Fast-5 Diet is over! For good!!!

So, last I week I was going to continue the Fast-5 Diet. Even though I was somewhat bored with it, I at least was losing weight doing it. I have totally changed my mind. Yes, I am allowed to do that. I have good reason to quit and I won't be quitting dieting and exercising.

What are my good reasons?

Well, on day 17, I had fasted for 18 hours and in just 1 more hour I would be able to start eating. I was at kid #2's basketball tournament and it was getting ready to begin. While sitting in the bleachers I started to feel dizzy. My vision began to blur and my palms started to sweat. Nausea was setting in so I got up and headed in the direction of the restrooms. I couldn't stand straight, I was staggering as I walked, my heart was beating fast, my fingers were feeling all numb and tingly. I managed to leave the gym, but had to slide down the wall just outside the doors only 10 feet from the restrooms. I was blacking out. My hands and legs were shaking and my pulse was racing.

I thought I was just having major flu symptoms and was going to lose it in the hallway, but I managed to take a few deep breaths and after sitting for about 5 minutes, stand up and make it into the restroom. The same things were happening as I walked the short distance between the hallway and restroom. I again was blacking out. I made it into a stall just in time to sit down again. I sat there for about 10 minutes. Sweating. Shaking. Nauseaus. I didn't actually get physically sick, but weirdly I was nauseaus and had hunger pains. I realized after getting myself together that I needed some sugar in my system. You see, I randomly, throughout my life, have felt weak and have just ate something and then felt better. I sipped some gatorade and within a few minutes I felt like a totally different person.

I went back to the basketball game and continued to sip my gatorade and continued to feel much better. I ate some nachos (horrible thing to eat, I know, but that's pretty much all the concession stand had) and drank a bottle of water.

After that episode, I am done fasting. Well, not really. I am going to see my doctor next week and have to fast before they do blood work. But I am done fasting for diet.

I am going to follow the hypoglycemic diet for the week in between today and my doctor visit. I'll still workout. I'm actually getting ready to go walk my 30 minutes right now!

I won't be going forward with the Fast-5 Diet anymore!!

Fast-5 Diet Day 16

Okay, I know I said I was going to quit the Fast-5 Diet and just stick to low glycemic index foods, but I can't. I like eating just in the morning and not worrying about food the rest of the day. It's so simple. I like simplicity. Especially with the busy life my family keeps. So, I'm still in.

Day 16 food list:
7:00am
1 apple
8:30am
6 oz strawberry yogurt, lowfat
1/2 C lowfat granola
10:30am
1 handful of salsa popcorn
1 pkg of scooby doo fruit snacks (not reall fruit, I considered this candy)
11:15am
1 Boca burger (disgusting flavor, not sure which one it was, but I won't be eating it again!)
11:30am
1 medium baked potato
1 T real butter
1 medium banana


That is it. And, I'm going to walk on an incline this afternoon. I'm really trying to get my heart rate down, so I have to keep my heart rate in between 120 and 135 bpm while I'm working out. It's pretty difficult. I feel like I'm not exerting myself very much so it's kinda boring. This is what a trainer has me doing. He better be right!

Fast-5 days 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15

I'm grouping this week together because it was pretty much the same all week. Two things I found out towards the end of week two of the fast-5 diet.

1.) I didn't continue to lose anymore weight than I had initially taken off.
2.) I got bored with it.

Now, at this minute, am still doing the Fast-5 Diet, but I expect that to change. Probably tomorrow. I think I have diet and excerise A.D.D. No disrespect to those people with A.D.D. or children with the disorder, but I just can't stay with something I am not continuously seeing results with. This is probably why I haven't been successfull at losing weight. Ya think? It just seems like a waist of my time to continue something that isn't producing results.

And so I move on. To what? Just diet and excerise? Well, probably. But just until I come across another gimmick I'd like to try out! :) I'm a pretty good sampler...Lol.

So, for now, I'm just thinking eating small meals throughout the day, low on the glycemic index, drinking lots of water and some tea, and then continuing with the 30 minutes of cardio each day. I am learning to keep my heart rate lower while doing cardio. Which means moving slower, and it, my friend is quite boring! Hopefully I can lower my resting heart rate so that I am in better physical shape. That's the goal anyway.

I did manage to accomplish two things from doing the Fast-5 Diet. And they are: Stop my continuous cravings for junk food (i.e. candy, baked goods, bad carbs) and also stop drinking soda everyday.

All in all I lost 7 lbs in the two weeks I tried it out and if I can keep those seven pounds off, it will be seven pounds more than I would have lost not trying it. :)

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)