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Ok that makes sense- thank you!

That must be why I’m so thirsty all the time too-since I’m not getting as much water from food now.

I have low blood pressure naturally – 96/67 is common for me – so if it’s going lower that would be interesting.

In the past I’ve added salt to my water when I started feeling this way, but I quit doing that since…[Read more]

Great on those realizations. I love your determination to be perfect with the diet. Again, you are going to be a superstar!

Having the last bite late at night will probably not affect you’r hungerstat. Your stomach had mostly emptied by the time you had that last bite, so your stomach never experienced a stretch beyond a five-bite volume. So…[Read more]

Right–it’s part of the process–but there are two main reasons why this happens:
1. your blood pressure drops immediate when you start to lose weight, and the RELATIVE hypotension (a lower BP than what your body is used to) will make you dizzy. But your body adjusts quickly. And 2. you may be a little dehydrated. A lot of the necessary water we…[Read more]

So I’ve been examining my diet to see if I’m truly following the diet perfectly & I’m not!

It’s my coffee. I drink quite a bit right now while I’m waiting for my hungerstat to reset & 2-3x/day I’ve been putting 1 tbl of whey powder (it makes a foamy top when I blend the coffee!) & no calorie sweetener in. So I’m going straight black…[Read more]

2 lbs with ww?! Yikes!!

Awesome job on your weight loss! Just out of curiosity how much did you lose in just the two weeks of bars?

I’m completing my first official week on Monday-been doing just bars. It’s challenging, but when a food is calling me & tempting me I remember that I can have it later & also I don’t want it to be in control of me!…[Read more]

Thanks Dr.!

So I do have a question:

Tonight around 5 I had 4 bites of a bar at dinner & was totally satisfied so I put the bar away.

Then at 7 I was really hungry so I went & had a cup of coffee (which I love!!!) and figured if I stay up a bit, I stay up.

But at 8 I was pretty hungry again & ignored it & had some tea & at 9 I couldn’t take it…[Read more]

Right. Throwing food away is such an important thing to learn and practice, and is a big part of this journey. It sounds like you are doing great, though!
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Thank you for the fast reply! I did actually feel hunger later & thought it might screw up the hungerstat I’m working on if I ate so I made some tea. I did put a splash of milk in it but couldn’t resist that. I will take it as a lesson to wait for hunger so I don’t have to fight it when it comes!

My next goal is to get comfortable throwing away…[Read more]

We messaged about this, but for everyone else:

As long as you stick with 5 bites two times per day, theoretically at about the same time everyday and the same size bites everyday, you keep your hungerstat set perfectly. I couldn’t ask for anything more. Yes, eating less is always great, but if you get a little hungrier a little later on, DO NOT…[Read more]

So I found another week spot in my relationship with food. When I’m tired & the kids are a mess because they’re tired at bed time…

I’m doing really well, but I did have a nibble (3 of my nibbles is about 1 bite) of their dinner & the other thing was I was planning on having a bar & hadn’t eaten since 1, but I wasn’t hungry yet! Then 7pm…[Read more]

Thanks! It’s nice to feel excited about it instead of dreading it! I also HATE wearing spanx & at my goal weight I won’t have to do that

Brilliant! You are going to look AMAZING at the ball! :laugh:

So I’ve got a military ball to attend in about 5-6 wks & I would LOVE to meet my goal by then! It’s kind of an important event to my husband & it would feel so awesome to feel my best there!

It’s pretty cool being able to attend a real event where a literal ball gown is a requirement

That’s my motivation right now

Thanks for the advice! Yes, I can do bars for 1 wk! I’m also only going to weigh 1/wk. I was weighing daily, but after listening to some of your chats I’m switching to 1/wk. I can feel myself motivated to do the diet right all the way to weigh day!

I can definitely do tea at night. I’ll find some yummy sounding ones.

I’m looking forward to…[Read more]

If at all possible, try and be perfect with bars for 1 week. Again, it’s just 7 days. Seven days that will change the rest of your life. The harder it is to stick to bars–they are, after all, really boring–the greater you will feel when the week is over. You will feel powerful and in total control. Then, you will be able to eat ANYTHING and…[Read more]

Brilliant!

Instead of hot cocoa, could you get by with hot tea? At least for this first week?

And I know that bars are boring, but again, it’s just for one week.

One measly week–a mere seven days–out of the rest of you life. It is insignificant. But the benefits of doing this right can be everlasting! In my mind, it is the biggest…[Read more]

Thank you so much for your help! I’m so so ready to have this done already!

I wanted to do just bars for the first week to reset my hungerstat, but….. After a couple of days I really start craving other things! Then I take a nibble here & there & then I feel like I’ve blown it & end up eating more than 5 bites “since I blew it.”

Am I better…[Read more]

Hi Aniebee! No problem. You’ll just change the weight to what you weigh after the first week, etc.

I’m really excited for you to! We are going to do this fast and be done with it. I can tell already that you are going to be a superstar!!!

Will please answer the questions I sent you? Thanks, Al

Oct 1. First day will be perfect
Counting down bites 5 to 1 with 2 snickers
Water and tea today
Vitamin

No negative thoughts. I do care and i will be accountable to this forum

Shelly

Good day today. Almost perfect

Anytime! :laugh: