Lil ... my dad used to prescribe a handful of raisins a day to his patients with iron deficiencies ... I've spoken with several of those people years afterward and they swear that worked better for them than any other thing they tried ... don't know if that will help you or not ... but I know that strawberries are also an iron rich food and the added plus with them is they already have the vitamin C to process the iron in your body ... IAKG is right about that tidbit ... off of the tip of my memory it seems like only 50% or less of iron is absorbed in the system without vitamin C also being present. .... but don't take (or eat) anything that is rich in vitamin C within a few hours of taking asperin ... the two together are really bad on the lining of your stomach and can cause ulcers and/or bleeding ulcers.

You guys are so good for my ego ... sometimes I think I'm moving very slowly through this process... between getting close to being 50 years old and having thyroid deficiency problems, the weight just doesn't seem to be coming off at the pace that it used to in my younger days ... even the water retention doesn't come off as easily ... I'm just grateful that something seems to have clicked in my head this time and disappointment isn't equating to discouragement and quitting! Heaven knows, I don't think I'm really working at it any differently then times I've tried in the past.