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I concidered in once upon a time, but with only 50 lbs to loose it sounds pretty extreme. If you do get the lap band, you still have to change your eating habits, so if you can do it without, you will not need surgery. Most behavior changes that come with the lap band is just avoiding foods that get caught in the band. I…

Yes that is another side effect of Mirena. I had a ovarian cyst the size of of a softball removed last April after having Mirena in for 3 years. It did stop the bleeding of the fibroid inside of the uterus, but when my overry was removed surgically, they found a large firbroid on the outside of the uterus also. The safest…

Yes, I had some weight gain after having it put in. I am past child rearing age, mine was inserted because the progesterone it releases daily shrinks the fibroid that I had which was causing me to hemmorage. Actually I would have never used it as birth control as it does not stop a baby from being concieved, it just keeps…

He said to take 500mg twice a day. A nutritionalist told me to only take it morning and noon as it will keep you up at night. I did take it for about a week or more and did have more energy, it also helped me get past a plateau in my weight, but after that week, I crashed. It caused me to be so tired and sleepy I could not…

Beef with brocolli, anything with lots of vegetables meat and fish. Keep away from noodles and rice as most of it is not whole grain, and is very high in carbs. Keep away from the fried foods like egg rolls and battered chicken. Sweat and sour sauce is high in calories.

I had mine out over 10 years ago, a gullstone in the duct. Before surgury I could eat absolutely no fat. After the surgery it got some better. For many years I have not been able to eat bacon, sausage, eggs, anything high in fat. Now I take acidophilus and a probiotic chew each day and now I am able to tolerate fats. I…

I have been using MFP since last May to keep track of my calories and my calories burned. For most of that time I only used my iPod touch and had never been in the forums. I had been eating between 1200-1300 calories a day. I got to a plateau and could not loose. When I went to see the doctor for my anual physical he said…

I find on days when I exercise more, that I am hungrier. Another time is usually the day after I have a low calorie day, like my body wants to catch up.

Actually too many carbs make me light headed. Protein helps keep your blood sugar stable.

Check out some basic calories on here for the seafood of your choice and of course veggies is a good choice. For the drink, here is a website that might help you. http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/low-calorie-cocktails It lets you know the calories of the alcohol. Just know it is what you mix with it that really ads up. A…

Everybody is different. I find if I eat all the calories from my exercise burned calories, I maintain. Change your calories every couple of days. One day 1200, next 1400 or 1500, then back down to 1200. Also switch up your exercise. Exercise a lot one day and less the next. If you do the same exercise everyday and eat the…

You look great, keep it up!!

Are you entering your exercise? You are suppose to eat your 1200 + your calories burned in exersise. If you are doing that, you should not be hungry. Try to eat foods high in fiber, they fill you up and stay with you longer. You can eat a lot of fruits and vegetables for very little calories. Also make sure you are…

Wow!!!! You look great!

A lot of restaruants have their nutrition guides on their websites. So look up the restarant and hopefully they have what you need.

Here are some iron rich foods. •lean red meats, including beef, pork, lamb •seafood, such as oysters, clams, tuna, salmon, and shrimp, etc. •beans, including kidney, lima, navy, black, pinto, soy beans, and lentils Of course the green veggies have lots of iron, but if you can do it, there are other ways. You might also…

Everyone's body is different. If I eat all the exercise calories, I will not loose, in fact sometimes I gain. If I stick between 1200 and 1300 calories of food no matter how much exercise I do, then I loose. I am 52 years old. I do try to exercise about 400-500 calories off per day. Also I find that if I stick to 100 carbs…

I would do a little extra exercise each day and as you said eat about 100 calories each day. Then on the day you go out you could only eat a small amount for breakfast or lunch and leave most of your calories for the dinner out. Of course still try to make smart choices while out such as a salad with fat free dressing, ask…

I gave up my diet coke a long time ago. The sodium in pop will keep you from loosing weight. Also my orthopedic surgeon said the phoshoric acid in dark pops remove calcium from the bones. So when you are missing your coke, think of the good things, weight loss and healthy bones.

I was eating a banana a day as it was an easy breakfast to eat on the road and my husband was pushing it as he needs one for his high blood pressure. When I discovered how many carbs bananas have I cut back on them. Funny thing.....that is when I stopped loosing weight. I guess I am going back on my banana a day.

I think a little chocolate or there candy each day keeps the cravings away. I like Hershy's kisses or Milk Duds. Just suck 2 or 3 of them and make them last as long as you can......yummm.

Very important! If you diet without exercise you will loose muscle mass and that is not a good thing in the long run. When we exercise we sometimes do gain some because we are gaining muscle mass. Muscle mass burns more calories than fat. In the long run you will be better off if you exercise.

My new love for veggies includes raw zuchini or yellow summer squash chopped up and put in my salad along with cucumbers and tomatos! I love avacodos cut in half with salt and peper on it . The best guacamole is a mushed up avacado and add your favorite salsa!

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My husband does that too, so when you get to the restaurant talk about trying to find good healthy food on the menu. Talk about why you made a healthy choice. When he finds that you are going to eat well even in a restarant, it will stop. When you do eat out, most restarants will substitute extra vegetable for potato, they…

When my husband cooks, and his is pretty good at it.

I am finding there is a difference in carbs for me. If I eat a lot of fruit which has carbs, I can loose weight. If I eat carbs that are from eating bread, rice, pasta etc then I gain back fast.

All of these technical names are funny. I am like an apple. Big around the middle. My arms, hands, legs and feet are thin.

I am a low carber also! Bread is my favorite carb, followed by rice. I minimize carbs now and try to stay at less than 100 per day even though this website says I can have more. I have a friend that has a diabetic husband and she says that diabetics try to stay around 100 per day, although I have another friend that tries…

My treadmill tells me how fast I am walking, the distance and how many calories I burn. Then I just chose walking in the database here and tried to match up the calories. Most days now I walk 3.0 mph for 30 minutes and it burns 163 calories.