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It sounds like you are killing it too, Leona!  

Hi Mary!  Welcome back.  I’m so sorry about your hardships.  But if you’re ready, let’s get rid of that hardship that plagues 80% of Americans.  Let’s get thin!

Once again AAL–brilliant!  I agree with Leona: You’re killing it!  

Absolutely right.  You are fully committed.  No turning back.  Execute each meal with precision.  Congrats!  

Granted, Kmarie, you need to stop putting off starting.  But here’s the thing will EVERYONE whose gained weight back after they lost a bunch: they didn’t go all the way.  I don’t want you to stop at mile 22 of a 26.2-mile marathon.  You need to finish the race.  If you do, the reduction in interleukin production, combined with a reset hun…[Read more]

Right on!  

Isn’t this program, as hard as it is at times, great!  You get the immediate benefit of looking better, feeling lighter, and fitting into your clothes.  You get the long-term benefits of excitement and hope; and of better health.  Leona, I’m really looking forward to your next 30 days as well!  

When you break it down like this, the whole thing becomes much more manageable.  Take it hour by hour, day by day.  You are doing GREAT!!!  

Fear not, Kmarie!  There are times (thank God not all that often) where I finish a complete meal and then some.  I usually regret it for hours afterwards because I’m in so much pain.  But you WILL have plenty of opportunities to experience a complete meal when you are done.  But for now, please do not finish anything.  We all can do that for the…[Read more]

No.  This diet does not “mess” with your metabolism.  Understand, though, what the metabolism is:  the energy required to run the body’s essential functions.  The only thing that slows–and only temporarily–is your GI tract, because you are putting less in.  But when you are thin, you will resume eating and everything will be exactly where it w…[Read more]

I like that a lot!  I hope it works perfectly for you!  

Wonderful, Rebekah!  I so happy that you are enjoying being a five-biter!

Happy Independence Day, Everyone!  Enjoy, celebrate, but don’t eat too much!  

YES!!!  Amazing, wasn’t it, R Sikes?  As much as you wanted to have that 6th bite, aren’t you so proud of yourself today, and aren’t you thrilled that you left it on the plate!?  Aren’t you also thrilled that you aren’t carrying those extra carbon atoms around with you today, and don’t you realize that had you had the 6th plus bite or not, your me…[Read more]

Right on!  I LOVE that attitude.

Remember: finishing Stage 1 is like playing golf.  You have to want to win.  You have to want to shoot low.  So you have to be perfect ALL THE TIME through to the finish line.  One bad shot in golf can ruin the entire round.  So, focus on the next 5 minutes.  Find a way to endure the next five minutes withou…[Read more]

Beautiful!  Right, RSikes–we are all different.  I would expect you to have lost more weight in this amount of time, but there are SO MANY variables that will affect your weight loss.  No biggy.  As long as you are comfortable, in control, and losing weight at a sufficiency pace (all of which you are), you WILL ABSOLUTELY cross the finish lin…[Read more]

That was a wonderful post, RSikes!  I think everyone should read it and re-read it, until they are on the exact same page as you!  Great job!

Al

I’m glad that you are finding them useful!  

BRILLIANT!  

YES IT IS.  It’s simply an amazing thing!!!