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Great.  Would you rather eat a different kind of bar of about the same size?  I’m good with that too!  

Great!  Relatively speaking, it doesn’t take too many more of those before you are done, done, done!!  

It looks like you are doing great, Susan!  Are you truly avoiding all other nibbles?

Right.  So let’s do it!  It’s just hunger and overwhelming temptation (at times), but that’s it.  You are not combating the much more challenging consequences of too much weight: diabetes, kidney failure, liver failure, cancer.  Put in that perspective, hunger and temptation seem rather easy to deal with.  

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Brilliant, Brenda!  I and we are here for you.  I’m so sorry about the extreme challenges you’ve faced.  Now, though, is a perfect time to re-invent who you are.  It starts with getting thin and healthy–TRULY healthy–and it starts today.  What bars are you having?  How do they taste?  How long after the last bar does your hunger last?  When…[Read more]

Indeed, indeed, indeed!  That is why I also like journaling your bites at home when you are not here (but do both!).   The more eyes, including your own, watching you, the better you will do.  I am watching ALL of you ALL THE TIME!  

This is great.  It also helps when you are conflicted about “trying” something that’s just sitting there: You are going to have to document it if you do.  “Hmmm.  Come to think of it, it isn’t worth it!  I don’t want to have a lasting record of THOSE bites!”  

Brilliant.  Just take this weekend hour by hour.  Break it down into 15-minute segments if you want.  Drink your coffee, and find something to entertain you.  But keep fighting until you make it through to the next segment.  Then repeat.  I am very encouraged by what you’ve written!  

Right, Katie!

This is why I always stress to my patients to read a little bit from the book everyday.  Just enough to go through the motions to KEEP YOU HONED IN on the target.  I don’t want you to give up or lose sight of where we are going.  It is a true wonderland.  

I so happy you found the chat informative.  GREAT … I would love to see you Monday!

You too!  It sounds like you are already having a wonderful day, and that’s WONDERFUL!  

I can’t wait!!  

When do you update your tracker?

I am so excited that you discovered this, Gayle!  I CAN”T WAIT until you hit our goal.  I just can’t wait to hear how you feel!  

YES!!–Great realization!:  The flavors of what you do eat, when you are just eating five bites and nothing else, are dramatically enhanced.  We all should eat this way just if only for this one benefit!  

So, Rebekah … since our chat on Monday … how have you been doing?  

I also like your thought, “I only have to control my hands.”  So true!!