“You Are What You Eat.”

But that can lead to some serious social issues (and maybe even legal ones!),
‘Cause if you wanna BE a skinny person you’re gonna have to EAT a skinny ….”
Eeek!

The New Saying goes:

“You…[Read more]

We are
“calorie-warehouses”
with astonishingly ample inventories.

“You Are What You Eat.”

But that can lead to some serious social issues (and maybe even legal ones!),
‘Cause if you wanna BE a skinny person you’re gonna have to EAT a skinny ….”
Eeek!

The New Saying goes:

“You Eat What You ARE.”

There’s no way to calculate how many grams or ounces of each French Fry, Tuna Melt,…[Read more]

Here’s the Lesson:

If I really DO want more than 5 Bites of anything, there’s ALWAYS tomorrow.

Still, left-overs can’t beat fresh. Make enough for today, alone. You’ll thank yourself. (And you’ll get THIN!!!)

Tao

The BIGGEST head-game I had to get around was the idea of “missing out” on something REALLY amazing.

I have now completely accepted the FACT 5 Bites is ENOUGH for now. ENOUGH was a huge hurdle for me. And, better yet 5 BITES of whatever I want MOST in this meal window of…[Read more]

When I’m finished, I will have lost over HALF of myself!!

The 155 pounds I’ll be getting rid of is like TEN 15 pound bowling balls, I’ve had to carry around all day, everywhere.

This program is SAVING my LIFE.

Slice of tomato between two slices of balogna with a simple sauce of wasabi and soy sauce with salt and pepper.

3 liters of SmartWater throughout the day.

I want to see what
happens if I
DON’T.”

WELCOME!

Just a couple points to ease your mind.
1) Coffee is NOT a requirement of this eating plan.
It’s only brought up so frequently because Doc Al wants to make sure if we DO drink coffee, that we drink it BLACK (so we’re not sneaking in calories in the A.M., outside the eating window). Unsweetened and uncreamed tea…[Read more]

12 pounds this week!

After the little set-back two weeks in, I put my electrolytes/minerals and blood pressure back in order.

Now my trajectory is set. I truly wish I could count on twelve pounds a week cause I’d be done 10 1/2 weeks from now (a bit more than 2 months). Yes, I’m impatient but…[Read more]

This week, only one 5 bite meal per day.
Sat: 5Bt, Carnitas (@ a
Wedding, no less!)
Sun: 5Bt, Sausage
Mon: 5Bt, Cheeseburger
(no bun)
Tue: Repeat of Monday
Wed: 5Bt, Baloney, Tomato
& mustard.

Thursday A.M. is my weigh-in. Crossing my…[Read more]

I’m back on track, and will be posting more consistently.

I get how strange it feels when we think we’re writing only to ourselves.

Peace,
Tao

T.O.M. would, of course, bring water-weight. Chances are you’re going to slide right out from under any weight gain.

And your maintenance will focus tightly around monthly issues.

Tao

Welcome!

I’m also working toward a 100+ pound weight loss. Let’s inspire each other (and everyone else)!!

Check the new topic “AMAZING…” for an hundred pound weight loss epic.

May your success be as wonderful and focused as Mitch’s.

Tao

It’s from the days when there was an uproar from misinformed “experts,” just before “intermittent fasting” became mostly understood. Mitch was answering the slings and arrows of detractors…[Read more]

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]

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 #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

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]

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]

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

DONE!! It was great! More than enough.

Color me repentant dork with newfound joyous FOCUS!!

Huzzah!!

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.

It was great.  Just right in amount and flavor.

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]

“[You are] stronger than you know.”

—-paraphase Stevie Nicks from, Leather and Lace

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]

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.

5 bites of chicken and egg salad at 6:15 pm.  First and only meal of the day.

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!!”

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]

PERFECT TOMMY:  Why me?

BUCKAROO:  Because you’re perfect.

PERFECT TOMMY: You have a point there.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)    

Great job!  Just remember…

Practice Doesn’t make perfect.

PERFECT Practice makes perfect.

You’re a master.

(I just answered the first by posting to someone else’s thread.  I obviously messed up somehow on the first one)

Anyway,  I just updated my weight in the tracker and it reset my beginning weight showing pounds lost as ZERO.

Is this really a once a week tracker?  I mean this diet can actually change your one’s numbers Da…[Read more]

Newbie question:

I wrote a response to someone’s thread here in the community and hit “Submit” and it disappeared.  Am I under a probationary period where I can only submit to my own thread?

And, Hey, I Know it’s just water, nut I just weighed in for day 2 and I’m down to 282.7 from yesterday’s 288.5.  That’s 5.8 lbs.!!

Here’s aiming at 150 pounds!  That’s the thin I want to be; the angel inside the block of marble.

Blessings to you all.