Well, I'm flattered, but I don't have any particular insight on that. "Female cycles" are mysterious and seem to affect everything ... I used to only get...
Hello! My name is Karen. I just turned 50 and am the mom of 5 kidlets. I have just been turned on to the concept of Intermittent Fasting and am so excited, it...
You will absolutely love this change of lifestyle eating. Great job reading the online book as that will answer many of the questions you have. I have not...
A little of my history: I am 52 and battling menopausal poundage. I was a chubby teenager, lost weight to be able to join the Navy when I was 19, but gained...
Welcome, Patti Today will be my first real fast, too! ... From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of plah1021 Sent: Friday, July...
Hi Carol. Thanks for the encouragement. And you are right: it is INCHES not pounds. _____ From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Hi Karen and welcome... I am 53, 5'1" and currently weigh 112lbs and have been doing Fast 5 since March, I have lost about 19lbs and around 5% bodyfat. My ...
Hi Andie and thank you so much for sharing your experience! I was going to not fast on my lifting days (4 days/wk) but I opted to yesterday and it worked out...
Andie, What foods do you typically eat and what time do you workout? Thanks! Truc Sent from my iPhone On Jul 4, 2008, at 12:50 PM, bernia@... wrote: Hi...
Hi Truc, I usually eat pretty healthy food, my main meal is usually a protein e.g. salmon, chicken or bison steak usually served with either potato or rice and...
Thats great, your body will let you know if you're pushing the limits, I know that occasionally after a tough weight workout I get extremely hungry a couple of...
Hi everyone, So I have just finished my 3rd week. I have lost over 6 pounds, I feel great, and I am really enjoying the process. In all my years of trying to...
Great to know! And I am a power lifter, so I'm not lifting 12# DBs... I bench 115#, dead lift 225 and squat something like 175. (I weigh 139) Andi, do you log...
This is just so exciting to know! Today was my HIIT day and I have felt great all day!!! I probably ate more than I should have or needed but it was a family...
I started fasting (w/o full knowledge) on Wednesday, after I’d taken a half a protein shake early in the morning for my HIIT session. Thursday was a lifting...
Hello, my name is Susan and I'm a Diet. Mtn. Dew-aholic. :) lol Seriously though... I've posted before, started Fast-5 a few weeks ago and really haven't...
Well done Karen, glad to hear the HIIT went well. My window is only 3 hours because I found with a longer window I was tempted to snack later in the evening...
Karen, I don't log my training anywhere but I do a variety of different things. Currently I'm doing crossfit type workouts with bodyweight, kettlebells, ropes...
Hi Susan! I'm just new at this but you can always try a week of no diet soda and see what your results are... if they don't change you can always add it back ...
I have read thru information so quickly, I don’t remember reading anything about ‘breaking’ the ‘break’… Does this become an every day fasting all...
Hi Susan. Good luck with the diet soda reduction. I am curious though - my understanding is that diet sodas do NOT contain HFCS (high fructose corn syrup),...
Karen....I usually fast Monday thru Friday and allow myself to eat on the weekends if I want to, but I've been finding that the only thing I usually end up...
I’m new here but I would love to hear how long everyone has been on this plan, your exercise program, your successes and failures and words of wisdom. Today...
Great information, Andie! Thank you! Are you still losing fat or are you maintaining? May I ask what your fasting-day calories are and what your calorie-up...
Karen....the average over the last month for fasting days is approx 1050 calories, this rises up to around 1600 on non-fasting days. I am still losing fat and...
Hmmm, just read the back of my diet dew bottle... you're right, there is no HFCS. It does list aspartame and sucralose (sp?), as well as a ton of sodium....
I have growing suspicions that in at least some people, the diet sodas may be at least partly to blame for plateaus. The way it might be causing such an effect...