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(basically a coup that i didn't gain while i was away... thanks to a few simple rules :)
survived :) crazy to try and diet while in the woods and out of country... but i think it worked actually. now it's time to add extra exercise and ...
i made it! my rainforest, island adventure is coming to an end and i think it's very possible that i didn't gain anything. prob didn't lose, but no...
i've been pretty good and discovered that if i drink instead of dinner, i do not gain BUT i have 4 days left in the wilderness w/o scale. So. No nu...
alright with a wedding looming in the air for tomorrow, i've been very good this week (almost no nuts, as I've decided that they are the culprit in...
i think you're right about that. at the same time, almonds and almond butter do prevent me from cheating... after so much salt, it's the only remo...
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Hi gang So i've been in the wilderness (an island) for a few weeks now working and as i'm w/o a scale and living w/company members, i'm having a hard time following SCD to a "t" and not ...
don't have a scale so i'm relying on how i feel and a tape measure. not really concentrating on scd as much as eating when i'm hungry and eating as...
well i've been on location for 3 days now... doing SCD is hard b/c a) i'm surrounded by fresh produce/berries/fruit/etc b) we're not on a regular m...
hey girl. no she didn't get back to me. have you had any success? i had to do a lot of cheating this week b/c i'm leaving town (friends, etc) but h...
alright! after practically a week of cheating due to my g'bye dinners... up to 135. time to take that number down!
After accidental ENORMOUS worth it Buddakan cheat meal.. Are regularly yesterday w/tons of protein and lost 1 of 2 gained. Tonight had another fant...
damn. last night turned into a cheat meal again. up 2lbs. when you're leaving town, it's hard to NOT have dinner after dinner with friends.... toni...
yeah i haven't read the Last Mile, but in it you eat almond butter with meals, right? do you find that is affective?... or just yummy? :) there are...
...starving, but i honestly think if i ate more than 12/1300 cal/day, i'd gain weight no matter what. ok. let me know. that was a lot to post on ...
...3) what are you doing binge day? i decided to limit binging to a few hours and NOT go over my daily calories of about 1200. which bring me to 4)...
...so, a few things (and this is all hypothetical b/c while i did drop 2lbs, i'm up 2, and it's midweek, so i'm just attributing it to eating late ...
...theory is that too many eggs have too many hormones, and that that will affect your weight. could be made up but i know that when i eat eggs mor...
hey girl! sorry i didn't get back to you earlier. you're eating around 1400 cal/day? no beans, all LEAN? protein?. when you posted your meals i rem...
reminder to myself to NOT weigh myself every day! 2months without a scale might be a good thing... hadn't eaten enough yesterday so ate chicken/spi...
BUT i'm feeling thinner and better and am hopeful for this last week. hopefully this will work for us both! i also started adding a tiny bit of alm...
hey girl! yeah i think IUD would affect water weight. So in addition to increased protein, I'm minimizing cheat day and perhaps spreading cheat day...
How to afford this/Continue abroad?
So thanks to the support of many 4HourPeeps, I have NOT left the diet and, by adding crazy amounts of protein, am perhaps seeing some success... too early to really know for sure, but probable. S...
ate so much yesterday in an attempt to increase protein... perhaps went overboard. tuna steak+guac+mayan prawns for a late dinner... + 1/2glass win...
this whole starving thing seems crazy to me since a)i'm stuffing my face at 1250cal/day and b) everything i've ever read has said someone my age/s...
Re: RECIPE JACKPOT!!!
um YES to the cauliflower fried rice! as a raw vegan i used to make cauliflower "tabouli"... (food processor the cauliflower and add mint, parsley, kalamata olives, pepper, salt, olive o...
Um yeah... I drink lemon water all day and esp with ice before breakfast daily! No good?
(re: TeaLove) likewise. But, i think i have found something that works... eating at least 30g protein/meal. beans (edamame) only at breakfast. chea...
pretty sure that i'm only up .4lbs this sunday (day after cheat day #5)... so perhaps my strategy worked?!
ok. cheat day #5: SCD breakfast. yoga. then lunch was GG, apple, 0%fage, almond butter, flax, grapefruit juice, coffee, yerba mate. hungry around 4...
(also drank yerba tea LAST night. not sure if that made a difference, but it didn't hurt)
and that 1 meal will be fruit, kombucha, etc, because that's what i miss, and then back to SCD for the rest of the day. also doing yoga. also been ...
alright. update. i FINALLY increased my protein A LOT (thnx to @s joshua's suggestion). by cheat day #5... i'm down 2lbs, aka 1lb below where i sta...
(cont'd) hoping weight/measur. down tomorrow and then i'm only having one cheat meal, not making myself sick, just eating fruit, yogurt, etc tomorr...
hey eva! sadly no... :( i'm 1lb higher than where i started, staring down the barrel of cheat day tomorrow. i have eliminated legumes from all but ...
Re: Skip cheat day if no loss?:
have you decided to skip it? i think i'm going to technically "cheat" but with low-calorie, low-fat foods like fruit and yogurt. i'm sti...
Hi Laura. site is awesome & your progress is certainly inspiring. would you mind looing @this? http://4hourpeople.com/question/2835/alright-help-no...
hey @secretfatlosslady! i'm having a lot of trouble with this diet (have stuck to it to the letter, no cheating, and lost nothing. am 25, 5'4'', 1...
did you end up having any luck? i see that you started this diet a few days before i did, and we're similar sizes, and i'm not having luck.... woul...
Unfortunately... I do all those things. When I wake, I get up ASAP and either start making breakfast or do 10min morning exercises before breakfa...

