DrCollins

You probably have access to the “regular” size Snicker bars, which are 1.86 oz not 2.07 oz.

Regular Snickers bars have a volume of 1.86 oz.   When Dr. Lewis first made his recommendation to use a regular Snickers bar, it had a volume of 2.07 oz.  That small size change happened more than 7 years ago,  and since that very tiny change Dr. Lewis has…[Read more]

Hi Becky,
In spring of 2009 when I discovered the 5-bite diet, I had already been inside my current maintenance range for about 3 years. During the past 11 years, I have sometimes used the concepts in the 5-diet to help me stay inside my maintenance weight range. My normal maintenance eating plan is eating extremely small portions of whatever I…[Read more]

Even while following that plan consistently, my weight sometimes gets near the top of my maintenance-weight-range, and I have frequently used the 5-bite plan to help me drop back down lower into that range. In my own 5-bite dieting, I’ve always chosen to count bites while simultaneously counting calories. My normal maintenance practice is to w…[Read more]

Here is my process:

I plate my food. Take a photo of it. Eat it. Take a picture of it .

I immediately pick up the plate and walk over to the sink, open the cupboard door underneath the sink and dump the contents of the plate into the garbage bin.  Then I put the plate in the sink and run water over it.

On occasion there is something left on my…[Read more]

Thank you Rachel and Shelly.

I love it when thoughts that are helpful to me, also help others.