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Geneve wrote:
Hi I’m new and wondering how to get started. I read and loved the book

Awesome that you are here! The best way to start is to follow the steps on page 42 of Dr. Lewis’ book:

-coffee for breakfast with vitamin
-bar for lunch
-bar for dinner
-water or non-caloric drinks throughout the day

It is super simple and you will see…[Read more]

Disappointment yet again. I’ve only lost a half pound a day for the last 2 days. I did so much better the last time I was on 5BD. Still staying the course and staying focused. I guess it will just take a little longer to get to goal than I thought.

Thanks, I don’t know about exceptional :dry: today I reached 53 kg, I was so pleased, but then I had a really stressful day and ended up eating more than I should have, and now I feel so stupid :angry:

Exactly right, Pia! You are the messenger. Spread the word simply by setting a perfect example. You are truly exceptional! :cheer:

Starting week 2 today. My scale was down exactly .5 from yesterday. Laid out my 2 bars for today, getting ready to drink my tea, took my vitamin, set my intentions and revisiting my focus. Think I am good.

You are so right, and great thing is I still love snickers, I think it is so great loosing weight while eating chocolate, at work they are baffled they can’t understand how I can be so skinny when I eat chocolate almost every day :laugh: , they haven’t seen me eat a salad for months, and there they are chomping on massive amounts of healthy food…[Read more]

Right, and it won’t be. BUT, I LOVE food too–really LOVE it–but I don’t love the AMOUNT of it. I’ve learned to eat just the right amount of each item of food that I love without even thinking about it. So will you. First, though, let’s finish this race. Only a couple more steps to go!!! :woohoo:

Great! That’s it.

Absolutely, Corey. It will plummet! Trust me! :woohoo:

Today’s weigh in from last Monday- 8 pounds (9.2 from last Sunday). Trying not to feel too disappointed that I didn’t hit 10 even. Just missed it by .4!! :angry: I had 2 days this week with barely any movement on the scale even though I am doing bars only and drinking a lot of water. Still focused. Goal for next Monday is 240.

Thank you Dr Lewis.
Yes…I thinking keeping it to myself will help
I need to do….just what I need to do to help the pain and wear and tear in my knee. Keeping it to myself does not put pressure on me and I can relax,
have fun with it.

Shelly

drlewis wrote:
Thanks, Shelly.

If I were you, I’d keep this journey to yourself as much as…[Read more]

drlewis wrote:
I content that your first reading was probably more accurate. The second was higher because of the rush of excitement from the first. But wait ’till a week’s gone by. You are going to be THRILLED!!! :cheer:

Thanks so much Doctor! I am guessing that if I can sustain the lower numbers for 30-45 days that my A1C will go…[Read more]

Oh yes it is worth it, as long it’s only for a few more days or weeks, but not if it is for the rest of my life I love food to much :laugh:

Thanks, Shelly.

If I were you, I’d keep this journey to yourself as much as possible. If your friends ask you if you are still on that “crazy diet,” tell them that you’ve put it on hold for awhile. But quietly go forward on your journey. You husband will know, and those of us here. But mostly it’s all about you. You are doing this for you.…[Read more]

Pia: Don’t worry–just hang in there. When you settle at your ideal weight, you metabolism will pick up and enable you to stick there quite easily. You will see. Granted, you shouldn’t finish everything you see, nor should you want to. But you should be able to taste everything you see and have enough bites of each thing to be happy and…[Read more]

I content that your first reading was probably more accurate. The second was higher because of the rush of excitement from the first. But wait ’till a week’s gone by. You are going to be THRILLED!!! :cheer:

Took my blood sugar today and it came up 89! I was so excited and I couldn’t believe it, so I took it again. Came up 104. Dang it…

I did quite ok this week and even managed through the weekend, so much better than last week, and then I haven’t lost anything at all for the whole week, does that mean I have to stick to this amount of food for me too maintain :huh: ? I really hope not. I’m a bit disappointed, but nothing to do other than stick to it and try to be more perfect.…[Read more]

Dinner bar was 7- thinking I will start cutting the bars into 5 pieces, or go with 5 of the minis after I finish the box I just picked up from Sam’s Club.

Thank you so much Dr. Lewis!

drlewis wrote:
Thanks for sharing this with us, Shelly. Yes–we all should be losing weight primarily for our health. Extra fat cause both inflammatory damage, mediated by cytokine production that causes metabolic disease (hypertension, high triglycerides, low good cholesterol, elevate uric acid and gout, kidney insufficiency eventually…[Read more]