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be sure you are tracking your sodium, it is very hard to be eat less than 500mg per day which is the minimum, I highly doubt you are NEEDING salt, salt-sugar-and fat form a cruel and powerful addictive triangle, get these three under control and dieting is even easy, for now realize cravings are the body's withdrawal and…

run do not walk to the bookstore or library and get a copy of 'The End of Overeating' do a search for this title here and on the net, the very respected doctor discusses the cause of our cravings and after a lifetime struggle with mine I am having real success, it starts with the sugar/fat/salt evil triad, our brains have…

too high in sodium and too low in fiber tomatoes rule, meat and veg in one bowl, tomatoes and cottage cheese in one bowl, cereal, berries and almond milk for dessert and a jello just for fun General Mills - Fiber One Original Bran Cereal, 1 Cup 120 Generic - Beef Short Ribs, 1 oz 133 Generic - Broccoli (Boiled and Drained…

Ramadan Mubarak, It is interesting this year for my fast, although honestly it has just started, but I have rather submitted to it rather than fight it, it just feels so much simpler, easier, so best of wishes to you on your fast, may A give us all strength, julienne

This too has been a concern of mine. I am convinced that I have an eating disorder. I am a chronic conditioned hypereater as defined by Kessler in his book The End of Overeating, which I highly recommend by the way. So I want to be normal. I do not want to trade one addiction for another. After reading Kessler's book I can…

I am still obese although looking forward to being overweight, and with a calorie restriction of about 600/day I am losing 2 pounds per week, your bmi/bmr thingy would have to be even lower to sustain that kind of rate, the way I see it is that soon when I am overweight I need to settle for a 1 pound per week rate, yes…

WELL DONE Being overweight is a goal for me too, we need to laugh at such things or we will cry, I am so going to be overweight soon, and when I do reach that level I will post, I think we should all post at that milestone, CONGRATULATIONS

daily calories 605, yes 605, lowered each week until I reach 'overweight', now only 10 more obese pounds to go, custom change the goal until reach the 2.1 pounds per week rate, BUT eating highest value foods, veg, berries, fiber one cereal, lots of fiber, taking sups for calcium and vitamin/minerals height 5'2" current…

brava, your life will never be the same, I have such a hard time looking at restaurant or fast food now, which of course is a good thing, just horrid how the food industry can only seem to increase the taste by fat/salt/sugar, wait until you read about them putting the meat into washing machine like machines to…

thank you for the kind words and the sympathy, I have got to say that I am doing cream on face thingy, had my first facial 2 weeks ago, and wow what a difference, got some samples of what the salon offers, not bad, but since then have lost another 3 pounds and by evening, omg, my children have offered to do a…

run to the library or bookstore and get a copy of 'The End of Overeating' by Kessler, this book change my life, he discusses the food industry, the brain-fat-sugar-salt connection and why we have been made a nation of chronic compulsive hypereaters, the book is not a diet book at all, he just outlines our food addiction…

although I may be the only one here and I do not recommend it, I have lost 69 pounds in 6 months with no exercise, I really am sedentary, I hate exercise, even walking, but I do think that soon I may at least start to walk, exercise does not burn that many calories, it is however good for our health, but please I do think…

reasons: boredom, habit and fatigue solutions: new activities and early sleep have a meeting with yourself and make some lists, new foods to eat, new places to go, change your habits by changing your furniture around, turn your diet upside down and eat breakfast at dinner and dinner at breakfast, take a warm bath and get…

california born, never traveled, was given a trip for a week each to rome, egypt and jordan, due to leave february 28, oh dear, if I stay in rome for 3 weeks instead I fear I will gain back every ounce I have lost, little sacrifice compared to those who are fighting for their lives, my prayers for them

the only way I do it is with Crystal Light, white grape or orange, love it, and before anyone crabs about the artifical yadda yadda, you can't tell me that being obese is so much better, I hope some day to be able to tweek my diet and free myself from additives, but for now it is helping, plain water makes me gag, and even…

the only way I do it is with Crystal Light, white grape or orange, love it, and before anyone crabs about the artifical yadda yadda, you can't tell me that being obese is so much better, I hope some day to be able to tweek my diet and free myself from additives, but for now it is helping, plain water makes me gag, and even…

people who cheat on weekends are called fatso, stop it, stop it right now, we are addicted to sugar, salt and fat, the only way out is to stop, just stop, take the weekend in hand, go vegetable shopping on saturday morning and plan your diet, plan it,plan it, no excuses, no days off, now breathe

CELERY, CELERY, CELERY I just ran to the frig and got a head of celery, cut off the ends, voila, 354g of celery, maybe 50 calories, tons of fiber, filled the tummy, this is not rocket science folks

WE ARE ALL ADDICTED, and if you want to do something about it read 'The End of Overeating' by David Kessler. Conditioned hypereating is a biological challenge, not a character flaw, says Kessler, former FDA commissioner under presidents Bush and Clinton). Since the 1980s, the food industry, in collusion with the…

go to any very upscale area and you will see almost all the new mothers, those with strollers and pregnant are older, 30-40, it is a matter of being even more careful of what you eat and how you exercise, I had 2 before 30 and 5 after 30, babies are wonderful, look into something called a bellywrap, my daughter used this…

please I beg you get a copy of 'The End of Overeating' by Kessler, well written, scientifically credible, he was head of gov dept, he knows the food industry and how it has addicted us to the triangle of fat-salt-sugar, creating food addicts like us, the brain has been flooded with the wrong hormonal freeways linking…

I weigh in every day, record the losses, wait out any temporary gain, I have been interested in the swing during the day of the numbers, I can weigh 3 more pounds in the evening then lose it while sleeping, and no there is no treadmill in my bed, so recently I have set 8am as my weigh in time, I like to see the drop, but,…

I'm jealous of me too, fie on you both for giving me good advice, I want to eat cheese and bread until I pass out

I want to revive this topic for any new and some of you who have motivation or other issues. This summer I came across this by accident at the library and am now 65 pounds lighter, no magic pills, no special foods, no exercise, just calories in calories out and most important low sugar, low salt and low fat, at the…

I currently I know someone who is consulting with a whole medical team to consider water fasting for perhaps as long as a year. This person is heavier than several of us combined and I do not advise this without the kind of medical support he will have. I have today lost 65 pounds lowering my calories to equal 2 to 3…

it will be very difficult to say the least, you have to be very selfish and with a baby that is not my recommendation, I hope you are breast feeding as this will allow you more calories, but it will cut down on your freedom, what will the baby be doing when you are exercising or preparing your diet foods? the closer you…

please please read The End of Overeating by Kessler, he was surgeon general a few years ago, in it he dissects the causes of overeating and the american food industry, we are being drugged by food here and this addiction is terribly hard to control, you cannot just say no to food and never eat again, what other addictive…

I understand what you are saying, I am a bit concerned I will just make this my obsession, but there are worse ones, I have started to lose my appetite but a trip out reminds me of the bad old ways, somehow now I can keep to my plan, and I suppose that is why several of the best diet doctors and researchers suggest you…

I got a glass topped digital scale, new, and it is a bit goofy, but I weigh each morning, and when the scale notes a loss I record it, now sometimes I actually gain a bit, even though my diet is tight, makes no sense I know, occasionally it even stalls for 3 days, but then there is a bump down, here where I live we have…

bravo for finding a system that works for you, I am not surprised that your consistent menu can keep you on track, do not be in such a hurry to find love, it will come, you are rediscovering yourself and that is very important to the rest of your life, enjoy the moments of your trip, enjoy what is not food, the sun, the…