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Can you do one perfect day? Agree with yourself to just do one little perfect day? And then…. the next day just one perfect little day… no big deal… then one more…. It’s the conversation I have with myself every morning, I simply agree to one more perfect day, just one at a time, and I’ve a nice string of 25 perfect days already. If I read…[Read more]

Awesome about the smallest sub they serve being too much! Just goes to show…

whenever I feel a bit low on energy or mentally drained, whatever, I just remind myself that it won’t be forever. Think of all the other diets that say “1-2 pounds loss a week is healthy” it would have taken me 1-2 YEARS to lose my weight but at this rate, maybe 17-20…[Read more]

Thanks Chloe, I used to be obsessive about weighing myself and finally broke free but this week I was just being curious and that old habit bit me! This morning I wrestled with whether I should weigh in or not. I ended up giving in to the scale but as fate would have it, all I weighed was “LOW BATT” 

Day 4 of all bars ✅

Perfect 25 days in a row ✅

I was weighing in every day this week out of curiosity and shame on me. When I did a 40 day water fast I weighed daily and noticed a weird but consistent rhythm where I would lose a good amount one day then seem to gain most of that the next day and then lose the “gain” plus some more the next, etc.…[Read more]

The days will pass whether you follow the plan or not, might as well just do it!

Fantastic!

Great job Matt! Yes, I also feel fuller when I pay attention and count my bites. Also, if you look at my last Friday’s post, you’ll see I really struggled with the habit of what Friday means. That unwinding from the week, the throwing caution to the wind, eating drinking and being merry, etc. It was tough but I pushed through it and woke up…[Read more]

There are a bunch of little goals that I’m working toward on the road to my overall goal (Chloe and I were talking about this yesterday), and I use them as checkpoints to strive for so I don’t get overwhelmed with the big picture.

Before I started 5 bite, we bought new rocking chairs for the front porch and they have a weight limit of 250. So at…[Read more]

Chloe, it does seem like a super power doesn’t it? I saw a delivery car for a sandwich place we used to get all the time. The sandwiches are probably 9″ subs but thinner than a subway sub. I was thinking how I used to down the entire thing plus chips and a large cherry coke and I could have eaten more. Now, one sandwich could last me several days…[Read more]

I’m sure you will! You’ve totally got this!

Day 3 just bars ✅

24 perfect days in a row ✅

I feel really good today. I was busier than usual so it seemed to fly by but when I made dinner, savory food smelled sooooooooooooooo good after 3 days of snickers so I plated up the kids’ food, took a deep inhale of the food then rushed out the door for a walk. Almost halfway through my week of just…

Yes, me too. If I dwell on the entire amount of weight I have to go or spend too much time calculating how long it will take me, I get overwhelmed and give up. Which makes no sense logically but if I find mini checkpoints to focus on, I feel like I’m racking up the points like a champ and it feels easy and very possible!

The first week, it helped me to get up right after my 5 bites at dinner and go out for a walk while my family finished and the food was put away. I’ve also done that on a few tougher days since then. If you see you’re slipping up the same way each time, try to find a way to take that factor out of the equation, even if just for the first week. (Oh…[Read more]

Great! Just get through today!

Isn’t it funny when you think of all the prepwork of shopping, learning new foods and where to find them, planning, scheduling, all the other diets require. So simple it feels wrong 

This diet is surreal in many ways but the biggest part is watching such big numbers on the scale each week. To think of a time in my life when I worked out up to 5 hours a day kickboxing, weight lifting, running, stair climbing, and eating protein bars and shakes, only to lose half a pound to a pound a week for a couple months. How frustrating it…[Read more]

Why did you eat more at dinner?

Awesome Chloe, It’s helpful to keep reaching for the next milestone. It reminds me of when I was a kid at an arcade on a race car game where every so often the machine would yell “checkpoint!” and that feels like major progress!

Great plan! I agree it helps me too knowing I will be logging my day for others to see and it’s especially helpful to be in the loop with others who already understand and accept this diet!

Hey Dr Lewis, yes, I mean that if you consistently have a larger bite than maybe 1/5 of a snickers for the first week if that is what is causing her to fall off and binge. then week two, get down to the appropriate size. But yes, consistent in size no matter what amount to keep from being hungry.