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If you think vitamin D deficiency is a fad, go look up pictures of rickets.

One thing I do sometimes is buy a ton of vegetables, throw them in a stock pot, cover with water/chicken broth, simmer til everything is mushy, then puree it with a stick blender. It's freezable, so you can just portion it out and freeze it. Then when you need a veggie fix with a meal, pop one of the portions in the…

Not worried at all. I'm having thanksgiving at my parents' house, and I don't keep things that don't belong on my diet at my house. Thanksgiving is my first planned cheat day since I started losing weight, and I'm gonna enjoy every hour of it. Sure I'll weigh a few more pounds the next day, but it took years to gain the…

I'm a general low-carber (<20g/day) and I find that for me, personally, I'll be able to sustain it long term. I might transition to something akin to paleo later and reintroduce the occasional potato or fruit or small rice side dish, but I'm pretty happy on a high fat, moderate protein diet. I don't wake up at 4 am with…

This is what I do: http://jennbenn18.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/when-im-sad-i-stop-being-sad-and-be-awesome-instead-700x393.jpg Of course I have an overinflated ego, and reminding myself of how awesome I am always cheers me up. :D

Pemmican!

Roasted vegetables like broccoli, brussel sprouts, or even kale are great. Toss the broccoli with garlic and olive oil, bake for 15 at 350 until some bits are brown, then toss with more oil, lemon, and Parmesan. It's amazing. Kale can be tossed in oil and vinegar or salt and baked similarly until crisp to make a great…

More vegetables, fewer fruits. Yes, fruits are good for you, but from what I saw in your diary, you're not getting enough vegetables. Leafy greens are optimal, imo, especially if you're worried about sugar intake.

Oh I had some good low-carb news recently for people who have trouble getting enough fat and/or calories in a day (like me X3). I gave up starbucks when I started my keto diet because I don't drink coffee and none of my favorite drinks came in a low-carb friendly variety - chai lattes, earl grey lattes full of milk - but…

Bwahahahaha. Everyone has an accent. An accent is just how you pronounce words. Though apparently op's accent is "I don't grammar good." ;)

I don't get disheartened at all. I weigh every day in the morning, and I watch my weight go up a pound or two over the week just before my period, then 2 or 3 days in, BAM, I've lost it plus some extra. Feels good man.

Add fat to your meals - olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, nuts, natural peanut butter, etc. Since fat is 9 calories a gram, it's a lot easier to meet caloric goals if you add it in.

I hated most vegetables until I started roasting them. It adds a whole different array of flavors. For example, I could never stomach broccoli until I had it roasted - toss dry broccoli in olive oil, bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes until most of the pieces have some brown on them, then toss them in more olive oil, lemon…

When I went on my diet, I told my boyfriend he was joining me, and that was the end of that. I'll cook sausage for breakfast for him, or add green peppers to his portion of the meal, but other than that we eat the same things. He complains now and again but he's looking a lot better now. Jerks who sabotage your diet…

It's all good, I love using parentheses! :D As for weight, I've never been skinny, not since I hit puberty, and the lowest I've ever been after the age of 18 was 135. So that's my current goal. It's still a size 10 for me, about, since most of my fat is in my hips and butt. Once I reach that stage I'm going to reevaluate…

I've been on the pill before, but I'm not currently. When I was using it, I used it mainly to stop periods, so I was taking it constantly and skipping the sugar pills. I gained a little weight, but some of it was attributable to the way I was eating at the time... My main problem was that my hair started thinning. I almost…

Homemade pizza and like 3 cupcakes. And a pumpkin spice chai from starbucks.

Fauxtatoes instead of mashed potatoes. Just sub potatoes with boiled then pureed cauliflower, add butter and a bit of cream cheese, and you have an amazing dish. Don't tell anyone and they'll all think it's the best mashed potaotes they've ever had.

Their Hunter's Club unwich with avocado spread is pretty awesome.

Try a burger with avocado and salt on it, or leftover grilled steak. Any food can be breakfast food!

Cook in cast iron pans, that'll help too.

If you switch out the soy milk out for say, unsweetened almond milk, which has no sugar, that would help. Otherwise most of it's coming from fruits, so yeah, don't be overly concerned.

Check out paleo for kids, rather than low carb. There are several blogs about it. Edit: here's an interesting one: http://hawaiianlibertarian.blogspot.com/2011/05/paleo-baby.html

I've been using Optimum Nutrition Whey Gold Standard - their milk chocolate is low carb enough for me (2-3 grams) and tastes pretty good in almond milk.

I just rant at people. It was the worst the night before halloween because my PMS was at its height and I was in a house full of delicious homemade pizza and my favorite cupcakes. I just ate pepperoni and cheese and drank a lot of diet soda to not eat any of it. v.v I'm still mad about it! My cupcakes! *cry*

Eat dark leafy greens. Work them in anywhere. They're low cal and dense in nutrition. I recommend collard greens, bok choy, kale, broccoli, and spinach. Collards are the best with kale right behind them. Kale can be turned into great chips for snacking on, bok choy is awesome sauteed in a little olive oil, broccoli is…

I never pre-log, eat til I'm full, and constantly come up well under my calorie count for the day. It really sucks.

I find frozen veggies to be great (not ones with added stuff, just plain flash frozen). Alternatively, one of my favorite things to do is get a ton of veggies and throw them in a stock pot, cover them with chicken stock, water, or vegetable stock (depending on my mood!) and cook it til everything is mushy. Then I puree…

The hormones occur naturally since the cows are usually pregnant while lactating (it increases milk production without added hormones) - at most, all added hormones contribute in milk is 10% increase of igf-1. Milk is supposed to make baby cows grow up, so obviously milk will have hormones that is necessary to do that.…

You realize that subway can do a bunless sandwich. It cuts out a ton of calories, and you don't have to waste food by throwing the bun away. It's called a salad because they replace the bun with a bed of lettuce, but it's still the same everything else. :P