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Good. It sounds like you are right on track.

Once you get into this diet, you look forward to your five bites because you look forward to the FLAVOR of the food, more than anything. You really begin to appreciate the flavor of food when on this diet. And for sure you don’t want to ‘waste’ your five bites on less-than-tasteworthy food.

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Hello Dr Lewis

Yes I keep impeccable records.

1. The calorie count and weight of the food was for your benefit actually. I wanted to make sure you had all the information you needed.

2. The green tea I drink has no calories.

3. Yes I typically get up every night to unrinate. No I do not eat in the middle of the night, it is not possible…[Read more]

Hi Thinalinda!

Wow! You’ve have done an incredible job keeping your daily food diary. Thanks. Although I haven’t gone through everything yet, a few things strike me:

1) You are obsessed with calories. I don’t care about how many calories are in anything. All I want to know about are bites. Calories of a given food may or may not be…[Read more]

Yesterday was good. I stuck to five bites. Shrimp and broccolli for lunch and scrambled egg for dinner. I noticed I seem to be obsessing about food daydreaming about the next time i’ll eat again and what that meal will be don’t want to waste my five bites on anything not delicious I guess. This morning my headache is gone for good I hope. My…[Read more]

Thanks

I don’t know. Scope? May swallow a little swig after you’ve finished gargling? And then I recommend a cup of black coffee in the morning–it should help mask any halitosis as well.

Emailahshea –

I’m excited for you. I have a feeling you will do SPECTACULAR with this plan. The 5BD is a tool that you can wield whenever yo need to to maintain a precise, perfect weight. Get excited about the finished product, and just go for it!

In regards to ‘not a lot’ of activity on this site, we are fairly new. With time I think you…[Read more]

Ok. I made it through day one. No breakfast. 5 bites of BBQ pork rib for lunch. 5 bites of shrimp and broccolli for dinner. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be and I know its worth it in the end. Woke up with a bad headache this morning much like I get from low carbing so its not to bad kinda used to it. I packed shrimp and broccolli for…[Read more]

Today is as good as any other to start. So go for it! Great on the no breakfast thing, but why just ice and water for lunch? I recommend eating something of ‘substance’ for lunch (but just five bites) and get into this very comfortable, sustainable regimen that will carry you through to the finish line. You could expect to be skinny by March,…[Read more]

Hi!!
I didn’t start yesterday was having some personal problems and really could not get it together. Before I had even gotten out of bed this morning I found myself finding reasons why today wouldn’t be a good day to start either. I decided maybe I’d just skip breakfast. When I got to work I weighed myself…….I have never weighed this much in…[Read more]

Welcome Shea! Delighted to have you aboard.

I think you will find this forum a great place to get your questions answered and to find support from other people who have already reached their goal and others on their way there. I do recommend, though, getting a copy of the book and using it as a quick reference and as a motivational tool. Good luck!

Al

Good luck, Shea! And you can also get his book on amazon.com – that’s how I got mine.

Welcome Shea and good luck for Monday

Congratulations on making it through Thanksgiving! I’ve found the longer I’ve been doing it I don’t even have to think about it. I have my two times to eat each day, and that’s it.

Hi Linda – I know – it was very frustrating. But I found if I just stuck with it and stayed very focused and made sure my bites weren’t too big, I would lose more the next week. I made it through Thanksgiving pretty well but I was so glad when I woke up this morning knowing I controlled myself yesterday.

Good luck!

Believe: I’m glad if it’s helpful to you and anyone else. Good luck with beginning the diet and I look forward to hearing about your progress.

Violette: I’m glad someone else knows how it feels to have 2lb a week losses, not that I’d wish that for anyone but it’s always nice to hear of someone else who has had an experience that you can relate…[Read more]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am also so thankful for finding Dr. Lewis’ remarkable program and the weight I’ve lost (almost 40 pounds).

Linda- some weeks I’ve only lost 2 pounds a week but it is so amazing as the weeks go by and the weight is just still dropping. If I had tried to do this (AGAIN) on Weight Watchers it would have taken me…[Read more]

To Linda and Dr. Al,
Thank you so much for this dialogue. I believe it will be helpful to me also…..and I am starting on Friday. Today I am being thankful for what I have and the weight I have lost.
Thanks to both of you.
Believe

Hello Dr Lewis

Thank you for being willing and open to investigating my 2lb a week problem with me. As you will see from my weight tracker, I lost another (weight for it) yep, 2lbs this week. :huh:

Point 1. No I am not still menstruating. My last period was 6th Dec 2007, almost a year ago, so I believe that puts me in menopause.

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Hi Linda.

Firstly, thanks for the post and for your willingness to engage in this conversation. I think there are a lot of people who are in your shoes that will benefit from this dialog.

I want to try and figure out exactly what is going on. Losing 10 pounds, then 2, then 2, then 2 is not physiologic, so there HAS to be something going on…[Read more]