If you are exercising, then the muscle you gain offsets the fat that you loose. Muscle weighs more than fat.
--- 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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