fast-5, fast five, fastfive

If anyone is interested in a starting a support group based on this lifestyle, I would like to be a member!  There is a community at the spark people website, but I prefer the calorie count plus website tools and navigation capabilities.

How did you do your math?  I came up with 1680 calories average.  I am monitoring my food analysis and nutritional count meticulously.  I invite you to review it.   I also keep a journal.  I can add you as a buddy and you can read it.  Regarding fatty food cravings, these have been totally eliminated for me.  Formerly, it was a problem I experienced.

I haven't experienced faint, disorientation, headaches.....nothing of the sort!

I am not promoting this.  I am simply revealing my experience for those who are interested.

 

I did the math too and I came up with 1680.  Congrats on your progress!!  The criticism is annoying lol.  There is more than one way to get the weight off and this isn't unhealthy from what I read on the link the OP provided.  I could see why this would work for people.   Keep it up!  I look forward to reading about your continued success!!

Thank you so much!  You just made my day.  I really needed to hear how the criticism is annoying.  

I am beyond happy with finally finding something that works, and if it wasn't for Calorie Count, I would never have discovered this option.  I just want to give back to the community.  This plan is not for everyone, but by grannies, it's working for me. 

I love Calorie Count, and it has been a vital tool for me in conjunction with my new eating pattern.

I'm sorry, I didn't see how you got the new daily average in the later post. 

I just went by this earlier post;

"After fasting all day, my stomach fills up quickly at around 400-500 calories, and then I can't eat another morsel!  A couple of hours later, I eat another 400-500 calories.  Then it's time to go to bed, on a full stomach, which isn't comfortable, so now I realize that I will have to make adjustments to accomodate the 1200-1500 calories that I normally need"

You acknowledged that you knew you needed more calories but I didn't see how you did that.  I generally go by weekly averages for calorie intake because that seems to be where the trends are followed (good week, bad week). 

I also have the same problem with calculating calories, if I skip a meal, I undereat or overeat.  I can't "make up" skipped meals in healthy way.  I'm not doubting other people, including yourself, can't eat healthily that way.  I just said I don't see how you made that change.  Are you eating 2 800 calorie meals?  Did you find a way to eat 3 meals in that time slot? 

That's all.  I completely agree that there is no uniform way for eating.  No one perfect schedule. 

No worry.  During the adjustment phase, which is three weeks, I tweaked my eating and the 5 hour window to suit my schedule.  Now it feels so normal, I don't even think about it.  It's like my body has been rebooted somehow. 

Currently, what I do is eat beginning at 3pm or 4 pm.  The longer I wait, the longer the window stays open (but I don't continually eat for 5 hours.)  Usually, I start with a salad and some vegetables/fruits, being sure to include protein.  I eat until I'm full, and after a couple of hours, I usually have a snack; popcorn or yogurt with blueberries, ground flax and wheat germ. 

On occassion (socially) I dine out.  Example:  today, I had two slices of pizza and 4 meatballs in maranara sauce (4pm)  FULL!  I ate two dolmas at 6pm.  I rode my bike for an hour (7:00 - 8:00) and when I got home, I had yogurt with blueberries, ground flax and wheat germ.  FULL!  No more eating until tomorrow....beginning around 3 or 4. 

My choices today did not include very many vegetables, but was high in carbs, so tomorrow I will eat plenty vegetables, protein and low carb. 

To answer your question, I don't really think about whether or not I have eaten two 800 calorie meals.  Perhaps it is more like eating 3 meals in that time slot.  It's more accurate, I think, to say I eat one meal a day (late afternoon) that is anywhere between 1200-2000 calories, depending what I'm doing and where I am.  I hope that makes sense. 

You can do it lots of different ways!  It really makes me realize when I am actually hungry and when I am not.  I am so intune to what my body is saying now.  I LOVE how I no longer crave food all day long. 

I think it's important to let you know that I didn't loose any weight the first six or seven days.  It was very frustrating!  Then, only a pound or two...

My first week, I ate some nutritionally horrendous things when my window opened.....a plate of curly fries, a hot dog, a bag of M &M's while I was attending a bluegrass festival.  

The second week, I still remember eating at my favorite meat + 3 restaurant:  hamburger steak, fried okra, pinto beans and cornbread and a slice of homemade chocolate cake (no lie.)  I didn't continue to eat that way every day, of course.

Two weeks ago, I visited my Mom.  I knew when I told her that I wasn't going to eat until after 3:30, she was going to flip out, cuz she's a mom.  However, once the window opened, I ate a handful of potato chips, and then consumed the dinner she prepared:  roasted chicken, peppridge farm stuffing/dressing, and fried summer squash.  That seemed to ease her mind, and I tried to explain to her that it's kinda like eating one big meal a day.  

Finally, (while I'm offering you a sampling of my occassional splurges) on my return roadtrip from my mom's, I ate some leftover stuffing I packed for the drive, sliced canteloup, and one large butterscotch dipped ice cream cone from Dairy Queen.  

Those are my decadent deviations. IMPORTANT --> The other meals I've had are rather normal, consisiting of MOSTLY fresh produce (fruits and vegetables) occassional pasta, several dolmas, a bag or two of microwave popcorn, a piece of 99% dark chocolate here and there....nearly no meat except to season vegetables.  

each person's body is different; they're affected differently by different lifestyles and diets.

i'm going to try Fast-5 to see if it works out for me. 

do you recommend keeping within your daily calorie intake or can i eat whatever i want within five hours?

I would recommend to keep within your calorie intake. It doesn't matter when or how you eat your calories, it's the total caloric intake and caloric outflow (via exercise & BMR) that matters to weight loss. 

What I found is that I seemingly ate alot the first week.  That changed dramatically, and I quit craving foods and I quit binge eating.  It's been two months now, and I stopped counting calories two weeks ago because it was too time consuming.  I just don't need to anymore.  This way of eating is so natural, I don't even think about it.   When my eating window arrives, I eat what I want when I'm hungry and I don't when I'm not.  It's that simple.

What sucks is practically none of my clothes fit now, and I have to buy new sizes or have the things I want to keep altered.  Here are my latest stats:

BEFORE      AFT ER

155 lbs        142 lbs

waist 36"     35"

hip 42"           39"

thigh 23"      22"

arm 12       1 1.5

What is so remarkable about these numbers is that while it is a gradual weight loss, I have dropped two, almost three sizes in clothing (from size 12 to 8, sometimes 6.)

Something else worth noting, I quit riding my bike about 3 weeks ago.  That was something I was doing regularly, and I intend to begin again before I post my next stats.  I wanted to mention it, however, because exercise is NOT required to acheive these results.

Sorry that I don't have a calorie average to report, but like I said, I quit counting weeks ago.  I still think about what I'm eating, ofcourse.  Now I just make better food choices, and that includes the occassional splurge!

 

 

 

New month, new stats!  Not anything drastic, just steady as she goes  Considering I moved out of state last month, started a new job, and have done NO exercising, I"m impressed with losing the additional inch around my waist and hip!  I stayed at 142 for the longest time...3 weeks!  Most who do fast5 say that it's common to plateau at 3 months.  I'm still on schedule with losing one pound a week.  Sure love the way I look, and I haven't said that in years!

BEFORE      AFT ER

155 lbs        140 lbs

waist 36"     34"

hip 42"           38"

thigh 23"      22"

arm 12       1 1.5

I started fast 5 yesterday and I'm shocked at how easy it was to wait until 4p.m. to eat.  It felt really natural for me.  Not to say I didn't have hungry moments that challenged me, but it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to get through it.  I'm on day 2 and it's going great!  Nice to have support for those weak moments.  I'm glad this group exists!  Good luck to everyone.

 

 

Hi everyone - I started Fast five yesterday also - bu now it's October 2009... I managed to get to 2pm before I absolutely had to eat - I felt feint - so I knew I had to finish eating  by 7pm... it worked well actually...

 

So today I'd like to make it to 3pm before having break-fast... wish me luck...

I really need to work on what I'm going to eat in my window... yesterday I had a bowl of museli at 2pm - within an hour I was hungry again so I snacked on two rice crackers and a banana - in the evening with my husband I ate a small can of pink salmon and some coleslaw - then I was full - I'm guessing that was about a thousand calories - if I can keep up that I should lose some weight but it's way to early to tell...

 

any advice would be gladly accepted...

oh I didn't make it till 3pm but I did make it till 2pm... it was harder today... I had some left over coleslaw and some canned salmon - then a boiled egg... I'm satisfied for now... making chicken soup for diner...

Day three - I didn't do fast 5 today as I had a language class and a gym session this morning and I was afraid I might get faint - but I have been careful of what I have eaten and I do plan to do fast 5 again tomorrow... just not on the days when I have morning gym...

ok so I'm not going to try to do it every day - Impossible over the weekend as my husband is not supportive of it... So I abandon it on Sat and Sun... Monday today and I'm back on it... It's midday and I've another two hours till the window opens - I've decided to stick with 2pm to 7pm as I can eat dinner with my husband - keeps him happy - we dont' have breakfast together so he's not affected if I skip it...  I tell you what thoug - I am so looking forward to 2pm for my "Brake fast"  I'm dreaming of my home made museli....

 

loads of green tea today...