Rachel

OMG. That had to be one of the most difficult things…but I did it!!! I didn’t eat one bite of food at bookclub dinner. They even tempted me with vegan french fries, which is normally my go-to snack at restaurants with non vegan items. I sat there sipping on my fake “rum” and diet coke. Talked about the book for about 2 hours, and cut out when…[Read more]

Bookclub meeting today.  Dang it!  They are meeting at a pub.  Going to stick to diet sodas to get me through the evening.  I am committed to eating bars only.  My excuse for not eating will be “sorry, the doctor has me on a strict diet for some personal issues right now”

Dr. Lewis…you are my excuse tonight.  LOL.  To hold me acc…[Read more]

Yesterday was a perfect day  I ate just Luna bars for Lunch and Dinner  It wasn’t too difficult  I did need the diet soda though to help with the hunger.  Sleep was challenging…I couldn’t fall asleep until midnight, and woke at 4:30

Todays Weight:  162.5

Off to have another perfect day…

I am not positive why there was a zero loss last week.  I had 2 slip-ups where I ate more bites of my vegan meals, but nothing major…I should have had at least a few pounds lost.  But I also skipped most of my yoga classes, didn’t do a lot of meditation, and barely moved.  When you add it all up, I guess it makes sense why there wasn’t a we…[Read more]

Back to perfection today! Trying to up my water intake as well.

Breakfast – Coffee/vitamins

Lunch – 3 bites snickers, 2 bites of banana

Dinner – 5 Bites of an Avocado/Hummus Wrap

Wine – None 

I messed up today, and caved to temptation. Ate about 1/2cup of extra food with dinner (we had dinner out).

So mad! I didn’t need it. Wasn’t even that hungry.

Today:

Breakfast – coffee and vitamins

Lunch – 3 peanut butter crackers

Dinner – 5 bites of pita with hummus (threw the rest away! Woohoo)

Love this idea of taking smaller bites. Keep up the great work!

Nice job!

Perfect day yesterday

Breakfast – coffee and vitamins

Lunch – Snickers bar

Dinner – 5 bites vegan Mexican casserole

Nice job! And congratulations on the major life milestones!

^no wine or fiet sodas yesterday either.

Yesterday:

Breakfast – coffee and vitamins

Lunch – 5 bites vegan Mexican casserole

Dinner – 5 bites vegan Mexican casserole

How and why I am here…

I haven’t always been overweight.  My high school and college days were good to me.  I was thin and athletic, ate a healthy vegetarian diet, and never weighed above 120lbs.  Unfortunately, I was not prepared for the emotional turmoil of a toxic and abusive relationship, loss of family, and stress that came at me in wav…[Read more]

Good day today! My distraction plans worked. I nearly finished a whole puzzle today! LOL    Just need to get those diet sodas down to zero.

Breakfast – Coffee, vitamins

Lunch – Snickers bar

Dinner – 5 bites vegan Mexican casserole

Wine – None 

Diet Soda – 1

Today is my weight tracking day.  Only 2 pounds down. 

But…as Dr. Lewis says above, I know where my trouble spots are now:  coffee creamer, wine, diet soda, large bites, and occasional slips on extra bites.  I think that I am also too susceptible to temptation at social gatherings.

For these next few weeks, I am going to more deta…[Read more]

Cheese happens…LOL. 😉 Sounds like you did pretty well!

I forgot to tell you…I hadn’t lost much weight going vegan/WFPB either. Felt amazing eating healthy, but depressed with the extra weight. I even tried the potato cleanse for a few weeks that you have talked about.

Your meal tonight sounds amazing, especially compared to eating plain…[Read more]

Yes!!!  I am starting to approach this more day-by-day. My focus is now on getting through the current  day being perfect. Rather than thinking about how long I have to keep being perfect at it. Each day I am successful I get to feel fantastic, which then gives me a feeling to recall the next day I am struggling. This seems to make it more m…[Read more]

Thanks!!!!  I am going to try some of these ideas out. Especially in the evening when I am tired, emotionally drained and feeling weak minded. My numbers for weight loss haven’t been great so far this week, and I know I am capable of doing so much better.

@spiderchlome – do have any favorite guided meditations that have been helpful in this journey?  I have a few go-to meditations that I do regularly.  But I would like something more specific to weight loss, or achieving goals.