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Great job.  And honesty, does it “taste better” to be perfect that to eat food.  Think about how you felt after dinner last night.  You successfully fended off the temptation to eat extra food.  Didn’t that make you feel so in-control and GOOD?  And that feeling lasts–much longer than the flavor of any particular food.  You are doing great; your…[Read more]

Day 1 was a success, yesterday!!!

– No cheating, No extra bites, and No sugar in my coffee! Yay! 🎉

– It was really hard, mentally, but I didn’t binge at bedtime, like I usually do!!! 🎉  That might sound silly or trivial, but that was a HUGE accomplishment for me! I can go all day long without caring about food, but it’s a mental struggle at…[Read more]

Hi, Dr. Lewis!

You asked – “So, when did you start the diet again, and what have you eaten since you started.”

– I started the diet again, today!

– Here’s what I ate –

-5 total bites of strawberry sweet roll & sausage
– 1 black coffee
– women’s energy vitamin

– exactly 5 bites of “taco rice”
-water

“How has it worked for you?”

– I’m doing…[Read more]

Brilliant!  I am so happy to have you here.  This time we are going to go all the way, OK RSikes!!

So, when did you start the diet again, and what have you eaten since you started.  How has it worked for you?  Or, are you starting the diet today?

Shelly,

I think it is important to appreciate hunger for what it is.  It is an annoying feeling–truly painful at times–that means GREAT things are happening inside the body.  This dichotomy toys with our emotions, but you can develop a new relationship with hunger, and hence change your emotional attachments to it.  Hunger is the only thing th…[Read more]

I need to start being accountable    I love my 4 grandchildren but having to watch them all day at times causes me so much anxiety. I’m so mad at the daycares for sending kids home with any COVID excuse.        (Another child had COVID in a different room, so they send all the children home in both rooms for a week).  Upsurd!!!

my daughter…[Read more]

Hi.  Sure, you can do just Breakfast and Lunch, but 2 things:  1. nothing else!  (no snacks, etc).  and 2.  The two meals need to be separated by at least 4 hours.  Otherwise, sure! … Go for it!

EVERYTHING is sugar, or some other arrangement of carbon atoms that become sugar when reassembled in your stomach.  Your biggest weakness–all of our…[Read more]

Hi Shelly!  I hope it’s going well!  Hang in there.  This diet can be super challenging, but you can do it!

Maria

Thank you Dr Lewis.  I’m afraid the back surgery can’t be changed.  in 2018 a Coflex implant was put in L2 and L3.      It has to be removed   This was an experimental thing.  It didn’t work very long

I carry most of my weight in my stomach.  I know that makes it worse

Question Dr Lewis

Does it work to eat breakfast and lunch    BUT NO DINNER…[Read more]

Welcome back, Shelly!  So good to see you again!  Yep, I’m right here to support you 100% on your journey.  Start today, and let’s see how much you can reinvent yourself before that big surgery date.  I’m sorry to hear about the need for it.  I might even suggest, though, that losing the weight could prevent the need for surgery.  I guess we’ll see.

Wow!  Great job, Megan!     You have already lost almost 4 lbs in just a few days.   That’s awesome!  Good luck this week.

Maria

Great job!!  Way to stick with it and not give up!  I was 140.8 this morning!

You did great!  That’s awesome that you stuck to it so well.  Today was good for me, but I’m still resetting my hungerstat because I overate a couple of days ago.  So I’m just super hungry.  But otherwise, I just had my protein bar for lunch and then quest cookie for dinner, one diet soda, coffee and lots of water.  Good luck tomorrow!

No.  Please forget about calories.  It is about volume.  500 calories of one meal can be a very different volume from another item of food, and you’re hungerstat won’t set right.  Please eat a given number of bites irrespective of the calories consumed.