(This is pretty much a cross-post - not sure if that is against forum rules or not)
I used to be an avid poster here some years ago, especially in this particular sub-forum. I managed to lose 180 pounds over the course of 2 years (YAY) I managed to gain back 90 of it over the last 6 years (BOO). You can read about my initial journey in my signature if you are interested. I just got super sad changing my avatar from a 185 pound chick to the 90 pound chick and updating my signature just now. But this post is not about that.
I am looking to form a small support group of folk who want to give an honest go at the Bright Line Eating mentality. This is how I lost my weight in the first place, although at the time there wasn't a program that I was following, I just went with what felt right. As it turns out, all these years later I found out that there is a psychologist who has coined the term 'Bright Line Eating' and is creating fantastic, science-backed content that supports what I already know works for me.
If you don't know what Bright Line Eating is, there are 4 free videos that sum it up amazingly and a book you can buy on Amazon or wherever. A super dumbed down 1 sentence explanation is: setting very specific, very firm lines that you just don't cross in order to change your mentality towards food. The author also has a (too expensive for me) boot camp that you can sign up for, but she says it is not necessary as all the info is available in the videos and book. The reason I am here looking for interested parties to form our own support circle is because from what I can tell, that is a big component of the boot-camp and is what I will be missing out by not joining it.
If there a few of you out there who want to commit to helping one another specifically with these eating ideals in mind, lets figure out what kind of support we can lend each other? It doesn't matter how much or how little you want to lose.
Here is the link to the page: https://brightlineeating.com/what-is-ble/ Take the quiz (from the home page) and see where you are on the food susceptibility quiz (I am the highest at a 10 ... sad, but not at all surprising). As a heads-up, I have gotten 4 emails in the last 2 days after taking the quiz because she is trying to sell boot-camp tickets which just opened. I personally don't mind these emails because I am determined to make eating changes.
One nice thing with this, by the way, is that it doesn't tell you what to eat. You can follow whichever diet you already follow. For example, I am Whole Foods Plant Based and it will work for me just as it will work for a meat eater, or a gluten-free person, or keto etc.
Even if there is only 1 person who is interested, I really want to talk to you! I feel like having someone to talk to who is on the same path will be so important to long-term success. I searched the forums already and I didn't find any posts about BLE ( the book just came out this month; the first boot-camp was only a year ago so I think this is a really new concept), but I hope that someone might take a look and see if you want to give it a go, too.