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Splenda contains bulking agents. All artificial sweeteners use bulking agents made of sugar, dextrose, sucrose, and maltodextrin. (Maltodextrin is corn syrup solids composed primarily from fructose and glucose in a starch form.) All the more reason NOT to drink diet soda. It is a personal choice what we eat or drink but,…

Actually there is high fructose corn syrup in diet mt dew. It is made with a blend of sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium as sweeteners. Sucralose is one of the many other names for high fructose corn syrup.

Data presented recently at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Scientific Sessions suggest that diet drinks may actually contribute to weight gain and that the artificial sweeteners in them could potentially contribute Type 2 diabetes. Companies have spent billions of dollars convincing all of us that diet soda is…

My body needs this much water since I do 60 minutes of Kickboxing 4 times/week. I need to stay hydrated because I sweat so much during my workouts. I just didn't realize I would be going to the bathroom every 10 minutes. :wink:

I just had my fasting blood sugar checked back in the beginning of October and it was 77 mg/dL. So, that's not it. I'm sure what you said that the fact I'm drinking a lot of water is a more obvious explanation. I just thought my body would have gotten used to the increase of water by now. I started increasing my water…

When I lost 60 lbs a few years ago and went from a size 18 (USA) to a size 9/10 (USA). I would constantly be told "you don't need to lose any more weight, you look good how you are" or asked "are you STILL trying to lose weight?" My reply would either be "well, you haven't seen be naked" or "I'm not TRYING to lose weight,…

There are about 10,000 taste buds on your tongue right now. Each one has a receptor that reacts to different substances and makes it possible for you to taste the foods you eat. There are five elements of taste: sour, bitter, salty, savory, and sweet. But you can desensitize your taste buds. That’s why when people try and…

25 tbsp is a lot of soy sauce to be added to a recipe. Why so much? Perhaps eat something prior to having dinner with your friend that way you can have just a small portion and not still be hungry.

Here is a link to a Chia Seed Cookbook. It has a few really great recipes and shows you how versatile Chia Seeds are. It's a PDF link to my Keep and Share account. Give it a minute to download. http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3212739/chia-seed-recipes-4-9-meg?da=y

I have lost 17 lbs so far and still don't see it. I still see the fat me. My boyfriend says that's because I am too hard on myself.

When we eat food in small amounts every three hours the metabolism is stimulated (your burning calories!) so in the long run you WILL lose weight. When we don't eat past four hours, the body reaches starvation mode; this is when your body thinks no more calories are available so it hangs on to every fatty tissue you have…

I don't eat flax seed but rather chia seeds. 7 Good Reasons To Start Eating Chia Seeds 1. Help weight loss. Chia seeds are popular for weight loss. They reduce food cravings by preventing some of the food that you eat from getting absorbed into your system. This blockage of calorie absorption makes them a great diet…

bok choy, brussel sprouts, and chia seeds are three foods that I would have never tried before starting to eat healthy, but now I love.

AWESOME! You look amazing! Congrats!

I power walk during my lunch break. One time when I was finished and came back to my desk my co-workers asked if I had baggy clothes that don't fit anymore. I wasn't sure where this was going so I said yes all of my clothes are very baggy and getting too big. Their reply was, you know if you keep losing weight you're going…

How much water are you drinking? Sometimes headaches are a sign of dehydration.

WOW! What a great transformation! So proud of you!

I use dry shampoo. It works really great.

This sounds exactly like my husband. After our son was diagnosed with ADHD my husband was tested and has Adult ADHD. It's worth looking into. Talk to his family to see what he was like as a child.

I agree with the other posts about too many carbs and sodium. You need to jump start your metabolism. You should try cutting out all carbs and added sugar for at least a week. No soda pop. Drink only water. Eat more protein, like chicken, tuna, egg whites, and grain fed beef. Keep the meat portions down to 3 oz. (not any…