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Rice cakes are only 35 calories apiece

Whole wheat toast with almond butter and berries on top

Wow! 18 cups! I only drink 8 cups a day.

For full effectiveness of the Synthroid, take it two hours or more after a meal and wait half an hour before the next meal. It helps to take it first thing in the morning.

Experiment with spices

I love almonds and pistachios

Mix them into you yogurt

Twice a month on Friday or Saturday might

Take a Pepsid

KIND bars

I'm so glad I don't like soda and chips! But my sweet tooth is what gets me.

Chips are fried, high in sodium, and unnecessary. Dip vegetables into your dip/hummus instead. That's what I do.

Incorporate cocoa powder, especially in yogurt. If you must eat a chocolate block, eat 70% dark chocolate. Ghiradelli chocolate squares are the perfect portion size.

Note the diameter of your fruit, too, and also how it's prepared. 1 cup of strawberry halves is different from 1 cup of pureed strawberries

Snacks: Fruits like apple, pear, peach; 1/2 of a frozen banana with 1 tbsp of peanut of almond butter; 2 oz of hummus with celery sticks

Tilapia is the best option. It's inexpensive, versatile, only 110 cal per fillet, and has a very low mercury content.

Diet pop contains a lot of sodium, and that's why it should be avoided. Try tea.

Egg whites may have less cholesterol, but the yolks contain all the protein.

Not all sugar is created equal! Getting sugar from fruit is much healthier than eating the sugar in processed foods!

I use mashed up raspberries as a spread on my toast instead of jam.

Try almond milk! It tastes the same, and it's one third of the calories!

I would consider 27g of carbs a day to be "low carb".

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! It helps "break the fast" of sleeping for hours and hours. I find an overall improvement in my mood when I eat breakfast. That in my opinion is a more important reason to eat it than any "boost in metabolism".

Working out is the way to go. I joined a spin class and I go twice a week. Just 45 minutes makes all the difference! Then I feel like I can eat whatever I want. As for the days I don't work out, it's a little harder, but if I know I'm eating at a restaurant that night, I eat light the rest of the day to prepare. Good luck!…

I cook with olive oil instead of butter because unsaturated fats are better than saturated fats. However, between butter and margarine, I would choose butter because it's less processed.

I would recommend getting another healthy snack in there. I heard that eating about every three hours boosts metabolism. So, I eat about two healthy snacks a day (mid-morning and mid-afternoon), and it works great for me.