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Day 3:

Down a pound. I feel like something salty. Ignoring the craving. It will pass. Staying busy is the solution.

I have a party tomorrow. Going to exercise my 5 B muscle. Planning on bar day for sunday.

Next Friday I am away on a mini-vacay. I need to keep it tight to prepare for that.

Have a great day everyone!

Mel and Carmel – thinking…[Read more]

I lost 2 pounds more with the bars.  Simple math baffles me at times. Hunger and cravings are manageable.  Though today when opening a new bag of treats for the dogs, I realized they were just cheese dusted popcorn cakes and I was suddenly catapulted into daydream of me digging into a bottomless Costco sized bag of popcorn cakes, and th…[Read more]

I’ve been on it for a total of 5 weeks including the 0 week.

Probably.  Week 0 is your starting weight.  Week 1 is your weight after the first week, etc.  So, you’ve been on the diet for 4 weeks?

Probably.  Week 0 is your starting weight.  Week 1 is your weight after the first week, etc.  So, you’ve been on the diet for 4 weeks?

That’s great Dr. Lewis…the fun is in riding it out and seeing the scale drop!!!  I love it!

How cool you just got a beach shower curtain, Mel!  It’s a sign, LOL! And a big round of applause  to racing past your hubby! You are doing amazingly well!

Gayle, funny you should mention Dopamine Nation…it’s on my reading list. How cool is that???  I…[Read more]

Will do!  I use to be sad that I couldn’t fit into HIS jeans anymore, let alone mine.  Now he will be eyeing my jeans with envy, wishing HE could wear THEM!  Count them bites Hubby and keep dreaming, Hubby!

That’s a wonderful comparison!  You are a poetic soul, Carmel.  It does help to know we are all on this beach together.  So let’s have sun in the sun!

And it’s funny you mentioned the beach.  My beach themed shower curtain from Amazon just arrived a few minutes ago.  Lol

No worries, I don’t have any Twinkies in my house anyway.  I meant that the weight tracker makes me so frustrated that I want to break into someone else’s house and force THEM to eat a box of half eaten twinkies!

The weight is correct.  As of today I weigh 173.  It’s the weekly waits that don’t remain correct no matter what I do.  I’ve foll…[Read more]

I so agree with all this Carmel!

We inspire each other!! NO WAY ARE YOU ALONE!!

We are a LEAN, so not mean community of unstoppable people.

Something you wrote in a former post led me down a path of understanding Dopamine and how it motivates us to want more and more. Don’t have time to write about it as I have clients that await me. I…[Read more]

Indeed!  Hunger comes and goes in waves.  Just like surfing, try and catch that wave at its peak (knowing that you are breaking down a ton of fat, or getting a great work out in), and then ride that wave to the bottom (the fun part, as the hunger wanes and the scale drops).  Let’s go surfing, everyone!!

No!  Don’t do that!

What part of the tracker are you having a hard time with?  Is your current weight not 173?  Are you not down 24 pounds?

I love that.  You have to win this race with your husband for me!!

Oh my, you women are so encouraging!  When it comes to food and 5BD compliance, if one of us has thought it or felt it, likely the others have too.  Knowing I am not alone is priceless. I admire the honesty I have found here.   I agree with everything you have all said.

Without the confines of the stomach staples  from a bypass, our comp…[Read more]

How amazing Mel! Can’t wait to be fully reset on bars. How’s your hunger and cravings?

Does anyone else have problems with the calculations on the weight tracker?  The end result is correct, but I can’t get the weekly weights to read correctly no matter what I do.  I’m a bit frustrated with it.  The weight tracker makes me want to reach for a box of half eaten twinkies!!

I lost 4 pounds this week using bars vs. “real” food.  That’s one more pound than last week.  I’m going back on real food today, and I hope to get similar results.  I always hope for more, but 4 pounds makes me happy!

Yes Carmel, food is an easy soother when stressed or upset.  That’s where my problem lies, becoming so stressed with other things in my life, I medicate with food because it’s easy and quick.  A few years ago I was 117 thanks to 5BD.  Then it was all forgotten and unappreciated and I ballooned back to 197.  Not any any more!  I believe counting…[Read more]

I’m now 3.5 pounds less than my husband, and he’s losing weight too.  I’m widening the gap!