Hey Stardust, that got me kinda tickled, even proud what you said about the "Rena" minimum water requirement
And you know what?? I think you're absolutely right, it doesn't really do us any good until we've done it enough for it to really become a way of life for us. I remember the first month I was on phen, I went off one day, and ate like a pig! LOL Somehow, I guess because I had been doing so good, I didn't do any damage to the diet, but it scared me and I got right back on it the next day. After that, I didn't miss a day. I had been on it from sometime in August until right before Christmas, then I got really sick, and HAD to go off of it while I was on antibiotics. (My doctor told me to lay off them, bad combination) I still did great during that time, even lost about 3 pounds!! I was amazed!! And thrilled!! Didn't really mess up until Christmas day, and well that was a totally different story LOL!
The main thing is, stay with it for a while, to get your new eating habits established before you go without your phen. That's what it's for, not to be a magical pill, but to help us be able to set up our own better eating habits
Good luck!!