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I’m feeling frustrated. I didn’t do well over the weekend then lost almost 2 lbs yesterday. Then today was back up 1.2 after eating more than 5 bites at dinner. I also haven’t really had a BM in a few days. Help. Thanks.

Day 10

This is my first milestone as I was only able to stick to potatoes for 9 days before I had electrolyte difficulties. Though I feel not 100% and riding up a hill on my bike doesn’t feel so easy, I am still functioning pretty well, able to teach. I walked 3 miles today as well. I suppose I cannot expect to be running completely fine barely…[Read more]

I like that, keeps you focused on what the actual sensations are rather than just reacting to them right away.

This is great, Chloe; thanks for sharing!  It goes along with my hunger exercise: focus on the hunger pain until it dissipates.  Focus on its size, its color, its location, its activity, etc.  Does the hunger have claws and teeth?  How many?  Is it snarling or making some other sound?  Then practice cornering it from all sides in your mind until…[Read more]

OK.  Right.

Great.  I think journaling is good.  It helps to keep you focused.  EVERYONE should journal here EVERYDAY!!!  

Great plan! I agree it helps me too knowing I will be logging my day for others to see and it’s especially helpful to be in the loop with others who already understand and accept this diet!

Hey Dr Lewis, yes, I mean that if you consistently have a larger bite than maybe 1/5 of a snickers for the first week if that is what is causing her to fall off and binge. then week two, get down to the appropriate size. But yes, consistent in size no matter what amount to keep from being hungry.

Ok I realized I better get back to journaling more often, I think it is more difficult to cheat when you need to confess later, I did ok today, but not perfect so tomorrow I am going to do absolutely perfect, plan is 1 snickers for lunch and one for dinner, no extra bites, if anything find it’s way to my mouth I will spit it out immediately as i…[Read more]

Yes–it’s more disturbing to feel stuffed.  Hunger is just hunger, and it goes away.  

Thanks for those great “rants,” Lynda!  I completely agree with you!

Remember, Alison: the key is to try and keep your bite sizes constant from one meal to the next, always taking in the same amount of food.

Great job guys!  

Bit time for a restart. I’m not super happy with where I’m at, but also not to the point that I’m upset. More so, just knowing that I am where I am because I chose to be. I chose not to count for about 2 weeks, and as a result, I gained about 8 more.

The good news is, the lowest I got was 191lbs, which is 22lbs that I hadn’t lost already. So as…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Yeah i have just been literally “fed up” and thought it would be easier to simplify by taking out all the variables. But i think 5 bites does the simplicity in a more tactful way since i can do it anywhere.</p>

Yeah that’s exactly right, total freedom. I am so fed up with all the other approaches that i think i am in a place psychologically where i’m just ready to be done with dieting forever and i can really see this being it. It’s amazing to have some real hope this time

And the other thing that bothered me about Dr. Oz. He referenced some Anorexia support group as some kind as a  suspicisous endorsement group for this program. Anorexia is a serious mental health disorder where the sufferers have a completely distorted view of their body weight and image. These are people who are not trying to achieve a healthy…[Read more]

Someone once said to me. “Hunger is not the tummy pains or cravings, but that sharp pain you get in the throat which comes and goes”. So I ignore everything but if I get that pain, a get a coffee and chew some gum till it passes. And it always passes. We can all do this for healthier US!! 

I’m really enjoying this diet.   It demyths so much rubbish out there. We simply have to eat less. I watched the Dr. Oz episode of Dr. Lewis interview. I’m not really a fan of Dr. Oz as I consider him to be an appeaser ( feeding the crocodiles hoping it will eat him last) for the ethical/higher order eaters who believe that…[Read more]