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I personally haven’t used this recipe but I think it answers your question. If you use it let me know how it was. From The Little Gumbo Book by Gwen McKee, pgs. 14, 49: Ingredients: Lean and Mean Chicken Gumbo 2-3 lbs chicken breasts K’s Cajun Seasoning (made with lite salt, or lite salt and pepper) [This is the ”seasoned…
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Hi, I also have an underactive thyroid. Through my primary care doc I am prescribed Synthroid that replaced the hormone level that my thyroid lacks to produce. Once my medication was balanced out, it became easier to not gain weight and I had more energy for exercise. I’m wondering if your GF need to see her doc to get her…
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It took me a few tries but I finally quit smoking back in 2005. I used the nicotine patches for about two or three months. The instruction on the box said not to do this but to wean myself down cheaply, I just would cut a patch in half when it was time to go down to a lower dose.
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I completely agree. I would seek the assistance of a dietitian.
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About four years ago I needed to lose a lot of weight and went to a doctor to do so; similar to what you described. In addition to vitamin injections I also was prescribed Phentermine which killed my appetite and made it possible for me to stick to a very low calorie diet. I lost a ton of weight – going from 198 to 154.…
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Good advice about taking a picture every few weeks. The visual reminder will be a motivator when the scale is slow to move. I am going to do that.
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I have often wondered the same thing. Eventually, I got a heart rate monitor and wore it while exercising. At the end of my exercise the wrist band would tell me the calories burned. Any other way just seemed like guessing.
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I have worked with a nutritionist and I am not planning on having any of those surgeries. As far a changing my diet, my biggest problem is eating at night. I have been working on not eating at least two hours before bed time. Only, there are times that I go to bed much too late, which is another thing I'm working on.
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Hi, I also have Fibromyalgia and know all to well what living with it is like. I am recently recommitting myself to working out and eating right. So far I have only walked for exercise but I know that I need to add more soon. Thanks for sharing your story.
