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I think my popper is the same as Strawberries: very sturdy bowl with a kind of clear lid with slits on the side. I bought it maybe 10 years ago and have used it a ton! Miss Microwave... Oh! Was that the big arson school fire I read about? Just kidding. Wow! Not quite funny, but it kind of is :? I've...

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As far as the scale thing goes, I'm not adjusting my beginning weight, so my loss shown will have the scale difference added :( so it looks like I've lost 3 pounds less than I actually have. I started my new thyroid meds today... we'll see how they work. :roll: All this talk about pedometers...I had...

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Hi again... I thought I'd quick edit my last post. I need mods. :? Thalia!... I feel almost relieved that you had a red day. The pressure is off. Just kidding. I was thinking of you as kinda a role model... It sounds like you were in total control of that red. Good goin', just don't make a new (old)...

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That was great Reinhard... thanks! I love the constitution idea. It's so true! I've decided to stop adding tweaks, which for me are really cheats in disguise. The only thing that I seem to not be able to do is eat breakfast, it makes me feel yucky. I wait until I get hungry (usually around 11:00) th...

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Butterfly! ... Jump quick, you're in a rut!!! You did at least 7 non-red days in a row... you can do it again! End your little streak of red today! If you need a goal, go for the 21 day club! You were 1/3 of the way there! If that seems too hard, invent a 2 week club :wink: It was a huge hurdle for...

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Welcome Ms! It's never too late to join our informal challenge! I'll probably start a June challenge since it's been so good for me

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Congratulations Quadopt Liz for joining the 21 day club! I plan on joining you next Thursday! Shmena...Stay away from the kitchen. I know it's tough! These open-concept kitchens make it tough! My pantry is immediately opposite my washer and drier. There is a long counter there for me to wash, dry a...

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Awesome you guys!!! You've met my goal!!!

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Alright, well I ended up going maybe a week and bought a dial scale because I didn't want one that would "remember" my wieght. HA! So, now... how many months later, my son knocked over a scented oil thing and it ran all over the plastic screen dial cover and etched the plastic, so now I can't really...

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Marc... you're still on the right track and you know it. :D Yu'll get there. I think most of us have those little slips WAY more often than you... I do! :roll: Keep talkin' so we can all learn how you "don't stop until you're there"!!!!! Thalia... HA! You even dream boring! I have had a dream that I...

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Everybody's different ... some people fall multiple times, others none. I know when I have my mind set on losing weight, I don't quit until I am done. Alright Marc, Have you got a pill for that? Have you "fallen" yet or are you just on the non-stop fast track? What are you thinking when you have yo...

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Don't laugh, but why are some white and some yellow? Ones I've read?

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I keep clicking on preview and then going on and loosing my post! I think I'll just submit and edit from now on... hmmm. I keep hearing all of these good things about eating breakfast and I thought I'd give it a try. I don't usually like to eat before 11:00...yuck. Besides, the whole "rev up your th...

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keep going!!! You're off to a great start!

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You're turning Green!
Keep it up! It weems to get easier when you keep at it. I used to have VERY colorful calendars, but lately they are mostly green. I may have my first all green month. Keep trying! We can join the 21 day club together!

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You are turning Green!!!

You're also very organized (I may copy you) and very inspirational! Great goin'!

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That was good! Thanks for the quotes. I hope I can find them again when I need them.

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I love that!!! thanks!

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Em, your Friday and Saturdays were your S days this week , right? Sunday was Mother's day and we all know we deserve an S for that, so I think you're still on the go girl!!! I'm still Green Green Green! ...and feelin' great! I stayed the same weight after the weekend, which means that I didn't get o...

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I seem to totally look forward to the S days and then look forward to the N days for sane eating. Funny how that just started recently for me. :wink: Quadopt's in the groove.. woohoo! Thalia... still boring? ya! Marc, are you o.k. after that road rage? I still remember when a friend and I had someon...

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I did the same thing... joined in October, lost 15 or so. December and Christmas came and I gained 20 or so. Hmm.. I felt like I lost "it". Then for the new year, I tried to get going again and it was hard to get "it". I'd do just a couple of days of good NO S. I started a challenge in April and ano...

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I'm bumping up the list. How are we all doing? Re-boot for the week!

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Well, by 4:00 Friday, I felt like screaming! I wanted to snack!!! So, to save the day... and weekend, I finally decided to trade my S day Sunday for Friday. (fast thinkin', huh?) Which meant that my Friday went much better than the average s day because I behaved myself until 4:00 anyway. So, I did...

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I had a cheap pedometer and it missed about half of my steps, then I got a nice one and actually counted out 500 steps on a walk. It missed a few but I cheated and calculated those in my head :? I'd rather have one that added them when I shift in my chair. :wink: They certainly inspire me to walk m...

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I get creative with leftovers to save money, time and tastebuds. I like to make double most everything at supper time and freeze half. I make extra rice, noodles etc. too. They freeze great and it shortens cooking time. Then what we don't eat I freeze in 1 serving size containers. We have a kind of...

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You're doing great! I know it's hard to get going and keep it going. I get confident, then loose "it". What ever "it" is. It does seem that when I lost huge amounts weight (2 other times) I felt that I was in the groove... I remember thinking how easy it was once you got going and in the habit. My p...

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I'm still green and will stay green ...today... I hope. I'm down 16, which is a tad disapointing because I'm doing so well. I do tend to heap a bit on the old plate though. Absolutely no snacks, sweets, or seconds (m-f) all month so far which is incredible for me the ignorant snitcher. I love popcor...

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Oh gosh that's funny! :lol: Well... when you carefully bring home excellent resteraunt food that you sacrificed by not eating in the wonderful atmosphere of the dining establishment and balanced on your lap the whole way home in the car to not spill, then bring home the huge white stirofoam contain...

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What happened to water? Good old plain water? I guess I grew up on well water and it was awesome. Now it's chlorinated and I have to chill it and usually flavor it.

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Asparetame (spelling?) gives me migranes, literelly. We're talkin' blurred vision, hide in a dark quiet room and vomit type of migrane. I really have to wonder if it's not bad for everyone to some degree. I don't let my kids have it. Sweet n' low gives me an after-taste. I use a generic form of sple...

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I have a hard time going for the smaller goals. I tend to see the big picture and I "should" loose around 85 lb... 70 from where I am now. I would be happy loosing 40 from now. But then I've done it twice, fast, and gained it back. No S already has a maintainance plan built in. When I set short goa...

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Marc's mods aren't far off. Most of us have some sort of a mod and it's good to discuss it. It's obviously working for him. We like to hear about it. Reinhard himself encourages it. Read page 167 of his book. As far as the waitress bringing the container WITH the food, that's a good idea. I honestly...

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And green is great! I think that even when things seem to be going slow, I'm still making progress on the inside because I'm healing my eat-all-the-time-and-not-think-about-it habit. Butterfly, your help has gotten me to finally figure out the picture thing :wink: . I added the tulips because it wi...

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still green green green this month and it's the 7th :D :D :D :D I used to snitch while eating and not even think twice about it. Now I don't at all unless I really NEED to taste for flavor (I don't like to follow recipes) and then it's just 1 tiny taste. Only 1 spoon in the sink... not lots! We use...

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Well. I finally got a picture on here. I've been meaning to figure it out. I didn't want to ask my kids... they already think they're smarter than me. Yea right! I'm blonde, but not dumb :wink: Anyway, I thought I'd bring a bit of my flower garden here to brighten things up a bit. Remember, I like c...

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So cool! I got it! I had added no s as a favorite AFTER I was logged on and it's not on there then. I needed to go off and add it as a favorite before I put in my info. It makes me have to type in my password, but I like being able to see the new posts and the ones I did! Thanks! It also gives me a ...

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Emily... sorry ' bout Mom. Great hurdle, not eating your sorrows away. I would have :? I thought I already commented on it getting easier, sorry. I seem to ramble on and on when I'm on another thread and I forget to write things on here. It definitely is becoming a habit since I started strict at th...

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Congratulations Marc! Are you having fun buying new clothes? I sure would! Maybe guys don't get the thrill like some ladies would. I like to hear about big losses. It gives us hope. :D Butterfly, Thanks... I never saw the tiny thing about viewing your posts and new ones either. I had to log off and...

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I do a daily check in too. That to me seems more of an up-keep journal type thing, but esential to me. I started the challenge to have more acountability and to have a group of us that really keep tabs on eachother for accountability purposes. I issued my first challenge in April and had my best mo...

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Still green for the month :) I really want to get to the 21 day club! This is my month! I have a few pounds to go to get to the before Christmas weight that I had gotten to. That seems to me to be the weight that I always stall out and loose control... then gain it back. That is a great goal/hurdle ...

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Quadopt... be sure and tell us if you get to 21. I plan on joining you this month. I got to 15 last month. Better than my usual 3

Marc... you're blue!
We're doin' great guys!!!

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I've been rambling alot on posts about my exercise and I realized that I never mention it here. I do have a habitcal for it. Yellow for 15 minutes, and green for 30 or more. I have been doing yard work and gardening like CRAZY lately, so I htink I'm doing O.K. there

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Oh... plates! That's what we're talking about! My great grandma's china plates are the smallest...my grandma's are a bit bigger... then my Mom's ... and the last plates I bought were the hugest! No kiding ya! I have a thing with plates, and I'm from a small family so I get them all passed to me :) ...

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I think that Marc (yea, we're talkin' about ya :wink: ) kinda substitutes some S days for a few micro-bites of celery and very low-cal healthy stuff when he feels an emergency coming on. Tell me if I'm wrong Marc, but don't you have very few s days? Like 4 a month? I think that it's a great mod tha...

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I agree with La looser in that we all need to remember that "good" and "Bad" behavior doesn't mean that we are bad people. I don't like labels either. I just think that when you see constant, daily, personal support like here on this thread... it lifts you up to a higher level of confidence. Also, ...

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O.K. Marc...I'll pick on you too. I agree that bending the rules leads to cheating (I'm an expert) Be careful! We'd hate for you to gain back 50 :? When I'm faced with a huge plate of food at a resteraunt, I try to save half, or ask for a take-out container before I even start eating. One time the ...

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No S does make you feel liberated! I spent years and years counting everything: calories (every single bite eaten counts), fat grams (I got too good at eating loads with no fat grams), fiber, selections, points etc. I had a real stressful bout of doing Spark people and tracking EVERYTHING and going...

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I think that as time and S days go by, they get less out-of-control (with rare exceptions). I have weekends that I forget to have an S! Wow!!! If that didn't just give me a boost!!! I can't imagine! But I will strive for it!!! Kathleen, 12ponds lost is great no matter how long it took. It's way bet...

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Wow guys... we're doin' great! yea that was hard to color

Mimi has lost 4.5 already... no input Marc?... Debs, I could never have food as neighbors! keep strong...Thalia, are you still boring? great!.. there are so many of us doing great! Does this challenge help?

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I use my middle name, remember

No problem though. Yea, it's getting easier. I even had a good S day Saturday. My Sunday was pitiful! I'm back on track for a new week. Green yesterday.

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tough S-travaganza weekend! We had our son's confirmation and a big gathering complete with a big spread of food. :shock: WAY too much food. I need to regroup and get on track. I am real charged for the week. The kids have no school today, which is usually very hard for me, but I'm so pumped to have...

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Hi guys, since I think everybody's in that will be... I'll bump it up to the top. My weekend was bad. My S days certainly lack control. It was O.K. Saturday, but I think that my Sunday was pitiful! Big gathering at our house. Way bigger than Christmas,but at least I didn't have the big build-up of t...

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Marc, ya done good! I should really set specific goals. I tend to not do that in fear of not meeting those goals. You're a real inspiration!

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Day 2 of the May challenge and it's an S day. Wonderful! I can do the s days! Although, we have our son's confirmation this weekend with family and friend coming and tons of food (my fault). They arive early in the weekend and stay all weekend... if ever I needed a prayer! I had a great day yesterd...

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Welcome back!!!

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Thank you Thalia and everyone who reads these!

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That's another cool thing about nos... even oprah could do it using annother name and we'd never know it. Maybe she is already! Ooooooo!

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I think of it as healing... both physically and mentally.

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so so true!...about the first post, not Strawberry's comment ha! We typed at the same time

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I'm happy that there are 15 people so far doing the challenge. When I feel like snitching food, my sons words echo in my head... " you'll have to tell everyone on the internet!" I feel like I am held more accountable when others all check on eachother easily. I rarely check on other daily checkins ...

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Welcome back! If you need encouragement, just read through your old checkins! I think we forget how well things work...

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my defaults usually are... Breakfast: none, unless there's something great, like homeade bread. I don't feel like eating before 11:00 usually. lunch: leftovers. I find a toaster oven crisps things up better than the microwave. Dinner: I plan ahead for the week to stay organized and so that I don't ...

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I cheat a bit :oops: and one day I was frustrated for not loosing or even maintaining and I actually thought I had had a green day because I was allowing snitches here and there. When I sat down to think about it and calculated it out... 2015 snitched calories that I didn't even call snacks! I did ...

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I just wanted to say thank you guys for helping me do my best green month yet! I started in October and have had very colorful months since OH... Thanksgiving! This challenge really got me back on track (better than when I started even) because I knew someone was checking on me. I'm am a cheater an...

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I'm certainly in! May 1: green day and feelin' great...tis good!!!! weight down 14 total 8) May 2: S day huge company weekend for me. I'll try to restrain myself. weight down 15! woohoo! May 3: S day and my son's confirmation (we're lutheran) I ate WAY too much. Tomorrow's the day to get on track! ...

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Back with annother challenge because we had great success... :D I challenge you to a no red month of May! All green and yellow days on your habitcal for all of May with absolutely No red :evil: . Do strict no S. If you have a mod... be strict. Write only one post until the 5th to be sure everyone g...

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One more day on this challenge... how ya doin' everyone?

Look for the new May challenge... Hope others do it!

So who's a challenge winner?

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My biggest challenge is when I get too confident and want to relax the rules... that leads to not doing it at all... then defiantly not doing it... then struggle to just start. If I carve the rules in stone and not start to challenge myself, it's relatively easy.

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I had only 4 red days for all of April. I just issued the May no red challenge . I'm super motivated! I'll update here at the top for a quick reference for when the challenges go to the depths of the records... :wink: May 1, 2009 (fri) - Green! May 2 (sat) - down 15. Confirmation tomorrow. Watch out...

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food is everywhere! It's easy, we have a huge variety and it's absolutely everywhere you go! People seem afraid to get hungry. I agree! Not much seems like a treat anymore. When I do no S I appreciate food more.

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I clench my teeth at night and have jaw pain... so I can't. That used to work for me though. Sugar free hard candy works for a bit, but I bite it and have to eat more and more. My Dad always chews on a toothpick... yucky splinters...any other ideas?

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Debs... great idea :!: , but...I have 4 kids, the 2 oldest being teens, and they would all laugh continually at me (we're quite a joking family) and I'd never live that one down! Awesome plan for those not in a big family! I used to get their support and gentle reminders, but now they pass temptati...

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Welcome! Remember that those 50 years could be spent much happier and healthier too!

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I worked at a pizza place for oh... 2 weeks (don't ask) so I can speak with much authority :wink: that the ingredients are all the same, it's just what you put on it and how much you eat. I was reading on here somewhere the other day about eating 1 or 2 pieces. Ha! If I could do that I'd be thin! P...

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...When you're hungry, even what is bitter tastes sweet. Proverb 27:7 Once when I was hungry I actually CRAVED brussel sprouts!!! Very odd for me! When You allow yourself to get hungry, you appreciated your food all the more. Everything tastes better. I had the most amazing soda cracker the other d...

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Feelin' good. Day 5 green. Only 3 green days this month. After reading about all of these people doing all perfect green months, month after month, I'm motivated! This has been the best month so far. I think that if I wouldn't have had that 1 meatball I'd have been green all month. It snowballed int...

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Welcome to all of you newbies! It really does get easier when you stick with it. I don't feel the constant pull from the pantry as much. I lost 15-20 when I started in October... threw it all out the window during December (gaining it all back) and started again in April. Spring a good time to star...

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I only put in photos of goal pictures that are realistic for me. Forget Britney! I like the idea of finding an outfit to visualize...though the guys wouldn't probably do the little black dress thing... HA Also, we should all probably toss the clothes in our closets that don't make us feel good. For...

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Marc... don't you dare beat yourself up over a pound and a half! My kids have pooped bigger than that! Did I type that? Think about how much you've lost!!!

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I've just recently put together a little photo album to give myself an uplift when I need it. I put in pictures of myself when I was thin and looked great, one that I felt good about recently (there was only one!) and some magazine pictures of women that look kinda like me. It's a great incentive a...

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I've just recently put together a little photo album to give myself an uplift when I need it. I put in pictures of myself when I was thinner and looked great, one that I felt good about now (there was only one!) and some magazine pictures of women that look great and look kinda like me. It's a grea...

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Welcome!... and glad to see that you're off to a great start! Marcdesbeins is from Canada too.

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So, after much self-evaluation.. my plan: Strict No S. If I'm not feeling up to breakfast (usually not), then skip it. Lunch on a 'lunch plate' and supper on the regular dinner plate. Aim for 8 waters a day, minimum of 1 hour of exercise a week, no sweets or seconds and STOP SNITCHING PREPARING AND ...

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I posted to see how often everyone weighs themselves and decided to only weigh once a week on Friday mornings. I did and gained while not looking at it... Hmmm. So, I've decided to weigh daily (once) and only write it down on Friday morning. I am down 11 from New years, and I know this works when I ...

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So how are you guys doin'? marc... your weigh in was yesterday and I'm curious how ya did!

I'm going to start a challenge for May... any suggestions? Doing the ultra strict No S works best for me, though if I fail a tad, I then think I blew it and I'm off the hook.

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Just an update since I started this... I tried to weigh once a week and while not watching, my weight went up and up... so, I guess I'll weigh once daily and only track it on Friday mornings. I know my 'during the week rollercoaster trend' and will keep that in mind. Thanks for all the input!!!

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Welcome back! You know this makes sense! It's like a duh-diet.

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You can make a fun and kid-yummy syrup out of most fruits. You put any fruit, skin and all if you want and puree them in a food processor. Strawberries are incredible! Add water if you want. For picky kids you can add a bit of jello for sweetness and color. You can also make a kind of runny "smooth...

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me too! I like weight commander! It's the best yet. I wish the chart was on here.

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All of these great posts have really got me thinking... They say that most really overweight people don't eat breakfast, and thin people do. I've always thought that it was a metabolism thing and my thyroid is bad anyway so I've been thinking that it doesn't matter... but what if it's not that? I t...

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Yea, I just need to not have snacks on hand. They have little voices that call me! Yesterday I developed a migrane... I'd get it under control, then bad again... then better etc. So I ended up eating some comfort snacks at my pitty party. So then this morning, I think "I'm not on a streak anymore b...

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I totally agree with wosnes... I'm not hungry at all for breakfast, and if I eat it, I then am hungrier ALL day. What is that? I even feel nausiated sometimes if I do eat breakfast. What I do is wait until I'm hungry (usually around 11:00) and then eat an early lunch. I'm a former weighdown worksho...

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I've made soy burgers before and loaded them with great stuff and still couldn't eat them. My family banned them from the house and honestly - MY DOG WOULDN'T EAT IT! She eats anything... even rocks! Then I got some portabello veggie burgers. Just a step up... also banned with a laugh. It goes to s...

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I'm on day 6 green of taking 2 red days off. I'm going for the 21 day club! I do have to say that the skipping snacking and sweets is getting easier. The snacking is still a huge temptation because I'd just snack if it was there. Now I think 'Wait a while and have it at supper". I sometimes plan ch...

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Wow! Just when you think that nobody is ever reading this! I just got an acountability boost!

Thanks... any other ideas?

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green day 1 yesterday It's Tuesday and I've started tracking my exercise on habitcal. I color a day yellow for 15 minutes and Green for 30 or more. I used to write it on a calendar, so I've written them on my habit cal. I need a bit more accountability. Since I'm not weighing myself until Friday, I...

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about snacking... the more often you snack, the more you feed your habit. The more you think about food, you're feeding your habit. Get you mind off food! When counting calories, I was thinking about food all of the time. So much effort went in to food that when I lost all of the extra weight, and ...

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... therefore Friday was a red day. I lost my steam... but I'm starting over today and going for the 21 day club.

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I'm having horrible flashbacks of trying to count everything. I spent years counting... fat, fiber, points, glasses of water, minutes exercising, and a long time counting calories on Sparkpeople. I got so sick of it and gained, slowly about 70 while tring to count! I started No s in October '08 and...

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