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It sounds like you are doing GREAT! I am so happy for you. But, I can’t view the images. :S

Great, Letileti! Keep practicing the 5BD. It will give you absolute control over your eating disorder. Experiment eating one bite of 5 different items of food. Then, twenty or thirty minutes later, recall the meal. You will still remember the flavors, but not how much or how little you ate. You will come to realize that the amount of each…[Read more]

Shelly,

Of course water weighs a lot. That’s why your weight can fluctuate so dramatically during the day. Roughly speaking, two glasses of water = 1 pound of weight. But water contains NO CARBON, so it’s irrelevant. Water comes, water goes. What’s important is that you keep everything else to a bare minimum, but EVERYTHING else contains carbon.

Have a great time. Don’t gamble too much, but I’d much rather you gamble with money than with your life. SO STICK TO THE PROGRAM!

right.

NO! You are not eating enough “healthy” stuff in just 5 bites to make a difference. NEVER eat for health. Similarly, never shy away from food because it is “bad.” (This may change a little once you cross the finish line, but we’ll wait until you are there before we discuss maintenance.)

If you would rather have 5 bites of crab than 5 bites of…[Read more]

Brilliant! I love it! Right! Keep the coffee (or tea) coming, but find a way to get by with just five bites for dinner–at most. You’ve got this!

BEAUTIFUL!!! YAY!!! That’s it, Shelly!!! :woohoo:

Ah … But unless you are having just one fish stick (maybe one and a half fish sticks), you need to throw most of it away. Fix it, taste it, and toss it. You MUST keep your hungerstat set at 5 irrespective of what the food is.

That’s it. Keep your eye on the prize. But beyond that, force yourself to be hungry more than your comfortable doing. You don’t need to eat less than 5 bites, but keep pushing the number down to five. It provides very short lived, but GLORIOUS, meals. Guess what? They’ll be another chance to do it again tonight, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow…[Read more]

Yep. That’s it. When you fall off, just jump right back on. As long as your hunger is controlled, who cares how many you eat. Just taste it, fill up, and toss the rest. Now THAT is living! :woohoo:

Welcome Geneve!

You can ALWAYS get in touch with me–either here or via the messages up on top (I’m Dr. Lewis)
I sent you a note. I love your goal weight. You are in the right place, and you’ve got a great group of people to work with. Let’s get this done … fast! :woohoo:

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Exactly right, Pia! You are the messenger. Spread the word simply by setting a perfect example. You are truly exceptional! :cheer:

Right, and it won’t be. BUT, I LOVE food too–really LOVE it–but I don’t love the AMOUNT of it. I’ve learned to eat just the right amount of each item of food that I love without even thinking about it. So will you. First, though, let’s finish this race. Only a couple more steps to go!!! :woohoo:

Great! That’s it.

Absolutely, Corey. It will plummet! Trust me! :woohoo:

Thanks, Shelly.

If I were you, I’d keep this journey to yourself as much as possible. If your friends ask you if you are still on that “crazy diet,” tell them that you’ve put it on hold for awhile. But quietly go forward on your journey. You husband will know, and those of us here. But mostly it’s all about you. You are doing this for you.…[Read more]

Pia: Don’t worry–just hang in there. When you settle at your ideal weight, you metabolism will pick up and enable you to stick there quite easily. You will see. Granted, you shouldn’t finish everything you see, nor should you want to. But you should be able to taste everything you see and have enough bites of each thing to be happy and…[Read more]

I content that your first reading was probably more accurate. The second was higher because of the rush of excitement from the first. But wait ’till a week’s gone by. You are going to be THRILLED!!! :cheer:

Thanks for sharing this with us, Shelly. Yes–we all should be losing weight primarily for our health. Extra fat cause both inflammatory damage, mediated by cytokine production that causes metabolic disease (hypertension, high triglycerides, low good cholesterol, elevate uric acid and gout, kidney insufficiency eventually leading to kidney…[Read more]