felt really amazing to take the first bite of my dinner and enjoy all of the aromas of it simmering.
I was so touched also, that I could help or inspire anyone, wow, i just never thought that i could ever be inspirational. I love all of the support here on this forum. Whenever someone has a question, everyone is so willing to help and share thier stories and offer helpful advice. Its always a pleasure to read others experiences and stories, we are all in the same boat fast 5ing.
I've experimented with cooking myself gluten free meals. I'm finding I do feel more energetic, but less filling so i've kinda been eating a little more than I think I should, its only been a few days, maybe my hunger will calm a little bit in time. My breath problem has also gone away for the most part.
Keep it up everyone! Enjoy your life, you only get one chance to enjoy it. Thanks for all of the inspiration
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Kirsteen Wright <kirsteen.falconsfan@...> wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:47 AM, issej86 <jcpearl86@...> wrote:
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> > warning: This is kinda long
> >
> >
>
> Thank you for posting this. Not only do I really admire you but you've
> helped me more than you know. I used to always be in the 170 lbs range and
> always dieting and I exercised a lot. 4 - 5 years ago I was struck down with
> M.E. and am now bedbound a lot of the time. My weight went up to 190+ and I
> found Fast5. Voila - my weight went down, lower than it had been most of my
> adult life and I was happy.
>
>
> Then about 2 years ago I took severe gastric problems (BTW these had nothing
> to do with being on Fast5) and spent 18 months being rushed into ER, given
> morphine for the excruciating pain and then allowed home when all tests came
> up negative and believe me I had every test known to man :-). I came off
> Fast5 then simply because there was so little I could eat and could only
> manage a few mouthfuls at a time. My weight had dropped to 90 lbs and I
> looked and felt horrendous.
>
>
> Then in June they discovered the problem was the bile duct was completely
> blocked. They removed that, slit the sphinctre to stop it happening again
> and suddenly I could eat :-). I was no longer Fast5ing, my priority was to
> put on weight besides I was like a kid in a sweet shop around food :-)
> anyway I'm now 130lbs, not overweight but about 5 - 10lbs heavier than my
> clothes are comfortable with.
>
> Your post really struck home - I've been obsessing about food, eating junk,
> nibbling non stop, having mood swings, bouts of nausea, bloating and loads
> of other minor but irritating symptoms. BTW I've been gluten free for about
> 12 years now and agree with everything Heather says about it. Anyway your
> post reminded me how good I felt on Fast5. I felt much free-er. I used food
> for fuel and actually enjoyed it a lot more. Also, because i have such
> limited energy with the M.E., it really helped not having to fix food so
> often. I could save what little energy I have for other things.
>
> So I am recommitting to Fast5. I genuinely believe it's a more natural way
> to eat and solves so many problems. thank you for your post and let's keep
> in touch to see how we're doing on it.
>
> Cheers
> Kirsteen
>
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