*sigh* blech why NO magic pill/potion or antidote yet? ANDI

This is my opinion but I feel that 1300-1400 calories a day is high for someone just one year out, maybe you need to tweak your diet a bit or look at your non-exercise plan! You are a success no one guaranteed you'd get to your goal or the doctors goal, it's all a crap shoot and truth be told you're WAY not drinking enough water to flush out all that protein from your system. I was told to get in a bare minimum of 64 ounces a day but to aim for 100 ounces per day of diet/decaf fluids so that you flush the fat! Sweets we all feel your pain! You can exercise in the water to alleviate knee pain or you can do pilates or yoga so get out there and do your thing. ANDI

mine likes to creep up.. tends to freak me out but seriously, I know what I eat, and so I know that it is not my body that is doing wrong, but my hand putting stuff in my face. I have got to stop with the pasta... ;)

Have a read of the below - it's interesting. What I want to know tho, is after you have dropped (for example) 500 calories per day - for how long does your body know that it has dropped 500 calories before that amount of calories a day becomes the norm so you have to drop again (or use up more calories by exercise!!)?? Ruth Friday March 28 Welcome to Losing It with Jillian Michaels, the newsletter designed to help you shed pounds, increase energy, and finally get fit for life! Still No Magic Pill for Weight Loss Who doesn't want to be fit and fabulous with little or no effort? Well, as much as we'd all love to have one, there's no magic pill for weight loss. If all of the pills, shakes, and supplements that claim to work really did, everyone would be thin. And even then, we'd still maintain a steady diet of ice cream, chips, pizza, and candy. Let's not kid ourselves, people. For now (and let's face it, forever), successful weight loss still comes down to a simple formula. You have to burn more calories than you take in. Calories are a measure of the amount of energy provided by the food you eat -- the more calories you eat, the more energy you are giving your body. If you give your body more energy than it can use -- well, honey, that's stored as fat. Let's break it down. A pound of fat is equal to 3,500 calories. If you want to lose one pound in a week, you have to create a calorie deficit of 3,500 calories a week, or 500 calories a day. To lose two pounds in a week, you have to create a calorie deficit of 7,000 calories a week, or 1,000 calories a day, and so on. Get the idea? There are two ways to create a calorie deficit -- eat less and exercise. If you want to meet your weight-loss goals, start by comparing your calorie intake against your exercise expenditure. It's not a magic pill, but it's very simple. Find a way to cut and burn more calories and the weight will come off!

I am having a hard time thinking of carb free meals. it is amazing how little i have retained in my brain after two years. but I really need to revisit. tonight is kona kampachi and baked acorn squash Kat in Klein