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Again, wonderful insight. You are going to do great!!!

Thank you Sonia for this post. Very well expressed. I think a lot of people who read this will agree with your insights into hunger, and this will further buttress their own experiences as well as give people the comfort to ‘jump back on board’ should they ever ‘fall off the wagon’ and eat too much.

I am looking forward to your 1-week weigh-in.…[Read more]

Thank you Sonia for this post. Very well expressed. I think a lot of people who read this will agree with your insights into hunger, and this will further buttress their own experiences as well as give people the comfort to ‘jump back on board’ should they ever ‘fall off the wagon’ and eat too much.

I am looking forward to your 1-week weigh-in.…[Read more]

Good luck, Eva. Great to have you back. We are all here to help!

Al

Great plan. If you went ‘hard-core’ the whole way, you could get to your goal in 1 month. Good luck!

Al

Hi Stephanie! Welcome!

I am looking forward to working with you, and I think you’re going to do great! Exercise plays no significant roll in weight loss, so you need not worry about becoming frustrated with excessive strenous work that doesn’t make you thinner. In terms of the weight tracker, you can enter the correct data in 1 week.

Gatorade has a lot of calories, so I’m not a big fan of it. But do what you need to do. The 4-bite thing sounds good. But instead of trying to figure out what you can ‘get away with’, I would rather you ask yourself, "can I just eat 3 bites for this meal?" (To which I would respond, "Of Course"!)

Look, just get excited about feeling stuffed…[Read more]

Andrea –

Herniated disks are more common than we realized, and THE MAJORITY of the time they regress on their own. But, of course, you need to discuss this with your personal doctor.

OK. So what would I do? Definitely, not exercise. After all, we don’t lose any significant weight exercising. But I would have to get the extra weight off my…[Read more]

Hi Renee –

Your story is a great one. Keep it going!

There are many reasons why you might be waking up in the middle of the night. 1) New-found energy (from the absence of the post-prandial somnolence that is so common for so many people), 2) excitement, 3) anxiety, 4) alcohol (if this is the reason, please keep it to an absolute minimum), and…[Read more]

Yes…you are very wrong about this. 5 bites of ANYTHING will fill you up. Again, your hungerstat is based on VOLUME (and hence the stretch of your stomach walls) and has nothing to do with WHAT you eat.

Hi Renee and All –

To answer Renee’s question, it is FINE if you eat fewer than 5 bites for a meal, just never, at any single time, stretch your stomach beyond 5 bites. The 3 bites for lunch and 5 for dinner will equate to faster weight loss and getting done with the whole program sooner. So go for it!

Al

I would rather that you learn how to throw food away. There is nothing that will make you feel better than to just throw the food away. So I would rather just stop at bite #5. The Snickers Bars are used to help you reset your hungerstat without having to think at all, but after that I just want you to count to five. Then stop. And get busy…[Read more]

Be careful. 1/4 of a sandwich is an arbitrary amount–the volume eaten will change based on the size of the bread slices and on ‘the fixin’s’ in between. PLEASE, no ESTIMATING! I can’t emphasize this enough. OK, prepare 1/4 of a sandwich, but ONLY eat 5 bites of it, then throw the rest away. Good luck, everyone!!Post edited by: DrLewis, at:…[Read more]

I’m glad you have finally experienced what we’ve been talking about.

Al

Kizzykay –

Regarding the first question, if a person were 105 they would have a hard time losing 15 pounds a week, unless their five bites were very small. But the more you weigh the more calories your body consumes each day, and thus the typical person here can lose 15 pounds per week. Realistically, though, I would be happy if people lost 10…[Read more]

Well said, Andria!

Rae –

From the sounds of things, it sounds like you are doing well. I know you haven’t used the weight tracking feature, but how is your weight coming?

Al

Bethany – why don’t you just make the 3-day sacrifice to reset your hungerstat. Why not? Once you do, you will not BE ABLE to binge, because your stomach won’t allow you to. Yes, you may get ‘stressed out’ from time to time and eat more than 5 bites, but you will be ‘stuffed’ much sooner than you otherwise would have once your hungerstat has…[Read more]

Hi Renee –

At the top of the page is a little envelope icon. Click on that, or the "In Box" and it will take you to the intramail. From there you can contact any of the other members.

Al

Believe –

The Weight Tracking is accessed through a different pathway. What this means is that you (often, but not always) must FIRST logout, then click on weight tracking and re-login to that area.

Let me know if this works for you.

Al