Fast-5 Day 4

So, I couldn't get an internet connection last night, therefore I couldn't blog about day 4. Now it seems to be working fine. I'm just sitting here waiting on the delayed Daytona 500 to begin. I really hope it gets underway today and we don't have to wait til tommorrow to watch.

Anyway, back to day 4 of the Fast-5 diet. This was the first time I've changed my 5hrs. I went from 7am-12pm to 12pm-5pm. So instead of doing 19 hrs of fasting, I had to do 24 hrs. I made it through with flying colors. And, after 24 hrs of no food, I wasn't starving either.

Kid #2 had a basketball tournament and regular season game playing going on all day and I was worried that I wouldn't get to eat during my 5 hrs, but I did and I didn't even mess it up!

Here's how my day and diet went:

Basketball from 9am to 12pm
12:00pm
1 Cup mixed nuts & dried fruit. (almonds, cashews, golden raisins, cranberries)
1:00pm
1/2 of a Buffalo crispy chicken salad with blue cheese at Montanna Mikes
2 homemade rolls with butter
3:00pm
The other half of my salad from Montanna Mikes.
4:55pm
1/2 Cup mixed nuts & dried fruit.
1 bite of kid #3's beefy cheese burrito from Taco Bell.

That was day 4 and they just announced the Daytona 500 has been canceled and will be ran tomorrow at 12pm. Well, now I might have to keep my 12pm-5pm diet time. That is if I am going to skip out on work and watch the race somewhere! We'll have to see.

Fast-5 Day 3

Day 3 is about over and I'm not craving anything. Weird for me to not want some kind of candy or sugar. I'm such a sugar addict it isn't even funny. But here I am 3 days in and no unnatural sugar, nothing above 55 on the glycemic index, and no coffee. Like I said...weird.

You can call me crazy if you want, because I am blogging from Buffalo Wild Wings while my family eats $3 appetizers and I drink my unsweetened tea. I know I am pushing the limit with the whole "don't put yourself in the position of being tempted, and you won't eat bad" or however that saying is. Anyway, I really didn't want to go out and be tempted, but my family wouldn't allow me to stay home. So here I am. With some fried mushrooms under my nose and not eating them. I have to honestly say, I'm not hungry and even though it smells pretty good, it also is kind of making my stomache turn a bit. Everything is sooo fried! I'm pretty sure if I ate something I would be sick. And I'm not just saying that because I want to stay committed to the diet plan and not cave.

Yumm! I just took a big sip of my tea...hahaha!!

On to my food list from today.

7:15am
4 egg whites
1 slice 100% whole grain bread
9:00am
1/2 Cup oatmeal
1 tbsp real butter
11:30am
2 very small grilled chicken breast. Maybe about 6oz total. (My husband grilled out last night and he was nice enough to grill me some for today).
1/2 Cup black beans
6 oz lite and fit yogurt
11:55am
1 medium apple
6 oz lite and fit yogurt

I didn't workout again due to still being so sore. Probably tomorrow I'll be able to walk 30 minutes or so.

So for right now I'm just going to watch my family chow down on some wings!

Fast-5 Diet Day 2

So, day 1 was pretty easy. I didn't have any hunger pains. Any light headedness. I slept awesome. I couldn't have asked for a better first day.

I accomplished all of my workout too. I thought the legs were too easy (lifting) while I was doing them, but today told a totally different story. Sooorrreee! Defimately sore. It's the curtsey's that did me in. But, you know what they say..."If you're not sore after lifting, then you must not have done it right." Or something like that.

When I woke up today, around 6:30am, I still had 30 mimutes until I could eat. I wasn't starving to death. I went about getting ready for work and then around 5 til 7 I started making some eggs.
So, after eating sensible for 5 hrs, fasting for 19 hrs I can say I felt pretty good.

Now, on to today. Here is my list of food I ate and when.

7:00am
4 egg whites
1 slice 100% whole grain toast (no butter)
9:00am
6 oz greek yogurt with strawberries
1/2 Cup oatmeal with 1 tbsp real butter
11:00am
2 Cups whole wheat spaghetti with sauce (no meat)
1/4 Cup real parmesan cheese
6 oz lite and fit yogurt
11:55am
1/2 Cup black beans

No coffee today, but I drank at least 50 ozs of unsweetened tea and 60 ozs of water. I'll continue to drink water throughout the night.

No exercise today. I needed a break. Before begining the Fast 5 Diet, I had already exercised Mon, Tues, and Wed so I felt like I was due for a rest. I'll pick it up again tomorrow.

I did weigh myself and although I am not ready to share that number at this moment (quite embarrassed by it) I'll possibly share it after losing some decent amount of weight. By the way, I'd really like to lose around 60 total.

Fast-5 Diet day 1

So, after months of dieting and exercising just when I felt like it, I'm ready to hop on the wagon again. I gained a few pounds over the holidays and need to take those off as well as the other 60 or so I already wanted to lose. Obviously I have no expectation of losing it all super fast. Afterall, the old saying goes, "The pounds didn't pile on overnight, so they won't come off overnight." Or something like that. But boy wouldnthat be nice.

If anybody reads this, you will probably question my judgement on my next weight loss journey move. Here it is...I am going to try out the Fast-5 diet. If you haven't heard of this, it is pretty simple to explain. I will wake up and eat a very balanced but low in carb diet between the hours of 7 am and 12 pm. Then I will eat nothing from 12pm until the next morning at 7 am again. So eat for 5 hours, fast for 19 hours. Some may think this is a drastic move, but it is better than the first option I came across while doing some research. That option was the Alternate Day Fast. With the Alternate Day Diet I would eat a sensible diet one day, consisting of protein, low carbs and healthy fats and staying within 1200-1500 calories. The next day I would eat absolutely nothing. Nothing is hard to eat. This is why I chose to try the Fast-5 diet. Sounds better now, doesn't it?



Of course, I wouldn't attempt something without researching it. You know I AM the self proclaimed Queen of Google...hahaha! So, here is my info. Feel free to check it out and let me know if you have tried this before or are thinking about it yourself. I would love to hear thoughts on this from anyone.

http://www.fast-5.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977253406?
ie=USTF8&tag=httpwwwleanga20&linkCode=as2&camp1789&creative=390957&creTiveASIN=0977253406



http://www.livestrong.com/article/5115-need-fast/




If you want to read about the Alternate Day Diet, check out these articles/blogs:


http://musingforces.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2007-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-
max=2008-01-01T00:00-08:00&max-results=34

http://www.fatlossnutrition.com/blog/2010/alternate-day-fasting-a-viable-weight-loss-option/>
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=166583

This is the most current news on the alternate day diet.
http://lifestyle.aol.co.uk/2012/02/20/starving-yourself-on-alternate-days-could-help-you-lose-weight/

So, there you have it. The Fast-5 diet it is. Because studies show that some people can not start new diets on Monday, like most people like to, I decided to begin today.

Here is my day 1:
7:00am begin eating.
3 egg whites
8:30am
1/2 Cup cottage cheese
Mocha cappuccuino-coffee blend 6oz
9:30am
Mocha cappuccino-coffee blend 6oz
8oz water
10:55am
1/2 Cup cottage cheese
1 Cup black beans
1 medium apple
6oz greek yogurt with strawberries
11:55am
6oz Yoplait lite & fit yogurt
I also tried to eat a Cutie, but was too full.

The remainder of the day I will have unsweetened tea and water.

Exercise will consist of:
Plie with bicep curls (8-12 reps)
Forward lunge and raise the roof with weights (8-12 reps)
Squat with straight-arm pressback (8-12 reps)
Tip it over, basic dead lift w/ a little twist (8 reps per leg)
Curtsy lat raise (8-12 reps)
Power walk
0:00-5:00 warm- up (3.5mph)
5:00-25:00 power walk (4.0-4.5 mph)
25:00-30:00 cool down (3.0 mph)