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OK.  Good.  Keep noting what those triggers to eat are.

Every reason you can think of to evict the fat is a wonderful reason, and I support that reason 100%.

Right.  So, So Cal … another day gone.  Have you been able to stay true to your commitment?

Right.  Don’t give yourself excuses to eat more than 5 bites!  My recommendation:  put the taekwondo on hold until after you’ve lost all of your weight.  Good luck! 

I agree.  It sounds like you are in the groove.  Enjoy your bites when you get them, and enjoy the ability to not eat–and not feel the need to eat–when it’s not mealtime.

You should honestly be able to lose 15 pounds.

It sounds like you are perfectly in the groove.  Cement that groove: every perfect day gets easier than the previous one, and before long you are five-biting your meals without much thought.  Keep up the great momentum!  

Shelly–I know how you feel.  I was in an accident years ago and even with crutches I struggled to get around.  When the physical therapist had me walk, I dreaded it–not because of pain, but out of shear exhaustion.  But I knew the only way to improve was to put in the hard work.  You’ve just got to do it.  It’ hard, but the future is brig…[Read more]

Hi Inhalekale!  Welcome!  Please fill out the weight tracker info–I’d love to learn more about you!  

Yes–fat tends to increase our appetite.  The less of it we have on the body, the less baseline appetite we have.  I’ve experienced this myself (I still do), and almost all of my successful patients have said the same thing.  (I would get s…[Read more]

Hi Laura!

This issues you’ve described are really common.  The emotional tie to food is hard to break, but I think it is best broken when you replace the irritability and fatigue you feel with a better association: that of looking and feeling amazing.  YES!–you ARE going to be tired and hungry and irritable–but that’s the price you have to p…[Read more]

Hi Lynda!  It’s great to have you back!  As long as you are following a program that is guaranteed to get you to the finish line, weight loss is merely a mind game.  Yours is in a great spot.  So let’s do this!  Please try and be perfect as many days in a row as you can.  Obviously, you’ll eat a bit more on Christmas, Christmas Eve, and maybe…[Read more]

YAY!!  

I like that plan.  When you make a plan, and stick to it, you feel incredible.  Keep working toward that end.

Shelly, You will ultimately be your own motivator.  You don’t need anyone else.  Finding that motivation may take time, but one day you will wake up and say, “I’ve got it!  THAT is why I need to lose weight and I will lose weight.”  From then on out it’s just time and practicing the techniques we’ve discussed to help you adhere to the diet unt…[Read more]

I love that attitude!!!  

You are welcome, and AWESOME!!  I believe in you!

I like that Shelly!  

Fair enough.  Imagine all of your favorite holiday parties surrounded by family and friends.  Imagine yourself eating and having a merry time.  Now imagine yourself doing the exact same thing, but super skinny.  Restrict your bites this year, so that next year that image becomes a reality.

I like those ideas.  Eat a little (5 bites!) “tonight” and indeed skip lunch tomorrow!  You’ve got this!

Wonderful, Shelly!  YES!  PLEASE!!  Come to me with all of your doubts.  Together we will do the “impossible” and put the naysayers to rest!  

1.  Don’t afford yourself 6 meals a day.  If you go back in human history, up until about the 18th century people NEVER ate more than two meals a day.  6 meals is a horrible pattern that is not sustain…[Read more]