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StrawberryRoan

Welcome to all our new No Sers... I love this program and this site. I joined April 28, weighed 154 right before I joined, got to my goal weight of 140 on June 10th - now am successfully maintaining (which has always been my problem before.) I weigh morning and night, always have - once I stepped on...

StrawberryRoan

Well, yesterday I ate Mixed berry lowfat yogurt with chopped up fresh peaches and flax seed for breakfast, a large chef salad for lunch with lowcal catalina dressing mixed half and half with vinegar (I always do that, hate "creamy dressings". dinner was the last two slices of leftover pizza from the...

StrawberryRoan

Love the story LALoser... I grew up in a small down about an hour west of St Louis. There was an old drugstore in the "downtown" district - cool and dark, tin ceilings, LONG counter with red leather covered barstools, etc. You could get a large Coke for a dime and add vanilla, cherry, lemon even cho...

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I agree, I love the being accountable aspect. I am totally honest here and I do stop and think before doing something - will I want to HabitCal or journal that? Right now I could be eating chocolate pudding with Cool Whip (which the hubby will have shortly) but I took my bubble bath and drank a tall...

StrawberryRoan

Hey welcome back. I am fairly new but I went back and read a lot of the earlier threads and so enjoyed reading your posts.

So glad you are doing well,

Berry

StrawberryRoan

No, get the heck out and take your side of beef with ya.

Just kidding, of course. Come on in, pull up a chair - and have a cup of sanity.

This is a great board, filled with great advice and great people.

Welcome,

Berry

StrawberryRoan

Daily checkin' in here,

Raining hard today, the grass will need mowing again before we even get a chance to sit at the patio table and have a drink

Oh well, at least we aren't in a drought.

Gotta see the bright side - always!

Weigh 137 today.

Still on track,

SR

StrawberryRoan

Tis Monday - gee those weekends go fast, don't they? Weigh 139 this morning, ate a lot this weekend, had a lot of fun. But glad to be back on track today, back to the yogurt and salad kinda eating. Need to purify a bit from pizza and overlysweet Rte 44 Cherry Limeades.. That is the beauty of this pr...

StrawberryRoan

Very intesting. I think if we shoved as much "fuel" into our vehicles as we do into our bodies, they would be pretty sluggish indeed. Also wanted to say that I agree with your signature statement. I have been advised (on Calorie Count) that I need about 1800 calories a day just to maintain based on ...

StrawberryRoan

Sunday already?. 138 today, ate quite a bit yesterday - blood pressure is 82/41 this morning :roll: but I feel fine. Had an impromptu pizza party yesterday, had people over unexpectedly, the guys started watching a Bruce Willis move called 16 Blocks and got into it at lunchtime so I just threw some ...

StrawberryRoan

Wow, you are doing great. I think it was a good idea to keep up the vigorous exercise, you enjoy it and your body would surely react unkindly if you suddenly stopped. Glad you enjoyed yourself AND kept with the program. I love XWeighted, watch it every day at three pm here, do the Gazelle the entire...

StrawberryRoan

Okay mimi,

I am upping my bike to 45 minutes from 30 and my glider to 75 from 60,

But, PLEASE, get well soon.

Oh, and we will postpone that little chasedown for the emerald.

But, only temporarily.

(hope you are feeling better)

SR

StrawberryRoan

So happy to read how well things are going - I think we just need to figure out our own bodies and adjust the plan to suit us as individuals. You seem to be on the right path.

I am sure you will get some exercise today if you are out and about. Enjoy

SR

StrawberryRoan

Happy Saturday. 138 this morning, purposely ate more yesterday as I am trying to stay above 135. However, I really feel better if I don't eat as much. What a dilemma, I am trying to eat healthy foods like salads, etc. which I LOVE and I added some salty foods like pretzels with my lunch and dinner b...

StrawberryRoan

Is it Friday so soon? Well, party on! :lol: Thunder rumbling in the distance so we might get a shower or two. That would be fine, the yard work is all done so a nice rain would be refreshing. Added two pieces of garlic bread to the last of my leftover lasagna and salad meal last night - loaded with ...

StrawberryRoan

Yes, Nicole, you are exactly right. Spoken from a long time veteran of the weight loss wars. Your body will adjust to each new plateau and if you are consistent, it will reset at a lower weight. You did exactly the right thing and stayed the course - do not be dismayed if you bounce back to 140 or 1...

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Thanks mimi, I do love my water! Luckily we live on a farm with good cold well water cause I drink a LOT... I usually wait until after six or so at night to mow (would mow in the early mornings but the dew has been pretty heavy - looks like it has rained almost every night.) I got pretty much done l...

StrawberryRoan

Welcome, I think that just using common sense will work when "plating" your meals.

StrawberryRoan

Welcome Rebecca.

Love this site, have been very successful and have made a lot of friends.

To your health,

SR

StrawberryRoan

Love your graph,

Hold on tight, you're FALLING!

StrawberryRoan

Morning all, gonna be a hot one today.

Weigh 137, ate great yesterday - even went to Sonic and had their Oh so Good onion rings and a Route 44 CherryLimeade. Very refreshing.

Have a wonderful day all, I have mowing to do tonight......

StrawberryRoan

No way!

Yay indeed. Hope you had a wonderful time, was wondering if you were EVER going to return from vacation

StrawberryRoan

Happy Tuesday Journal. Weigh 138, didn't have a great day yesterday. Was pretty nervous waiting for some medical results from tests my husband had taken so didn't really eat at all until about three oclock. Ate part of a big salad. Good news is that the tests are fine, so I made lasagna. Ate a big (...

StrawberryRoan

I agree, I would just put my salad bowl or salad plate to the side unless it was a huge chef salad or something (which is what I just ate

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Unless your salad was a "meal", I would assume it was in addition to the plate, just watching the dressing and extras.

SR

StrawberryRoan

Well, if FREEDOM can't celebrate the 4th, who can?

Glad you ate the pie.

StrawberryRoan

Well, I am probably too new to be giving advice but what has helped me the most is (as was said) Just remember the three S's...

I would ask myself before eating something on an N day -

Is this a SNACK, a SWEET or a SECOND?

If so, I did not eat it.

So far, it has been working wonderfully.

StrawberryRoan

I think Dolly Parton said it best.

When asked how she had lost a large amount of weight and kept that tiny waist of hers for so many years, she replied,''

"I just learned that I could eat whatever I wanted - just not all at once."

StrawberryRoan

mimi :lol: Happy Monday All. Weigh 138 this morning. Have a cute story, was browsing the SlimFast website just for info last night. It had a section where you could type in your current weight, height, and the date of an upcoming event you would like to get into shape for - it said choose birthday, ...

StrawberryRoan

Aww Deb, turn that

upside down

Feel better,

SR

StrawberryRoan

Sounds like you had a wonderful Staycation, enjoyed yourself with family and friends and still kept true to No S. Not an easy task.

I know what you mean about looking forward to a "normal" schedule, tho.

You do show amazing restraint, I read your entire thread -

ONE chicken McNugget?

StrawberryRoan

Aww, marc, go forth and be naughty.

We'll whip ya back in shape when you return.

StrawberryRoan

Thanks mimi, you're a sweetie. I love that this board is so supportive. Trust me, I have been on some boards that are - shall we say, MEOW!!!! However, you are not so sweet that I won't chase you down for that emerald ring, just sayin' :D Weigh 138 today. Had a great 4th, spent most of the day outsi...

StrawberryRoan

I weigh morning and night, just out of curiosity - have forever it seems. It isn't a true gauge, of course, as it might say that I have gained or lost five pounds overnight - which would be 17,500 calories :roll: What is a truer reflection is to log these weights (I do so at CalorieCountPlus) - amaz...

StrawberryRoan

Happy 4th.

140 today, felt great yesterday (after the headache faded).
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Eyes are kinda swollen this morning, coughing a bit - slept with the window open so that's it, but it was worth it.

StrawberryRoan

Hey, I had my first red yesterday. Maybe there's something in the air.

Doing okay today,

so far

StrawberryRoan

Hey, down 26 pounds is great. Sorry about the pain - hoping you enjoy your weekend and feel better.

SR

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Glad you are feeling better. Your menus always sound so good.

Enjoy your holiday.

SR

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Great thread,

and I agree that Sometime is sometimes enough.

StrawberryRoan

Oh my Gosh, how horrible. I used to walk (the country road I live on) every night until a pack of three dogs starting joining me. They weren't real aggressive but sorta gathered around my legs to where I got trapped. It scared me enough that I have stopped for now. You must have been terrified. I am...

StrawberryRoan

Thanks to you all. I feel AWFUL today. Forgot to add that I also ate some pretzels and popcorn yesterday so I am all sodiumed up. Weigh 139, feel all puffy. Got too much pollen while doing yardwork last night, have a severe headache and scratchy throat. But, other than that, I'm just great :D Seriou...

StrawberryRoan

Morning all, Happy Friday.

Feel awful (posted my saga on the main page.)

All puffy, weigh 139, eyes are burning, throat is scratchy. Did a couple hours of weedeating and I guess I over pollinated.

Add that to overeating and I have a severe HEADACHE.

But, I shall recover, never fear.

StrawberryRoan

Somehow I convinced myself that I needed to eat more, I was geting too thin, etc. Hardly. My goal was 140, I was 136 this morning. Not exactly wasting away. But, I ALWAYS do this. I lose weight easily as I am very committed to goal setting, etc. Then I somehow think that my face is too thin or I not...

StrawberryRoan

Wow, marc, you look great. Very healthy and strong.

Berry

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I am posting here and the daily check in but use the daily thread as more of a journal and this to be part of the challenge.

And, for the record, I weigh twice a day. Always have since I can remember.

StrawberryRoan

Wow, sounds good. Thanks. I will check it out, I will probably enjoy it as I eat all of the foods you mentioned.

And, in the past, I probably ate them all at once.

StrawberryRoan

Morning all..... 136 this morning, worked really hard last night in the yard (picking up sticks in preparation of future mowing), didn't feel like eating too much when I finally came in and got cleaned up as it was pretty late. I need to eat more - so tonight I am going to make comfort food I love -...

StrawberryRoan

Wow, I'm with mimi. I would have had one of those brownie sundaes with whipped topping and chopped pecans and to make it healthy - some fruit.

A cherry on top!

Way to go....

StrawberryRoan

Woo Hoo!

And yes, you will weigh less in the morning.

Congrats!

StrawberryRoan

Hmm, good point. It was twenty something bucks for a pound so I think I will go into GNC or somewhere and see if I can get a sample.

Or just go to the movies and eat some popcorn. Can't wait for the new Johnny Depp movie.

StrawberryRoan

Was wondering how you were doing. Stop by and visit us once in a while. I agree, once we cut out the sugars, fruit tastes like a real treat. I would just as soon have a good fruit yogurt with peaches or strawberries in it than an ice cream sundae. Well, almost. As far as exercise, I do the exercise ...

StrawberryRoan

I honestly know very little about it (read a bit on the web) but I was eating my yogurt with flaxseed when the homehealth nurse was her for the hubby this morning. She said Oh, I love flaxseed. She said, I also love brewer's yeast on popcorn - it replaces the salt and the butter! What the heck? Gott...

StrawberryRoan

Yes, I am pretty strict. I haven't had one single snack or sweet or second since I started unless it was a weekend (and don't go overboard then.) I still have bags and boxes of goodies unopened since April - hubby doesn't snack much. Hubby is almost six feet tall and weighs 170... :evil: Only once d...

StrawberryRoan

Had to laugh at the dinner time comment.

Hey, if I have waited patiently to have my third meal and he isn't ready to eat

well, he'll be eating later.

StrawberryRoan

mimi - There's a plan for ya! Maybe I'll borrow the riding mower. marc - we mow several acres as actual yard. We own a farm and use all our various pieces of equipment to get it done. The Massey tractor, the John Deere tractor, the John Deere riding mower, the Poulon push mower, the gas weedeater, t...

StrawberryRoan

Thanks Nicole. I actually have never had a problem losing weight - if I eat sensibly and exercise, however the minute I eat just a few bad day's worth of food, five or six pounds reappear. SO, I am trying to eat well every day, not go crazy on the weekends, etc. I also have been doing a lot of outsi...

StrawberryRoan

Wow, marc, I was so happy to read your post. I was anxiously awaiting your weigh in. Seriously.

So happy you are dong so well, and even happier that you are enjoying the journey to better health.

Berry

StrawberryRoan

I heard about No S from the nutritionist at Calorie Count Plus where I have bee a member since Jan 08.

Love both sites.

SR

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Nicole,

Sounds like you had a fabulous weekend.

Weigh whenever you feel comfortable, I HAVE to weigh morning and night or Lord knows what I would weigh but I know many people who never weigh and they seem semi-normal

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Love it!

StrawberryRoan

Tuesday, June 30th - another month gone by.

Weigh 137 today, the lowest I can remember weighing for a long, long time.

Feels great, except some clothes are getting too big - but that's okay - some others are finally fitting.

To your health,

SR

StrawberryRoan

Congrats, A budding actress in our midst. How exciting. I agree, the beauty of No S is that you don't have to keep starting and stopping and restarting a "program". Just learn to eat normal meals with no sweets, snacks or seconds. The snack part is what really threw me for a loop - I had no idea how...

StrawberryRoan

You are doing great, and I love to "hear" the enthusiasm in your voice. I so agree, it has been very successful for me as well. Not only with the weight loss but more importantly with the mindset. I don't just stand at a cabinet and look for a snack now. I either incorporate something into my meal o...

StrawberryRoan

Welcome back. Been there, done that - got the tshirt but it doesn't fit. I think it shrunk, honest. The beauty of this plan (I have lost 16 pounds in two months) is that it is NORMAL. If a picnic was an S day (which most are, either a weekend or a holiday) one could eat whatever they wanted without ...

StrawberryRoan

Happy Monday. Rise and Shine.

Had a great weekend. Weigh 138, new low for the year. Ties the lowest weight I can remember being for the last decade or so. I was 138 last Thanksgiving (for one day

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StrawberryRoan

Recent stats April 1 152 April 28 (joined No S at 154) May 1 153 June 1 142 June 10 Reached goal of 140. July 1 135 (Goal this month is to maintain my goal weight) July 2 136 July 3 139 July 4 140 Happy Birthday America! July 5 138 July 6 138 July 7 138 July 8 137 July 9 136 July 10 137 July 11 138 ...

StrawberryRoan

I have never really had this problem, my husband uses Beano with success. I agree that the more one eats this type of food (I do often) the more their body adjusts. They used to say to soak overnight and rinse, etc. etc. but the new packaging says to cover beans with water, bring to a boil, cool and...

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Good Sunday Morning Journal... Weigh 139 this morning, ate whatever I wanted yesterday but noticed that I didn't "want" the ice cream, candy bars, 'Lil Debbie snack cakes, etc. I wanted pretzels, a handful and a bowl of air popped popcorn. Drank some Diet 7 Up, ate normal food. Felt like a normal pe...

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I, too, am sorry. Some people just say things to be talking it seems I had an uncle once tell me (at a funeral), Looks like Little Susie isn't so little anymore. I was in my twenties, had given birth to four kids in five years and couldn't have been a size ten. However, he remembered me as a skinny ...

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Walk on!

I love to walk, need a good pedometer myself.

StrawberryRoan

As you know, Nicole, I agree with the theory that the body will lose a pound or two, then regain and try to hold on to the higher weight.

If you stay the course, you will reset at a lower weight.

honest

StrawberryRoan

Great point marc. I am like you, tho, and have it "planned" at least in my mind. I get cranky when I get interrupted and that's not pretty! Weigh 140 this morning but feel all puffy. Ate pizza, macaroni and chips. All on my one plate but it still felt like WAY too much food. It will probably show up...

StrawberryRoan

Hang tough. Unless you have a medical condition that requires more frequent meals, you will do find on three meals a day. It is so rare in this country of abundance to experience hunger that it isn't a very good feeling. BUT - Embrace your hunger and accept that it shows your body burning up the sto...

StrawberryRoan

It's Friday! 141 today, got all my exercise in yesterday and that felt great. Happy that the maintaining is going well this time, losing and then quickly regaining has ALWAYS been my downfall. Still have lots of work to do with the yard to clean up the tornado debris but the heat index is going to b...

StrawberryRoan

Yes, I remember getting a snack at Brownies or Vacation Bible School (the only time my mom let us drink Kool Aid - she used to say - Do you KNOW how much sugar is in that stuff (she was an RN).. The difference today is, that kind of food was a treat to us. Today, it is just some more food. Geez, I a...

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I was born in 1949 so was in grade school during the fifties. I honestly don't remember any snack breaks other than milk and graham crackers in kindergarten. We ate breakfast at home, got to get a drink of water at the fountain at recess and then ate lunch, repeat recess in the afternoon and then we...

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Wow, that is great Deb. Congrats

Stay the course....SR

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Big E, What is funny (well, odd I suppose) is that you are not doing anything strange or unusual You are eating three healthy meals a day which shouldn't really require any explanation to anyone. However, as a society that now snacks non-stop, if a person is eating normally - to the outside world th...

StrawberryRoan

Think about it, how many times have you seen a parent (or caregiver) in a public place like church, the mall, grocery store, etc. comfort a child or distract a child by handing them a sippie cup of who knows what (and does it seem like kids go directly from a breast or bottle to a sippie cup to a Sl...

StrawberryRoan

Morning all, sun is shining brightly into the breakfast nook. Let me grab my glasses - 8) - there, that's better! 140 this morning, feel great but didn't get to do my exercises yesterday. Had just started on the glider when friends came by - had just started on the bike when insurance adjuster calle...

StrawberryRoan

Sounds fine to me :D Who wants blueberries covered in egg yolk? Welcome, this is the PERFECT place for a rules follower. I, too, am like that. I have done very well here because it gives me back the control I so desperately needed. Please post often, the board has been SO helpful to me. There is a J...

StrawberryRoan

Welcome indeed.

I have been here for eight weeks (yesterday) and it has been wildly successful.

To your health,

SR

StrawberryRoan

Enjoy the movie. Sounds like fun. I am anxiously awaiting the new Johnny Depp movie where he plays Dillinger. I don't like everything he does but I think he would be great as a slick gangster. I am so old I remember him from 21 Jump Street and he honestly doesn't look much older :roll: Re, your weig...

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I am not a sweets person so much when it comes to chocolate or candy or anything, more when it comes to pie or cheesecake or pastries. We have had a candy dish sitting here for a LONG time and I haven't eaten a single piece and I still have the box of Valentine's chocolates hubby bought me. I might ...

StrawberryRoan

An anniversary dinner is certainly an S day - a Special Day. Congrats

Stay the course and welcome!

SR

StrawberryRoan

Is it Wednesday already? :roll: 141 this morning, feel great. Everything went fine with the adjuster, better than we had thought it would. I added a mod yesterday on a trial basis. I had been only eating at 10, 2 and 6 or seven but was pretty weak in the late afternoon so I added a mini meal at 4 - ...

StrawberryRoan

That three carat oval is mine!

(Pushing mimi down in mad rush to get the best emerald. Glad now that I have kept up the exercise routine!)

StrawberryRoan

Just read the whole thread. Have added a four oclock "mod" mini-meal to my No S since I reached my goal weight. I eat about 10, 2 and 6/7 or so.... I'm not hungry before ten so didn't need a mod then. Get a bit hungry about 4 so I am adding something less than 200 calories, today it was a few Sunswe...

StrawberryRoan

Well, back to 139. It felt good to eat normally again. And you are right, Nicole, weak is not good. I think I was just dizzy from doing so much outdoor work cleaning up from the tornado in the hundred degree heat. All the bending over, etc. is hard on my blood pressure - it has always been very low....

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Or she was jealous

StrawberryRoan

Hi there and welcome. I have been here since April 28th - my daily check in as well as the June challenge chronicles my journey thus far.

I agree with everything you have posted - Eureka indeed.

What a freeing feeling to find this plan and this bulletin board.

To your health,

SR

StrawberryRoan

I love the vinaigrette dressings as well so I usually just thin any fatfree or lo-cal dressing I buy with half vinegar. Usually apple cider but regular white vinegar is fine as well as some of the "fancier" wine vinegars. My favorite blend is the Catalina/vinegar mix but it works with ranch, french,...

StrawberryRoan

You are doing GGRREEAATT...

It does feel good to fit into clothes that you love but they didn't love you, isn't it?

Bet the doctor will be very impressed...

SR

StrawberryRoan

Hi guys, Thanks for the kind words. I weigh 141 this morning which is fine except I haven't been eating very well, which is NOT fine. Gotta get back on track. My blood pressure has been very low - like 89 over 51 so I have been pretty weak and dizzy. I have been trying to eat food with lots of salt ...

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Happy Friday All.

139, all is good.

To your health,

SR

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MOMMMM, Nicole is eating candy!

Love,

Nellie Olsen

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Doing great marc...

But, psst, your shorts are falling down... Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

StrawberryRoan

That's great.

(I love when I'm right - it happens so seldom

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SR

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Well, then, okay mimi! Thanks....... :D Weigh 140 this morning but feel awful, too much stuff my body isn't used to. Ice cream, diet soda, two glasses of wine last night. No formal exercise, just sloshing around in the rain picking up debris... However, back on track. Thanks for the kind words. SR

StrawberryRoan

Thanks to you all. You are all very sweet. We live in the Missouri Ozarks, by the way. Well, I didn't gain fifty pounds. I still weigh 140 but feel yucky. I added two glasses of wine to the mix last night, just for good measure - not that it would go bad. I was hoping that it was all a dream, but no...

StrawberryRoan

Well, I weighed 140 this morning and luckily the scale is battery operated not electric... (See my thread on the home page)

Trust me, I will weigh more tomorrow.

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Had my first bad No S day..

Does anyone use brewer's (nutritional) yeast?