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Thank you, Sharon Marie!

I weighed in today and was excited to see that I dropped 7 pounds this week. I’m so happy to be in the 160s now. I’m also finally at the point where people are really noticing. Even my 10 year old told me yesterday that my stomach was getting flat and kids are brutally honest at that age. That was also right before he…[Read more]

Thanks you guys! I love thinking of getting thin as a “promotion.” 😄

Can’t believe it’s already Wednesday! I’ve been on a bar streak since my last post. I had lunch with a co-worker yesterday and am usually self conscious about having a bar when I’m eating with someone, but since she brought her own lunch anyway, I decided to stick to it and just…[Read more]

I stuck to bars yesterday. Breakfast was a large black coffee with a few pumps of sugarfree Almond Rocca syrup. Lunch was a lemon delight ThinkThin bar with a Coke Zero. Dinner was a chocolate fudge ThinkThin bar with a diet root beer. Had my my gummy vitamins as a treat just before bed.

This morning I weighed in down just over 5 pounds from last…[Read more]

Yesterday I had black coffee for breakfast, 5 bites of a beef taco with a diet Coke for lunch, and dinner was 2 oz bag of wasabi flavored almonds with a diet Sunkist. Today’s menu is bars only.

Thanks, Chloe. That’s good advice. I’ll take you up on that, because I was doing really well with managing cravings when I allowed myself diet drinks, but trying to cut them out entirely last week may have been too strict.

Today’s menu was black coffee for breakfast, 5 bites of a turkey club sandwich and a diet Coke for lunch, and 5 more bites of…[Read more]

Thank you! Dinner yesterday was another ThinkThin bar and I went to bed a bit early to avoid further temptation.

Today’s meals were black coffee for breakfast, 5 bites of a cheeseburger with a diet Coke for lunch (threw the rest away), and a ThinkThin protein bar for dinner along with my vitamins for dinner. Getting back on track.

I’m in week 5 now. Lost another 4 pounds last week, but I wasn’t perfect with the diet. I had a couple nights out with friends and allowed myself a “low cal” drink each time. And of course since I cheated then, suddenly some cream in my coffee didn’t seem that bad. I know that carbon in drinks is just as bad as extra bites, so I’m not…[Read more]

Yeah, I always loved to start my day with coffee, but never realized how much of an appetite suppressant it is. It’s nice not to feel guilty about extra cups now!  You’re doing great, Chloe!

Yeah, fasting helps a lot. I took a couple of 36 hour fasts spaced out during the week before I started the 5 bite diet. It’s kind of a nice way to push reset. Don’t beat yourself up too much. Just shake it off and start over. It’s a new day.

I know, I’ve been inconsistent about logging my food, but I’ve been staying the course. I think this past week I felt like I needed a break from focusing on food all the time. I didn’t even want to see stuff about the absence of food if that makes any sense. I just wanted to get my bites in quickly and shift my focus off food and dieting entirely.…[Read more]

I hear you. I’m definitely staying the course. After coming this far, I’m determined not to reset my progress.

Today I started my day with multivitamins, then stopped by Peet’s Coffee on my way into work for an unsweetened iced cold brew coffee. I’ve been loving cold brew lately. It’s less bitter than regular black coffee, so no need for my usual…[Read more]

Yes, the strong urge to keep eating passed after I posted my update. Fortunately, just writing about it shifted my focus enough to talk me off the ledge and I was able to throw the rest of the food away afterwards.

It takes a great deal of willpower at times to stop after the fifth bite, but it does feel really good afterwards knowing that I…[Read more]

Your energy level is awesome! 12 mile bike ride?! Impressive!

Alrighty. The last two days were perfect bar days. Today is now day 18 and I decided to mix it up and have real food for my second five bites. I made myself a steak and cheese sandwich, kind of Mexican style with avocado and hot sauce on top, but I swear stopping at five bites was hard! Oddly, I find that it’s now relatively painless to do when…[Read more]

Glad to hear you’re on the mend! Have a wonderful trip!!

That’s awesome. I find documentaries and news about the obesity crisis motivating too. We will not be part of that statistic here!

On that note, here’s an article I read today that’s worth checking out. There’s a clip embedded in the article from Bill Maher about fat shaming that is a great watch too:

Big Think: Obesity is the leading…[Read more]

Yay! Great first week back. You got this!

That’s wonderful, Susan. Your weight loss is incredible. So inspirational!!

Great point! I am really noticing changes in the way my clothes fit, so I’ll try to stay focused on those non-scale wins to keep me motivated during these slower weeks.

I weighed in this week down 5 pounds. Which is actually better than I feared, so I’m feeling pretty good. Definitely hoping for a bigger whoosh next week though.

Breakfast -…[Read more]

Day 14 – Multivitamins and black coffee with 2 pumps of sugarfree caramel syrup for breakfast. Lunch was 4 bites of spam musubi. Dinner was a lemon Think! bar. Weigh in for week 2 tomorrow. Honestly a bit nervous about what the scale will say this week. My period started a couple days ago and I usually gain weight during this time. Guess I’ll see…[Read more]