Tanya

I love that.  Post the number, and then GO!!!  Go low and go fast!  Let’s get skinny early on into 2025!!

Hmmm.  Would we say that ginger is good for diabetes?

Rather (and this is BY FAR the #1 treatment for diabetes), LOSE WEIGHT!!!

Hi Shelly!

We’ll talk about your meds later–in the Message section, but for now–and for everyone–NO PROTEIN shakes!!!  Don’t drink ANY carbon/calories/protein.  PLEASE!!

Hi Samantha!  You are starting off the New Year running!  I LOVE that!!

Indeed, feel better.  But you are right: this IS the final diet.  Now, it’s just a matter of time before you give it your all and get it done.  But this IS the last diet you will ever do!

Right, but it DOES get easier the more often you get back on track.

I love that!!

I guess, Elizabeth, I just wanted to be thin more than anything.  So stress, etc. didn’t phase me.  I would go for walks or read or play piano–anything to keep my mind off food.  But I knew what I wanted–to be thin–and NOTHING was going to stop me.

No.  I have not had contact with them, though Gayle made a reappearance here a few months back.

Again, brilliant!  Hang in there.  It gets easier and easier.

Brilliant!!

I love the sounds of that, Harpreet!!! Yes!  Let this be THE TIME !!!

I love it, Allison!!

True–it’s not easy–but it IS doable, and it IS well worth it.  So keep hanging in there.  It gets easier and easier the more you get into this program.

Brilliant, Michelle!  I love that mental exercise!!

Great job, Allison.  And again, when you eat less frequently and are hungry going into a meal, food tastes better!!

Great job indeed, Elizabeth!  (and your welcome )

Yum!!

It’s an awesome transformation, Allison.  Now, let’s finish this project.  You’ve come too far to slow down or plateau.  Go, go, go!  You are on the final leg of this journey!!

I think what Allison mentioned before is key:  focus on the flavor of everything you eat.  Taste it, analyze it, and then question whether or not you really need another bite of that same food.  Once you’ve collected the flavor and added that flavor to your memory banks, there is no value it eating it again.  God forbid the flavor of the sec…[Read more]