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Add salt if that makes you feel better. Salt contains no carbon, obviously, so it doesn’t affect your fat stores in any way. You may hold on to a little extra water, which will affect the scale, but who cares? Ultimately it’s just about getting all the fat off the body. Lastly, if you are drinking too much water, you may actually be deficient…[Read more]

Great on those realizations. I love your determination to be perfect with the diet. Again, you are going to be a superstar!

Having the last bite late at night will probably not affect you’r hungerstat. Your stomach had mostly emptied by the time you had that last bite, so your stomach never experienced a stretch beyond a five-bite volume. So…[Read more]

Right–it’s part of the process–but there are two main reasons why this happens:
1. your blood pressure drops immediate when you start to lose weight, and the RELATIVE hypotension (a lower BP than what your body is used to) will make you dizzy. But your body adjusts quickly. And 2. you may be a little dehydrated. A lot of the necessary water we…[Read more]

Right. Throwing food away is such an important thing to learn and practice, and is a big part of this journey. It sounds like you are doing great, though!
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We messaged about this, but for everyone else:

As long as you stick with 5 bites two times per day, theoretically at about the same time everyday and the same size bites everyday, you keep your hungerstat set perfectly. I couldn’t ask for anything more. Yes, eating less is always great, but if you get a little hungrier a little later on, DO NOT…[Read more]

Brilliant! You are going to look AMAZING at the ball! :laugh:

If at all possible, try and be perfect with bars for 1 week. Again, it’s just 7 days. Seven days that will change the rest of your life. The harder it is to stick to bars–they are, after all, really boring–the greater you will feel when the week is over. You will feel powerful and in total control. Then, you will be able to eat ANYTHING and…[Read more]

Brilliant!

Instead of hot cocoa, could you get by with hot tea? At least for this first week?

And I know that bars are boring, but again, it’s just for one week.

One measly week–a mere seven days–out of the rest of you life. It is insignificant. But the benefits of doing this right can be everlasting! In my mind, it is the biggest…[Read more]

Hi Aniebee! No problem. You’ll just change the weight to what you weigh after the first week, etc.

I’m really excited for you to! We are going to do this fast and be done with it. I can tell already that you are going to be a superstar!!!

Will please answer the questions I sent you? Thanks, Al

Anytime! :laugh:

Once you are skinny, Shelly, you will NEVER have to go back to eating Snickers if you don’t want to. At that point you can eat whatever you want to. It doesn’t matter. But you need to be much more worried about the fat that is on your body now that ANYTHING you do to get rid of it.

Sometimes I feel like you’ve never read my book–or that you…[Read more]

Good job, Dr. Collins. I love your posts, but I DO recommend sharing your food before you get to your five bites. Maybe what’s left over after the food has been picked through won’t be worth eating (much), or there will be less than 5 bites left. All the sooner to the finish line!!!

Yes, yes, yes, Letileti! You look fantastic! Perfect! Congratulations!!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

Indeed–you look great, Beth! Just imagine what finish the [short] journey is going to look like! Incredible!! :woohoo:

Sorry all. There was a chat. I just haven’t posted it yet. I will soon, though–I promise.
Al

Right, Shelly. Be sure to take care of yourself. Killing yourself doesn’t improve the health of your loved ones.

Fine Shelly, if that’s what you want. But it’s not the food that’s driving your hunger–it’s the volume. You need to keep your volume super, super constant. Is that inconvenient? Yes. But the consequences of not losing the weight are much, much more inconvenient!

Great. If your brother doesn’t come through, follow me by re-reading the book. I very rarely go on twitter.

Dear Corey–We are going to miss you and your posts, but the diet is ALWAYS with you. You can do it alone just as easily as you can do it with us. Be strong. Ignore those who encourage you to stay overweight, and ignore the temptation to eat for eating’s sake: there will always be time in the future to eat a lot more. Hopefully we’ll see you…[Read more]

Great.