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mimi

No-S is the tortoise to WW's (and other program's hare. It's slow and steady. Slow and steady in terms of diet not only wins the race, it keeps you from having to be in that race ever again. Wow, wosnes! This needs to go in the NoS sticky glossary of catch phrases! I have a green turtle pinned to t...

mimi

OK, I had a bad day, but I'm moving on. Me too! Yesterday was like a bad dream, and today I'm ready to be moving on! Like Janie, I'm at the point where I'm happier not weighing. I have something in the neighborhood of 20 more pounds to lose - but I keep reminding myself that this time it will be up...

mimi

Well...my scale and I have had a major falling out! Not that we have EVER had a good relationship - but I'm really upset! Here's the story... I weighed on Tuesday morning, as reported above, and was happy to find a loss of 2.66 pounds. I weighed yesterday morning and found that I had gained up to wi...

mimi

According to this morning's weigh-in I'm down another 2.66 pounds - making a grand total of 9.5 pounds since May (averaging a 2.4 pound loss each month)!!! I'm thrilled to say the least. I'm so excited to be slowly melting down to my body's optimum weight - whatever that might end up being. Now, of ...

mimi

Congratulations on your 5K! Isn't that a real feeling of accomplishment? You really worked hard!
Brownies are over - partially redeemed by the pilates!

Go forth from here!

Mimi

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What a beautiful goal Buttercream - the world needs more people like you. I echo Vig's sentiments and advice exactly. Make your goals small, but yet doable, to begin with. See how that goes. Nothing is more demoralizing than having great intentions and failing on the first try. You know, if you all ...

mimi

Congratulations Berry! What a great accomplishment! And you're right...skinny is NOT the look we want when one passes 50.

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Welcome back! I think I need to go back and find that bean soup recipe of yours! Sounds delicious! Best wishes as you and your husband begin NoS anew.

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I'm in! Not sure if I will be working on anything in particular other than strengthening NoS habits, keeping up with daily exercise, and not weighing other than on the first three days of the month. Mimi Sept. 1 - According to this morning's weigh-in I'm down another 2.66 pounds - making a grand tot...

mimi

I have actually gotten to the point that I think I wouldn't care too much if I didn't lose any weight at all. After years of trying to develop a normal relationship with food by eating intuitively, or eating only when hungry, or embracing a "lifestyle" of substance accounting, food has become a sou...

mimi

Just wondering if you got your ring yet and how you like it?

Every morning as I'm backing out of the garage, I look up at turtle and say, "Yup, Vig, slow and steady wins this race!" Seriously, I do!

Mimi

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Yeah Renee, it is a good one. In the meantime, I've been waking up 20 minutes earlier in the mornings and walking on my treadmill in the basement. It really is therapeutic for me...I can plan out my day, mull over lessons that I plan to teach, plan meals, pray, and countless other mental activities ...

mimi

I know this isn't recommended, but after a lifetime of eating disfunction, if moving yellows around for awhile helps me have 5 days of green a week, I'm gonna do it and not feel bad. This is working for me & anything that's working is worth keeping! And that's it exactly and why NoS is so great! Th...

mimi

I hear ya TexArk! After my first day yesterday I was pooped! Just as we were getting ready to go to bed, the phone rang and it was the nursing facility where my MIL resides calling to say that they found her unconscious and had called the rescue squad to transport her to the ER. I thought I couldn't...

mimi

Renee, I totally believe that you can do it!

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I've been busy the last few days with the opening of school and haven't been able to check-in or read and respond too much...today after school I excitedly logged on to catch up and couldn't believe my eyes at some of what I was reading. I too, am greatly saddened by this change in posting etiquette...

mimi

Monday first day of classes was an N day. I did need my milk. Today was the first day of classes for us! We had a full work day yesterday and Back-To-School night last night from 5-7 p.m. It was a looong day! I needed milk last night! - we'll see about tonight (I didn't sleep very well last night!)...

mimi

1) I want to put something in my mouth when I get home from class, whether it's a meal or a glass of wine; 2) it's too long to go without food from lunch at about 2 p.m. until late supper after class at 11 p.m.; 3) if I eat a substantial meal after class, it's too much and too filling too late at n...

mimi

How tragic! I am so sorry to hear of your loss oliviamanda. A brownie for Peter on Saturday! A reminder to me to make every day count - and to count my blessings at the end of each day.

mimi

I find it a great way to add low-cal protein and peanut butter taste to Smoothies,

Now that might be the best way to get rid of my four jars (two of which are chocolate peanut butter)!

Thanks, BrightAngel - that might not be so bad!!

Mimi

mimi

That is so totally disgusting....

The worst thing I've ever tried was powdered peanut butter...you mix it with water and it only has 25 calories per tablespoon.

It too was totally disgusting!

And because I ordered it over the Internet, I bought FOUR jars...yikes!

Mimi

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Mimi, First, SO SORRY to hear about your scary awful experience with the dog! I fortunately have never been attacked by a dog, but I have plenty of other fears and I know what it feels like to feel paralyzed with fear. I think you've made a wise decision to hold off from walking for a while. Also, ...

mimi

Whoopee! Two green days in a row. And today was the dreaded back to school teacher's meetings. Excuse me while I complain about schools now being run on the business model. We also had the lovely luncheon of all brown food - fried catfish, fried chicken, French fries, and Hush puppies (also goopy c...

mimi

Hey mimi, I hear ya about the dogs. I would be terrified whenever I saw one had I ever been attacked. That's truly a shame - does your school have a nice track you could walk (more boring than the general outdoors but I have several friends in"town" who do so every morning.) Haven't started work ye...

mimi

Sending best wishes for a good school year! Thanks,KCCC! And continued best wishes with your 5K! Did I ever tell you that I came in second in my age group in the 5K that I participated in? (But...there were only 2 in my age group! LOL :lol: I did get a plaque for it! That's the big joke with my son...

mimi

Ahhhh! Confession is good for the soul...and very helpful for the rest of us!

mimi

The NoS diet is all kinds of wonderful things, but what it is NOT is a *drop pounds quickly* weight loss approach. It works on establishing a healthy relationship with food and eating while building strong habits that will sustain you for a lifetime. The weight loss is an added bonus that, for most ...

mimi

This board is populated with smart, emotionally-aware people, yet we're all here because we were, in varying degrees, fat.

Love your use of the past tense - WERE fat...and no longer! We're slowly melting down to a healthy size!!

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I would be fine with all that on one plate...except I would be enjoying real dressing as my dip - not the fat-free stuff!

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Just popping in to let you know that I'm thinking about you Janie while you're on your trip taking your son to college. It's hard, I know...did it twice with my boys (and my youngest son moved nineteen times while he was in college and co-oping...we got to be moving *pros*). My daughter went to coll...

mimi

BTW, Mimi: I'm not a teacher ... currently a free-lance computer geek. Best wishes to you for a great school year, and keep wearing that jewelry to get through that start-up stress! Oops! Guess I just had a senior moment and confused you with someone else - I know there are several teachers who reg...

mimi

You gotta love that little guy! Good for you! It's hot here too!
BTW, I think about and try doing some kind of exercising now, thanks to your recent thread, while watching the TV!

Mimi

mimi

Good thing I have Weigh In on my Habitcal. I'm really feeling the urge to weigh, but I realize that would probably be counter-productive. See!? Isn't it funny how strongly motivating that little gadget is? No one wants to see that red!! :D I've never used the Habitcal yet for any behavior that isn'...

mimi

To catch up - NoS is going very well, although I did take an S event last evening at the county fair. I had a small bowl of black raspberry ice cream - but that was it. I passed up cake (two huge ones) at school yesterday, provided by the administration for making AYP. We are the only middle school ...

mimi

Welcome Jsoh! You're gonna love NoS! Good luck on your journey.

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Tell you what...I'll write one and you illustrate it - deal?!

mimi

Um, not much to report. Still losing weight, still lifting weights. Weight on the body is going down, weight on the bar is going up. Both have slowed down a bit, but still going. Looking forward to getting below 400. It's coming. That's quite a lot to report - great work! I know how exciting it is ...

mimi

Mimi, I am at the ripe old age of 44. Since I'm doing a night program, I have three more years of law school. It IS very hard. Everyone tells you that it gets easier after the first year, but so far, I'm not having that experience, even though I modestly say that I am a good student. Everywhere I g...

mimi

If we are over 40 years old, I am pretty sure the metabolism slows down a *LOT*.. I think it's crucial to do extra exercise to have the effect on our bodies we would like to see. Back in the good ol "20's" things were easier in terms of quicker results.. It's just not as easy to lose fast once we g...

mimi

Nope.. didn't even major in it in college (one of my biggest regrets). :( I write copy for ads. You are one talented young lady! It's never too late to go back to school you know! We have many career switchers entering the education field all the time - in their forties, even! Regardless, and keepi...

mimi

Don't be discouraged Winnie! Keep at it - you'll be past your vacation pounds very soon! Are you back at school yet? Today officially begins our *work* week (ha!) and our kids come back on the 25th. I'm grateful for the flex days we had prior to today - I was actually able to get my classroom pretty...

mimi

Nope! Me either! I leave for school here in a few minutes and on to endless back-to-back meetings for the rest of the week! Woke up 20 minutes early and did my treadmill this morning...back to the old routine! BTW, have you been working on any new paintings lately, or just your cross stitching? I en...

mimi

Once you get about 2 hours away from the city it's like a different world. I live in a town of about 1,000 people...no stop lights...no gas station. We live upwind from two dairy farms & have deer & coyotes in the hills near the house. Nice ski hills are just 10 mintutes away & we shovel about 150"...

mimi

I've been debating about giving up. It's been very disappointing to not lose 10% of my body weight in one year (from 215 to 193.5 by September 8, 2010). We go on vacation tomorrow. I'll have some time to think about this weight loss slowdown and how to reset my expectations so I don't quit. Kathlee...

mimi

I have a 60" pilates ball that I sometimes sit on while watching TV and do simple exercises on. If I do anything *bouncy* it drives my husband crazy - have to be careful!

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And to make a small world even smaller...
I was born in Brooklyn, New York and lived on Long Island for awhile.

How about that!

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Woo Hoo! You go girl!

mimi

Just being able to eat a good ol' peanut butter and jelly sandwich if I want without any guilt is good enough for me!

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Sounds great Berry!
You know, we haven't had much of a summer here in Virginia either (although heat index today is near 100)!
Sounds like the perfect job! Keep us posted. And so glad things are doing well in your household.

Mimi

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I just got home from a lovely spa treatment - a gift from my son-in-law. We (daughter and I) had a massage, facial, manicure and pedicure. I've never had a massage or facial, and let me tell you, they were heavenly. Tomorrow it will be me - eager to get home and work off some of the stress!! :D Mimi...

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Those are the same three that I maintain! :D And they're enough for right now! I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Virginia. That part of the state is beautiful. We're a few hours north of Roanoke - both my son and son-in-law graduated from Virginia Tech (in Blacksburg - not far from Roanoke). We've h...

mimi

I see you are a schoolteacher also. Next week will be presession days for me and there is always food around including a catered meal and then the big cookies for snacks, etc. Those are always easy for me to resist though because I do well in public. LOL Good luck TexArk - wishing you well in your ...

mimi

Mimi, I checked your post under August Challenge, and you're right--you do have several really good things to report. I'm guessing "diet head" is that voice that tells you that you should go on another diet, right? Or is it that voice that tells you not to eat what you want? Either way, getting rid...

mimi

Hmm, I put a little dent in the car today. Should I run it off a cliff for a Hollywood-style explosion? nahhhhh.... I think I'll just dent the other side a bit for symmetry instead. :) Off to have a cupcake, then! It's Sunday, after all. Oh, you're sooooo funny! I got a good laugh out of that one! ...

mimi

But you will still contribute to the discussions on the forum, correct? I would miss your presence tremendously if you don't!
I'm glad you have been able to be successful in establishing strong habits through the use of the daily check-in and Habitcal - great job! Congratulations!

Mimi

mimi

My intent for this thread was to try to get people to think about how much they value (or don't value as the case may be) their own health and fitness and perhaps to think a little more about the true motives behind most of their goals. Admirable intent and point well taken, Bushranger. After takin...

mimi

Mimi, yes, 2 pounds a month IS very slow. That may take some getting used to. I can't decide if I want to weigh on the first of the month and just struggle to stay away from the scale at other times, or if I just want to give away my scale and only weigh when an opportunity presents itself (which i...

mimi

Thanks KCCC. I think I have tried to go out and walk again by myself far too soon. I got up the nerve last night to go, and it was awful. The anxiety created for me far outweighed the benefit of the walking - even armed with my hiking pole and high-frequency sound thingy. I encountered two men walki...

mimi

Oh, and I ran. Week 7, round 2. I'm so proud of my progress!

You're awesome! What a gal!

mimi

I think you'll be fine howfunisthat because you're being proactive. You already have some strategies to use in place - and that's half the battle, I think. Going into something blindly is where you get into trouble! And you're right, don't worry about next week - be happy. Live today and let tomorro...

mimi

--it's not easy. At least, I don't find no S to be particularly easy and I'm relieved to hear I'm not the only one! With so many bright and successful people on these boards I sometimes wonder what the heck is wrong with me, to find this so incredibly hard?! Vig, first, I'm sorry that you're findin...

mimi

As I'm doing No S now, with coffee, it's the perfect diet. It almost seems like too much to hope for that it could also help me lose weight. Don't tell the weight loss fairy, but I could practically be happy just maintaining, even though I weigh about 30 pounds more than I should. I have only known...

mimi

I think I can do this, but have one problem. I like to drink several cups of coffee laced with creamer and Splenda during the day, particularly in the morning. I can't drink black coffee, or at least I don't want to. Drinking the coffee is comforting and energizing, which I need because I'm so not ...

mimi

I agree with you Bushranger and others...when I was younger my weight-loss goals were always externally motivated based on pure vanity and physical appearance and were not successful long term. As I've grown older, and particularly from watching my mother-in-law deal with serious health issues that ...

mimi

Excellent! I couldn't help but notice that *sometimes* didn't make it into this article either! *chuckle*

We love you Reinhard!

mimi

Tuesday and Wednesday - green NoS both days - no exercise. Yesterday (Wed.) was my last day home before starting back to school -and, the day of the second court appearance (dangerous dog charge). To make a long story short (and HAPPY), they did NOT make a mockery of our law system or court officers...

mimi

Congratulations Bunny! You're almost there!

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Congratulations Nicole!

I am sooooo tickled for you! You've worked so hard and stuck with your program - and it has paid off!

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Thanks all! You're the greatest bunch of folks ever! I appreciate all your kind support. Unfortunately, the court hearing didn't go well at all...the judge didn't appear to have time to listen to anyone - well, at least not the town police officers, anyway. He let me speak and the dog owner's LAWYER...

mimi

Well come on, chocolate cupcakes?! how can one resist those??? Don't be too hard on yourself. This kind of stuff happens! Just file it in your 'one-of-those-things' mental shelf & leave it behind you. The important thing is not to keep breaking the diet now that you've done it once (not that you wi...

mimi

Something to drink for me - depending on where I am and what I can get my hands on. Milk or juice if I'm at home...sometimes coffee, or water. I try to stay away from diet sodas, but if that's all I can get, sometimes I'll have one.

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We'll look forward to hearing from you Amanda! You will love NoS. Good luck on your journey!

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Well - I was at the beach and missed him too. Glad I did!
Glad you stay on top of things for us Bushranger!

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I'm back, I'm continuing the battle, I'm not going to give up, and I'm looking forward to finally winning the battle for health.

That's what's important and that's what will give you victory in the end! A great big welcome back!

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God is good. Don't worry about anything else, Berry - there will be time for all that later.

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http://i32.tinypic.com/seyn85.jpg Cheers ! Marc ;-) Disclaimer : I am following a more extreme version of the 'No-S' diet. I made my own personal modifications to the original plan (Diet & Exercise) What I am doing should not be misinterpreted as being a typical 'No-S' diet experience. 11/01/2008 :...

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Hey Mimi, I wanted to add to your list of things to be proud of.. You survived an extremely upsetting and painful experience recently. Do you have any idea what a perfect excuse that could have been to just get depressed and eat and eat?? You didn't do that, so good for you! I actually just came by...

mimi

OH NO! I hate to see what's coming now...

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Mimi, I love your list! No-S really covers more than weight loss, doesn't it? Yes, it certainly does KCCC! Peace and harmony, good work , Mimi ! That's right 2 to 3 pounds per month average, that's what you need, after a year, those 2-3 pounds every month definitely add up ! That's my thinking too ...

mimi

Yup - you need to have a plan. What is it that they say? If you fail to plan, you plan to fail...

Welcome back!

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There oughta be a law against posting pastry pictures like that!
But, it's all good!

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I'll help you out and be the Cookie Nazi for you this week Renee!

No cookies for you!!!

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Hey, my daughter and I are marathon shoppers too! What scares her husband is that we're training little "M" to be one too!

Love the badges guys! And the jeans Berry...I bet that made you feel REALLY great!! You're an inspiration!

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...you are suddenly very selective about the *treats* you eat. No junkie stuff for you!

Mimi

P.S. And yes, this is me now! But no stretchy pants!

mimi

It's like my house was flooding, and everyone is trying to tell me where water comes from, how the water got into the faucet, how the faucet works, how the water will damage the woodwork inside the house...but no one says, "turn off the water, moron." I know this is mucho late, but I HAVE to say th...

mimi

Welcome back KCCC! I got back from get-away #1 a week ago, and now am leaving for get-away #2 tomorrow - to the beach with DD and the two little grandkids. A 2-year-old and a 2-month-old - we should have lots of fun! Plan to use the same strategy as last time - only S-worthy treats allowed! Boardwal...

mimi

Yay! A great write-up indeed! It's time for more people to start taking notice...Oprah, where are you??!!

mimi

BigE - read my check-in for today on my thread being that today was the first of my official weigh-ins for August. (I do three and take an average as Reinhard suggests in the book). Having lost only one pound, I felt discouragement too initially. Then I took a long, hard look at my progress over the...

mimi

August 1 - Okay, I weighed this morning (#1) eager to see any progress made in July...down one pound. (I know that I am going to weigh Sunday and Monday and take an average, but I'm thinking that it probably won't go down much - if anything, it'll go up being there are two S days! :roll: ) Anyway, m...

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I hear you too! I was guilty of almost the same thing...I tried NoS back in 2007 and it worked very well, but I got off track after a vacation and then no matter how hard, or how many times I tried to get back on track, I couldn't seem to do it. I think then panic set in, and I looked for other ways...

mimi

Thanks Nicole! I really appreciate the positive comments! Wednesday, July 29 - Green NoS - no exercise. My three little grandkids were here all afternoon, so I guess I got more exercise than I think! They're heading away for a few days, so we watched them while my son did some things he needed to do...

mimi

angigal wrote:
Today has been difficult. So far, so good, but I'm definitely dragging--no energy, feeling kind of blue.

Awww, don't feel like that! As Bushranger said, we're all behind you - only a post away!

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Awww, Berry! What a beautiful story! I'm reading this late, but I hope you had a wonderful day and enjoyed every minute spent with your hubby. I am such a sucker for a great love story - and yours sure sounds like one! We all need to make the most of our time with our loved ones. I'm keeping you and...

mimi

Here I am! I'm in! My month of July had lots of yellows - both for NoS (vacation!) and exercise (healing from dog attack). So my goals will be: 1) no reds 2) less yellows - particularly in exercise 3) focus on habits August 1 - S-Day exempt. Green for exercise. Okay, I weighed this morning (#1) eage...

mimi

Pilots are off-course something like 90% of the time. But they just keep making the adjustments necessary to get back on course. We don't know and don't care, as long as we arrive at the right destination. If you were on plane and headed for New York, but landed in Baltimore, you might be a little ...

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Ok, 201.0 on the nose this morning.

Good score, good score.

Wow! You'll soon be seeing that *1* Bunny!

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Is it just me or do you guys and girls find â€œtoo skinnyâ€ to be just as unhealthy as â€œtoo fatâ€? It seems to artificially age people as well. I cringe when I see all the celebrities that used to have good shapes and physiques but are now mimicking concentration camp victims. In my mind it's qui...

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Wow! I've been wondering about you Tuna! Congratulations - 9 pounds - woo hoo!!

Let us know periodically of your progress!

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I've been a closet No S dieter for two weeks. I've failed at so many diets, I don't tell my friends when I'm trying something new. With No S so far, I have about a 50% success rate. Sad though this sounds, this is the best success I've had following any diet. This system sounded so easy to me, but ...

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I know! Let's stay green til the end! I plan on it - but we'll see! Thanks for the encouragement Renee, as always! I'm so glad you're back in the saddle again and full of enthusiasm! Monday, July 27 - Today is my daughter and SIL's anniversary. They're away this week at a lake - should be a restful...

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