Hi everyone, New to the group with a few questions. I read of the Fast 5 eating plan on another forum, where it came highly recommended. My question is this...
Has anyone in this group had their metabolic type tested? And combined this eating pattern with metabolically appropriate foods? MT is based on the theory that...
Hi! I am new and have a question about the window. Since I go to bed by 9:30 and wake up at 5am, I really want to push the window forward a bit. I serve dinner...
I think Ori Hofmaker (sp?) put out another book, after the Warrior Diet, addressing that. And there have been a few weightlifting types talking about it on...
I haven't been tested, but I agree with the concept that different people do better on different diets. The only scientific basis I've found for that though,...
I don't know if there are bodybuilders on this list (I'm new myself), but there's been a big discussion about IF on the forum at www.davedraper.com, which is...
I've not been professionally typed per se but I've taken numerous informal questionaires that place me squarely in the protein/fats category. Physically I...
i fell off the wagon for a while there after our in-laws were in town back towards the end of July. however a positive side out of it was they had noticed i...
... Interestingly enough, I do not find myself hungry during the ... thanks. I am glad that this can work for higher protein and fat metabolisms. I have been...
... You are describing exactly how MT works, using diet (and other methods like exercise) to balance the metabolism and nervous system dominance. There is a...
I have a supplement routine that I am struggling to figure out how to adapt to IF eating pattern. For example, B vitamins: I take them in the morning because...
I take several supplements and I take the B's and adrenal when I first break my fast with a small snack, I break early between 1 - 2 pm. Then I take the rest...
Hi Everyone, I have been reading all the past posts for the last several days. thank you for all your informative and helpful information. And especially to...
Hi Ellen and welcome to our group. It is nice to have someone here closer to my age (69), so we can share our experiences that go along with our age. In fact,...
Just wanted to introduce myself. I learned about this group via Eades and Bernstein groups. This type of eating has been on my thoughts for a while. It was...
thanks MJ. I have my 65 birthday coming up in two months and am thinking that this way of eating is gonna be the best present of my whole life, if this energy...
Hi Ellen and MJ, just thought I'd add my name in the mix. I'm 68. For me, Fast-5 is surprisingly easy to do. Many days it's more like I eat within a 4 hour...
I had my annual physical last week and told my doctor about Fast-5. I could tell she thought it was a strange idea, but when my blood labs came back this week,...
Hi Lane, What is so interesting to me is that as each day goes by i feel more committed to eating this way for the rest of my life. Mainly because it is so...
I have been eating this way for a week now and haven't gone for a week. By yesterday it became very uncomfortable. So I started taking a gram of vitamin c...
Hi Ressy, I am new too. I too find this way of eating comforting. It is strange because food itself was my major source of comfort for so long. Now i am ...
Hi MJ I am doing yoga too. My neighbor teaches a class in Ashtanga, which at first I thought was too demanding for someone my age. but i am going at my own...
Hi Ellen, I eat a bowl of Fiber-One cereal and or a few dried plums or a bowl of berries daily. It's usually what I break my fast with. No problems with ...
Hi Michele, I am interested in how long your plateau lasted. Did you change from nibbling to one meal or did you shorten your window? I'm maintaining nicely,...
Lane, I plateaued for a couple of months at least. When I switched to one meal, the window automatically got much shorter (sometimes as short as 2 and half...
