Sherri Shepherd Shows Off her New Body

Sherri Shepherd lost an amazing 41 pounds, 10 dress sizes, and 10 inches from her waist without drugs or surgery, so she has been making the rounds to show off her new body.

Sherri explains that the secret was finding activities that worked for her (she went with tennis and samba dancing) in order to phase out her trainer, who she refers to as “the evil one.”

Sherri said she thinks everyone needs a cheat day:

"Sometimes I just said ’I don’t want tilapia anymore; I can’t even deal with salad. I want M&M’s and Ruffles, and I’m gonna do it.’ But the difference was I was gonna get back up and go to the gym and keep my commitment. I never once felt like I deprived myself."

Star Jones, who did have gastric bypass, must be very green with envy, but she shouldn’t feel bad, because losing weight and keeping it off requires a lot of knowledge and understanding of eating, exercise, and supplements, which Star may not have, or hasn’t helped her like it did Sherri.

We applaud Sherri, and think it’s absolutely incredible how she has changed her health, and her life. Congratulations a thousand times.

We do want to caution dieters that cheat days can result in a craving cascade that can get you off your diet, and back onto bad food. Every time a person eats any carbohydrates, their body gets a dopamine release, as also happens with drugs, and that release causes cravings for more carbohydrates. A cheat day can become a train wreck without much effort.

We have read several studies that say 3 grams of L-Glutamine taken before or when you start to crave carbohydrates, especially sugar, can stop the cravings within 30 minutes. The same studies say the same amount of L-Glutamine can stop cravings for alcohol as well, which makes sense since alcohol is made with sugar (a simple carbohydrate).