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Thanks Linda, yes they are super cute, and crazy to think my "baby" is 20 months old!

Sat - red!
Sun - did arm exercises, even though I'm tired and a bit headachy and didn't want to. So that's a vibrant green

I'm also adopting kaali's 14 min tidy for all N days - we'll see how we go...

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Thanks Amy, they re super cute now they can talk to each other.

Inspired by Linda's mega bike ride I walked the hour to work this morning. A bit harder, but I made it!

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Wow, almost 2 hrs on the bike - that was a serious talking to! I'm inspired!

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Thanks Linda! Cycled to and from work again today (16th), and feel much better for it. It's probably a bit TMI, but I am on a different birth control the past 10 days and I think it is making me a bit flat. I'm feeling a bit negative and unmotivated on a lot of things at the moment, and I'm trying t...

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Breakfast: Rolled oat porridge every day, sometimes with sultanas, or a few nuts and seeds. If I don't make porridge, my son will cry. Lunch: Usually a PB sandwich and fruit, or dinner left overs. Sometimes a tin of tuna with some salads. Dinner: There is a pretty short list of meals that we like an...

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hey, congratulations on your little ones, and on your great progress so far. I'm a mother of two little ones as well, and can definitely relate to feeling overwhelmed and tired and like sugar is the only pick me up available to me! My youngest is 20 months now, and it definitely gets easier all the ...

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Hang in there Linda. I've had a very untidy (long) weekend too, but getting back on track now.

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Had a very blah weekend with lots of heat and humidity and laziness. Back on track now - took dog for a run last night and cycling today.

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You'll pull it back - take good care of yourself, so you can handle the chaos in other areas. From growing up in a very political / activist home I can tell you: 1. If you win one in every 10, you're doing well and 2. There is always another one coming, so do what you can, rest when you can, and pas...

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Feb 8th an 9th cycled to and from work. Love riding past stationary traffic too.

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Nice work Amy, have a great week!

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Thanks Merry and Amy. It's so nice when posting a less stellar update to read such lovely comments!

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Tuesday - fail. Had a crazy day with our strata meeting for our units, and an overtired Squiggle who spent the afternoon having tantrums about nothing. Bleurgh. This serves me right for my last chipper check in

Wednesday - just getting ready to cycle to work!

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Mon 6th February cycled to and from work.

A bit over two weeks in now and I'm pretty much in the habit of doing something every day. I mostly do more than 14 minutes, but if I do at least 14 minutes I call it good.

I'm now cycling every work day, and my knee seems better. Onwards and upwards.

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Saturday was a crazy day, so despite a lot of incidental exercise running an climbing, I didn't do anything extra, so I'm calling it red.

Sunday - redid my Hollywood trainer video and this time got an extra 5 minutes through it.

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Linda this is such an inspiring update. And you're still keeping up No S and taking care of your family too!

How do I know when to say no? Good question. When you figure it out, please fill me in!

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Oh, absolutely agree. To me the idea is to hopefully have the best people in the top jobs, who can deal with even the toughest issues with calm strength. The world of international diplomacy must be filled with thorny issues like this one, and you don't want someone getting mad and hanging up each t...

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Thanks Linda. It certainly gives us pause to consider our close military ties, but I'm hopeful that calmer heads will prevail :-) Begin random politics rant/ Actually, I agree the people on Manus Island shouldn't be sent to the US, but not for the reasons I imagine the Cheetos in Chief thinks. The v...

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Feb 2nd good day, took a longer route cycling to work and back.

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Thanks ladies!

Did leg strength work today (Wednesday 1st), as I couldn't cycle. I did work, but went in late because of first day of school. Avoiding arm stuff until a bit more healed.

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Thank you so much Tracey. It's been such a great 4.5 years (and 2 kids!), with lots of ups and downs, but No S is so simple and so sane that I never stray far. Now that I'm done with pregnancy and nursing I'm looking forward to settling into No S maintenance. However, given I don't live in a culture...

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Thank you for your very kind words on my thread, Tracey.

Most of my fails are when I'm stressed and my husband is away. In some ways just an attempt at self care (not a very successful one).

Hope your DH is back and the greens are back this week

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Maybe I need to start an exercise habitcal. I love the idea of mini goals - there is always time for 5 pushups.

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You don't say how tall you are, but I'll say upfront that No S is a plan focused on moderation. It is not likely to make you super lean, nor do so quickly. I've been here 4.5 years and I'm around BMI 20, but that's partly because I have the smallest frame size for my height. I weigh daily and calcul...

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Phew, got about 30 minutes into my Hollywood Trainer video before I couldn't complete with good form. Goal for next time is to complete the whole 45 minutes.

Sunday 29th - took kids swimming, will do 15 minutes stretch and Physio exercises after bedtime.

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Thanks Linda. Wow, overnight lows in the 90s, that is brutal!

Saturday 28th: Pilates DVD after bedtime.

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Fri 27th normal day, went running with the dog after kids were asleep, yay!

Another 38C (100F) day today, so will have to do something after dark.

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Absolutely agree! Our dog is a big motivator for me, and it is good to remember that even when I think "oh I never exercise" I do actually walk our dog every day.

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Hmm, I think I need to come up with a reward linked to exercise. Years ago, that would have been eating something, but of course that would be counterproductive. I usually try to squish exercise in at nap time, so my reward probably can't be time consuming. Perhaps 10 mins of my fave show with a cup...

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Straight after bedtime last night some old friends we hardly ever see dropped by. They had brought their kids into the city for Australia Day fireworks, which were cancelled after a plane crashed into the river, so they were at a loose end. They stayed until 10pm, so my exercises didn't happen. Ah w...

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Aww, thanks guys, it's really nice to "see" old friends here. I got so down with all our illness last winter that I just had no energy for keeping up here. Which is silly, because I always feel positive and inspired after reading the lovely threads here. Linda - only because you live in Arizona can ...

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Half the fun of reading threads here is getting to know people a little, but then I'm not a facebooker, so perhaps people are overwhelmed with politics chat. I hope your group catch up goes well!

Sigh, your food always sounds so delicious! Makes my sausage in a bun seem very dull

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I weigh daily, and use a trend. I wouldn't say it's always a positive motivation - if weight is up it is a negative. But definite and soon for sure :-) At the moment my eating and weight are fine, but I've been trying for a while to establish a regular exercise plan. I've restarted my check in here ...

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I'm thinking a lot about motivation as I try to get exercise happening. Many years ago I went on a management training course and they had a piece about motivation. They said that the most effective motivation for humans was: 1. positive 2. soon 3. sure And the least powerful motivations are: 1. neg...

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Tough day for cycling today 38 deg Celsius (100F) and tomorrow will be 39C (102F). I might have to choose different exercise tomorrow!

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Tuesday 24th, yoga for upper body and arm strength
Wednesday 25th, cycle to an from work

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Wow Linda, what an amazing experience. The images from all over the US and the world have been so wonderful. Thank you for marching.

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Nice work Cookie! And next time it will be even easier

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My favourite thing about vanilla No S has always been Mondays. Always there to fill me with relief after too many S's on the weekend. Don't worry about anything new, just drop back into your N day habits and have a green Monday. You'll feel like a different person by the end of the day

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Monday 23 cycle to work. Checking in is already working - I didn't want to do any exercises late last night, but wanted to have something to write here!

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Sunday swimming with kids plus some some squats and push ups. Very low key day!

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Saturday S day for eating I'm not taking exercise S days, as I just want to do something for 14 minutes (minimum) everyday. I want it to be like brushing teeth - weird if I don't do it. So, Saturday 14 minutes stretching, leg and ab strengthening. Squiggle: Where is Ironbaby? Me: Out with Daddy Squi...

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Hi all, Haven't been here for about 6 months as we were all sick / swamped by work. Also my No S habits are pretty settled, so seemed less need to post. Anyway, I've just ended nursing with Squiggle and Ironbaby is about to start full time pre- primary school, so I'm very keen to get back to a regul...

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eschano! Congratulations on your daughter! Wow, 15 weeks, so little. They really are the sweetest things. I'm not here much anymore, so sorry I'm late to reply. My son (first child) was a terrible sleeper for the first year, but got better around 1 and then by 18 months slept like a dream, and still...

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Welcome back!
I'm not here much anymore and don't post often, but will definitely be cheering for you!

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I'm not much of a one for salad. I like fruit, and vegetables, but lettuce leaves me cold. I usually make meals where a bunch of veg is already in the stew or sauce, so I don't have to worry (or faff with extra dishes).

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I was a very light and picky eater, and some texture and taste combinations (eggplant, cauliflower cheese) triggered my gag reflex. As a child I preferred being hungry to eating these foods, so was sometimes very hungry. I was a very skinny kid (enough to be picked on about it). I eat everything now...

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I like Krista's [url=https://www.stumptuous.com/rant-66-dece ... -fast-club]take on this. Of course, I just broke the first rule

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Wed and Thursday green, Friday red. Squiggle up 2 hrs last night from 9:30-11:30. Poor little sickie.

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So glad to hear no permanent harm done Linda.

At my heaviest and lightest I have always hated shopping for a bathing suit. If it's not my weight it's cellulite, or my pasty skin, or my visible veins, etc. i don't think any amount of watching what I eat will change that.

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Tuesday green, phew.

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Yeah, they both have moments when they're super cute, which is fun. Squiggle just started walking and has her first few basic words (mummy, daddy, apple, nana, cat, more, etc). So that's fun.

Yesterday big red. Let's see what I can do for Tuesday!

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Thank you both! I can't tell you how nice it is to have empathy and encouragement. I know in my head that we'll get there eventually. I think the worst of it is the isolation, as I don't want to give these germs to people. All the women in my family are pregnant (sister and both SILs) so I feel extr...

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We're all sick again / still. I'm so tired of not being well, of someone in the house always coughing or snotty. Since the 1st week in May we've had on and off coughs, colds and fevers. I need to get back to vanilla no s, but I just feel so exhausted all the time and that keeps me reaching for food ...

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Sorry to hear about your friend, be kind to yourself while you mourn this change. My dearest friend moved away many years ago to London. And the truth is, no new activity or friend has ever filled that place. Nor should they.

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For you jackn: Lamb shank and barley broth (my grandmother's recipe) A couple of trimmed lamb shanks (or any cheap lamb on the bone) Two handfuls of pearl barley, soaked in water overnight 2 or 3 peeled chopped carrots 2 or 3 peeled chopped potatoes 2 sticks celery, chopped 1 onion, chopped a good a...

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Thanks jackn, to be honest while some of those might sound impressive most of them are one pot or slow cooker meals where you throw everything in that morning. My cooking at the moment is usually guided by "things my kids will eat"

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Lamb shank and barley broth Thai green chicken curry (my husband makes a great one) Moroccan chicken with olives and preserved lemon Pasta with homemade roasted garlic pesto Pumpkin and coconut milk soup with ginger As it's winter here, I'm talking about warming winter food. As I bake most of my own...

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Biggest challenge at the moment is preparing and feeding my kids meals that are outside my own schedule. So, for example my daughter now has one sleep basically through lunchtime. So she has lunch split into a morning tea and an afternoon tea. On Kindy days my son is hungry after school, so I make h...

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Thank you both. I'm sure we will get there soon.

Green for Friday, normal weekend. Tomorrow is a public holiday Monday for WA Day, but as it isn't a food related public holiday I'm. It making it an S day.

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Well, we're still sick, but now it's just a head cold. I feel like we've been coughing for a month! And in May I had both my kids birthdays, hosting one friend and one family party - not what I felt like doing. Poor Squiggle was so tired and grizzly on her birthday. And I restarted work one day a we...

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I work with a varied office of expats from around the world. My Asian colleagues often eat a warm savoury meal at breakfast, and are horrified by my cold and / or milky meal. Doesn't it make you feel sick? they worry. There's a great article about children's breakfasts around the world somewhere. Al...

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Thanks ladies

Squiggle still sick, gone off food and breast feeding only. I've caught it now too. Be back once we are well!

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Everyone draws their lines differently, and it's all No S. As Reinhard says, this is a way of eating that doesn't micromanage you. I am what some would call comically strict. On N days I won't eat jam on my toast, honey on my porridge and if I eat something in a bowl I put the bowl on my plate and b...

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Both my kids are really sick, unlikely to check in for a while. Last night I was up from 10pm to 3am, then 4-5am. Up for the day at 6. So yeah, food and water as and when possible.

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Hey auto, hope your day ended ok. Is work still a major stress? Is there any way you can ask (or pay) for some help at work or with home duties to get you past this period? I've been a terrible work stress eater in the past (mainly free cookies from the barrel), but it never really helps and the cru...

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My last summer before Squiggle arrived I got up most days early to take the dog walking and got back to do my meditation before ironbaby got up. It was the only way to fit it in, but required a lot of self discipline to go to bed early enough! Right now I'm not able to rely on squiggle sleeping past...

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I enjoyed the Leigh peele rebuttal to this article.

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Enjoy your weekend! Can you take some time out just for you to destress?

Ouch, sounds like your workplace is full of chocolates! Any chance of getting people to not offer or put them somewhere else?

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Happy birthday!

We have very hot Summers here in Perth. My tip is exercise early morning. The evening, even after dark, is often too hot and humid.

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Friday red - went to the new local honey shop with my son and ended up sampling!

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I've done this for 3 years and never explained it to anyone, including my family. No one has ever asked a question that couldn't be answered by: No thank you. Yes please. No more for me, thanks (pat stomach meaningfully) I try to save treats for weekends. Although that last one I don't have to use o...

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S events this week: today baking practice for my sons birthday. Tomorrow mothers morning tea at Kindy. Saturday morning tea with my mother.

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Saturday red - ate a leftover piece of pudding for dinner. Sunday normal, with S event lunch

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I don't find no seconds to be difficult *except* when I'm eating with others--and a lot of it is just that it's hard if I'm done first and they are still eating. I try to slow myself down--talk more, take more sips of water etc... My husband is naturally slim and always the last to finish his plate...

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Friday S event anniversary dinner with homemade sticky toffee pudding. Red moment - had a mini choc cookie that I made with my son, after he told me I'd been a good girl eating my lunch and I could have a cookie :-) Today is a normal day, then an S lunch tomorrow. So far loving the modification to S...

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Could you start a check in thread? Then both your tough moments and your wins are there for you to see, and for others to encourage you. It's always easiest for me to stick on habit when I'm checking in here. We know that everything isn't always sunshine and roses - you don't have to be Pollyanna to...

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Hey auto, a one off weight means nothing - it's more likely measuring how much water you've drunk or how salty yesterday's dinner was. I liked oolala's rule about never weighing without 3 green days first.

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Almost every day I eat a bowl of rolled or steel cut oats porridge with whole milk. Sometimes put fruit on it or some sour cream if I have it. 2 cups of milky tea. If extra hungry I have a slice of toast with butter and peanut butter. Mid morning I have a decaf coffee or rooibos tea with milk if I f...

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Thursday green. Funny stuff - made pudding with spiced caramel sauce for my anniversary dinner tomorrow with mr chef. Tasted sauce more than strictly necessary to get spices right!

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Absolutely paranoia talking - your posts are so inspiring, and even when I'm not posting I always enjoy reading and cheering for you from the sidelines. Totally understand about busy - the same reason I had a few months without posting recently. Have a wonderful time, will hear from you when you fee...

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I was an expert calorie and gram counter, and a very "successful" one, as I used that style of dieting to lose weight numerous times (then put it back on). 3 years in I can still tell you the calories in a medium egg, but can honestly say I don't care! Everyone is different, but here's what helped m...

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Welcome! I am someone who has lost and maintained a low end of healthy BMI with No S alone (I'm a refugee from calorie accounting). No S is a moderate, sustainable way of eating, so will give moderate, sustainable results. I have a very hard time gaining and keeping muscle, so will never have a very...

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My office is small and all my friends bring treats a LOT! The tricks I use are below. If it is an event (morning tea for Joe's birthday), I go along, grab a coffee or other hot drink, say hi and happy birthday and ask all about their party / dinner / presents. Often no one will even notice I didn't ...

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So glad you're feeling better, fingers crossed things stay calm

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Decided not to have a sweet treat today, instead ducked out for a 30 min back massage with a voucher my husband got me for Christmas. Just as decadent, and more relaxing than coffee and sugar. Thanks for the congrats all :-) our bridal party is really just our siblings on both sides plus our best fr...

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Tuesday green. Friday is my 10 year wedding anniversary, so I'm thinking of making dinner an S event so I can make a dessert. Sunday my friend is catering our "yay 10 years" lunch for our family and bridal party, there won't be sweets, but I will make it an S meal in case I want seconds of something...

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Linda I'm sure you'd make a fabulous pavane cocktail!

Mon 25th - green, ANZAC day holiday

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I've never really stopped, more just had periods where I'm wishy washy (sometimes deliberately) and some failures. But whenever I "get strict" it's always easier each time. All this practice of habits does build up over time, even WITH inconsistency. I find that very comforting.

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Oops, typing on stupid phone again - yep *hearty

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Go cedar, you're off to a great start. I'm with you on clothes - can't afford a new work wardrobe, gotta fit my existing one!

Hope you had a good ANZAC day. We didn't make a dawn service , but watched the WA one. I usually don't make it an S day as there isn't a food focus day.

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Sunday 24th my first S day with no S events planned. Totally fine. Had one apple this arvo rather late after my lunch, but otherwise all good.

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Since posting this I have read your intro post where you mentioned you are 15 and not overweight. It's great that you're doing this now (wow I wish I found No S sooner), but I gently suggest that the "result" you aim for is a sane and moderate relationship with food, not pounds lost. If you are very...

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Thanks all, we had a lovely cheese and artichoke warm dip with toasts, and delish pavane cocktails. Dinner at home of barley broth before we left. Afterwards we split a handmade Turkish delight. Thanks Imogen, I'm hoping it will be a moderate enough mod. I have resisted S day mods for a long time ho...

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Best wishes for your upcoming wedding! When I got stressy I comforted myself that all you need is the celebrant, the paperwork and your partner - anything else is gravy

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The thing I wanted to add is to keep an eye on your self talk when you're hungry and tired. all the things you said above you'll NEVER have again, in fact you can have them every single week if you like - on your S days. So your lament becomes: afternoons at the pool, only Popsicles two days a week,...

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Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the encouragement! I'll let you know how it's going. I want to caveat this though, I don't want to be discouraging, but if you're new to No S or just returning I don't recommend mods. I love the podcasts on this : S Days Gone Wild and also the series in mods. I h...

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Thurs green No S
Exercise - lots if walking and did weights. Tried out a tabata - auto they are deadly!

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I really hope your reflux is due to something simple, Linda. Must be so frustrating!

Since having my daughter most alcohol, and especially beer, gives me heartburn. Annoying, but probably good for me...

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Thanks Linda, yes much calmer here these days! Coming up to our 10th wedding anniversary next week! And both kids birthdays in May. Awww so sweet. I love those first haircuts. Definitely S day worthy. we've always just trimmed his hair at home, but it's getting beyond me. I do think the key is in de...

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