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I like that Shelly!  

Fair enough.  Imagine all of your favorite holiday parties surrounded by family and friends.  Imagine yourself eating and having a merry time.  Now imagine yourself doing the exact same thing, but super skinny.  Restrict your bites this year, so that next year that image becomes a reality.

I like those ideas.  Eat a little (5 bites!) “tonight” and indeed skip lunch tomorrow!  You’ve got this!

Wonderful, Shelly!  YES!  PLEASE!!  Come to me with all of your doubts.  Together we will do the “impossible” and put the naysayers to rest!  

1.  Don’t afford yourself 6 meals a day.  If you go back in human history, up until about the 18th century people NEVER ate more than two meals a day.  6 meals is a horrible pattern that is not sustain…[Read more]

Amazing!  Truly amazing.  I gained 3 pounds on Thanksgiving.  (Of course it is back off today).  But great for you!  You’ve got this!!!  

I love that attitude.  This is truly a privileged community.  When you guys are done, you will truly be exceptional in the most important aspect of your life–your health.  Others will hate that you found the secret they’ve been looking for their whole lives, and that you seemed to have effortlessly cruised to your goal.  I don’t know what wil…[Read more]

I really like that, Laura!  It sounds like you are perfectly committed!  Are you keeping up the pace?  Remember: it’s a tough 3 days, then cruise control sets in.

GREAT!  I love it!  But, what are you doing for Thanksgiving?

Yes.  It IS doable.  It’s a mind game.  It’s hard to play at times, but it is ALWAYS doable.  

Firstly, Laura, don’t worry!  Your body is going to starve!  That’s what we want.  We WANT your body to have to use all of the fat that you have already stored within your body.  Will you be hungry?  Yes, of course, but only for a few days if you stay consistent with your bite count.  The the fun really begins.  And remember, only by fastin…[Read more]

Fun!  

Right.  First, welcome back, Ashleen!  Second, (as I stated in my book), RA is directly related to weight.  You will only achieve maximum control (or a cure!) by getting skinny.  Honestly, if you have RA, you really want to push for about 110 – 115.  At that weight you should be symptom free, or really close to it.  So, I give you Thank…[Read more]

Maybe–a food scale isn’t a bad idea, but I’m really about a constant volume.  Constant volumes of different foods will have a different weight.  But, if you appetite is adequately controlled with eating a set weight of food, great!  Keep is somewhere around 2 oz.  

What exactly does that mean?  Was the hunger tough, or did you blow your bite count total.  

Great.  When you take a step back and look down on your life–what you’ve accomplished and where you want to go–sticking to 5 bites for a mere 2 weeks seems ridiculously obvious.  “Just do it!”  But when mealtime comes you’ve got a lot a factors working against what seems so easy and obvious right now: hunger, the amazing smell of food that ge…[Read more]

Well, you know how to lose the weight.  There are actually thousands and thousands of Americans who literally do not know how to lose weight.  The think that if they eat less their metabolism will slow and they will actually gain weight!  You know better.  Now it’s time to put the knowledge to practice and get it done.  Thanksgiving and Chri…[Read more]

Thank you so much.  Yes!  I would love to see you on Monday’s chat!  

Hi Inna.  I’ll let Gayle answer when she gets to this, but my input is this:

If you go back in time just 50 years, when people (hundreds of millions of us) where MUCH thinner, they all were very content eating what they ate.  When you get to your ideal weight you will feel so good that you will not want to eat extra just for the sake of eating.  …[Read more]

What do you mean you are not sure how your bites will go?  … Just because you are on vacation … who cares?  This is YOUR life.  In fact, I contend, eating JUST five bites will make your entire vacation experience truly outstanding.  Trust me: no one else really care how much you eat or don’t eat.  You may hear comments, but SO WHAT?  And…[Read more]