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Yes!  And you will deserve every square inch of it (even though there will be fewer inches of it).

Just a fun fact:  I won a pie eating contest in college (I represented all of Revelle at UCSD!) eating a lemon meringue pie.  As much as I love them, they were never quite the same since.  

YES!!!     I LOVE it, Katie!!!

I really like those, Gayle!  Baths are great–they can consume a lot of time, and they don’t involve food.  GREAT!  

Exactly right, Georgia!  

The weekends are only challenging in that you don’t have work to distract you and take your mind off of food.  At home, food is always just 20 feet away, and without distractions we find ourselves always migrating toward the kitchen.  BUT, you don’t have the responsibilities that you may during the work week, so I view it as an opportunity to r…[Read more]

Wonderful perspective, Gayle!   I totally agree with you!!  

Not that you don’t want to go through another holiday season over-stretching your clothes, but rather that you want to go through these holidays SKINNY.  Right?   You are doing this because you want to be thin, not because you don’t like the fat, right?

Agreed.  Keep practicing and working at it.  You develop will power … it isn’t just innate.

Exactly right.  So put into practice what you already know.  Make it happen.  Nothing in your life is more important right now.  

Right!  We all can do anything for 30 days!  Anything!  I am reminded of the boys soccer team who was trapped in a cave in Thailand for 2 weeks without food, or better yet: the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days without food.  And I’m not even asking everyone to fast for 30 days–just adhere perfectly to the 5 bites.  It…[Read more]

Also, and as good as you feel right now, just imagine how amazing you are going to feel when you first wake up tomorrow morning!  You are going to feel like you are on top of this world!  Absolutely do not blow that potential feeling by eating anything more tonight.  GREAT JOB!!!!

I like that, Katie: … “one bar closer after each meal!”

Right, Pia.  Our secret society is composed of people who are (or will be soon) super skinny and super healthy.  We are it.  Look around.  No body else seems to know what we do.  Isn’t it great to be part of this community?  

Right, Gayle!!  The holidays are RIGHT AROUD THE CORNER!  Did you hear yourself:  …” merely around the corner”?  There is NO TIME to delay.  NO MORE PROCRASTINATING!

Welcome back, Gayle!

You are right–you just have to trust me.  Get to 113 and report back.  You are going to feel like the sun just came up.  THIS is where your body was meant to be, and you’ll just feel it.  Prove me wrong!  

Great job, Georgia.  You lost weight the first day, true, but how did you feel when you woke up this morning?  Pretty amazing, right?  Aren’t you happy that you stuck to the diet as you did yesterday?  

I’m really excited for you!  

Right.  I don’t recommend eating any particular kind of food over another.  Protein and fat food do not fill you up more than other food–it’s just a volume thing.  Your body is seeking a certain volume.  I want to reset that to 5 bites-worth, then keep it there until you are done.  The actual make-up of that food is irrelevant.  So eat whate…[Read more]

You are doing GREAT!!     I love it!!