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Honestly, Rebekhan, how did you feel the moment you left the kitchen and ran to the computer?  Did you eventually give in and eat?  How do you feel right now?

YES!!  Part of this program involves learning and training.  I want everyone to learn what it feels like to be hungry at times, and that the world isn’t following apart.  Secondly, I want people to learn–and become comfortable with–throwing food away.  This latter part is critical.  And the best way to learn is to practice.  So whenever you c…[Read more]

I love that quote from Lysa Terkeurst’s book!! 

Right.  And metabolic disease will befall us ALL if we don’t take care of ourselves.  Yes, genetics make you more likely to come down with some aspects of the metabolic syndrome over others, but metabolic disease shortens EVERY SINGLE PERSON’S lifespan.

Your first big step in stopping the extra-bite slip-ups is RECOGNITION.  You have just done th…[Read more]

OK.  Fine.   So you took extra bites: so you had EXTRA bites of pork roast and veggies?  Remember, you had already tasted them, so what, other than entertainment, did you glean from the extra bites?  Will you remember their flavor tomorrow?  Impossible.  You may have also taken the extra bites because of hunger, but this is why it is so criti…[Read more]

Great!

You are right, Rebekah!  40 mg–a little less than half a cup of coffee.  So if you don’t like coffee, chew 2-3x/day!  

I guess the mg doses vary: I thought they had 180 mg, the equivalent of almost 2 cups of coffee.  I’ll have to look into this more.

Simple:  Remember how amazing you felt when you were at your thinnest?  What amount of food is better than that?  Yes … you will be hungry when you reset your hungerstat.  But it’s just hunger, and it doesn’t last that long, and then BANG! … all of a sudden you are right back where you started and wonder how anything could have led you ast…[Read more]

Why the stomach ache?  Over-eating or under-eating?

Wow.  That sends chills down my spine.  Thank you, Susan, for sharing that!  But your success is God’s intervention, not mine.  

I would do the 2 bars a day.  Get into that routine and DON’T CHANGE A THING.  Just, monotonously, eat your bars.  Drink you water and coffee.  A daily multivitamin.  That’s it.  Time will pass, and you WILL be skinny!!!  

Sounds good!  

Looks good!  

Right.  And, in terms of losing weight–EVERYONE expects that EVERYONE else is trying to lose weight, whatever their method.  It’s the new year!  No hang-ups!  Just go for it!

You bet.  I’m really excited for you!  Keep up the great focus!!!  

I LOVE the idea that you just took five bites (YOUR five bites) of the bar and threw the rest away!  You can use that measuring guide (YOUR bites) anywhere you go!  You don’t need a scale, measuring cups, or anything else!  GREAT!

Great.  

Exactly right.  It’s like my nephew trying to make it to the champions junior golf tour: one bad hole out of 18–one 3-over bogey–ruined the whole round.  He talked about that one hole for weeks–how he would replay it if he had a chance.  How it would have changed his mindset going into the hole.  How he would have picked out a different tar…[Read more]

Great.  You CAN do this, and if you DO do this, your life will be as if from a fairy tail.  It’s achieved with a quick, but absolutely-definitive decision, and then a steadfast will to adhere to your commitment.  That’s it, and your fantasy future is just weeks away.  Make that decision.