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Hi all and thank you, Amy. I'm giving it my best shot.

Just a quick check-in today as I'm wicked tired and ready to go to bed.

This week (so far):
Sunday: S day
Monday: Green
Tuesday: Green

I hope everyone is having a great and successful week so far. Best regards, WIN

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Hi amy! I think you're really on the right track with focusing on having fun with the "fence against the law" and "being comically strict". Isn't it wonderful to include the concept of "fun" when thinking about how we are going to eat? Not one of my past dieting attempts ever had even a tinge of fun...

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Oh dear, pink, it sounds like you've had a miserable time of it. I'm glad you're feeling on the mend! I have had similar experiences with changes in appetite when I've been sick in the past and it's always felt so strange. My completely unscientific theory is that the body's needs take priority over...

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Hi everyone! Thank you, Amy and pinkhippie, for your support and encouragement. I so appreciate it. I got back on track last Friday, just in time for my S days. :) Better late than never. So last week ended up as follows: Sunday: S day Monday: Red Tuesday: Red Wednesday: Green Thursday: Red Friday: ...

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Thanks for the vote of confidence, Amy. I appreciate it. Unfortunately, I went red again today. I have no good excuse. Drat, drat, drat.

I shall try again tomorrow.....

This week (so far):
Sunday: S day
Monday: Red
Tuesday: Red
Wednesday: Green
Thursday: Red

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Hi Deb, I just wanted to reach out, say "Hi" and that I hope your week is going well so far. Best regards, WIN

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Hi sinnie, I just wanted to say welcome back. I hope everything is going well for you so far. Best regards, WINhappy

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Hi Amy - You and pinkhippie both raise some really interesting points. Thank you for sharing your perspective as someone who has focused on No S for some time. Best regards, WINhappy

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Hi Linda, I just wanted to reach out and tell you I'm rooting for you. I hope you find the calmness you're looking for. Best regards, WINhappy

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Hi ladybird, I say go ahead and claim Monday as a success. In my book, your supper was still a single plate. We all get distracted and we still deserve our full plate when we do. I was dining in a fancy restaurant once and the waiter whisked my plate away before I was finished eating. I was outraged...

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Hi simmstone, Welcome back! I hope your week is going well so far. Best regards, WINhappy

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Hi pinkhippie, I just wanted to say (for what it's worth) that I think you did the right thing making Monday an S day, especially since you made the decision in advance and not as a write-off after the fact. I hope you enjoyed it to the fullest. I also hope your daughter is recovering from her Covid...

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Hi all. Once again, time got away from me, and it's been far longer since my last check-in than I thought, and would prefer. But I'm back and have been focusing on No S as best I could since my last check-in, although my best has been a mix of green and red. I did well last week until Friday, when I...

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Hi everyone, Thank you, pinkhippie! I kept Friday green and then had my 2 S days, which were pretty moderate. I had a bowl of popcorn while watching a movie on Saturday and an extra mini-peanut butter cup with my afternoon coffee on Sunday but that's as wild as I got. Otherwise, I stuck to my 3 meal...

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Hi Amy. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Apparently, I have a lot to say even to myself! :) My lunch plans changed at the last minute today and I ended up virtual plating at lunch instead of using an actual, physical plate to control my portions. I don't think I actually overate by a lot but I feel...

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Hi Deb, Please, PLEASE don't let that experience - or your concern that the scale may reflect an increase due to the large ziti meal - discourage you. I don't think you are, based on how you ended your post by stating your intention to begin again in the morning, but I did want to send some encourag...

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Hi pinkhippie, I will not hijack your thread but please, let me assure you that I find the length of time you've been working towards your goals in this area inspiring rather than discouraging. I've read through A LOT of the posts on the General Discussion thread and I've noticed that many folks joi...

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Congratulations on Monday's and Tuesday's green days, ladybird. That is excellent! Best regards, WIN

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Hi pinkhippie. Thank you for making me feel less alone. Your input really helps me feel better and I'm so grateful for your support, as well as for all the support, encouragement, and helpful tips that others have offered me so far. Everyone talks about how the internet is a vicious place (and it ce...

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Hi pinkhippie,

Your take on the learning process is very encouraging. It makes me feel less pressure to get everything figured out quickly and (the dreaded) "once and for all".

Thanks for sharing this insight. Best regards, WIN

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Congratulations, Deb! How great that you are seeing positive movement for all your efforts. Best regards, WIN

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HI ladybird,

Thank you for posting this info and your take on it. It's very interesting and I'd not heard of Stephan Guyenet before. He sounds like he gives good, healthy advice. I hope you are having a good week so far. Best regards, WIN

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HI Ellis, Congratulations on your anniversary. I'm glad you enjoyed your dinner.

I wish you best of luck with the insulin pump and hope you're settling in with it all right. Best regards, WIN

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Hi everyone, Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement from my last post. Time got away from me again but I haven't forgotten about No S or posting here; suddenly I'm running out of hours in the day. I kept last Friday green as planned, both S days were pretty moderate with only a bowl of ...

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Hi pinkhippie. I just wanted to jump on and say "great job" thinking through your eating habits and trialing different strategies to see what might work more successfully for you. I am especially impressed with your insight that not being hungry for meals may trigger overeating for you. I suspect no...

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I have had a busy time since my last check-in and kept thinking "I'll check in tomorrow". I also lost 2 drafts posts because I got pulled away before I could submit and the site timed out. However, I've remained focused on No S in the interim. Last week, I had 2 red days, both thanks to an extra sma...

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Hi soprano, I don't know anything about CGMs but I hope that it is helpful to you. It sounds like an interesting program and information about our health is usually helpful. I will be interested to hear how it goes for you after you receive it, if you're willing to share. Best regards, WIN

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Hi Ellis, I only wish I knew why gaining is effortless and losing is anything but! I've read some theories along the lines of humans having metabolic feedback systems that are more powerfully weighted against weight loss than weight gain but who knows? All I DO know is that I've experienced the exac...

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Deb, that is fantastic! Congrats! I'm so pleased for you. Best regards, WIN

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Hi ladybird, well done on your daily step count. People sometimes discount the value of walking but I think those of us who walk regularly recognize its phenomenal value (that's why we do it). It's excellent, gentle exercise, which is important for everyone but becomes increasingly so as we age. Eve...

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Hi everyone and thanks so much for providing such helpful tips on meal prep and thoughts on how I might make cooking less of a drag. Soprano, I agree that a great first step would be to re-frame how I think about cooking (feelings often follow thoughts). Thank you for the suggestion! Ellis and ladyb...

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You're absolutely right, Soprano. I've made tentative stabs at finding more meals that everyone likes in the past. Two barriers that I need to get past are how much I dislike cooking and an impatient nature (and seriously, I completely recognize that these are not barriers at all - I sound like such...

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Hi Deb! It's nice to "meet" you. I am wishing you great success on your re-start.

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Thank you for clarifying, ladybird30. Your approach makes a lot of sense; I think I will consider it as a means to better manage days when I've planned much greater physical activity than my usual. I think it might really help me, so I appreciate the extra details. I hope your week is going well. WI...

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Hi everyone, I realized today that I missed a day or two of check-ins. I wish I could attribute the gap to having way too much fun doing other things but in reality, I've had a busy week and kept thinking I could sit down and check in "after I just do this one more thing real quick". Time simply got...

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Hi ladybird, Great job on all your successes and um.... wow, just wow on walking 14km. I am rather impressed to say the least! I notice that you have Thursday listed as an S day. If you would be willing to share - Did you switch S days for this week because you knew you would be walking so far? Do y...

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Hi pinkhippie, Applying the same strategy of waiting until you're actually hungry to lunch as you do for breakfast sounds like a reasonable approach. I will be curious how it works out for you as you go forward, if you're willing to share. Also, I completely relate to the anxious feeling of "what if...

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Hi everyone, I'm back from my trip. Soprano, thank you for the tip about thinking how good I would feel returning at around the same weight. It really did help. I definitely kept No S in mind throughout my trip, although I did turn Friday red with some extra sweets. I think I wore down my willpower ...

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Success! I kept my focus and kept today green. Yesterday, I ate a less-than-favorite lunch, whereas today, I ate my favorite lunch and enjoyed it a lot more. Yesterday's lunch was perfectly adequate; I concede that the hunger I felt mid-afternoon was likely a combination of two things. First, I took...

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Hi pinkhippie - Nice job connecting sugar consumption to how it makes you feel physically rather than simply an external metric like how you "look" (i.e. weight). The former represents a way to care for an incredible treasure - your physical health and well-being - while the latter is a moving targe...

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Thanks, pinkhippie and ladybird. My average, everyday exercise doesn't seem to ramp up my appetite. But I may adapt just a bit on days when I know my exercise will go above and beyond my base level, especially while I'm still acclimating to the summer heat and humidity. In a way, I feel like it's ad...

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Thank goodness today is an S day..... I ate my usual breakfast, a satisfying single plate lunch, and a perfectly reasonable single plate dinner, then went a bit wild. I filled the hours between lunch and dinner with housecleaning and a 90 minute bike ride (low humidity but the sun was still beating ...

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Hi pinkhippie (I love your username, by the way!) It IS remarkable how psychological our eating behaviors are. It's easy to overlook but that fact makes itself known with every eating choice we face. I certainly hope you can feel your way towards meal choices that let you succeed at your goals witho...

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Thank you, ladybird and pinkhippie. Those two tips sound very helpful and I will try to put them into practice. I'm pleased to report a green N day, and it did not feel burdensome to make it that way (unlike yesterday!). Today was almost the reverse of yesterday - I slept much better last night, had...

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Ok, so today was tough. I kept it green, but only with great effort of will and an entire pot of decaf coffee over the course of the afternoon (just a small one - 2 mugs worth - but still!). For some reason, I felt especially hungry all day today and came very close to caving on both sweets and snac...

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Hi pinkhippie, Congratulations on keeping control of seconds and snacks, even if you ended up having slightly more sweets than you intended. As far as your hypothesis that you perhaps didn't have enough food yesterday, I would not be at all surprised if that is the case. I am still a complete beginn...

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I have every confidence in you, pinkhippie. Sending you good thoughts and well wishes!

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Thank you for the encouragement, pinkhippie. Someday, I will focus on decreasing the size of my plates or the caloric density of my choices but establishing consistent habits will remain my focus for some time to come. On that note, I must regretfully report that today is red for sweets, although gr...

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Thanks Amy3010! Today will be green as long as I go to bed without eating anything (a theme emerges.....). That said, this afternoon was fairly tough. For some reason I felt especially hungry and really, really wanted to have a snack. I started feeling hungry an hour after lunch so was facing hours ...

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Congratulation, ladybird, and thank you for posting this progress update. It is very encouraging and helpful to hear how you've approached No S so successfully.

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Hi jvcnm - Please don't feel pressured to respond if you'd rather not but just wanted to reach out and say that I hope your May challenge went well.

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Congratulations, ladybird30!

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Congratulations on the weight loss, Ellis! I hope your cholesterol numbers were to your and your doctor's liking and that your LDL has decreased like you hoped. Stay the course and know that all focus on your health and well being is time and effort well spent.

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Hi pinkhippie,
I hope your heartburn has subsided and that your days since Saturday have felt better to you.

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Hi everyone! Thank you, Amy3010 and pinkhippie for your well-wishes while I traveled. I am back home now and am excited to get back into my usual routine for a few days (until I travel again on the 14th). My trip went smoothly and, for the most part, I'm pleased with how well I stuck to No S. I can'...

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Hi Rheinhard, Thank you for investing even more of your time and energy in this site. I have just barely joined but am finding so much value in this community and would truly hate to lose it. Selfishly, I am very grateful that you are working to not only keep it going but to improve it (not that it ...

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Hi all - I have returned home from an unanticipated few days out of town, which encompassed my second S day (Sunday), and 2 N days. Sunday was pretty tame for an S day, especially in comparison to how I used to eat so feel pleased that I didn't go wild. I had 2 sweets and no snacks but my portion at...

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Today was my first official S day and I enjoyed it to the tune of a doughnut and two glasses of chocolate milk, spread throughout the day. My portions at my three meals stayed about the same and I didn't snack so feeling OK about today. I have no special plan for tomorrow's S day, except to enjoy th...

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Thanks, Soprano. I'm pleased to report that today has been green so far, and will remain so as long as I go to bed without a snack. Knowing that I slipped a bit yesterday made me pretty determined to stay on track today. That said, I'm heading into the weekend - otherwise known as allowed S days - a...

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Ladybird, I'm glad you wrote what you did because today ended up red, thanks to a bad combination of a grouchy mood and a surprise offer of a maple cookie. It was technically only 1 cookie after lunch, but rich enough to make this day red. But overall, I stil ate less in total than I would have pre-...

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Thanks, soprano! That is very encouraging. I am already thinking ahead to the (very likely if not inevitable "fail") and trying some proactive self-talk to hopefully keep myself from going completely off the rails. I will not be able to do the quote justice or even attribute it to the correct poster...

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Hi oolala, I hope you are still enjoying your time with your personal trainer. I've found that personal training frees up my time and attention. Instead of having to come up with the workouts myself and hope they are well-rounded, I can focus on actually doing them, as long as the exercises seem rea...

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Hi Kittson,

Wow, 8.8 miles of running AND all that rowing?! Good for you! Also very pleased for you that the mental chatter surrounding food and diet expectations has quieted down for you since you re-focused on No S. I hope that your week has continued to go well.

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Hi ladybird30, Congratulations on Monday's success and also for avoiding the sweets provided on Tuesday during your meeting. Serving tasty treats is a time-honored way to communicate welcome and be a gracious host or hostess. It's nice that you were able to appreciate the gesture without derailing y...

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Hi Amy3010, Soprano, and ladybird30! Thank you so much for the warm welcome and well wishes. They mean a lot! This is the very first internet group I have ever joined and it has taken me many months to work up the courage to reach out, even if only remotely, so I'm gratified that you've taken the ti...

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Hi everyone! I am new here, and looking forward to connecting with anyone who wants to connect with me through these boards. Howdy, howdy! I can't remember exactly how I came across the No S Diet but am so happy I did. I purchased the book back in November 2022 and have been striving toward Vanilla ...

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