Eat Stop Eat

[Guest guest]

I've been doing Eat Stop Eat. It's about the research, benefits and

logistics of intermittent fasting. There is no nutrition plan with it,

seeing as how it's about not eating. But it's probably not for your

husband. You need to be strength training consistently in order to

fast without losing lean mass or slowing metabolism. For a

non-exerciser and reluctant dieter, starting a serious strength

program and going 24 hours without food once or twice a week would

probably be a pretty tall order.

> I was catching up on a ton of BFL msgs, & went to Google Tosca Reno.

> That somehow led me to TT, which led me to Craig's TT Blog (which I had

> forgotten about). A post on the blog led me to Eat Stop Eat. It sounds

> interesting---not for me, but for my husband, who can't seem to get

> himself to work out at all. I thought that since he won't work out,

> maybe he might want to at least try doing something w/ his diet---the

> reasoning being that maybe once he starts losing some weight through

> diet, he might feel reasonably well enough to go to the gym.

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> Does anyone here know about the Eat Stop Eat program? Would it be worth

> purchasing for hubby, or is it just the tried & true basics with a day

> of fasting in between----or something like that?

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[Guest guest]

I've given this a try. Seriously, I didnt think I'd be able to do it as

I was born hungry and have stayed that way for 35 years. I only do 20

hour fasts. I get a bit wobbly around the 19 hour mark, so I don't push

it! Still, I'm surprised by how... not exactly EASY, but... well, ok,

it is. I feel hungry some of the time, but mostly it's fine.

Having said that, I just read Skwigg's post about non-weight trainers

losing lean mass if you do the ESE thing. I just managed to mess up my

back AND my rotator cuff this week, so I'm out of action for pretty

much everything. Hopefully short term, but should I stop fasting? I

just got the hang of it! aaagh.

Ty

Kara

[Guest guest]

If you can't do any resistance training at all, you shouldn't do the fasting

days on Eat Stop Eat until you're back in action. He underlined that part.

:-) If you can work around your injuries, like do seated machine leg

exercises, dumbbell arm exercises like curls and kickbacks that don't

involve your shoulder joint maybe you could continue, especially if you're

only out of commission for a short time. But if you're really wrecked and

not able to strength train at all for a few weeks, hold off on fasting. You

don't want to lose any of the lean mass you've been working so hard for.

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 5:00 AM, theotherphoenix

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> I've given this a try. Seriously, I didnt think I'd be able to do it as

> I was born hungry and have stayed that way for 35 years. I only do 20

> hour fasts. I get a bit wobbly around the 19 hour mark, so I don't push

> it! Still, I'm surprised by how... not exactly EASY, but... well, ok,

> it is. I feel hungry some of the time, but mostly it's fine.

>

> Having said that, I just read Skwigg's post about non-weight trainers

> losing lean mass if you do the ESE thing. I just managed to mess up my

> back AND my rotator cuff this week, so I'm out of action for pretty

> much everything. Hopefully short term, but should I stop fasting? I

> just got the hang of it! aaagh.

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> Ty

>

> Kara

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[Guest guest]

Hey Etana:

I'm Sheila

Today is my first day of the challenge for this year. When you go to

family why can't you have roast? How I handled family holidays in the

past is allowed veges, (I'd bring to make sure they were available)

and then my favorite carb/protein from what was cooked. And two-three

hours have another meal with my next favorite carb/protein the same.

Or I'd do the free day for that holiday meal. Also, If someone made a

homemade goodie, (cheesecake, cookies, etc) Id take my piece and

freeze it for free day. Also, I'd make a list of what I craved and on

free day would look at the list and make meals from that. Some weeks

that was maybe that one cookie, others it was mexican/Chinese, pizza,

etc.

It was one of the few times in my life I didn't feel guilty about what

I ate and it was actually easier eating out because it was chicken or

fish and veges. (only half and half for the next meal)

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> I begin another 12-week challenge today. I have been on challenges for 3-4

> years now, like the BFL food, don't like the exercise but believe in it, no

> weight loss results.

> , I just read 2 pages from your blog, and REALLY appreciated what you

> wrote. I think for me, Eat Stop Eat may be the trick that will have

> everything fall into place.

> I stopped free days. It seems by the end of the day, I don't have enough

> calories left to create a calorie deficit " eating clean, " and I am a

> " cheater. " I do like a bit of chocolate, most days. So BFL makes me always

> feel bad. There seems to be no room for eating a double portion... even when

> I eat 1/2 of a meal in a restaurant, it's too much for a BFL meal.. I don't

> want to eat cottage cheese when I go to family and can have home-cooked

> roast and blueberry pie... I love what I read about the occasional cottage

> cheese + cookie meal. I know when I eat a day of that, my body is off

> balance, but if I'm gonna live this " body for LIFE " than I have to find a

> way that it fits into my world and my desires.

> I'm gonna get the ESE e-book and let you know what I think about it. I'm

> not eating until dinner today, day 1 of my challenge. I think ESE will be

> perfect for me, and I can easily see how it has cycling built right in.

> Etana, Silver Spring, MD

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