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I try to identify the core craving—is it for sugar? Salt? Sour? Fat? Dairy? Carbohydrate? Something crunchy? Chewy? Protein? When I can do that, I can satisfy the craving with a super-small amount of food that meets the criteria. If I don’t identify the core craving, I can easily eat my way through the fridge and pantry…
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Do you want to look thin on your wedding day or do you want to look beautiful? Because starving yourself will put all kinds of unhealthy stress on your body's systems. I tried it for a big event, many years ago. My skin broke out and started to look sallow. My hair lost its bounce and shine. My nails became flaky and…
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I've been at the low end of my normal BMI range all my life. I'm on here now because thyroid problems, menopause and anti-depressants combined all of a sudden to push my weight into the low end of the "overweight" range. I'm back to "normal" now, but still 25lbs over what I used to be when my body was comfortable and easy…
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Word on the web says that peanut butter cravings indicate you're not getting enough magnesium in your diet. My daughter told me this when I complained about my own fierce peanut butter cravings. (I have lots of food allergies so a deficiency is plausible.) I began supplementing magnesium and the cravings subsided. I still…
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It is really, really, really good! Really good, in fact :-)
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Were all the calories in that dish from the dressing? I'm not sure I understand, unless I missed the op. Because what about the other ingredients? Quinoa is not low-cal to the best of my recollection.
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So when I tell someone that, pound for pound, muscle is going to take up less space in their jeans (ie they will be slimmer), I'm not leading them astray?
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Okay, physics was never a strong point for me but does the communication/ comprehension problem stem from the word "weigh"? Volume is important, and I understand "density," but I haven't seen the word "mass" used in this debate. Does muscle have more mass than fat? (This is a genuine don't-know-the-answer question. I'm not…
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Oh yeah!!! I'd forgotten that one!
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And, now I see where that last bit might be misinterpreted. I hope it isn't. What I'm saying is, when I got the right perspective, I stopped feeling so sorry for myself when I was dieting and just got on with it. When your problem is that you have too much to eat, then life ain't so tough.
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When CICO "doesn't work, so there must be something else going on." "I need to lose weight so I'm going to start walking." And doing nothing else. "Just eat less. " That you can track calories in without bothering with accurate weighing. My top vote goes to the idea that being a bit hungry, even quite a lot hungry, will…
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Yes! When people write that they want to "loose weight." This isn't even auto-correct. This is just, y'know, ignorance. (The real kind.) Especially on this site people need to get this right (well, they don't, really, but I'm not going to stop a good rant half way through). Anyway, what it should be: you LOSE weight so…
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This is brilliant! It never occurred to me. I think you've made my measuring life SO much easier
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Whoops. Did not mean to post that twice. My comment got cut off. Went looking for the other part. Shouldn't have done that, I guess.
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This was me on Concerta. So calm I would lazily wave bye bye to critical deadlines without the slightest bit of agitation. Now I take Dexedrine spansules. I'd take Adderall but even with my insurance the cost is too high. Dexedrine used to give me nice "switched on" mini-rush and keep the munchies under control but it…
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Priceless! Lol
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That post was absolute GOLD!
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Saskatoon! Hi everyone!
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I don't want to participate in the debate but I'll add some data from my research into my own annoying condition. I have fructose intolerance. (It's not an allergy, and it's not "Hereditary Fructose Intolerance" which needs to be caught in infancy. When I eat fructose from any source, whether it's fruit, vegetable, or High…
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Hello from Saskatoon!
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Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Many lols!!
