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That's really interesting..

I do notice (and in the past I was always no lettuce,tomato,or pickle) but I like stacking lettuce on food now just for added low-cal substance.

And blending a whole bunch of random veggies in your fruit smoothie normally doesn't change the taste much (unless it's something strong such as beets or corn).. but blending a bit of carrot/broccoli/spinache, etc.. doesn't add much of a taste to smoothies but it will add Vitamins :P

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Thanks Kacee :P

I think that if you are volume depleted (aka dehydrated) at all it sends to many of us a signal that can be taken as "EAT!" I do try to make certain I'm hydrated purely to decrease that signal. There are enough EAT signals as it is :)

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Thanks for posting the article - it's worth trying any tricks to help curb appetite - real or not! :P

This week, I've made a real effort to chew chew chew my food, eating at a much slower pace. Experts say that gives your taste buds time to kick in and really enjoy the food you're eating, and I think it's helped.

I've got 6 months to go in this pre- op program to satisfy insurance and I'm supposed to be on a 1200-1500 calorie diet. But being the weinee that I am, I started out this week on 1800 calories.

But I have failed miserably in the exercise dept....think I'll go look for some hints over there!:help:

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