This was my first Dietbet ever and I have to post here to thank Lexi and all the other players who helped motivate me and get me back on track. I put myself back in the equation with this game, and did a reset to work on my issues with binging to numb feelings and deal with stress. I hit the -4% goal (barely) and I know I can stick to the plan with accountability, support and structure, while simultaneously working on the behavior patterns and habits that got me here, twice. I lost -200 lbs once and kept it off for nearly a decade. I was a health coach and an inspiration to others like Lexi, then I made a huge life transition that had me feeling lonely and isolated, stressed, and dealing with grief and those life long patterns/habits came back to cope. So now, I am at it again and working on emotional, spiritual, and physical, and just very happy to be here. Thank you all for your encourgement and support. Congrats to all for being here! Thank you Lexi for your leadership and inspiration. - Lori (IntheEquation)

I did well while I was on a week long work trip so that made me very very excited. I’m still trying to get up to my 100 pound loss 3 pounds away!!!!!

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Hi Lexi and all, I had a very good week 1 with nutrition and a win on the scale, which I am very proud of, for sure! I remain cautiously optimistic since I am battling the desire to binge every day and am working on breaking some really ingrained behavior patterns to use food to cope and numb. And, I am in a crazy stressful life transition. I signed up for this Diet Bet to get a jumpstart and to have some support and accountability so I dont literally go off the deep end with binging as I so easily could. I have walked this road before and thus I am also working on mindfulness and self-compassion this time.

Re: exercise, my goal is simple and I didn't hit it last week so a restart for this week--I need to move/walk more. My goals for this second week: 1) Take one day at a time nutritionally and keep up the mindfulness when I want to binge, 2) Walk 10-15 min every day! 3) Keep posting here and checking in as I know the isolation and lonliness is leading to my binging along with the cirumstance stress. Thanks for cheering me on. I really appreciate the support. And I know I can do this since, like Lexi, I lost and regained and she is my inspiration to lose again and take it one day at a time. Thanks for reading. Best of luck to you. - Lori