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I am also a vegetarian and use the "Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type" approach by Dr. D’Adamo to eat foods that give me the most energy (type A blood).

It is very empowering to read your words, that you don’t feel guilty about being thinner than the person telling you to eat more—you feel proud, and that is the way it should be! It is not quite…[Read more]

Wow—Dr. Lewis, thank you for posting your own story, now THAT is inspiring!!! :woohoo:

Your thread is a great one, sums up this program, and should be a motivating factor for everyone here. Thank you, Tadpole, for sharing your experience with us!

Al

Make sure they are the 2.07 oz Snickers Bar. If they are, and all you eat are 2 of them, you, at most, can only be eating 560 calories! That’s just not much for a day! Now it is possible that you have an extremely EFFICIENT metabolism, and that your body can run beautifully on not much more than 600 calories a day, but you would be extremely…[Read more]

oh, I actually got the mini bag–they’re smaller than the funsize. They’re little squares. There’s a minis mix that has Snickers, Milky Way and Twix. That’s really good to know about the hungerstat though thanks.

Well, it wasn’t until I was down to 110 that Rae told me about the book and I did the 5-bite challenge down to my comfortable 95. That only took a week! And it helped me figure out how my husband’s body works; all his life he has always been very lean and lithe and full of energy—he NEVER eats before noon, usually he eats only one meal a day…[Read more]

I’ve been eating Snickers Bars for the past 10 days…

You don’t need to add exercise, though this would be fine. You DO, however, need to take smaller bites. MUCH smaller bites. For your height and age, there is not reason why you can’t lose 15 pounds per week! No reason at all. I’ll help you get there, just keep me updated on your progress. Have you tried the Snicker Bars thing?

Super. Your on a good path.

I’m 38, 6 feet tall, and currently weigh 228. I get that 5 pounds a week is good weight loss, but it’s not the weekly weight loss that is "promised" in the book. I’ve gone almost 5 weeks, and I will continue, but that 10 pounds a week would be awesome! I am adding some exercise in this week, so we’ll see what happens on Monday…

Tadpole-

Welcome. Thanks so much for joining the club. How long did it take you to go from 136 to 95? Tell us about your experience. And since you are now done, you have a whole new perspective to share with others here. Thanks!!

Al

I bought a bag of those mini-snickers too. The bag says "fun size snack". However, these little things are around 2" long, and in my opinion, that’s 2 bites. I tried putting the whole thing in my mouth, and it was kinda big, so I counted that as 2 bites. I decided to eat just 2 of those for my meals instead of 5 of them. I also threw them in the…[Read more]

If she was just diagnosed with diabetes (and probably hasn’t been placed on diabetes meds yet), then by all means she should do this diet!! Diabetes never makes your blood sugar levels fall too low–the medication that you take for diabetes pushes the sugar too low. If she is on medication, I’d like to know what pills she is taking.

Al

Firstly, good luck when you ‘officially start’ on Sunday. I can’t wait to hear your updates.

The thing about the hungerstat is this: once it is set, you may be hungry unless you put in that amount–BUT, putting in less (and maybe being a little hungry) won’t mess things up. In fact, you lose weight just that much more quickly. So, if a bigger…[Read more]

Thank you–I get tired of hearing people say that PCOS makes weight loss slower and harder. I decided to buy the mini snickers/ milky ways and am going to stick to 5 of those for each meal at least for a week. they seem to be more appropriate size to a small bite and 5 of those are still fewer calories than the 2.07 oz bar. i think it will be…[Read more]

No, and in fact losing weight is the first and foremost treatment for PCOS. You will do great–just hang in there.

Al

Just wait it out. Not much you can do. You can try drinking a little extra water, but in a few days the cramps will be gone.

Thank you Dr–those suggestions help a lot. I think I might try using the smallest, mini snickers as opposed to the regular size. Though that doesn’t mean I wont struggle the first few days–I’ll try to stay focused on my goals. Thank you for the encouragement.

Hi Shannon.

Welcome! Delighted to have you aboard!

A bite is a bite. Every time your fork raises to you mouth, it counts as a bite. Keep your bites small–a small bite tastes the same as a big bite. Get used to the small volume you are putting in you stomach, and before very long you will feel spectacular (and look it too!) I like the idea…[Read more]

I love to hear about these stories!