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Does the artifical sweetener list include stevia? I use stevia, and am jumping up and down the same two pounds for three weeks now. But, like a big baby, I have a hard time getting enough water in if it isn't sweetened with some lemon juice.

Great! Thank you. I have been toying with the idea for a while, and since I am not starving, I figured I'd go for it. But I just don't drink as much water when I don't add the lemon/stevia.

Just found a new one. Sugar free chocolate almonds. I guess I won't buy these anymore.

I've never been there, but I might have been close once. ;-) I can dream.

Wearing skirts and dresses without having to wear leggings or shorts underneath. Please, thighs, shrink!

Do you have other symptoms? If you feel like you are weighing and measuring accurately, then it could be something else. Make sure you mention any and all symptoms to your doctor. It could be a thyroid issue, and a lot of doctors are pretty clueless about it. It couldn't hurt to request the full panel of tests for…

I am worried for the summer for the same reason! I am planning on making a booze free summer because I can't be trusted when I drink. Good luck!!

Bummer! I've had muscle twitches for years. All over, every muscle. I was terrified when I first noticed it. And I checked Google and was even more freaked out. The doctor, I'm pretty sure, just wrote down in my chart that I'm a hypochondriac and that was that. I've noticed its more pronounced recently and wondered if it's…

While this woe hasn't taken the migraines away, like I had hoped, got a mild one today, it did keep me from having a salty carb binge afterwards. I didn't even realize until an hour ago that I completely bypassed the post migraine binge.

Sugar in any form. But especially with chocolate. I just can't eat sugar.

I've been starving for the last few days. My stomach is rumbling even though I had two eggs and FIVE sausages two hours ago. Sheesh!

I am joining the club! A little over one month, with one normal cycle at the beginning, and today I'm early and things are just weird. Normally everything is pretty normal, unless I'm pregnant, and since that is impossible, things are weird.

My plan is to only log calories occasionally. I have tracked calories and points for far too much of my life. I need to be free of it on a regular basis. I pay attention to carbs.

Ah! Thanks! I will give that a try.

I am wondering if the swelling of my fingers means I should cut back a bit? Or if it's the potassium? I supplement with mag, so I doubt it's that. I just don't want to overdo the sodium and the swelling seems like its my body telling me something isn't quite right.

Way to go!!!!!

I'm Dani. I did Atkins in my early 20's when I realized the majority of the foods I was eating were sugary. I had pretty good success, but of course, the sugar and carbs crept back in. I have always been a yoyo dieter. I went vegan a few years ago because I had read it could help with migraines and I wasn't going to…

When I started taking a high dose b vitamin supplement, I finally got some control of my migraines. At one point, after being vegan for a year to try to get my migraines under control, I started having them weekly and the worst pain I had had. My mom gave me a bottle of her high dose b vitamins and within a month, I was…

Not sure about headaches! I've always heard mag is supposed to help.

I noticed I was feeling really sleepy during the day, so I moved the magnesium to right before I go to bed. That and I take Valerian root before bed so I am sleeping better. I'm not sure if it was one or the other, or both, but I'm staying away from the mag during the day because not functioning sucks.

I now don't have to buy all new summer clothes because I fit into all of them! And I haven't spent a single day starving so I don't go over calories for the day, which I did before this woe. If I can be freed from tracking every calorie, that would be wonderful! I have spent years doing that and yoyoing during that time…

Thanks! I will check it all out!

Nice! I wish I could get my husband to join me! Great job!!!

Thanks for those. I passed them on to my mom for my aunt and they were an interesting read. It will be interesting to see if the coconut gets more studies behind it, maybe out of the states. I am planning on staying keto, if anything it is just so much easier for me. And I have been able to lose the weight that I have…

Way to go! That's the best feeling!

I can totally get in line with the low carb and sugar stuff. I'm finding a hard time believing the coconut oil is helpful. It feels too anecdotal, which I don't discard right away, I 'd just like a little more hard science that I can understand. Maybe it doesn't even exist right now. I really want to do everything I can to…

Thanks. I am admittedly a touch of a hypochondriac, so I tend to over worry on things. And I'm not a scientist, so wading through things like this is confusing.

I'm confused because I find information saying saturated fat causes it and low fat diets cause it. Not cause, but are connected.

I have lost 8 in 30 days. The first four was in the first week. I seem to have developed a pattern of losing two, gaining one, staying that way for a week, then losing two and gaining one.

I appreciate this thread. I have had trouble sleeping since I cut out sugar and carbs, so maybe I'm dealing with a corisol issue. I had forgotten all about Valerian. I took some last night and finally got a decent night of sleep and I was also down a pound today. Maybe the sleep helped with the loss? Anyway, I feel pretty…