I just have to tell you thanks Bert. At 53, yeah, I have extra weight, give or take about 60 lbs. I have MS...been dealing with the ups and downs of this disease for 22 years.
I have been on every diet on the planet.
In the last couple of months, I decided that I needed to do something that listens to my body. As a for instance, I am not hungry most of the time. That doesn't mean there isn't food around, etc. I am an emotional eater. the "mouth" is a very stimulating "organ" and hence, feeding it serves an emotional function.
I always read, "You eat to live, you don't LIVE TO EAT". Isn't that profound. For 2010, I decided to "discover" what was going to work for ME. So in August while I was having an exacerbation of my MS, I took FAST 5 out again. For a few days, here and there, I tried it...didn't really take it seriously.
But, I made a DECISION...right before Thanksgiving, that I would follow it faithfully through the holidays. Now, yeah, you may think that would be asking for trouble. But, not really, remember, I said I am seldom "hungry"...don't have that feeling of hypoglycemia, etc. that everyone complains about. nope. not me.
So day after Thanksgiving, I started...managed to break my fast between 3 and 5pm. don't really remember, but, I do remember it wasn't at all a BIG deal. didn't "feel the pain of hunger" as it were.
Since the day after Thanksgiving I have MAINTAINED A 19 to 22 hour fast even through Christmas eve and Christmas DAY. yep, really. Now, have I lost a ton of weight? NO, NOT YET. but that will come. The big thing is, I FEEL FANTASTIC. I went with my daughter and granddaughters to see Santa...and "walked" the stores, without a cane. You cannot imagine how HUGE this is for me. Yeah, I have some MS symptoms, but for the most part,I feel so really HAPPY.
And I tend to suffer with the blues at holidays....didn't happen this year.
I have POWER with Fast 5. I am not overloading on JUNK. I am Picky about what I will break my fast with. And guess what, in 6 months, I will post PHOTOS! never dreamed I would consider that. I am 4 and 1/2 weeks, and I have dropped about 4 lbs solidly....but I do avoid the scale. Who wants to see that scale go slow. I just want to concentrate on HOW I FEEL, and HOW I am EMOTIONALLY HEALING TOO.
FOOD DOES NOT RULE MY LIFE. I EAT TO LIVE, I DON'T LIVE TO EAT. I don't like "food" that much. I love my family and my arts and hobbies MORE!
MARY
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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