dibasketcase

In my experience, a calorie is a calorie BUT how many calories I ingest in a day depends on the type I have eaten. I do better in eating less and feel better if my protein is high and the carbs are more moderate.

Most succinctly put and best version of the run like hell comments on here. Hope you have enough validation from all of us to see how this is not a good thing.

And he is your boyfriend why?

All good advice--I'd add watch your sodium and make certain you are drinking your water as well. I've had water gain when I've thought I've done well--and when it gets flushed back out the results are there. Hang in there...

I'm not a cold turkey fan in any way shape or form, so like some of the others here I have cut back significantly on the old diet soda. I don't particularly like coffee, so the DC was always my morning caffeine from my local fast food joint that sells them for $1.00. I still will do one in the morning, and then I switch to…