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Right on!

Thank you Smaro! It’s very encouraging to find like-minded people going through this!

That’s incredible! I’m all in! Thank you!!! It really means a lot to have a confirmation that It can be done. There are SO many naysayers! I have never felt this committed in my life. There is absolutely nothing that will taste as good as dropping this much weight

Exactly right.  I’ve used the same comparison to commitment with my own patients.  You NEED to be 100% committed, not just as a challenge, but because, by definition, it is a commitment!

Yes, it’s possible.  I had two sisters as patients, both near 300 pounds, who lost 50 pounds in the first 2 weeks.  It is possible, but it requires: 1. extremely good will and discipline, and 2. enough excess fat on the body to begin with.  You are too light to lose 45 pounds in 2 weeks, but you could do it in a month!

Yes you will.  And it’s worth it.  So take it day by day, meal by meal, and find a way to execute each meal perfectly.  You can totally do this!!

Yes.  Absolutely.  But like a game of golf where every shot counts, every bite counts in this game of life.

Imagine if every person who binged on food was a cheater     lol

The book has a point though, stay away from temptation

I am also starting with bars tomorrow, 6-4-2021. It is way easier than counting 5 bites.

It is cereal bars for me, snickers is very overwhelming after a day or two.

When i want something savory, it will be a standard breadstick and a serving of french cheese. I counted this to be 5-6 bites.

You have done this before and there is no reason why…[Read more]

Yes, Rachel, this is often happening to me and i am trying to see the bright side of not having a scale.

Right now i will try to focus on the positive side of no scale.

I will master 10 bites a day.

Dr Lewis, for a woman my age, height and health status, what is a realistic goal eating 10 bites a day?

Can i lose 100 pounds in 13 weeks?

I like that, Smaro.  You are doing the best with what you have under the current circumstances.  When we eat, our objective is to taste the food that’s sitting on the plate in 5 perfect bites and then to throw everything away.  I KNOW the food is good and you want more, but within just 5 minutes of throwing the excess food away you will feel fa…[Read more]

Listening to an audio book right now called “Never Binge Again” and in one of the chapters it relates our food plan to a marriage.  You need to “marry” your food plan and be 100% committed, 100% of the time.  You wouldn’t allow yourself (hopefully) to cheat on your spouse/partner, right?  Would you marry someone who said they could be committed to…[Read more]

Sometimes I feel like my scale gives me permission to “cheat”.  Like when I mess up, and the scale still shows a loss, my mind goes into that mode of “oh, that extra bite didn’t matter so much after all”.  Maybe your scale being out of commission will allow you to be more perfectly on plan!

Last few days have been difficult.

I missed my weigh-in last Thursday because i simply don”t know how much i have lost. My scale died and all the shops are closed due to pandemic lackdown. I changed the batteries one day before the weigh-in hoping it will come back to life but thats not it.

Its funny that i have this scale since 2008 and it…[Read more]

Rachel,  You can make that happen.  Easily.  But you’ve just gotta do it.  Honestly, if it means enough to you, why NOT eat just a bar twice a day until you get to your goal?  Why not?  After all, will you remember any of the other food that you eat along the way?  I doubt it!  And again, as I always say, you can eat whatever once you are thin.  …[Read more]

It has been an up and down sort of week.  Tired, irritable, and family drama around my vaccine.  I haven’t strayed far, but I haven’t been perfectly on plan either.  I am expecting a rather small loss again this week.

So I set myself up with some extra tools for success yesterday, and I also started throwing food out from my refrigerator and pa…[Read more]

Sure.  Of course.  The key is to eat something of the same size and volume until your hungerstat is set precisely to that amount, then you are free to eat anything you want as long as it, too, is that exact same amount (5 bites worth of food).

I know I can! Can I eat a different type of bar that is the same size in ounces? I don’t like sweets, especially snickers. Perhaps a protein or granola bar?