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Kathy and rae,
I don’t know about you guys-but I have spent waaay more than 50 dollars over the years on weight watchers(several times)and diet center(tm. hahahaha!!) atkins on line and cases of slim fast(boy did that stuff make me HUNGRY)
AND books and books and books.
I probably singlehandedly put some kid at Amazon.com through grad school- and…[Read more]

thanks.
that’s great news because I am a big water drinker, and I just stocked up on the crystal light flavored teas to add to the bottles.
I bought some snickers bars and baby ruths(my personal favorite) so I am set for the next few days.
I think that will help with the portion control part until my stomach sense is reset to the smaller…[Read more]

thanks.
that’s great news because I am a big water drinker, and I just stocked up on the crystal light flavored teas to add to the bottles.
I bought some snickers bars and baby ruths(my personal favorite) so I am set for the next few days.
I think that will help with the portion control part until my stomach sense is reset to the smaller…[Read more]

I noticed that Dr Lewis averages about 14 pounds a week so if you stick to it strictly it will take you around 2 months.

Hi Everyone:

OK. If you want to lose your weight faster, you have to take in fewer calories, which means eating smaller bites. But try cutting a 2.07 oz Snickers Bar into 5 pieces sometime–those are still 5 pretty big bites. And if you have a ‘normal dinner’ (2 bites of salad, 1 of meat, 1 of bread, 1 of mashed potatoes), you will lose it…[Read more]

No. Drink as you will. Again, thin fluids do not keep the stomach stretched for long enough to reset your hungerstat, so drink away.

Good luck!

Klculmer –

I’m happy to hear that you’ve lost 20 pounds in 4 weeks, which is good, but not perfect. But I am saddened by the $50 comment? This forum is an opportunity for everyone here to use each other (and me) to answer questions and find the motivation to achieve your individual goal. The $50 also keeps the ‘rif-raf’ off the site, so we all…[Read more]

I believe he said that with those kind of drinks they dont stay in the stomach long enough to make a difference with regards to the hungerstat. Maybe someone else can add to this?

You know I was thinking the same thing…like why not just fast? But then I thought about it, if the thing about resetting your hungerstat is true, then I would not want my hungerstat to be set at having nothing in my stomach as being full. That and with fasting you’re at a higher risk of failing…at least with this plan you can at least say "ok…[Read more]

Thanks. I got that much from him. I guess the idea is to eat as little as I can in 5 bites. That might even be harder than just fasting.

I have just started myself so I’m not sure if this will help. I would suggest getting a snickers bar and cutting it in 5 pieces, use those pieces as an example of what your bites should look like. Hopefully the doctor could offer more advice than me . Good luck!!

It’s all about focus! Just muster up all the will power (or won’t power in your case) and stick to it. I share your pain, except I am doing this diet exactly like the book says and I have only lost 20 pounds in 4 weeks. I like loosing but the book says I should have lost 40 pounds by now! I think we need more support from the Dr. not from each…[Read more]

I know what you mean about your husband being away. My husband is enlisted in the Navy, and has been gone now for 3wks. His ship is out to sea– training/getting everyone on the same page (war games, mock sea trials, drills, so the whole fleet is on the same page when/if ANYTHING happens). They’re training now, because in May, he’ll be gone for a…[Read more]

Although I can’t speak for Dr. Lewis, I do have some opinions.
Have you read his book yet? His book basically lays everything out so you can understand it better.

Although I’m not morbidly obese, (I’m "less overweight"– my BMI is 22.?) I still have excess body fat that I need to get rid of. My body will use these reserves instead of getting the…[Read more]

I am in the same boat as you. Seriously, it makes me so mad to see that when I am messing up it?s for a stupid cause, I AM NOT EVEN HUNGRY. It is soo ridiculous. And then when you look back on it, you regret it so much because you say, if only I didn?t mess up I would have lost this much by now. And then you say ok, I messed up today, lets start…[Read more]

I weighed myself this morning and my challenge is not to weigh myself again until Friday. I don’t know about all the digital scales, but i know that mine depends on where you stand if you’re feet are to far back..then I am heavier but if i stand to where my toes are almost hagging off the scale then i’m thinner!LOL I sounds funnier but can vary…[Read more]

That is wonderful Rea!

That is a good Idea, measuring at the belly button to make it more accurate. I did that too so lets see how many inches I lose by the end of this week.

You are so funny, but I totally understand what you mean, I also have that "oversized" hour glass shape, same height as you and also need to lose somewhere around where you are going, but me honestly I do not want to be 100lbs I would be happy with 130. Seriously, then I will see from there if I need to lose the extra 30 lbs. But you know I just…[Read more]

I try not to but I can?t help it, especially says where I did not follow the plan 100% just want to see how much damage I caused. So you all think the digital scale is not good? Because that?s what I use but I didn?t notice anything wrong with it.

Do you weigh yourself everyday?