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If you have 103 lbs of lean body mass then you should eat 103g of protein a day.

Even though I have a very low carb diet I do not count the carbs in artificial sweeteners.

You can't. Buy and cook your own food.

I started out weighing 325 lbs. I am down 55 lbs since May with only one goal: WEIGH LESS IN A WEEK THAN I DO TODAY. It doesn't matter if it is only by 1/2 a pound. I've added another goal: STRENGTHEN MY MUSCLES. My hubby and I joined a fitness center this week to begin strength training so that we don't lose muscle as we…

A 5000 BTU air conditioner. No wonder I can go up and down stairs better.

Are you "regular"? Starting a low carb diet can cause constipation. Drink plenty of water. Also, when I did South Beach (a great diet) I found that I could not have a Phase 2 food more than once a day without my blood glucose rising and my scale stalling. I still eat low carb as I am diabetic2 but I'm not specifically…

Brilliant! I will have to try this.

THIS!

Ask around if anyone has some jeans in your size that you could borrow for a few weeks.

Yes. Even just sauteed in olive oil and a touch of garlic is good. I cook them until slightly tender. Over cooked is nasty.

Yes. Baking powder has a short shelf life. If it's too old it won't rise. Throw the old one out. Date the lid of your new one so that you know when you opened it. 6 months is how long you should keep it. Although I've been known to keep it a year. Not any longer than that though.

Get your hands on the South Beach diet book. Use it. Learn it. Follow it. Use the recipes and meal plans to help you eat balanced, normal food meals. Test your blood sugar 2 hours after every meal. If your blood sugar is over 140 then you know that meal needs adjusted. At this point don't worry too much about calories just…

Honestly, if you can't stick to your eating plan in the face of your friend eating pizza or say, "no" to her gifts of food then you won't reach your goals. You don't have to be rude. "Thanks but no thanks" goes a long way. You will have to face and resist food temptation your whole life. Be prepared. If she's coming over…

I was always the smallest kid in my class throughout grade school. If the class was lined up from shortest to tallest, I was first. I wasn't just small, I was petite. Then menstruation started. I swear I jumped 4 sizes practically overnight. That should have been the first clue that hormones and I do not get along. After 2…

Evening programs. Not everybody can work out between 9 AM and 5 PM.

Cheap. Really really cheap.

http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/menu/nutrition-calculator.html According to Tim Hortons nutrition info an large coffee with cream (not doubled) is 90 calories. I suggest that you order a medium or small from now on and add some food to your order.

It's called a caffeine headache. You get them on weekends because you probably have your first cup of coffee later than you do at work. Yep. Grapes feed the carb monster.

I love steel cut oats. I don't eat them right now because they raise my blood glucose. Someday I will be able to add them back in. An easy way to cook them besides the crock pot method is to start them in a pot on the stove at night. 1 part oats to 4 parts water, salt and a pat a butter. Bring them to a boil. Turn off the…

I'm not on the Atkins diet but I do eat very low carb. I am a type 2 diabetic. I know now that even before becoming diabetic I was carb sensitive. My first low carb diet was South Beach. Phase 1 of South Beach worked great for me. Phase 2 was nice because I could add in more carbs but, guess what, I stopped losing weight…

Double the sweetener and add a touch of vanilla. Vanilla makes chocolate taste more chocolaty. How old is your baking powder?

Gelatin, lots and lots of sugar free gelatin. I started back on my diet the beginning of May. I started eating lots of sugar free gelatin every day to satisfy my desire for sweets and desserts. My nails no longer split and peel. They actually grow beyond an 1/8 of an inch without splitting in the quick. I started noticing…

That's a great problem to have. Congrats.

You should be eating 1 gram of protein for every pound of lean body mass. Based on your stats you have 115 pounds of lean body fat. You should be eating 115 grams of protein a day.

Get up in the middle of the night (3 or 4 am) and check your blood sugar. See if it is very low. Your blood glucose may be dropping too low during the night so your body releases and dumps sugar into your blood stream to bring it back up giving you a high reading in the morning. Do that for about a week. Try different…

Yes. People have posted in the MIM pinned thread about baking them in the oven.

Yep. I think there is a "magic pound".

I am on a low carb diet. I eat a variety of stuff for breakfast. Sometimes eggs and bacon. I love asparagus with eggs. Sometimes a flax muffin-in-a-minute. Sometimes leftover chicken breast and veggie. This last week I had a piece of low carb, dairy free pumpkin (or squash) pie for breakfast. The muffin-in-a-minute is like…

Like others have experienced, my weight loss didn't real become noticeable to the majority of others until I'd lost 45-50 pounds. When I look at my pictures I see a huge difference in the last 20 pounds as apposed to the first 20 pounds. My current avatar picture shows the difference between now and only 17 pounds ago. My…

I cannot do beans. The carb count is too high for me and they will raise my blood glucose. For a long time I did take a fiber supplement but I had to stop as it was working a bit too well. Now that I've discovered MIMs I get plenty of fiber.