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cellulose (wood) is already in a major amount of foods at the store as a cheap replacement for fibers. Not quite seeing the big difference...

Yes, I've been doing it and 1 cal to 10 sweat points works out just about right for me. HRM are good, but I think it's most important to just focus on getting moving :)

Sounds like you might not be eating enough, so your metabolism is actually slowing down. Eat the recommended amount on your food goals, or at least within 100 calories of it and see what happens...

Frutein protein/energy shake

When I'm "stuck" for a few weeks, I find that if I stop measuring myself for a couple weeks, when i come back I have inevitably lost 2 pounds. So the downward trend continues. Also, at the end, I'm less focused on losing weight and more focused on LOOKING great. Inches are so much more important. No one is looking at you…

My strider has an HRM in the handles, and the calorie count seemed way to high, but when I checked online using my HR it was actually under -- by one calorie. 25 minutes burned 337 calories, or 336. LOL. so I guess its good. (i'm using a sharper image elliptical strider). Great workout considering I felt like I was barely…

Aw, that sucks. Just keep telling you yourself: eating healthy IS cheap! It's totally true. Granted, organic is more money, but eating regular vegetable is most definitely not more expensive than processed foods. It is mind bogling the amount that companies charge for pre-made foods. If you make them from scratch it is…

Dairy is good, too, it helps with the cramping, as do bananas. Cook your food with lots of thyme, which is a natural anti-inflammatory and pain reliever :)

Any sudden fat loss will affect your supply. Make sure you are getting in enough calories by factoring in your feedings. You can actually add breastfeeding in as a food and subtract calories that way to make sure you are OK. Or you can add it the exercise area. Either way, add it in, and figure about 500 calories a day for…

I think snacking late is OK, I just try try to do it about an hour before I go to bed, while I am still sitting up so the food really travels down to the stomach. Did you know taking pills right before bed is one of the leading causes of reflux? I learned that from my stepdad who was a leading gastroenterologist. Anyhoo --…

mm, and if you make your chocolate milk with ovaltine, you are getting nutrients, too.

That happens to me when I'm pregnant and not eating quite enough. Eating some protein before bed always helps me.

Yes, and when you start burning the fat, the toxins are also released, so that is part of why you need to drink a lot of water, and why you might feel sluggish off and on as fat burns off. Different layers of fat, different toxins, some from who knows how long ago!! Milk thistle does help you liver rebuild -- take it in…

As far as I know, the amount it gives you is the amount you should consume on the days you don't exercise. MFP doesn't assume you actually do the exercise you said you'd do until you enter it in on the exercise tab -- and then it'll give your MORE calories to consume! This leads most of us to the next question, how many of…

Top on my list is if the guy is GOOD MAN. Nothing fancy, just a good man in the old-fashioned sense: kind, funny, thoughtful. Of course, abs are nice IMO, but veins, not so much... I'll take some great shoulders and nice forearms over a good set of abs any day. The V can be a little scary -- such as, will that hurt in…

Most experts actually say it's GOOD to go over your calories once or twice a week -- then whole next day your metabolism will be much higher than usual! In this way, it keeps your body from getting used to the lower calories and slowing your metabolism to accomodate any dieting. It's called a cheat day, and you should…

Frutein is one of my favorites, has protein and all sorts of herbs and antioxidants. All the flavors are good. I also just got Aria Chocolate Protein for women and that is pretty good.

Wow, congratulations! You have done a tremendous amount of work!! Wonderful, wonderful you :) Blessings, Maya

My well water at my current home is amazing. Tastes better than anything I ever got from a bottle, or anywhere else. It comes down a mountain and is filtered by a protected forest and acres of rock ledge. Wonderful :)

I try not to focus on weight lost but inches instead, or how I am looking. Weight is just a number. For the first two months of exercising I gained weight too, but boy do I look much thinner and toned! Muscle weighs more than fat: that means that a pound of muscle is much denser, occupying a much SMALLER area, than a pound…