Got on the scale today, and I'm UP 5 pounds! HELP!

[GailStout]

YIKES! It's my 6 month after re-feed anniversary, and I got on the scale today (mostly so I could play with the forum "ticker" thingy). I'm up 5 pounds, and I don't know exactly why. I haven't been measuring my food for the last couple of weeks (of course, measuring isn't required after you're done with re-feed). SO -- this is the largest amount of weight I've put on at any one time since finishing -- and I'm at the top of my goal range (150 pounds)

I haven't "binged" or done "extra carbs" or "too many carbs" -- I think that maybe I've actually eaten too much protein (or, at least, more than I should be eating) -- because I've not been measuring the portion sizes.

So, to lose the five pounds, do I do the re-feed last day diet? Do I go back to diet portion sizes? Do I eliminate carbs for 48 hours? (even though I haven't really been eating any)?

Help!

[GailStout]

Is anybody out there? I could really use some advice on this! Love, "just a little desperate" GailStout

[Secretary]

Hi Gail

5 pounds up and you may want to check if your food portions are perhaps too big. I know you do not eat carbs but as you said yourself maybe you had too much protein. Indeed, no need to weigh your food. I do not weigh my food and same goes with all other people I know here who had the program. Also, keep drinking 64 oz (2 liters) of water a day and keep taking the multivitamin.
I suggest that you keep on checking your weight and see if by reducing your protein portions you manage to get back to your target weight.
If you keep on seeing that your weight crawls up, I'd check if you perhaps started your re-feeding too early while you were overweight. Our experiece shows that the re-feeding is successful if started when you reach your target weight.

[GailStout]

Thanks, Secretary!

If indeed my weight keeps crawling up and perhaps I DID start re-feeding too early, how do I remedy the situation? Do I go on to the diet portions for a prescribed length of time to get my weight back down, then stay on the diet portions for x-number of days/weeks, THEN do re-feeding again?

What would be the best way to do this?

Thanks for answering! GailStout

[GailStout]

Oh, one more thing: this is the second time I've read a post that says something like what you said "I'd check if you perhaps started your re-feeding too early while you were overweight. Our experiece shows that the re-feeding is successful if started when you reach your target weight." -- Sasha said something like that earlier as well. I've gone over my 1PD Guide, and can't find ANYTHING that says that...where is that data located?

I didn't even SEND for my re-feed until I was 3 pounds within my goal range of 144-150 pounds, and I started my re-feed at 145 pounds.

[Secretary]

Gail,

First, to your question regarding the information in the 1PD-Guide:

What is the Re-feeding Program, and how does it affect my diet program?The final stage of the diet program is called the Re-feeding Program. It takes place at the end of your program when the body has achieved “balance” (you have lost the fat/weight). This 2-4 week Re-feeding is when the so-called “bad foods” (foods not allowed on the treatment) are re-introduced back into your life without “shocking the body”. You are also given healthy lifestyle guidelines that will prevent you from starting the cycle of the “obesity syndrome” again.

The program is based on Dr Cohen work and data he gathered over the years. However, there are no guarantees it works for all the same way. Perhaps your goal weight was incorrect, or perhaps you started your re-feeding too early, or perhaps you did everything 100% correctly but still you are one of the few that need to watch her weight after the RF more carefully than others.

You lost a lot of weight and you look awesome - looking at your pics. I do not suggest that you re-take the diet again at this stage, I suggest that you try to find out the quantities of food your body can take without gaining weight.

[GailStout]

Thanks very much for the clarification. So, to lose the five pounds that have "crept on", I'll alter my portion sizes...but can I keep asking if I can't lose them :-)? THANKS! G

[AfterLifer]

I find that "refeed too early" comment interesting too, since I received permission from Dr. Cohen to end my diet 10 lbs higher than the high goal of the range he prescribed. (I'm fairly tall, a size 8/10 and very happy at this size in my 50's. Was starting to look gaunt and wrinkly.)

So far, my top weight gain has only been 2.5 lbs and I know exactly why it happened, but I've only been off the diet for 1 month. It's interesting to me that this is happening to Gail after 6 MONTHS.

Does that mean the "obesity syndrome" that you mention could be setting back in? And how would we trigger that to happen again after so much time has passed? (Sorry, Gail...don't mean to scare you, dear!!)

[Bronwyn]

Hi Gail,

I am only 5 weeks in so have no advice but wanted to lend support. :bighug: You are amazing and have had such success. I know you will figure this out and will find a solution to those meddlesome 5 pounds!!! Go get 'em!!! {pirates} Please keep us posted and we're here if you need to vent, brag, or whatever and you work through this little kink in your journey. I hope you know what an inspiration you are to all of us still in the beginning or middle of our journeys!!! I'm pulling for you!!!

[GailStout]

Thanks, all of you! (Especially Bronwyn, who is in the middle of her own "battle"!!! THANKS!)

AfterLifer, I think I know why I put the 5 pounds on -- I stopped weighing my food...presto -- five pounds. I know that one of the attractions of 1PD is "never diet again" -- but my head and my heart disagree about what a "normal portion size" is... and my taste buds LOVE things I'm not supposed to eat (even those to which I'm allergic).

It's all about self control (I think Sasha says that somewhere in a post).

For me it seems that every time I try to do something that it says I CAN do in the "life after the diet" rules, it doesn't quite work. So I'm sure I AM someone who will always have to watch what goes in.

The other problem I'm having is an inability to work with reality (as in "oh, it's okay; I've lost 112 pounds -- if I have a bit of chocolate in the middle of the afternoon it won't REALLY hurt")...YES IT DOES HURT. YES IT DOES CAUSE THE FAT TO COME BACK ON.

Duh.

It's all about trying to be the smallest amount of 'stupid' possible, I think.

That's okay, though -- my "fat pants" are a size 6 :-)

I'll let you know how the five pound weight loss thing goes.

I was looking back on my notes while I was refeeding, and one thing strikes me: Sasha said in a post on the "maintenance" thread something like "were you at your goal weight for two weeks before you started refeeding?" -- I thought I had been, but I wasn't -- I was only at my goal weight for 3 days before I started re-feeding.

Could that be my problem, Sasha & Secretary?

:-) Gail

[cyberella]

dear gail!! :flower:
thanx once again 4 sharing your thoughz, your knowledge and 4 being an inspiration always!!!
i didnt know about the 2 weex at goal-weight b4 refeed!! thanx 4 bringing it 2 our attention!!

as far as i understood u've been "on the program" 4 this half year and the troubles of keeping your weight down didnt only strike u now, as i think afterlifer interpreted your circumstances...

and i understand your "inability 2 work with reality" as i think iz just normal 2 give yourself some reward after such long and rigorous deprivations of "emotional food" or simply: yummy stuuufffff!!!

i did some thinking lately (couldnt fight it this time..:))
and came 2 terms with the fact of being "in control of my intake" 4 good, and that most slim women do take care of "what goes in"-- :thinking:
the ones who have a "smaller" weight problem than we had/have just didnt let it come as far as we did, mayb!!!(?)
and/or can deal with stress and emotional strain better or differently- despite our physical dispositions, of course!!!!!!

but in the end i think that 80% of all women who r slim watch their food, so we better follow their lead...
not that i'm 2 happy about that, but trying 2 learn 2 "work with reality"- not 2 good at that, just like u.. :innocent4:

[Bronwyn]

Hi Ladies,

You are so right about "living on a diet". My sister did this diet last Fall with wonderful results. She gained a lot of weight back over the next few months, especially over the holidays, because she didn't want to "live on a diet". I had asked her if she was following the "life after the diet" advice and she said "no, becuase it's like living on a diet." Now she has lost all the weight again and has resolved to watch what she eats every day and to follow the rules. She and I just had a conversation about the expectations of "life after the diet" and it is true that we will always have to watch what we eat, live in reality, and control our urges to splurge. We obviously weren't born with natural metabolism where we can eat anything we want (very few people actually do have that...) so we have to "live on a diet". And you're right Cyberella... Most skinny girls watch what they eat. I have several actor friends and it has always amazed me to watch them eat their TINY portions when we go out to eat, or they come to a dinner party. Even the guys... But they know every extra pound could cost them a chance at a part so they have to watch it. Now I am eating the tiny portions, am losing weight, and actually feel full after some of these meals. I'm sure when it's over I will have a little goody from time to time, and a piece of REAL pizza, but overall I've made peace with the fact that this is my new way of life and I'm actually really enjoying the healthy food, compliments on my skin & hair, and certainly am loving the looser fitting clothing. Keep on going girls! We can do this!

[GailStout]

Ta-Daah!! I've lost the five pounds!

Per the "life after the diet" guidelines, I started measuring my food so I was sure I was not eating overly large portions and eliminated carbs for about four days, and the five pounds are gone.

Dr. Cohen is magic -- and it's so SIMPLE.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to not eat overly large portions when I'm out in the real world!

:-) Gail

[GailStout]

Bronwyn -- how do we get past the idea that what we're eating are "tiny portions"?? I wish those of us on 1PD could look at them as simply "portions". We need another bit of magical thinking to make "tiny" into "normal" :-)

Keep on it, ladies -- it's SO fun to have your "fat pants" be a size 6 :-)
Gail

[cyberella]

:applause:hey, gail, BRAVO!! on being back in your "slim" panz... :clapping3:
and BRAVOOOOO!!! on never giving up, being so motivated (still)
and even motivating all of us!! (that seems contageous)
i really think u r a remarkable person, gail... :clapping:
{cheerleader}

the question on the portion sizes u asked i also have no real answer 4, but mayb it helps looking in the mirror and perceiving yourself as a small and slim person and realizing that the (appropriate) quality and quantity of nutrition 4 someone so slender neez 2 b adequate: lean, small and healthy.. (like inside, like outside)...mayb?

[Shasha]

I was looking back on my notes while I was refeeding, and one thing strikes me: Sasha said in a post on the "maintenance" thread something like "were you at your goal weight for two weeks before you started refeeding?" -- I thought I had been, but I wasn't -- I was only at my goal weight for 3 days before I started re-feeding.

Could that be my problem, Sasha & Secretary?

:-) Gail

Name of thread: Maintenance Phase Details of post: Post #18 on 02-12-2008, 07:52 AM

{hi} there GailStout
….Question: were you following your eating plan 100% for at least 2 weeks prior to commencing your Refeeding Program??

Hi Gail,

Form the above, I think you misunderstood about the two weeks and we don't want the ladies getting the wrong idea, so, to set the record straight:

I was asking if you were following your eating plan 100% for at least two weeks before Refeeding. The question was not, were you on your goal for two weeks prior to Refeeding.

The two weeks of following your eating plan 100% prior to Refeeding is ONLY to balance the hormones if they have been unbalanced for some reason. For example if someone deviates and eats cake etc and has a party the day before starting with the Refeeding, the Refeeding Program will not work the way it should because the cake has shocked the body back into ''fat ******* mode''.

In this case a person would need to follow their diet for 2 weeks without any deviations in order to bring the hormones back into a balance.

If someone follows the diet 100%, there is NO REASON TO WAIT TWO WEEKS prior to starting Refeeding when they reach their goal. Waiting two weeks for many, would mean they do become too slim. There is no such rule and there is no reason to wait if you have been following your eating plan 100% you may commence your Refeeding when you reach your goal weight.

[Bronwyn]

Hi Gail.

Congratulations on losing your 5 pounds!!! I was looking at your ticker and I think it is so remarkable that you lost 112 pounds!!! That is a whole person!!! (Okay - a small person, but a person nonetheless.) Now look at you fretting over 5 pounds and taking it right off so it doesn't stick. GREAT JOB!!!

Re: the tiny portions. You are too right. We are so conditioned, especially here in the US that HUGE portions are normal that it is hard to think of these smaller portions as normal. It is probably something we will always have to think about and mentally adjust to. A few months back I had told my sister that I do NOT need to eat as many pieces of pizza as my 6'4" husband, yet many times I would. I would eat nearly as much as him at every meal. My sister's response (remember she has now finished this program, has resolved to "living on a diet" and is looking and doing fabulous!) ... but at the time, her response was "Well I just think it's not fair if I have to eat less than anybody..." For those of us who love food and who love to eat this will be a lifelong batte. But I agree with Cyberella - and I know you feel it - that our new, slim bodies will hopefully alway overshadow that urge or craving for too much food.

BTW - I LOVE that your "fat pants" are a size 6. You had written that in an earlier thread and I loved it then. It has been my go-to thought when I'm starting to feel tired of dieting... You really are too cool!!!

Congrats again on getting your weight back down and for staying on top of it!

[cyberella]

hey, bronwyn :flower:, remember your worz?>I'm sure when it's over I will have a little goody from time to time, and a piece of REAL pizza, but overall I've made peace with the fact that this is my new way of life<

i just fixed the boys piccolinis, and they r just sooo "great" :drool:- i am looking 4ward 2 a life where i have 2 of these little pizzas and think in terms of pizza-slices and mini-pizzas rather than in whole "cakes" ... :pizza:

those little pizzas even look more appealing :P and your hanz r clean afterwarz- if u choose 2 eat with your hands-
and after 2 or 3 little pizzas u really have the impression u had a hell of a lot 2 eat (and those r really only about 6 cm/ 2 inches in caliber)..

[Bronwyn]

Hi Cyberella!

What are piccolinis? Sounds like small, healthy little pizza's? Sound very good. Yes - I know that I will not ever be able to eat large portions again like I once did. In fact, all I can imagine is that when I finally do have that piece of "real pizza" it's probably going to make my tummy upset 'cause it'll be so rich.

[cyberella]

hey, sista's neighbour!! :party1: - i truely like that!!
i bet u find those in your health stores or any other supermarket-

here u can buy them in organic quality or "normal"-
small pizza-portions, in one pack u find about 12 pieces-
they r in the frozen-pizza section; come in the same size boxes like regular pizzas.

iz so great as u can put them in the oven in those small portions, dont have 2 heat up a whole big one and 1) r tempted 2 eat more and 2) can save them 4 later 2 have them fresh and not reheated -iz also great 4 my boybee as he loves them and cant possibly eat anything close 2 a pizza - i'm so happy if he finishes 2 of the minis...

i bet u have those in the us- i couldnt think of anything u guys and money cant buy in america... :eyebrow: --i'm a bit jealous at times, but on the other hand: food has all2gether a better quality here in europe.
(oh, and cosmetix, 2- i bought the very same producz in L.A. as they were cheaper than here, but the quality was not as good...
strange, i think!!!)
so, i think living where u r, u really should not save money on nutrition (=health issues) and buy only in health food stores, eventhough they r quite xpensive- i know!!

yes, u r rite, bronwyn- iz gonna b way 2 rich in the beginning anyway- we all will need some time 2 adjust 2 the food-variety again, but we hopefully can stay on the "shrunk"-stomach-more-aware-eating-being-full(satisfied)-sooner-track 4 good!!!!!

[Bronwyn]

Aha - Those sound very yummy and yes once this is all overwith I'll be looking out for those. You are right about the healthy stores being more expensive. I shop at both types of stores depending on budget and what I need.

Yes - I love that I'm your sista's neighbor. I'm still in awe of how weird that is!!!

[cyberella]

hi, bronwyn and mrs. peel!! :love7::flower:
i wonder if u can help me once more on bhalf of my sister..
we need good alternative doctors as she finally changed her mind in terms of medicine.. (regular doc couldnt help her rite now) :thinking:

she has tinnitus and loz of probs with her ears and yaws (had a very drastic brace-story) and would need an ear-specialist, an osteopath and a homeopath..

do u guys know any? or other healers? :praying:
please and thank u!!!!

[Bronwyn]

Good morning,

I'm on it. I have a family member who has tinnitis so I'll try to find out what he does/who he sees. He's not always easy to get a hold of so may take a little time. I'll let you know. I'll also ask around about the other issues. Best to your sister in the mean time. I know that Tinnitis can be so painful! :crying:

[Shasha]

{hi} there Everyone

Just a comment about the increased cost of healthy foods or buying in health shops... YES and NO!

You need to look at the long term and bigger picture...

NOTHING can replace your good health! This is the only body you have got and you deserve to eat healthy foods to keep your body functioning at it's very best!

Consider how much money you have spent on diets before and how much money you have spent on buying bigger clothes... Then realise that staying healthy once you get to goal is not going to be that expensive at all :flirt:

Sure good foods can cost a bit more than junk foods, but getting ill because your immunity is not strong is even more expensive! Think in terms of saving money because you are eating healthy and this means a stronger body better able to fight of illness and disease.

:thinking: I want you to think bigger than just the cost at the till when you have to pay your grocery bill.

[cyberella]

i couldnt have xpressed it better...
thaz xactly what i had in mind--

people only fill the best suitable fuel in their cars, good engine-oils in their machines and service regularly, but when it comes 2 their bodies...
well, {oops}, i dont quite get it..{uhm}

(eventhough they can always buy another car or machine, yet there's ONLY THIS BODY!!
i dont see a lot of people living up 2 that fact, esp. considering medicine:
if the warning light of the engine is on, they go 2 have the problem fixed and not take out the warning light-
like they do in modern medicine by opressing symptoms and not healing the cause s a symptom is always the attempt of the body 2 get in2 balance again)

strange attitude! :thinking:

[momof3]

I recently read of a strange thing to try for tinnitus. The premise is that it is a lymph drainage issue, and the solution is to press gently but firmly just inside your armpit on the side where the tinnitus is a problem (or alternate on both sides). Hold until you feel a pulse in the 3 fingers you have there. That is supposed to mean that the lymph is starting to flow. Then press in more centrally in the armpit and continue for a little while.

I don't have tinnitus, so I can't vouch for this, but it can't hurt!

[momof3]

Ta-Daah!! I've lost the five pounds!

Per the "life after the diet" guidelines, I started measuring my food so I was sure I was not eating overly large portions and eliminated carbs for about four days, and the five pounds are gone.


Hey, I'm about to start my re-feeding program. I have to wait the two weeks, though, because I had to have a CT scan and had to drink that awful barium stuff last Thursday. :-(

I'm reading through the program now, and I'm so excited!

Gail, thanks for starting this conversation. It is helpful to know what might be coming down the pike. And congratulations for dropping those nasty 5 pounds!

-Cheryl

[SPDeRosa]

First, CONGRATULATIONS on the weight loss! That's amazing!!! I'm so inspired by people that have actually lost weight on this diet and even more so by people who can keep it off!

I reply only out of my own curiosity as I too am concerned about life after 1PD. As we all know, weight maintenance is a complicated process which boils down to eating the right foods, in the right quantities, in the right combinations and minimizing all the "bad" foods that we all love so dearly. (Just yesterday I wanted to devour the Hershey Candy Bars on sale at the supermarket). But it also comes down to calories in and calories out. So my question really is about exercise. Right now I'm not exercising at all on this diet (Not that I was before, but I realize that being healthy also means being active. Active lifestyles tend to be healthy lifestyles, particularly for our seniors.).

So I suppose my question about the weight gain is whether you've added exercise or activity (with elevated heart rates at least three times a week, 20 mins each time, such as a fast walk) back into your life and if so, whether that made you even more hungry causing you to then eat larger portions. This is my worry, that when I start to exercise to maintain my weight, tighten up the looseness from the weight loss, build more muscle so that it helps burn fat ... that I'll be so hungry that I'll eat too much causing me to put more weight on than I want. And I'm really worried about all those sweets that I know I'm not going to be able to avoid forever... heck, even a cappucino right now would be awesome!

There's not much info I can find on "Life After 1PD" so any advice people have to offer would be greatly appreciated.

[Shasha]

{hi} there SPDeRosa

One day at a time... For now your MAJOR concern is going to be losing the excess weight – you may exercise in moderation, but not too much – so brisk walking should be perfect. There are 3 parts to your 1PD Success package: Diet, Re-feeding, Maintenance and for the best and long term results you need to do all three!

During the Re-feeding Program Dr Cohen introduces lots and lots of food (just ask Cerebella about this ~ she’s on Re-feed at this time and I’m sure she’ll be happy to tell you all about her wonderful experiences with the new and extra foods…)

After Re-feeding, in the back of your Re-feeding Guide, Dr Cohen provides you with Maintenance Tips that will help you not to go back into FAT ******* mode again and that is the key to long term success. Dr Cohen says that you had a FAT ******* working on the inside of you – the foods you were eating were fueling this and the result was too much insulin (the fat storing hormone), too little serotonin (which controls the craving for food, especially starch) and too little Human Growth Hormone (your fat burning hormone). Through Dr Cohen’s formula for success for your body specifically, you are currently you are on FAT ******* STRIKE ACTION which means low insulin, high serotonin and high growth hormone – and the result is your fat loss. Following the eating plan, more foods come in gradually to train your body to cope with them and you are taught the maintenance guidelines so that you do not go back to triggering insulin all the time.

Sweets and deserts do come back… dark chocolate is a safer option than milk chocolate and which is allowed twice a week post diet – in fact all things in moderation and depending on how your body reacts to it – Dr Cohen will give you the necessary keys at the right time – these won’t work while you are on diet in anyway.

We do recommend bring back more physical activity :weights: after Re-feeding but, the major keys to ongoing success lie not only in activity :weights2: but in keeping insulin levels DOWN. So you can spend all day at the gym, but if you ate chocolate cookies for breakfast, you’ve just :elmer: yourself in the foot.

[hybrid222]

My friends and I know several people who completed the 1PD, kept the weight off, and did not have loose or hangy skin. In fact, one woman who took off well over 100 pounds on this program looks fabulous now.

One man I know who did the 1PD was thin as a rail when I saw him post-diet :weights2: (whereas he used to be pudgy with a pooch). He does have deep furrows in his face, but he is middle-aged. His body looks toned - at least from what I could see (he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants).

[Shasha]

{hi} there Hybrid 222

Thank you for sharing that with us :)

YES, most people do look soooo much better, younger, healthier, toned, more radiant etc after the diet than they ever dreamt they would before starting their journey. {cheerleader}

I believe this is what has drawn people to Dr Cohen's program for 20 years!!


{wave}

[Maya]

Shasha - that shot in the foot is EXCELLENT!!!!{rofl}

thanks for explaining about the hormones, helps a lot!!!! and sooooo good to know we'll be feeling satisfied in the refeed!!!!!!

yeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!{elmo}

[GailStout]

Hi all --
Ta-Dah again! I'm back to where my ticker says I should be.

Now I just have to get through my son's graduation and a vacation to Florida. (Time for another consult with a hotel chef!)

Keep going everyone!

[bitten]

hi gail-

well done, that did not take long at all!!! you should be so pleased and proud that you can turn things around before it gets too bad.
i PM'ed you last month, but i do not know if you did not get it or were not inclined to answer?
i'll ask here, as i am truly desperate to know. you lost 112 lbs in 24 weeks right? which is unbelievable. but i saw where you posted that you felt if you done the program right in the first 6 weeks, you could have done it in 12. i am just curious about this point.
i also have loads to lose and want to be done ASAP. I am 100% OP and have intention to deviate whatsoever....
do you really think one can lose all their excess weight in 12 weeks.
i'd love to hear your thoughts as you are such a superstar here.
thanks-
bitten

[GailStout]

Hi -- thanks very much for the good wishes!

Hmmm...I wonder why I didn't get your pm last month? I'll have to find out if my spamblocker is being overprotective.

My story is a little interesting, in that I lost way TOO MUCH weight in the first month. I didn't know it was "too much" at the time; my consultants got quite stern with me. I was asked to do two extra blood tests, and questioned quite, shall we say, 'strongly' about whether or not I was ACTUALLY doing the 1PD "as prescribed" (I was). I lost 42 pounds the first month, but then lost very little per month after that -- twenty weeks to lose the last 70 pounds when I'd done 42 in the first four weeks.

I believe that when I found out I was going too fast I subconsciously began to sabotage myself with questions and little bits of doing things wrong -- one more gram of this, one less gram of that. I had several LONG plateaus of losing nothing.

That said, I DID expect to lose all of my 112 pounds in 12 weeks (actually, I expected to lose it faster than that when I saw 42 pounds lost in 4 weeks -- in 12, at that rate, I'd lose 126 pounds in 12 weeks!).

Once I figured out that I had to actually DO THE PROGRAM ALL THE WAY TO THE END (the end being the GOAL WEIGHT, NOT "12 weeks") the weight started coming off at a regular rate, albeit much more slowly than I'd hoped. It did, however, COME OFF. ALL OF IT.

Can you lose over 100 pounds in 12 weeks? I don't know -- I haven't done it. Can you lose 112 pounds in two cycles on the diet? -- ABSOLUTELY -- I HAVE done that!

What I'm trying to say is that if you do your program exactly as prescribed you WILL LOSE WEIGHT. Every single one of us has a different body with different sensitivities, hormone levels, body chemistry, etc. -- that Dr. Cohen has found something (1PD) that works on basically EVERY SINGLE BODY is just short of a miracle.

So, Bitten, can you lose your 95 pounds in 12 weeks? Maybe. I hope so!!! But think of it this way -- no matter how long it takes, you will NO LONGER BE 95 pounds TOO heavy, and that whether it takes 12 weeks or 24 you'll be healthy and have a much better life when you're done.

And we all know you can do it! I know you can, because I have -- and it was simple, if not EASY: all we have to do is what we're told. KEEP GOING! YOU CAN DO THIS!

[Shasha]

{hi} there Gail


{congrats} on getting back to goal again {goodjob}

Remember you need to do your entire Re-feeding Program again because you have been on diet for longer than 14 days...

It's very important to train your body to cope with more foods gradually and correctly...
:bighug:

[Bronwyn]

Gail you are truly amazing! Congrats on taking charge and getting yourself back in shape so quickly before it could get out of control. I'm sure there are many of us wondering how we'll handle "life after the diet" and who are curious about maintenance. You have just shown us that it is possible to do. Thanks for always being such an inspiration.

[Hugentobler]

Congrats Gail!!! Good luck on your upcoming events. You are an inspiration on how to handle the diet.

[bitten]

thank you so much for your post gail.
all i can say is WOW!
42 lbs in 4 weeks most be some kind of record.
i assume that you were an internet client and you did this all via emails.
why did they not believe you, because no one loses like that?
do you mean that you deviated from the program after the first 4 weeks, that you were not 100%? or that you didn't believe anymore? i am curious if this has anything to do with it...like positive thought or visualization, etc.
so you have no idea why the 42 lbs just melted off you...but it did and that is all that matters.
this is a superb, magic, miracle program for me.
and you are so right, is not hard once you commit to seeing it through.
well, gail, once again thanking you for your information regarding your incredible journey towards health.
i may not be done in 12 weeks, but i intend to do it in 24!!!!
bitten