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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…

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…

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…

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…

It is really, really, really good! Really good, in fact :-)

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.

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?

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…

Oh yeah!!! I'd forgotten that one!

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.

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…

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…

This is brilliant! It never occurred to me. I think you've made my measuring life SO much easier

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.

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…

Priceless! Lol

That post was absolute GOLD!

Saskatoon! Hi everyone!

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…

Hello from Saskatoon!

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Many lols!!