jbootman Member

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yes coffee, I have mine with lots of splenda or equal--do not subscribe to it being a communist plot, being obese is far more dangerous, using unflavored almond milk, way less calories than even nonfat :tongue: milk, like nonfat in my fiber one but not my coffee I was give this fab frother that heats and foams the almond…

I know it is fashionable to exercise, and I know its health benefits, but I also have had years of being a busy mother and have joined, participated in and led dozens of womens and mothers groups of all topics, and the single thread is lack of proper sleep, I can remember on one hand the number of mothers I have met, from…

great ideas, I have tried greek yogurt successfully, love the other ideas, next month will need to cut more calories and will try the lettuce wrap, it would save me 70 calories a day, hummus would bump the protein and fiber, you guys rock, thanks

I have often wished I had the food pills like they have on the Jetsons, simple, neat, uncomplicated, what I did was to think seriously about my ideal daily menu, hard boiled eggs/ tuna/celery mix on rice cakes/fiber one cereal, foods I liked to eat, easy to make, inexpensive, I went out a bit in my calendar and fussed with…

recommended is 2000, I hold mine under 1200 and have fabulous results, very hard to do though, you can keep track in your personal goal or settings area, look around, I track sodium fiber calories and calcium

hands down its got to be The End of Overeating by Kessler, could not recommend more, first it discusses the sugar-salt-fat addiction and then Kessler goes on to make you aware just how insidious the food industry is, anything processed just nauseates me now, the portion control issue is still a brain issue that has no easy…

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so the Crystal Light White Grape is no longer on their Subscribe and Save program, but I expect it to be available as regular price, and free shipping with $25 or more, I am going to look around for prices though, our Walmart is rather far away and last year when I looked they did not carry the flavor, although I expect…

I like White Grape, it is mellow, I find teas too bitter and lemonades too tart, the White Grape has little food color, it is pale yellow, I tried the Walmart Grape when they were out of the Crystal Light White Grape and it was purple, turned my poo green :sick: I make a pitcher a day of the Crystal Light White Grape and…

if you are really serious I would recommend The End of Overeating, by Kessler, this doctor has heavy credentials and has studied cigarette and food addiction, he makes a good case about why we are so addicted to food because of the salty, sweet, fat triangle, he does not advocate much in terms of recovery, but after…

IMMEDIATELY LOCATE CHOCOLATE PB2 it is a powdered peanut product with all the fat removed, or most of it, you can add a bit of water and it becomes like peanut butter or use it many other ways, add to smoothies, I like to dip celery sticks into it, yum, it comes in chocolate peanut flavor too, it is miraculous, looow in…

I keep my sodium under 1200mg, you are welcome to look at my diary, it took me a while to pare down the ingredients of my personal plan, finding very low sodium versions of things, but here are my favorites: almond milk for my coffee, cow dairy has so much sodium and could not find low sodium milk anywhere, very low sodium…

this is a very important idea--portion size--- for now I am weighing EVERYTHING, and I have been doing so for over 2 months, but then my portion control brain thing is out of whack, I just picked up a book called The Portion Plan by Gassenheimer, lots of pictures, but I expect to still weigh EVERYTHING for months to come,…

yes yes and yes agajn, I know what I should be eating, my problem is portion control and believe me when I say that I could eat 10000 calories of diet food per day without my scale, I measure everything I have been measuring for more than 2 months and until my appetite reduces I will continue to use my marvelous machine, I…

slow and steady, I adjust my custom goals each time I lose, and because I do not exercise yet that means reducing my calories each time, I weigh myself each day and it is very interesting because I eat he exact same thing each day, so the losses are .3 of a pound etc, one day after almost 10 weeks now I actually gained a…

any people who have to cook for others have my sympathy :flowerforyou: I had 7 children and a husband who when I did not cook they would go into the kitchen alright and make something to eat, omg! it was a disaster zone:explode: husband only knows 2 cooking temps, off and incinerate, :grumble: with 80 fingers to point at…

I could not drink water except for White Grape Crystal Light, it has a minimum of food dye and it does have artificial sweetner, not the pure that plain water is, but I am drinking my 8 and my body is beginning to feel wonderful, sometimes I wonder if we sacrifice better for not perfect, it can be an excuse

27.5 pounds in 65 days, slowing now, the first 10 is water of course, but averaging .3 per day, sedentary, first month 1200 cal/day dropping slowly to now 886 calories per day, no exercise really, getting another glass of water or going to wee is about my only workout, byt the way every 885 calorie is nutritious and full…

and just how many calories would you recommend for a 5'2" woman who weighs 105 with sedentary lifestyle and small frame? sorry that 1200 figure is WAY to general, I do not buy that slow metabolism stuff, if you keep up your nutrition, fiber, take some supplements for the calcium, or other vitamins, then I think you will be…

and you were so down the other day, see you are getting slimmer I think remembering the great feeling of the new you will create new neural pathways and hopefully your joy will be this rather than the food-pleasure pathways of old, this is what I am going to postulate, I have to have a way out of this food addiction, we…

went to his site could find no broccoli soup???

what is clean? my diet consists of: raw tomato lowsalt lowfat cottage cheese egg whites very low sodium tuna low sodium rice cakes raw celery raw apples carrots sugar free jello Fiber One original cereal almond milk nonfat cow milk banana instant coffee splenda or equal crystal light water with small exceptions, occasional…

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run do not walk to the library or bookstore to get a copy of The End of Overeating by Kessler your need to have a 'cheat' anything is an effect of the sugar-salt-fat syndrome that is pervasive in the american menu, our restaurants and groceries are full of the worst addictive substances, I do not want to even call them…

yes please I want to Plan Thanksgiving, that really is the only way to get through this, I am trying to develop MY recipes, Turkey day foods are very high in fat and sodium and that is proving to be an interesting problem, but I will contribute as I can, best of luck to all of us

thank you to all who replied, I am strictly logging each bite, I have a great scale for weighing my food, and I have only been at this for a few months, I can see that I have at least a year ahead, I have designed a menu plan that although I eat the exact same thing each meal I have been able to go out to eat etc by…

curse you, not really, Heinz Cubes are not available in fat America, yet again the UK rules, sorry I am an unashamed UKophile, actually I like most everything across the pond, I digress, I have written to Heinz, for now I will find a substitute, I think Knorr can be found in our stores here and they make a low sodium cube,…

THANK YOU SO MUCH:flowerforyou: I too am watching my sodium, I just lose more when I am not retaining water, and of course there is the salty sugar fried food spiral, I had sworn off soups even the homemade kind until your post, I am going to get some of this Heinz stuff and get cooking, it may be winter someday-I live in…

hope more reply on this issue, I eat exactly the same thing each day, and since the temp shot up I have gained a half pound, this is impossible, I am not hormonal etc, so I think our bodies do retain water when temps are up even if we drink and remember a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds, oh I forgot to mention I live in…