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No.  This diet does not “mess” with your metabolism.  Understand, though, what the metabolism is:  the energy required to run the body’s essential functions.  The only thing that slows–and only temporarily–is your GI tract, because you are putting less in.  But when you are thin, you will resume eating and everything will be exactly where it w…[Read more]

I see you here. You paid good money to be here for a month. Some part of you is willing to give it another go. I would listen to that voice. We’re all here together on the same journey to absolute health. Just do it!

I like that a lot!  I hope it works perfectly for you!  

Wonderful, Rebekah!  I so happy that you are enjoying being a five-biter!

Happy Independence Day, Everyone!  Enjoy, celebrate, but don’t eat too much!  

So far so good this week. I’m doing bars as well per Dr Lewis orders and lost 3 pounds  in one day!!! I cook supper every night and that’s a big temptation for me, but I remind myself that I can cook this meal again as soon as I’m done. I thought the bars would make me sick, but it feels like just the opposite. I feel AMAZING! Hope all of you are…[Read more]

YES!!!  Amazing, wasn’t it, R Sikes?  As much as you wanted to have that 6th bite, aren’t you so proud of yourself today, and aren’t you thrilled that you left it on the plate!?  Aren’t you also thrilled that you aren’t carrying those extra carbon atoms around with you today, and don’t you realize that had you had the 6th plus bite or not, your me…[Read more]

Oh yes Rsikes, that’s what I love about this diet, we get to eat whatever we want, I have been battling most of my live to overcome my craving for chocolate it never helped, with this diet I can eat chocolate every day, I have probably said it many times before but I just love it 

Thanks Rsikes. Also thank you Dr Lewis, Yes I want to win, so badly I’m so anxious about it and I am so scared to loose focus, but I guess it’s better to take it 5 minutes at a time instead of worrying about how I will cope tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, let’s just do it instead of worrying about it

Right on!  I LOVE that attitude.

Remember: finishing Stage 1 is like playing golf.  You have to want to win.  You have to want to shoot low.  So you have to be perfect ALL THE TIME through to the finish line.  One bad shot in golf can ruin the entire round.  So, focus on the next 5 minutes.  Find a way to endure the next five minutes withou…[Read more]

Today went well, 5 bites of cookie for lunch and 5 bites of cookie for dinner, I love cookies and usually I would have 5 or 6 big ones, but I keep telling myself that I can have another one at my next meal and that 30 or 40 bites aren’t going to taste any better than 5 bites, feeling strong 

Yesterday I did ok 5 bites of a baguette with cheese, butter and jam in the am and 5 bites of chocolate chip cookie for dinner  I did have a few bites here and there but nothing major and I managed to tell myself that a few bites doesn’t have to turn in to another and another and another

This morning I’m down 1,8 lbs which is a good…[Read more]

I fell of Friday and Saturday, and today TOM has arrived which is going to be very difficult because I normally just feel to curl up with lots of chocolate and chips at this time, but I have to be strong, so instead it have to be ibuprofen, vitamin, coffee water and 5 bites of what I want 2 times, I only have 3 days left before going to Norway,…[Read more]

You cannot be totally committed sometimes.

Beautiful!  Right, RSikes–we are all different.  I would expect you to have lost more weight in this amount of time, but there are SO MANY variables that will affect your weight loss.  No biggy.  As long as you are comfortable, in control, and losing weight at a sufficiency pace (all of which you are), you WILL ABSOLUTELY cross the finish lin…[Read more]

Me too I do as little exercise as possible and it feels great to know that I don’t have to exercise to loose weight, I relax as much as possible (which is not much having to keep an eye on my little ones) but I find my resolve to stick to the diet is so much stronger when I am well rested, when I’m tired it gets so much more difficult maybe I…[Read more]

Good job Circlecityvegan!  You got this…you’ll be at 110 in no time!

Ann

Everyone is doing great! Even little slips can be seen as a learning experience and not set us back if we just keep at it. I am in charge of all cooking and meal preparation. I can make 20 meals without even thinking about being tempted but that 21st meal will take all my strength not to eat. That happened today at lunch and I ate one perfect bite…[Read more]