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Lane

Hi there and welcome to the Gang! Salt is a killer when you're diligently watching the scale. We bought a Heavenly Ham for New Years Eve dinner and the very NEXT morning I was up over 2 lbs. It took a couple of days for the scale to find its way down again, but it did!!! BTW, the ham really was good...

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Holey Moley -- you passed on strawberry shortcake? Great job!

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It's almost the weekend -- hang in there!

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Um, sorry. You two look so much alike, I always get confused.

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So true! And you probably want to use your head for something more than a hatrack! Although NoS has a lot of merit, perhaps the lesson out of this is that I should take the "pearls before swine" attitude and keep NoS to myself (especially around the muscle-bound). Besides, it won't be long that the ...

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You guys are awesome. Thanks so much.

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P.S. I forgot to mention that one of those trainers expressed his disbelief in NoS when he quiped, "Look how well it's worked for you." Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he was calling me fat! :shock: Little did he know that I was actually fatTER a few weeks ago -- BECAUSE I WAS EATING SIX MEALS ...

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OK, the cat's out of the bag. Although my kids are much cuter, I thought I'd post a picture of myself -- but I'm sure I'll put my kids back up soon. They're the best part of me anyway. SOOO, the forces of nature collided today, and in an interesting twist of fate, it seems that I have become the "po...

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Hey FW!

Isn't it great to start the New Year with new resolve? I think that's why they were given to us. Good luck, bud!

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Hey Jan!

Sounds yummy! I saved it to my recipe file. I saw a Pillsbury cookbook on the newstand today that had a normal meatloaf recipe, but it was topped with half ketchup, half maple syrup. Gonna try that one too.

Thanks for dinner tomorrow night!

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BTW: the new avatar photo is a picture of my then 2-year old pressing his nose against the patio door as he was peering inside! I think it's funny and cute, but I realize that some of you may not realize that there's a window between him and the camera! He's really very cute! Oh, yeah and today was ...

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I haven't tried shovelglove yet. I've got a little one in kindergarten this year (you see him pressing his nose on a window on my avatar), so I've got a 3-hour slot each day that I fill with a variety of things -- one of which has been a workout at the gym on Mondays and Wednesdays. My goal for 2006...

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Great minds think alike!!! You go girl!!!

I think you'll find that if you TRULY follow the NoS 14-word plan, you WILL lose weight. Good luck and happy New (You) Year!

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Hey Deb! I'm sure that EVERYone on this board agrees with me when I say: You're awesome You're such an encourager We KNOW you're going to do great this year We all want to celebrate YOUR success and health and happiness THANK YOU for the insight and encouragement you give each of us Now go give 2006...

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Hey Dru! I'll be happy to share photos with you. It was about nine years ago that I dipped my toe into DIY, and now? I have my own set of power tools! My husband is more of the expert in the handyman department and I'm more into the design aspect, but I've learned so much -- it's really very cool. O...

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I googled the word "gluttony" and the NoS diet ad was the ONLY ad that came up on the right hand column. Apparently few other diets consider gluttony as a possible reason for overweight! BTW: I googled it again to see what would show up and NoS is still the only ad there with the tagline: Gluttony N...

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Thanks, Dru for the sentiment. Work is so much more fun when you share it with a bud, I wish you were closer too! BTW, I decided to go green in my office as well as the main part of the house. For Christmas my oldest gave me the the ultra cool gift of a pink pay telephone, and it will be more of of ...

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Hey Everyone! I hope your Christmas was a great one. We were at home and had a great day, but I'm always glad to see it go. It seems that the holidays take over my life from mid November to the end of December. Now I'm getting into spring cleaning mode (early) to get all the stuff put away. Once it'...

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Today was a nice & easy NoS day -- no raging appetite between meals.

Day 31 SUCCESS

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Hey Everyone! Hope you're doing well. Last week (Wed.) I decided to do a alternative detox/cleanse thing for a while. Wednesday evening and Thursday passed without incident, but for the last 3 days I've been going through that terrible flu/headache/crappy stage that you go through when the body is t...

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Wed., Dec 7 SUCCESS

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Welcome!

I'm a bit of a newbie myself -- I'm on day 25. I'm just curious, how'd you find NoS?

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What's TOPS?

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Yesterday, Mon., Dec 5 FAILURE!!! A coffee favored Kit Kat got the best of me -- rats

Tues., Dec 6 SUCCESS (yeah!!!)

I ordered a copy of Thin Within for a couple bucks so I'll see how it compares with Weigh Down.

Hope you guys are doing well.

Lane

Good for you! We've ALL had to recite the same chant at times. I've walked into the kitchen at night and had to do a 180 in my socks. But I tell myself that it's just a little while 'til my next real meal. I NEVER had that luxury with other plans -- Weight Watchers & LA Weight Loss included. It won'...

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I did too. The first weekend I went ahead and ate NoS just because I had eaten a bunch of sweets the week before and I didn't really want them. I've just finished my 3 week and I'm taking my S days now and loving every minute.

Welcome!

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Water weight is the arch nemisis of a dieters!!! If you think of it, we'd have to eat 3500 calories OVER the 2000 or so our bodies burn each day to gain a pound. (Which just shows how we've all over-indulged in the past.) But now that we're living NoS, we'd really have to break all three rules to ga...

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I haven't read that one. Have you read "Weigh Down Workshop?" It's got a strong Bible-based message. Although it started me on this road, I like the simplicity of NoS. The other thing that I thought was weird about the Weigh Down book is that it never used the word "gluttony." I would think that if ...

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Did you guys see this? Sounds a lot like NoS, no?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_ ... ive_eating

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Hi Tricia,

I noticed you live in Idaho -- what city?

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Me again. It's my 21st day on NoS!!! Perhaps I should don a cap and gown as I write? Maybe a chorus of "Pomp and Circumstance?" No? Okay. I had my 3 squares today and went to the movies for the first time in YEARS without ordering popcorn or Milk Duds. Sipped on a diet Coke. Saw the latest Harry Pot...

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Congrats!!! Yay you is right. Great job.

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Great job -- with both your NoS success AND the Christmas shopping!

What's the weather like in Minnesota these days. Got tons of snow yet?

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Got hit by a snow storm this morning -- it was great, then it melted, then it got cold again. Now I'm living on the world's biggest skating pond.

At the risk of being repetitive...

Day 20: Thurs., Dec 1 SUCCESS

G'nite, sleep tight

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You're so cute!

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Mmmm, I haven't had those. But I think Deb's got a good point. Maybe I'll just have 1/2 of one on each day.

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I was running around with the kids today and decided to stop at Starbuck's for treats and coffee. (My 5-year old loves a decaf mocha.) Dan ordered a chocolate chip cookie with his coffee, Josh skipped the coffee and ordered a polka dot cookie (M&Ms instead of chocolate chips). I spied the frosted pu...

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Hey Dru! Brundage Ski Resort is in McCall and Tamarack in on the way to McCall in a town called Cascade. So you could stay at your friends in McCall and ski at either resort. Both choices are good -- and we're getting a lot of snow this year already. If you decide to go, you're going to have a blast...

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Day 18: Tues., Nov 29 SUCCESS

Three more days 'til the 21 mark. Wow. It's going by so quickly.

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Hey FW & Carole Jo!!

So you guys are going to make me eat my words? Does that count as a snack? (hee hee) Yeah, at this stage of the game it's hard not to be giddy. It's just been such a long, hard journey before I got here -- and now? Free at last!!!

Thanks tons.

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Hi Niruma, I'm relatively new to this board as well -- today's my 18th day. I think you'll find a great bunch of people here who are ready, willing and able to encourage you on your way. NoS is a great plan. If you're starving between meals as I was during the first week, you're just a meal away fro...

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Great job kicking it's butt FW -- but ya made me hungry reading your post! Now I get to go to bed dreaming of onion rings & beer!

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Day 17: Mon., Nov 28 SUCCESS Worked out at the gym with my buddy, Maryann, today. Did the eliptical for 30 minutes and did arms, abs & butt. Then we went to her house where she made me a WONDERFUL spinach salad with leftover duck from Thanksgiving and a latte. YUM! I'm still so grateful to be living...

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Day 16: Sun., Nov 27 S day -- had just one treat today, a chocolate chip cookie!

I'm on the 21-day home stretch!

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Didja know that Tanita makes a scale that measures, not only weight and percentage body fat, but percentage water content as well? I have one and I was monitoring all that for a while on an excel spreadsheet, just like you said, FW, to get a feel for trends and all. After a while, though I noticed t...

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Thanks, FW, I've already begun to feel the change that all you NoS old-timers already know -- my appetite is MUCH different than what it was 2 weeks ago. It's really very exciting. I stayed up 'til 1:00 am last night and not once felt any need to eat -- didn't even want a cup of tea. My biggest goal...

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Hey C!

I'd love to know what a stroopwaffle is -- sounds yummy!

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Thanks Master Yod...a...Freakwitch! I like your Jedi mind trick -- something I plan to put to good use right away! I guess it's all a matter of perspective then, right? That's something I'll put into practice immediately. :D The 48-hour fast is got to be the difference between the master and the pad...

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Day 12: Wed., Nov 23 SUCCESS Officially Wednesday was the beginning of our family celebration. The kids were home from school and they begged me to make their favorite cookies. I managed to bake my way through 2 kinds of cookies without any trouble. Day 13: Thurs., Nov 24 Thanksgiving S-Day I consid...

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Hey Deb, Sorry to hear that you're struggling so much lately -- I feel for ya! I was REALLY struggling for a couple of years with a number of issues and did a TON of research. From all the reading I've done I found a few supplements that have been so helpful, I take them every day. First, I make sur...

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I remember Dean Ornish say that his diet helps you live to live longer -- or maybe it just feels that way. In other words, his diet is so restrictive and boring that each meal is a total drag. Remember, time flies when you're having fun. Let's live life and eat each meal so that our years are wonder...

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I vote not a sweet, kind of like peanut butter on a PBJ sandwich, or an apple, which I often call "lunch."

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Thanks Navin and Deb for coming to my pity party!!! I had one of those evenings where I didn't serve myself enough for dinner, and my tummy was yelling for a good 3 hours. But, since I didn't actually die, I did learn a something out of it. What a relief to know that on this plan I'm just a meal awa...

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Hey Dru! What's the name of your friend? How long has she lived in Boise? Where will you be skiing? I would recommend Tamarack, just because it's new and closer than Sun Valley. But I've never been there during the winter. I hear it's really great. Brundage gets great snow and Sun Valley is awesome....

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I'd love to be able to say that the first NoS day back was a breeze, but my stomach was rumbling ALL NIGHT LONG! :( But I was able to keep from any funny stuff and just had a cup of tea with Splenda. So, although I considered huffing down the popcorn the boys were eating, I stuck with it. I hope I'm...

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Day 8: Sat., Nov 19 -- S day
Day 9: Sun., Nov 20 -- S day

Looking forward to a great week!

Lane

Day 7: Fri., Nov 18 SUCCESS

Looking forward to the weekend! Hope y'all have a great one!

Lane

Thank you, much better said. Going to write that down.

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So true. What's that saying? Something to the effect that when one is ready to be the student, the teacher appears? The trick is to develop the ability to recognize the real students -- true searchers (those who are ready, willing and able to act on truth). There have been times that I've given my b...

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Day 5: Wed., Nov 5, SUCCESS
Day 6: Thurs., Nov 6, SUCCESS

Really looking forward to the weekend!

Lane

50 pounds in 5 months -- wow!!! Great job. Are you getting much feedback from friends, family, co-workers? It must confound them that you eat so freely and yet you're losing so much weight, huh?

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Hi Dru! Sounds like you're doing great -- 135 -- wow. I remember when I was 135, I thought I was fat! Now at 165, I'll be happy when I hit 159! Funny what a little perspective will do for you. You're going to be down to your goal weight in no time. 130 is my ultimate goal. Thanks to this group, I kn...

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Hey Deb! Thanks for the encouragement! It feels better to know that I'm not the only one. I've felt like a circus oddity at times. I wish these kinds of issues were better known. All my Docs thought I was a hypocondriac. And I have spent a small fortune. Oh well, onward and upward! Have a great NoS ...

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The greatest thing happened to me today. I was working in the yard, raking leaves, and I realized that I had not thought about dieting, or being overweight, or any fat-related subject all day -- it was about 3 o'clock. Almost a miracle! I have been struggling with weight since 2000, the year my seco...

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Thanks CaroleJo -- you're right that it was just a timing thing this week. Since I'm new to NoS I had sufficiently indulged in sweets during the week and was happy just to be starting this program, even though it was on an S day. So I'm happy to report: Day 3, Nov 14 SUCCESS . So what has your exper...

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Hi! I'm new to this board (so I hope I get this right). After a long, frustrating, and expensive journey, I find myself here. Thanks Reinhard for your generosity -- of your time and wisdom. A few months ago I picked up a book called the "Weigh Down Diet," which has the same basic diet plan, but is m...

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