The 5 Bite Diet

Well, I've made it a total of 8 days so far on this diet. And a miracle happened! I weighed myself after 7 days and I had lost 19.6 lbs! I can't believe I lost so much weight. I have never lost that much so quickly before, and I have tried just about everything you can think of. And since I'm female, I usually don't have really big losses, they've always been slow and I eventually lose my motivation. But I am really motivated to continue this, and I have a long journey to go (over 100 lbs to lose) but this was a great start on that journey.

Let me just say this, if you are thinking about trying this and you have a lot of weight to lose, give it a shot. It is SO worth it. The first few days were hard for me, I won't lie, but not so hard that I gave up, and that says a lot. I normally would have given up at the first sign of discomfort.
I enjoy the food I eat, I stick very strictly to 5 bites (and they are normal size bites, I don't try to hurt myself to get it in there LOL), I drink lots of water and I take a vitamin. I have decaf coffee and herbal teas about once a day too.

I will make sure to check back in weekly and hopefully if someone like me is reading this and needs motivation it will help. The other posts on here (the POSITIVE ones) help me greatly.
Congrats to others who are losing weight too btw, and please keep checking back in, I love reading about everyone's progress!

Way to go 5 biter.
I've been on a variation of this diet since February.
I have lost a total of 92 lbs.
I eat 5 bites 3 times a day.
I need to loose around another 20-30lbs.
This diet is great.
You know exactly what and how much to eat without having to count points or calories.
I've been thin before and felt tired, weak and looked anorexic but not with this diet. If anything, I feel better and look better than ever.
In the beginning, I thought about having the gastric bypass and then I found out about this diet. It sounded very simple and much like the diet bypass patients have to follow. so I thought, why have surgery, just try this diet. I worked.
I'll not lie, the first few days are very hard to stick to but so are the first few days after surgery.
Try it.
You can always stop.

your a nutty doctor ..... people are not going to die just because they are one pound over weight i am very mucular and heathly and muscle wieghts more than fat and i am probaly alittle over weight to but i am not stupid enough to fall for your lie that this really works i am not willing to become sick to lose wieght ! that is what you are doing to people making then sick i was almost in shock when i heard about this diet !!!!! feel free to write me back on my email.

Well here I am for my second week update. I guess it's good, but it is not as good as I would have liked. This week I dropped 5lbs going from 321 to 316. While I am happy with the drop, I guess I am having visions of grandeur as I was hoping Id be at 300lbs this week. But still in all, I am happy, I mean I'd rather lose 5lbs than gain 5lbs. I have stuck to the diet very well except maybe the bits I am taking are too big. I read the post that the totally combined is supposed to be the size of 2 snickers bars (king size ones I hope :-). I can say that my 10 bites are larger than 2 snickers bars, which makes me wonder if maybe there is too much bread in my bites (ala Subway or Hamburgers) but I would say only 2 or 3 times a week do I have these. Like I said last week, a 6 inch subway sub I can make almost for 2 meals appox 7-9 of my bites for the day. I did indulge in a few McRibs this week (but hey they will be gone soon for a whole year so I gotta get them while they are offered, OFF THE SUBJECT are McRibs a mans thing because woman dont seem as impressed by the Mcrib :-) Other things I eat are things like healthy choice steamers and sometimes I can eat a whole one of those in five bites but they are only like 250 calories. My day consists of the multivitamin and tea or water for the morning hours, 5 bites for lunch at noon, than I try to slam down a bunch of water in the afternoon and than 5 bites for dinner around 6pm each night. The schedule is pretty consistant, some days I am hungry during non eating times, sometimes I am. I would say the worst times are if I wake up at 3 in the morning, Im usually starving but OH WELL there has to be an ends to a means. I would say each day, Im eating around 500-700 calories and I do look somewhat smaller than when I started. I just know when I do get to my goal weight that I am going make sure my eating never gets out of control again. Im starting to think that people that eat to much need the 12 step program too and maybe I will apply those rules to myself. My goals this week are to eat smaller bites and to start exercising. I walked 2 miles this morning and Im one of these people where the fat is all in my stomache, when I start losing good weight, my arm turn to bird arms and my legs have always been muscular (I think because when I did work out when I was younger, I probably only worked out my legs the proper way) so walking has never been a problem for me. It just doing it is the problem:-) Well I guess 19lbs total in 2 weeks is a great start but Im hoping for more than 5lbs next week and everyone doing this KEEP IT UP and throw some advice or updates on this board, but lets keep the negatives nellies in their place as MVDB DID THUMBS UP!

NOTE TO MVDB: GIVE US SOME UPDATES, WE HAVE TO MOTAVATE EACH OTHER AND LAY OFF THE WEED

Just checking in to see how it goes for everyone. Congrats Big Daddy, good loss! Hang in there MVDB, you CAN do this! It's easier if you don't stop and start because your stomach will get used to eating less. I get tempted to "take a break" from this, but I know if I do, it will be hard for me to start over. Once I got through my first 3 days, I didn't want to have to do it again (those were the hardest for me). It is getting easier, and I'm getting used to eating this way.

Thanks for telling us about your success Angie, I find your post motivating when I have weak moments. I lost a little over 1 pound this week. I didn't think I would have another 19 lb loss, but it would have been cool if I had!

I'm still motivated and will keep on going. I don't think I've lost a total of 20 lbs in one month on any other diet I was ever on, and now I've done it in 2 weeks. Hopefully I will lose more this week. I'm determined to reach my goal and I am finding the 5BD to work for me. I like knowing when to stop eating. I know that may sound crazy for some people who don't understand, but when you are as heavy as I am, sometimes there is no such thing as being full.

I have found I have to avoid some foods even with the 5 bites, they would still be too many calories for me. There's not too many things I have to avoid though. I can still eat stuff that tastes great. I am just choosing to avoid certain things this early in the game. Some stuff has so many calories that I never realized I was eating that many calories at one time (typical southern foods like macaroni and cheese, potato salad, that kind of stuff).

Will keep checking in so I can let everyone know my continued progress on the 5BD.

Where did everybody go, no one posted anything last week. I read some other boards about how people were gonna die if they did this diet and how they would be passed out from starvation and let me tell that has to be farthest from the truth. In fact, food is starting to become an afterthought to me and with some days eating healthy bites and some days eating not so healthy bites, the variety this diet offers is fantastic and not to mention the old saying like, don't have too much of a good thing. That kind of mindset has really made this diet work so well. Like last week, one day I had one slice of pepperoni pizza, it was like heaven but in the old days I would have eaten a whole large pizza by myself. Stuff like that makes you appreciate the fact that you can be on a diet where you can have pizza. I try to mix it up somewhat, on good days I incorporate vegetables as 2 to 3 of my bites on my bad days I incorporate none. I also must say this is a milestone, 3 weeks and no beer. Well enough rambling and lets me give you the results this week, and let me also include that I have exercised 5 of the 7 days, walking at least 2-4 miles a day. 3 weeks ago, I weighed 335 or higher since I had no scale that would give me reading that high and as of 12/21/2008, I now weigh 309.5. So this week I lost 6.5lbs which is almost 2 pounds more than I lost last week. While I know this is fantastic, I wish it would come off quicker but Rome wasn't built in a day and losing my fat wont come off in a day, but I am very excited about how things are going. Just a word to all the naysayers out there on all the other boards, give this diet a chance and you might find out it will work. One last thing that was major cause for excitement was the blood pressure machine. When I started this diet, it always measured in the stage 1 or 2 prehypertension range and this week, it was below the the normal level the first time in ages, I forget the 2nd number but the first number was 109 over something. Well I hope everyone has a good Christmas and I hope some people will come back to board, where you at MVDB.

That is great Big Daddy. Really, I think this way of eating (diet) is a testament to our misguided views on what a healthy portion should be. You used to eat a whole pizza, now one slice is plenty. It wouldn't hurt all of us to try this diet to remind ourselves that we are eating way too much.

I don't really understand the "naysayers" point of view. When people have gastric bypass, that is all their stomachs can handle after the surgery. You are just doing what they are doing minus all the risks of the internal replumbing and scars.

Keep up the good work.

Good lord Big Daddy, you're doing great! I had a sinus infection for 3 weeks and allowed that to be my excuse falling off the wagon. I let my honey (who I made read your posts) stuff me full of food and never even tried to resist. (Bad Idea!) Someone already mentioned that its extra hard to stop then start over again. (Lesson well learned) I gained about 2 of the 13 pounds I lost & now I'm back on the 5BD. I am very inspired by your progress & proud of u for getting some exercise in. I'm using u as motivation & am back on track so keep up the good work, your efforts are admirable & keep me going!

Hi again everyone!
Just wanted to drop in and tell everyone that I lost 7 more pounds. So, I have lost a total of 27 pounds in 3 weeks.
I have been going pretty strictly on the diet, because I want to hurry up and get this extra weight off of me! The sooner it is off, the sooner I can do the things in life I really enjoy, like traveling and dancing, swimming and wearing sexy clothes!
It's amazing how much you give up when you become overweight. Even just going to the movies was something I gave up because I wasn't sure if I'd fit comfortably in the seat. Plus, there's also things I would give up doing, or would avoid doing very often because I had become embarrassed to be in public.
I know what people think and how they act when they see someone very overweight dining out, or bowling, or at the beach or whatever. They get stares, laughs, and are treated rudely (or like they aren't human). It's not fair, but it's just how society is. I got tired of being the fattest person everywhere I went.
I want to lose weight so that I can stay healthy and active for as long as possible. Life is too short to keep cutting out all of the fun things in life just so I can eat all I want. I'd rather be out doing fun stuff than overeating.
It's getting easier, it's becoming my new way of life, and I feel fantastic. If you're someone just surfing in and are thinking about doing this diet, try it! You have nothing to lose but weight. It's not something that someone who is only a little overweight should do for very long, but for someone who is morbidly obese, it is a Godsend.
Don't think of all the reasons why you shouldn't do it, think of all the reasons why you should. Don't listen to anything negative, listen to the positive. There will always be negative people, and those people are usually the unsuccessful ones, or the ones who are scared to try it, or the ones who just don't want to do it, and they don't want anyone else to be successful on it. You know the old saying, misery loves company!
Stay positive, stay strong, and we can all do this and be success stories! We will prove all the naysayers wrong.
Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope everyone had a good Christmas, I made it through it and stayed on track. Once again Im happy with this weeks results but DAMN I WANT MORE :-) Well the results this week are, I dropped 4.4lbs so now I am down to 305lbs and have lost 30lbs in less than a month. SO when I looked at it that way, I guess it is really good. I exercised 4 out 7 days this week walking 3 miles each day and I wonder if maybe walking that much is building too much muscle in my legs and that maybe the exercising is messing up the weight loss since muscle weighs more than fat, maybe someone can give me an opinion of this. Well my next check-in will be on Jan 1st (I like to start at the beginning of the month for totals) and will use that day as my update day for the month of January (I know ya'll can hardly weight (ha ha). So I will be back Thursday for an update and thanks for the support and hope everyone has a happy new year. Let me give a shout out from FLORIDA all the way to my LA supporters, thanks

So glad to see everyone is doing so well. I'm getting through the holidays pretty well. I don't have any desire to eat my way through a pound of chocolates and dozens of cookies like I used to. It's a miracle. I'm looking forward to starting the New Year at a much lower weight than last year and continuing on to my goal. I know we can all do it! I have a completely different relationship with food now - a much healthier one.

Happy New Year, Everyone!

yo BIG DADDY, how would you describe your behavior as well as your feelings. do you have mood swings. are you happy, more energetic, do you have to convince yourself over and over not to eat over 5bites, how is the psychological aspect affecting your eating habits and how you deal with people on daily basis. are you much more confident being that u've lost 30pounds? im sure many of us is wondering these things, this goes out to 5 BITER and everyone else WHO IS TRYING THIS DIET.

I wanted to give an update on my weight loss this week. I lost 3.1 lbs. I am really thrilled about it and am continuing on my journey. I've lost a total of 30 lbs in one month. So, it sounds like we are even Big Daddy, LOL.
I'll be checking back in again soon to let everyone know my progress. Have a great New Year's!

Hi, I'm going to start my 5 bite diet tomorrow. I've read the book...the only thing I'm thinking about changing is eating 3 meals instead of 2. Does anyone else do this? I am the mom to 2 girls ages 1 & 5, so I just love the idea of the diet not being time consuming. I am planning to exercise for 30 min. 3x per week. I am also a thyroid cancer survivor. I am committed to losing 60 lbs. In addition to 1 of my bites being protein, I plan to have 1 bite of veggie & 1 bite of fruit (at least).

Congratulations to everyone who has had success on this plan! Do you have any tips to share that have worked for you?

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL AND HOPEFULLY 2009 BRINGS YOUR POUNDS DOWN..AND HOPES UP =D. I NO ITS CORNY, BUT HEY, WHO CARES HAHA, HAVE A NICE ONE PPL

Hope everyone had a good New Years and now its time for me to get down to business. I was very good through the whole holiday season and stuck to the 5 bite rule so now I just got to keep the course. To everyone involved, lets keep this board vibrant and moving, no need to waste $50 dollars to post, stay on this board and keep us motivated and updated. Well I will keep this short because this is really just a 1/2 week update since my weigh days will always coincide with the 1st day of the month. My weight did drop but nothing worth talking about, I lost 1.1lbs since Sunday, so I will be starting the year at 304lbs. This is great dropping 31lbs in a month. I have continued to walk 2 miles a day, I cut back a mile because I am a little confused about this muscle vs fat thing. If muscle weighs more, Im not looking to gain a lot muscle too. If anyone can set me straight on this, I'd appreciate it. Also drinking water, can you drink too much water and start stretching out your stomach because of it. Since the idea of 5 bites is to shrink your stomach, I do drink about 128oz of water a day, but Im not sure if this stretches my stomach out. Well everyone keep going, stay away from negative posts that tell you that you will die on this diet, I think I was heading toward death if I didn't start this diet. I will be back next Thursday to update you and (PLEASE LET ME BE UNDER 300lbs next week) and I do check these boards often so if you have anything to ask me, I do respond.

I'm glad to see all the support on here. It's great! Keep up the good work everyone! I know I haven't been so good, but I haven't gained anything back. . .but I haven't lost anything either. . .This week is a new week and I'm back on track!

Hi everyone 1/3/08 is the date im going to start the 5 bite diet. I have been following you all updates since december and im really convinced and excited about starting the diet. So please wish me" luck and congrats to *big daddy* your the reason im going to try this diet. But back to the point im currently 206.4 pounds and i will post my results{smile} every Sat morning. 1nce again thankyou all for being my motivation!

MEME!! WE'RE HERE FOR YOU...KEEP US POSTED! LET US KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOIN WITH IT OK =D...

MEME!! WE'RE HERE FOR YOU...KEEP US POSTED! LET US KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOIN WITH IT OK =D

Hi Meme- good for you! I've lost almost 50 pounds and IT IS THE BEST! Sometimes it takes a lot of focus and other times it doesn't bother me at all. It's a mind game, really.

of course theres many ppl that are doing the diet, giving us great feedback, i literally check this everyday, and well i was wondering, what are some recipes yall use in order to keep it 5bites, i dont cook, so i make myself sandwiches, and well i dont want to only eat that. ido put lettuce ham or turkey, or like today i made an egg sandwich for the 10 bites today (2 sandwiches) i have this little kids thing that cuts the sandwhich into triangles (4) and it takes the edges of, so i took the edge and used it as a bite, and of course the little four triangles, but i was wondering about some of the foods you guys eat. i started this diet yesterday, i have officially laid of the weed =( another thing, do i only drink water? cuz it says only none calorie drinks, but i dont drink coffee. theres this one rip off of vitamin water at costco, and it says 0 calories but it has like 100% of some type of vitamins, do you guys know if i can drink that,

as far as exercise, i wanna exercise my legs, cuz as big ppl, we have strong legs and i dont want to lose that muscle. so i plan to do squats not with weights but just up and down motion. i can do about 100 (next day is a pain sore than a motha...) it would burn the most calories being that the leg muscles (quads) are the biggest muscles. umm of course i wanna get all six packed and have the gunz (biceps) cocked and loaded haha, so i plan to do that p90x thing once i fall into the right weight. this i can say it probably happen in 2010 but thats another story. but thats just a little about what im trying to do, big daddy knows a little about my situation. im sure many ppl read this, so i wanna no more about like i said, the dishes or the 5bite foods u guys make, and a little about future plans, after your ideal weight is reached. thank you for ur time =D

I have read all of these comments none of you know what you are talking about or did you even read dr lewis book i doubt it, if you did you would know the first thing he says is due this under a doctors care and hes not saying stuff yourself with burrito size portions hes saying small normal bites a snicker bar is about 5 bites but he did not say eat a snikers bar you people need to get your facst right before ripping on someone i personally know dr.lewis talked with him several times what you guys are saying about him is false if you choked on food its your own fault for being stupid and not using commond sense. so if you didnt try it dont knock it

hi.
24.female.
164 today....im starting my diet...
15th of Jan....I'll Update Everyone!!!
Sounds.great!!!Im ready!!
:-)

Regarding recipes - Dr. Lewis says to just eat whatever you are craving at the moment but just 5 bites. And throw away the rest. This really helps me because on other diets I was always looking for the thing with the lowest points, calories, carbohydrates, fat (depending on what diet I was on at the moment) and this way is so freeing. But I find that I crave healthy foods and protein. On other diets I binged on my favorite foods after I gave up on the diet, so this is preferable to me since I'm not restricted -- only portion-wise. I've lost more on this diet than on any of the other gazillion diets I've been on (and in half the time) so I'm very jazzed!

Hi I heard about this diet on a tv program that Dr. Lewis was interviewed on. I started it yesterday after reading all your guys posts and great weight losses. I have 80lbs to lose and so far these past two days have not been hard. This diet makes a lot of sense. Our portions have gotten way out of control. Do I need to order the book? I have always ate healthy. Not a fast or processed food person, just too big of portions and not enough exercise as I get older. Wish me luck and I will be reading all your posts and posting often to keep motivated.

aiight...i hear alot of talk about starvation mode...what is that do, someone explain that to me plz

Starvation mode is when you cut your calories to less than half of what you require. As an example: I need about 2300 calories per day to *maintain* my current weight. If I started consuming less than 1150 calories a day, my body would go into starvation mode. I would still be losing weight, but starvation mode really affects you when you try to balance out your diet back to normal.

There are two different things from what I've seen. As you lose weight, your new weight means you require less calories. If you go from eating less than half of what you need (starvation mode) to eating more than half of what you need, your body is going to cling to those calories *because* it has been in starvation mode, making it harder to lose weight. You will stall in your weight loss, or lose a lot slower than you have been.

The second thing is if you have consumed drastically less calories than half (say I cut it down to about 600 instead of 1150 calories) then you are going to have to very carefully increase your calorie intake over a period of time so that, once you've reached your goal weight, you don't balloon up again, for the same reasons I mentioned above--your body will cling to every extra calorie you consume. If I went from eating 600 calories to 1800 calories one day (which is what my goal weight requires to maintain), I'm going to gain a lot back because my body is starving for calories.

That's a long explanation, lol, but that's why I'm not following the 5 bite diet exactly when I don't have the book to guide me.

All I know is all the previous diets I've been on over the decades (counting calories, counting carbohydrates, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, no carbohydrates, Diet Center, no fat, Metracal (anyone old enought to remember that?), Slimfast, etc. -when I stopped because I was so frustrated of the restrictions I ballooned back up and then some.

So I don't think it matters what you do or how many calories/carbohydrates/fat grams you consume or don't consume...the minute you start overeating again, you're going to gain weight. The sooner my mind wraps around that fact, the sooner I will never gain weight again. The one thing I never learned properly was portion control and being satisfied with less. This is the first diet to teach me that. I was always searching for the lowest calorie/points/carbohydate/fat food I could find to still load up on -- even if I didn't like it. Stupid. I can play all the games I want, but my body is smarter than I am.

I'm now trying to "fill myself up" with non-food items like being aware of what I'm doing and enjoying life more. It's a lot of work. It's all such a mind trip.

5 biter, portion control is the way to go. One of my friends is really tiny. She says she eats small amounts more than 3 times a day of what ever she wants. We will all go out to dinner and she will split a dinner with her husband. His weight is normal too. I'm finding on this diet while eating and really paying attention that after the five bites I am satisfied for a while instead of mindless eating and really feeling full. Especially if I eat some protein. I'm sure my stomach needs to shrink some more to feel satisfied for longer periods. It's only been a few days on this diet and I'm still hungry. My husband cooked some steaks tonight, I can't believe it will last me for 3 meals. Did you guys read Dr. Lewis's book? Is it worth ordering? Keep posting you guys are definetly motivating.

A milestone has been achieved and it will be the first of many. Everyone, pop open a cold glass of water or tea or anything without sugar and let's celebrate. You know you have a feeling when a good week of weight loss is happening and I have had that feeling all week. I have stayed very strict to the 5 bite rules and multivitamin everyday + I have added unsweetened fiber to my diet. This week though I have not been going full throttle on every bite but eating smaller bites and everyday my calorie count is between 400-600 a day. As of today, I am no longer in the 300lb'er club. I lost 9.3lbs with a bmi 44.64 and I weigh 294.5lbs. While I have a long way to go, I am very happy about the weight loss I have had on this diet. In 5 weeks I have lost 41 pounds and it is a great feeling. I have stayed on course with exercising by walking 2 miles a day and I drink 128oz of water a day. My next goal is the 275 pound mark and hopefully will hit that before the end of the month, but when I do, I do.

Portions are the key here and I believe that L and Sally have the idea, its a mind game and I too have been doing things that dont involve food, As I stated before, food is really an after thought for me now and it is such a quick part of my day that really, Im lucky if a meal last more than 7 minutes. While Alexandria has some good points (and Im not slamming here), she is not doing the 5 bite diet at all but rather just a reduced calorie diet. Which there is nothing wrong with, but I need a diet that will cause me to lose weight quickly, not 1 or 2 pounds a week. I have a long way to go and once I get there, I never intend on eating 1800 or 2200 calories every day to maintain that weight. Those calories from what I have read are too many calories anyways. I still have 135 pounds to lose to hit my goal weight and when I do, my plan is once a week to eat whatever I want and the rest of the week to stay around 900-1100 calories a day. Trust me, if I start gaining weight, then the one special day a week will be gone.

The one thing I really love about this diet is that I can eat anything I want, just not much of it and enough to satisfy my cravings. I love pizza and now one slice does the job as opposed to a whole large pizza. I have also really started noticing when I eat out, what people order and you can really tell the ones who are eating right and the ones that are not and trust me I must of made people cringe with all the food I used to order.

TO MVDB: Update us let us all know how you are doing. Remember THE GIG IS UP, once you get down to your goal weight, you never want to go back to your old eating habits or the maintaining your weight eating habits. Right now you are looking for a means to a end and you sound a lot like me that if its a very slow process than its not a process you want to do. Dont get thrown off pace with worrying about starvation because if you're like me they could probably put us on a deserted island for a year with no food and when they came to pick us up, we would probably still need another month on the island :-) Its just a joke I tell people about me, so I hope you dont take it wrong, because Im interesting in seeing you succeed on this because you are in the best years of your life. Anyways everyone lets keep these boards vibrant and updated and keep posting and let us know how everyone is doing. I will say Im very happy about the milestone I have hit and hope everyone is having great results.

Hi everyone im would like to share with you all something that i think is wounderful. First of, i've been on the diet 6 days now. I think i have saved at least 75 dollars because i no longer have the urge to eat chips and my favorite cheese cake{i use to eat 6 slices a day}. 2nd of, i went to buger-king yesterday i would usually get a double whopper with extra evything, a large fry and large coke,but back to the point i bought a cheeseburger and cut it in half took 5 bites of the half and i got extra full so you know, i was boo-koo happy and not to mention ive had so much energy i literally cleaned my whole
house in like 15 minutes. Congrats to everybody and i will be posting my first week results Saturday :]smile

Way to go Big Daddy!!! Awesome weight loss. I think this diet is great too. You can eat what your craving for. I was thinking the same thing about maintenance, also eating what ever one day a week(most likely a weekend day) The actual weight loss is easier then keeping it off. I've been there too many times.

LOL I FIND THIS DIET TO BE QUITE FUNNY...WHY? BECAUSE WHEN IM HUNGRY...I CANT WAIT TO EAT...LIKE IM COUNTING THE HOURS (NOT LITERALLY) BUT WHEN ITS TIME TO EAT, ITS LIKE HEAVEN. THE FOOD TASTES MUCH BETTER THAN IT DID BEFORE. AND BIG DADDY POINTED THAT OUT IN EARLIER POSTS ABOUT PIZZA (NOT TODAY BUT A WHILE BACK) AND ITS LIKE, WOW, FOOD TASTE GOOD! HAHA...YESTERDAY I BOUGHT A FOOT LONG SUBWAY SANWICH, I WAS THINKIN OF JUST GETTING A 6 INCH BUT I WAS LIKE NAH, ILL SAVE IT FOR TOMORROW. SO LONG STORY SHORT, I ATE IT IN LIKE 15-17 BITES (3MEALS) I WAS FULL! AS BEFORE ILL EAT A FOOTLONG AND COUPLE OF BITES OF MY BROTHERS SANDWICH, MY MOMS, AND SOMETIMES MY SISTERS...HAHA..IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I DIDNT ENJOY IT. NOW ITS HEAVEN. ANYWAYS IM GLAD TO HEAR EVERYBODY IS DOING GREAT!

Congrats Big Daddy on your mega-weight loss this week! You must be so jazzed to be

MVDB - I've noticed it too how much better the food tastes. It's like my sense of taste is heightened. But I also find myself wanting something really savory or spicy with a lot of flavor. I don't want to waste my 5 bites on something like a plain grilled cheese sandwich, soup or a cheeseburger. I want a Chipotle wrap or Indian food or something that really delights my taste buds!

MeMe - I've saved a lot of money on food and groceries, too!

L- I wonder how maintenance is going to be, too, and how I'll actually know how many additional bites I'll be able to have. I guess I will closely monitor myself and figure it out. And also I now have the knowledge and skills how to lose weight quickly and just nip it in the bud if I need to.

Wow, I'm so impressed and proud of everyone! It's so rewarding to start 2009 on a positive note. Glad to hear you are doing this MVDB, it does get easier. A lot of times when I keep thinking I'm hungry, I realize I am not hungry, but I'm bored, or tired, or worried, or stressed or whatever, but not really hungry! I just used to handle every emotion by eating.
I agree about the spicy food Sally, I liked spicy stuff before, but now I am really starting to want everything spicy! I use hot peppers and hot sauce more often, and my taste buds really seem to enjoy it, as well as just actually enjoying the taste of food itself even more. I guess when I was overeating, I never really had actual hunger, so I was not tasting anything.
So now for the weight loss, I have lost 38 lbs since Nov. 30. I don't think I could ask for the weight to come off any faster! This is the best diet I've ever tried. I can eat the things I want and I don't feel like I'm deprived. I just keep it to the 5 bites.
Keep up the good work everyone!

well first update, im happy! i lost 11 lbs first week! im not gonna lie, i fell off on sunday, i experienced fullness! i started the diet last friday and on sunday, my mom took me out to home town buffet (bad idea). it was for breakfast (9ish) food was awesome, i did eat slower, and i did find myself get full. i gott to full where it didnt feel good anymore, i had to take a nasty number 2 haha. i got home and i dropped that extra food lol, it was like diarreah haha no lie, i didnt eat till 6 at night (5bites only though) so yea. other than that i'm dooing good.

as for spicy foods, i'm mexican so its in my nature to eat hot stuff. i put hot sauce on everything! but this time around i feel like im tasting all the ingridients haha..crazy but true. i jsut ate a turkey sandwich wit lettuce cheese mayo mustard and habanero sauce (i mixed em) on honey wheat bread, nd let me tell you, i tasted every ingridient. i drank water, and i feel full! lol theres alot of temptations though. but i realized, that im only cheating myself. on old diets i would eat healthy or whatever, but then ill sneak around and eat chips or whatever, and be scared someone would see me, but i realized that, that only messed ME up, i was cheating myself.
i find it a lil harder for me, cuz i smoked weed, and well i liked smoking that too haha, so i had to give her up =( i actually smoked weed on this diet on wednesday but i did not eat! i did get the munchies, but i did not give in! =D so thats a good thing! um... keep the posts coming. everyone is doing good. this week, i want to start working on my legs, ima do squats, i might run for my cardio, or i might just do jumping jacks. but anwyayz thanks for all the suport and know that im supporting all of you as well!

It's so encouraging to read all of the positive comments about this diet! I started the diet on Sunday, and I can feel that this time is different. Like many of the others on here I have tried several other diets and failed. This time though I actually can physically feel a difference in energy level etc. It has been hard at times but I'm fully committed. Hopefully I can have some good results to report on Monday! I agree we did to support each other..it really does make a difference! Congrats to everyone and good luck!!

Hey all
Im 14(guy) and im just i little overweight
so im going to try this for a week
ive already made it past day one
ill post back next saturday morning

ok ive lost 6.4 pounds this week thats really great