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Nichole

Wow Marc, the difference is drastic now! Great job

Nichole

I saw it too and chose not to respond, dunno why. I guess I've had enough experiences battling it out with people or seeing people battle it out on forums that I don't even give them the satisfaction of replying. And the comment was hard to even read so I figured he must be looney and/or stupid.

Nichole

To someone who is new to cooking, tips from anybody is great... He suggests making a little well in the burgers so they don't get that huge bubble thing going on in the middle, not to press down, etc. All tips I've read in other places, but great tips nevertheless. But most recipes call for adding a...

Nichole

I know everything is a matter of opinion, but Bobby Flay from the Food Network says that a burger mustn't have any thing added to it - simply make a paddy, cook it, and season it with salt and pepper. But you can go crazy - but not too crazy - on the toppings. According to him, once you start adding...

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winnie96 wrote:
Nicole wrote:The thing about snacks that makes them bad is that people usually go overboard; it doesn't have to be that way.
(Thanks, Nicole, for that and your many other posts -- you've been a great inspiration to me!)

Me, really??

Thanks!

Nichole

I was 136.4 today! A new low!!! I had a mocha this morning.. because I had a very vivid dream that I was drinking one. lol! I think that might be my breakfast as it's like 200 calories. Tonight I am making homemade pizza as usual. Except I get to use my homemade pizza sauce! :) I made a big batch so...

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You two are in my thoughts and prayers <3

Nichole

Wow, my mom's house is out-of-control with sweets. I got there before her, let myself in with my key. Let's see, on the dry sink, there was Reese's cups (individually wrapped), chocolate covered raisins, Kit Kat Bars, bite-sized Dove chocolates, all between 3 candy jars. Kitchen Counter: homemade br...

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This is generally looked down upon, but I have a fat-free yogurt with a little granola. That usually does it. The thing about snacks that makes them bad is that people usually go overboard; it doesn't have to be that way.

Nichole

I want this! Too bad I'm on a budget

http://www.coca-colastore.com/detail/CCS+39485

You may or may not know I have a Coca Cola kitchen:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfalcone/s ... 919479495/

Nichole

Great job!!!

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So I am doing well .. yesterday was a good day. My dinner was yummy. I ended up having my turkey burger, left over fries, and a half cup of baked beans. Yummmmy. My burger was so big so I was pretty full but not uncomfortably so. Today I'm going out to dinner with my mom and sister :) Today Cereal w...

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Funny, I just bought a plate for work a couple weeks ago and I finally used it today! I almost made a post just like this. Anyway, it was so nice. It definitely makes a difference. I notice that it was also neater - I didn't have to hover over a little space like when I eat straight out of a tuperwa...

Nichole

I too typically don't take my S Days. It's looked down upon on the general board, but I find it makes too much of an up and down rollercoaster and it can derail my progress. I will allow something tiny, if there is a party, but I stick with my personal structure of 3 meals and 1 snack. I say just tr...

Nichole

Yeah numbers are tricky. I am just happy to stay below 140 at this point I guess. I want to try this this week: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Exquisite-Pizza-Sauce/Detail.aspx?strb=3 Now that we're FINALLY finished our ginormous container of Prego pasta sauce, I can now make my own, just like my gran...

Nichole

200.2! Great job!!!

Definitely give yourself some sort of non-food-related reward when you get under 200...! Though I'm sure the number will be reward enough for all your hard work.

Nichole

Yeah appetizers at restaurants are mostly all deep fried and huge! They look like they're really meant for large parties. My weight is down to 138.4. Crazy fluctuations! Yesterday I was nearly 140 *shrug*. Today: 1 cup of Cereal w/skim 1/2 Chinese meal, left over from last night, minus the rice Yogu...

Nichole

Hmmm. I think I might switch to roasted chicken with veggies and a piece of toast. We have all these steamed veggies in the fridge that we're not eating anyway, so might as well use 'em!

Nichole

Marc, I totally understand how you felt the other day. One day I'll be 137, then 140 a couple days later. Salt is definitely a culprit and so it dehydration. But I'm glad to see you're back on track. I had a crazy day on Saturday myself that I'm still recovering from.

Nichole

StrawberryRoan wrote:You use shortbread cookies as a spoon to eat your ice cream.

Oh wait, I did just do that.

omg does that sound delicious. I haven't had a shortbread cookie since Disney World (Epcot!) in Dec.

Nichole

1 more thought to share: I made homemade french fries last night - DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!! But, here's the bad part - it made my whole apartment smell like fried food. Ugh! Disgusting. It was so distracting that it was hard to get to sleep. 12:49 update: I think I'm growing tired of salads.. at least my ...

Nichole

You are very right Bushranger... I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and hope for the best. I know cutting carbs is just a quick fix and I know I really feel weak without carbs because I'm pretty active. Between being fidgety at work all day, standing up for an hour cooking dinner, and working out f...

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I really want to lose 5 lbs! Can I do that without cutting carbs?

Nichole

Great job!!!! I had the craziest weekend ever, food-wise, I'm still reeling from it.

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OMG I went totally crazy yesterday at the bbq. Appetizer: 5 wings, a few chips with delicious homemade salsa Dinner: Hamburger, baked beans, mac and cheese, broccoli salad Dessert: Piece of carrot cake, chocolate chip bars x 3!!!!, tiny boston creme thing, piece of tandy cake Drinks: BL Lime and Ras...

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Chocolate chip cookie bars:

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Heya! Why did you stop cross stitching? I know I stopped for a few years in college because every second of my day was taken up and I just had no interest. I just finished a rather complicated one recently. It took years!: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3442952070_ba20c3dc17.jpg I have done SO ...

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Yeah, it doesn't really make sense. Maybe they are trying to say if you see how much you are eating, you'll look back and say "oh, I shouldn't have had that Twix bar at 10 am". In other words, if you see what you've been doing, you can more easily assess what you're doing wrong and make steps toward...

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lol, I don't mind keeping a food journal. Let's see, today was

Cereal w/skim milk
Salad
Yogurt w/granola (I allow one snack a day)
Homemade pizza
Cookie - FAIL!

When you're doing No-S, it's easy to keep a food journal. I know it helps me when I do that at the beginning of the day.

Nichole

Today was most certainly a FAIL, but it doesn't FEEL like a fail. I worked out for 40 minutes, did my weight/ab work, made pizza from scratch.. And then I might chocolate chip cookie bars for tomorrow's bbq. What I usually do is cut them into squares and put them in a zip lock bag then the host/host...

Nichole

Comment 6 is meeee.

And I read most of the comments throughout the day. Very interesting. It is such a touchy subject with Times readers.

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I think everyone uses some short cuts -- we're none of us milling our own flour! Of course, there's a point where you're smooshing together Cool Whip, Jell-O Instant Pudding, a Duncan Hines cake mix, and a can of Diet Coke and calling it "a homemade dessert," but there's a wide spectrum of what I w...

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I can't wait to try homemade pancakes! I'll be sure to take pictures for my flickr, since I'm a weirdo.

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I don't like any of those shows. The only show I actually learn something from is Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, where he takes a failing restaurant and tries to improve on what they are doing. Sometimes he shares some tips and tricks that are really useful. I saw an episode of Rachel Ray where she ma...

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Nice quote. I just think there is something very satisfying and fulfilling about making your own food. I think it's the artist in me that loves creating. In the beginning of the first article, Pollan put down short cuts. He probably wouldn't like that my homemade blue cheese dressing is made of lite...

Nichole

Good luck with court! It sounds like you are doing great, keep up the good work

Nichole

Sounds like you're doing great! Good job starting up the running again. Your meal sounds so yummy! I haven't had hummus in quite some time, mmm.

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I want to try making homemade pancakes this weekend, as a treat. I'll need to buy syrup because we have none in the house! I'll probably make it for dinner since hubby is asleep during breakfast. Recipe: INGREDIENTS: 1 egg 1 cup flour 3/4 cup milk ( I usually add a bit more to my desired consistency...

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I love this: [Cooking] was a gratifying, even ennobling sort of work, engaging both the mind and the muscles. You didnâ€™t do it to please a husband or impress guests; you did it to please yourself . No one cooking on television today gives the impression that they enjoy the actual work quite as muc...

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Thanks!! Yeah, they turned out so big! But the turkey was healthy and all they really contained were some bread crumbs and half an egg - between four of them :). And they were so easy! I love to cook. Recipe again: http://www.cheese-burger.net/recipes/perfect-turkey-burgers.html/comment-page-1#comme...

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I haven't read it yet, as I'm at work and it's really long (as all their magazine articles tend to be!) but I love the photo of the dusty kitchen stuff... Personally, I love cooking. Plus, it makes me feel so proud of myself that I cook. I feel good about myself when my husband says how much he like...

Nichole

GOAL: Lose 3 lbs. in August. Why just 3? I lost about 12 or 13 lbs. and I'm down to 138, so I don't have much to lose. So it's slower now I guess. Even if I just maintain, I'll be happy :) Also, I want to keep up with my workout schedule. I do 50 minutes on the bike one day, then the next day is 30...

Nichole

Your night sounded really interesting, lol! I didn't know you had horses. It sounds very nice

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Oh, congrats, my friend! And what a nice story to boot. That lemon pound cake sounds delicious.. you know how I feel about anything homemade. Have a WONDERFUL day

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Personally, I would stick to my diet, but allow myself a piece of cake :) I allow myself a couple of treats (literally, a couple) on the weekend and it doesn't make me gain weight because I eat healthy 90% of the time. But I'm not low-carbing. I don't think you can do much damage, however, with a tr...

Nichole

Yesh, left overs are like a free pass night on cooking :) Tomorrow is pizza nite and I have frozen dough from last week - yay! Here is what I'm working on now: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3767217326_a1dea3340f.jpg I bought this b/c our honeymoon was in Disney. I actually only have one leg an...

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The other day I binged on a whole pint of Oreo cookie ice cream. I usually only eat half! I usually don't buy it at all, but hubby gave it to me and I went crazy.

Sometimes we lose control, it's normal. You just have to dust yourself off and keep on going, but never give up!

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My update: Still at 137/8.. Grr. Weight loss has stalled. On the upside, I have a healthy BMI of 23.7 now (though some people don't really like using BMI anymore). It used to be 25.7. I am doing well with my 3 meals, one snack version of No-S

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Great job! Congrats.

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I made this recipe last night: http://www.cheese-burger.net/recipes/perfect-turkey-burgers.html/comment-page-1#comment-6922 and they turned out SOOO good! Nice and juicy, definitely the best turkey burger I have ever had. It made 4, we both had 1, so there are two for a meal next week :). I love coo...

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SUCCESS! Alright, even though I wasn't going to weigh myself for a few days after Disneyland and excessive weekend eating, I did. And...good news! I only gained a pound. I weighed in at 131.5 this morning. Not too bad considering how much I ate over the weekend. So, this is great. I went from gaini...

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Ah, I've read the article about that before. I can never get into running myself... But good luck getting back into it!

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Thank you, I hope you do too

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Tonight I am trying my hand at homemade turkey burgers...

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Sounds like you're doing pretty well. You can run for 30 minutes!? That is awesome, congrats

Nichole

Today: 138 lbs. Dunkin Donuts mocha iced latte - full fat (but no whipped cream). I was feeling down, so I got it. It didn't make my troubles go away. Breakfast: Multigrain Cheerios Lunch: Salad, piece of whole grain bread Snack: Yogurt Dinner: I don't know yet. Maybe buffalo chicken wrap salad. I ...

Nichole

You hit the nail on the head! She didn't need to say anything; I don't really care what everybody else eats, and I certainly never comment.

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lol. Cakes from a real bakery are amazing, especially a reputable one. But ones from supermarkets taste so plain, basically have no taste. Stephen's cake was plain LOOKING but great tasting . :) On Saturday we got take-out. I got a taco salad with no dressing (salsa is more than tasty enough) and no...

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LOL. ~~~~~ My weight is back down to almost 138. TMI alert, but I get constipated and my weight goes up. I need to keep hydrated, it helps a lot. I don't know why. Had a little sliver of cake and a scoop of Turkey Hill Party Cake ice cream last nite at my nephew's birthday party. If you've never had...

Nichole

Aw man, Oreos in ice cream are my weakness (one of many), lol!!

Good to see you're doing well.

I don't know that I've ever heard of Kristofferson..

Nichole

Game plan tomorrow:

breakfast: total with skim
lunch: i dunno.....
Dinner: i dunno.

This is a horrible plan

updated:
Breakfast: granola bar
Lunch: Cereal
Dinner: Homemade grilled chicken sandwich and ceasar salad.

Yum!

Nichole

According to my scale, I've been 139 for a few days now. But Wednesday morning, I was 137 on my brother's scale?? Who knows. I have seen new pictures of myself and I still feel like a look kinda pudgey. Isn't that horrible? i've lost 10-13 lbs (depending on the day!) and yet I still am not satisfied...

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Hey there

If you want to weight train, I'd suggest Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. She teaches some really good moves. It's only $8 on amazon.

Nichole

ThomsonsPier wrote:...passing rodents use your mashed potato as a ski slope.

LOL!

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lol, but it was 600 calories! I had an 1800 calorie day!

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I totally binged on ice cream last night... Justin was going to 7-11 to get himself a pint and then said that he wasn't going to get me anything, but then he came back with a pint Breyer's Oreo ice cream. I ate the whole thing... I am so ashamed :( Justin went to the computer room and came out all p...

Nichole

Hiya! I've been eating about 1200-1300 a day, or at least I try. 2 of my meals a day are homemade, usually, so I have to try to "figure out" what the calorie counts are, but most of my recipes have calorie facts. I've also been exercising.. I shoot for 5 days a week

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Nichole

I slept over my brother's house last night. His scale said I was 137 even! I can hardly believe I've lost about 13 lbs.

Nichole

Mmmmm. I buy 90 Calorie Chewy Bars from Quaker. They're okay. I eat like half (or whole, depending on what I ate that day) before working out and it gives me energy, like spinach to Popeye! For my yogurt, I bought Wild Harvest Organic Triple Berry Granola (from ACME). Half cup is 250 cals, but I onl...

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Low carb as in replacing some of your breads and pastas with veggies is good. No carb is nearly impossible. I say go for it. Introduce more veggies, maybe eat one or so carb-less meals, and you'll lose weight. But cutting out it all is too hard to sustain, especially if you want to have a social lif...

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I just have to say that granola makes yogurt a hell of a lot better.

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Wow, people say stuff like that? I can't imagine. Rain- it's raining pretty hard right now here.

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138.4 today. Still recovering from a high cal week! lol. I gain weight so easily.. I don't know if it's normal flux or the fact that I am on birth control.

Anyways, I am going to see Green Day tonight!

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I do that. I give myself and my husband a proper portion, then I put the rest in the fridge.

I also own an Eating Well cookbook. "Healthy In a Hurry" it's called. I <3 it.

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Look like pigs? I eat yogurt with a little granola and a cheese stick almost every day in between meals. I get weak if I eat three square meals. Why am I on the No-S board? I like the people here and I do buy into one plate helping and no sweets rules. Only thing I change up is allowing small health...

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Sorry about the upcoming surgery... but it sounds as if you're doing well. That speghetti thing you threw together sounded awesome! Mmm.

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Lol... I watched way too much Sponge Bob this weekend.

I'm 139 today.

I'm going to see Green Day tomorrow, which I'm really looking forward to!

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I am bored!

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Good to see you're doing well!

Have fun with your family.

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Thanks!

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Haha, thanks! I am glad you enjoy my posts :) I too think I might be 135 in a couple weeks. However, then I have to maintain it. I'm kind of nervous about that! Do I have to count calories forever? It's not just about counting calories though, I also just don't eat out a lot, we hardly ever get take...

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A lot of big decisions weighing me down, though they're not driving me to eat. (To get pregnant in a year or save... we'll probably save for a house :/) Anyway, it's Thursday. Horray! I can't wait for tomorrow........ it's Justin's nephews birthday. I decorated a cake with Thomas the Tank Engine and...

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Thanks!! Congratulations to you too! You're doing great!

Nichole

I think your best bet would be to try and see how you react. I did this with my favorite ice cream. But, it turns out, I can't have it in the house without eating the whole pint at once. So I don't buy it anymore. I say experiment!

Nichole

I'm doing great! I have lost 5 lbs this month! I've past my goal of 140.

Everybody: don't give up!

Nichole

Personally, I mostly stuck to my healthy way of eating when I went on a four-day vacation to OC, NJ. However, I had one SMALL treat and picked one meal to splurge on each day. That is, one of my meals was something I love and never get to eat. For instance, one day I had cereal for breakfast, a sala...

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They show Sonic commercials where I live but we have no Sonics around here. It's so annoying!!! I hardly ever eat fast food but their commercials are so tempting... *sigh* lol.

Glad to see you're doing well

Nichole

137.6 today

Let's see. Today's plan:

-Total w/skim
-Sandwich
-Yogurt
-Granola bar (90 cal)
-Shrimp scampi w/whole wheat pasta & side ceasar salad.

Nichole

Saturday was a great day... we ended up going to some French festival, then went to a sit-down Mexican restaurant. Sunday was mostly nothing, but I went out on my own and went to Modells to get a gift for a my nephew, then to Party City for a couple balloons, then to ACME. Then we went to dinner at ...

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I am definitely past my goal weight.. 138.6 today :) I feel happy because I feel like I've finally found a way to eat and exercise that works for me. The last time I dieted, I did strict No-S and the lowest I got was 143. Then I gave up because I was STARVING. LOL. But now I let No-S principles guid...

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Yay! I hope it doesn't fluctuate back up. Oh well if it does I guess. I would love to get down to 135. That's my new goal!

Nichole

Hmmmm, while I agree that highly processed carbs like white bread and french fries are bad for you, I do not shun carbs and have still lost weight. Without them, I am weak. I do eat LESS carbs, usually have about one carb-less meal, but I don't feel deprived. I get my whole grain Total and my bread ...

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Looks like you're doing great! Sounds like you had something similar to what I had. I still have the cough though. Ugh.

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My theory is my body has now adjusted to the change in calories and is no longer in starvation mode - so now it's letting me lose weight again. Yaaay! :) I've read in many places that yes, your body does stop losing weight when you cut calories sometimes, but then your body adjusts. But at first it ...

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Thanks guys! I was 139.6 this morning! :p Wow.

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Lol... Yes I'm back. It was alright, except my sister kind of complained the whole time about something or other - ugh! Plus, I had a really bad cold. Even had a fever at a couple points. So I felt pretty lowsy. Today I was 140.2! A new low! http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3700595041_d930f0f1a8....

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I actually LOST a pound while on vacation. I was 141.2 this morning. Yay!

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That is horrible.

I am a big beliver that dogs should be on leashes, when outside the house or a closed gate, at all times. This makes me so mad when stuff like this happens!

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I know this isn't very no-s of me, but I do not totally write off snacks. I like yogurt in the afternoon to break up the time between lunch (which is between 11-12) and dinner (which is usually around 6:30). If not, I get really weak, I can't concentrate, my stomach growls really loud. And them my d...

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What am I going to do? I am sleeping over my sister's house tomorrow b/c we are leaving for NJ on Friday morning. So I won't be able to exercise after work. I guess I could exercise before work. Then I'll be down the shore Fri, Sat, Sun, AND Monday. I know we'll be doing a lot of walking, but I don...

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LoL, well the people I see often (ie work people, husband, etc) didn't notice my weight loss, but the people I don't see often, like my sister, noticed. But 19 lbs is a lot, I can't imagine that they haven't noticed! I'm kind of interested in trying "Vanilla" No-S, but that will take some adjusting....

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