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Sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing.

Borrowed from http://www.truthaboutabs.com/artificial-sweeteners-natural-stevia.html, article "Do Artificial Sweeteners (splenda, aspartame, etc) Make You Fat? Natural Alternatives Including Stevia" "Splenda is probably one of the worst offenders of claiming to be "healthy" as they say that it's made from real sugar. Don't…

I totally agree!

Thanks!

What is it sweetened with?

I would continue with level 2.

I read The Kind Diet too! Loved the book. I have been eating the plums since I was a toddler. I LOVE them and just eat them plain. I suppose I should try a recipe or two that has them too.

Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. Just depends on my mood. I can't remember which famous trainer I heard this from, but the other day I read that it is good to eat back half of them. They said that 1/4 of them should be eaten before the work out and 1/4 after. I'm thinking I will give that a shot and see how it works.…

Sounds delish!

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Thanks for all of the tips everyone, that really helps! Especially the tip about the dryer!!

Just get off your *kitten* and do it!! That's what I say to myself when I can't get motivated. Oddly it usually works. I'm a fellow 90% vegan. Best life change I have ever made.

La Tortilla Factory is my favorite. They have no animal products in them which to me is great. The ones I eat are only 100 calories per serving, 3.5 grams of fat and 12 grams of fiber.

I used to use Splenda also. Then I did some reading and found out that it is just as bad as the other artificial sweeteners. It contains chlorine. Yuck! Thank goodness for agave syrup. Tastes good and is safe! Also another good choice is maple sugar. It's crystalized maple syrup. I haven't tried it yet because it is pretty…

Aspartame contains methanol. That for me is a good enough reason to believe it is bad. "METHANOL (AKA WOOD ALCOHOL/POISON) (10% OF ASPARTAME) Methanol/wood alcohol is a deadly poison. People may recall that methanol was the poison that has caused some "skid row" alcoholics to end up blind or dead". "Methanol, also known as…

I'm currently halfway through a half marathon training program. I'm doing the Shred everyday, even on my running days. To me there is just no reason to not do both since the Shred is such a short workout and is not too difficult for me. You will probably see results if you do it every other day, but if I were you I'd just…

Oh, and another song I LOVE, Melissa Etheridge, "I Run For Life". I'm a runner and I listen to this song every time I run. It reminds me why I need to push hard.

Cindi Lauper, She Bop

Use this website. http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm Once you calculate your calorie needs you can click on the "7 Day Calorie Cycle" and it will tell you how many to eat each day of the week. I had a lot of luck with when I did it. Not sure why I stopped.

You are what I'm trying to become. I'm almost vegan, having trouble giving up fish. It's kinda funny cause EVERYTHING else was easy to give up.

The Skinny ***** book made it all make sense to me.

My favorite breakfast is a bowl of sliced bananas and strawberries. Very tasty and very filling.

fat free refried beans, chickpeas, mushrooms, wheat tortillas, almond milk, tomatoes and tofu are my regular purchases

This is actually not true. I was having trouble putting it into my own words, so I've copied and pasted this from one of the many websites I have read about it on. "Target Heart Rate For Fat Burning There is a lot of confusion about the "fat burning zone" and the "cardio zone" that the charts on the machines refer to. The…

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You need to eat more. Your body has gone into starvation mode and is holding on to every calorie you eat. Women need at least 1,200 calories a day.

I have 12lbs to lose. For the last couple of months I've been gaining and losing the same 5lbs or so. It's driving me nuts! I'm hoping things will turn around now and I can finally get back to my pre-baby weight of 127. I'd actually even settle for 130 at this point.

I'm a huge fan of Isagenix too. The chocolate is great and the vanilla is good when you add things to it like peanut butter.

I'm with you. I truly enjoyed reading this book. I'd been on the fence about eating meat for months. After getting through half of the book I had decided giving up meat was the right thing to do. Not just for my waistline but also for my conscience.