drlewis

No.  Please forget about calories.  It is about volume.  500 calories of one meal can be a very different volume from another item of food, and you’re hungerstat won’t set right.  Please eat a given number of bites irrespective of the calories consumed.

Right.  And like quitting smoking, once you make that commitment, follow through on it.  Begin practicing perfect bites on Monday.  You will be hungry–and crabby–but look forward to it.  Challenge your body to make you so “hangry” that you break down and eat extra, and then NO WAY are you going to let your body win!!

My thought: look forward to being crabby.  The hungrier you are, the crabbier you are, the more fat you are losing.  LOVE IT!!

Oh … I love that.  You are my hero!  Keep up the GREAT work!!

I love your attitude, Maria.  Absolutely brilliant.  I can’t wait to see how this week goes for you!!

Yes you can!  And yes you will be able to do all of those things again!  The future is so bright and exciting!!

Your Burger King experience was a good challenge, and you tackled it beautifully!  You’ve totally got this!!  You can avoid Burger King or not.  It really doesn’t matter, because you’ve got control–whether you realize it yet or not!

The first part is exactly right.  Control your hunger by eating only 5 bites for a meal.  You will establish a rhythm of only getting hungry before you meals and filling up on just your five bites.  You can ignore all of the rest of the food around, and you will be able to do it comfortably.

Yes!  Let’s do the chat on Mondays.  I always init…[Read more]

Great.  You are on your way.  The hunger that you describe is very typical and what you should be feeling, but the longer you stay this course the less intense the hunger will become.  I LOVE your mindset.  You are going to do GREAT!!!

You have to trust me, Maria.  When you get all the way to the finish line, maintenance will be quite easy.  I can’t remember the last time I became insanely hungry.  It used to happen all the time when I was overweight, but I haven’t had that feeling in 15+ years.  Not that I don’t get hungry from time to time, but it’s really no big deal.  I love…[Read more]

Hi Maria!  Welcome back!  I could be wrong, but the last time you were you you started at 220 for a 71-pound loss, no?

Regardless, you are so right.  Nothing is more important that your health at this point, so let’s jump into the cold pool of water and get it done.  Yes, the first 3 days can be miserable, but they are a heck of a lot better tha…[Read more]

I’m thrilled.  You could have eaten more, certainly, but where would that have left you?  Don’t you feel SO MUCH better right now, after just another day, having stuck to the diet (and maybe are still a little hungry) than you would have felt had you eaten more?  Once you start to feel this way you wonder why anyone who needs to lose weight wo…[Read more]

110 is just right around the corner.  You can smell it!  You can almost reach out and grab it!  Run for 110 as fast as you can, and then you will have the rest of the year to lavish in the rewards you reaped.

Brilliant.  Then while you are in the frame of mind, go hard and go fast.  Be as perfect as you can, as much of the time as possible, and let’s see how quickly we can get the weight off.  Remember, you will never miss the food you throw away.  You will never miss the food you don’t eat or regret that you didn’t eat it.  And when you are skin…[Read more]

Doesn’t it feel amazing to be back in the one-teens already?

I love it!  Go for it!!!

Right.  I give my patient Christmas and New Years as days off.  But now that the new year has begun, be perfect!  After all, why not be perfect?!  There is absolutely NOTHING to ear for that is more important that accomplishing your goals!

Happy New Years to everyone as well!  Stay safe!  Be smart!!

Great.  I have to admit this is a tough day to start, but if you can stick to the 5BD today, there is NOTHING stopping you!  And you’ll be heading into the new year with a huge jump start.  So good luck sticking to your plan.  You CAN do this!!

It’s mind over body: Do you want to keep repeating this cycle for months–YEARS–to come?  THIS is the time!  Right now!  It HAS to be done now.  So, after this first week, absolutely do not let a 6th bite enter the body EVER until you hit your goal.  Just make it happen!!

How is your hunger?