Rachel

Welcome!!!! Great job on the weight loss.  Isn’t it super motivating when you see it drop so quick???  The first 3 days are the hardest to manage, and the scale showed how you handled it “like a boss”.

The forums are very active right now, so definitely a good time to come onboard.  Also, check out the recorded video chat from July 1 (Monday of…[Read more]

Thanks!  What a difference being busy with my son makes, and the coffee (LOL).  I was busy decorating the house, picking out fireworks, and checking into work periodically.  Time flew by and before I knew it – 1 pm was here!  And I was just a little hungry!

Eating lunch now at about 1:15 pm:  1 Luna Bar (Caramel Walnut Brownie = Yu…[Read more]

Down just a 1/2lb this morning, weighing in at 162.0.  I think real food slowed my weight loss a little yesterday.  Back to bars today! 

I think I know why I was so hungry though yesterday.  First…I was out of coffee (problem solved last night).  But I was also trying to eat just a 1/2 Luna bar, like when I was eating just 1/2 snic…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>@sharonmarie – thanks! Tucked into bed, sipping on some ginger tea as a nighttime digestive aid. A little hungry still but manageable.</p>

Have an easy fast!

@skmoss – you can overcome.  It is frustrating, but I have had to do it twice now since restarting this last month.  Does it take you longer to get to goal? Yes.  But you can still end up with a loss at the end of the week if you reset right away.

As Dr. Lewis suggested last night, I waited as close as I could til 5pm to eat dinner.  Caved abo…[Read more]

Today’s lunch – 1/2 a luna bar and water.

Took a 20 minute gentle walk with the dog a few hours ago.

Today’s lunch – 1/2 a luna bar and water.

Took a 20 minute gentle walk with the dog a few hours ago.

Down 1.5 lbs this morning, weighing in at 162.5.

Drinking my morning tea, took my vitamins earlier, and planning for another perfect 5BD day!

ps – I was getting pretty hungry on the call, so I decided to make tea afterward as suggest by Dr. Lewis. I totally burned my tongue!   Ug, stupid hydro flasks (I never learn)!  Weird, burning your tongue takes away the hunger too.  LOL

What a fun chat tonight!  Some key notes I took that resonated with me:

1. What do you REALLY want? Why do you REALLY want this weight off?  Make sure your why is so much stronger than your desire to eat, and you will succeed.  I am personally doing this for a long and healthy life with my son.  I lost my dad to cancer while I was in my mid…

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Fantastic, yes!  Eating my second and final meal of the day now.  1/2 snickers and some water.  I eat early lunch/dinner, since I am up at 4am each day, and in bed by 8.  See you guys in the chat tonight!

^I will check this out.  Great idea. 

Right now I am avoiding alcohol until my mini-goal, as alcohol is exactly what led me off course this week. 

I plan on partaking in a few glasses of wine on my belated birthday trip (on the 13th), then back to 5BD and no alcohol on the 14th.  

Fantastic Shelly!  Keep up the great work.  How often do you ride your bike, and for how long do you ride?

Ate my 1/2 luna bar, and drinking my coffee now. Giving caffeine a try again, to boost my mood and decrease hunger.

Thanks! I have been on track since Saturday thankfully. I am going to have to do 5bites on July 4th as well to make up for the slip last week.

Well, I set myself back about a week. Had a mess up mid week and spent the rest of the week recovering from the damage done.  I have these moments still where I feel sad or anxious, and then have a few drinks, which leads to extra food.  To be honest, I think the alcohol had more of an impact on my weight than food.

Still committed to get as c…[Read more]

That would be awesome but no. We are going to a concert and a friends winery.  😊 I have been doing about a bar a day and staying off the scale! Can’t wait to see the results on Sunday!

Woohoo! Holy crap! That is an excellent result!

That must have been crazy hard to resist. From years of being the fat vegan in the room, I learned that the restaurants put a ton of oil and salt in their rice! So you may see a small gain tomorrow even if it didn’t seem like a large volume. Regardless, tomorrow is a new day and it seems like you are determined! You can do this!

I am guessing y…[Read more]