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Yeah, sure. A beer or wine with the meal is fine. (I'm sitting here catching up on these threads with dandelion and green tea mixed with ginger and turmeric - tastes so good on such a cold day!)

...and I thank you right back real quick here for posting that cute bear pic! :-)

Welcome! It's so easy to fail because, unlike at any other time in history, there is WAY TOO MUCH FOOD available literally everywhere in the civilized world, my friend! :-) Listen, the struggle you describe tells me this will be a BIG adjustment for you because you are a bonder by nature. Those social contracts are hard to…

I'm soooo gonna use some of those quotes!

Chop up one finger of turmeric and add it and it will be even better!

Doesn't really matter in terms of meal composition, but ideal (if I had to choose) would be 1/4 flesh food with 1/2 starch, and the rest veggies and fruits. But of course, this will vary from individual to individual. And this wouldn't apply to someone needing to mass up. Half protein would be better in such situations.…

Hi, Welcome! You are going to have to walk through the valley of the shadow of hunger being hungry. Yes, it is a very rough adaptation, but can be done. Are you having sugar lows or sugar highs? Are you diabetic? Any major health struggles?

;-)

With water you can. Nothing with calories after the meal.

MMmmmmm

Good to hear from you, Bob.

Kitty has a knack for taking food pics that will leave all of us gasping for breath!

Hi, Feel free to start your own progress thread here and share your experiences! -Joe

Updated. Was going to be 209 lbs for November (the intentional result of bulking for muscular weight gain), but I am back to 201 this morning after getting back to OMAD and giving my body a chance to heal. I feel so much better on OMAD!

Yep, lucious looking!

What level are your blood-sugars reaching about two hours after a meal?

B)

Hi, welcome! Everybody plateaus. And some plateaus are long. You are not alone in that. And the reason you feel the difficulty is because you have little to lose and your losses will necessarily be slow. You need to give yourself six solid weeks at it. You will lose if you keep yourself in a fasted state with a sizable…

Nope, that's teasing. Oh, I always loved your eating rice. I eat lots of rice!

I gotta re-upload it.

Hey! Hey! It's KITTY!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME BACK!!!!!!

Don't worry. You are doing just fine.

Fine progress!

We need to encourage members to post in something "The Under-[x] Pounds Thread". So you'd have under-400, under-300, and 200-lb threads. Once you pass or are under each category, you can brag about posting. Meanwhile, the aspirers can still post and express their aim to get there. :smiley:

Awesome!

nice!

Nice lists.

Three things to repeat to yourself when faced with cravings: 1) "I can have it, just not now." 2) “Yes, I can eat now, but I won’t be happy if I do.” 3) “Yes, I can eat now, but it won’t stop there.” ;-)

Sometimes just little hacks of a system can work wonders.

She really does have a way with words, no?