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Sodium can cause as much as 4 lbs in one day of water retention. I know because it has happened to me. I use to panic and became depressed hopeless over it, until I realized I did not even go close to 2000 calories so it would be impossible to gain that much weight in fat so it has to be water retention. Drinking plenty of…

You can make your own pickles by using sliced up cucumbers and letting them marinate in the Juice before discarding it.

Thank You I LOVE Crab ragoon :happy:

Thank You this sounds so yummy ! Where is your Crab ragoon recipe posted at? I am bored with just stir fry and love Chinese Food! :flowerforyou:

I have never heard of using firming cream on the stomach. Please can you recommend a good moisturizer firming cream? Which one do you use? Or anyone uses that reads this?

I am so sorry for your suffering, life is not fair,but no one promised it would be. The Good News is you are a Survivor and have proven it! You can read my open profile and if you want to be each others cheerleaders send me a Friend invite. The pictures of your Sons kissing you is so precious! Only another person who is…

To the Poster above Thanks for this link, I will use it also. :flowerforyou:

1. Corn Tortilla (I make home made tortilla chips thank to MFP Finallychelle teaching how to do it in her recipes just check MFP search. I spice up 2 or 3 tortilla shells with no sodium. ) Low calories also 2. Salsa Old Elpaso hot chunky 3. Popcorn, favorite snack

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This ^^^^^^ What the poster says above I agree with. No one could motivate me to lose weight and not give up because of health issues until mentally I had enough and I am not losing weight for anyone but myself. He has to really want to change his eating program and not just look it as a diet as now he lost weight and can…

I love Tomato soup! :drinker: I have been eating Heinz weight watchers Tomato soup for the last 5 lunches just craving it. I use a TBLS of cream in it and it is just a yummy as Campbell's cream of tomato soup but WW has less calories. I will now use your recipe to see if WW soup can be subbed for my lunch because the bad…

This ^^^^^ You are truly an inspiration to so many of us. I am honored to be a MFP Friend of yours. Thank You for sharing your Weight loss journey with MFP. I never would guess your age is 56 you look much younger. Awesome is the only words I can say to describe all you have accomplished.

My suggestion is make logging in daily a habit you will not want to break. Logging in is half the battle won on good eating days and days you go over, you will know what food triggered the binge if you record it. Drink plenty of water to flush out the excess sodium from the food. Remember the weight did not happen…

Bump because I find this topic interesting even though it is not wieght loss related.

Hi Ed Months ago ,I wrote you in regards to questions and you wrote me back quickly with the answers. Thank You again. :flowerforyou: I do send healing prayers and quick restoration, to you. Thanks for sharing on MFP and being an inspiration to so many people. You are my wieght loss Hero. :smile:

I know how hard you work for this weight loss, the patience has proved it is worth it. You are an inspiration to never give up. Congratulations on your weight loss.

This ^^^^ Thanks for writing that, I also have hypothyroidism and was on Synthyroid for years that only made the problem worse as it would work for a few months and than stop working dosage kept getting increased. I no longer take meds I refuse to be an experiment now I am controlling what I can control and that is what…

This ^^^^ I said the exact thing as the person who posted the above! Congratulations your hard work paid off! I also would like to know what you mean you zig zagged 1800 calories ? When I zig zag I have different number of calories during the week is this what you do?

This ^^^^^ I needed this info link thanks Poster above :flowerforyou: I did Atkins induction for 3 weeks and never got rid of the carb flu until I switched to 50 carbs. The 20 carbs or less was brutal on me and I never want to go through it again. I did lose most of the weight on lower carb of 50 but now I just stay under…

Thanks I will have to try this :)

This ^^^^^ Excellent advice! I was going to write what the Poster wrote but she already said it! When you eat something every 2-3 hrs you keep your blood sugar up and you will not be hungry. I have to do this because of hypoglycemia and the symptoms are brutal if I do not. I sent you a Friend invite. :)

This ^^^^^ Thanks I am going to make this I love Chocolate and also Avocados. I am trying to up my fat intake also since I am LCHF eating.

I tried 5 brands of coconut oil and only 1 comes in a dark brown container to keep out the light and keep it fresh longer. Barlean's Coconut oil is the very best tasting I think I eat it right off the spoon. I Love Coconut though if you do not like the taste do not buy this brand.

This ^^^^ You helped me a lot because the majority of my MFP Friends are not in their 40's or older. I have severe health issues that does not allow me to exercise like my beloved MFP Friends or lose weight as fast as they lose it. I have hypothyroid under active and for every 1 lb I lose the average woman without an under…

This ^^^^ Thanks I need to start doing this, I love soup!

THANK YOU! I did not know what was causing the vertigo and it is so severe at times I have to hold my husband's hand to stay balanced just to walk. I cannot judge the difference even walking down a small step at times it looks like a step is a very long distance down and I feel silly when it is not. I have so many of the…

I wrote this on your other post but I am writing it here also so if other women want a MFP to encourage them understanding their limitations they can send me a Friend invite. Sorry Guys who send me Friend invites, Thanks for the invitations and I know you also suffer but I have a all gals Friend list, besides you do not…

This ^^^^^^^^ I also have Fibro plus Chronic Fatigue,Adrenal Gland Fatigue, Hypoglycemia, and hypothyroid I won't bore you with the other health crisis's. I am having a bad day myself with battling depression over my health. People talk about Fibro flare ups and flare up leaving days later they are exercising and doing…

THIS ^^^^^^ I did not understand calorie zig zagging until you explained it. I thought I was doing it and just choosing a random number each day but not adding it for the week just keeping it from anywhere between 1200 and 1650 and under 100 carbs. Thanks for taking the time to post these suggestions I needed them.…

Congratulations ! You have proven you are a weight loss winner! Keep it up :smile: