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My understanding is that they actually dehydrate you so the loss is water. I have never had one but some people swear by them. If it is free, give it a try. Good Luck

My advice is to log your food before you eat it. It is the only way I can keep from going over my guidelines as I have had some huge eye openers on just how many calories some things have! If I enter it and the damage is too bad, I delete it and find something else to eat. As everyone else says "If you bite it, write it" !

Sensa would not work for me because I would have trouble wasting perfectly good food by sprinkling the stuff on the food. I think I listened to my grandmother too much about the Great Depression - Ha Ha. I just can't waste stuff. I have seen the advertisements for Sensa and looked it up on Ebay. You can do a one time buy…

Just like different children respond to different learning techniques so do adults. I think there is room for all of us here whether we are perfect or just human.

I have felt the way that you do on the more commercial rigid diets because on those, if you mess up a little you have lost all of your hard work for the week. However, on MFP, I don't feel this way becase there is always something I can eat within reason. If I know I am going out, I cut back all I can in the earlier part…

Ha Ha - I had to ask too and yes it is a good thing. My understanding is that people respond with Bump to bump the post to the top so they can come back to it or find it on their home page.

We have always used green peppers. I think the converted rice is just instant rice. Most rice brands have converted on the package. I never thought about it until you ask.

My daughter had the same issues as you and gained a lot of weight. Seems like it took abot four months to get out of her system but once it did, the weight came off pretty fast. Good Luck

Cute ides - Lots of good ones here. I have used "the check's in the mail" myself. Ha Ha

Thanks for taking the time to post this. I needed a little encouragement today and this is it.

"Whisper in our panties" has cracked me up - I can't stop laughing! I have to tell you that my grandmother could let one rip and there was no "whisper" about it. It was so loud it would scare the crap out of you and she did it often.

Maybe if you show her how much more food she can have in regards to vegetable calories verses a potato or pasta calories, she will give it a try. I was never crazy about string beans until I found out how low in calories they are. Like others have said, different preperations of the vegetables. Bell Pepper is really good…

Thanks for posting. Success stories like yours keep me going! You look great!

For someone like you who has had the drive and determination to lose 102 pounds, I am positive that not being able to lose that last 12 pounds has nothing to do with you not trying hard enough. To me, you look very thin in your photo. Maybe your body is done because you don't have any more to lose. How tall are you?…

I do both. Sometimes when I have not lost or lost only a little, when I measure again I have lost inches so I don't feel like I have been defeated.

The same thing happened to me in regards to the doctor not listening to me, pushing antidepressants and turned out to be my thyroid. Another doctor checked my thyroid thank goodness. Oh, I gained 45 pounds but so far, MFP is helping get it off.

Yes, you can lose weight without exercising. Some people have physical limitations and are not able to exercise. I have read where others started out very heavy making it hard to exercise and I person said they didn't exercise any during the first 50 pounds lost. Exercise is better but you don't have to if you stay withing…

I am not a big meat eater so to get enough protein I go with yogurt, cottage cheese, penut butter, eggs and skim milk. I think cheese has right much protein but I don't eat much cheese. Oscar Meyer has this 96% fat free smoked ham in thin pieces that I can usually pick up at Food Lion on MVP of buy one get one free. 4…

I encourage you to get a second opinion on your thyroid - an Endicronologist (sp?) is better. A doctor almost killed me not taking my thyroid serious. Your thyroid controls every cell in your body and at your age, if your thyroid is showing a decrease in functioning already, you need another opinion. After I crashed and…

I always say get your thyroid checked just in case because I have thyroid problems that took years to diagnose when a simple test would have taken care of the problem. I didn't lose weight last week and seems like it has made it harder to stay on track this week because I was so disappointed. I do lose weight a lot slower…

Wow! What a difference -you give me hope! Thanks

This and do it now! I doubt it is a heart attack but what if it is? You can not stop a heart attack. It takes medication injections to stop a heart attack. I know - I have had a heart attack.

Are you eating back your exercise calories? That's a lot of calories burned. Are you sure you are eating enough?

Not a big help here but a few things. I buy the 96/4% Ground Beef and pat out in 4 oz servings before freezing. Can't remember the calories but not bad and you can look up the ground beef 96/4 on this site. Anyway, I make a hamburger with real bread and it cuts down on me wanting to do fast food. I use skinless boneless…

Keep a jar of peanut butter close by. One tablespoon has about a hundred calories but it has good fat, protein and you don't have to eat much of it to get your calories up.

Fill in the calories by eating some Peanut Butter. 2 Table spoons have about 200 calories, good protein and good fat plus it taste so good!

Ha Ha - I am the chubby girl. I am aiming at 175. I would look like I had a sever eating disorder if I was to get to 130 pounds. Plus, I am older and confortable in a size 12 or 14.

Your face looks so thin in your photo. If you don't mind me asking, how tall are you?

Different people are on here for different reasons. I personally don't have a problem with an occasional splurge for an up coming holiday. I have seen that some folks on this site are using it to gain weight! Wish I had that problem.