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Great.  I’m glad you posted, BK.  Getting started is the hardest part.  But that’s why you are here, right?  Because you really, really want to be thin, right?  Acknowledging that, it’s hard to get started, but it’s worth it.  So … bite the bullet.  Be very precise in how you manage your day tomorrow.  Black coffee and a multivitamin in the mor…[Read more]

what is sf syrup?  (Anything with the word syrup in it can’t be good while on this diet.)

Of COURSE, Shelly.  That’s so little carbon.  You WILL absolutely lose a ton of it, BUT you have to be consistent.  So, become a five-biter.  Commit to the five-bite lifestyle right this very second, and from now until you cross the finish line that IS who you are.  You ARE a five-biter; you simply will not accept a sixth bite of anything.

YES!!  Think of eating like a job!  For now, that’ all it is!

Also, re-read the book.  It really helps to put everything together.  Commit to the program in your mind, and commit to rereading the book.  It’s a powerful duo!

Great!  You just did it!  You took that first and all-important step: you executed your meal perfectly.  Once you do it once, it’s a lot easier to do again, and again, etc.

When someone finally decides to undertake this extraordinary journey, their very next meal is the key.  Concentrate and eat only 5 bites.  Water and coffee.  Then throw every…[Read more]

Yay!!

Isn’t it fun to live a five-bite lifestyle?  At least temporarily?  And really, when you think about it, what advantage is there to a 6th bite … EVER?!

Indeed Chloe!  Every time I reread your entire thread I get inspired to lose weight–and I don’t have anymore weight to lose!!

Hi Maria!

Yes!  Great!  Bring on the hunger.  Bring it on!  Hunger is the feeling of success!

Yes!  Losing weight is truly the most important thing you can do to improve your life.

Fine.  You want to feel well before you engage in a difficult venture–this is certainly a difficult (but spectacular!) venture!    But keep in mind, after all is said and done, weight loss is a mind game.  If you do NOTHING at all, you lose weight.  You lose weight with every breath–every 4 seconds.  So use whatever techniques you can find and t…[Read more]

Fine.  You can miss that full feeling, but the next time you really overeat you’ll realize how uncomfortable it really makes you feel.  I used to be in the same boat.  I loved that “fat and happy” sensation after squeezing the last bite of pie into my already overstuffed belly.  But now that I’m thin, my view has completely shifted.  I actu…[Read more]

Hi.  Yes.  It is hard … but it IS doable, and the results are spectacular.  So, as hard as it is, it is totally worth the fight.

But, to make the whole process, all said and done, as easy as humanly possible, you HAVE to follow the diet EXACTLY as I’ve laid it out.  I really hate the term calorie.  It is so meaningless and misleading.  Ple…[Read more]

But … after you finished typing the above message, didn’t you feel really good?  I’m hoping you were able to just throw everything away after that, and that you felt really empowered.

When you sat down to eat your sandwich you were hungry.  Surprisingly, 5 bites adequately filled you up, but OH MY! would you have loved to take more bites.  …[Read more]

Exactly right, Chloe.  Let me repeat what you said: ” … [Motivation wanes as you look and feel better because the problem doesn’t seem as urgent].”  So true!  But what I think is this:  As you lose more and more weight, your motivation changes from NEEDING to lose weight to WANTING to lose weight.  Ultimately I want for you to want–really want…[Read more]

Exactly right, Less … !  The excess fat is more dangerous that you know–trust me.  It’s absolutely lethal.  So race for the finish line, and go as fast as you can!!

I’m glad that your doctor discovered this, but the cure for hypothyroidism is to get thin.  The extra fat on the body suppresses the thyroid gland’s production of thyroid hormone.  Certainly Synthroid is good for you now–until you lose enough weight that your own thyroid starts to take over again.

Absolutely.  You sleep efficiency is much better.  You simply require less sleep to feel completely rested, and you have more energy throughout the day!  Great!!

Another good option are PayDay bars.  They are filled with lots of peanuts.  I like ’em!

A single diet coke a day is fine.

Minimally.  It turns out that even diet soda contains carbon, but a minimal amount.  the only think you drink that is “calorie-free” is water.  Its the carbon that gives water color, taste, texture (if any), aroma, etc.  But if you burn off the water in a diet coke in a frying pan you can see the residual carbon that remains.  While it is only…[Read more]