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Yes I think I'm good, I'm so thankful for these message boards! I was able to ask the question and people can look at my diary and see where I was going wrong. made sure I ate protein today with breakfast and when I start thinking about food I'm going to get something to eat so my blood sugar doesn't crash.

I'm looking at yesterday's food diary. Early in the day you ate too many carbs and not enough protein. You need to force yourself to eat some protein/fat early in the day to curb hunger by preventing insulin spikes. I did the same thing yesterday!

You are doing what I did yesterday. You are eating a LOT of calories that are way too easily digested and NOT ENOUGH calories that take longer to break down. You need protein and some healthy fat girl! Stop eating all that processed junk and make yourself a piece of grilled chicken. Or if you don't have access to a…

Shoot. Who cares what the scale says? You are definitely on the right track!

If you are waking between say 1:30 am and 3:30 am I'm guessing your hormones might be a bit out of whack. Have you tried taking melatonin for a few days? You need to go to bed and sleep through the night. Make a point not to go to bed hungry - eat some lean protein and take a small dose of melatonin and try to get your…

LOL! Yep. sprite, pepsi, coke, orange soda, dr. pepper... they are all referred to as coke. Used in a sentence: On a hot summer day you might have heard my dad say "You yunguns git in th' truck n ahll take y'all to th' circle K fer a coke" at which point all children pile in vehicle and then get to choose what variety they…

LinFox, Well it's not an emotionally bad day, it was pretty decent. BUT you are on to something (are you psychic?). I let my blood sugar level get too low. The eating like a horse thing is the first clue. You'd think after a few years of the darn problem I'd recognize the symptoms but I forget. So the first symptom is…

thanks! GREAT idea! apples are easy to carry too!

Well I will definitely go over my 1200 plus exercise points today because I'm going to eat a good hearty but healthy dinner. Brown rice, lots of lean, crock pot chicken, and some veggies. And I am going to take the advice and change my weight loss goal to 1 lb a week. Let's see what happens because I can't be running…

yep. me too. SAME DAY

LOVE THIS! She's so right, everyone is different. Me? I can't really partake in artificial sweeteners. It's my own fault, I used to drink... eeek I'm scared to even admit this ... probably a 12 pack a day of diet coke. I ended up with migraines and all sorts of nasty symptoms. Now I just refuse to drink fake anything. I…

Thanks! That's what I did - an egg with an extra egg white. And it did help a lot! Plus I think I'm going to change my settings back to only 1 pound a week weight loss - I may need those extra calories now that I'm trying to get more protein and less carbs into the plan. (I just changed the standard MFP settings to…

Oh that sounds DIVINE! Have you noticed how light and fluffy the really sweet cake-y stuff is, but how dense and heavy breads are? What's up with that? lol

Way to go DAVVVVEEEE!!!!!

Great idea! Also to the person who dismissed the sugar free jello, I totally agree. I appreciate the advice from the person who recommended it - I'll take all the advice I can get and assort it to fit my needs - but I don't "do" fake sugar. I'm a migraine/vertigo sufferer and one of the things you should notice from my…

Wow thanks for all the GREAT responses! Yes I definitely over-did the carbs today and didn't even notice until it was pointed out. I had some nuts/seeds and fried a whole egg with an extra egg white. I feel a little better now and I'm going to drink some more water. Thanks again! Regarding sodium: I may end up having to…

I agree I haven't had enough protein. I'm going to have a boiled egg... or three! ha! I hadn't even thought about the protein part bc the sushi has a tad but yeah I had oatmeal for breakfast. No WONDER I'm hungry!

Doesn't matter exactly which brand/make/model you buy just make sure what you get is ACCURATE. A food scale is very helpful too because you can measure in weight instead of volume which is much more accurate. I use pyrex measuring cups, and I have mason jars that work out in a pinch bc they have measurements on the sides.

That's exactly what I don't get about people who call this a "fad diet". It's NOT a diet at all. In fact if you aren't careful you will gain. The first thing I did was buy a package of gluten free cake mix, then proceeded to eat the whole dang thing myself! *insert sarcasm* But it was OK because it wasn't gluten!

I looked at your diary and it doesn't look like you logged everything in. You ate plain mung beans cooked only in water with no vegetables, meats, or sauces? I think you have to go back and really get serious about what you are logging in your diary. weigh and measure everything and make sure that you are counting all the…

I know one thing I can easily do is accidentally forget to log in things I add to a recipe. If you forget to add the olive oil, for instance, that can add up pretty quickly. I feel for you and I'm dreading it if I get stalled like this! BUT are you clothes fitting any better? If so, who cares what the scale says, you are…

Great. I'm going to give this setting a go and see how I like it. This is what I LOVE about MFP! tailor it to work with your own body. awesome.

Right after you get up, before you have breakfast. I only weigh once a week on Saturday. That's to keep me from getting so tied up in numbers that might not mean a whole lot anyway.

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Thanks!

YEP!

You can add me if you like! I am over 40, trying to lose 20-30 lbs to get into my normal weight range, and I want to be more fit as well. I'm just getting started again after having babies and not being very nice to myself but I plan to start weight training soon. I try to walk for at least 30 mins everyday and I do log in…

Thanks!

Yep hubs can do 10 miles in about an hour and 20 minutes and does just fine. But anything over that and he, at the very least, needs water.

Yep!