Rachel

Welcome Amy!  Excited that you are giving this another try.  Hope to see you in a Monday night chat soon!

Wow!  Yesterday was a crazy day.  I was studying up until our chat last night.  Then right after, jumped into my MBA statistics final.  Yikes!  With all that stress, I was surprised that I ate less!!! I didn’t end up eating my 3rd 3 bites, because by the time I remembered to eat it, the time was nearly 10pm. Too late to eat.  So I went to bed a l…[Read more]

Awesome job Neil!  That is an incredible first two days.  Keep up the great work.

It was nice getting to be on a call with both you and Gayle.  I feel like we have each been on this journey at different times in the past few years, in one way or another, but never at the same time.  Like passing ships in the night.  LOL.

So just a 4lb gain over vacation?  OMG, that is nothing!  Nice job.  You got this Gayle.  You will get rid of that vacation weight, and get down to your goal before Christmas.

Good day yesterday!  I find what works best is 3 bites x 3 meals right now.  12pm, 4pm, and 7pm.  I will adjust this if it seems like I hit a plateau.  Although my food is packaged, low-calorie/low-volume diet food, I am still counting bites and never finishing the item.  Yesterday I consumed 3 bites of a mozzarella melt, 3 bites of pasta fagi…[Read more]

Sounds like a fabulous plan Gayle. 🎉 I find the Calm app super helpful.  There is a great sleeping meditation on there called Letting Go Into Sleep.  And another one called Gently Back to Sleep for when I wake up in the middle of the night. Have a fantastic afternoon!

Thank you! So true…just need to get a few days here under my belt.  I have got down as far as 154 on 5 bite. Not goal, but a lot less than I am now.  I know the culprit now all this time was the alcohol.  With that not part of my life anymore, I am confident that this is going to be a HUGE success. Happy to see you back for a tune up! I think we…[Read more]

Day 1 of what will be my “final reset”, Sunday November 29th.  I must do this.  I am making the choice to choose skinny and healthy.

Starting weight 204.4

Here’s a little mantra I hold whenever I need to tame the “monkey”.

Everything is a CHOICE

Every choice has an OUTCOME

Every outcome is an OPPORTUNITY to learn grow and evolve further if I make another CHOICE to do so.

What is the upside if I indulge in extra bites today?

How will it allow me to create opportunities?

Will this serve the h…[Read more]

Sheepishly I am returning back to this group.  And thank you for always being so sweet and welcoming every time.  Time to get honest and real…I feel like this is the only safe place for me to admit to this.

I couldn’t figure out why I kept faltering in the past.  Why I kept having several good days, then to mess up and reverse all the hard wo…[Read more]

Thanks Becky!  We got this!

Day 2 Weigh-in: – 1.2 lbs

Not a bad daily loss, considering some slips.  I did “okay” yesterday – had an extra bar that wasn’t planned (my bars are smaller than a snickers) and a handful of popcorn. Also indulged in a cup of veggie broth before bed, as I struggled with thoughts of eating more that evening. Water and t…[Read more]

Hi Susan.  I’m with you!  Let’s do it.

I am still here.  Trying to keep my bites consistent but not following the plan exactly, and not losing.  Lots of changes in my world right now.  Finished my first round of Finals in Grad school, moving my home (landlord suddenly decided to sell his house this month), and my son just started back up with distance learning as I continue to hold do…[Read more]

Thanks everyone!  I am trying to do my best.  The first few days were hard (mentally not physically).  I ended up eating an extra protein bar each day.

Yesterday was a better day, no extra bites.  I am waiting to weigh in until Friday (I think), so I am not sure where I am at yet in terms of weight loss.  But I do feel a little lighter alre…[Read more]

This is day 1 of my reset after my recent epiphany.

Day 1 Reset
SW 194.4
CW 194.4

The first 7 days will be protein/candy bars only – 1.8 oz or less, for lunch and dinner.

Confession time – I have been struggling all these years with knowing how effective the 5bites strategy is, and what years of vegan (whole foods plant based) nutritional data was telling me.  I think this struggle is what kept pulling me off 5 bite.  My research kept telling me that I needed to just refine my diet to plant based food, and t…[Read more]

Yes!  So much more to life than eating excess food.  No need to eat more than 5 bites on a regular basis.  What is hard for me is to understand why volume still matters when I am eating fruits and veggies only…but I am learning!  I had the lesson of my life last month.  Only fruits and veggies for 30 days, and I blew up 20lbs! 

Becky – how are you doing?  I am back as well, after a short break.

Confession – I had a bad week.  Not even sure why.  After day 3 of my bar challenge, I kept falling off plan.  I could have given up.  But instead, I adjusted my sails.  Started back up the other day  “Turn a setback into a comeback.”

Right now I am eating 3 bites of my protein bar 3x a day.  That seems to be working best.  If/when weight loss…[Read more]

Found this on an old forum post by Susan: “Using food to reduce stress is very temporary, but, the ill effects of it last a long time.”- Dr. Lewis