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Pia sometimes I think at every single bite as it was a “medicine”.

I tell myself that if I am depressed I need to use food as a drug and treat myself with little bites.

I think at bites as they were pills, so I do not need anymore.

One bite of an apple to get all the vitamins my body needs. One ☝️ of protein and 1 of carb. 1 nut to have fats.…[Read more]

Thanks dr. Lewis that’s so true I feel I let myself down, for a few extra bites, the food lying in front of me just looks so tempting it’s like it’s just jumping from the plate and into my mouth, but I should stop making excuses and exemptions for myself, nobody is forcing food down my throat I put it there myself.

Ok, let’s be determi…[Read more]

Think about this, Pia: volume wise, the extra bites you ate amount to relatively little extra volume, and today you certainly don’t remember the flavor of those extra bites (you’re still tasting the first bite), BUT you do feel that those extra bites let you down.  You didn’t live up to the expectations you set for yourself.  So was it worth it?  …[Read more]

I’m done for today, I did ok’ish, probably 7-8 bites x2, and I do feel to eat not because I’m hungry just because it’s enjoyable I guess. I had a piece 4 bites of toast with different toppings and 1-2 bites of chocolate, and then I had 5 bites of chicken with potatoe and salad for dinner 1 bite of apple pie and a few bites of chocola…[Read more]

That’s awesome Pia! You’re so right! Let’s make today perfect  

Well done for stopping yourself after the sandwich, it can be so difficult to not give up when we feel we have failed, today is a new day let’s be perfect, and even though you had the sandwich your weight will still be lower Monday than it was last Monday as long as you keep going 

You’re welcome Pia

Great idea Pia about distracting yourself with other things to do. Dr Lewis is so right you’re not missing out… you can still eat whatever you want, but just those 5 bites. You just have to somehow convince yourself that to be true. I like his description on how the subsequent bites lose their flavourful effect. You’ve got this Pia!  :yah…[Read more]

You’re really going  strong letileti, when I was pregnant I was too tired and too sick to care about how much I ate and ended up gaining 20kg, so much better to control it like you’re do, then you don’t have that to worry about after giving birth, and you can be one of those women who leave hospital after giving birth in your pre-pregnancy clothe…[Read more]

Hi to everyone

just watching your last chat.

it is alwaysso inspiring.

I am trying to stick to small portions of food three Times a day.

my weight is in maintainance now. Around 51,5 kg x 1.70 cm.

I tre to eat around 100-150 gr of food every meal.

hardest part is always from lunch to dinner time. I try not to start munching in Order not binging.

Pia.  You are not missing out on anything.  In fact, your ONE bite of one food is so much more flavorful and impacting than any of their “full portion sizes.”  And you get to repeat that high-quality flavorful bite 4 more times at each sitting.  Subsequent bites of a given food actually dilute the clean, sharp memory of the first bite.  Don’t go d…[Read more]

Thanks Beth

Oh yes I feel quite empowered too, I would love to eat don’t get me wrong, but it’s not so much because of hunger more because it’s so rewarding to sit down and have a nice big meal with family or friends and then 5 bites just seems like nothing, but I just have to take it day by day and hour by hour and try not to think about what I miss out o…[Read more]

Way to go Pia! Everything you mentioned sounds so delicious! Great job sticking to five bites! How did you feel afterwards? I live in Canada, so we got a whole lot of cold weather and I feel the same way in the winter as you  I find it empowering to turn good away food these past few days – I really feel in control once again! It’s An am…[Read more]

Thanks Beth, you are on a roll yourself, you’ll be done in no time!

I love doing snickers, but weekend and holidays I just sometimes feel to eat different things a bit of this and a bit of that, but it takes a bit more awareness because you need to be aware to make sure the bites are not to big and that you don’t loose count. For lunch I had som…[Read more]

Thank you Pia You are so right, today is a new day and so make today perfect instead  I do think it’s great to see how you can learn from what did happen ~ once you get in the grove of it, it will become much easier to turn up food or just stop after 5 bites. I’ve been doing snickers bars, because it always works great for me :yah…[Read more]

Well done Beth, you are so focused, 3 pounds is great that’s what most people loose in a week on any other diet

Dr Lewis you are right but I just don’t seem to be able to stop it, yesterday we had some friends over for a dinner party and we cooked some really nice food and my plan was to have 5 bites for main and 5 bites for dessert, but…[Read more]

But really, Pia, you’re not missing out on anything even while you are on this diet.  Yes the volume is small, but if you try and eat five different bites of food for a meal is seems to be quite a complete feast!  I really don’t want you to feel that you are missing out at all.  Right?   

Yes! Let’s get skinny! Yesterday was a great day ~ I stuck to my plan and feel much lighter this morning (even though It’s 3lbs gone), but this is the boost I needed to  reverse the damage done. I just need to get through the next day or two to set my hungerstat. Today’s plan is the same 2x snickers bars. One  for lunch and one for dinner and tea…[Read more]