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Leafy-greens, I do IF only 2Xweek. My hours grow closer only on IF days. They should be about 24 hours ( I always eat dinner those days), and started out that way, but lately I've been closing the IF hours to 19 or 20 before I eat something like a piece of fruit before dinner. I did do No S a few ye...

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I've been doing intermittent fasting since Aug. I have tried previously, but have not lost weight, because I would make up for lost calories. When I combine it with No S...bingo! I have lost weight on No S alone as well, but very slowly as my S days are always reckless and my N days are heavily calo...

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Like emmay, when I over-S the weekend (and I usually do), I long for the stability of Monday. Unlike emmay, I only THINK I look forward to Monday. The sweets that linger on my mind and in my body are calling me back. I usually resist, but yesterday my calender needed a big red mark :( When that happ...

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When my son-in-law became free of drugs via help from rehab, my daughter would congratulate him each month he was 'clean' and find out that is NOT what to do! It seems a more sensitive area than food issues, but with some NoSer's I suppose marking good days aren't as encouraging as it may be for oth...

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At my heaviest weight, I was daily taking acid reduction pills and/or Tums to alleviate burn-a-hole-in-your-esophagus heartburn. Within two weeks of No S (even with over-the-top weekends) this has gone completely. Even if I hadn't lost any weight it would be worth it.

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The fellowhip and encouragement on this board helps to make it less hard.

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So, oolala, No magic...just mindfulness. Thank you for your answer.

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Anoulie, you are probably right, altho' not sure how to do that. Perhaps others could benefit from her answer.

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I noticed that your weight stayed the same from March of last year until at least Sept. (I know you don't weigh yourself often). But your current weight shows a few dropped pounds (congratulations, by the way!). Did you tighten up your no s days or tamed down your weekends? I ask because I'm close t...

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Out of those"minor" holidays you mentioned, I treat Labor Day and Memorial Day as S days because I have picnics with my family.

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This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I skip meals here and there to stay on track or lose more weight, as well as do No S. I'm a weekly weight tracker, not daily.

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I've done IE for many years, off and on. I have owned many books on the subject. It has helped me get off the low-fat diet craze and other fad diets. It helped me to lose weight a couple of times, and kept a pregnancy weight from ballooning out of control like my others. For this, I was grateful. Bu...

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Instead of a set number, since you're doing it everyday, why not list as many (or as little) as you experienced that day. And Ironchef has a great suggestion...things you are grateful for today.

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mastermash, that dehydration problem was prevalent during my husbands years as a wrestler in the 70's. My sons now have to undergo hydration tests. We are careful to let our sons wrestle close to their own weights, since they are slender. But there are normal weighted kids who starve themselves down...

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sarahkay, In 2009, I began No S and within a few months, I lost 20 lbs. I only had another 5-10 lbs to go to be within a normal BMI. I might have made it but the wild S days that never relaxed, stalled my weight. Discouragement set in and consequently, more and more red popped up on N days. Technica...

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I have large packs of Sam's Club goodies, sitting on my dining room table for a few days, waiting for vacation. Because of No S, they are not calling my name.
Now perhaps the cadbury bar that oolala mentioned...

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lol, oolala.

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I was talking to DH about turkish taffy, my childhood weakness, when I saw it in a Mom and Pop store. I picked up vanilla and chocolate (what... no strawberry?!) and was saving it for the weekend. Well, they either changed the recipe or I had poor taste in candy when I was young. I couldn't give it ...

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Thank you, oolala. I will also have a hot chocolate on the hottest days. Comforting goodness.

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Oolala, do you make your own mocha? If so, how? I love the stuff!

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My son has been on the cross-country team for years but his physique has not changed from slim and muscular. The coach said he does not have a long distance running physique, unlike his best runners, which are long and lean with little muscle. He does okay on the team but he is a better wrestler tha...

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Give yourself more time on No S for your stomach and head to adjust. If not being able to exercise is causing you stress, then agree to put it aside for now and pick it up when your ready.

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My sister-in-law told my pregnant daughter-in-law that when she had been nauseous in the morning with her pregnancies, she would sip a small glass of cranberry or apple juice and it helped. My DIL tried it and said it helped her also in the morning, but helped only a little bit when she drank it lat...

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Nicole, that sounds like a good plan. I wish you well with No S.

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And that you were aware of it is No S'er behavior. In the past, I would pop all kinds of goodies from the garden in my mouth without a thought of it.

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Welcome, Bunky. You'll find the posters here kind and encouraging. And there are a number of us in your age bracket. Altho' we learn from everyone here.

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oolala, my cons include: I can hide out in any room at any time and eat anything to my hearts content with no one trying to take it from me. (greed) I like to bake and need to wait for the weekend to do it. My youngest son says he like me soft and chubby; I'm cozy. I don't have to make excuses to fa...

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I ate a peach for a snack and marked it red because of developing the no snacking habit, especially since I could have saved it for the next meal. But in buying that much of a new type of cheese, I definitely would have sampled it (but only one slice) and marked it green. Like r.jean said, that's ju...

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ZippaDee, perhaps compliments or the extra attention makes you uncomfortable. It does me. That's why I don't mind the slowness of weight loss with No S; it's not so noticeable with frequently seen people. Maybe we don't think we deserve the positive attention. But I like your bottom line: JUST DO IT!!

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Megan, This is my second serious go at No S as well. ( I had a couple of false starts , too). These boards encourage me, the podcasts, and rereading the book or the website basics. I also made a pro and con list about losing weight/gaining sanity with No S. The pros on my list were long and very few...

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Oolala, I've read somewhere (perhaps one of Anne Barone's Chic and Slim books) that the French are not necessarily thin-thin, but are normal weight.

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Thank you all for your replies. I think I'll mark it red since I'm not interested in a mod right now. But it is interesting that since I had eaten the peach, I had gotten a hankering that night for other things to eat, more so then ever. Maybe it was just a head game, or it could be the fruit sugar ...

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I'm trying to incorporate more fruit into my diet. It's easier with luscious peach season upon us. But sometimes I forget to put it on my plate, so I have it later. Should I mark it red on my calendar? Do you consider a fruit between meals, Vanilla No S?

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McQueen, No S is the normal way to eat. That's probably why you keep ditching those diets and returning. I've done the same thing. I find these posters, those new and especially the seasoned ones to have good insight and encouragement. Listen to the podcasts, find answers on these boards. With 3 pla...

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Loligoss, I made your recipe for granola. It is delicious. I put a TB or so in my plain yogurt for breakfast. I'll share some with my daughter and will hid out of sight the rest until I use it, to avoid temptation. After I'm done with this, I'll make wosnes's recipe. Thanks for the recipes, ladies!

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MJ, When I go to a restaurant, I'm usually hungry and end up eating too much bread, tempted by the appetizer, etc...Then when the entree arrives, it doesn't look as good as when I first ordered it, because I'm almost full. But whatever I do, I love to take home leftovers that can last me one or two ...

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Sometimes I get a hankering for a favorite candy bar. I'll buy one and set it aside for the next S-day. I have learned that buying a multi-pack of them to savor only on S-days doesn't work for me.

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oolala, I also got involved with intuitive eating now and then. I thought, "No way was I just going to sit with a drink while my family is eating the dinner I just cooked!" So I ate lightly at mealtime, especially breakfast and lunch, and ignored all hunger pangs between meals, and I was hungry at e...

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This recipe looks so good. My daughter just bought coconut oil. So delicious! I think I'll swipe some of that. A bit of this will dress up my plain yogurt. I know what you mean by putting the granola out of sight, though!

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Thank you, Vicki, for your inspiration and detailed honesty. I am also in my 50's and 5'2". I had success on No S three years ago and almost reached my normal BMI, when continuous wild weekends and consequently the little weekday indiscretions made me lose heart, but not more weight. I am coming aro...

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I find planning for most things work well for me. The only time it didn't was when I was on No S the first time. I planned my S days with great calculation regarding all the treats I missed during the week. I froze them, stored them, baked them and gorged on them ever S day. It was my downfall. I've...

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Before no s, I suffered from heartburn, it eased off after no s but it took a little while at first. Then, as long as I was loyal to my no s plan, my heartburn eventually disappeared. I gradually stopped doing no s (Duh!) and low and behold, the heart reappeared. I'm back on the diet and I've experi...

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Tell hubby that since he doesn't want you to take those "dangerous" walks, you would like him to buy you a top-of-the-line treadmill

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Tricia... when I used to make it like you, I would put the warm yogurt mixture in a pot or bowl with the lid, then wrap the pan all around with towels and set it in a safe place on my counter undisturbed for 8 hrs. It always worked with me.

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I'm going to try a modification this month which is much like Wosnes's: Up to 3 S- events per week and S- days kept for holidays, weddings, birthdays parties, etc... Vanilla No S worked well for me for a few months and taught me that I can do without sweets every day. But I can't tame those wild S-D...

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wosnes...that sounds like a real healthy resolution

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Mavilu...I'm sorry to hear about your loss. It reminds me of the time I lost my father suddenly just before the holidays started. I used to make a table full of desserts for extended relatives, alot of them- desserts and relatives. (I had three small children then and nobody brought anything to help...

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I would like to try a modification of No S, prehaps I'll give wosnes's mod a go.

Last year I resolved to read thru the Bible in a year. I'll attempt to do the same this year only I want to break up the readings between morning and night so I don't rush thru it

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I was talking to a young woman who struggles with her weight who says her diet of processed foods keeps her overweight. When her foreign mother-in-law visited her for a couple months, she cooked for her from scratch and the weight fell off her without trying.

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Wosnes...Do you mean to say that you take up to only 2 events a week? As I understand this, it is only having, let's say for instance, a dessert on Monday and perhaps seconds on Thurs. and the rest of the week is much like Vanilla No S with a light breakfast and lunch? You don't feel deprived? I wou...

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mrsj...remember that S-days also mean sick days. We do what we can to feel better. Mark it yellow, not red. Hope you feel better soon!

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Welcome aboard, Mollie (pun intended).

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Renee...I make alot of fudge for gifts and for ourselves later on. I make choc nut, plain choc, peanut butter, choc peanut butter, vanilla, and experiment on other flavors. People love them. The best and easiest recipe to me is on the back of the Kraft marshmellow creme jar. The extra fudge goes in ...

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Christmas at our house resembles Thanksgiving, altho' the sides differ. But for birthday parties, I like to go with barbeque pork or beef on torpedo rolls. I make it a couple days ahead and refridge. You can make it in a crockpot or stovetop. For Christmas sides, I would sometimes use a recipe calle...

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Count me in! I found myself nibbling on some leftover turkey last night because I didn't have to account to anyone. DECEMBER: 1- success 2- S-Day (annual cross-country banquet) Not too bad. More like an S-event. 3- success 4- success 5- S-Day 6- S-Day 7- success 8- success 9- success 10- success 11-...

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Good advice, Renee: While giving thanks to God for the food, don't be a glutton

As far as the Thanksgiving night weigh-in, I was always too much of a coward to try that one!

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KCCC...you sound like you have a good focus. Sometimes it helps when we talk things out with others and then we see we have the answers within us.

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I used to do alot of cookie baking for the holidays but my daughters do it now and it is my Christmas gift from them. The cookies aren't warm and they are put in containers so that's easier for me. But I do make all kinds of fudge for extended family Christmas gifts. Nine large trays of it. I fill m...

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Renee, I usually get the chicken ceasar salad (school lunch) with my youngest but with my 8th grader I thought I'd be adventurous and go for the main meal. It was dried up mozzarella sticks with some horrible tasting dipping sauce and "buttered" (yeah, right) pasta that was so tasteless, I had to as...

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Welcome mrsj,

This challenge has helped me get back on tract. I hope you also find it helpful!

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Can't seem to eat pizza without a side of chips!
I also have a salty tooth so I'm glad that that particular S is allowable.
I have a small handful of chips (or likeness thereof) with my lunch or some lightly salted nuts.

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Thanks Renee, I know it is disasterous for me to keep chocolate candy around. Have you ever read intuitive eating books that vary on how to handle trigger foods? One said to have ten of everything at all times in the house so you won't feel deprived. Yeah, that worked :shock: Others said when you wa...

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Pasta and Spinach Cook 1 lb of any pasta, drain and set aside. Save some of the pasta water in a cup. Pour a couple TBS of olive oil in large frypan. Add about 4 oz of cut up pancetta or bacon. If using bacon, drain off some of the fat. Add a few sliced garlic cloves til golden along with a little c...

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Has anyone tried any of the new substitute sugars on the market. One is stevia and another is sugar mixed with Spenda. I find Stevia a bit weird tasting altho' it's a natural product. Hmm...I wonder how sugar and Stevia would taste together?

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I don't like limiting the S days but mine have been getting completely out of control. It's the candy and chocolate, I believe that are doing me in. I decided to test this out by allowing myself only one candy bar (snack size)per S-day. It worked well this weekend. I ate heartily but I didn't have t...

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Wed was tough, tough. Things were going pretty easy when my daughter called and said wanted to visit. I invited her and her family to dinner and then she said, "I want you to sample a cake I made". I explained I couldn't and wow, did she lament! (I felt like a fanatic and if I weren't on the 21-day ...

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I'm in. I've been sloppy for a few months and gained back 7 of my 20lbs lost. How do you do colors? (Thanks CrazyCatLady!) Sat. day 1: S-day Sun. day 2: S-day Mon. day 3: green Tue. day 4: green Wed. day 5: green (but alot of pressure to sample daughter's cake) Thur. day 6: green Fri. day 7: green (...

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Renee,

You have learned from your experience and so did we!

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I WILL be saying no to any further Halloween candy. We don't celebrate Halloween but my MIL will bring us alot of candy for the kids so they are not "deprived." I divided them up for my husband and children (not for me) and took a few pieces of my favorites to eat that S day, hoping that would satis...

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I found that doing Vanilla no S and having wild weekends still caused me to lose a little weight each week. The problem is that it is becoming harder and harder to face Monday. I would plan for the S days by buying sweets by the ton, freezing those that needed it, then indulging on the weekend. The ...

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Well, gang, I made the cake and everyone loved it, especially the birthday boy. 4 rounded Tbs is about 1/2 cup cocoa. The frosting, if using 3 cups of 10X sugar, only needed 3 TBS milk. The problem I had with the icing of the warm cake (as called for in the recipe) caused the frosting to melt and se...

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This is also called Texas Sheet Cake.
One pound of confectioner's sugar is 3 1/2 cups unsifted. So 1/2 cup less is 3 cups as called for in the recipe.

My son's birthday is Friday. He loves chocolate cake but I'll probably put nuts on only half the cake incase I "ruin" it for him.

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Friday nights are very hard for me, too. I usually grocery shop on Friday. My supermarket bakes these incredible donuts. I could just pass by them, but then my four big and little men at home look for them. Sometimes I can hold off till Saturday to eat them, but lets face it, they're not as fresh. B...

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Welcome aboard, Mickie! You are wise not to micromanage your food choices right now. It's enuf to just focus on the S's in the beginning. In time you will desire to put a piece of fruit or salad on that plate and less of something else. And sometimes you'll want that something else (like potato chip...

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For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

1Timothy 4:8

Whose gonna argue with that?!

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I had been doing weekends as S days for a few months but Fri is still difficult for me. Even harder than Monday, so I tweaked my S days making Friday Night an S and Sat a normal S and Sunday a restricted S because I was getting frustrated with out of control Sundays. It worked out all right for a co...

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Garfield and his talking scale comes to mind.

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I no longer bake during the week like I used to so those homemade goodies are not calling my name. My family (husband and three sons still at home) have grudgingly accepted this altho' none are overweight. I still supply them with ice cream but I won't buy my favorite because it would disappear befo...

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I've also been on No S for a little over 3 months and I now have an attitude change about S days. I'm no longer clawing the walls waiting for the weekend and my weekend eating is more discretionary. I was hoping this finally would come about. It just takes some people longer to settle in.

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My Mid East family does yogurt the old-fashioned way: Heat 1 qt of whole milk (you can use 2% but it will be thinner) in a saucepan just until it starts to boil -watch carefully for boil-over. Cool the milk either by placing pan in cold water or the longer way of leaving it on counter top. Stir it n...

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To reneew, I hear you when you talk about teenagers in the house eating your leftovers. Saying you licked your food is hilarious, altho' I'm not so sure it would work at my house! It seems I have had teenagers in the house for many years as I've had six kids widely spaced at times. One shameful inci...

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... no more heartburn. No late night cleanup after dessert on weekdays. No more diet books. My husband nows calls me "Tiny Hiney" ( really, it's not all that tiny but why argue?). I feel in control when I don't reach for food when life hands me a lemon. I can move faster. I can now wear more clothes...

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Thank you kind people, for your reply. I was willing to take this one on the chin but it will be nice to mark it yellow. This will keep the calendar successful this month of April so far. It's nice to have a whole month under my belt underdistrubed by a red mark.

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Motivator? No more heartburn that hurt so much it made me nauseous.

Also when people walk by me in close quarters they don't take half my butt with them

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Yeah, I knew that would get your attention. I made one of those over the weekend and there were leftovers. Now, I was determined not to eat any come Monday and since my daughter was going to make it for our monthly get together in a couple weeks it was resistable. But come Monday, I awoke with a sor...

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In my case, I added to the economy crisis. I averaged about I diet book a month and now haven't bought any new books since The No S book a few months ago

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Hi Jeanne, I answered your other post about breakfast but I'll go into more detail. First off, I know it's harder to drop weight as you get older. I could remember strenuous dieting for a week to drop 5-10 lbs whenever needed. Not anymore as I'm in my 50's. I couldn't do that nor would want to now a...

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Jeanne, What size are your plates? I eat off of an 8 1/2 luncheon plate for dinner and lunch. Sometimes for lunch I'll even eat from a dessert plate. I could still fit a sandwich and several chips on it. My breakfasts consists of a small bowl of cold cereal with whole milk or hot cereal. I'm rather ...

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I always had an iron deficiency when I was pregnant so I was force-fed iron pills from my doctor. They didn't agree with me so I found a molasses called Haddon House which Acme sold ( can't find it now ) and it had a very high iron content, much more than "Grandma's" molasses.

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Marianna, I also followed the same hunger/fullness path for years. It was a mental struggle wondering if when I ate and what I ate would throw my hunger off schedule for mealtimes. That's why I enjoy No S and I'm more successful on it too. My mealtimes coincide with yours. I am usually hungry in the...

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Doudou, I read were you said you didn't make your grandmom's birthday a special day. I, who am also one, speak for all grandma's when I say, "Please don't do that!" If you had planned granny's day to be special, you could have eaten two slices of cake and felt good vs. one slice of cake and marking ...

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I have done the opposite in that for years I rarely weighed myself hoping my weight would become less of an issue. But I steadily gained about 30 pounds doing that or should I say not doing that. It really is an individual thing I think. I weigh myself every Friday morning after I get up and visit t...

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The mother in me just can't help wondering if these guys say, "Aw, Mom!" when she asks them to take out the garbage.

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Hi geekmom, I also plan what esses I will eat on weekends to avoid clunking myself on the head and saying, "I could have had a ____!" (fill in the blank with anything but a V 8 ) I put goodies in the freezer and packaged goodies out of sight so come the weekend, I just need to look on my calender Ha...

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I bought a huge box of the Quaker instant oatmeal packets that were flavored (Banana Bread, Cinnamon Roll etc...). They have so much sugar in them. I poured the packet in a coffee strainer with small holes and sifted out the sugar. I got more than 2 tsp out of 1 small packet! The remaining oatmeal s...

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Great videos Reinhart,

And I liked both of them equally since they were the same

Seriously, that would make a nice centerpiece for the table and we could change up the colors according to the occasion.

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Just add salt

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Aya, I've done many diets, 10 years of intuitive eating, but No S is the one I feel I can stick with. I have for two months so far and lost 11 pounds. And that includes in those two months, 4 failure days, 3 NWS days and VERY enjoyable weekends. And yes, it is restrictive during the week. Afterall, ...

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