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Your plan while on vacation, Shelly, is to leave the meal a little, but not a lot, hungry.  Just enough to remind yourself that you could have eaten more BUT DIDN’T!  

Indeed!  The little stuff, no matter how seemingly insignificant, add up!  Just like our breaths, which by themselves weigh exceedingly little, add up!

GREAT! And yes!  It’s temporary on the one hand, and exciting on the other.  

Right!  You can never give up!  Your life depends on it!!  But every time you stop eating you are back on the diet.  So you are always going back to the diet.  The trick is to execute your next meal perfectly, and then the next, etc.  But just focus on the next meal.  That’s it.  Just that one.  And if you do just that one perfectly, you will fee…[Read more]

An undercover weight-loss agent.  I like that!!  

Bar are great, indeed, but I also want all of you to learn how to eat just 5 bites of regular food.  SK, since you have so little to lose, I’m afraid you’ll be back off the program before you have a chance to practice eating 5 bites of regular food.  I’m OK with bars, but throw in a “regular” meal here and there in the next week.  But eat those bi…[Read more]

Good job, let’s hope for good numbers, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!  

Right.  I like that.  Every meal is a chance to rest.    

Brilliant, Susan!  We are all standing at the finish line cheering you on!!  

Yes!!  I love that, Kelfro!!  And knowing your triggers is so important.  You are going to be a superstar!!  

Awesome!!  

That’s a great technique that I often forget to remind people.  For some reason, counting backwards seems more definitive than counting forwards.  Very good.  

How are you doing, Danica?

Right.  Life gets in the way of our intentions.  But the second you’ve accepted the fall, take a deep breath, exhale, and you are back on the plan.  Now, just focus on the next meal.  5 bites or a bar.  You’ve got this!!

I LOVE that, Susan!  You absolutely deserve all the pampering that comes your way!  You are a superstar!!  

Shelly.  I cannot emphasize this enough:  DO NOT ESTIMATE.  No halves or quarters of anything.  Simply take 5 bites.  I used to order 3-inch sub from Subway (years ago when then did that) and it’s more than 5 bites!!!

Happy 4th of July!!  

I love that Rachel!  Bar’s for the 4th!  I love it.  BBQ NEXT year!  

HAPPY 4th of July, Everyone!!      

SK – as you get closer and closer to the finish line you lose the urgency to finish the project.  After all, you are already enjoying the benefits of your weight loss success and you justify to yourself, “Losing weight is hard, and I’ve already done so well!  I look so much better.  I feel great.  If I really wanted to I could finish this pro…[Read more]

I love your attitude, Danica!  The journey is hard, but just focus on the next meal.  Eat it PERFECTLY!  There is something magical about eating a meal perfectly and throwing the rest away.  

Right Susan: Just imagine how amazing you will feel tonight if you stick to your game plan!  Just imagine.  It will be a FAR better feeling than the feeling you get from eating any of the treats that your daughter-in-law buys.  AND … when you are skinny, you can eat those treats then!  They’re not going anywhere!  So find the will to delay grat…[Read more]