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dixiegrrrrl

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1. My dear Applegrove.....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2013, 07:13 PM

Jul 2013

Have you looked at the amount of sodium in a can of soft drink?
One of the nasty lil tricks of soda makers, esp. Coke, is that it has high salt content, which is suppsoed to make you feel "unquenced" and thus wanting more.
Have you tried making iced tea with honey?
Several flavors of tea, like camomile, etc. make a marvelous iced tea, plus are healthy for ya.

Now, I am dying to hear about your "fast" diet...details, pls.

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Lost four pounds on my new "fast" diet. Thank you to the person who posted the body [View all] applegrove Jul 2013 OP

My dear Applegrove..... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #1

The fast diet is when you eat normally for 5 days, eat only 400 calories for two applegrove Jul 2013 #2

So a pinch of stevia in your iced tea is forbidden? marzipanni Jul 2013 #3

I have been drinking stevia with my tea for a while now. It has not helped me lose weight when I did applegrove Jul 2013 #5

Here are the scans marzipanni Jul 2013 #4

Thanks. It is good to have something to visualize when I remind myself twice a week why I am hungry. applegrove Jul 2013 #6

I stopped drinking diet Coke altogether a couple years ago when I read some research The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #7