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I want food so so badly...it's ridiculous. I'm hungry and can't figure out what will fill me up long enough to hold me. It SUCKS. I find myself wanting to eat every 2 hours or so. sad.gif

Any ideas to help?

So far today I have had

2 Protein shakes

32oz of Water

16 oz of iced tea

12 oz of coffee

1 cup of Tomato Soup w/ Protein powder

1 cup of butternut squash Soup.

1 sugar free popsicle

I'm going to grab another 32oz bottle of Water out of the fridge. I can drink 3-5 Protein Shakes per day so I've done 3 (the Tomato Soup w/ Protein Powder counts as 1 of them) Maybe I'll do another this afternoon before dinner...which will be more soup w/ Protein powder. I'm not sure what to do sad.gif other than watch movies and drink water and sleep. 4 more days right?

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I want food so so badly...it's ridiculous. I'm hungry and can't figure out what will fill me up long enough to hold me. It SUCKS. I find myself wanting to eat every 2 hours or so. sad.gif

Any ideas to help?

So far today I have had

2 Protein shakes

32oz of Water

16 oz of iced tea

12 oz of coffee

1 cup of Tomato Soup w/ Protein powder

1 cup of butternut squash Soup.

1 sugar free popsicle

I'm going to grab another 32oz bottle of Water out of the fridge. I can drink 3-5 Protein Shakes per day so I've done 3 (the Tomato soup w/ protein powder counts as 1 of them) Maybe I'll do another this afternoon before dinner...which will be more soup w/ protein powder. I'm not sure what to do sad.gif other than watch movies and drink water and sleep. 4 more days right?

Yes 4 more days!! Hang in there- I can have 2 protein shakes- unlimited Jello and broth and then one lean cuisine or smart ones for dinner and thats it-

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Not feeling so desperate now, threw some Protein powder and a crystal light packet into my 32oz of Water. Still have to make the kids lunch treats for the week (home made granola bars) so used to snacking on the seeds and chocolate chips, maybe I'll just have my oldest make them with supervision instead of me....

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I was allowed as much as I wanted of sf Jello. There were days when I ate the whole six pack in addition to all the other liquids but I needed it!

lol - the whole six pack- like they are these big things- you cracked me up with that- but maybe I am just tired- lol

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