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Yes! You can cause your electrolytes to get out of whack. It causes them to dilute...like your sodium and potassium. Also, if you are on any medications it can dilute them to the point they aren't as effective.

People who start a forum topic begging for help....they don't know what to do.....help!! Tell me what I am doing wrong!! I'm not losing! And then they have their diaries PRIVATE!!

It is really difficult...especially if you like fresh fruit. I could never stay under...so I took it off my diary and just pay attention to carbs. I know some people say "sugar is sugar"...but I think the sugar in berries or melon are much healthier than eating something with high fructose corn syrup or refined sugar.

You continue to burn calories at a higher rate than usual even after exercising. That is one of the great things about exercising. The more you do the more you burn....even once you have stopped!!

One of the reasons you are not *losing* weight is you are probably in starvation mode from not eating enough. With your job, I imagine you burn a lot of calories working out in the sun. Make sure you stay hydrated. If you are coming in 500-1000 calories a day that is going to slow your metabolism down and make your body…

I count them as water. Just make sure you add the calories because some of the ones you add to bottled water have between 5 and 15 calories a piece. Watch the sodium content of them too.

You look super thin in your picture. Maybe you don't need to lose any more. On the days where you filled out your food diary you were not eating nearly enough. You had a lot of days not filled out...so its kinda hard to tell whats going on. If you don't eat enough though your body is going to hold on to everything you eat…

Berries, just had a smoothie!

Finally!! Sorry guys...I know you all probably think I'm nuts!!

Boo!

Again

And again!

Take two!

You have to put your weight lifting/ strength training under cardiovascular to get it to count the calories. The place for you to enter the reps, etc. is really just for you to track your progress. There is a category for strength training. I suggest at some point you invest in a heart rate monitor. It is the only way you…

I eat Boca and Morning Star Farms. There is another brand at my local grocery (Meijer) but I don't know the name off the top of my head. The only thing I don't like about them is they have a lot of sodium. I love Boca's chicken nuggets.

I saw on the show "the Doctors" that the only way to actually get rid of it is surgery. They lace the muscle back together like a shoe. They said losing the fat around the muscles and strengthening the muscles (even though they are split) in and around that area. I think it is possible to make it look better...but not fix…

Well of course you are peeing every 5 minutes if you drink that much water. I would be worried if someone was drinking 18 glasses of water and didn't pee that much. As the water goes through you, it does its thing...there are tons of things water does for you...and then carries waste out of your body as urine. You may…

The only part of the sweet potato I don't like is the fibery stringy things in the each end. I just use a fork to remove that part once its cooked.

I have never tried a savory sweet potato recipe. I will have to take some of these suggestions and see how they taste.

I just got 10 sweet potatoes yesterday. I love just throwing them in a cast iron skillet and baking them in the oven. I put a little olive oil spread and splenda brown sugar blend in it. In the past I would load it down with butter, brown sugar, and even marshmallow fluff!! I need try some the ideas that I have seen on…

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who didn't read all the instructions! LOL!! I think there are going to be a lot of people from all locations washing their chest straps today!!

I guess I didn't read all the directions when I got mine...I have the same one. I use it in the pool, so I rinse it thoroughly after each use. I didn't even realize we were supposed to wash them in the washing machine every 5th use. I have over 100 exercise sessions on my HRM and I have never laundered it, just rinsed it…

Have you been checked for diabetes? Excess thirst in one of the main symptoms of diabetes. I experienced it before I got diagnosed and treated.

I love your tickers! How did you fit all that in your signature with them limiting it to 10 lines and 500 characters?

Ok...maybe I am misunderstanding you. You want to retain water? Retaining water causes you to hold on to water weight...making you gain. Why in the world would you want to retain water? I'm at a loss as what to say. Maybe I just don't understand what it is you are asking.

It is not very likely to lose weight eating that way. You are taking in fat, cholesterol, tons of sodium...not to mention all the chemicals they add to their foods. Even if you lose some, that is no way to treat your body! I could eat pure lard and stay under my calorie goal...but is that good for me? No! I would not…

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Do you have a HRM? That is going to be the easiest and most accurate way to know your calories burned. It is something well worth investing in and they are some are very reasonably priced. I got my Polar FT4 off of Amazon.com for $72 with free shipping. Also, I don't know if you know, but once you enter something, if it…

I like the super hula hoop and then I have Zumba. That is really fun! I don't feel confident enough to go to a class yet, so I do it in the privacy of my own living room.