drlewis

I totally agree with AAL.  The first and MOST IMPORTANT step is the next one.  It’s the next meal.  It’s eating it perfectly.  I want you to go into it scared, anxious, excited.  I want you to take five little bites, and throw the rest away.  And you are OFF!  That was the hardest step.  NOW, just keep one foot going in front of the other.  You wi…[Read more]

Great.  I also think that EVERYONE should have their own “Journal” page.  It encourages everyone to put more energy into this process, and it makes it easier for others to follow their progress.  So please journal, everyone!     

Or better yet, Kmarie, just commit to a once-a-week weigh in.  I find that I do BEST when I don’t have access to a scale, because it forces me to be ever so vigilant of the food I eat.  I don’t eat carelessly when I don’t have a way of regulating my intake.  But try the weigh-only-on-Mondays technique.  The rest of the time, you KNOW your los…[Read more]

Just take it meal, by meal, Kmarie!  You’ve just prepared your veggie or chicken patty and placed it in front of you.  Then the show begins.  The lights go out and the curtain raises.  The spotlight is on you and your food.  The role you are playing is that of a perfect 5-biter, and the entire world wants to see how well you can perform.  PLE…[Read more]

Indeed.  Great job.  Just because you are going out doesn’t mean you can’t be PERFECT.  AND … when you are done losing weight, you can go back to the same restaurant and eat carelessly, if you want.  So there is NO REASON why you should eat more than 5 bites now.  Good luck!  

This is great, Chloe; thanks for sharing!  It goes along with my hunger exercise: focus on the hunger pain until it dissipates.  Focus on its size, its color, its location, its activity, etc.  Does the hunger have claws and teeth?  How many?  Is it snarling or making some other sound?  Then practice cornering it from all sides in your mind until…[Read more]

OK.  Right.

Great.  I think journaling is good.  It helps to keep you focused.  EVERYONE should journal here EVERYDAY!!!  

Yes–it’s more disturbing to feel stuffed.  Hunger is just hunger, and it goes away.  

Thanks for those great “rants,” Lynda!  I completely agree with you!

Remember, Alison: the key is to try and keep your bite sizes constant from one meal to the next, always taking in the same amount of food.

Great job guys!  

Yes Lynda: those realization and perspectives are the first step toward a new understanding of food.  I am really looking forward to the time when you WANT to throw most of your food away, especially with other people watching.  It’s all part of the learning process.  And don’t you doubt it: you WILL be thin.  Just keep placing one foot in fro…[Read more]

I love it!!!  

Then please, please, please join me tonight at the chat.  I think I can make it easier for you.  

Right … why not?   

Great job, AAL!  

Both forms of distraction are excellent.  Personally (and I do this a lot), I like to have a cup of coffee after dinner.  It will ABSOLUTEY kill any lingering hunger.  So, have five bites, then a cup of coffee, and you are good to go.  But you have to be the type that can then fall asleep.  

Brilliant!  

Isn’t it great!  Isn’t eating SO MUCH better this way?!  

Right.  So just keep going with what you have now.  Once you get to the finish line, if you feel you would benefit from it, then get a copy.