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I too can be an emotional eater and I keep trying new healthy products to help. I may just have found something. I started taking L-Glutamine in powder form. I get the one from vitacost.com. I take half scoop first thing in the morning with my protein drink (before working out) then I take half scoop at about 3 PM. I also…

how funny, I took down my photo because it seemed to be only men wanting to friend me, I'm happily married and I want to only friend women : )

enjoy a protein drink after your work out, it usually satisfies me it it's late

Yes it feels so stressful for a long while then as things become more routine you feel better and better

to save time I find myself planning one day and repeating it the next (easy and fast to copy meal to next day) and then plan out the following day again etc. I find that I need variety but I can do two days in a row of the same thing, its been working for me.

What a great feeling. Let me know when you do it again. I will do it with you.

I eat what I enjoy that is healthy and while i'm preparing each of my meals I nibble on 200 grams of organic celery, organic tastes better to me and super low calories for large amount. Seems to be working for me. I too was never full before. Keep trying different things that are suggested since variety is important to me…

I was a big eater too, Italian thing growing up, I juiced fruits and vegetables and creamed all my chicken soups. I feel that it shrunk my stomach and I ate smaller solid meals after that. Now if I eat too much in one sitting my stomach aches and it deters me from trying again anytime soon. So yeah for a short period it…

Yeah its so hard and the guilt we feel is crippling. If we loose only one pound a month because we were good 10 percent of the time then that was more than we were doing in the past is maybe a good thought to have. I recently heard a dietician say that telling ourselves we "can't" have something does not work. Instead we…

Small positive changes equal success to me. Congrats on not giving up!!

Try it and let us all know :-) I love trying new things I hear about especially if I can return it.

Try it and let us all know :-)

yes I agree, were so excited we think they will want to know but it doesn't seem to be welcomed unless they ask

I find that my heart rate monitor is a great tool to help me see how many more calories I burn doing certain things verses at normal rest, I after all extra calories burnt are calories earned. I don't always check but certain days that I want to eat the extra calories I do. : ) Guessing may cause you to eat more calories…

I too suffer from anxiety and depression and can be an emotional eater. So using something to curb my appetite is something i'm always researching. You could try different natural ways to curb appetite first. I do quite a few things that do help. One thing alone doesn't help. I found eating at least 2 cups of raw celery…

I really believe tracking every last thing that we put in our mouth. Being totally honest about it. I find if I go over one day because I just didn't care that day, but I track everything, the next morning when I look back at what I did I find myself saying "ok girl you can't do that two days in a row, you will behave…

you look great! I too only lost 10 pounds but went from a size 8 jeans to a 4 that now fits loose :smile:

I like to dip my celery in almond butter, you could try and celery is very filling. I do this especially when i'm craving something not quite so healthy for me : ) You can do it, take it slow and be patient with yourself

I appreciated your post and I took down some notes, I have read about most of the things that he said and I had a treatment done from that type of therapist about ten years ago, forget the name now, but it totally worked. Also at the time I found out all the foods I was not benefitting from and it changed my life. Before…

me too, I was dying of hunger, felt hungry all the time and it was so distracting. Then I read a post about that same thing and one girl said she eats large meals no snacks and upped her calories, focusing on getting plenty of exercise. It seems to work I can go hours between each meal without being hungry now. Thank…

yes I will be 47 this year and I agree, more exercise is the key. I tried all kinds of diets and nothing works as well without lots of exercise with those diets

Also telling yourself you "CAN'T" have it will only make you feel deprived, and the truth is you CAN have anything you want. Instead, if you choose not to have any, you tell yourself "sure I CAN have that and I just CHOOSE not to today". Empowers you! It really works and if you choose to eat and drink less than that's what…

I was a sugarholic. Saved calories for sweets and not regular meals type of sugarholic. I just could not shake those craving if my life depended on it. I started making a green smoothie with1 cup spinach, half apple, half packet stevia, 2 cups water and ice three times a day, now I'm up to even more as my body craves it…

When I started I wasn't loosing much weight after the first week (first week is water weight as you cut out high sodium prepared or restaurant foods ) then I decided to try eating for my blood type. I'm an o blood type so I added beef back to my diet, 3 ounces at a time, and cut out dairy and carbs. I can have Ezekiel flax…

I wasnt loosing weight either till I started eating more nutritionally dense. I started drinking spinach, kale smoothies 2 to three times a day and green tea at least three times day with stevia. All cravings for sugar and carbs are gone and I never feel hungry at night like I used to. I bought a semi recumbent bike and…

for me it seems to be when I take in too much sodium

Clean eating seems to make a bigger difference on the scale, gives me the energy I need to work out, helps me eliminate, eventually eliminates cravings, makes me feel focused. I could gi on and on. Start small. Start with a smoothie in the morning. Blend 1 cup Costco organic spinach with 1 cup Costco frozen pineapple…

I was the same. I ate most of my calories after 7 pm. So I bought a preowned (craigslist) semi-recumbent bike and have it in front of the tv. I'm still sitting watching tv, and riding it definitely releases happy hormones and I don't feel like snacking it seems. Before I realize it I've been riding for an hour. My body is…