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This is enough for 3-4 servings. 4-5 kale leaves 1 cup spinach 1/4 of a cucumber 1 kiwi 2 small bananas 1avacado 1/2 Fuji apple (you can use any kind) 7-10 slices of ginger 1cup almond milk 6 ice cubes Sometimes I add plain yogurt or 1/2 cup of kefir as well. Also for a treat the other day I used raspberry watermelon and…

Third shift is awful! Over two years I would swear that's what put weight on me because I was constantly eating at work and I craved high carb food all the time, I think to give me that extra burst of energy through the shift. What I found works for me is to come home, and eat a small "breakfast" around 8 am. Some things I…

Thanks! I am a nurse so I already knew about the calcium and have been trying to eat vitamin c rich foods as well to better absorb the non heme iron. I usually put chick peas on my spinach salads but will add peas too! And raisins! Thanks!

I eat clean 95% of the time. Went out to dinner with parents the other night and ate a very unclean meal and it seriously affected my stomach... Nausea, heartburn etc. I know this happens to some people, and it deterrs me from eating dirty, but if your body can handle it there's no reason you can't enjoy a dirty meal once…

I used to salt everything. I found that once I cut out things with a lot of added sugar and salt I didn't crave it anymore. I seriously think my taste buds were so used to all the added sugar and salt in things that vegetables and meats tasted bland without it. I would say about a month after cutting garbage food out of my…

Almond milk Honey Cinnamon Cumin Cayenne pepper Sea salt I grow lemon balm, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, cilantro, basil and dill Green tea Ginger Olive oil Eggs Cottage cheese Raw milk cheddar cheese Real butter Free range chicken, grass fed beef ( I buy in bulk and freeze most of it) Quinoa Wild rice Whole wheat…

I don't eat a ton of bread mostly because the whole wheat kind is really calorie dense, but I don't cut it out completely, I just choose to eat less of it. Instead of a sandwich I will make wrap with a whole wheat tortilla. I also really love Brownberry's sandwich thins or pocket thins. Each has a 100 calories per serving.…

Beans! If you don't already love them, learn to, as a vegetarian they will be one your best friend. They are inexpensive and can be made into almost anything! Black beans are my personal favorite. They are full of iron, fiber, protein and antioxidants! Have you tried making black bean burgers yet? So yummy! And they go…

Alfredo is one of my favorites! REALLY EXCITED to try this.

I like to mix it up... oatmeal can be made a thousand ways... add apples and cinnamon, peaches and vanilla almond milk, berries, honey and cinnamon is another fave... it's like having a different meal every morning. Eggs any way, but my favorie is over easy... I eat them on a Brownberry sandwich thin with a smear of grape…

Anything that combines cheese and carbs... mac and cheese (only homemade though), pizza, cheesy potatoes (which I can eat my own weight in) and most recently, oreo balls, which are smashed up oreo cookies blended with cream cheese dipped in white chocoate.

our body shapes are similar, though your chest is bigger than mine... I know how frustrating that can be, so many shirts are made small in the bust and it's aggravating! You also have a short waist (distance from breast to bellybutton) like I have. I typically look for shirts that are made longer than what you find in the…

It may feel beyond your control, but remember you control how you react. You don't have to react with stress. This is a very hard and difficult thing to put into practice, but after working on it for several years it got easier for me. A lot of times if it's something little (i.e. running late for work) I think to myself…

Meditation, hot tea, hot bath (I like epsom salts in mine), long walk, writing, drawing, painting, snuggling (a pet, friend, lover or child will do), gardening, dancing, music, breathing exercises, aromatherapy, yoga, talking with a good friend, spending time with pets, go someplace quiet (like a museum), exercise, play an…

First of all, I'm really sorry to hear about your injury! Being injured is awful. Second, don't give up! Jogging/running isn't the only form of exercise there is. Swimming is great because it's low impact and doesn't strain your joints. You could also try cycling, though with your injury I'm not sure that would be ok.…

I was in the kitchen and I called out to my boyfriend "Do you need anything from the store?" He say's "Come here," (I assume because he knows I can't hear well. So I go out there, and he says "we're out of baking soda and milk." I was like "OK," and started to walk away. He says "Wait! that's not why I called you over."…

In all honesty I have probably eaten 50% clean for the past 2 years or so, but that wasn't enough! With me it wasn't so much that I started cutting things out of my diet, but I started added a ton more clean foods to my diet... veggies, fruit, nuts, legumes, freen range meat etc... As I started added these things to my…

I have been making wraps lately on whole wheat tortillas, which only have between 80 to 100 calories depending on the brand versus around 200 calories for 2 slices of bread. I will put tuna and chicken and load with veggies. It makes for quicker lunches if you keep containers of chopped veggies for the week or make your…

Use this recipe and add some black beans in a tortilla and you have a tasty little burrito. There are lots of recipes for black bean and sweet potato taco/burrito. It sounds really odd but the flavors compliment each other well.

Try Black Licorice Root Tea. Black licorice root is 50 times sweeter than sugar, but has no sugar in it, and don't worry, it doesn't taste like black licorice! It's actually really, really yummy! It honestly tastes like it's been sweetened! It is considered a medicinal herb and should not be taken by pregnant women or if…

I would give your doctor a call and ask him or her to write you an order for physical therapy. Tendonitis can often be helped if the muscles and ligaments around the area are strengthened, but this should only be done under the supervision of a licensed physical therapists. They will show you both stretches and exercises…

Spinach, cucumber, feta, chickpeas, flax seed, hard boiled egg white, balsamic. mmm.... I have eaten one of these every day for 2 weeks and I'm still not tired of them!

hmmm... time constraints are annoying, but you can work around them. As the previous poster said, maybe you could pick one day and do all your prep work and some cooking. For example, grill a bunch of chicken, then have it in a salad one day, with veggies and rice the next day, on a sandwich the next, in soup the next day…

Boiled eggs, celery and cream cheese or peanut butter (check the label though, if you don't watch peanut butter can be loaded with sugar, opt for a natural choice, they usually have less sugar, but check the lable first), almands, walnuts, cheese sticks,

I will be finishing up my first week tomorrow! I am 5'6,, 162lbs (just lost 6 lbs this week, I started c25k at 168) so our dimensions are about the same, and I smoke (ugh, I'm more embaressed about that then I am about needed to lose weight). I too had not ran in probably 2 decades, not even short distances, nothing, nada…

Meditation(by far the most long lasting and effective in my opinion), yoga (my personal favorite), exercise in any form, just going for a nice leisurely walk, hot tea, epsom salt bath with lavender oil, massage, reflexology, read a good book, surf the web for pics of cute animals, write down three things you are grateful…

Docs do get incentives for prescribing drugs. Some doctors get kickbacks from drug companies if they prescribe so much of their drug. Have you ever met a drug sales person? i've met quite a few and they will pretty much do anything to get doctors to sell their prescriptions. Plus, some doctors have ties with specific drug…

Hunger pain was not easy to deal with when you have a big appetite.So phentermine helps And the extra energy gives me the will to work out. As far as cardio condition, if you do a lot of cardio work, your BP will adjust down if you are fit. if you have heart palpitation, cut off a corner or just take half a pill. <----…

I don't have any personal experience with phentermine, but I am a nurse so maybe I can give you a bit of insight into what it actually is. First of all, the rules and regulations regarding this drug (at least in ohio law) require documentation of an effort on the patients part to make a lifestyle change that includes…

Shorts! As of right now I have cellulite-y thighs that I don't care to display, hopefully by July my legs will look good enough to display!