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I've tried a lot of brands and the only one I've found that truly doesn't have an aftertaste is Kal. I use the powder, haven't tried the liquid so i can't vouch for that.

I started today. Was hoping to figure out how to do it without eating so much animal protein but in running numbers, my carbs were too high with nuts and seeds. It's going to be quite an adjustment for me. I'm used to eating a lot of veggies to stay full.

Thanks, i changed today's workout to circuit training and it upped my calorie burn, though a nearly 400 calorie burn for a 34 minute workout seems *too* high.

I've lost 75 from my highest weight and I've got the batwings. I've started to do strength training and my muscles are getting toned. It's kind of making the skin even more obviously saggy.I'm ok with it though, it's a badge of honor that I've come so far.

I don't know if other people are sensitive but I don't think anyone's said anything. I try to notice if anyone else avoids standing near her and I can't really tell. I may try spritzing myself with an essential oil before class and see if it helps. I am somewhat chemically sensitive - the deodorizers they use in the…

I've been trying to just deal with it for the last 6 weeks. By the last half of class my eyes are burning from it. I've had to leave early a couple of times. I'm hesitant to get the instructor involved since it really isn't her issue but i have considered talking to her to see what she thinks.

I have access to so many yummy snacks where i work. I am tempted often and have found myself reaching for gum instead. Its very sweet (xylichew) and keeps me distracted enough to get past wanting to eat food. At home i drink water and and try to remember to eat an apple first. That usually satisfies me.

I'll share what helped me a whole lot with my emotional eating - EFT. It looks like hocus pocus but it really did work, and its free, so why not try it? Catherine Garceau wound up being one of my favorite EFT practitioners, here's her intro to EFT video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94uTdQnvvNQ And this one was amazing…

Take mega doses of fish oil, it does wonders for psych conditions like depression and bipolar.

When you meet and find their profile picture should be the 'before' shot on a 'stay away from meth' ad.

I have a really good water habit. I drink from a 32oz Ball canning jar and drink one first thing in the morning before anything else, one between breakfast and lunch and one between lunch and dinner. If I've done a cardio workout I'll often drink a 4th - that's a gallon per day.

In the case of sugar it's best for me to avoid it completely. For other foods I've found that if the focus isn't the food but being social, I can handle the food in moderation but I have to be hyper aware of keeping my attention on other things. Like... getting pizza with friends is all about spending time with friends,…

I have definitely felt that way - hungry ALL the time. I'm also an emotional eater and it can turn into a downward spiral of food shame really quickly for me. It was/is a hard thing to do but giving up sugar changed that addictive spiral. I found that if I cut sugar out of my diet completely, I am no longer hungry all the…

Ugh. It's been about 3 weeks since I wrote that post and I haven't improved. I've been excusing my overeating for weeks, I'm struggling to just maintain this weight. I really need to ditch the excuses and get back on track. It's time to get more strict about not eating back all my exercise calories. mfp is overestimating…

I have struggled with this my whole life - always feeling hungry. I have days when I eat a nice healthy filling breakfast but as soon as I'm finished, I start snacking and I'm hungry until I eat my lunch. I just get so ravenous that I can't stop. Also - I know that it takes my body a LONG time to recognize that I've eaten…

Thank you for the advice, that is exactly what I did, and I did feel better. :) Are you logging now when you go over? I hate looking at the reports later though, makes me almost not want to be honest about it. Thinking about restarting again after my exam. I booked Friday off of work, so I am going to have a me day.…

That's so hard... sometimes I fell like food is the only thing that will soothe me when I feel anxiety. Hope you got through the day ok... and if you didn't, every day is a new chance to do better!

Thank you for sharing that - it put words to a feeling I wasn't able to put my finger on. I'm having one of those binge days today and I was really trying to figure out why and its the control thing! There is so much in my life right now that feels scarily out of my control and I do feel some kind of power or control in…

I do this - I eat instead of saying what it is I'm feeling and I also went to counseling. It has improved somewhat but I still fall back into it. EFT helped a LOT. I do this too - I've even saved my larger sized underwear :(

I feel you! I can go through really good stretches of feeling like its all under control but once I slip it is so hard to break those patterns again. I've been struggling lately and eating everything in sight - doing my best to at least exercise away some of those binges. I've been seeing a pattern in myself that in the…

Plan for success. Make sure you have only healthy food in the house and plan your meals. I have been where you are and I still have periods when I feel like the effort is getting me nowhere and I start to slip but I know that cycle leads me nowhere good. It is HARD to stop retreating back to old habits. When I'm at my…

I'm having a hard couple of weeks too... just when I was really on a good streak thinking that no food is good as feeling thinner feels, it got all turned around. When a few days of emotional eating can undo a month's weight loss progress it feels like I'll never be able to keep losing weight or keep it off. I know all of…

I agree on the tea suggestion. I also drink Numi Savory Teas - they're like drinking a vegetable broth and I find it really satisfying.

This. So much this. In those moments when my whole self is aching to eat to numb something or comfort myself and I just *know* that food is the only thing that will get me through, I need to remember this.

I like that idea - breaking the habit of using food to mask/soothe my emotions is the hardest thing about this weight loss journey. Finding alternate soothing mechanisms is essential but in the moment I forget what those are. Posting my own note at work today!

I tried to distract myself but wound up eating a half a bag of chips with my otherwise healthy lunch, then still not being satisfied, I popped some microwave popcorn and at half of that bag too and now I'm uncomfortably full. :(

Yeah, I know that feeling. And I've had conversations with people I consider 'naturally thin' and they admit that they're hungry much of the time, they just don't have an emotional reaction to hunger. I can feel panicked when I'm hungry so I've done work on 'being ok' with being hungry, knowing that a meal is coming in an…

Fiesty!

I'm a big fan of eggs - keeping some hard boiled in the fridge to put on a salad is a great way to get protein in a meal. I also regularly eat sardines but I have to mush the bejebus out of them so I can't really tell what they are anymore or I can't eat them. I was vegan for a few years up until recently so I have a hard…

Yes, I do log it now and logging it makes me eat a lot less than I would have previously. I may still binge sometimes but the binges are smaller. It is definitely hard to look at sometimes but that's what logging is for - accountability. Congrats on taking healthier steps (literally)!