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the book wheat belly is pretty good at explaining the concept of wheat free. It was very educational for me. I choose to keep the wheat in my diet but since ready this book, I a lot more educated about the fact that wheat product are basically sugar in my body.

Were you exercising before you did this or were you already in "good" shape. I really out of shape with 20 pounds to lose and need to exercise. I'm just not sure which video to start.

I had the same problem. It was suggested to me to increase my protein in my breakfast and to always eat a protein with any carb that I eat. ( and make sure it was whole grain carb). This stabilized my blood sugar throughout the day and has eliminated a lot of the craving at night. I do still get them but I feel that I'm…

Every afternoon, I eat 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese and I mix in cubs of avocado (60g.). I really like it that way and it fills me up until my later dinner so I don't need to eat anything else from 3pm to 6:30pm.

WOW, Congratulation. It looks like 20 pounds. Thank you for sharing this with us. You have just convinced me to take my pictures in case I don't lose weight but inches. I will buckle up and stand in from a mirror. Very inspiring.

Hi Just start last week and lost one big pound and gain tonnes of control but food tracking. I'm mom 37y/o of 2 young kids 5 and 1, looking to lose 20 pounds. I'm would love some friend to share idea for meal and support. PS: I will eat about 2000-2100 cal per day for the next three week to see if I can loose weight…

This will sound really funny but my mom make popcorn at home in a real popcorn machine so she only use the corn. Then.... she keep soya sauce in little spray bottle and spray the pop corn all over. It's actually pretty good and because soya sauce is pretty high (extremely high in sodium) it taste good and you get a salty…

I would like to join in. New to MFP, may need to guide using the treads stuff!!!

Sodium is a silent killer! It can affect blood pressure and can cause heart problem and stroke. You will not see the effect of too much sodium in your body until it's too late.

I"m not a nutritionist of any kind but ... those meals are 1) full of sodium, 2) full of simple carb that will not make you full for a long time and have very little protein (3 little piece of chicken is probably not enough. I used to eat them all the time as a way to lose weight and I never lost anything because I was…

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm 37 y/o and 142 pounds. My goals is 125 where I was 7 years ago before getting married and having two kids. I really agree with all you said about calorie, bad carb and good protein. I just started this week, looking for friend who have been successful. This week I focused on increasing my…