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Pretty impressive that you didn’t gain on your trip!  Great way to start off your new homestand!!

Thank you so much, Allison!!

I agree.  How about joining some sort of travel company?  Or AAA?  Then you wouldn’t have to look for an office on your own.

I can empathize with your struggle.  I have worked with many patients with depression and it can be quite challenging to get them under good control.  Still, though–no matter how it’s done–losing weight will dramatically improve your symptoms.  Remember that a huge part of depression is literally caused by the cytokines produced by fat cells.  T…[Read more]

Great!  Thanks for sharing that, Shelly!  Also, for everyone else out there:  Please list your favorite chat(s)!  I think that would be awesome

Right.  Remember what I ask in the book:  If you’d be willing to lose 60 pounds a month for $1,000,000, would you be willing too do it just for the health of it?

Great!  Don’t slow down!!!

Hi Shelly.  Yes, working from home with a stash of food 20 feet away is a problem.  You just need to satisfy your oral fixation and/or boredom with something other than food.  Coffee (I know you are not a coffee drinker) or tea is a free “go-to,” and sipping on hot, hot water is always (surprisingly) very effective.  Chewing gum is another goo…[Read more]

Wow.  Thanks for pulling me into your world, Shelly.  This is ABSOLUTELY–without question–the right place for you.  Now is the time.   Lose the weight now before more consequences of the extra weight set in.  Food can be great, but it is nothing if you don’t have your health.  Let’s get healthy first, then go back to eating for the enjoy…[Read more]

Yes!  The swelling in your legs will ABSOLUTELY resolve when you lose the weight.  Granted, you most likely have simple “venous insufficiency” and not lymphedema, the latter of which is associated more with morbid obesity.    Regardless, losing weight is how we can cure both of these conditions–and losing weight is the ONLY cure.  Surgery may…[Read more]

Great, but next week’s chat is iffy.  I will be in the Galapagos, and as I understand it their WiFi connection is hit and miss.  Regardless, you’ve got this, Allison!  Extra bites are so meaningless and insignificant.  Others can have extra bites, but not you.  No!  You are going somewhere that others only dream of!!

Hi Shannon.  Welcome!

Gayle is a great source of info!

Yes, I hold a Zoom chat every Monday night.

I don’t care what the food is

I would rather you drink coffee with creamer in it than no coffee at all.  Still, though, to to get away with as little additives as possible.  Drinks are where I restrict carbon.

1 or 2 diet drinks a day is fi…[Read more]

Sure.  At first you might dread the though of doing a week of just bars, but once you get into it it’s no big deal.  You actually will look forward to the order of such a well-defined meal size and the predictable weight loss that ensues.  It’s also neat how well your body handles the fact that you are eating so little.  All in all, it’s a coo…[Read more]

Alright,  So we start a new week tomorrow.  Do this week perfectly.  Once and for all.  Just do it and get it done.  You will be so thankful in the end … I promise.

Indeed!  Solid performance!!

Brilliant!!   Everything sounds perfect!!

I absolutely love that story, SJ!  And I love your frame of mind.  You are going to do very, very well, very, very quickly!!!  I just know it!!

Great.  But my big advice is: don’t slide into the finish line just in time.  It never works out as you had intended.  Instead, lose all 10/12 pounds FAST–within two or three weeks, and then hang out there until the wedding.  Telling yourself that you alway have more time to lose those last few pounds is a recipe for guaranteed dis…[Read more]

Great, GREAT job, Allison!!  I can’t wait for Monday!!!