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Your are rocking it, Rachel!!   Can you make the chat tomorrow?

Great, Rachel!  I do want to get to the point, though, where you can order take out with confidence that you are only going to eat 5 bites of it.  Don’t do it just yet, but at some point you will develop that level of control.

GREAT!!  Whatever you are doing, keep it up!  You’ve tamed the hunger and everything is downhill from here.

It’s late for me, and I’m just now getting to my messages, but gee–that’s a nice complement.  Thanks!

Welcome Allison!  You are definitely in the right place, and we’ll do the work of a gastric bypass, only FAR better.  You will ultimately achieve much greater weight loss than you would have with the surgery, and of course, you won’t experience any of the downsides to having surgery.

Sure–cook 2 scrambled eggs.  Heck, for that matter, why not sc…[Read more]

Right, Rachel!  No one is perfect 100% of the time, but you keep doing your best, which you are.   As far as this diet goes, the more you fall and come back to it, the further along this journey you will end up, until one day when you are simply done and all of these trying days are behind you.  So keep getting back up and starting over.    An…[Read more]

Welcome Dalia!  I’m so happy to have you here!

The first thing that I can tell you is this: Hunger is a wonderful, HEALTHY symptom that means our body is breaking down fat.  Don’t run from it; rather, cherish and welcome it!  Look forward to being hungry, because ultimately that is the only way we can get this excess weight off.  What sho…[Read more]

So, yesterday: was the extra food that spectacular?  Do you think you will remember those extra bites in a week?  How about right now?  But to break the habit of always justifying eating when you get hungry, I want you to ENJOY, or learn to enjoy, the feeling of being “empty.”  I want you to realize that as you when you feel hunger your body is…[Read more]

YES!   I’m so happy for you!!

Incredible!  You did it!  So … how was today (Day #4)?

AWESOME, but today is Friday.  How is THIS day going?  BE strong!  Think of everything we talked about last Monday.  THIS is the weekend of all weekend.  Take it minute by minute and find a way to resist eating any extra food.  Be PERFECT!  THIS IS THE WEEK that will redefine your entire weight-loss trajectory.

Wonderful!  You are on your way!  Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, and you’ll be over the 3-day hump before you know it!

Brilliant.  The first day’s the hardest.  And come tomorrow (probably when you read this) you will already feel SO MUCH better.  You’ll feel really good–a whole lot better than food today would have made you feel!

But on the other hand, THIS Thursday is going to be different.  Frankly, it’s exciting!!   I can’t wait!!

Welcome back!  You are in the right place, and we are all here to support you.  OK.  The race starts today.  PLEASE start off your first week by eating only bars and let’s set your hungers precisely.  Is that OK with you?

Yes!!   Eating small amounts is special and does make you feel amazing afterwards.  I guess it’s sort of like a runner’s high.  (And believe me, I know.  I’ve logged many hundreds of miles running around Southern California.)  When you start off running, it’s not fun or even comfortable, but you do it, in part, for that amazing feeling that…[Read more]

Thanks so much for joining us tonight, Gayle!  You are such and inspiration and remind us of what living an exceptional life looks like!

Welcome back!

There isn’t a simple button you can push to reset it, but this is what you can do:

Change the weights for weeks 1-5 to your current weight.  Then, as the weeks tick by, adjust 2-5, then 3-5, then 4-5 (etc) to your updated weight for that week.  After 5 weeks you’ll be all caught up.  OK?

The main concern with weighing daily is that, subconsciously, you adjust your bites to fit the number on the scale.  I don’t want you to do that.  I simply want you to follow the diet EXACTLY as I’ve laid it out, and then look forward to your weigh-in day once a week.  ( I do alter this a bit once you are done losing weight, but we are not there yet.)

Brilliant!!