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good lord!
that is a horrible list! ive never had one of those, but now i wouldnt think of it. thanks for that label list.

i also wonder this...if turkey wasnt considered a "normal" food back then, for sure people have been eating duck and goose for a long time, and they are both very high in fat. so when dr says... (paraphrasing) "a breast of chicken does not mean the breast of any other fowl" it may well be that they didnt check turkey as it wasnt readily available, but duck and goose would def be out.
another thot is that while chickens have been common farm animals for a long time, and readily available and relatively cheap, perhaps turkey wasnt then.
finally, current commercial farm practices have bred turkeys with such large breasts that they cannot walk, they are deformed. i wouldnt buy a commercially produced turkey breast anyway, but i am very lucky to have fresh organic chickens...RIGHT NEXT DOOR!
i just wish i could have a damned EGG!

good lord, that gum tastes so terrible, i cant imagine anyone would want to use it if they werent trying to break the smoking habit. i can chew it for about 30 seconds, and my mouth feels horrible, i get nauseous and nervous. YUCK. but i myself know people who chew it like crazy. even after 30 seconds, i feel the same as if i smoked 10 smokes in a row. id rather take tenuate for appetite suppression. i get a teeny bit jittery on it, but at least im not sick-feeling.

heya, i had a bad few days with a health issue, and it really set me back. im on board again now. i stayed on releana the whole time altho i gained 10 lbs. took me a while to get back to square 1 here! but this am i was back down to the weight i was at when i got married in 2004. that was heartening! keep us posted on the results of switching to subq are!

i quit smoking before this diet, but it was just due to the fact that i dont smoke unless i drink alcohol, and i havent been drinking while on releana, obviously. however, once i was on releana, i did crave nicotine once in a while, with my various hot teas and coffee, and now, you guessed it...i smoke nearly every day, at least just a few, as it is a substitute for other oral pleasures, like cheese and things i cant have.

i think it kills my appetite, for sure. i cannot say if i lose more or less while smoking or not.

but i am like sommer and nutshell, one thing at a time! i have a history of black and white thinking, like: today i will have no caffeine, alcohol or nicotine and will run 3 miles. lol. thats a recipe for disaster.

by the way, i tried chantix about a year ago. it wiped out any desire for smoking, along with drinking and eating. it made me so nauseous, it was like morning sickness all day. its like it killed all pleasure-based neurotransmitters. but it sure did work! i did not want to smoke at all. the problem was never quitting. the problem for me was STAYING quit when i had a glass of wine in my hand. the solution is obvious of course.

I changed scales in the middle of P2 and I am glad I did. It gives much more accurate data and forced me to take my scale off the carpet.

seems like if you are taking your HCG drops that you would be losing abnormal fat first. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

You know.... that corned beef would have a tremendous amount of salt in it. I wonder if this is just water retention from that. I do agree that the whey protein may be a problem, but I wouldn't be surprised if you just need another day to lose the affect from the salt.

Hang in there! you'll lose the extra.