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2:06 pm
7 Apr 15
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Hi everyone,
I have been lurking through the forum for a few weeks and decided it is time to jump in. I live in Virginia in the US, and I have been following the fast diet for almost a month now. I started with 4:3 because I really wanted to kick start the weight loss. My fat loss goal is to lose my saddle bags. I’m 49 and find my weight loss is closely tied what my hormones are doing. If and when I reach my goal, I do not plan to stop fasting at least one day a week, because I like the possible health benefits fasting has to offer. Strokes and heart disease run in my family, so I would like to avoid those if I can. I also love the fact that 500 calories in a day counts as a fast.
Cheers.

fastEddie

4:25 pm
7 Apr 15
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Sympathise with your family histories, VirginiaEdie: I was rushed to hospital with heart attack only for it to turn out as acid reflux, but I well remember the panic waiting for the big chest they talk about.
I am restarting my fast diet on my daughter’s birthday after being a big success when at work due to my relative control of breakfast/lunch, then failing badly on retirement due to wife’s request for ‘What are you having for breakfast?’!
Fast diet original experiments were strict tests where the scientists controlled fast days and found to their surprise people only ate 10% more on non-fast days.
the reality is that people over her generally eat average of 3000+, not the 2000/2400 recommended, so you have to be careful on non-fast days. Good news is that fast days should teach you how. You need to find your own way based on honest assessment and determined testing; my way is to fast all day until main meal of greens and protein, having a single egg if extra meal needed. Regards

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4:47 pm
7 Apr 15
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Hi FastEddie, thanks for the words of encouragement. It’s a good thing I didn’t pick FastEdie for my name.

The timing of when to eat on fast days has been dependent on my exercise for the day. I swim four mornings a week and on those days I have to eat something after the workout. It is usually an egg with some berries, totalling a little over 100 Kcals. Then, I save the rest of my calories for dinner. If I only walk or do something less energetic like Pilates or yoga, I save it all for dinner. This way I am ready for swimming the next morning.

I find I definitely cannot eat as much on the days following a fast, which is why I am liking 4:3. The second day after a fast I am more likely to indulge. Having to fast after a feed day keeps me in check.

Cheers.

fastEddie

9:11 am
8 Apr 15
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LOL!
It’s unusual for someone to come up with a different angle to this, VirginiaEdie, but I think you have. Feeding on non-fast days is a problem and 4/3, though I hadn’t realised it, does seem to be an answer.
In fact if you pull completely away from the wood to see the trees, it would seem easy to get a regime going which used alternate day fasts to get down to near target weight, then go down through the gears of 4/3 and 5/2 to arrive at the maintenance 6/1 once you are all salt-cellared and six-packed, so to speak (or dream).
A nurse once told me that she had a lady with all sorts of complaints – diabetes, high blood pressure etc – but it all disappeared once she had jettisoned the five stone of extra person!
Cheers