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Rae – sure. If you need a boost, coffee always works. But, if you are tired (because of adjusting your hungerstat), it implies that you still haven’t set it. So just set it to 10 bites a day only, and keep it there. After 3 days you will no longer be tired. Good luck!!

Al

Just include a bite of protein each day in your 10 bites and you will do well. But that 1 strip of beef jerky is just about 1 meal there. So I hope you had only 5 other bites that day. The beef jerky is not a ‘free-bee’. In fact, there are ZERO ‘free-bees’ on this diet, if you are serious about wanting to lose the weight and gaining control…[Read more]

Forget water–that’s not it. You are eating 2 pounds worth of food each day!! If you body needs water, it will let you know, and you will become thirsty. But the two pounds you gain each day should be the 2 pounds you LOSE each day–by only eating 5 bites. Again, you are deceiving yourself if you truly believe you are only putting 10 bites of…[Read more]

Well, lesson learned. I’m feeling better after eating the strip of beef jerky. So, I guess every few days or so, I should have some

Rae –

Without a doubt, you will lose the 15 pounds you want to lose in LESS THAN 1 week if you follow your above plan. But if you think that you are eating perfectly and yet you do not drop 15 pounds in 1 week you are deceiving yourself.

In regards to skipping a period, this is not unexpected with significant weight loss.

I think gum is good, particularly if it keeps you from snacking (food and gum don’t mix). : )

Good work at getting to this point!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: THANK you, Dr. Lewis! I am a bit of a hypochondriac, but it worried me that I’ve been a vegetarian for 2 years and always watch what I eat—but I will stay away from cheese and not start a statin, I am glad you advised me against it, I hate taking meds unless I have to. I have to get a blood workup again in 3 months,…[Read more]

Tadpole – I think your numbers look fine, but PLEASE discuss them with your doctor. You have a lot of good cholesterol (which helps to counteract the bad effect of the bad cholesterol) and your triglycerides are low. Ideally your LDL should be around 100 (unless you have diabetes or have had a heart attack, in which case it should be even…[Read more]

Why bother with the water/juice fast? I guess the water fast is OK, but the juice fast has a lot of calories in it–and you will likely take in more calories drinking juices than you would eating five bites.

You CAN drop 15 pounds per week, but you have to be perfect. It’s not easy, but very, very worth it. And its not hard from a physical…[Read more]

Here is some of my bloodwork info:

Triglycerides 56 mg/dL
HDL Cholesterol 84 mg/dL
VLDL " 11 mg/dL

Total: 208 mg/dL

LDL Cholesterol 113 mg/dL

Also I noticed that there were other things highlighted in the report, and am wondering if I should be concerned that those numbers, as well, are not in the average range?

MCV 96.9 fL
MCH 32.9…[Read more]

I am going to go by and pick up the whole bloodwork paper so I know what the heck is going on—hopefully it will be broken down to the # of triglycerides and all of that—will give you those numbers when I get them, I appreciate your advice! The dr I do have is so busy I only get to speak to his nurse if I’m lucky.

Dr Lewis,
I called this morning and my HDL (I think that is what it is) is 208 and my LDL(?) is 113; what do you think of those numbers?Post edited by: Tadpole, at: 2008/08/19 15:26

Thank you so much for writing back—-I know so many people who have high cholesterol, but I never thought I would end up being one of them, man oh man. But I did call my mom and dad about it and both of them are indeed on cholesterol meds and mom’s dr even told her that even if she "ate only dirt" she would have high cholesterol. Dad is pretty…[Read more]

Firstly, I cannot give medical advice on line. But I can give you some general information: There are essentially 2 kinds of people with high cholesterol. (By the way, we are talking about a high LDL. Based on your weight, I KNOW your triglyceride levels are low, low, and your HDL levels are high, high, which are great!!) About half of those…[Read more]

I like that image. I think that if you keep that image in mind, you too, will get the gold!

Al

*Post edited by: kizzykay, at: 2008/08/19 06:29

Hey Guys!
I’m totally new to this forum and the 5 bite diet. Just wanted to encourage you a little with a thought I had last night during the olympics…the commentator said " you know, these athletes train ALONE for 4 years, with no encouragement, no audience, no applause, because they focus on THIS MOMENT in the Olympics, and that is something…[Read more]

Rae….I can understand what you are going through. I can concur with Dr Lewis in that you will not regain the weight. I started the 5bd the first wk of May and by the end of May early june I had lost 30 pds. As of today I have not regained any of that weight. In fact I am going to lose an additional 10 pds which I can do in a week. It is only…[Read more]

Dr. Lewis– thank you very much for any and all advice. In your book, I’m reminded of the line you wrote that said, "What do you say to a know-it-all dieter…" because my mom IS the know-it-all dieter. Not only that, but her and my step-dad are going to be staying with us in our home, and to her, ‘normal’ dinner is a 12" huge plate with a…[Read more]