Leona

another day another pound, I hope everybody who tries this diet can get to this point, it feels so easy when you’re a few weeks in, it’s impossible to believe that you have eaten less in the last 2 weeks than you would have eaten in 3 days. It’s so important to remember this feeling, especially if you end up falling off later for whatever reason.…[Read more]

@Tonia, I usually have the same thing for breakfast but I switch it up with lunch. I just make sure I’m eating something I can enjoy, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying one’s food!

Second meal went well, pushing on!

Good work coming back! that’s the hardest part. Be nice to yourself, this stuff is hard! Especially in the beginning. Use the details of the mistakes you’ve made to come up with a game plan for dealing with those potential pitfalls in the future. Every time we slip up, we learn something new about ourselves and the sooner we go into problem…[Read more]

Hi @SCS. I like early quiet mornings and breakfast is a chance to completely immerse myself in the eating process and start off with the right intentions. I’m on my fourth week and hunger is basically gone for me at this point so it hasn’t been an issue. If I have thoughts of eating, I allow them to come in and I remind myself why I’m doing this,…[Read more]

2nd meal went well, a little earlier than usual but still 4 hours after breakfast. drinking coffee and water and making sure to remember why I’m doing this.

Got through last night’s election gathering really well with no extra bites, and a drop in the scale this morning. I was aware that the circumstances last night had a lot of my family drinking and dealing with anxiety by consuming food. I drank water! Cradling a cup in the hand and drinking helped me to keep myself completely on track. Will check…[Read more]

second meal went well, going to make sure to remind myself of my reasons for pushing forward. I already look physically different from how I was so that’s exactly. This is from the cbt book I was reading:

1. Read my advantages list
2. Sat down, ate slowly, and enjoyed every bite
3. Gave myself credit throughout the day
4. Read my reminder…[Read more]

Doing really well this morning, staying strong and glad to have the technology working for chat last night.

I want to riff off of what Gayle was saying about all or nothing thinking. One funny observation I heard recently: We treat food mistakes (overeating, ate the wrong food) completely differently from other kinds of mistakes. For example, if…[Read more]

Yes, that all or nothing thing is such a terribly slippery slope, it makes it hard to recover after a mistake.

I love that you went back to read how you did when you did bars during vacation, that’s evidence! we have to trust our past selves when they were doing well

Great chat with Dr Lewis! I was tired and already preparing for vacation mode. He was reminding me of why I have stayed in the 5 bite world. Big portions and mindless eating are what brought me here years ago. It’s the standard American diet and way of eating. I sometimes say “everyone else eats that way so why can’t I?” Of course the other q…[Read more]

i used to love payday bars.

hooray for getting through the weekend!

Milky way! a different feel altogether, reese’s cups are pretty good too. we have these alternative one’s that are dark chocolate with sunflower seed butter instead.

2nd meal went well. My phone might work but I have a pretty bad connection where I am at. My comp has a really good connection though. happy monday!

Just ate my lunch bar! Going to do whatever it takes to get through the day!! This weekend I did well but not perfect. I WILL BE PERFECT THE REST OF THE WEEK

Last time I used my phone because there was a problem with my computer

I don’t think it matters!

first meal went well, looking forward to the chat tonight, technology willing.

Yeah me too! What a funny coincidence about stranger things.

second meal went well today, i picked up a few books on cbt today at the bookstore so i’m excited to delve in and apply some more techniques to keep me on track. More on this later.

OMG! We were watching Stranger things too for the first time. I agree. Nothing interesting about the food on the weekend. It’s always available. Most people are not thin and healthy. I know that to get to the place I love to be there’s some sacrifice. The food is a passing pleasure. Literally within minutes and the excitement is gone. I have been…[Read more]