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I am very excited! After toying around for 5 years going up and down the same few pounds [on slow and steady type of plan(s)], I am ecstatic to be seeing numbers from 10 years ago!! I am trying to think of it as a challenge, which makes things more fun.

Sheryl — there are other caffeine options.  Have you tried 5-hour energy?  There are some water products sold that contain 100 mg caffeine (the equivalent of a cup of coffee) and there is caffeinated gum.  I like these ideas more than, say, a diet energy drink (like diet Red Bull), but that might be a last resort.  Some caffeine is better than none.

Right, BK.  You give yourself one concession, you are opening the door for many more extra concessions to come.  It’s IS a slippery slope.  So you are better off not going there.  PLUS, eating an exact five bites really is more filling than eating extra bites of anything.  It perfectly satisfies your mental hunger.

Great, great job, Allison!  This is exciting, no?  Might you even agree … FUN?!

Great job guys!

Thank you!! I am happy to be here! Looking forward to the Monday chat!

Welcome back BLK how are you doing at the moment.

What a brave courageous person you are Sheryl. Welcome to the group. You are going to have an amazing experience here wit very I e and dr Lewis. Just do as dr Lewis says , connect with the monday chat and you will never ever have any regrets. Good luck and am so

happy you are here xx

Thank you Alison

Yay yay Rachel that is the tough part. You got up and dusted down and back on track. Perfect and strong

Incredible Alison. Well done. Such great work in your first week. You are going to be there in no time. Everything is going to fall Into place perfectly as the days pass. You will discover so much about your eating , mind crazies and how to overcome stress and life curveballs without food. Huge changes

Wow Matt congratulations. Incredible. Sooooo excited for you. Yes incentives are so important. Fantastic results and hard work. Fabulous x

5/27 Food Journal

2 c. black coffee with stevia
1L filtered water
1/2 Vega Protein Bar (5 bites)
1/2 Vega Protein Bar (5 bites)

Back on track. 🥳

Hi Allison!
Thank you! Yes, my treatment ended a year ago this month. I am still awaiting reconstruction surgery but other than that all is good!

Wow!!!! You lost 13 lbs in a week?!! That’s amazing!! 🙌🙌  So excited for you!

Love baby Ruth’s and Fast breaks too! I like to switch it up a little. I like snickers, but I get bored with them quic…

Way to go Allison! I like to eat around 1:30 also

I am counting my bar bites more closely today.  My protein bar is 10 regular bites!  Holy cow!  It is nearly the same weight and size as a snickers, but I knew it looked a little bigger so I was cutting off the ends of the bar and throwing them away.  However, this is much larger than I had guessed.  Starting today, I am eating half for lunc…[Read more]

Thanks!! I am finding as long as I keep the same routine, it is not any harder to do this diet than any other “restrictive” diet I have ever tried. I do better if I wait until I am hungry from lunch (I try to wait until 1:30 pm) and then dinner is usually by 6:30 pm. My days go better if I wait a little longer for lunch that my old 12:00 or…[Read more]

Great approach to getting over the little strays we ALL have! We cannot let imperfection get us to give up. But still I am trying to count my 5 bites. I threw away from food last night. It is a hard adjustment to make after growing up to never waste and eating my kids leftovers!!

Allison

Congratulations! Nicely done.

Well, I made it a whole week without faltering.  I caved and had some wine last night, which led to some extra bites, but I am back at it today.  Not going to let a little wobble get me down. I didn’t eat a whole lot, but it made my stomach ache due to the extra volume!

5/26 Food Journal

2 c. black coffee with stevia
2L filtered water
5 bites V…[Read more]