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Hi everyone!

It’s a new day here now.
I decided to eat anything I wanted yesterday, taking a break from dieting.

Today is a five bite diet day. For my first meal I had 1/4 of a jam filled doughnut, and a small glass of water with a spoonful of protein isolate and a few drops of olive oil.

I’m holding on to the “even split” for now. I’ll let it…[Read more]

Lovely bar day!

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Hi Letileti and hi everyone!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and perspective with us all.

There is indeed more for me to learn and more for me to grow into. I’ll regard this time as the time I’m taking to find my way into maintenance. That also fits with my little swan picture – it’s running, and has not yet settled down for a harmonious…[Read more]

I like it!

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I agree!

Go go go!

Hi!

Thank you for sharing this so openly. What stood out to me most was not how much you ate, but how curious and observant you were throughout the experience.

It sounds as though you were able to notice the difference between physical fullness and the desire to keep eating, which is actually a very valuable skill. Many people never reach the…[Read more]

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Hi everyone!

I had a sudden feeling of tiredness in te early afternoon, and I considered taking a nap. The feeling disappeared after a few seconds, just like it had done last time, which was then followed by eating more. This time I also didn’t take a nap. Instead, I had more to eat.

I decided to try to observe as much as possible what was going…[Read more]

Thank you both! Hope you have a wonderful day! I am on day four today

Beautifully written Letileti!

For years, I thought the solution was to remove certain foods from my life.

Not just from my plate.

From my mind.

The croissant.
The pastry.
The pizza.
The foods I loved most.

But they never really disappeared.

They simply moved.

From the plate to my thoughts.

And there, they took up far more space.

I know that voice well.

The one that…[Read more]

One thing I’ve started to question is the idea that I should never go grocery shopping when I’m hungry.

For years, diet culture taught me that if I entered a supermarket hungry, I would automatically make bad choices. As if grocery shopping were some kind of test of willpower.

Buy the yogurt.

Buy the chicken breast.
Buy the “safe” foods.…[Read more]

There is a sentence that makes me gain more weight than the cookie itself.

And I always say it after a couple of cookies.

Why it happens

When I deprive myself, sooner or later what I enjoy comes knocking at my door.

It’s not hunger.

It’s deprivation.

The problem

Two or three cookies are not the problem.

The problem is when I tell mys…[Read more]

Thank you for such a thoughtful reply. I really enjoyed reading it.

What resonates most with me is your point about moderation not coming naturally to everyone. I think Dr. Lewis often emphasizes that different people need different levels of structure, and there is no virtue in making things harder than they need to be.

Personally, I don’t f…[Read more]

Thank you Letileti!

I feel how brave you are. It’s inspiring!

Thank you for such a thoughtful reply. I really enjoyed reading it.

What resonates most with me is your point about moderation not coming naturally to everyone. I think Dr. Lewis often emphasizes that different people need different levels of structure, and there is no virtue in making things harder than they need to be.

Personally, I don’t f…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

It’s another day here.

My weight this morning was 53.1 kg / 117.0 lbs / 17.5 bmi.

I’ll aim to eat about the same amount of food today as I did yesterday, so that I don’t end up with regrets tomorrow.

Onwards!

Hi Dania!

How lovely for me to read what you wrote! A bit of a relief to me as I was beginning to think that I had overstepped in bringing up this topic.

I would be interested to know more about satiety, food choices, and activity levels from the perspective of Dr Lewis. I’ve read in Why Weight Around? to have at least one bite of meat, egg,…[Read more]

Hi!l Jane

Thank you for the suggestion. I actually don’t know Dr. Ted Naiman’s work, but I’ll take a look at it. 😊

Personally, I try not to restrict entire categories of food. The 5 Bite Diet is already challenging enough when I need to rein things in, so mentally I do better when I allow myself some flexibility and follow my cravings withi…[Read more]