Rachel

How are you doing Shelly? Hope it has been an easy few days for you.

Love the idea of warming up the bars.  You are all so clever! Writing that idea down for future reference.

How are you doing on bars? I always forget how easy the pounds fall off when I do this perfectly.  The bars really help me focus.  Wonder if we will get tired of them in a few weeks.  LOL 😂

Welcome to the group! You’ve got this. Truly the easiest diet plan to follow if you can just get through the first 3-4 days as you set your hunger stat and adjust to the lower volumes.

If you can’t find Snickers bars, you can really use any sort of granola or protein bar that is less than 2oz.  I use Luna, some use quest or zone…[Read more]

Day 3 of 32 day bar challenge:

Yesterday was hard! Luna Salted Carmel bar for lunch, and a Luna Lemon Zest bar for dinner.  Lots of coffee for appetite suppressant.  I was VERY hungry in the evening.  Took a small bite of my son’s personal vegan pizza that was delivered with the wrong toppings, and that he refused to eat.  Immediately reali…[Read more]

Day 2 of 32 day bar challenge:

Yesterday was a great and perfect day! Luna Salted Carmel bar for lunch, and a Luna Lemon Zest bar for dinner.  I was a little hungry in the evening, and had a little trouble sleeping due to the coffee during the day.  But woke up feeling so much lighter!   TOM started today, which explains some of th…[Read more]

Love these ideas Becky!

Super excited for this challenge! Ready to get this done, and as fast as possible.  We will see where I am in 30 days.  I may extend this out a little longer if needed.

@drlewis – I have my end-goal weight set for 110.  Is that too high? Should I aim for 105? Just curious. 5’3 is my height.  I was around the 105 weight in my high school days,…[Read more]

Awesome!  You know I am in.

Hi Shelly and Becky! Thanks for the encouragement. This week has been full of ups and downs.  Mostly good food choices, just too many bites as I drown myself in sorrow over the events going on around us.

I just read through my entire journal, and watched all of the past videos.  Observations:  I was crashing on bars when I stuck to sn…[Read more]

I had a few slips this week.  Still lost a little weight, but not nearly as much as I had wanted.  Looking at past posts, I see that I have a tendency to crash when I eat bars.  LOL.  So lesson learned. Made a switch on Thursday to 5 bite meals of mostly rice and fruit, and a daily bite of peanut butter.

SW:  188
CW:  182.8

”124 by 44!”

I have been here on and off again for the last 4 years.  I remember chats with both of you.  Happy to see your smiling faces.  I believe we have learned from our past mistakes, and can power through this all the way to goal.

Had a rough day over the long weekend…didn’t binge, but had extra bites and drinks.

But got back on track Monday.  I have put my new motto on my phone screensaver and mirrors as a reminder of my goal.  124 by 44!!! I am noticing that my stomach isn’t really that hungry…it is my mind playing tricks on me, telling me I need to eat somet…[Read more]

Thanks Maria and Dr L! I have been passing the time today watching old chat videos and reading old forum posts.  Someone had the idea of a rhyming mantra in one of those archived posts.  I want to be in my 120’s (at least) by my 44TH birthday ( July 6).

So my new mantra is 124 by 44!   I will say this whenever temptations show up, and when…[Read more]

On Day 4 of my reset.

The pandemic had me really anxious, leading to snacking and drinking a lot.  I weighed in at the beginning of the week at 188lbs.  I haven’t been this heavy in over 4 years.  It isn’t my heaviest, as I started this journey at 220lbs, but it scared me enough to think that I was heading back in that direction again.  How d…[Read more]

Holidays and vacation are done.  Back up to 174 unfortunately, as of last Friday (about a 10lb gain from December’s alcohol related festivities and heavy dinners).  Started back up on 5BD today, and it went well.  Snickers for lunch and dinner.

I spoke to my orthopedic doctor last week.  He wants to see me stronger and leaner in the next few mon…[Read more]

You can borrow my mantra Sean! “I am hungry but I am happy. Hunger is natural and means I am alive. Being full is unnatural.”

Day 9 of my reset

SW 176
CW 165.5

Zero loss this morning.   Yesterday I had 5 bites of falafel for lunch, and 5 bites of a vegan burrito bowl for dinner.  Pretty sodium and carb heavy maybe?  I will watch that on future bites.   I am considering bars for the rest of the week leading up to Christmas.

*I am hungry, but I am happy beca…[Read more]