drlewis

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]

Fair enough, but PLEASE try as hard as possible to stick to the diet.  If you do, you will see extraordinary weight loss after your cycle finishes.

I love that, Chloe!  You are a superstar!!  

You could do it in a few months, but you shouldn’t look that far ahead at this point.  Just focus on the next meal.  5 bites.  That’s it.  Then focus on not tasting a thing until the subsequent meal.  For me, socials are a blast when you are doing the diet.  They’re exciting!  They’re challenging.  You have to scout out the entire food layout,…[Read more]

Brilliant.  Don’t change a thing.  Just let the process happen.  

Great, Chloe!  And I don’t know about you, but I found that the second time around on the diet was much easier than the first.  What do you think?

The key is to make the ultimate commitment to crossing the finish line, then just settle into a [boring] routine of 5 bites twice a day.  The first few day you are hungry, but then that goes away and you are flying.  Stay strong!  You’ve got this!  

YES!  You are right on the verge of a major breakthrough!  Stay strong today.  We need to achieve a PERFECT day!  

right.  You may go back to more after you lose the weight, but let’s focus on getting the stomach flat first, OK?

Yes.  If a bar is truly 8 bites for you, then I would allow you to eat 8 bites, and EXACTLY 8 bites, at every meal.  But, a couple of things:

1. If your weight starts to stall, your bites are getting too big.  And when you are eating more than 5 bites, the difference in volume become magnified.

2. Our objective is to taste the food and to fi…[Read more]

Oops.  Stay strong.  If the hunger becomes intense and drives you toward the kitchen, remind yourself how uncomfortable the pain of stomach cancer is.  That should help to turn you around.

GREAT!  Welcome!  You WILL see the scale move down … a lot … without changing a thing that you eat.  But you do have to eat just 5 bites of it.  Your hunger will set quickly, and you’ll be on your way to exceptional living!  I can’t wait!  

Your math sounds right.  The trick is to stick to the program perfectly and see what you actually end up losing!  

Awesome powering through yesterday!  You are almost through 3 days!  This is the big one!  Don’t alter the plan by even so much as a crumb.  I’m really cheering you on from my little office in Burbank!!  

Great!

Great.  Now that’s it’s down on paper (or etched in bytes), follow through on your plan.  Trust me: you will feel AMAZING!!!