Dietdefector’s Blog
Just another WordPress.com weblogArchive for May, 2010
I made it through…
Yesterday I decided that I would do the Fast 5 method of eating, it is where you don’t eat anything for 19 hours and then you have a 5 hour eating window. I was sure I would be able to make it to the 19th hour…however I wasn’t sure how I would manage my 5 hours of eating. I know how much I can put away in short order. I decided I would do exactly what the author recommended and “open my eating window” at 5pm. It was a challenge to keep myself distracted and away from food. I thought about how much I missed my morning coffee with creamer, lots of creamer that is. I decided I would have black coffe for the boost. I put a little stevia in it and pretended that it was wonderful. I also thought about how I can fit my creamy coffee into this way of eating, it will have to most definately be decaf after 5. Every few hours I would calculate how much longer before I can eat. At about 3 o’clock, I decided I should make myself a sandwhich it eat in the car at 5…I did not want to drive around ravenous. I felt like a spoiled child, all worried about when I was going to get things my way next. I realized that I am still afraid of hunger. Today I will be more fearless, it wasn’t hard at all to wait to eat. It was hard to stop when I knew I was no longer hungry. I trust it will all balance out…soon I hope.
Starting over again….
I am counting the hours until I can eat again…only 9 more hours. I am going to see if I can do the Fast 5 program today. You fast for 19 hours then you have a five hour eating window. It is pretty much the opposite of what I have believed about metabolism in the past, but I am going to try this and trust…trust that my body deserves a break from steady intake of food for twelve to fourteen hours a day. I cant remember what hungry feels like. Most of the time I am shoving food down my mouth, knowing that I am not hungry, I am usually quite anxious and looking for something to make me feel calmer.
