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Together we can do this!

Just thinking this way changed my mentality.  Yes I gained 7 pounds but since I changed my mindset I’ve lost 9 lbs since this past Saturday.  I’m losing at a rate I wasn’t before.  I’m more conscious, I’m less whiny about it, I don’t wish I could finish the plate or eat more.  Because I AM doing what I wanted.

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Welcome back Michele! It’s always easier to follow the diet when you’ve had such great success.

Wow — 8 pounds in 3 days. Way to come back!!

Wishing you continued success.

Gayle

Inspiration!

Thanks Gayle!

Lynda, I also have had some reflux but not everyday so perhaps it’s depending on the kind of food. I also only get it while pregnant so it caught me off guard. It could have been that I laid down not long after eating one of the days. It hasn’t been terrible for me, is yours bad?

I’m noticing the bites can vary between the normal 50 gm snickers bar and 70 gm of pasta. So if I’m sticking to snickers bars on the run and 5 bites with the family.

Does anyone get reflux when eating their bites? Everytime I eat, I get a bit of indigestion. It goes away after a while. But I haven’t had that since I was pregnant 8 years ago.

I love this! I’m restarting today after gaining half back which is 5 lbs so far.

How impressive! Way to go!!

It all gets better! After 3-5 days – hunger disappears as do cravings! Like Dr. L says – DRINK and ride the hunger waves.

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Yes.  You need to ride this out.  Drink water and coffee, but these feelings will go away.

It sounds to me like you are going to do VERY well on this program.  I can’t wait to watch the transformation take place!  

I like that idea!  

The most common type of heart disease–atherosclerosis–dramatically benefits form weight loss, and those people should be on the diet.  The authors are making an argument for caution in some people with cardiomyopathy who may suffer if they don’t get an adequate amount of protein (which would still be hard not to get, even with this diet), but…[Read more]

Thanks Alison, yeah im glad too!

Day 16

Lunch: 8 bites falafel, 2 bites cinnamon roll

Dinner: 8 bites leftover falafel, 2 bites of almond bar

I used to eat the entire falafel in one sitting with fries and a bunch of the krinkle bars with other food later in the evening. Moving up to 10 bites feels like so much more food yet it is still much less than I used to eat. I am not…[Read more]

Another day done.

lunch: 5 bites of chocolate.

Dinner: snickers.

Today was hard because work was a bit boring so I had time to notice my hunger, but I got through it now I’m home and just need to take it hour by hour.

Perfect day. I have to keep saying to myself, race to the end, get this over and done with. Just running on my reserve tank. It’s my lifestyle and totally normal to have 5 bites. I’m going to be a good role model to my kids. It’s not normal to be fat and have heart disease or diabetes in your 40’s.

I’m weighing out 70 gm or 2.5 oz to be sure my bite size doesn’t go over board and I stick to the same lunch and dinner.

Breaking headlines in Australia:  “Crash dieting is dangerous” Loosing weight too fast is bad for you… But only people with heart disease in the first week had to be careful/under medical supervision. And all low calorie dieters improved all health measurements beyond what they had before dieting.

The sensational news team totally omitted the…[Read more]

I have just started flavouring my old coffee with cinnamon, so it tastes a little gourmet. I have purchased these little disposable containers and measuring no more than 70 gm (2.5 oz) of food in it. I had trouble with hunger last night, and took 2 extra bites, but I think it was because I was tired and a bit dehydrated.  I’m enjoying not being…[Read more]