Today is my 5th fasting day. So far so good. I've been puttering around most of the day cleaning stuff up in prep for leaving my vacation home on Mlonday - but it's a glorious day out - sunny and mid-60s F, so I might have to go out in a bit and enjoy it, and get away from the house and thoughts of food.
I'm out of coconut oil, so just a little cream in my two cups of coffee. One cup of broth (which used up the last of my broth) with a Tbsp of ACV.
Mainly I'm finding the fasting fairly easy - almost easier than the eating days. On eating days I seem to get hungrier and am always wanting a snack of some sort.
Dr. Fung, in his blog, talks about the "failure" of the Atkins diet because most people couldn't stick with it long-term because they missed all their carby comfort foods too much.
So I wonder why he thinks his diet will be better long-term for people? It''s actually much harder than the Atkins diet. Also no carby comfort foods allowed. On his plan if you get hungry he says drink water, exercise, drink broth, drink plain green tea, etc... the same sort of advice the mainstream low-fat, low-cal advocates tell people to do (none of which has ever worked for me). On the Atkins plan, if you get hungry, he says EAT. Surely that has to be a lot easier for most people,
I think only the most dedicated and committed will be able to stick to his plan. Perhaps as his patient it's easier since it looks like he does have in-house support groups. But OTOH so does Weight Watchers, and that never worked for me either!
I admit I really prefer a more traditional LC approach. But it's no longer really working for me. I've maintained my weight loss for five years, but I've also been STALLED for five years, with a good 100 pounds to go. I'd really like to find a way to shift some of this weight. I'm not looking to be a fashion model but I'd love to get below 200! Not to mention my blood sugar and blood pressure have not been where I'd like them to be with traditional LC eating. I'm hoping Dr. Fung's plan will help there - not so much yet.
I'm sure I must be insulin resistant so trying to address that makes sense. But even there there are so many conflicting theories, such a leptin, which is upstream of insulin, is what really needs to be addressed.
However I've read a fair amount about fasting helping with diabetes so I really want to give this a try. In a couple more weeks I'll be in a position to listen to videos again - and maybe even next week if the hotels I stay in have decent enough WiFi.