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Day 77

A successful day this far. My main message to myself that gets me through, “don’t freak out!” Helps me relax around the food knowing I can always have exactly what I want tomorrow, no big deal.

75 and 76

Found some more leaks. I seem to need constant reminders for why I am losing the weight at this juncture. When I first started, the problem and reasons for losing the weight were quite obvious. My extra weight was a constant reminder of my next course of action. Now that I am almost to the finish line, it’s not so obvious. Anyways, so…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Aw shucks! Will hopefully catch you next week!</p>

<p style=”text-align: left;”>73 and 74</p>
Some difficulties but working through it, keeping to the principles, reminding myself, looking forward to to being in the lower 140s! I won’t be on chat tonight, but if you haven’t been on the chat before, it’s a great opportunity to talk with Dr. Lewis 1 on 1 and I highly recommend it!

Thanks Skinny!

Day 72

Another day.

Good luck Dana! I hope you keep it up, it’s worth it!

Good luck! keep on it!

Day 71

Keeping it together, making it happen, weighing in tomorrow.

Had a thought about how useful the feeling of “giving up” can be when used the right way. I used to give up and eat massive amounts of food, enjoying the food while simultaneously suppressing a sense of failure and helplessness. That helpless feeling actually spurred me…[Read more]

Oh sorry, “day 70”. That’s how long I have been doing the 5 bite diet. I’m getting a little simplistic with my formatting at this point lol. “This is how I live now”is just another way of saying “another successful day where eating wasn’t a massive troubling part of my life”

Thanks Skinny!

70

This is how I live now lol. excited to weigh in at the end of the week!

<p style=”text-align: left;”>69</p>
And another day through.

68

Thanks! yes I’m already feeling a lot better about the whole project thus far being on track these last 3 days. It just took a little cognitive adjustment. Here’s what helped me refocus my efforts:

I make sure to start up a pot of coffee before I have a meal and I set out a large glass of water

I make up my plate of food slowly and…[Read more]

66 & 67

I weighed in up 1/2 a lb unfortunately this week. Extra bites and extra big bites, no excuses about it. Have been on track the last two days, taking small bites and not more than 5. Already 2 lbs down from that. I’ve been reminding myself that the food is just for the hunger pangs at mealtime and the taste which I don’t need extra big…[Read more]

oh thanks dana I will check it out!

Thanks you too!

Day 65

A little overboard today but not by much. Having the feeling that I want to maintain where I am at instead of push further another 10 lbs. Feeling uncertain about what to do exactly, but staying calm about it. This is a familiar pattern from the last time I quit but I am not going to! It’s just 10 lbs!

I think a part me…[Read more]

Agreed, I notice a huge difference in appetite without caffeine/coffee.

Day 64

Another day, not perfect but still truckin.

Day 63

it continues, another day!

An insight into the value of simplicity and pragmatism.

I went to school to get a degree in philosophy. We spent all of our time figuring out how to critically analyze arguments and worldviews. We learned overly complex jargon to describe things. By the end of it I had essentially learned that everything can be doubted, that all viewpoints were…[Read more]