Re: [fast5] New member and happy about first results

Friday, January 27, 2012

Re: [fast5] New member and happy about first results

Congratulations! First day is usually the hardest (and the 5th, for some people).

One hint too: if you eat a nice salad first (esp. with vinegar in the dressing) and

then protein, and save the starches for last, then one tends to not gorge on

carbs ... including potato chips. In my experience, and in what I've read, protein

is the "stop" mechanism for the appetite. Protein plus fiber is powerful too.

Beans, lentils, or taking a supplement such as konjac or psyllium or both.

Fish and eggs are about the most powerful for satiation too.

Eating enough protein really helps with appetite the next day, esp. when

you are starting out. If you DO gorge on potato chips first thing at 5pm, you

will likely eat less of the more "filling foods", and be hungrier the next day.

I try to keep that in mind, and try to do the salad/protein/goodies in that order.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:34 PM, tanja <tanjavanbroeckhoven@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello everyone,

I'm Tanja, from Belgium and started with fast-5 yesterday.

Sorry if my English isn't perfect, but I do my best.
I started fast-5 yesterday and have survived the 19 hours, it was

Not as hard as I tought it would be.
When I whas eating all day, my stomach would scream for food a couple of times

During the day, but yesterday I had this feeling only for about an half hour
In the morning, then I would still be a little bit hungry during the day,

But my stomach whas now whispering and not screaming for food,
So that's a good thing.

In the 5 hour window I had first a warm meal (potatoes, cauliflower with white sauce, veal and gravy),
after an hour some cherry tomatoes and a Belgian waffle, then I had a second dinner at 9.30, because I
was afraid to go to sleep with hunger and I know I cant sleep then.

So I had two sandwiches, yoghurt and 1 chocolate chip cookie (I was surprised that 1 cookie was
Unoff, because normaly, I cant stop at one and would eat 4 or 5!)

Another good thing whas that I didn't had a craving for patato chips, I'm
Really addicted to them and would eat half a bag every evening!

With all this food I still lost 700 grams of weight this morning :o)))

Thank you Bert!