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I agree.  You are on your way.  Stay focused; stay sharp!  You have years of unconscious eating habits built up inside you; if you don’t stay sharp those habits will rear their ugly head again.  But I think you are on your way.  YAY!!  

Keep up the great work!  Are you feeling pretty comfortable with the program yet?

Welcome Amy!  I’m excited for you!  Let’s do this!!  

Correct.  There is no risk of harm from eating this way.  Recall that ultimately you are simply having a gastric bypass … WITHOUT the surgery.  Straight fasting, while exceeding difficult, is also healthy, providing you are getting a sufficient amount of water in and are not depleting your body of electrolytes.  Those few people who have die…[Read more]

Each one is 200 mg?  (= 2 cups of coffee)?

No.  Over a period of days, ALL water in = ALL water out.  SO, at no point do I want you to count the weight of water in your analysis.

If you look at your last evening’s weight loss, you went to bed at 162.0 and woke up at 161.0.  1 pound when you sleep at night.  Great!, and in theory that IS what your body loses in an 8-hour period of tim…[Read more]

You did great yesterday.  The reason why you didn’t lose as much as you were expecting must be because of salt in the food.  Still, that will wash itself out in a day or so, so no fear.  I expect big things to come!!  

Interesting tidbit:  By keeping this rigid weight journal, irrespective of the data it gives us, you’ve lost TWICE the amount you did last week!!!  GREAT going!  

GREAT, GREAT work, Susan!!!  

You are still moving forward at a good pace.  I’m completely content with the rate that you are losing.  Are you too?

I don’t subscribe to that theory.  

Not unless your body is deficient in it, which is unusual.

It is hard, and it takes learning and practice.  That’s why we are here!

Few key things: try and stay away from places where food is being cooked.  Aromas in the air are an overwhelming challenge if you are not a five-bite expert.  Initially after eating your 5 bites you may still be hungry, but remember that the hunger WILL go away quickly.  I…[Read more]

It is hard, and it takes learning and practice.  That’s why we are here!

Few key things: try and stay away from places where food is being cooked.  Aromas in the air are an overwhelming challenge if you are not a five-bite expert.  Initially after eating your 5 bites you may still be hungry, but remember that the hunger WILL go away quickly.  I…[Read more]

Hi Susan!

Keep these data going.  You are doing great.  There may be some inconsistencies in your scale, but not bad.  Let’s see what a few more days show us!

GREAT!!!  

Great, Susan.  Do a weight diary, that I have described numerous times on this site.  Specifically, weigh yourself first thin in the morning before going to the bathroom, then after going to the bathroom and dressed for the day, then after lunch, then after dinner, then right before climbing in bed.  Let’s follow those numbers and we should be ab…[Read more]

The single best tip for getting over the first three days is DESIRE.  You have to really want to start this extraordinary journey.  It’s exiting!  It’s fun!  And it starts off HARD!  So, you have to want it above most other things.  THEN, once you decide that being hungry doing away with the fun of eating are no big deal, you are on your way.…[Read more]

Thank you, Rebekah!  As proud as you are of your success to this point, PLEASE finish this journey.  It will be the best thing you ever do!