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I sometimes need the fizz but I want to totally avoid the sweeteners. So, I make my own. I take a small handful of my favorite fruit and puree it. Then, I add honey (only if the fruit is really sour) or agave. The amount I use is so small it hardly budges my food diary. Then, I add seltzer water (not tonic water). Done. It…

Hi My daughter does not have autism, but bipolar I and extreme anxiety. I also wonder if she doesn't have a form of autism (being on the spectrum somewhere) since she displays many of the symptoms (I have found that bipolar and autism are now being closely linked and sometimes even comorbid). Our days are riddled with…

I applaud you! Being a mama for kiddos with special needs is HARD WORK! I have only one with special needs (my baby has bipolar I and severe anxiety issues), and I find my heart and mind stretched to the limit at times. Our love for them though is enough to get us through it all though, huh? 🤗 You are doing so well! To…

I have found that I need substitutions. I found recipes for brownies made with black beans (DELICIOUS, by the way) or, I make desserts made with more naturally absorbed sugars (like honey or agave) and desserts made with fresh fruit. Pinterest has lots of good low calorie, low carb and even no sugar desserts. Also,…

Hi Heather My name is Daria. I have been on this app before and left because I found no support for trying to eat healthy on a strict budget. I'm back now, kind of beating a new path. I have a family and can't afford to buy all of the foods or drinks, or even the vitamins and supplements ones on here say you have to have…

Personally, I don't pay much attention to the community her (aside from my friends). My incentive has been following "The Full Plate Diet" You can download the book for free. I'll give a link. I don't get anything from talking about this other than the joy of helping someone else. This way of eating is the easiest,…

😕 Ugh...yes....The sodium in EVERYTHING! I make myself eat at home, only homemade recipes. This is hard though because my daughter and husband love eating out or eating unhealthy things here at home. So, basically I am cooking two meals each mealtime. The lack of exercise motivation is just my older, creaky body not…

Hi. I am 47 years old and hanging on but, sometimes, just by my fingernails. 😊 For me, it's not just the hormones but the water weight! 😥 I am fluctuating between 218 and 215lbs. from day to day. I am eating just a healthy way (lots of veggies, fruit, and mainly fibrous foods). The food has gotten easier since I made it a…

Oh...and an added benefit, because I am not stressing about “losing weight” my weight is lowering on it’s own. My body is getting the proper nutrition so the lupus is also more under control. Win, win.

Please hold on. I have lupus and fibromyalgia. All this talk about weighing food and counting calories just didn’t work for me. I use this app as a way to keep me accountable but I don’t live and die by it. Lupus has it’s own special challenges and limitations. Just breathe and stay balanced and calm. My suggestions are to…

I am in the same space. I fell off the wagon (in a lifestyle change) because our economic circumstances changed and I had a harder time maintaining the healthier food choices. Plus, my family, doesn’t want a changed lifestyle and they eat unhealthy choices every day. So...I decided to keep my original lifestyle change but…

I have fries instead. Red bell pepper fries. I slice the fresh bell pepper into strips and dip it either in a serving size of ranch dressing or hummus. It still gives the crunch factor while giving me lots of added vitamin c and great taste.

I didn't have a scale so couldn't tell for the longest time. Then others started commenting. I noticed that I could fit in jeans several sizes smaller but due to a really bad image of my body, I just had a really hard time believing that just eating healthy and doing exercise as I could handle it, that it made much…

I didn't take fiber out when I was on it. I ate fruits and veggies. Research before making judgements, please.

The kick start I received from JP allowed me to now be on a healthy, clean eating regime. I researched and found the clean eating plan I wanted to continue with. I never did do the shakes though. I only used the capsules and researched how to change my whole lifestyle.

The dehydrated fruits and vegetables are to add to what a person already consumes. I don't think many of us on this sight could actually say that they consume the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. Especially kids. This is food, intended to add to the healthy diet someone is already on. Being ion it for…

You need to gain knowledge about others choices before you judge. Juice Plus is a FOOD SUPPLEMENT not intended to replace healthy eating, but to help add to an already healthy diet. Some use it as a supplement to juicing as well to make sure that they are getting healthier results. It changes your whole view of eating and…

People on here need to stop being "mean girls" and bullies and support other people's weight loss choices. http://www.juiceplus.com/content/JuicePlus/en.html