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My digital scale is messed up too. This morning, it shows that I’ve lost 2lbs, but it says my bodyfat % has gone up. I think I’m going to stick with my plain regular scale than that stupid digital.

That is great..!! no weightgain. If I was you I would have brought back your moms scale!LOL I had a digital scale and I noticed that it never gave me the same weight twice sometimes it was .5 lbs to 1.5lbs off so I got a different scale this weekend.

Now this doesn’t make sense to me, for a number of reasons.

Yes, having a gastric bypass is associated with better outcomes than being morbidly obese – but it has never been thought to be a "healthy" option, just a "less unhealthy" option for people who can’t lose weight any other way.

Are you targetting your diet just at the morbidly obese? If…[Read more]

Thats excellent!!

Good luck!!!! I’m starting today too, for the first time Im kinda scared LOL

Great job, Rae! Keep up the great work!

Woah!!! Dr. Lewis you are pretty prompt with responses ..I must admit when I read the words "100 pounds" I almost half fainted half cried LOL…I would love to be 100 pounds!!!! Which means I now have 117 pounds to lose instead of the 60 i was aiming for…no biggie lol…But I know with your plan I should be well on my way. I think I will do the…[Read more]

Howdy Kizzykay! Welcome!

Question 1 – you can function quite well on most anything…or even nothing, as your fat stores allow. I just personally like Snickers Bars, and they are about 5 bites, so I use them as an example. But any bar of the same size (about 2 oz) would give you a good mental picture of the ideal meal size.

Question 2 – No.…[Read more]

Hi 6read5! Welcome!

Admittedly, 5 is an arbitrary number, but it approximates (in a day time) what one would eat had they had a gastric bypass.

In regards to question #2 – have you read my book? The multivitamin takes care of all the minerals and vitamins that may be missing from the 5 bites.

3. Again – have you read my book? BMI holds for…[Read more]

Shebih –

Colon cleanses are useless, unless you plan on doing a photo shoot of your belly within a few hours of the cleanse. But the ‘poop’ will just build up again within 2 days and your back to where you started. In terms of ‘detoxifying’ yourself–doesn’t happen. All of the stuff in your colon remains ‘outside’ your body and you need not…[Read more]

yea thats acually a good idea.

What about chewing gum if you feel you always have to have something in your mouth?

After 5pm, I do a "trick" that fools my brainwashed brain LOL. I turn off the lights in the kitchen, and think to myself, "The kitchen is CLOSED." NO more food, no more thinking of food, no snacking, etc. I have a bathroom in my bedroom, so the only thing I will allow myself to have is some water– period. But turning off the lights so far has…[Read more]

How long have you been doing this? I know prior to the 5BD, I was fasting and eating only few bites. I did feel the same way you did but i lost the weight. I guess it is a normal thing, because our bodies are soo use to getting so much food, that it is confused now and gives out signs so that it doesnt starve. But I think your body will get use to…[Read more]

Fine. You can try cutting the Snickers Bars in 1/2. But your body is constantly requiring huge supplies of sugar, so it has to get them from somewhere. If you are not putting sugar in your mouth, your body HAS to pull it from the fat. Just that simple, no other possibilities. And again–your body isn’t that special–you don’t have a ‘miracle’…[Read more]

Absolutely YES buy the book. I heard about this on tv, decided to go on amazon.com to buy the book because I was VERY curious. The day it came in the mail, I opened it, made myself a cup of coffee, and sat in my back porch while I read it. After reading it, I started the next day.
The book has lots of Q+A, as well as simple logic, case studies,…[Read more]

Today is the third day the scale shows no weight loss. I have been doing snicker bars almost all week with the exception of 2 dinners which were smaller than a snicker bar.

I don’t know if I shocked my body by losing 30lbs so fast it won’t let anymore pounds go. The only thing I know is different is I’m drinking more water.

Dr. Lewis is this…[Read more]

Absolutely! That’s the whole point of keeping your bite count the same. You feel full when your hungerstat resets.

Congratulations!

Al

So.. it’s ok if I feel full???

I don’t know. But, a big bite tastes the same as a small bite, so I would favor the smaller bite and get done sooner!

Good luck,

AlPost edited by: DrLewis, at: 2008/03/21 04:22