While fasting, levels of HGH (human growth hormone) is increased to compensate for lost muscle when food is available later. Because of this its possible to gain some muscle mass when starting fast-5. This is the reson some people trying to build muscles use intermittent fasting when trying to get rid of fat. (look for "leangains" and "eat stop eat" for more info on this)
/Rob.P.
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "tamaratornado" <tamaratornado@...> wrote:
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> If you are exercising, then the muscle you gain offsets the fat that you loose. Muscle weighs more than fat.
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>
> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Laura Cody <lecody2001@> wrote:
> >
> > Baranaby,
> >
> > You keep saying that you should measure progress with a tape measure and how
> > your clothes fit rather than what the scales say.
> >
> > I did try to google this.. but what the hell happens to the body to cause loss
> > of inches/fat while maintaining weight?
> >
> > Laura
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Bert Herring <bherring@>
> > To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sat, January 1, 2011 11:30:07 PM
> > Subject: [fast5] Re: Checking for what is normal...
> >
> >
> > Happy New Year and congrats on keeping to your schedule. You're still on track.
> > 24 days is 3.4 weeks, so the predictable weight loss at this point would be 3.4
> > pounds, but I encourage people not to even start looking for weight loss until
> > they're three weeks into the program (past the adaptation stage). Even then,
> > weight doesn't come off steadily -- it levels, drops, levels and drops. The
> > pound-per-week average isn't something seen every week, but over several weeks,
> > it is usually about that or better.
> >
> > If you keep it up, I suspect you'll see another drop soon, though probably not
> > as big as the first one. Some clues that a drop may be coming soon (these are
> > reported, but not everyone has the same patterns)
> >
> > - clothing fitting more loosely
> > - more noticeable hunger compared to the usual
> > - skin over fat areas feels looser or warm
> >
> > There have been a few people who had to switch to Fast-5 plus low carb to see
> > weight loss, and many combine the two for faster loss, but the majority have not
> > needed to do so to see weight loss.
> >
> > I hope others will add to this with his/her personal experience.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Bert
> >
> > Fast-5 Corporation
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Kim" <kim@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok, this is an appeal to the other Fast 5-ers out there who can lend their
> > >experience. I haven't eaten a single bite (except for accidentally tasting a
> > >soup I was making the first week) before 5pm for 24 days. I was delighted that
> > >I lost 6 pounds in the first 10 days. I eat dinner and a dessert. I wouldn't
> > >say I'm overeating but I'm not paying any attention to whether I am eating fats,
> > >proteins, carbs, etc. Just a regular meal and a dessert. My fasting window is
> > >actually closer to 22 hours than 19 as I rarely eat anything after 7pm. I love
> > >not having to think about it, I can put a piece of bread and butter on my plate
> > >for the first time in ages and it makes me feel like I'm not being deprived of
> > >anything. I realize there are a lot of other things you can pay attention to
> > >regarding food (I've done it all) but like this because I can set all that
> > >aside. Obsessively avoiding sugar or carbs or calories or anything isn't
> > >sustainable in the long run for me. So, since the initial weight loss I've not
> > >lost another pound, I'm still 6 down with no downward movement in the scale for
> > >the past 14 days. Does this mean it isn't really as simple as the instructions
> > >say? Do I really need to start paying attention to carbs again or calories
> > >again or is this a normal amount of time to hit a plateau for this early in the
> > >process? If I just stick with it do you think it will start dropping again?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Kim
> > >
> >
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