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You really need to give more info.. do you need to gain or lose? How much? Do you want to cut calories, exercise or both... this website https://www.healthstatus.com/calculators/ is a good place to start begin by getting your basal metabolic rate.. this will tell you how many calories a day you burn just living, excluding…

Thanks, I'm trying

oops my post went away.... try again.... I think that as with many things, the addictive effects of sugar real or artificial on the body is an individual thing. I don't know about the science, it just makes sense, otherwise it seems like we would all have the same cravings and there would be 1 proven method of curbing…

Yeah, I know a lot of "wine snobs" they say I don't drink wine, I drink kool-aid disguised as wine. (does that mean I can drink more of it??) hee hee... I have tried to drink the "finer" wines when people have given them as gifts or served them in their homes.. (yuk) I seriously just don't like them...I once seriously…

As I said earlier I think what you guys are teaching me here is MODERATION. I will have my diet sodas as a treat, but I will seriously try not to make them my go to drink of choice, for my whole working day, every day as I have done in the past. What finney said about artificial sugar making you crave REAL sugar kind of…

Nope, it is the cheap stuff $10 to 12 bucks for a really big "jug" not the typical wine bottle, and I'm not sure why you guys use the word "concerned" it's not like i'm downing a bottle every night. It's about a 10 oz glass, 1/2 wine, 1/2 v8 splash. about twice per week. (im really not an alchy)

No the V8 splash is really not the issue here, it is really just a preference, I like it, It does have some good vitamins and minerals, and it does bring the calorie count down in my glass of wine (a little). In fact even before calorie counting I would make it by the pitchers everyone loved it.. Sangria, V8splash, and…

maybe a diet 7 up want something with an actual flavor, but that goes right back to the whole diet soda question... is it better to cut calories while adding a few good nutrients or go zero cal and zero nutrition with diet sodas... I guess it all depends on perspective and personal taste. The biggest thing (for me) with…

TOO Funny Joey,, as I said I like sweet wines.. if you have ever made home made sangria, it consists mostly of red wine and fruit juices.. so why not add a little more fruit juice...and it is the V8 splash --sweet and fruity not the tomato juice (that would be yuk)

so if i am with your family or friends should me MY family or friends

The coffee and Diet soda followed by big dinner was BEFORE I started trying to lose, I wouldn't eat all day really didn't feel hungry so as you said, no calories but also no nutrients, then at night I was STARVING so I would eat a huge meal and go to bed. I identified this as the problem, but still don't like to sit down…

I do understand guys that some of these choices are not perfect for MAX weight loss. What I could do for more rapid loss is cut to 1000 calories, eating pre-packaged, pre-prepared meals to make sure I don't go over calorie count, force myself to drink water and exercise every day... Been there, Done that, took off lots of…

The wine I like is carlo rossi sangria 250 calories for 10 oz (yeah my glasses are big) VS the v8 splash 80 cal for 8 oz, so yeah cutting it with the splash helps AND its yummy.. but even at this I am limiting myself to mostly week-ends

yes, a smoothie is all about what you put in them I am careful with my smoothies, I start out with spinach or kale, then add just enough fruit to cut the bitterness, average smoothie is about 250 calories for 12 oz. I figure at least that 250 is nutrients not "empty calories" and they do say that you need Fruit in your…

I agree, It is not all about the calories, In fact that is what was so confusing to me. I couldn't figure out WHY people kept telling me that diet sodas make you fat if there are no calories and no sugar. I thought maybe the carbonation made you retain water or something like that.. that is more what I was asking. I do…

There are conflicting opinions here, which I expected, but I think what I am learning from all of you, (no matter what side you are on) is what I really already knew, (just needed reminding).... MODERATION is the key,, I think I will allow myself that diet soda when I crave it, but i will try to make it more of a "treat"…

I think my problem wasn't so much the sodas as everyone was telling me so much as other bad habits.. I was substituting sodas (either diet or non diet ones depending on which kick I was on) for food all day long, Then a Big dinner too close to bed time. my typical day went something like this: 4:30 am to 10:30 am…

Yeah, I know water is the BEST thing to drink, I just really don't like it. Kind of like George Carlin says Fish F in it.. HEE HEE.... Really though I can force myself to drink water if I add a little lemon to it. but really get no enjoyment from it at all..

Thanks guys, I was just wondering, because I am really trying to make LIFE LONG CHANGES here, things I know I can stick to. I have tried many times to give up my soda's and it rarely lasts for more than a month. It is just one of those cravings I cannot overcome.. ITS LIKE CRACK. I prefer the full sugar version but CAN…

by the way I have had 1regular COKE over the past 8 days, no diet ones and have lost 3 lbs... I don't know if it would have been same if I HAD been drinking my ZERO COKES

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