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Great.  Now, after the fact, is your life any less complete because you didn’t give in an eat?   NO!  In fact, it’s a WHOLE LOT BETTER ALREADY!      Keep up the great work!

Al

Food is always tempting, but it’s enjoyment is SO SHORT LIVED.  Don’t give in!  So, practice distraction.  Stay away from food as much as you can.  Throw everything away.  Right now ALL of your attention should be on getting to the finish line, and only then can you  re-engage in life’s normal routines.

Thank you for your wonderful contributions, Chloe!  You are a superstar!!  

Yes!  That’s it, Katie!  How are you feeling?  

Absolutely beautiful, Rachel!  That is music to my ears1  Congratulations!!  

Fantastic!  It sounds like you are out of the gates with a bang!  Focus all the time, Katie.  Focus on the hunger coming, and then recognize it when it goes.  When it’s there, focus on every aspect of the hunger that you can think of, from it’s size to it’s movement to it’s color.  Corner the hunger in from all sides with your mind.  All of the s…[Read more]

Great!  Then go all the way.  Have a multivitamin and coffee for breakfast, a Snickers bar for lunch, another one for dinner, and do it perfectly for 1 week.  Can you?  

Welcome, Katie!  I’m so thrilled that you’re here.  Let’s do this!  Will you please fill out the weight tracking info so I can personally work with you through  to the finish line?  

I understand.  

Right.  So learn from this experience and be stronger next time.  If that doesn’t work, try again.  Eventually you will be strong enough to stick to your guns when you make a decision, and from that point on your entire life falls under your–and ONLY your–control.  

Right.  Make today the last time you ever see 125.

Indeed. 

Ah, Chloe, but you are clever enough to recognize you own self-sabotaging thoughts of premature success.  You recognize that those thoughts are TRYING to disrupt your progress (Goodness!  It seems like the whole world is against us–trying to derail us in one way or another.  People, thoughts, things…this is a tough fight!  But stand strong, and…[Read more]

GREAT job, Rachel!  That’s perfect.  … and you’re off!  Flying through the starting gate.  You are way out in front of the pack.  To win the race, all you have to do is hang on to your lead.  You’ve got this.  Just keep placing one foot in front of the other, and count down the days.  This is AWESOME!!  

Pia–think about how much you really want to get skinny.  You really do!  Think about how much you’ve written here–documenting your ups and downs.  You’ve written a ton!  Don’t you just want to get all of this done … I mean, really done … once and for all?  No more talking about what you should do or what you intend to do.  Just do it.  DO N…[Read more]

Indeed, Gayle.  It sounds as if everything is falling into place for you.  Keep going until your pants are falling too!  

YES!!  That’s EXACTLY right!  Eat only the best of the best, and throw the rest away.  And once you’ve had one bite of the best, you’ve had the whole portion–no point in having another bite.  You’ve got this!  

YES!  That’s it.  If you ever go astray, just start fresh as soon as you can, and you’re back!  The diet never leaves your side; it will always be there for you.  

Great advice.