Rachel

5/23 Food Journal

2 c. black coffee with stevia
5 bites Vega Protein Bar
5 bites black bean an quinoa bowl
2L filtered water

@drlewis – thanks!  I can’t believe it took a few years for this to start clicking like it is now.  It doesn’t even feel that hard anymore, and I am so excited to being do this right finally!  Looks like we finally found…[Read more]

Weekend strategies:

1. Studying for Grad School, with weekly 5BD chat videos streaming on the TV in the background
2. Gardening projects – add lighting to backyard landscaping
3. Art Projects with my son
4. Sitting outside, enjoying the CA weather, with some iced coffee and my Why Weight Around book

By the way…I think this is the first time I…[Read more]

5/22 Food Journal

2 c. black coffee with stevia
5 bites Vega Protein Bar
5 bites vegetarian breakfast sandwich
2L filtered water

Looking forward to that day!

Hi Sharon! Great job!

Reset Start Date:  5/13
Starting Weight:  210.4

Weekly Saturday Weigh-in:
5/15:  207
5/22:  204

Week 1 complete and down another 3lbs.

It was a tough week. Not gonna lie. My cycle started today, which explains a lot of my aches, pains, and cravings. I retain a lot too during this time, so I hope that is the reason for a smaller number this week. Also, I know at the beginning of the week I was not perfect with my bites until…[Read more]

2nd day in a row of perfect 5 bites! No leg cramps today (so far).  I did notice a slight headache around dinner time, before I ate.

Surprisingly, I am not even hungry this evening.  I did have an altered eating schedule today due to a busy work day.  Meals were at 1pm and 6pm.  I may give that a try tomorrow too, rather than 12 and 4.

Allison – that is an awesome plan.  I am committed to doing this 100% as well.  Hope your day went well!

Dr. L – yes, totally able to overcome the hunger yesterday.  I had horrible leg cramps for some reason last night, so I ended up drinking a large Gatorade.  :(  Hoping that doesn’t derail me too much.  At least I am getting the bites corre…[Read more]

Welcome Allison!  Excited to meet you and work this weight off together! You got this!

Last month I cheated on my one-year-alcohol-free challenge, after enjoying several drinks on a trip to NM.  I had to move my focus there temporarily, and take some time to get back on track.  Harder to get that challenge back on track than I thought!  Yikes!  Stupid COVID and working from home. 

Anyways, my alcohol free challenge is back…[Read more]

Weekend has been going well!

:crazyexcited:I got through my Thursday.  Hoping the rest of the weekend goes just as well….

I had a good day again yesterday.  The closer I get to Thursday the harder these feelings are to fight.  Ug.

Awesome work!

Another great pep talk last night!

I am definitely struggling with a wall that hits me on Thursdays, usually after 3 days of success on the plan.  Thanks for all the tips tonight from Gayle and Dr. L!  We will get me over this wall this week, and through my first perfectly on plan week on 5BD (after years of being off and on plan, ug). :h…[Read more]

Welcome back!  That is a nice drop your first few days.  See you tonight!

Good morning everyone!  Yesterday was a great day!  Perfect on plan, with a 1lb loss this morning.  I will take that happily. I may add in some gentle walking today to see if I can get that daily loss a little higher tomorrow.

CW 201.5

Wonderful chat with Dr. Lewis last night!  Today I am feeling focused, motivated, fully committed and ready to get this done.  My food plan is my “spouse” for the next 100 days. We aren’t going to slowly chip away at this fat anymore, we are going to melt it away fast.  After all, this is a race for my life!

CW – 202.5

Listening to an audio book right now called “Never Binge Again” and in one of the chapters it relates our food plan to a marriage.  You need to “marry” your food plan and be 100% committed, 100% of the time.  You wouldn’t allow yourself (hopefully) to cheat on your spouse/partner, right?  Would you marry someone who said they could be committed to…[Read more]