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Soda Addicts Anonymous! Who else cut soda out?
In order to facilitate my weight loss goal of 125 pounds, I completely cut out soda 4 weeks and ago, and can I just say...I FEEL AMAZING. Now, that's not to say the first few days I wasn't ready to kill someone. I've been drinking 32+ ounces of Diet Coke 5 days a week for the past few years (I work at a restaurant where we…
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100+ to lose AND Gluten-Free
So after years of destroying my body with beer, fried food, and way too much bread, my body has responded with celiac disease! I started back on MFP about 3 weeks ago - down 16 pounds already. 2060 calories right now, not exercising a whole lot because of a bad knee, and the best part is: I DON'T FEEL HUNGRY :bigsmile:…
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Should I be worried about sugar if it's all from fresh fruit
I tend to go over my sugar by a decent amount nearly every day. However, it's not because I am eating cookies and candy or drinking regular sodas - it's because I eat a good bit of fresh fruit every day. I go for bananas, grapes, and sometimes with my lunch I eat a mix of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. So,…
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Trop50 - the answer to my love of orange juice.
Regular orange juice is very high in calories and sugar for 8 oz. I got some Solo 18 oz. cups, little did I realize how much orange juice I was actually drinking - at least 2 servings! Trop50 is about half the calories and sugar of regular OJ. So I can still have my 16 oz. of OJ in the morning without throwing away over…
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That darn sodium! Help! (And hello!)
Hello everyone! :smile: My name is Lauren and I'm fairly new to this site. I've been here about 3 weeks, but haven't perused the forums much. I need some fellow "weight-losers" as friends and motivational support, though, as all of my friends and coworkers seem to be the healthy, skinny ones! :laugh: I seem to be having a…
