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My rule of thumb these days is half the plate fruit/veg and half heavier foods. About 1T olive oil or some other fat at each meal. This seems to be working for me at the moment as far as (re)losing weight.

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Getting over a killer cold and sore throat here, 3.5 weeks in. Am working on keeping to a 3 meal schedule. My electric frying pan died, so I am making do on an enameled pan on 1 electric burner. I shared dessert with a friend at lunch, so today is red, but generally I've been doing pretty well. I'm ...

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I'm sorry to hear about your sister. You've had a tough year. It's good to see you are still hanging in here! I wish you many good things!

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Maybe BF is under the weather too. Hope he turns back up if that's the right thing.

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Kind of a rough week for eating, due to boredom and being at home too much. Will enjoy the sweekend, and start fresh on Monday!

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Hi there! I can really identify. I bought too much chocolate over Christmas and it kind of put me over the edge. Better not to have it around in those volumes!

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Monday was red- just didn't manage to get it back after the weekend. Committed to a green Today!!

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I'm doing really well this week!! I had a big glitch while doing a thesis revision, where the stress gave me the munchies and I gave in to that. This week is all green, and I'm feeling my jeans loosen up just a little bit.

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A good, green week here, looking forward to the weekend!!

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Hi Kathleen. So sorry to hear about the loss of your Dad!
I remember feeling so unprepared for losing mime. You sort of expect to outlive your parents, but that doesn't make it easy!! Hold close those warm memories.

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I had a late and large ish breakfast from the local market at about 10.30am, and then didn't really get hungry again until about 3pm. I didn't feel the need to snack and didn't fancy lunch, so I just had a hot cross bun and will have dinner a bit later. I love the flexibility of S days!! Hope all i...

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Thanks Mille!!

Enjoyed the weekend. Chocolate and potato chips were featured.

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Happy February!
This past week went OK. The week before was more red than green due to me working on a thesis revision that I wasn't enjoying doing!

Hope everyone out there is doing OK.
Onward!!

osoniye

I have an aunt coming for tea this afternoon and wonder whether to offer her any snacks but not eat them myself - it would be weird maybe to do that. This is the disadvantage of not having S days. I'd have a few exception cards in my back pocket, but that's just me. Maybe leave a snack sized gap on...

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The first weekend was OK, but this weekend I went to a party that had a buffet and I ate a lot. Buffets are awful for me... I know, aren't they the worst?! Sometimes I try just taking one plate full, but usually with the cost of them, I try to limit them to real S days, as I hate not to "get my mon...

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Hi milliem. Yes, sometimes Mondays are the hardest!!

Red yesterday, as I ate just a few sweet things in company with others. Oh, well.

Today is Saturday, yea! Started the day off right with some leftover Christmas candy, heh! Will try to be moderate but enjoy the freedom the s days can afford.

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Thanks Auto, Octavia and Milliem for your kind birthday wishes. I did have a good day and enjoyed my cake! It's been hard avoiding the sweets since the weekend, but I've been successful. Seconds and snacks not so much of a problem these days. Being busy at works makes sticking to meals easier as the...

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I DID enjoy some candy yesterday as part of my plates. It was great, and I didn't eat as much as I would have if just having it "whenever".
Today is a capital S- my birthday! Plan to have some cake this afternoon at a friend's house.

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Thanks for sharing!!
(Feel free to give more of it away, as relevant!)

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Day 5 back here... white still white knuckling it, but guess what tomorrow is? Saturday!!!

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Congratulations on your engagement! That's exciting news, and I think it was very sweet, the way he proposed!

I'm also working on getting early green days after travel. Here's to both of us getting back into the swing!

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OK, I'm in. It just so happens that it's January that I happen to be back in place after a long vacation and holiday trip. I weigh about what I did at my highest weight ever. I don't feel like I look particularly huge or fat, but most of my clothes are too tight, so there it is. I want to give Vanil...

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Thank you, Gingerpie!

White knuckling it without sweets here. I will not have any before Saturday morning!!
Had moderate lunch of mushroom olive pizza. Enjoying my savory plates of food.

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Hi Gingerpie- thanks so much for stopping by my page. I really appreciate the encouragement! Yes, looking at the "sometimes" can be a good thing. Hard to balance the freedom with common sense sometimes!!

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Day 3. It's going well, but I still crave something sweet.
I am counting the days until I can... Thursday... Friday...
Sunday is a capital S day for my birthday. I'm considering on normal s days to put sweets on my plate as part of my meal. Not sure yet.

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Strawberry Roan wrote:"It's not what you eat between Christmas and New Years that matters, it's what you eat between New Years and Christmas that counts. "

Ha. That's great!!

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Hi gingerpie and Merry! Thanks for stopping by!! Day 2 back on NoS here after a veeery indulgent vacation and holiday season. I've put on 13# between Nov 9th and Jan 8th. But I know what to do, and I'm doing it now. I'm really having withdrawl from eating candy whenever I feel like it. I have had mo...

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Happy New Year to you too! Wishing you all the best in 2018.

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Happy New Year, Everybody!! I'm home in the US for my mom's 80th birthday (Nov) and a family wedding (Dec) and will head back to Africa on Thursday. Everything went well for those 2 events, and I'm thankful for that. Predictably, I gained weight while home, so am looking forward to getting back to N...

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I don't have photos, but for a while I was weighing my plate. After tare-ing the plate I would shoot for 13-14 oz, 3 times per day. That worked well for me and you kind of get used to how much food that looks like. If you are eating heavy food, you may find that is too much, or if light food too lit...

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kccc wrote:Waving hello to anyone that remembers me, and ready to tune up my habits!

Hi there- It's good to see you. I'm still hanging around here. Still trying. Sometimes more successfully than others. It's great that we can encourage each other during this time of year!!

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NoelFigart wrote:However, I have an electric griddle in my room, so I can cook decent meals.

Good to see you. Great that you can fend for yourself. I'm sure with your long history of successful no-S-ing, you'll slip right back in.

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Hi Noel- I know you sometimes pop back in for the holidays. Hope to see you around here soon!

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Hi Kathleen- Maybe this would be a good time to take up a new hobby that would get you more active and around new people? Just an idea.

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Happy Anniversary to you and your Hubs, Linda!!

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Yeah, there is no wrong way. We all experience grief differently and every loss is different from others. You have been through such a hard thing, and you are doing well to keep afloat and provide some normalcy for your other kids. You are a rock star, and you will find ways to deal with the grief a...

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I'm just not hungry in the mornings, but I do love my cup of coffee, reg or decaf depending on how I am doing it at the time. I often eat a handful of peanuts. I love a bowl of cereal and milk but often can't be bothered. Lunch is often my largest meal of the day, and I like to be hungry for it.

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I wonder if this is regional. Whenever I visit the south of Germany I gain weight and I notice a lot of really heavy people! So I guess if you eat enough of those sausages and don't move much, you can gain weight there. Just my observation.

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I love herbal tea and it helps me feel I'm enjoying something special on a cold evening, without needing to eat. If its something you'd enjoy, go for it!

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Kayeff wrote:Eating only three times a day is a huge shock to my system and I expect it will take a while to settle down. Meantime I'm just going to keep trying...

It will if you hang in there. It will settle down and feel completely normal!

osoniye

Sounds like you're really making it your own. That's great!

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I try to coordinate restaurant meals with S days or NWS days.
I like to enjoy those extra things as a special treat when I can.

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You lurk all you want, Allison. I'm glad you're still checking in here, and that you feel a little bit better just now. Do what you need to do to take care of you!

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Hi there Sweetie, I am so, so sorry! That is heart breaking. No words are enough. God be with you.

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Home visiting in the US... always a challenging time! Trying to stick to the 3 plates per day. Think I will need to look at the "what" soon and cut down on fast food, but right now I'm doing well to stick to 1 plates at meals and avoid sweets on weekdays!

osoniye

I sometimes "trade" a weekend day for a weekday NWS day if there is nothing going on, on the weekend, but I'm having a social event during the week. These "trades" work for me in a way that "floating S days" did not!

osoniye

I sometimes find that the 2 plates don't fill me up, so I might have a cheese sandwich or something as my 3rd plate. It's important for me to feel free to do that, the way I apply NoS.

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I think they are barely OK to consider as an N day food.
But I would make them an S day treat, personally, because they are special, somewhat sweet, and would fill the S day slot without being just loaded with sugar, which I don't personally need, even on an S day.

osoniye

I am the poster child for going off NoS on vacation and work travel, and gaining weight while doing so. Don't be me!!

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I travel between the US and Africa a couple of times per year. That involves at least one 8 hour and one 6 hour flight, if I go through Europe. For me it is well worth using my NWS days for that, because then I can eat the deserts on my trays and the schedule isn't a source of eating worry for me. I...

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This won't help you right now, but for future reference: My favorite lunch that packs in a tupperware container, and is great at room temp: a bed of ~8 oz shredded raw carrot, middle layer of ~8 oz pan braised or roasted eggplant with spices, top layer of ~4 oz cottage cheese mixed with 1 T olive oi...

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Sounds like a plan! Welcome back.

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I personally would go with the 5:30 pm sandwich or something and just get used to the hunger at 11:30 pm when you go to bed. I don't like the feeling that I'm hungry at bedtime, but truly it is healthier not to roll around on all that food all night. Your metabolism slows when you sleep and there is...

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Good advice above. I'd say, give it a chance. Even if you don't embrace the concepts, try embracing the behavior, and see how it works for you after a month or two. There really is something to limiting the volume of food to a plate, and if choosing the types of food bothers you, go with a divided p...

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Yeah, visiting can be a bear, but you're doing great Gill!
How's that grandson doing?

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Elyssa wrote:Lagflag, another possibility, which I am contemplating, is to get a plate you can eat off of but that has three or more "sections" for different types of food so they don't touch...

I have a couple of divided plates and love them! It's a great strategy!!

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I hope it all went well.
Just chiming in after the fact to say "S day" hands down. I love big social events where I can graze with impunity, knowing I have those extra 2 NWS days per month. This type of bar-b-q is the perfect use of that!!

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oolala53 wrote:Where did you find this cooking husband who changes his cooking for WW, etc.?

No kidding! (Where's he from?)

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Sorry to hear about the end of your relationship, but I'm glad you're feeling better, less pain about it. Relationships are hard!!
Hugs.

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Welcome! Hope NoS works well for you, too- sounds like you are off to a great start!

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Hooray for a successful Friday.
Here's to a nice new green week!

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If I don't want to get sleepy in the afternoon, a nice large salad with a chopped avocado or nut cheese and fresh ground pepper instead of dressing.

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It sounds like you've thought through this and there's a lot of good advice above. I'll just give you my 2 cents. The coffee drinks are fine and even a good thing if you need them. Just avoid the sweetened extras and stick with a teasp or 2 of sugar, which you add yourself. I find a cafe au lait is ...

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Easter proved to be more difficult for me than I had anticipated last year (I checked back!) it is more of a four-day feast than Xmas in some ways! Maybe it's because of being kind of the start of Spring too - and people being out in the street eating and stuff? I don't know. There's a holiday atmo...

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Tuna and cucumber mayo on white bread and crisps chicken breast, pasta salad with mayo and cheese and salad I find not piling plates too high, combined with eating a fair amount of roasted (lower carb) veggies, fruit, and adding an extra salad here and there are good strategies. Rice and pasta are ...

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Wednesday started well, with just breakfast and lunch. But when I was travelling on the train home I ate one lot of food at 5pm, then when I got home at 8pm, I 'needed' more to eat - so I had some oatcakes with Marmite on, then some nuts. It's quite a small FAIL but the evening eating could have be...

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Probably not, if you just add a moderate amount. It's still not something that I would think of as a dessert item, and it probably has far less sugar than the commercial varieties.

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RAWCOOKIE wrote:I'm so excited because I am going to go and see my new (first) grandchild next week...

Oh, that's great, Gill!!! Hearty CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

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kaalii wrote:technically, i had 3 plates... but 2 meals... i had 2 plates for lunch... one for dinner... so this is seconds... but it is still 3 plates... so im calling it green...

I do that sometimes too! I think it's OK!

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3squaremeals wrote:she mentioned how skinny I'm looking so that made me happy. I can feel that I've lost weight too and I have gone down a size in tops when buying one today.

Hey, that's really great! Congratulations!

osoniye

Thanks for sharing, netee.
Very helpful!

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Hanging here, mostly 3 meals per day, mostly avoiding sweets. The weight is not falling off, so maybe I need to pay attention to the "what" on my plates, but I haven't managed to bother too much. Perhaps there are worse things than being 20-30# overweight? It seems so for the present. I'm glad for a...

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Welcome back!
No time to restart like the present, I always say. Hope this time's the charm for you.

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Oh for the days when I was below 200 pounds, when I followed No S. Why did I stop? Impatience. I need to follow this diet and let the chips fall where they may. Hi Kathleen- It's good to read this. Hope you can fight whatever thoughts come to side-track you and stick to this for a good period of ti...

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Happy Birthday Kaalii!!!!!

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My husband is a truck driver and his days off are Wed and Th. I am considering making Wed and Th my "S" days, but worry that because they are not "officially" S days, that might lead to not following the program as well. I think it depends on personality to some extent. I would 100% go for the We/T...

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Jen1974 wrote:My solid habits of 3 meals a day & no snacking kept it much more tame than in the past, but I didn't like that my old bad habits of overdoing seconds & sweets crept back in so easily again.

You know, that's progress! I hope the next holiday season will be even more moderate for you!

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RAWCOOKIE wrote:Sunday was an oasis of nutrition green smoothie, salad, raw energy balls, chickpea & veg stew.

Sounds like a nice, healthy S day- good for you, Gill!

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lpearlmom wrote:I told her let's just put everything behind us & move on. She agreed. 😀

I'm so glad to hear that... life's too short not to go beyond, and do all we can to live in peace with those we are connected to.

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finallyfull wrote: If you simply must go on some other diet, pair it with No S.

Great advice!!
I'm glad things are going well for you!

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ceo418 wrote:I start at 7:30. This means I'm now eating breakfast almost 45 minutes later, and that seems to be making a difference in my mornings

Sounds like your schedule is working well for you. That's great!

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That recipe looks so good! Thnx.

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nettee wrote:I am sure it would work but perhaps too much like hard work ...

It sure does.

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Allisonmeg wrote:Church today because of snow, so must not eat the Mcdonalds we'll get afterwards.

Did you have church? Ours was cancelled due to weather... I'm visiting my aunt in Reidsville, NC. Where are you?

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My goal right now is not to have a certain number of green days for the month, but to establish the habit of recording green/red days without too much self-flagellation. Good for you. Self flagellation is best avoided! Greetings from Reidsville, NC. Enjoying the snow? (I'm visiting my aunt over the...

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kaalii wrote:weight and body fat percentage stable... no change... so good!

Sounds like you've really got this, Kaalii! I'm glad!.

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2# gain is not bad at all. Good for you!

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fried avocado w chipotle aioli (shared), butternut squash ravioli w duck confit Wow, Linda, that sounds like an amazing meal!! Thanks for stopping by my thread. I really appreciate that you check on me whenever I manage to post! Yes, we'll get back through this little bit of holiday/vacation weight...

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We're getting some snow in NC right now, too... exciting!

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Sounds like a good way to lay the foundation!

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Thanks for stopping by RC! I'm sorta glad the holidays are over. My birthday is on the 14th, which is an S day anyway, so that's nice. I'm struggling today... I had my 3 meals and I feel like I'm "starving". I don't know where this appetite is coming from. I gained about 6 solid pounds in Ireland fr...

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But I went back to sugary treats after 2 years. I forgot. It seems to be pretty important that if you need to leave something off (like sugar) that it be permanent. Going in and out can really lead to problems (binges, going from "nothing" to "all"). If you want to make it a permanent change and en...

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I allow a piece of fruit or a plane lettuce/tomato salad on the side as an extra. Somewhere Reinhard said that was OK. I vary plate size according to my appetite that meal. NoS allows for that. I only drink occasionally, but don't consider that as part of my noS plan... I can't hold more than a few ...

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Yes... simple but not easy!
I wish you the best with NoS this time around. It is really a sane approach!!

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Right... Not. This. Time.

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Your family sounds delightful!

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It's great to see each one of you so far, joining up here. We're in this together!

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Sounds like you're doing great, Maggie! Good for you at the year end weight loss.

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I like seeing what other people eat. It helps me to be more creative. Thurs: B: coffee w/milk, cheerios type cereal, almond milk, blackberries L: 2 slices Swiss cheese toast, small apple S: special Asian hamburger (restaurant), 4 (very small) mini-spring rolls with sweet and sour sauce That was kind...

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Thanks for setting this up, Kaalii! 8):mrgreen::roll::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:8):mrgreen:8)8) 8):mrgreen:8)8):mrgreen:8)8) 8)8):roll::roll::roll::roll:8) 8):roll::roll: Jan 3 involved seconds of pizza. Saving 7th-8th S days for when needed. S day, 11th- decided...

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