SYount2020

Right.  Don’t stress, Marie–just go with it.  If you’re not eating, you’re not pooping, and that”s a GREAT thing!  But I’d be super aware of liquids that contain carbon.  Liquids other that water and black coffee won’t supply material for a bowel movement, but will absolutely fill up your fat stores (or keep you from losing).  

Right.  All of the above is true.  Don’t put too much credit into your scale.  They can be very misleading.  But if you are having a bowel movement once or twice a week, you are doing GREAT!  Just stick to the plan and off the scale (but once a week for your weigh-in).  

Those numbers all look logical to me.  Again, your body loses about 8 oz of fat/8hours.  Variation is because of your scale.

Still, you are doing GREAT!  Keep up the good work.  Since you aren’t going to be weighing yourself while on vacation, make a point of just taking single bites of items of food.  Really go for the flavor, nothing else.  Tas…[Read more]

Marie – Great.  Fight the good fight.  Just one more hour …  Stay busy, keep your mind occupied with other things.  You’ve got this!!

Amy – Congrats!!!!  

But do you understand my point:  Your body loses roughly 10 oz of carbon (fat) through natural breathing every 8 hours.  That will never change.  So you, and only you, can determine what you are doing from the time you wake up till the next time you weigh.  Let me put it this way: if you were not to drink anything or eat anything from 6 am til…[Read more]

Cortisol may stimulate your appetite, but it certainly does not slow down your breathing.  So no matter how much cortisol your body produces, it won’t affect your weight.

As far as fluid (water), what goes in DOES come out, or it would build up around your ankles (first).  You would see it.  Prednisone can cause fluid retention, but more im…[Read more]

Correct.  There is no risk of harm from eating this way.  Recall that ultimately you are simply having a gastric bypass … WITHOUT the surgery.  Straight fasting, while exceeding difficult, is also healthy, providing you are getting a sufficient amount of water in and are not depleting your body of electrolytes.  Those few people who have die…[Read more]

The single best tip for getting over the first three days is DESIRE.  You have to really want to start this extraordinary journey.  It’s exiting!  It’s fun!  And it starts off HARD!  So, you have to want it above most other things.  THEN, once you decide that being hungry doing away with the fun of eating are no big deal, you are on your way.…[Read more]

Bitter sweet indeed!  Congratulations to your daughter; I’m so happy for her.

Remember, ALL cancer (including lymphomas) are fueled by fat.  The BEST way to prevent cancer is to get thin.  Health is what this weight-loss program is all about.  And if someone choses to get healthy, why stop short?  Go all the way!  Shoot for a BMI of 18.5!

But don’t!  (Don’t weigh yourself!).  I LOVE the fact that it’s killing you not to know what you weigh today, but that which burns inside you will help to keep you focused on the project.  It will also makes every day exciting, as you are 1 more day closer to your weekly weigh-in.   Just focus on the process–not the results.  The results will…[Read more]

Right.  More simply stated, “If you are overweight, there is no such thing as healthy food.”

Right.  And metabolic disease will befall us ALL if we don’t take care of ourselves.  Yes, genetics make you more likely to come down with some aspects of the metabolic syndrome over others, but metabolic disease shortens EVERY SINGLE PERSON’S lifespan.

Your first big step in stopping the extra-bite slip-ups is RECOGNITION.  You have just done th…[Read more]

OK.  Fine.   So you took extra bites: so you had EXTRA bites of pork roast and veggies?  Remember, you had already tasted them, so what, other than entertainment, did you glean from the extra bites?  Will you remember their flavor tomorrow?  Impossible.  You may have also taken the extra bites because of hunger, but this is why it is so criti…[Read more]

You are right, Rebekah!  40 mg–a little less than half a cup of coffee.  So if you don’t like coffee, chew 2-3x/day!  

Simple:  Remember how amazing you felt when you were at your thinnest?  What amount of food is better than that?  Yes … you will be hungry when you reset your hungerstat.  But it’s just hunger, and it doesn’t last that long, and then BANG! … all of a sudden you are right back where you started and wonder how anything could have led you ast…[Read more]

Right.  And, in terms of losing weight–EVERYONE expects that EVERYONE else is trying to lose weight, whatever their method.  It’s the new year!  No hang-ups!  Just go for it!

I LOVE the idea that you just took five bites (YOUR five bites) of the bar and threw the rest away!  You can use that measuring guide (YOUR bites) anywhere you go!  You don’t need a scale, measuring cups, or anything else!  GREAT!

Welcome, Laurie!  I’m all in in support of you!  Let’s do this!

Can you imagine just how amazing your life is going to be when you are 116?  Can you imagine it?  Now all you have to do is stay true to the diet today, and then tomorrow, etc., and that fantasy WILL come to reality!  Isn’t that awesome!  And every second that you are not swall…[Read more]

Brilliant.  Just take this weekend hour by hour.  Break it down into 15-minute segments if you want.  Drink your coffee, and find something to entertain you.  But keep fighting until you make it through to the next segment.  Then repeat.  I am very encouraged by what you’ve written!