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Brilliant, Shelly, BUT … might I recommend adding Lexapro to your regimen (5 or 10 mg) and take a FULL phentermine tab.  This regimen is really good for controlling your hunger but reducing the increased anxiety that can come from Phentermine.  I think it would work very well for you.

Sean — Of course!!  You can eat Snickers until you cross the finish line, and doing so would be one of the healthiest/safest things you could do for your body (knowing that other foods put more carbon back into your body, delay losing weight, and that the longer fat sits on your body the more unhealthy it is.)  What you eat or don’t eat isn’t w…[Read more]

Shelly–you are right.  Losing weight is must, and if you must, have surgery.  But you won’t be eating any differently that what I’ve suggested here.  The surgery just forces you to adhere to 5 bites.  So the question you really need to ask yourself is this:  Is surgery, its cost and all if its complications, easier than developing and iron…[Read more]

Indeed–both of you!  Show us what can happen if you do the diet PERFECTLY!

Brilliant, BK!  It’s all about commitment and execution, knowing that it’s going to be a tough start.  Still, the benefits are so spectacular that it’s worth it.  Think of hunger as good pain–like the pain of working out hard.  When you are hungry, you are breaking down fat, and you can feel it.  But, unlike working out in the gym, you aren…[Read more]

Very interesting indeed!

Also, Kristina, feeling a little “empty” in the stomach is … exciting!  It’s a gentle reminder of where you are going.  It’s a place that’s unique, powerful, and exceptionally healthy.  You will be the envy of everyone you know.  And yet, all you need to do to get there is to hold off on eating mindlessly for awhile.  Look forward to the chal…[Read more]

Hi.  Why?  Is it because you are home and so close to the kitchen?  Is it because the family is constantly munching on something?  Is it boredom?  What do you typically do on the weekends?

I’m sorry, too, Becky, but I 100% agree with Pia.  This diet is just a tool.  Intermittent fasting is also a tool.  But if you have a body that needs repair, you need to find a tool that will work for you to fix the problem.  I truly believe that the best, universal tool to lose weight is the 5BD, but again, there are outliers.  Why not try eati…[Read more]

Great start!!!

Wow!  Tomorrow, I think, you will find that you are surprisingly not hungry despite having not eaten anything in awhile.  Having completely fasted, adjusting to 5 bites should be easier.  And once you establish a five-bite hungerstat, just keep it there.  Don’t change a thing.  I think you can do this, and I think the results are going to be dram…[Read more]

Great.  Last week is history.  Done.  Do you remember much of that food today?  Nope.  So were the extra bites with it?  Nope.  But what’s done is done, and we start fresh today.

Again, though (and please never forget this), life is simply AMAZING when you are thin.  Simply incredible.  

Right.  Your only focus right now should be on the bright blue ribbon at the finish line.  It’s a brand-new day and the start of a spectacular life.  One that very few people get to experience.  The extra food, frankly, just isn’t worth it.  Not even close.  So shake the dust off and start again with determination, never slowing down until you b…[Read more]

Awesome!  I can’t wait until June 17 then!

Love it!  And you are wearing clothes!

Great work!  Tomorrow will be a good day too!

But just think, Pia, that come Monday you will be kilos less than all of your reveling friends.  Will you indulge in such parties again?  Of course!  But when you do, you will be SKINNY and the envy of the party!!

Great job so far, Kristina!  The hardest part, believe it or not, is over.  Tomorrow will be tough, but I think you will find it a tad easier.  You’ve got this, and we are all behind you 100%!!  Hang in there!!

Hi Kristina!  I like your plan.  Now, use every bit of will to execute it perfectly.  I’m here to help.  You’ve got this!!