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Thanks so much everyone for your input and suggestions. I think I am going to try just plain water, hot lemon water at night and I already drink my coffee black so I will stick with that. I do well if I have a drink with me at all times to have instead of food, I think maybe I have an oral fixation and feel the need to have something in my mouth.…[Read more]

My culprit was Splenda as well. I had consistently been losing weight each week and then I started adding a small amount of cream and Splenda to my previously black coffee. As soon as I did – I started becoming very hungry and I gained weight. Now I am back to my black coffee and weight loss is happening again. With no hunger!

One of the things I was doing, was adding Splenda to my hot tea and lemon-water. I would be drinking these several times a day, sometimes going through 2 pots of hot water (the tea was SOOO good). But, I think the Splenda was slowing my weight loss really really bad. It DOES have calories in it, and perhaps how much I was drinking was really…[Read more]

Hi Lattechic! Thanks for checking in.

Taking the last question first–I think you already figured out how to get your weight info into the posts. What’s more, if you just add each weeks new data into your chart, the post data automatically updates.

Stick to the 4 bites 2 times per day. No exceptions. YOU CAN DO THIS. And, if you are not…[Read more]

Congrats. I have no doubt that what you say is true–the last 11 pounds will probably go very fast, and then you can start living your new new life in an exceptional fashion. Fit, healthy, empowered–as it was meant to be! Keep it going!

Al

Great. Go for it. You’re almost there, so this is a good time to ‘sprint’ for the finish line. Once at your goal your life will be glorious, and everything that it has taken to get there will be more than worth it!!

Al

Hey! I am so glad to hear that you have lost 15lbs in 10days. I was wondering how tall you were and how much you started at. Good luck! B

I’ll give it a try. Thanks!

Hi Ibee217 –

I just responded to this in the email you sent me. : )

You are probably dehydrated and drinking more water should take care of it. If not, see you doctor.

AlPost edited by: drlewis, at: 2010/01/31 23:29

I actually haven’t eaten a single snickers bar. I’m just eating FIVE bites of whatever I want. The more protein, the better. But if you just have your two smaller snickers bars for a couple days, then that IS less calories. Which might just work for you. If you’re comfortable with eating the snickers bars then I would just stick with that.

Ok now I"m really confused. What ‘other foods’ are you eating?? Do I eat ‘other foods’ based on their weight or calorie amount?? I tried eating other foods, but found that I was eating 2lbs of food per day, and I don’t want that. That’s why I’m sticking to the Snicker bars– like Dr. Lewis told me to do. This is the 4th-5th day, and still I’m at…[Read more]

Ok now I"m really confused. What ‘other foods’ are you eating?? Do I eat ‘other foods’ based on their weight or calorie amount?? I tried eating other foods, but found that I was eating 2lbs of food per day, and I don’t want that. That’s why I’m sticking to the Snicker bars– like Dr. Lewis told me to do. This is the 4th-5th day, and still I’m at…[Read more]

I also don’t have a kitchen scale to weigh it at exactly 2.07oz.
I want to do this perfectly so Dr. Lewis knows exactly what I’m eating, and how I’m doing everything.

I’ve lost 15 pounds in 10 days and I’m eating all kinds of things… (I haven’t had a single snickers bar). It kindof sounds like you’re on a plateau. What if you measured a chicken breast out to be the same exact size of a snickers bar and then ate it? That way you’d know you’re definitely sticking to the same five bites.

And, still try drinking…[Read more]

Not only that, but Dr. Lewis said if I followed this perfectly
I can lose the weight in about 2wks or so– and that’s what I’m trying to do!! Just lose the weight (eating 2 snicker bars a day), and then once I reach my goal weight I’ll start eating normal foods to maintain it. But first I want to do this perfectly like the Dr. said.

"Whenever I got stuck on a plateau, white fish, spinach and grapefruit ALWAYS got my weight loss moving again."

OMG am I stuck at a plateau???

I’m afraid to switch to something else right now because I just want to lose the weight and follow the diet perfectly right now. Then once I reach my goal weight, I’ll start eating regular foods and ‘tweaking’ my diet so I maintain. As for right now, I just want to lose the weight, which is why I"m following the diet to a perfect ‘T’. I don’t want…[Read more]

One more thing…

At night, drink hot lemon water.

Boil the lemon in a pan of water for a few minutes and drink it without adding any sweetener. This also helps when you’re stuck.

I have a suggestion for you. It seems to work for me, so maybe it’ll help you. Try eating something different for one of your meals instead of a snickers. Switch it up with some chicken or white fish. They are excellent sources of protein. Whenever I got stuck on a plateau, white fish, spinach and grapefruit ALWAYS got my weight loss moving again.…[Read more]

I wish I knew how to do that lol– otherwise I would have no problem posting my stats.

OMG I just finished my lunch time snickers bar, and I cannot believe how STUFFED I feel. I actually feel like I’ve eaten an entire meal!! UGH.