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Jello is tough.  It become a liquid immediately, so it’s like drinking a soda–or a diet soda–or something in between.  Frankly, I don’t like it.  Instead, get your sweet fix, however you do it, in your five bites twice a day.  Let me ask you this:  Can you remember 10 individual bites of sweetness from just yesterday?  How about from the day b…[Read more]

Thank you for your response! Yes I have definitely stretched out my stomach but have found ways to eat around it! I think the 5 bites is exactly what I need right now. It takes exactly 5 bites for me to feel full without liquids. Question, if I want sugar free jello at night for something sweet, would that count as a bite?

Welcome Rosemarie!!

Not a thing.  Nothing changes.  But it’s great that you’ve had the experience of eating so little.  Now you can keep it going much longer–in fact, all the way to the finish line.  Instead of relying on sutures to control your appetite, you will learn an even stronger mechanism: your hungerstat.  When you’ve set it to a give…[Read more]

Oh my goodness.  All of the metabolic diseases that we know of that are associated with overweight and obesity–diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, dementia, asthma, GERD, arthritis, liver disease, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes, and ALL CANCERS, to name a few, creep into the middle and upper levels of the “normal” BMI range.…[Read more]

Agreed!

Fantastic thought!  Thanks for sharing!  Let’s do this NOW!

That is me too. When I get stressed and tired and bored I think food will fix it. Usually, the food makes me feel worse. What we are doing is countercultural. We are going against what is all around us telling us to eat and drink. But 5 perfect days is very good!

Love it!!

Sounds like a good plan.  I’ve got my fingers crossed that you can execute it exactly as planned.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Thank you, CK! It wasn’t as I imagined it would be. I’m so excited!</p>

Sounds like a good learning day! Cool that you’re planning for your success!

3 Perfect Days of Snickers is pretty darn impressive! You’re gonna do great with other food too!

I believe I did one perfect day, then I began eating again. This happened for two reasons:

1. I had too much food in the house, plus purchased extra food to have on hand — cheese, bread, chips, and chocolates. I kept thinking of the food, which was very distracting. I have to not stockpile food, and just buy the little bit I need each day. This…[Read more]

No.  It should be OK.  If you undercut the amount you are used to eating at any given meal, you might feel a touch more hungry after that particular meal, but you will feel perfectly full in a half hour or so.  So, no harm no foul.