Thank you so much for clearing that up, it makes it so much easier to
understand and explain to others. :) :) Harvey and I are doing good
so far. This is day 4. Harvey has managed to jump right into it, and
I am now at 230-10. Hopefully b y next week I will be at 5-10 or 4-9.
Haven't quite decided which one I wanted to do, since on week days I
go to bed at 9, weekends later... :) :)

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Bert Herring" <bherring@...> wrote:
>
> The window is described as 5-10 because a) it's what's worked for
the
> testers and b) it includes dinnertime, the most socially important
> meal for most people, and c) it allows for some snacking while
> watching primetime TV.
>
> In the book (p 46) it says that there is nothing special about 5 pm,
> and there's no reason to believe that a different start and stop
time
> will work differently, because it's the 19 hours when you're not
> eating that seem to matter most. The "Fast-5" name means more "Fast
> for 19 hours, then break-fast for five" than "Fast until five
o'clock."
>
> If you choose an early window like 1-6, and find yourself falling to
> eating temptations after your window closes, you might want to
> schedule the window later in your day, so it ends closer to your
> bedtime. Otherwise, if it suits you AND it works, then go with it
full
> steam ahead. If it doesn't work, try going with the later window. I
> suggest keeping with a change in schedule for at least three weeks
> before concluding whether the change you made makes any difference
in
> your rate of weight loss.
>
> You write that you've heard that you should not eat after 6 or 7
> because your metabolism goes into resting mode. You've probably also
> heard that you should eat breakfast because it "jumps starts" your
> metabolism. So can eating a meal jump start your metabolism AND put
it
> into resting mode? I don't think so, and my opinion is that it does
> neither. There is a lot of hearsay and weakly structured research
> about food and metabolism, and it has led to the confusion of many
and
> countless frustrated weight loss efforts. The Fast-5 plan obviously
> runs right against the notion of breakfast being the most important
> meal of the day. You can decide for yourself whether it's more
> important to you or to the cereal manufacturers.
>
> Timing of eating is obviously significant, or there would be no
Fast-5
> diet, but it appears that it is the interval between meals, not the
> time of day at which you eat them, that allows the Fast-5 diet to
> work. We know of successful Fast-fivers who have windows of 4-9 and
> 3-8, but do not know of anyone who has tried 1-6 for long enough to
> make a conclusion.
>
> What it comes down to is "Does it work for you?" and "Is it
something
> you can do comfortably for as long as it takes to lose the weight
you
> want to lose?" Being able to answer "Yes" to both questions is what
> has made the Fast-5 diet the weight loss approach that many have
been
> looking for.
>
> Best wishes for your success,
> Bert
>
>
>
> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "froggies4jamie" <jamie@> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a specific reason why it's 5-10? I've heard that you
should
> > not eat after 6 or 7 because your metabolism goes into resting
mode.
> > What makes 5-10 better than say.. 1-6? My husband decided he
wants to
> > do it from 4-9, and I most likely will want to do it around tht
same
> > time or 3-8, I go to bed early. Thanks! :)
> >
>