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Hi Pia,

In the past when I have lost weight, people have made comments, too.  So….everybody must be watching everybody for gains or losses in their weight-LOL!  It is one thing when someone says “wow-you look great, did you lose weight?” versus “are you sick?  you look like you have lost weight…”.  It really isn’t any of their business.  It i…[Read more]

Thanks, Tao!  You gave good advice, just relax and enjoy the bliss!  For me, I am looking for not only a diet but a lifestyle to maintain.  I’m tired of the scale roller coaster and just want to get to my happy weight and stay there.  One of my friends in her 80’s threw out her scale years ago and just goes according to how her clothes fit.  I li…[Read more]

TIP #1. Relax and ENJOY!
It’s only food. Take it or leave it (…Leave It).

TIP #2. GET so jazzed and focused on every little thing that brings you happiness that you are exhausted by bliss, and can’t help but fall and stay asleep. All night, every night.

Peace

Welcome, Ann!  You are definitely in the right place.  I’m going to send you some questions after I take a peek at your weight tracker: we’ll go from there.

Your difficulty sleeping is common, and we’ve all felt it to some degree, but it goes away fairly quickly!  You were SO CLOSE!  I’m going to help you hang in there this time, overcome tha…[Read more]

Thanks Tao…I’ll do that.  I tried this diet a few years ago, and had trouble sleeping due to the hunger.  I suppose my body was in some stage of Ketosis, and it just really wired me up.  I kept a diary through it, and most of the nights I didn’t sleep well, I woke up due to hunger.  So, I gave up.  I need my sleep.  Okay…now to your other…[Read more]

First Off, start your own Thread so People here can find you and root for you.

Well, for me it was water at my side, all day long.
FOUR 1 liter bottles of SmartWater, and getting through each one a little at a time — one every 2 hours or so.
Cautiously eat five small bites.
Go to bed SOON after your evening meal so the temptation to cheat…[Read more]

Hello everyone,

I just signed up and will enter the weight tracking information tomorrow and start the 5-bite eating tomorrow.  According to the book, the first three days are the hardest.  Any tips or ideas that helped all of you get through the first stage?

Yay!!!  Happy belated Birthday Tao!!! Hope you had a fabulous day!!! You’re doing great btw!!! 

I really like that, Tao.  Thanks!  

Say, “Thanks for your concern. And isn’t it strange that folks have forgotten THIS is what Healthy looks like?”

Chances are you’ll be saying this to someone who has tried diets before (I mean, haven’t we all?) but has never broken-through to where they, themselves wanted to weigh.

Remember, YOU are their opportunity to learn something new and…[Read more]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!! This morning, everything feels so simple. Just for today, follow through because it’s effortless. How does it ever get complicated?
I guess I’d need to understand how I’ve lived and eaten so irresponsibly against the interests of my own health.

Firmly set to eat 5 bites of sashimi and wasabi tonight with family and…[Read more]

Five luscious rare bites of rib-rye.

DONE!! It was great! More than enough.

Great.  

Techo-Goblins arose to kill the Quest, last week.
I emerge victorious though bloodied. I’m back to the daily journal.
No entries Tues and Wed because I ate NO FOOD to make up for the completely Forgettable, unrestricted bites of Fri through Mon.

Color me repentant dork with newfound joyous FOCUS!!

Huzzah!!

Thanks for the positive spin on my otherwise lackluster performance this week. On Wednesday, I checked and had actually GAINED a pound. I got serious again (though never solemn) and water-fasted for two days and lost FIVE pounds for what reads in my tracker as a FOUR POUND loss for the week.
Truth be told, that’s simply too much stress to show a…[Read more]

And remember, Tao, that this whole process that we all are engaged in is one of learning.  We learn so much about ourselves and our habits along the way.  How easily we fall back into old habits!, but we learn that too!  And with all this learning, we learn how to keep our health, which is priority #1, in perfect perspective.  We learn that the…[Read more]

Last week, after you first posted, I wrote (but was blocked by techno-skeezus) that Ramadan IS a one month fast, BUT it’s an age-old example of our modern Intermittent-Fast.
No eating (or drinking) from Sunrise ’til Sunset. A small eating window from Sunset ’til bed-time. And repeat. They have more than enough (stored AND ingested) energy for…[Read more]