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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]

Kelfro, great job so far!  Obviously you are adhering to the diet well–perfectly even!!  Honestly, are you sorry today that you didn’t eat more in the last 2 days?

This will ALWAYS be the case until you cross the finish line.  Just remember this in a week or so when the excitement of starting something new has died down and you tend to fall ba…[Read more]

BUT, Shelly, 1/2 of a sandwich is way more than 5 bites.  Take 5 bites of half a sandwich and we are good!

I love that!  

Great!  You are in the right place.  Now that you are here, let’s go ALL THE WAY!!!  

Great job, Shelly!  

Hi Rachel!  Of course, going for a nature walk is a great way to deal with stress and clear your mind.  Susan has some good advice too.

Don’t look too far down the road, except to fantasize about how amazing you are going to look.  But eat so little for so long will seem overwhelming.  Rather, just focus on the next meal.  Just have five perf…[Read more]

10 pounds can ABSOLUTELY make that much of a difference–especially the final (or thereabout) 10 pounds that you have to lose!  Don’t you feel amazing, SK?

Sounds good, Shelly!

That’s true, Susan!  

Fantastic.  If you get a chance, stop by and have lunch at Mustards.  The food is amazing.

Again, Welcome!  I too am really excited to see what you can do.  You are starting off at a really low weight, so let’s see what someone of your size CAN lose in 1 week!  Are you up for it?  Are you ready to set a phenomenal standard that others can aspire to duplicate?  Hint:  BE PERFECT.  I don’t care what you eat, but eat EXACTLY 5 bites of the…[Read more]

Indeed, Rachel, you could eat more bites here and there, but why?  You won’t remember the extra bites tomorrow.  But OMG!  Being at your goal weight in Napa would be worth every sacrifice you had to make to get there.  Food there is AMAZING, so save your bites for there.

Out of curiosity, will you be eating at the French Laundry?

Good job, Danica!  You are right–exercise suppresses your appetite for up to a half an hour after working out, THEN the hunger comes on with a vengeance.  Getting through the evenings without snacking is a challenge after working out.  But you can do it!  You’ve done great so far, and it’s only going to get easier.  AND, hunger is just hung…[Read more]

Great idea, Rachel!

I LOVE that.  Never settle for mediocrity.  Go for jaw-dropping and stunning!