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It sure is amazing Mel!!!

Fine.  Everything sounds great.  How about your drinks–what are you drinking?

Indeed.  You are doing GREAT!  Keep up the momentum.  I love it!!

Thanks for the encouragement Mel and Gayle!

I met with my physician today, and she gave me the official green light to keep going with 5BD.  She gave me until end of December to lose some weight on my own (here), before I need to go the route of medically supervised meal replacements and bariatric surgery.

She set me up with some…[Read more]

Great job getting back on track!  25lbs in 5 weeks is still pretty amazing, and averages to 5lbs a week, which is way better than any weight loss program out there.

So excited for you Rachel!!! Keep focused. Remember that every day that your investing makes it easier in the short-term and long-term it gets you closer to goal.

I am going on a mini-vacay fri to Monday. I will be joining you and Mel Monday for 5 B.

You so got this!!

gayle

Well, even though I sabotaged a couple of days ago and had a random meal of whatever, I lost an entire pound this week.  Disappointing, but at least I lost and didn’t gain.  I’m trying real food again the next couple of days  as long as it looks like I’ll continue to lose.  If not, it’s back on the bars for me!  I have a buffet of fresh Snicke…[Read more]

Congrats on rolling right along with the plan!

I love the sounds of that.  Everyday I want you to wake up and remind yourself that THIS is the day to stay on track.  This is your time to finally, once and for all, get all the way to the finish line.  Don’t let anything stand in your way.  Pay attention to how your hunger feel in the morning, and remind yourself that tomorrow there will alr…[Read more]

This is getting easier!  Haven’t weighed myself yet, waiting for Monday.

Summary of Day 3
Lunch:  Atkins Bar
Dinner:  Atkins Bar

Summary of Day 2:

Lunch: Atkins Bar
Dinner: Atkins Bar

Today is Day 2, but below is a summary of how day 1 went for me.  Day 2 will be a perfect day though, I just know it!

Focusing on bars only for a while.  I am thinking of them now as my “prescription” medication to getting my health back.

Day 1 SW: 227lbs
Lunch – Atkin bar
Dinner – Atkin Bar
Off Plan Snack – cup of potato soup and eggroll (ate a…[Read more]

Hey Rachel

I am so glad that you’re communicating w Dr L. A lot of people start out w more bites and work their way down. Do your best in the moment. Give yourself grace and love when and if you slip. We all slip. I am cheering you on.

gayle

Thanks Gail!  I appreciate the support.  I have been chatting with Dr. L in direct messages too.  I am here because I don’t want to give up, and I think there are some options before surgery for me.  First being 5 bite diet on my own.  I slipped up already on this last night. Luckily I stopped myself about 10 bites into the binge, poured soap…[Read more]

Sorry for the typos. I was rushing to get to work and relied too heavily on dictation.

Hi Rachel.
I’m so glad I saw this. As most of the group knows- I am in maintenance. I haven’t been active in the last week or so because of back to back vacations and I don’t want to shift the focus of this group right now with his weight loss. I will be back after vacay.

I wanted to strongly encourage you to follow through with this plan serio…[Read more]

Hi Dr. L!  Yes, they are smaller than a Snickers bar by size and weight. They average around 1.6 oz.

Great, Rachel.  Welcome back!

How many ounces are the Atkin bars?  Are they truly 5 bites?  5 of YOUR bites?

That is awesome progress! Congratulations!

I am starting today with 2 small Atkin meal bars/day. Here we go!

Okay!  And I know you can do this.  I started out at 197 less than 6 weeks ago and have already lost 25 pounds.  It feels amazing!  I even bought snicker bars tonight so I can see if using strictly those will help me speed things up.  Dr. Lewis really should be the spokesperson for that candy bar.  He could really increase their sales!