Dr. Bernstein Diet - Happenings and Updates

When I first started Bernstein in 2009, I had to hop in my car, find parking, pray that I plugged the meter enough, wait in the clinic and rush to work. Today, with the pandemic changes, I'm happily on the At Home program for the diet. Apart from having to find bloodwork vampires for regular bloodwork and reporting, I think I'm finally ready to knock this weight off.   It's also reaffirming that my 22 year old son, who's getting back into healthy eating and working out, has lovingly offered to slap any malfeasance foods out of my hands, to support my success. Ahh kids...! Apart from finding the time to prep my meals and have enough variety to keep me from eating my weiner dogs, then all should be well. Day 2 and feeling fine! See you in a week.

Wow - it's a little chagrining to see my physical state-of-play 14 years after my first foray with Dr. Bernstein. I'm the heaviest I've ever been, and enough is enough. At my heaviest in July 2022: weighing in at a mighty 230 lbs.  I just can't take it anymore.   I'm 54 years old and dreading going clothing shopping, when I'm maxing out at the 2X size for tops and sweaters, and size 18/20 for pants.  How did this happen - again?! Okay, so after retiring from public service in 2012, I embarked on my own consulting business.  Amazing success and rewarding work, but the stress, long hours, travel and the regular challenges of business ownership have resulted in zero time for work/life balance.   Not a good executive I guess: I haven't managed to implement that aspect of my life.  I don't even blame the pandemic for my weight gain: I've just been totally consumed with my work, and ingesting the stress of it all - and of my clients, their issues, etc. Tha...