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I'm back...and starting over. My son's surgery went fine and an hour later it was like nothing had even happened. For some reason, all of that pent up anxiety that had sent me on a 10 day feeding frenzy! So today is day one for me and so far it's been breakfast and coffee. I'll be back tomorrow to p...

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Thank you Ceu. I appreciate it.

Day 45: Success.
Day 46: BIG FAT FAILURE. At dinner I took THREE servings. I then ate yogurt with honey, an orange, a small piece of milk chocolate and then two large pieces of dark chocolate. I've really fallen off the wagon and so close to the weekend!

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That always seems to happen to me. Every time I start exercising, I get a cold a few days later even if I was just walking on a treadmill for 20 minutes or so.

Feel better!

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DAY 41: S-Day
DAY 42: S-Day
DAY 43: So-so. Ate a small piece of chocolate.
DAY 44: Another not so great day. My meals are becoming more like grazings. My son is getting minor surgery next week but it's weighing heavily on my mind. I don't feel like cooking good meals so I'm eating garbage instead.

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You can try to change your attitude about hunger. Instead of looking at is a bad thing that you must avoid at all costs, try looking at it as a good thing that your body is telling you when you need fuel and know that when you're hungry your body is getting it's energy from your fat stores. The tric...

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Thanks CaroleJo! DAY 40:Success. Funny stuff: went for seconds of dinner although I had a lot of space on my plate the first time and seconds were smaller. Also, I finished my husbands glass of wine. Also, to date I'm down 6 or 6.5 pounds. I think it's a little strange because I really outdid myself...

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DAY 39: Success. Funny stuff: I really wanted to nosh on something all day. I ate my dinner so early that I was really hungry later on. I ended up eating two carrots and half a pepper.

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DAY 38: Success. Funny stuff: small bite of fresh mozzarella. Somewhere during the day I had a bite of banana as well.

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DAY 37: S-Day for Fat Tuesday. Ended up eating three semlor throughout the day. They were gooood.

I'm going to **try** and give up sweets for Lent. Maybe it won't be so bad. I don't have too much trouble during the week...

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I'm actually thinking of giving up sweets on the weekends for Lent. I've never actually given anything up for Lent so it should be interesting. I was brought up Greek Orthodox and for Lent there's a pretty strict and long fast. It's basically no meat or dairy products except for a few days. Some day...

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DAY 34: S-Day DAY 35: S-Day. I promised myself that I wouldn't go overboard this weekend. Saturday wasn't too, too bad but Sunday was really, really bad. I didn't even want the food. It was that ridiculous day-before-the-diet mentality (you know: you'd better get it while you can because you can't h...

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I'm taking today as an S-Day too. In Sweden they make Shrove Tuesday buns called semlor. They're sweet yeast buns filled with sweetened almond paste and whipped cream. I make them every year "for my husband" (yeah right.) He took most of them to work and left me with four (two for me and two for the...

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DAY 33: SUCCESS. Although I did have a weird craving for fried chicken and biscuits. I don't think I've ever done as much baking as I have while on No-S. For some reason, it makes me want all kinds of comfort foods.

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DAY 32: FAILURE! I ended up eating 1 1/2 fairly large cookies. My son took them out of the pantry and for some reason I couldn't resist. I also ate some toasted squash seeds as a snack while I was making dinner.

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DAY 31: FAILURE! OK, maybe it wasn't an out and out failure but it certainly wasn't a success. I ended up eating a handful of those tiny Oreo cookies (maybe 5 or 6?) and then at dinner I took a second helping. The only thing I can say in my defense is that there was a little room on my plate the fir...

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DAY 30: Mostly a success. There was some funny stuff: a couple of snapea crisps, one of those tiny, snack sized Oreo cookies, and a couple of those matchstick sized pretzels. Dinner was pure comfort food: fishsticks, mashed potatoes, peas, buttered bread and a glass of milk. I definitely like to eat...

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After re-reading my post I realized that it sounds like I made a lot of changes. Those were his words (I edited the post.) Nothing was actually changed while the work was being done (there was no micro-managing or changes done midway), I simply didn't like two of the trees that the designer put in t...

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I have similar issues where I feel really weak not long after eating sometimes. I wonder if I have reactive hypoglycemia. http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hypoglycemia/ I don't think you're being silly but I also don't think it's a sign of anything serious. I really don't think we're meant to e...

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But here goes anyway. Right now I'm really, really frustrated over an incident with a contractor. The incident is over but it left me feeling uncomfortable. Here's the deal. I hired a landscaping company a year ago to design the front of my house. I prepaid for six hours and was told that I would ge...

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DAY 27: S-DAY. I had quite an appetite and was able to put away a lot of food without feeling full... DAY 28: S-DAY. same as Saturday. DAY 29: Success. I really, really wanted to binge today but I didn't. Something set me off first thing in the morning (a contractor that didn't deliver as promised) ...

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DAY 26: Success, however there was some funny stuff: I did eat a snack between lunch and dinner but it was for "medicinal reasons" and not hunger (it was a few prunes, raisins and some Swedish hardbread- get the picture?) Dinner was sushi and I did kind of overdo it with that. I'm not sure if it wou...

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Thanks Reinhard. My son is 18 months old still very much breastfed, and not in daycare yet since Christmas, the three of us have had three colds and a stomach bug plus a few colds in the fall. I used to get one or two colds a year and my husband rarely got them at all. Supposedly, if kids get a bunc...

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DAY 25: Success. Appetite is a little better but still seem to be having digestive troubles.

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DAY 24: Success. Still not feeling that great so the appetite is not really there. When I do eat a full meal, I feel queasy...

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Hmmm..This is a really loaded issue that sounds like the battle between working moms vs. stay-at-homes moms meets modern day consumerism vs. frugality. As a stay-at-home mom that believes that children are better off at home than at daycare I can also say that I like the occasional bauble from my hu...

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That movie was hysterical. I loved it.

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DAY 23: Valentine's Day. Took as an S-Day but did not eat snacks or seconds and only one tiny sweet. Thanks to whatever bug is plaguing me and my family, I didn't feel like eating much. My husband sounded disappointed when I told him that I wasn't making this chocolate espresso tart concoction that ...

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I don't think you should count it as a failure. Not bingeing is awesome. I'm not sure what you mean about "taking the sweets out of no S." If you mean you're not sure you want to give up sweets on N Days, let me just say this: in my experience, when I do eat sweets on S Days, it makes want more. I t...

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Thanks Deb, Unfortunately neither one of those seem to be helping too much. I already went through a box of Ginger Aid tea and a couple of cups of peppermint. I'll focus on just the peppemint. I've been taking probiotic capsules as well. One good thing is that I don't have a fever anymore so I guess...

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Thanks Deb & Carolejo! It's a bummer that I still feel this way on Valentine's Day. We were planning on Indian takeout but I don't know if I can handle that! Day 22: Success. I'm not feeling well so I don't have much of an appetite. In the past I would have eaten everything in sight to cope with not...

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DAY 19: Success
DAY 20: S-Day
DAY 21: S-Day

Made it to 21 days. I'm not sure if this is really habit or not. I think I lost about 5 pounds but yesteday I wasn't feeling well so I didn't eat that much. I'm still not feeling well. My husband, son and I all have some kind of stomach bug.

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Hi Marie, I think it's great that you're starting No-S at such a young age. This is definitely a step in the right direction. Bravo to you for being a vegetarian. I think it's admirable but you have to be extra careful about nutrition in that case. I don't know how much research you've done on the s...

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Ok, maybe I'm going a little overboard on S-days but to be honest I'm not sure I'm eating worse or more than I did before on a regular day. In any case, I feel sick and I have a pain in my side (gallbladder?) This happened to me last weekend and the weekend before. Why oh why can't I listen to my bo...

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DAY 18: Success. I had a couple of moms and tots over for lunch and I was able to offer cookies without eating or really wanting them so that's a big step. On the other hand, I got on the scale this morning and was disappointed (I know, I know) to see that I'm up a 1/2 pound from last Friday. I'm go...

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Absolutely!

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Sunny- To be honest I don't think I've tried any of the recipes! Are there any you'd recommend? As for weight loss, when my son was about 5 months old I lost about 15 pounds by counting calories (I ate around 1800 calories a day.) That brought me to about 8 pounds below my pre-pregnancy weight (whic...

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DAY 17: Success. I had a fourth "meal" between lunch and dinner (small sandwich) and that seemed to help prevent any weakness but today was difficult. I found myself scanning the cupboards and wanting to just eat whatever.

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Sunny- Thanks for the info. I'm familiar with the Weston A. Price people and I have the book "Nourishing Traditions". Unfortunately, I find it very difficult to follow because the only way I could get pastured meat products would be mail order and you can't get raw milk in NJ (not legally anyway) bu...

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Hey Deb and Tricia, I had my regular ob/gyn check up in November and my doctor didn't bat an eye when I told him that I haven't had a period. I'm not concerned that there's something wrong, I'm concerned that since I still breastfeed so much that I'm not ovulating. We haven't tried in earnest to get...

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Tricia- I'm hoping that there is actually something going on because I'd like to get pregnant again. That clock is tick, tick, ticking... But in any case, you're right. A fourth meal probably would be better. It also sort of dawned on me today that during my first two weeks on No-So, I was really in...

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I think I will have to give the fourth meal thing a try. It's just a little hard to plan for that. I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has experienced this. I'm actually surprised that this didn't happen to me earlier and actually anticipated something like this happening. Freakwitch- I a...

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DAY 16: Success. I felt faint again and very hungry by 3:30 so I broke down and had a very small snack. I'm still considering this a success because in the past I would have binged. When dinner did finally roll around, I was absolutely ravenous and completely devoured it. I didn't exactly have a ski...

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I'm noticing that if I don't eat a lot (and I mean a lot) at lunch that I'm really getting weak before dinner. I don't just mean a little bit tired but I feel faint and shaky. I know I should probably have a snack in that case, but has anyone else experienced this? This didn't happen to me the first...

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DAY 13: S-Day
DAY 14: S-Day
DAY 15: Success. Again I found myself a little too hungry between lunch and dinner and I felt a little faint. I think I may need to allow myself a snack during that time.

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Day 12: Success. I can't believe how my cravings have diminished. Usually by 11:30 I'm wondering about lunch. This morning I was busy cleaning and I noticed it was after 12:00. I just went back to cleaning and didn't eat until closer to 1:00. I do think that I let myself get too hungry between lunch...

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Thank you for all the tips. I haven't decided what kind of treat I want this weekend since I'm not really craving anything. This weekend I'm craving pizza or a cheeseburger even though I know I can have those during the week. I think I'm going to have to use some restraint. I seem to be able to stic...

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DAY 11: Success. I did eat two Snapea Crisps, but anyone that has had Snapea Crisps will tell you that eating only two is a major accomplishment.

FYI- I've dropped 4 1/2 pounds since starting this. I must have really been eating too much before. I know it's mostly water but I look thinner.

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Sorry if this has been asked before I just can't look through all of the posts! When it comes to S-Days, how far is everyone straying from the weekday plan? Totally berserk- like snacks, sweets & seconds or all day snacking? And if so, doesn't this cancel out any weight loss during the week? I have ...

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Great job Deb! You look great! Your perseverance is paying off. I hope I make it as far as you have.

Maria

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Here you go-

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004 ... e&n=284507

If for some reason the link doesn't work, it's the Norpro Stainless Steel Spaetzle Maker.

Maria

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DAY 10: Success. Not feeling well. Leftover goulash for lunch was a bad idea.

Carole-
That sounds really delicious. I'll definitely try that when I get my spaetzle maker.

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Amazon.com has one for $7.99 that sounds like the cheese grater one that you mentioned. I like the price and it looks nice and small. I'll give that one a try. It sounds like you made a lot of spaetzle if you have two kits! I've only ever had it with goulash but I gather that it's eaten with many ot...

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Carole,
I think I'm going to buy a spaetzle maker. They're delicious but what a pain in the a** to make. I tried a colander but that didn't work because the colander had a "foot" and then I tried a potato ricer and then a different colander. I had a lot of dishes to do!

Maria

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DAY 9: Success. I made Hungarian goulash for dinner with homemade spaetzle. I really wanted more but I didn't take any and I was really ok with that.

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DAY 6: S Day
DAY 7: S Day
DAY 8: Success. I did have most of a kiwi fruit that I was trying to give to my son. Today was a little hard because I totally overdid it over the weekend. Sunday was a giant feast. I'm really hoping that I don't do that again next weekend.

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Sounds like a great idea! I do the same thing - shovel it in, that is. I was thinking that I would also try focusing more on what I'm eating but not unitl I get through my first 21 days. I thought I would add a rule that I have to sit (at the table- not the PC) and eat without doing anything else, s...

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MJ- I'm really tempted to just stick to the plan this weekend but I won't. After breakfast I made a batch of brownies from scratch and they're still sitting in the kitchen untouched. Right now I'm actually not hungry and haven't even thought about lunch but I am worried that if I eat one of those br...

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DAY 5: Success! No jam or corbread today. I felt stuffed after every meal so I need to scale back the portions a bit.

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OK. This is strange. Today I've been stuffed after all three meals. Actually I felt stuffed before I finished my food but since I HAVE to clean my plate so I keep eating. Breakfast was not unusually large but I did put a little more than usual on my plate for lunch (more than usual before NOS). I th...

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DAY 4: Success. Sort of. I think my body is rebelling against the no sugar rule because I desperately wanted a PBJ sandwich for breakfast. I had one (open faced) with natural PB and maybe a tsp. of jam. I also had another piece of toast with cheese and 1 tsp. of marmalade. These are not usually thin...

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Day 3: Success

Deb- the congee had a little turkey in it. I like it when I have a cold and my son seems to like it too which is a big bonus because he hardly eats anything.

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DAY 2: Success. However it was harder than day 1. I had a kind of soup for lunch (I say kind of because it was rice congee which is basically a small amount rice cooked in a large amount of water with some flavorings). Anyway, this wasn't very filling even though I allowed my self two bowls knowing ...

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Day 1: SUCCESS!

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Thank you for taking the time to answer. I think I'll give it a try with one exception - I'm reserving my right to a mid-afternoon snack if needed. I'm still nursing a 17 month old (with no signs of weaning...) and the stretch between lunch and dinner might be a little too much for me. Breakfast wen...

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Hello, I found the No S Diet website the other night and I think it's wonderful. I love lack of BS and Reinhard's wit! I'm hoping it's what I've been looking for but I do have one reservation. I'm concerned that cutting out sweets during the week will set me up to binge - not just on the weekend- bu...

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