Allison

I am going to try! Hope to see you tonight.

Great news you lost in the midst of such a stressful week!

Welcome!!! I joined a couple of weeks ago, and it has been the best decision!! Smart you for joining now before your wedding!!

Just keep going! Maybe stay off the scale except once a week, like the book suggests for weightloss mode. It can be discouraging.

Great progress!!

Thank you!!  This has given me the push I need!!

Dr. Lewis – I feel pretty good. I find that most days I don’t give much thought to food. I have had a day or two of anxiety regarding food, but not sure if that is just old habit of using food to cope during stressful times (and cannot do that now) – so I am trying to distract myself through those periods of time. Thankful that most days have not…[Read more]

Thank you for the motivational words!

Thanks for sharing!

Congrats on changing your life!!

Welcome back!! I am new. I enjoy reading old posts.

Thank you all!! I appreciate the feedback!!

Happy holiday weekend.

Allison

Dr. Lewis said diet drinks not great – he said if I have to have one – try to limit to one a day.

Sheryl, I cannot drink coffee. When I went to buy the 5hr energy drinks (based on Dr. Lewis’ advice as an alternative), I was like uh oh – no flavors I can drink (I am a picky eater – and cannot eat many things normal people can, like grape or berry flavor). However, I found a “tropical” flavor that I can drink (at Walgreens 6 pack). They were on…[Read more]

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.

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

Thank you!! I saw you in some of the old video chats! I really feel like I know some of you now!

So true!! Two days ago I had a hard day. I pinpointed it to not having what I wanted for lunch and instead trying something I deemed “healthier”. Well that was a mistake. The whole rest of the day I was hungry and unsatisfied. My new plan is have exactly what I want for lunch. Yesterday went much better!!

Allison