Jane

Letileti, it’s so lovely to see you writing here now!

I’m happy that you are doing well.

I’m now coming into maintenance. It’s enjoyable!

I’m a little bit scared still, and growing more courage by the day.

Thank you for your sweet greeting.

Hi everyone!

Evening thoughts:

I was thinking about how best to add food back in, and then I remembered:

I can eat what I want, food or cake doesn’t matter, as long as I stay within my food volume limit.

So that’s the end of worrying about what would be the best idea.

I’m wishing everyone all the best until next time.

Hi everyone!

Dinner time arrived again, and with that, more of the same: brushing my teeth, reading the last pages of the book, and having my meal. It was a good meal, lots of little bits and pieces. I feel full and happy.

Wishing everyone all the best until next time.

Hi everyone!

Same same: I brushed my teeth, read about a few of the studies referred to in the book, and had my lunch.

For lunch I had a lovely mix of sweet and salty snacks. It looked like a small meal, and even so, now I’m feeling full. My stomach is noticing the increase, as small as it is. Increasing my meal volume slowly and steadily seems…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

It’s new day, day 6 of going from weight loss into maintenance.

My weight has dropped again this morning: 49.0 kg / 108 lbs / 16.4 bmi

This means that I will increase my meal volume today. I’m looking forward to lunch and dinner! I have peanut butter and nutella waiting on my kitchen countertop, along with cake, cookies, potato…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

Today before dinner I brushed my teeth and read about a few of the studies in the book.

At dinner time, I could again feel that the meal volume is at the new level. I’m glad that I’m sticking to my plan, and get to experience the steadiness of taking step by step into maintenance. It feels doable this time.

I’m looking forward to…[Read more]

Thank you Allison!

It’s good to write monologues, and better to write in dialogue.

And thank you for sharing your experiences in the latest chat video!

I’m so looking forward to what’s about to happen when you jump in with both feet!

About the old experiences that you remember, how things went wrong after your dieting in the past, I would say…[Read more]

For the curious:

In my sprint to the finish line I had 1 teaspoon of chocolate per meal. It was a two day sprint, on March 27th and March 28th. This was the third time around of my sprinting to the finish line, and hopefully the last. It took me a month to get from my first attempt to my third, from February 27th to March 28th. All in all with…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

Here is another update monologue.

Before lunch I brushed my teeth and read a couple of the research summaries.

Then I had lunch:

six teaspoons of chocolate mixed with chopped salted peanuts, peanut snacks, and cookie crumbles.

It felt like quite a big meal to me.

I enjoyed the mix of salty and sweet, and the crunchy with the…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

This morning my weight has dropped a little bit again: 49.6 kg / 109.3 lbs / 16.6 bmi.

Today I’m adding another half of a bite to my lunch and dinner, like I anticipated.

The curve of my bmi chart  is looking calm and smooth:

I’ve had a sip of water, a multivitamin capsule, and a vitamin d-capsule for breakfast, along with a…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

Another little text monologue here again.

I read for a few minutes about the research referred to in the book, and then I had my dinner. It was enjoyable.

My weight after dinner tells me that tomorrow will indeed warrent an increase in my meal volume again, like I had anticipated. I feel happy about the meal volume increase, and I…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

Clearly I should have called this thread “updates” and not “weekly updates” like I did.

Still fearing that my mind could spin out with eating, I read a bit about the studies at the end of the book before having lunch.

I’m happy with my lunch! The chopped peanuts added to the taste and texture of the chocolate. I’m looking forward…[Read more]

Here is an overview. With all of the ups and downs, I’m amazed that I still made it to my goal. Food tantrums, as I like to call it, the fat-mass hi-jacking the brain inducing ravenous hunger. I first thought that I would need to be perfect, and I doubted that I would succeed, as I’m well aware that I’m not perfect. Even the imperfect dieters can…[Read more]

Here is an illustration of my first, second, and third attempt at a smooth and balanced glide into maintenance.

I have a good feeling about this third attemt. The curve shape looks better.

Hi there everyone!

It’s a new morning here.

This morninng my weight has again dropped a little: 49.9 kg / 110 lbs / 16.7 bmi.

I will increase my food volume again today. I’ll have the chocolate and also add a generous pinch of chopped peanuts for lunch and dinner today. I feel more courage to add a little bit of something else in the snack…[Read more]

Hi again everyone!

At work today I was cutting up a bbq club sandwich into bite size pieces for a client. Meanwhile my client was eating french fries and small bites using her fork. After I had cut everything that needed to be cut using a separate knife and fork, I tasted what was on the fork, which was more or less a mix of the bbq sauce,…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

I’ve read for a bit and now I’m having dinner, before work.

All is well so far.

Wishing everyone all the best until next time.

Hi everyone!

It’s now past lunch time.

I read about the first research text on asthma and then I had my lunch.

It was clear to me that I enjoyed the slightly bigger lunch volume.

So far nothing bad has happened.

I’m looking forward to dinner!

All the best until next time.

Good evening Kylie!

I’m wondering how you are, and thinking of you.

Wishing you all the best.

This too shall pass!

Hi everyone!

It’s a new morning here.  I’ve dropped a little bit of weight again, weighing in at 50.3 kg / 110.9 lbs / 16.8 bmi.

This means that I’m increasing my lunch and dinner a little bit, how lovely!

I’ve had a multi-vitamin, a vitamin d capsule, and a pinch of salt for breakfast.

I feel good!

Wishing everyone all the best until next time.