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I don’t.  I guess if I had to recommend one I would take an orange-flavored, chewable, Centrum … because that’s what I used to take.

Correct.  For most people, they never get their portions sizes small enough to make a difference in their weight, and they give up trying.  You, on the other hand, are eating the perfect amount to make a dramatic difference in your weight and to lose ALL of it, leaving you in a truly spectacular position.  When you are there you will eat small to…[Read more]

I feel empowered throwing food away now. It was always a big deal  growing up to “finish my plate” because “there are starving kids in other countries” etc.  I am now going to eat small to stay small. 

Way to go Matt.

I love that, Matt!  For the naysayers, you might even try a comeback like: “You are right.  This diet is crazy.  It’s only works for very few people.  I wouldn’t try it, if I were you.  But I’m one of the lucky guys whose body can handle it!”  

Yes indeed!  Start by going out and buying a Snickers bar.  You don’t even have to eat one, but you should cut it into 5 equal portions to get an idea of what a bite size should be.  Nothing more!!

The Chats (have you not seen them?  They are part of the first thread on the community) are a chance to video conference with me personally.  It’s like having office hours with me from anywhere in the world!  Often it’s just one or two people with me, so I can really hone in on your particular hang-ups and we can tackle those.  Honestly, my off…[Read more]

Don’t worry about this, Pia.  But right now, when you overeat, you WAY overeat.  I can remember times when I used to eat two 12″ Subway sandwiches for lunch.  That’s a TON of food.  (Granted, I was running 50 miles/week, so I thought I was burning the calories, but I wasn’t–I kept gaining weight).  If you had told me at that time I would neve…[Read more]

Canker sores can be due to trauma, stress, or viral infections.  They are not a result of what you are eating or what you are not eating (unless you are eating, say, uncooked cactus with the spines still intact).  With you, the canker sores are probably stress induced.  But so what?  They are short lived, and the discomfort is easily con…[Read more]

I will be at the next one. 

Yes, Dr. Lewis – that is so true. Feel is so important. For me, it used to be about feeling dissapointed or feeling bloated, anything like that. Now, it’s more about chasing those victories and overcoming challenges.

Day 10 Entry: 4/19/2018

Huge again. Finally under the 205 mark. That is what I have been wanting to be at for quite a while now -…[Read more]

Thanks for the smile, Dr. Lewis.
I had my weigh in yesterday. I lost several pounds but nothing dramatic, which is confirmation that my bite sizes have indeed been way too big. This week, my first small goal for the week is to really visualize what a properly portioned bite size looks like before diving in. My second small goal is to stay off…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I’m curious as to what these chats are! Is this the other membership option where you get to chat with Dr Lewis? That was too expensive for me but that would be super cool!</p>

Thank you for the reply!! I have one more question! It seems that when I dramatically change my diet (vlcd, keto) I get chancre sores in my mouth as if maybe my immune system is taking a hit. Is there anything to this?? I’m just worried about that again. It stinks!

Well I do worry about if I can get there but I worry even more about whether I can stay there since I keep gaining/loosing the same 5-10 kg, I feel like I will have to count every bite I take for the rest of my life and as much as I do love this diet I also would love to just be done with it so that I can occupy my mind with other things 

And food will win from time to time.  Particularly when you are done with the journey.  At that point everything in moderation.  But sometimes you will even moderate moderation and totally splurge.  But no big deal, because at that point you know how to lose weight, and, frankly, losing weight is EASY when you are close to your finish line.  Re…[Read more]

Yes it is, however sometimes I wish I could just be happy being fat because then I could just eat as much I wanted without worrying, I just still love to eat a lot but I just hate being fat it is so inconvenient, it’s like being pregnant without getting any baby out of it, you just feel heavy and tired and the feeling of always having to hide t…[Read more]

Hi Alexsie!  Welcome!

Yes: Fat cells secrete a bunch of these tiny inflammatory chemicals called cytokines.  IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha are just a few.  We know of 50 different cytokines that are produced by fat cells.  The cytokines are the beginning of a cascade of chemical reactions that drive our immune system into a state of chaos, thereby lea…[Read more]