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Brilliant.  You are on track, Gayle.  Today–more than any other day that you’ve been doing this–is the one that you need to put all your effort into.  TODAY is the most important day of your journey.  You MUST find a way to stick to just 5 bites tonight, and get to bed.  When you wake tomorrow the sun will shine brighter than it has in a very…[Read more]

And remember, of course, that no foods are off limits.  This will help avoid ironic rebound.

Indeed so!  I think, amazingly, you will find it even easier this time around!  

Great, Gayle.  Keep pushing forward.  You are ALMOST THERE!  Wait no more!!  Do it now, doe it fast, and get it done!  You don’t want to be in these same shoes once the fancy Holiday parties hit.  You want to be your thinnest ever at that time.  And if you don’t do it now, it won’t get done.

Right on!  Like you Chloe, I feel the same way.  I just wish everyone recognized how other strategies simply are ineffective and waste their time.  

Right.  If at first you don’t succeed (and VERY few people do), try, try again!  Eventually you WILL get there, and life becomes truly extraordinary.

Yay.  And you will feel the benefits immediately.  The second you commit to eating nothing but five bites twice a day you may be hungry, yes, but you will instantly feel strong and powerful.  You KNOW where this program is going to take you, and it’s exciting.  Also, Chloe, after reading through the beginning of this thread I realized that you lik…[Read more]

Right.  Great.  The thing to remember is this:  You will be really hungry at lunch.  Have a cup of black coffee and lots of water.  Power through ’till dinner, then five bites.  And then the weekend!  No work pressure.  You can just relax and basque in your own misery (hunger).  The days will tick by quickly, and come Monday you should be feeling…[Read more]

Great Katie!  Welcome back!

You recognize the importance of accountability to help maintain focus and your commitment.  You are in the right place!  But use this to complete your journey once and for all.

Just remember that as you get close to the finish line you start to feel really, really good, and you lose the incentive to find your magic nu…[Read more]

I love it.  Again, you are separating yourself from mediocrity.  But really, whose wants to live a mediocre life?

Right.  Emotional hunger is never satisfied with food–it is merely quieted for a few minutes.  So find some other way of handling that.  Physical hunger is controlled with exactly 5 bites once your hungerstat sets to that number.

Right.  It’s the first thread, highlighted in orange.

Right.  Remember most of EVERY pound lost on your scale is water.  60% of our bodies are water, and 60% of everything we lose is water, all the way through to the finish line.  But there is no reason that the pace you’ve set for yourself should change much.  Will it?  Yes a little, but not too much.  So, keep up the outstanding focus and just…[Read more]

Tammy.  It WILL work.  There is no other alternative.  BUT … you have to do it perfectly.  Then again … you CAN be perfect.  It will be tough and challenging at times, but it is absolutely doable.  Let me know when the struggles set in, and I will devise some techniques to help you get over those struggles.  

Welcome both of you to our great family!  

I like this.  I remind patients all the time that they have plenty of salad, vegetables, and fruits already stored in the body, and their is no point in putting more in.  I also have them practice some imagery: Envision yourself sitting down and consuming all kinds of food that you would like to eat.  Smell how fresh the food is.  Notice how coo…[Read more]

Why not leave the home on the weekends?  Go to the mall!  Take your son to the park!  But it does help to not have ready-to-eat food around.  But because it has to be (for him), get away from the house.

I have put together a talk on delaying gratification [and avoiding snacking].  The core points are these:

—Develop Clarity and Commi…[Read more]

Wouldn’t that be incredible?  Certainly, no extra bites at any meal (and of course nothing in-between meals) would be more satisfying that getting to your goal by Thanksgiving.  Whenever you feel like snacking or taking bite #6, think about how unbelievably extraordinary Thanksgiving dinner is going to be when you are super thin.  

Right.  So bear down and just do it.  Go hard and go fast.  A truly exceptional life (in all aspects) is waiting for you!!!

Great, Gayle!  You’ve got a gameplan.  My advice: try something different–something you would never order–from your dinner menu.  Pick something you really don’t like. If people ask why you are ordering something you’d never normally order, just tell them you are expanding your gustatory repertoire.  After a few bites, say something like, “we…[Read more]