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What's the #1 food you crave? (and how do you deal with it?)
For me, I LOVE LOVE peanut butter. Mmm peanut butter. I could eat it all day for the rest of my life. By itself, in stuff, just....yum. Somehow I've been pretty good at keeping my peanut butter eating in check...just a little bit a few times a week. But when I really crave it, I let myself have it. At least it does have…
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Tips for dealing with particularly stressful days
I have always struggled with depression and anxiety. This has contributed a lot to my weight gain; in the past, I almost always dealt with these things by comfort eating. Since I have been eating "cleaner"/"healthier" and exercising for the last few months I have noticed a huge increase in my mental state and my ability to…
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Do I need a calcium supplement?
Before I started eating better I never had a problem getting calcium b.c. I ate lots of cheese and loved my lattes. Since eating "cleaner" I've cut almost all dairy out of my diet. In a typical week my only dairy sources are the almond milk base I use for my green smoothies (which I have about four times a week) and the…