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StrawberryRoan

Wow, marc, you are doing great. Tried to post earlier about how great the pics of you and your sister were but for some reason, my page just FROZE.. oh well... Here I am! Now I know why you block out your face - you are afraid that someone will lift your photo and use you on one of those Buff Guys F...

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Sunday morning, 137 pounds. Shopped a little yesterday, nothing crazy. More local stuff, even spent a lot of time at the farmer's market - not only got some great stuff (even some purple peppers) but met a lot of nice people. One guy said he had a hundred tomato plants! Wow.... I think I am going to...

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Barring a serious medical condition, I think the bigger problem is that people think hunger is a bad thing. Hunger is a good thing. It is a signal that the body is burning up, not storing as excess fat, the food we have eaten. People used to be really hungry at mealtimes. That was the idea. Today, p...

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Hey mimi, I hear ya about the dogs. I would be terrified whenever I saw one had I ever been attacked. That's truly a shame - does your school have a nice track you could walk (more boring than the general outdoors but I have several friends in"town" who do so every morning.) Haven't started work yet...

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Saturday check in, 137.

Think I will get in a little shopping today

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Just stopping by to say HI to mimi and wish you well.

Hope you are all healed up!

I imagine this is a pretty hectic time of year for you so hope it doesn't stress you too much. bless you and all who work in our school systems.

Berry

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Thanks Mimi,

And why the heck haven't I posted on here all week?

More importantly, where the heck has the week gone?

Weigh 136 today - seems like I am eating plenty.

This NO S plan is just crazy good, isn't it?

Have a great weekend journalers,

Berry

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I posted as well.

Cannot believe that not being told what to eat is a negative. That is the freeing part of this plan to me. No calorie counting, no points, no one bossing me around.

StrawberryRoan

Hey, you guys write a book together - I'll buy it. Make it about a metamorphosis, a cocoon struggles through obstacles, maybe holding onto a tree branch through a storm or something - then becomes a butterfly - sorta like an NO S success story. There ya go - wouldn't it be fun to draw butterflies? B...

StrawberryRoan

I simply cannot envision my day wihout exercise. Just spent an hour on the bike listening to talk radio, will do another hour on the Gazelle later watching Discovery Health. It is as much a part of my daily routine as brushing my teeth, taking my nightly bubble bath, making the bed, etc. I need the ...

StrawberryRoan

It is Monday, yeah - I love new beginnings. (Technically Sunday is the beginning, I know, but Monday feels more like it). Weigh 137 this morning, the chicken noodle soup was great. Felt a little empty this morning so I had about a fourth of a big blueberry bagel (Sara Lee, yummy) to get something in...

StrawberryRoan

Welcome. You are doing fine, a week of green days is excellent. Odds are you have not undone all your hard work. A pound is 3500 calories regardless when you eat (or don't eat) them. You would have to have REALLY stuffed to undo an entire week of good eating. The idea is to ENJOY the weekends, you w...

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Happy Sunday to you Journal and fellow Journalers. Spent another Saturday marathon shopping! Ate at Olive Garden, had the soup/salad/breadstick combo. Ate minestrone, it was yummy. No breakfast or dinner - just lunch and that was plenty. Weigh 137 this morning. Planning to make homemade chicken nood...

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Happy Friday 137 yesterday and today. It seems like this plan is too easy, I am eating whatever I want - I am never hungry. I honestly don't feel like I am battling the whole issue at all anymore. Reinhard told me in the beginning when I was worried about maintenance that it would be a breeze if I c...

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Morning Nic. That is a challenge - there are only two of us here as well so whenever I bake something it seems my husband eats a piece (pie, cake, a brownie, cookie or two, etc) and then it just sits there. Last time I divided what I thought no one was going to eat and put individual servings in the...

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Hmmmm, let me think here a minute.

Who was it that could foresee 135 in Nicole's future?

Oh yeah, that was me.

Congrats, girl - I knew you could do it!

Berry

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Thanks KCCC.. :wink: 136 this morning. Ate very well yesterday - felt great to be back in charge of my own eating plan Got back to my exercising, got in the glider but not the bike as we had the health nurse here, had company, had to unpack all the misc. accumulated during the last few days, laundry...

StrawberryRoan

Thanks All. We are home, hubby is doing great. Actually this incision isn't bothering him nearly as much as the incision (still open) from February. However, both sides of his body are now "wounded" but he is doing so much better than they thought he would. Must be all the healthy eating. Seriously....

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Morning fellow Nosers... Ha ha, nosers, that's funny! Things are going great, hubby got up and walked last night - painful of course but he is in good spirits and there are no signs of infection, etc. And listen to this - being he is on the Cardiac Care Unit (due to going into cardiac arrest during ...

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Thanks Mimi, I know that - I just need something else to think about is all.
Being confined to a hospital, especially a cardiac unit, really puts the value of one's health in the forefront.

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Morning all, Thought I posted earlier but guess not. Thanks SO much for your kind words. The surgery went well, about five hours or so, we are now in the Cardiac Care Unit (he went into Cardiac Arrest during his previous surgery in February so they monitor him very carefully now). If all goes well, ...

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !!!!!

Was that dramatic enough?

What great news, Marc, breaking the 200 barrier. You must be so very proud of your accomplishment thus far. And there ain't no stoppin' you now.

So happy to read this today. I needed it.

Berry

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Yeah, we are all mellow because proper eating is getting our blood sugar under control.

StrawberryRoan

Morning all, A bit shaky today. Just read on another forum that one of my good cyber friends lost her husband to the exact surgery my husband is facing tomorrow. And the bad news is, I gasped OH NO when I read it so I had to tell him what it was about. Now I am literally ill. Of course, statisticall...

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Well, I enjoyed the post so much I read it out loud to my husband.

Freaking goat, now that was funny.

And everything she said was true.

I could echo her sentiments but make that thirty or forty years of research, not just ten.

StrawberryRoan

Morning all, Guess I forgot to post yesterday. I was 138. 139 this morning, ate quite a bit the last few days but still holding strong. Guess I will have to take an S day today as we have dear friends (our best man and matron of honor from our wedding) coming over to visit the hubby before he goes i...

StrawberryRoan

Morning mimi, I know what you mean about structure, I do much better if I'm not in freefall mode. I also find myself staring at the pantry or fridge and saying, What should I eat? As if a person should be eating = all the time..... Glad you are going to be back in the groove, Happy in fact. See :D

StrawberryRoan

Speaking of appetizers, have you seen what some of these places are offering as an appetizer tray - like four deep fried zucchini, four or five stuffed mushrooms, several chicken strips and a pile of onion rings.... Geez, who would want dinner? (This is an actual example from our Ruby Tuesdays) Well...

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Aha! Moment indeed.

Way to go Reinhard!

One of your thoughtful pragmatic fans,

SR

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Morning Nic... To answer your earlier question, Not sure why I got away from counted crossstitch, think I just went to a different hobby like crocheting. I wear reading glasses now (uh, I am old remember) and it is straining to look at all those little graphs. So, do a BUNCH while you are young. Re,...

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Hey, you guys are fun. I will wear my badge with honor! Yep, 11 hours - when we walked in the hubby and son (they stayed together and watched Burn Notice reruns all day until the Cards game came on) said, So, are you girls tired? I said Not a bit, The DIL said she was going home to take a nap! Weigh...

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You use shortbread cookies as a spoon to eat your ice cream.

Oh wait, I did just do that.

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Well, the scale beat me to it. I was going to say that it had to be temporary water gain or something because a pound is 3500 calories (as you know) and you certainly did not add enough calories to equal that many pounds in such a short period. I weighed 140 two days ago, weigh 136 this morning afte...

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Happy Sunday Journal! Shopped for 11 hours straight yesterday. And get this, I bought a pair of Bill Blass jeans, size six - figured I would just be inspired if they were too tight so I didn't try them on. They are too BIG. :shock: Weigh 136 this morning, only ate one meal yesterday, we went to a re...

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'Tis Saturday! 138 this morning, guess my celebrating didn't leave any permanent damage! Plan to spend the day with my DIL SHOPPING and EATING. We are going to a city wide swap meet type thing as well as hitting some stores we love. Will probably eat at Olive Garden :wink: Wishing all journalers a h...

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Nicole, your crossstitch pics are great. I used to do a lot of that, maybe I will take a pic of one for you. I did one for my late husband that I started on our fifth anniversary, finished on our 20th :D Honest. It is a meadow scene with a couple deer, etc. Very complicated. Some of the little flowe...

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Thanks Nicole, Yes we own a quarterhorse ranch. My husband is a horse trainer (and very antsy to get well so he can get back to work).

Weigh 140 today, had so much fun yesterday wouldn't have cared if I weighed 142

Notice I didn't say 150.... No sense in getting nutty....

Berry

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Well, one certainly cannot argue with success Bright Angel. I have posted my daily weight on Calorie Count since January 2008 (and now I do on here) so I know what you mean - sometimes seeing something in black and white is validating. Whatever works... You have done amazingly well, that's for sure....

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marc only gained a couple pounds to postpone the party because he knows he will have a hard time controlling us wild wild women....

StrawberryRoan

I never really understood how keeping a food journal did much good. I did it for a while on CalorieCount's board. If I was eating well, posting the food was redundant as I wasn't over my daily "allowance". If I was eating poorly, posting the food was sorta like the old closing the barn door after th...

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Thank you all so very much.

This board has the bestest posters ever!

SR

StrawberryRoan

Morning all, 139 today. Plan to eat a lot tonight as it is my anniversary. I even posted about it on the home page :wink: Worked outside last night for three hours, just doing little farm stuff. I was pulling thistles (a sicky prickly weed that farmers don't like as it gets into their baled hay and ...

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My 5th wedding anniversary. 8) I was widowed after a blissful 34 year marriage in 2000. Met a tall, lanky, good looking blue eyed cowboy in 2003 who had been divorced for 16 years and learned that young love refers to the age of the love, not the lovers. We were married a year later. He came into my...

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I'm in. Thanks... The last two monthly challenges have helped me a lot. I think my August goal will be the same as July's - to maintain my weight at my 140 goal and to get in my daily exercise, even on the weekends. Berry :wink: August 1 - 138 August 2 - 136 August 3 - 139 August 4 - 138 August 5 - ...

StrawberryRoan

Welcome. It does take a little getting used to if one is a "snacker", a bite here and there, a taste of this and that, etc. like I was (am, I am still in recovery). I just try to think, what would a normal average sized plate of food look like - if one were not trying to lose weight or gain weight, ...

StrawberryRoan

Hey, I've been there. Don't sweat it.

I think the fact that you realize it is the beauty of NO S.

Just move on, unless you eat a layer of cake slathered with icing every day, I wouldn't give it another thought.

Berry

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Wednesday greetings all, day half gone and I realized I forgot to journal.

Ate my morning yogurt with fresh peaches, Fiber One bar and flax seed.

Now I am eating pretzels. Will have to quickly make a salad and throw on the plate so the pretzels aren't a snack but an accompaniment.

StrawberryRoan

Your great grandmother's solid walnut dining table collapses under the weight.

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Yeah, Nicole, sometimes we just "need" something.

Wishing you a good day, and a good week.

Berry

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Tuesday, 137 pounds. Went out last night all prepared to weed eat. First decent weather evening in a long time. Drug out the long heavy duty extension cord (electric weed eater), got everything all organized. Got a bit done, the string was empty. Could NOT remove the cap to put in new string. Hubby ...

StrawberryRoan

Keep busy during that time. When I started no S I decided that I still wanted some down time on the couch, but I needed to keep my hands busy. I started to crochet my first afghan. I put about a foot on it and now I don't even feel the need. It got easier and my afghan will probably remain that big...

StrawberryRoan

Hey 138 is great... And I hear ya about the TMI - makes a lot of sense to me. Drink up... They say oldtimers used to drink hot lemon water every morning to keep "regular". :wink: Sounds like you had a fun weekend. I know what you mean about bakery cakes. They are just awful, I can feel the Crisco st...

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Oh, Nicole, you have to listen to Kris Kristofferson. PLEASE. Pausing a moment to realize how old I am. He is an icon in the music industry, almost everybody has covered one of his songs. The already mentioned classics but hundreds more.. He is also a Rhodes Scholar, a Vietnam Vet helicopter pilot, ...

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jumbotights, to answer your other question, The hardest habit I have had to break is early morning eating. I always get up at five even tho I am now retired (from years of owning a daycare center). I LOVE the early morning solitude. We have a farm and I can see all the baby deer and turkeys etc.... ...

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I agree with the "ritual" thing. I make dinner, eat, clean up everything - turn off the kitchen light and turn on the lights under the built in microwave (sorta a night light as we have an open greatroom concept). That's the signal, the diner's closed :D I then run a bubble bath with the entire work...

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Morning fellow Journalers. Here, mimi, it's steamin' hot. I bet we could talk until the cows come home... as they say in my neck of the woods. LOVE to see some more Kris fans.. I think Kristofferson is without a doubt the most talented singer/songwriter ever. He sure could paint a picture with his w...

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I agree, well done.

I also understand the reluctance about the exercising in front of hubby.

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i dunno,

sounds okay to me

StrawberryRoan

Just saw this thread and read through the posts. Congrats Bob, your success is amazing. I so agree that one has to be in the success mindset before success kicks in. Just keep at it, I always say You can't do right and go wrong. To your health, Berry :oops: And thumbs up to my dear mimi as well....

StrawberryRoan

Sunday Morning comin' down... (Love Kristofferson) 139 today, feel great. Had company yesterday - bought these giant cinnamon streusel covered rolls - HUGE. They were yummy. I peeled mine back and ate it inch by inch....But, to compensate for that excess, I also bought a HUGE cantaloupe as well as s...

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Good advice indeed. Reinhard knows his stuff. According to weight charts, at 5 foot 4 or so I should weigh about 120. I remember a hospital report once reading very thin female at 118 pounds. (Trust me, that was a long time ago.) My best weight is 140. The older we get, we learn our bodies. The more...

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I think that over time one could incorporate the best from every plan and probably get back to where we were eating in the first place..... I spent every summer with my grandparents who raised their own chickens, cows, pigs, etc as well as a vegetable garden and a huge orchard. SOOO, there was meat ...

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mimi 8) Another rainy day here! 138 this morning, purposely went off No S plan yesterday and just did Intuitive Eating, ate what I wanted when I felt like I wanted it. Didn't really eat anything "bad", just didn't stick to the three square meals concept. Feel okay, a little puffy - probably because ...

StrawberryRoan

Sounds like a great lifestyle plan to me, marc. You sure are organized, love all those charts and graphs... Very interesting to know ya, my friend. I've been experimenting with eating more today - taking a purposeful red day. Nothing nutty, just healthy food more often. May have to tweak the system ...

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lfee,

I want to congratulate you on your success and wish you a healthy future.

I also want to sincerely thank your husband and your entire family for his service to this country.

Berry

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Yeah, slurping or drinking is faster than eating..

I like to stir chocolate syrup and CoolWhip into melting ice cream - any flavor, I'm not picky!

StrawberryRoan

Hey marc, serious question for you. You obviously love to exercise so when you reach your target weight, how will you keep from losing more? I know you won't eat "bad" foods, so will you just try to add more snacks, exercise less or what? I have always felt (in my own experience) that losing was the...

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Love this board. I like my ice cream melty (well, if it isn't in a cone :shock: ) Also have to have my food HOT if it is soup or spaghetti or something. Also am strange I suppose as I can eat a salad right along with a meal - separate dish but bite for bite. My husband, however, will not allow his e...

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Morning All. Happy Friday to each and every one.

I feel great today - weigh 138, tried to eat more healthy fats yesterday.

Got in all my exercise, drank lots of lime flavored water, slept great.

I feel like this

Hope the same for each of my fellow No Sers....

Berry

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Uh, let me work on this one.

A. Dairy is good for you. Ice Cream

B. Chocolate is good for you. Oreos.

It's all good

StrawberryRoan

Okay mineral water (spritzer) it is!

I'm cheerin' ya on buddy.

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Sadly I haven't developed that habit.

I eat way too fast - I literally could make another meal and eat it by the time my husband finishes his plate.

And yes, he is naturally very lean.

StrawberryRoan

Hey Marc,

Where's the party when you break 200?

And are we drinking cheap red wine?

Please?

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Yes, I am one of those pretty girls.

Honest

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Yes, working well for me.

Actually having little problems maintaining (quickly got to my goal weight on this plan).

If anything, I might try to gain a pound or two.

StrawberryRoan

Damp cool morning here, almost a record low - 54 I think. So, take that Al Gore :D Weigh 137 this morning, ate quite a bit more than normal yesterday. Made homemade apple cinnamon raisin bread for breakfast... Yummy Had a friend tell me that she could tell this whole hubby surgery thing was wearing ...

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Welcome aboard Patty. This is a great plan and a great bunch of posters.

Berry

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My DIL has been struggling with weight issues for several years (after a serious back injury at work). She has even mentioned wanting to explore the lapband procedure. I showed her this website while she was visiting one day and explained it to her. We haven't really mentiioned it again (this was we...

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Yeah, Nicole, there are some cyber people that are - as my daughter would say - crazy nutty!!! However, I have yet to encounter an unkind person on any of the health/fitness boards I visit. :wink: Maybe because we are all in this thing together! ------------------------------------------------------...

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And I just have to say you are right. They had the Fibre One Oats and Chocolate chewy bars on sale at WalMart this week (they were handing out samples or I probably would have never even noticed.) They were two six bar boxes for four dollars but they had bonus boxes that had seven in them on their s...

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Me three!

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I don't see a problem eating three low carb meals a day.

Lots of options out there,

do whatever works for you.

Hang tough.

Berry

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THanks so much Nicole, you're a sweetie too :D Everybody is so nice on this board. Trust me, I have been on boards where if a person posted that their husband was facing serious surgery, a dozen people would say - What are you, some kind of attention wh*re? Who cares :shock: ------------------------...

StrawberryRoan

I agree that if one immediately puts the food in containers and puts them in the fridge, it helps.

I do that before I even eat.

It takes a lot more thought process to get the food out of the fridge, rewarm it, etc. than it does to just scoop out some more mashed potatoes!

StrawberryRoan

Happy Monday... Had a great day yesterday. Ate earlier than normal, a mixed berry lowfat yogurt with a strawberry cereral bar crumbled in - flax seed sprinkled on top. Made the hubby pancakes and bacon a bit later - I normally would have eaten a couple pancakes while I was cooking his, seriously - j...

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I hear ya.

Sorta like when I was little, we would have a special Sunday dinner with dessert like a cake or pie or homemade ice cream..

And we enjoyed every bite.

StrawberryRoan

Aww, thanks mimi, you are such a sweetie. We do believe in the power of prayer and are grateful for all of those who take the time to send a little word up on our behalf. I DID enjoy my day yesterday, turns out that the little place we had planned to eat was closed due to some family event they had ...

StrawberryRoan

Welcome, that is a great (healthy) monthly weight loss. One that can be sustained.... I agree, after a few No S weekends, we seem to moderate to eating a little extra - maybe a treat or a dessert or a little bit extra potato salad but probably not C R A Z Y eating. Your body adjusts to the healthy n...

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Morning Journal and Journal Readers.. Didn't sleep too well, had a bad No S day yesterday. Had some emotional issues - the hubby is scheduled for serious surgery on August 7th and he insisted on discussing the "what if's" should things not go well - final arrangements, etc. Cried so much I got a spl...

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Welcome, I have lost about 15 pounds or so in a couple months, reaching my goal weight. The program seems too simple to work but it does. I have had a pretty easy time, fell off the wagon a couple times and landed roughly :shock: Today was a bad day, emotional eating due to some bad news - drinking ...

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ALMOST COLD here!

Well, it is in the fifties but I had to put on my velvet robe to sit by the open window. I could close the window but heck - the breeze feels good.

137 this morning not 140 Whew..... Made the hubby tacos last night - I ate salad.

Enjoy your weekend all.

SR

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Amazing!

Congrats and thanks for the inspiration.

Berry

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Marc, I agree. From the short time I have "known" you, I have found you to be a man of strong character and amazing will power.

You'll be fine,

Now, sniff sniff, I must stop before I begin to blubber.

StrawberryRoan

I am about your height, 5'4 or 5'5 - depending on the person measuring. I weighed 162 on Dec 31, 2007 - joined Calorie Count the next day January 1, 2008. Did very well, got down to 138 by Thanksgiving 2008. Had a major setback in February this year - husband was hospitalized twice for 15 days total...

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I just love reading your posts, you are so much fun. Way to go - Nicole weighs 130something - so there... And, as I said, I see 135 in your future. Trust me, have I lied to you yet? Enjoy the party, sounds like fun. And glad to hear your hubby is with the program, as they say. Gotta get you both in ...

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I hear ya. Having been a member of CalorieCountPlus for a few years, I constantly hear the mantra about lowering your calories will cause your body to go into starvation mode, etc. Well, if I ate 1800 calories or so as they suggest (based on my exercise level), I would be very overweight. 1200 is mo...

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And, I, of course am Nell.

The poor damsel tied (always loosely of course) to the railroad tracks!

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Happy Thursday Healthy Eaters!

Gonna rain again, then it is going to cool off for a week or two.

137 this morning, it sure it good to step on the scale - morning or night - and weigh in the 130's.

Now I have gone and jinxed it, I will weigh 140 tomorrow.

StrawberryRoan

Welcome, I loved reading your background, very interesting. I will only say, Stay the Course. You can't do wrong if you are doing right. Your body is trying to hold on to a set point of weight, when you show it that you are going to eat right and exercise - regardless - the weight will drop off. Ber...

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I'll take one (or two) of each, please.

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