STOP SENDING THESE MESSAGES OVER AND OVER!!!!!!!!!


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From: "Ashley Moran" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone here do intermittent fasting?


> On 30 Apr 2008, at 19:17, Lisa Sporleder wrote:
> 
>> I cook lots of stuff in those times when I'm doing other things  
>> somewhere near the kitchen and can just give something a stir every  
>> 5-10 minutes without devoting much attention to it.
> 
> Unfortunately that's my problem, there's no way I can concentrate on  
> my job (computer programmer) with food in the oven as it takes me  
> longer than 10 minutes to get my concentration back if I have to go  
> and see to something else.
> 
> 
>> I bake chicken a family pack at a time...put meat in pan, put pan in  
>> oven, set timer, don't think about until timer goes off...lunches  
>> for the week.
> 
> Again, it's a nice idea if you eat in the day but I would end up  
> eating this as a single day's food...
> 
>> As for roasting, my indispensable kitchen tool is the programmable  
>> meat thermometer.  You set the thermometer for the temperature that  
>> you want to take the roast out of the oven, poke the probe into the  
>> roast, put the roast in the oven, and when the thing starts beeping,  
>> take the roast out.  The probe attaches by a thin, flexible cable to  
>> the temperature setting/beeper part, which is magnetic and sticks to  
>> the side of my stove.  No more checking on the roast, no more  
>> overcooking because I got busy doing something else.  Wipe off the  
>> probe and cable with a damp cloth after use, and it's ready to go  
>> again.  It was a little pricey, but so worth it!
> 
> Sounds like a good idea!  Unfortunately the house I'm in now is not  
> really suited to it - the oven that works is 2 floors down and there  
> are 3 fire doors between us.  Any oven thermometer I could hear in my  
> room would probably be loud enough to kill a small mammal.
> 
> 
>> If I had to cook a full-fledged meal every day, I'd end up eating  
>> crappy foods that my body doesn't handle well.
> 
> I find the opposite! When I snack I end up eating worse stuff, or at  
> least much less variety, and don't bother to prepare veg.
> 
> 
>> If eating through the day and not eating after about 3 p.m. means  
>> I'm doing IF, then that's what I'm doing most of the time.
> 
> I think it depends on the size of your eating window.  If you are  
> eating 9-3 your eating window is 6 hours so your fasting window  
> (assuming you don't drink any calorie-rich drinks in the evening) is  
> 18 hours.  Currently my split is usually 5/19 to 3/21.
> 
> If I ate every other day I'd probably have two meals that day - so I'd  
> have a 6 hour eating window and a 42 fasting period, which is double  
> what I have now.  (I might do the veg every day thing though).
> 
>> But check out that programmable meat thermometer!  Simplifies  
>> roasting considerably.
> 
> Will do, thanks.
> 
> Ashley
> 
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