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Indeed!  18 in 2 weeks is great.  Keep up the focus!  

Wonderful, Qian!  You are in the perfect place!  Welcome, and I can’t wait to work with you!  

Al

I love that, Susan!!  It’s just incredible.  BUT, you are not quite at the finish line yet, so keep pushing forward with urgency.  Let’s see if you can get done in a week!  

AWESOME, SK!!  

Right.  Coffee is your best friend.  You’ve got this, SK!!!  

That’s it!  The second you realize you fell off plan, the damage done becomes part of the past, and you are instantly back on plan.  Now keep everything going exactly the way you intend it to go!  

Brilliant, Sharon!  You are absolutely in the groove.  Please don’t change a thing.  Ride it through to the finish line!  

Wow!  Brilliant, Susan!  Thanks for sharing that!!  

Hi Susan:  I’m sending you positive thoughts and strength all the way from Burbank, CA!!!  Use those good vibes to stay strong, and PLEASE don’t let either of us down!  

Right, SK!  I hear you.  I’ve been there.  And you are right about this: the longer you go without restarting, the harder it gets.  So please: restart this very second.  If you are chewing, spit it out, and we go.

Use the time when everyone is away to lose weight, not to eat!  It’s harder to five-bite when other people are around than when you a…[Read more]

I love the fact that you’ve learned the food is an inadequate, subpar stress reliever, Kelfro, and that you’ve faced those hardships head-on.  GREAT!

SK!  Right: There will ALWAYS be stress.  There will also always be excess, free food around.  The two do not mix well.  The FIRST time you CHOOSE to not resort to food when your life gets stre…[Read more]

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.