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I made it through the week with no soda. I'm jonesing. We had a party at my house over the weekend and my horrible influence of a husband bought soda! Now it's sitting in my fridge taunting me. I'm going to have to make him take it in with him to work, I think. It's not hard when it's not staring at you all day!

Here's a good deterrent for those drinking diet soda: Did you know that most artificial sweeteners are actually derived from laxatives? True story. That's what you're drinking. A chemical laxative altered to be sweet.

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I have a problem of getting bored with my exercise routines. The only idea I have is to switch things up often. I don't do gyms so I find that different cardio workout tapes help out. I had a salsa cardio tape that I loved for a while but got bored of it, so I switched to cardio kickboxing for something fresh. For the…

Example: My BMR is 1,453. If I were to stay in bed and sleep all day my body will burn 1453 calories. MFP put my intake goal at a net of 1,280. This means I want to consume less calories than my body naturally burns. After everything I eat all day and all the exercise is calculated if I want to lose weight I should be…

I've been off sodas new for almost two weeks. When I realized that one 20 oz soda contained more calories than my average breakfast they lost a lot of their appeal. Since I usually drank caffeine free sodas I don't have the headache problem, but plain water is boring me and I already burned out on Crystal Light tea. I need…

Tip: Knock 20 calories off the sandwich by using the Arnold select Sandwich thins, they're only 100 cal per roll.

Thanks! So far I'm already in love with the site. It's very motivational and turns dieting into basic math. For instance, I realize if I want that snack that I'm simply not supposed to have I know if I do x amount of exercise that day then I'm fine to eat the snack. In this way I feel like I don't HAVE to give up the foods…