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Thanks!! It helps when you know you aren’t alone in this!
Feeling strong and good!!
Kathe’

Day 5 and feeling alive!! – May 19: Brain & Food Connection Challenge. Using 5 Bite

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Feeling in control, feels better than any food I can eat. I will stay on plan because I am in the process of regaining my POWER over food. I am changing my thought process and behavioral process. This does not happen over night but will get easier with…[Read more]

Way to go!! Don’t let anything disrupt that momentum!!

Great job, Kathe!! And now you’ve got the momentum of a solid 5B day behind you! :cheer:

Great strategy, Chelsea! I think that is an excellent way to get going. You will make it!

I have had times when I’ve tracked and celebrated every single hour I went without eating. And it was hard to make it through even one!!

But as you know, it gets easier. I’m sure you’ll adjust very quickly since you’ve done this before. And those 10 pounds…[Read more]

Yes, we’re here for you. And, yes, you can start now! As soon as you commit to it and count yourself as back on the diet, you will feel so much better. It’s the considering it and putting it off that can make you miserable! (Yes, I have some experience with this . . .)

If accountability helps, you can definitely have that here. I check the forum…[Read more]

Your friends are here to the rescue!

What’s your go-to 5 Bite meal? Plan in the morning what you plan to eat and post it here. Then post when you have successfully ONLY eaten that. Do the same for dinner.

Drink lots of water, coffee and FORGIVE yourself. As Dr. Lewis said, you can restart NOW!!

Try to reflect on what threw you off course. Get…[Read more]

Kathe–you don’t need to wait another second to “start.” In fact, as long as you are not swallowing this very moment (If you are, finish the bite and throw everything else away), and you are breathing, you are back on the diet PERFECTLY. So, from this point forward, take it second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. Fill up…[Read more]

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone!

Gayle, I’m definitely inspired by your accomplishment and can’t wait to get there!

Smaro, you have been perfect, too! You’re doing great and are a wonderful accountability partner!

In some ways, for the long run, it may be healthier to be able to flex, make mistakes, and quickly recover rather than to…[Read more]

Today is the end of day 7…
Days 6 and 7

PERFECT!
I am so proud we did this!
I look much much better, although I don’t care to weigh. I know the number will either make me anxious or too happy and that’s not the point. The point is to focus on the process and do it regardless of the resulting number.

My digestion is great, my energy is high…[Read more]

Your commitment is very inspiring. We should all be that strict and perfect!

So excited to read your posts and see how committed you are and how you have been rewarded by those commitments.

I agree, that STRICT adherence to the program makes the program EASIER!

I have been in maintenance for almost 7 months but have had trouble staying down in lower maintenance range due to vacations and holidays.

I re-committed…[Read more]

Yes. And when you are done-done, you are going to have to buy an entirely new wardrobe. That’s the downside–or upside–of doing something so extraordinary! :laugh:

Thank you so much, Dr. Lewis! I am pushing hard for the finish line!

Today was my weekly weigh-in. I am 3.5 pounds down, so still right on track with my 1/2 pound a day norm. It’s super exciting to me that I have lost over 20 pounds in 4 weeks!

After all my talk about how easy things have gotten, the past two days have been pretty…[Read more]

Day 6 – perfect!

Just one more day of the challenge! I’m so proud of us! :cheer:

Thank you!

I love that, 5Bite. Congrats on getting to this point. Now take it all the way to the finish line. :laugh:

Yes! Happy Mother’s Day to all of you wonderful mothers out there! :laugh:

Day 5 – perfect!

Today was very difficult for some reason. But I’m excited about sticking to the challenge!

You’re right, Smaro – we’re doing great!!

Thank you! Happy Mother’s Day to you, too, Beth!