Jane

Hi everyone!

For my second meal I had a 3B piece of a sandwich straight from the freezer without thawing it or putting it in the air-fryer for a minute. It was a bit strange. I managed to stay focused for the rest of the day, even with cooking up a little snack for tomorrow. It’s a relaxing process with the 5B sometimes.

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Hi everyone!

I’m still in maintenance. Instead of 6B like I thought was a good idea yesterday, I’m doing 3B today. I feel so good with smaller meals! Aiming for stability. Fewer bites = less apetite stimulation.

For my first meal I had 3 bites of a chocolate cereal bar. Very lovely!

All the best until next time!

Hi everyone!

I engaged in a bout of over-eating, eventually finding out that indeed, I do not like peanuts coated with wasabi. I have tasted (a lot) and tossed the nuts. I plan to stick to six bites per meal over the coming days. I think it was a bit to intense for me to increase the number of bites every day.

All the best until next time!

My pleasure, Alaska Gal!

It’s easier with smaller bites, I know it sounds a bit contra-intuitive.

Eating more sparks more hunger for me. I’ve tested it plenty of times!

Hi again everyone!

Going by what I understand as the dividing line between morning weigh-in after bathroom (weight-loss phase) and morning weigh-in before bathroom (maintenance phase). Meaning that when the before bathroom weigh-in is at goal weight, I shift to it. Is that right? (And with this in mind, anything above goal weight then shifts back…[Read more]

Wait a  minute… I see that I’ve kept my maintenance weight chart incorrectly. In maintenance the weight used is from right after getting up in the morning, before using the bathroom. I’ve wrongly continued to use the after-bathroom data. I’ll look over my notes and update my weight chart. Just out of curiousity.

Here you can see the bumping around, and what the snickers did to my bmi chart:

Hi Alaska Gal!

For my sprint I ate 1/4 of a snickers bar twice a day. I started on March 9th, after ten days of eating too much, then eating less, repeat repeat. My weight was bumping around.

March 9th 122.6 lbs.

March 10th 120.8 lbs

March 11th 118.4 lbs

March 12th 117 lbs

March 13th 115.5 lbs

So that’s how I got back to my goal weight and…[Read more]

Hi Alaska Gal!

Yes, a teaspoon (5 ml) is what I’ve found works the best for my bite size. It’s small enough that it doesn’t spark hunger, and at the same time, the taste of the food is there all the same. For snickers, the 50 gram bar here equals 40 ml. In my last sprint to my goal I had 1/4 of a bar per meal. That was 2 bites, meaning 2…[Read more]

My pleasure, Allison!

Today my weight was the same as yesterday: 50.2 kg / 110.7 lbs / 16.8 bmi.

I feel more in control now of the bites and weight equation. If I gain more weight than I’d like, I can reduce my number of bites. If I lose more weight than I’d like, I can add more bites to my meals. I have snickers to use if I need to quickly slim…[Read more]

Hi Alaska Gal!

If you want to, you can get to the finish line quickly, using a bite or two of snickers per meal – that’s how I got to the finish line quickly. That’s if you want to sprint!

Thank you Allison! And thank you Dr. Lewis and Alska Gal for the shout-out in the video chat!

Somehow, with all of my mishaps along the way, I’m here now maintaining. It must be the one foot in front of the other, and coming back to the five bites again and again. And a snickers is a powerful slimming tool.

Actually, my weight is still going…[Read more]

Great job Allison!

Hi Adenike!

You are finding out what works for you and what doesn’t. That’s good!

In social situations, you can ask for a box and take the rest of the food home, to the delight of other people.

If you take smaller bites, you will be most likely feel smaller hunger.

Eating more stimulates hunger more, in my experience.

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Hi there everyone!

For my second meal I had an encore of my first, this time with a dollop of red relish instead of ketchup.

I appreciated the meal!

All the best until next time.

Hi everyone!

Day 4 of maintenance, and my weight has dropped again, so I’m affording myself 6 bites per meal today.

I’m wondering if I should also add in a third meal? What do you think Dr. Lewis?

My weight was 50.6 kg / 111.6 lbs / 16.9 bmi this morning.

I’m feeling good and strong! I took a walk to the store and bought more food. My ease…[Read more]

How is it going JulieNom?

Eating out is wonderful! I also like take-away. It’s feels good to have someone else prepare food for me for a change. And I like watching Food Wishes with Chef John on youtube. He’s great!

How interesting that your doctor didn’t understand about cruise and eating less, and seemed afraid for his health just from talking to you. It’s not for…[Read more]

ps. I looked up the barefoot contessa – I’ll have a watch!

Hi JulieNom!

A cruise sounds lovely! It would be an excercise in portion control to attend a cruise buffet.

I’m looking forward to seeing where this journey will take me, food and other things. I’m interested again now in going shopping for a particular sausage tomorrow. I’ll do it if I still want to tomorrow. I can have the sausage.