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Is gradually going into this considered bad? Or is it something you want to do "cold turkey"?
Right now, I have a six hour window and if I am off by an hour its okay. Just until I get used to not eating during my work day. I am a person who LOVES to eat, and if I jump right in I'm scared I will hate it and give up. And I am not limiting myself to counting calories and whatnot yet. If I want it, I eat it in that six hour window. All this is to get my body used to not having food all day until 5 pm. That part, I am strict on. However I did have two mentos pieces today. :( What do people suggest for breath fresheners that we can have while fasting?
I do not have a strong will power. So gently easing myself into this seems easier for me. I'm on day two. My 6 hour window is from 5 until 11 and then once I am more accustomed to not eating all day, I will stop at 10pm. Then I will begin to reduce calories.
I hope this works, I am bigger than I have ever been at 271 lbs. I realize the way I am doing it I will not see results within the three weeks more than likely, but who knows maybe I will.
I know what you mean although I've tried going into this gradually and all at once. I think it is individual preference, but for me, doing what you are doing seems to work best. I restarted FF last week and am gradually to my 5 hour window which is 3-8pm. As far as mints go, the recommendation is to not use them because artificial sweetners can elicit limbic hunger and may have some trace calories. I've successfully used Listerine and Altoid breath strips, however, although I use them sparingly.
I can tell you, HL103 (love the name, btw), that FF works if you can get in the swing of it. I lost 12 lbs last fall with FF and know this time I will be able to do it for longer. Once you get used to it, the mild ketosis helps with appetite and the great thing from my standpoint is not obsessing about every calorie/gram/point/exchange all day every day.
Good luck!!
M
I hope I will start to see results in a few weeks! :)
Thanks! I hope I will start to see results in a few weeks! I'm glad you like my name! I've used it ever since I was a teen lol. I've always loved huskies, and now I have one! :) She is a mess... lol
I have a lab who's great moral support but has a tendency to pack it on just like I do. She's on a diet now as are our 2 cats. At least I'm in good company!
I've tried about *every* diet, pill, plan etc. out there and i swear, FF is the only thing that I've done that I think I could actually keep doing. Even though I stopped being consistent about it after the 1st of the year, I've still be "fasting" for longer and have learned that I won't die if I don't eat when I'm "supposed to" or when I get a hunger pang. It's liberating. I'm recommitted to FF again and know my clothes will start getting looser again in a few weeks if not sooner.
Hang in there, and I'd love to hear how things go for you! I'm not at my heaviest, but am close at 240lbs. The worst was about 251 before I started FF last Fall....
I am finishing my first day on Fast-5, but I am easing into it with more like a 6-7 hour window for eating (12pm-6pm-ish). I figured it's better for me to start there and see if I can naturally ease into the 5 hour window, or eventually 4 hours? It's not too bad hunger-wise for me in the morning, until I approach 11am. Then the grumbling empty stomach (and a little nausea) starts....but I keep drinking my water or tea. As a matter of fact, when I used to eat breakfast I rarely ate before 9:30 or 10:00, so I just tell myself I am not going much longer without food.
I am the heaviest I have ever been as well (with the exception of pregnancy weight). As a matter of fact, my current weight IS what I weighed during my 2nd pregnancy. But I am now older and find it much harder to lose weight. I am also an emotional eater, and I love my cocktail in the evening as I relax. So my stress eating and cocktail happens at the same time after I get home from work, and next thing I know I am falling into bed exhausted and feeling uncomfortable and lousy the next day simply because I indulged in too much junk food. It's been an awful cycle I just don't want to participate in anymore. Not that I want to give up anything "fun" that I enjoy, but I can manage it better and fit it into my life better the way I used to. In fact, when I look back to my 20's and 30's, I did the Fast-5 without even knowing it. It was habit and I didn't even have to try. How I got away from that I have no idea. Bad habits are easily learned but so difficult to break!
Not to mention with my higher weight my blood pressure tends to be higher than normal, as does my cholesterol. It's not alarming, but enough that I don't want it to get worse.
My birthday is in October, so I hope to be smaller and lighter by then (if not sooner)! I want to enjoy turning another year older, not dread it! So I sincerely hope this gets me there. Everything I have read makes me believe this is the direction I need to go to get back into my good habits.
I hope we BOTH make this happen!!! I am here for ya! :-) Keep me posted! We can vent to each other.
I lost five pounds since the 8th. :) I thought I wouldn't see any results but I have! :) Good luck to you and thanks for giveing me a fast five friend to vent to! :)