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Daily Inspiration Quote by Suzanne Somers

"Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened"

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Plateau panic is the diet industrys favorite cliffhanger, and Suzanne Somers knows exactly how to script it. In this jumble of reassurance and folksy certainty, she turns a common frustration into a predictable chapter of the story: you stall, you doubt, you keep faith, then - cue the miracle morning - "the melt" arrives. The phrasing matters. "Phenomena" borrows a whiff of science without the burden of evidence, while "melt" swaps medical language (fat loss, metabolism) for something almost cinematic, like the body is a stubborn candle that finally gives in to the flame.

Somers is not talking as a clinician; she's talking as a charismatic friend who has mail to prove it. "Most all of my letters" is an appeal to crowdsourced authority, the influencer-era precursor to testimonials and before-and-after reels. It suggests a community of believers whose shared experience stands in for data. The subtext is: if its happening to everyone, its going to happen to you - and if it hasnt yet, youre just in the suspenseful part.

Culturally, this fits Somers long-running role as a wellness entrepreneur who translated celebrity familiarity into lifestyle doctrine. The intent isnt simply to describe dieting; its to keep you compliant through the boring stretch, to reframe stagnation as progress-in-disguise. She offers not a plan so much as a narrative that protects the plan from criticism: if results disappear, thats normal; if they reappear, thats proof.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Somers, Suzanne. (n.d.). Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/now-i-know-that-that-is-just-the-phenomena-of-86409/

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Somers, Suzanne. "Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/now-i-know-that-that-is-just-the-phenomena-of-86409/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Now I know that that is just the phenomena of eating this way. Most all of my letters say I hit a plateau and then one morning I woke up and the melt had happened." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/now-i-know-that-that-is-just-the-phenomena-of-86409/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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Suzanne Somers (born October 16, 1946) is a Actress from USA.

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