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I love Bob, so I'm alread a "kool-aid drinker," so to speak. Yes, many of his rules are sort of dieting common sense, but for visual people like me, I have his list of rules printed and hanging on my fridge and they are great reminders to me. Some of the ones off the top of my head are to eat protein at every meal, so…

For me, personally, it is an addiction with an emotional connection. I have only been able to begin making changes *this* time because I finally addressed the emotional issues in therapy a few months ago.. I still struggle with it. The hard part about it being an addiction is that you have to have food... unlike an…

thanks for all your input. The reason I gave up all that stuff was that I felt I was addicted, especially to the cheese, sugar and caffeine... that any time I would eat any of those, it was never enough, and it always made me want more and more, and I craved to the point that I had to have all of those daily, or my day…

I LOVE zumba, what a great workout! I don't have a monitor yet, so I just use www.zumbacalories.com to figure it out ... it is typically over 800 calories burn for me, and I believe it! I have never worked so hard yet had so much fun! Hope you enjoy it!

I love cheese. always have. until I started mfp, I was eating it way too often and way to much of it at a time. Now it is a treat, once every couple of weeks on my pizza or some bleu cheese or feta on a salad once in awhile. Other than that, I've given it up, and my cravings for it have completely gone! So have all my…

raw carrots, grapes, apples, fresh fruit, edamame, lite string cheese, wholly quacamole and/or hummus (to spread on multigrain crackers or dip veggies in) hardboiled eggs, no-sugar added applesauce.... I'm sure there's more, but that's off the top of my head right now! We are about to do the same thing!

Here's what I did, and it worked for me... I knew I was going to celebrate my hubby's 40th birthday by going out for dinner for chinese, his choice... so I worked out extra hard and long in the morning, burning lots of calories. I also ate a light breakfast and a light dinner, and then I ate smaller portions of everything…

thanks!

Lela, I started out from NOT exercising at all, and doing 30 minutes on an elliptical for a week or so every day, then I started doing zumba, and it gets easier and easier! I promise!

I eat steel cut oats with blueberries and walnuts, and I feel full for a long time. I know it isn't a bagel, but I just thought I'd offer mine! Good luck!

Probably NOT what you want to hear... but I was HUGELY addicted to sweets a few weeks ago... I went cold turkey off of sweets, caffeine, cheese and white bread/rice/pasta. I had to, because I was so addicted to all of them. I had three days of pretty bad headaches, but I decided I wanted to change my life, and start my…

I think it depends on the person. For me, I've tried tons of diets before, and I have always ended up going off them and going right back to being addicted to sweets. This time I broke the addiction. I went cold turkey -- NO added sugars. I no longer crave sweets. I'm not sure if I will have them again, we'll see. But for…

sounds great! I had a wrap with roasted red pepper hummous, wholly guacamole and tons of fresh spinach leaves, and it was yummy too!

sorry, double post!

I had headaches for about 3 or 4 days when I stopped drinking it, but now I feel great, I sleep better, and I am more awake in the morning! Good luck!

If you can handle the taste of greek yogurt, the fage greek yogurt is fab! mix whatever in... I do almond butter and vanilla extract or some fresh berries and a bit of agave!

I have made the roasted kale chips... if you do them right, they are great!

I have given up added sugars (except I use agave syrup on my oatmeal, though I expect I will stop that eventually.) and white flour/pasta/rice, as well as cheese and highly processed foods. Only been a week, but I feel fantastic! I've lost 9.5 pounds already, which is a great motivation, and I'm eating such healthy foods,…

I *think* I am doing a version of clean eating... I'd love to buddy, but I guess I should make sure that I am actually doing clean eating! :-) I'm not eating sugar, white flour, cheese, processed foods or caffeine. So lots of salads, vegetables, lean meats, whole grains, fruits and water. I've only been doing it for a…

you look great!! wonderful job!!

We're pretty close, I think, if you are still looking: Age: 36 SW: 274.5 CW: 267 GW: 140-150 Jessica

oh, and another favorite is black bean corn chips with hummus and 5 or 6 grape tomatoes.

My new-found snack favorite is Wasa Sesame crisp flatbreads: http://www.wasaflatbread.com/ spread with 1/2 TBSP of Krema natural peanut butter and 1/2 TBSP of Smuckers All Fruit strawberry spread. Because the crackers are so thin, that small amount of PB&J are the perfect amount, and the crunch is fabulous!! I think it…