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What a wonderful turning point, Smaro! Congratulations! It’s amazing, isn’t it, to realize you feel just fine–rather, GREAT!–throwing food away? Now just hang on for the rest of the ride; you will be done before you know it.

That’s it! You simply make the decision to do it, and like flipping a switch, it’s done. From that point forward it just takes time, but it WILL happen. The key, though, is flipping that switch. I love it, Karen!

Again, you are still in the learning phase. With time you will figure all of this out, but you need your slip-ups to learn and grow. Ah, but every time you go back to an exact 5 bites it feels SO GOOD! It’s that amazing feeling of control and empowerment that keeps you coming back for more. And eventually you will end up skinny. Just keep…[Read more]

This is wonderful to hear, Alison! I’m really excited for you and your husband. And it keeps getting better and better. :laugh:

You are indeed doing amazing, Smaro!

Now that your hungerstat is set or about set, do you want to “just go all the way” for 1 week? Are you ready to try a Snickers bar challenge for 1 week?

I recommend that everyon try Snickers for 1 solid week in their life. You only need to do it once, but you learn so much about how YOUR body responds to…[Read more]

Right, Kathy. You are going to feel off the first few days, but food doesn’t make things much better. Your body is adjusting to a smaller volume of food. Let is happen. Eating too much make you feel just as bad but for other reasons. So just stick to the diet and ride it out. Life becomes so good so fast! :woohoo:

No, no! You should sign up for Zoom! (zoom.us)

Welcome, Jackie!

Wow! Great intro. It sounds as if this is the perfect place for you, and I can wait to work with you and see your results. They are going to be GOOD!

A calorie is a calorie–it doesn’t matter what form it enters the body. If you eat exactly 560 calories for every meal, and have just 2 of them a day, and assuming you breathe out 1500 calories worth of carbon a day, you will lose roughly 1000 calories a day. But because 560 calories of one meal is so vastly different in size from 560 calories…[Read more]

Undoubtedly, this is the best birthday gift you could possibly have gotten. Now, let’s have some (dare I say it?) FUN and complete this extraordinary journey! I can’t wait until you cross the finish line!!!

Al

Madeleine,

That’s it! There is no other ideal standard to measure the fat around the belly other than to pinch it! Realistically, I can pinch about 1/4 of and inch, and that’s perfect for me. I want EVERYONE under 1 inch, but some people feel more comfortable with a little more excess fat on their body that others. From a purely scientific…[Read more]

Thanks for putting this out there. Yep! There’s great for so many reasons, but the big one is that they set your hungerstat PRECISELY!

Al

Hi Sheila,

Yes. It was a connection problem on your end. But try again next week. This is your life and future at stake, and I am so looking forward to help you get to your goal!

Shiela!

I SO LOVE to hear that determination and commitment. You KNOW this is the diet that will work for you–now we just need to find a way to keep you focused. But the biggest obstacle–getting your own mind in the game–you’ve already conquered. Great. Now just come here often and let me and everyone else here keep you focused all the way…[Read more]

Oh No! I’m afraid–but I don’t know how–that I may have been the culprit. I’m SO sorry, Robin, but after I responded to one of your posts in this thread last night everything turned grey. I have to think that somehow, someway I must have pushed the wrong button and deleted your posts. I’m so sorry!

Better yet, do it EVERY DAY of the week, set your hungerstat so that you don’t have to dread those “fasting days”, and just finish this extraordinary project. Why put yourself through torture like that?

Dunno. I would be very interested in hearing how they are doing too. But I imagine that those who TRULY want to lose weight have done/are doing fantastically well!

TB –
Just click on the entry, then it will take you to that thread.

Damage–no, not that we know of. But (and I say this often), there are probably a bunch more usable carbon atoms in “diet” or “0-calorie” drinks than are acknowledged. For this reason, you may find that drinking a lot of diet soda makes losing weight harder than drinking black coffee.