kizzykay

"Better waste than waist" I like that saying! I think it will be my mantra from now on
The good thing about this program is that you can just jump right back on the wagon, even the minute after you had your disaster moment But the key is to jump back on RIGHT AWAY and not wait until the next day because that next day might never arrive…that is…[Read more]

Its so true! Everyone is caught up in the hype of "starvation mode". In reality, on restrictive diets your body’s BMR only decreases by 20% and thats just a possibility. So Im no longer scared about the starvation mode thing

You all are doing great! Right now, my five bites consist of half of a chocolate bar. Thats only because at this moment I just want to get the blunt of the weight off before I start experimenting with other types of food But I was thinking five bites for me would consist of a quarter of a sandwich lol

Well actually I did my weight tracking thing wrong lol. This is actually the start of week 3 for me. But i lost 12 of the 17 pounds in the week 2. Which is still amazing! And Renee, you CAN lose a phenomenal amount of weight in a week, just stick with it, keep your bites perfect and SMALL and drink a lot of water. I believe in you girl!!

Well actually I did my weight tracking thing wrong lol. This is actually the start of week 3 for me. But i lost 12 of the 17 pounds in the week 2. Which is still amazing! And Renee, you CAN lose a phenomenal amount of weight in a week, just stick with it, keep your bites perfect and SMALL and drink a lot of water. I believe in you girl!!

178.4!!! Thats how much I weigh now!!! I haven’t seen that number since I was in grade 11 (4 years ago)…gosh I’m so excited!!!

Hey, I havent been here for a while! But I have been doing good for the past 3 days! I fasted on Friday (for personal reasons) and discovered that I wasnt hungry yesterday (saturday!). Now today I am still not hungry! Its amazing! I am a self confessed FOOD ADDICT and now I know how to say no to food and I know how to appreciate the little food I…[Read more]

It has happened to me! Recently actually. I decided to stop the 5BD for one day on my birthday and when I weighed myself the next day I was I think 3.5 pounds up. Just get right back on track and soon enough (maybe within a day!) those 3 pounds will peel right back off! But seriously just seeing how much weight one can gain from a day of cheating…[Read more]

You know Dr. Lewis, I’m actually starting to believe you about the hungerstat! Well yesterday I fasted just for personal reasons and today I was gonna continue the 5BD. Well I usually dont have my "lunch" until 1pm but when 1pm rolled around I wasnt hungry! I thought it was a coincidence but now its coming up to my time for "dinner" and believe it…[Read more]

GREAT JOB ON THE WEIGHT LOSS!!! I’m only limiting myself to the snickers (or other chocolate bars of similar size) and thats because I feel that Im too careless to let myself try to calculate bites on my own. I tried it on my bday and it turned into a DISASTER lol…but Im still on course Anyways just wanted to say congratulations and keep us updated!

Maybe that’s why…I was chowing on chicken noodle soup most of that day (and crackers). I guess I didnt realize that it made a difference! Oh and yea I was drinking gingerale too …whatever…Im not gonna beat myself up over it. But I will use that gain as a warning haha. But I guess on the other hand I was still less than what I was when I…[Read more]

Im a little bit confused right now. I know I told everyone that I would weigh in on Monday and give you the official weigh in, but I did it earlier. And I was happy with my weight. Well yesterday I was very sick and I was throwing up all day and I weighed myself today and I had gained 3 POUNDS! Is it possible to gain weight from throwing up?

THAT IS AMAZING!!! I wish I could lose 20 pounds in a week. The highest I lost in a week was 12 …but you are amazing Greg! Keep it up

I would say increased exercise would of course help you but dont overdo yourself. The best I could do with my exercising was 600 calories in an hour (but VERY rigorous exercising) and it didnt seem to make a difference. What I would suggest is to do more toning exercises. Like get pilates or yoga tapes and do those or even just get resistance…[Read more]

I am now realizing that there are so many things that could trigger a binge for me:

Grocery stores
The smell of food
Someone talking about starting a diet in X amount of time (making me say that I’ll just start when they start)
Certain songs
Pressure
Emotions
Being in certain places
Being alone
…and the list goes on

But I’m so glad that Im…[Read more]

Hey guys!

Ok so this is a cross posting from my other forum that I post on, so it will repeat some stuff over again…sorry lol!

Its funny the things that could create "self sabotaging" thoughts in one’s mind. Well yesterday I was researching about ketosis and I stumbled upon a low carb website and I was so close to saying "forget the 5BD, let…[Read more]

Hey everyone!

So today was the first time I ever experienced a "just about ready to quit" feeling…it was a really bad one though. It started from me researching ketosis and then from ketosis I was led to a low carb site and then I was like hey! maybe I should do this instead….it was really quite scary! I quickly came here to write instead.…[Read more]

Hey all!

Thanks for writing Dr. Lewis! I have a feeling this journal will be a good idea too. I’ve tried to do online journals before but it was always on my own website and not an open forum so I always stopped after a while (because I was getting no feedback). I know what you mean about external temptations. Realistically this diet is easy to…[Read more]

K so I found the answer to my previous question here

So goals: cut splenda/artificial sweetener intake WAYYYY down!

thanks for the answers gals!

Ok so question…is Splenda a problem?

Because I drink maybe 2-3 cups of coffee or tea with splenda in it…or sometimes i drink diet soda when I have a craving…would this cause a long term problem Dr. Lewis?