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Awesome! Those inches are something else huh? I love it. I'm not losing overall body weight as fast, but the inches are flying off. I'm so glad we found this concept!!

There are tons of info here. Welcome!

I love how you are pushing through!!! Keep it up hon.

Nuts, avocados, olive oil, coconut oil

The pounds will come! Keep doing what you're doing to get your body right! You've got this hon!

Energy is good to have! Yay! I too have much more energy trying to eat up my calories. I'm so glad too.

@MzPanDuh ...I was advised to incorporate more nuts and nut butters into my diet. I too struggle trying to meet my goal. Avocados are high in calories too and good for you. Like you, I'm new to the group and I'm learning here too.

Scaryann, thanks for sharing your story. I had to look up what EDS is and I have to say, ouch! I'm sorry you have to go through it but at the same time, I hope your story can help someone else immensely!!! Let's turn all our bad into good, eh? Like you I am not sure what I was eating before either. Although I didn't skip…

@heybales , THANK YOU for all your wisdom and knowledge of how our bodies work!! I've enjoyed reading all the comments you post. Thank you again!

Awe, I'm honored to be mentioned!

It's terrible what people can say regarding weight and food! Smh. I'm just disgusted. Hooray for you to get through it. Forgiveness is everything, for ourselves and for others, we are much better off not holding on to stuff that hurts and leave it in the dust. I'm excited to follow your progress. As of now, I'm laying down…

I'm so glad I found your thread! I'm inspired and encouraged and I'm really happy for your progress! Like you, I too gained weight not eating enough and I was always sluggish and tired. My doctor told me that my problem was the lack of food. Initially I didnt listen to her. I started MFP not too long ago and went with its…

I've always heard you can't process x amount at a time but I found this on a website: Eating a lot of protein can tax the kidneys, which can go into overdrive trying to process and excrete the nitrogen in protein. To compensate for this you must drink plenty of water. Drinking lots of water keeps the body in hydrated and…

Great! Thank you. I'm jumping in. :)

Nope, I said the FDA stopped taking in reports and assume they probably wouldn't be on the shelves.

My experience isn't everyone else's, I KNOW that. Since y'all jumped on me so quick i had to go back and read what I wrote. Would I like for everyone not to use them, absolutely. Am I so ignorant that they don't work on everyone the way they did on me, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I do know that my experience isn't meant for everyone,…

Believe what you want or don't want. My experience with artificial sweetener is not good. Why do I get headaches when taking it in? Why does my friend's lupus symptoms disappear after stopping diet drinks? Why does my mother continue to overeat, even when she's drinking and eating diet foods? I don't need an article or…

Could also be when you eat too little, your body is hanging on to what it can get, therefore no changes, etc. When you start eating more, your metabolism starts working again. It's true. I gained most of my weight eating too little. My brother did the same. He started eating more and he lost weight. It's not all calories…

I am determined not to but if I had a real active day, then I might be hungrier and am thankful for the "reserves".

I was scheduled for the sleeve. Went to my PCP to get a referral and she told me I had nothing but excuses. Excuses why I gained weight, excuses why I can't work out. She's the second doctor to tell me that most patients put the weight back on after surgery. It's all in the head. It's not a stomach issue. So, unless you're…

Oh, and the FDA stopped reporting toxicity of sweeteners, especially when the reports were increasing. If they didn't stop the reporting, the sweeteners probably would not be on the shelves of the grocery markets today.

I get bad headaches from artificial sweeteners, so for me personally, deem them to be unsafe. A friend of mine had symptoms of lupus for years until her doctor suggested she give up diet drinks. When she did, the symptoms went away. I'm not here to tell you all to use or not to use them, but there symptoms and diseases…

I'm so happy for you!!! Great job!!! This is a goal of mine, to wear it for the first time in five years. It will happen just like you!

I hear ya! Thanks for adding me! Question: how do you add friends??? I can't seem to figure the app out.

Corpus Christi TEXAS!

Would you all add me too? How do I add someone as a friend? They changed the app since I was last on! It's actually my fourth time back to MFP and I'm in the same boat. I have 100 lbs to lose and not much of support other than my husband, but even he is not enough.