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WIth the Slimfast shakes and bars you're asking for failure. A typical meal replacement bar of 56 g contains--wait for it!--34 g of carbs, and 15 g of those are sugar. The shakes are even worse; a 2 scoop serving (that's roughly 60 g) contains 35 g of carbs, 24 g of which are sugar. Two words: Craving Central! :grumble: Do…

Are you by any chance eating low carb? That may affect your ability to sleep. You'd have to up your carb intake and see what happens. Next question: are you taking any vitamin B supplements? Vitamin B6 causes insomnia in about 10% of people (I found out the hard way, and it wasn't pretty). The only way of getting around…

Cutting back on 'white carbs' (sugar, bread, pasta etc.) is what works for me. I find that kind of stuff just makes me want more and more and more of it (which, incidentally, is how Nestle makes a killing :wink: ). Also, watching things extra-closely just before and during my period helps. That time of the month usually…

Food. Still working on overcoming that one :laugh:

My favorite lunch at the moment: The Five-Minute Goat Cheese & Avocado Tortilla. 1 small whole grain tortilla 1 egg 1/2 avocado 30 g of goat cheese salt pepper Sriracha sauce Scramble egg with some salt and pepper and pour onto tortilla. Chop cheese into small pieces and put on tortilla. Microwave for ca. 1:30 mins (cheese…

Total rubbish, especially the meal replacement bars! They're packed with sugar. I'd only recommend them if you want to develop monster cravings from hell :noway:

When you see the doc, DO NOT take bull**** for an answer!! Just because nothing shows up on an x-ray doesn't mean there's no injury! I'm saying this because it happened to me several times, the last occasion being a foot injury. X-ray (allegedly) unremarkable, with attendant suggestions of patient being either insane or…

God, I SO know what you mean! :laugh: Nothing better than good bread and butter (with nothing else). I bake my own bread by ways of damage limitation... well, I know what's in it (that would be the damage limitation part :bigsmile: )

Zero cartilage left in the knees. I was convinced that bone grinding on bone limited the possibilities. Read: I was looking for an excuse not to run :laugh: What happened is that I started power walking--low impact, is A Good Thing, right? Yes, until I pulled a ligament in my hip and long strides really, REALLY hurt. But I…

Working out is a great suggestion!! The endorphins released during a workout will definitely slam the door on the cravings :bigsmile:

Don't buy into this cleansing hype! And for Pete's sake, don't go buying any 'cleansing' products (unless you want to put an unholy mix of laxatives and diuretics in your body). The feeling that you somehow want to nix the bad stuff you've been eating is natural--I'm sure familiar with it, let me tell you!--but as someone…

I'm guessing it simply has to do with how your system works. I've made the exact same experience (even eating just under 100 g carbs a day, which some people wouldn't even consider low carb). It doesn't work for my body.

Try to cut down on 'white carbs' (sugar and starches like pasta and bread) as much as you can. I find that those will absolutely spike my cravings into orbit--basically we're talking vicious circle here: for me there's no such thing as 'a bite of cake' or 'a sip of soda' :grumble: The no-white-carbs thing may take a couple…

Someone already mentioned it, but still: what are your blood iron levels doing? The symptoms you're describing could point to an iron deficiency--which frequently goes hand-in-hand with hypothyroidism.

Yep. What are you selling :laugh:

I'd say stick with what you've been doing. Sounds to me as though you're losing inches rather than pounds at the moment. I'm hypothyroid myself, and eating back exercise calories does NOT work for me at all. Despite a physically strenuous job and regular workouts, I'm sticking to around 1400 kcal per day (BMR at 1300 kcal…

Wow! Great carb shake! :laugh:

Any 'diet' whose slogan is "There's so much to gain!" should be avoided :laugh:

Sorry, but that's not a protein shake, that's a carb shake. Holy cow!! :noway: Buy the whey protein powder--specifically, whey protein isolate powder (what you've got is a concentrate, which is lower in quality). If you shop around (try online suppliers too) you'll probably find a somewhat better price than at your gym.…

3 words: CREAM OF WHEAT. One serving (1 cup cooked) contains 50% of your RDA of iron.

1/2 cup of cream of wheat with a grated apple mixed in. Yum :love:

Not ever. But the entertainment value is enormous :laugh:

Diesel Perfect Nutrition; 111 kcal, 27 g protein, and 0.5 g carbs per 30 g serving. I order it online, and it's app. CAN $70 per 5lbs tub.

Just out of idle curiosity: has anyone ever thought of going on a DetoZ diet? :glasses:

Seems to me you already know what you should do. Maybe you can explain to your aunt that God has given you a healthy body and expects you to take proper care of it. Fasting isn't taking proper care, especially since (going by your picture) you're very young.

Who says you have to mix your protein powder in milk and drink it? :noway: I never do that, actually. Waste of perfectly good protein powder. Get creative! I use it for baking, I substitute it for flour in pancakes, I mix it with yoghurt for a choc mousse. It's a tremendous way of satisfying my sweet tooth without wreaking…

Only in the most roundabout way. There is some evidence that extra virgin coconut oil (and that's what you should be using--not the refined variety!) supports thyroid function and helps burn fat (the latter is to do with the fact that it consists exclusively of medium-chain triglycerides). Insofar as this influences your…

NO meat/fish/other high protein foods at the onset. To the body, protein is very difficult to digest, and a protein shock ain't pretty (especially if you're more than five feet from the nearest washroom!). Start with something extremely light, such as steamed apple and rice (white in this instance, because it's easier to…

Sugar free Fisherman's Friend. Works every time :bigsmile:

Raspberry ketones (like most other stuff the Great and Powerful Oz endorses) are completely bogus. Don't waste your money! The one thing I would recommend is making sure that you're not iron deficient--most women are. On top of all manner of other symptoms, iron deficiency can make weight loss extremely difficult. So get…