Tao

Hey All,

I’m back at this. I had to take some time to adjust my life (with the Doc’s blessings).

Full disclosure: I’m a Type 2 Diabetic
AND I have
Congestive Heart Failure.

So with all the meds I take for blood pressure, diuresis, diabetes, cholesterol (ad nauseam) WITH the low food intake, I really needed to get it all straight to safely…[Read more]

Hi Ann,
From your own thread, here (and your weight tracker, above), I see you’re keeping on keepin’on!
BRAVO!

I see how your meals being late, and your final just before bed, is keeping the cravings to a minimum. Good show!

Peace,
Tao

TIP #1. Relax and ENJOY!
It’s only food. Take it or leave it (…Leave It).

TIP #2. GET so jazzed and focused on every little thing that brings you happiness that you are exhausted by bliss, and can’t help but fall and stay asleep. All night, every night.

Peace

First Off, start your own Thread so People here can find you and root for you.

Well, for me it was water at my side, all day long.
FOUR 1 liter bottles of SmartWater, and getting through each one a little at a time — one every 2 hours or so.
Cautiously eat five small bites.
Go to bed SOON after your evening meal so the temptation to cheat…[Read more]

Say, “Thanks for your concern. And isn’t it strange that folks have forgotten THIS is what Healthy looks like?”

Chances are you’ll be saying this to someone who has tried diets before (I mean, haven’t we all?) but has never broken-through to where they, themselves wanted to weigh.

Remember, YOU are their opportunity to learn something new and…[Read more]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!! This morning, everything feels so simple. Just for today, follow through because it’s effortless. How does it ever get complicated?
I guess I’d need to understand how I’ve lived and eaten so irresponsibly against the interests of my own health.

Firmly set to eat 5 bites of sashimi and wasabi tonight with family and…[Read more]

Five luscious rare bites of rib-rye.

DONE!! It was great! More than enough.

Techo-Goblins arose to kill the Quest, last week.
I emerge victorious though bloodied. I’m back to the daily journal.
No entries Tues and Wed because I ate NO FOOD to make up for the completely Forgettable, unrestricted bites of Fri through Mon.

Color me repentant dork with newfound joyous FOCUS!!

Huzzah!!

Thanks for the positive spin on my otherwise lackluster performance this week. On Wednesday, I checked and had actually GAINED a pound. I got serious again (though never solemn) and water-fasted for two days and lost FIVE pounds for what reads in my tracker as a FOUR POUND loss for the week.
Truth be told, that’s simply too much stress to show a…[Read more]

Last week, after you first posted, I wrote (but was blocked by techno-skeezus) that Ramadan IS a one month fast, BUT it’s an age-old example of our modern Intermittent-Fast.
No eating (or drinking) from Sunrise ’til Sunset. A small eating window from Sunset ’til bed-time. And repeat. They have more than enough (stored AND ingested) energy for…[Read more]

Thanks!

I’ve had some techno issues from last week ’til now.
Got discouraged with myself and haven’t posted meals (which became, for me, permission to ignore my better interests) so we’ll see. But I do love you all.
Thanks again.

You’ve Got This!

5 bites chicken/egg salad with very hot chili, garelic sauce. Right now.

It was great.  Just right in amount and flavor.

Thanks Danica and Pia.  You both inspire me.

And Pia, I  see from your thread that you did only one meal, yesterday.  Terrific!

So yes, I eat only one evening meal of 5 small bites.  The way I see it, if it’s all about habituating one’s self to something, then One Meal is Simpler than two.  And if what we’re really most relying on for ener…[Read more]

Sounds like “Perfection” to me!!

“[You are] stronger than you know.”

—-paraphase Stevie Nicks from, Leather and Lace

LAST WEEK:  288 lbs

THIS WEEK:  (drum roll……..

270 LBS!!!

18 POUNDS IN 1 WEEK!?!
I’m literally shaking, I’m so Pumped!… Stoked!… Jazzed!!

I always knew this program was smart, but Doc, you’re a freaking GENIUS!!

Pia!  Beth!  Danica! Thank you so much for “weighing-in” (so-to-speak) and giving me encouragement, props, and ins…[Read more]

It was GREAT! Five small bites.

And while the last bite was good, I guess the whole meal was like a sped-up example of “diminishing returns.”  I could actually sense my taste-buds caring less and less after the first zing!  Interesting.

Hi Danica,

The Dr. Lewis has me THINKING ABOUT 18.5 BMI.

I know for sure I can’t tell anyone except for you all what weight (132 lbs!) that would put me at.

Now, my motivational phrase is:

“I already know what happens when I cheat and give-up.

I want to see what happens when I  DON’T!!”

Hi All,

So yesterday, I  carved 5 thin slices off a pretty big steak (tri-tip).  After putting the first strip in my mouth, I realized I  had taken way more in my mouth than a proper bite would be.  Then, I took one of the remaining four slices, cut it into three, ate them, and… threw the remaining 3 slices away.

Live and learn.

Tomorrow is…[Read more]