A couple of years agoi the 5:2 diet was very fashionable. 5 days of normal eating and 2 days of restricting input to a few hundred calories. __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 19 October 2017 at 14:40, Chris Smolinski wrote: > I intermittently fast. Usually during the week I skip breakfast and lunch= , > then have one largish dinner. Weekends I still have breakfast because I = am > not giving up my bacon and eggs :) > > Dr. Jason Fung has written extensively on intermittent fasting, so if > anyone is considering this, find some of his articles and posts. Well wor= th > reading. > > My blood pressure usually runs around 106/61. > > Chris Smolinski > Black Cat Systems > http://www.blackcatsystems.com > > > > > On Oct 19, 2017, at 9:23 AM, Van Horn, David backcountryaccess.com> wrote: > > > > > > I am now totally fasting. Water and electrolytes, selected for no suga= r > or salt. > > Today I hit 1/3 of my goal, -33# in 19 days.. Sugars are running in th= e > mid 70's which is about 3x less than they were, and I am no no meds for > that. > > BP varies, but averages dead normal. > > Ketones are slightly elevated, as expected. > > I have so much energy I'm bouncing off the walls. > > The occasional hungry feeling which passes in minutes. > > > > In the potato phase, I was following Ray's plan as described by Penn, > all you can eat, which for me worked out to one or two, once a day. > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .