Paula,

Happy birthday! Thanks for sharing. I have definitely had to modify some of my time-based weight loss goals as well. Working towards a specific goal by a particular time can be motivating for me, but it can also be really discouraging when things come up that set me back so that I won’t hit my goal in the originally planned…[Read more]

I don’t have a lot of great advice on how not to “backslide” on these occasions, but I do have some advice for those times when you do. I know it is disappointing when we don’t make the best choices and the scale goes the wrong way, but cut yourself some slack. If you do lose a little ground on your weight loss, focus on the progress that you…[Read more]

That was great! I hope you love the plan as much as I have. The first week was the hardest I think. I’m turning 50 next week, and I think I’ll probably reach my healthy BMI by then. The plan really works. Good luck!!

I felt the same way at first. I actually put together a spreadsheet to help me with my meal planning because it was tough for me too. A lot of folks use meal planning apps. That can make it a lot easier. It was really hard for me the first couple of weeks, but once I had a couple weeks of menus planned it started to get a lot easier.

I use…[Read more]

I went on a week long cruise at the beginning of the month. I knew I would gain a little weight, and I did. However, I’ve been back on the plan for about a week and a half now, and I’m happy to say that I’ve lost back the weight I gained, and starting to lose “new weight” again. It was hard staying as motivated as usual when I was “relosing”…[Read more]

Robin,

Glad you liked my ideas. Glad to share the recipe I came up with. I’m still tweaking it a bit (mainly to see if I can make it “prettier”), but I really enjoy it.

I call it “Cheesy Zoodle Bake”

The recipe makes 6 servings. They do freeze and reheat well, so I take out what I want and portion the rest out into servings to freeze for…[Read more]

I’ve enjoyed pairing some grapes with a Tbsp of homemade almond butter on the days when I don’t need my healthy fats for my meals. The almond butter recipe online had me blanche the almonds, but I had better luck just blending the raw almonds (and adding a bit of coconut oil like in the online recipe and a touch of salt). For whatever reason, I…[Read more]

I still have some of the homemade chocolate toffee in the house that was left-over from Christmas. After sticking to the plan 100% for my first week of the program, I let myself have a very tiny bite of toffee a few days during the second week. While it still tasted good, I was surprised to find that it wasn’t nearly as wonderful as it was…[Read more]

If it’s any help, I’ve been on the program 3 weeks now. In the first 2 weeks I lost more than 9 lbs. In the third week, my weight loss slowed way down. I lost one pound. But I stuck with it, and now in my fourth week, the weight loss seems to be picking up again. I think sometimes when we diet, our bodies are making internal adjustments that…[Read more]

I’ve been married four years, and my husband and I haven’t ever really gotten into a good pattern of cooking regularly. As a result, we had gotten into the habit of eating out a lot, and when we didn’t, we didn’t have a lot of healthy options available to us to cook at home.

We’ve gone on diets before with prepared meals. While those helped us…[Read more]

Thanks, Jessica. On most days we are only drinking one protein shake a day, but it is nice to have the option of a second shake on days where I’m running short of options for my 5 proteins!

Good luck, Linda!!

All the healthy cooking is definitely new for me. It’s part of the reason I decided to do this program. I’ve been successful on diets like Jenny Craig before, but then when I stop the prepared foods, I don’t have any good new habits. I’m hoping that this will really help me long term too. My husband decided to try it too, and he’s waiting on…[Read more]

Thanks for the suggestions. The approach makes a lot of sense. I’m just a little over a week in now, and I’m really glad that I didn’t wait to start. I’ve lost 8 lbs. so far. Some of that was probably very easy to lose holiday cookie weight, but I’ve never had such a quick start on a new diet. On top of that, I don’t feel hungry.

I know the…[Read more]