Anonymous wrote:I do BLE. I love it. It is hard but I feel better. Weight watchers and everything else failed me.
If you are an emotional or stress eater and don’t do a ton of excercise - it is very helpful. You get the food program down then start excercise later. (Ex: instead of signing up for gym on day 1, you wait to day 100).
If you are someone who just needs to cut portions or hates veggies or excercises a ton - this is likely not for you.
If you don’t want to buy book - you can get it from the library and just photo meal plan. It’s also on Pinterest if you search.
The 14 day challenge is helpful. The first few days are hard but if you can hit day 14 - it’s smooth sailing. I haven’t done the boot camp - I don’t have time for daily calls. I do watch the videos especially when I have the urge to search for my DHs secret candy stash. If you are a stress eater like me - you need to pick up an alternative habit when you get the urge. You are supposed to meditate - but I don’t have the patience so now I drink water every time I would have been hunting for a cookie.
For a woman it’s roughly 1200-1400 calories a day.
Breakfast grain, protein, fruit (types & quantities are outlined)
Lunch - Veggies, protein, fat, fruit
Dinner - veggies, salad, protein, fat (you can also split veggies qty evenly between lunch and dinner which I find easier)
No snacking, no sugar, no flour (or flour alternative), weigh food, stick to the plan.
Good luck
Thank you so much for taking the time to post all that! It is a ton of good info. I think, as you wrote, this might not be for me. I already eat similr this apart from no sugar and bread ever, I stay away from sugar, but do like a bit of it. (I don't eat a lot of bread or similar foods). My breakfast has always been grain and eggs and such, and dinner has been light for me and I don't really snack. I don't think I could stick to this, sometimes I know I will be going out for dinner, so might skip lunch or eat a small lunch. I exercise 5 times per week plus yoga twice if I can find the time. I can't give that up and I only want to lose around 10 lbs that I think I gained due to chronic Lyme disease. For example for dinner I had salmon, mushrooms and grapes. Yesterday I ate beef(boiled for broth for soup I made) and carrots with horseradish and then salmon and avocado for dinner. Thanks again for taking the time, you saved me money for the book for it! I already eat a lot of fish, veggies and fruit.