Everyday Systems

Jammin' Jan

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 & 25, 2005 Happy S-Days! :D Exercise: Rest Days :) Little S-Day treats....two late-night snacks, of oatmeal and raisins. Some hazelnut syrup in my after-dinner coffee. A second helping of last night's chicken. Almond Chicken Melt some butter in a large baking dish. Lay ...

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Friday, Sept. 23, 2005 No-S: :D Exercise: :D I sure do love giving myself these smileys every day. It's like a gold star in kindergarten, but for grown-ups! Breakfast: poached egg on toast; one more piece of toast; orange juice Lunch: Applebee's Veggie Patch Pizza; iced tea, no sugar Dinner: leftove...

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As long as we don't sing out loud???

I love to walk with Weird Al singing in my ear, and yes, I sing along! The neighbors get used to it, after a while...

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Hey great, you found your way over here. Post as often as you like. I like logging things, and reading what other people post, so I do this every day, usually in the evening, when I've finished whatever exercise I'm getting for the day. Hope you have as much fun here as I have had over the past few ...

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Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005 No-S... :D Exercise... :D Dinner: thin-cut boneless pork chops cooked in butter and soy sauce, seasoned with garlic and freshly cracked black pepper; rice; green beans Exercise: [Shovelglove, 14 min. = 1400 steps] + [Urban Rangering= 8600 steps] = 10,000 steps for the day. *...

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Hey Lynne, welcome!!! Yes, EVERYONE is going to keep an eye on you! This is the most wonderful board in the world, with wonderful people, following the truly magnificent No-S program. When you get the chance, go to the Daily Check-In page and set yourself up there. It's great for accountability and ...

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Dear CarrieAnn,

I know this must be a worry for a mother's heart.

I will remember your son in my prayers.

Love,

Jan

Jammin' Jan

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2005 No-S... :D Exercise... :D I couldn't post last night because of thunder/lightning storms that went on all night. Mostly we were just watching local weather for tornados. Dinner: taco meatballs (ground turkey, homemade taco seasoning. Mix well, roll into balls. Cook in a ski...

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Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005 No-S... :D Exercise.... :D Breakfast: oatmeal with raisins; orange juice Lunch: leftover red beans & rice; corn; biscuit Dinner: macaroni & cheese; spinach; cauliflower Note to self: I need to go back to eating from smaller plates; I am feeling over-full after dinner. Is my s...

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The 21 Club is three weeks straight, both No-S and S-Days. So, when you reach 21, you will have done altogether 15 No-S Days, and 6 S-Days. And you will have acquired a great habit to boot!!!

Jammin' Jan

You're really doing some serious rangering!!!

Jammin' Jan

Husband and teen daughter almost never eat junk food, drink soda pop, or eat fried foods.

You have a Popeye's on your post???? I love their Red Beans & Rice!!! Except for the salt, which it has too much of.

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Monday, September 19, 2005 No-S.... :D Exercise..... :D Today was a very stressful day for me, since we are in the middle of a family crisis. "It's always something," said Roseanne Roseanna Danna's Grandpa. And he was right! But I didn't resort to mindless food-shovelling as a response, so that's a ...

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Hooray! Another step-counter here! Welcome!

Jammin' Jan

Sunday, September 18, 2005 S-Day... :D Exercise... :D Lunch was the main meal today...husband, daughter, and I went to Noodles and Company where I tried a vegetarian Pad Thai with tofu for the first time. I'm a big tofu fan anyway, so I really enjoyed this. Also had a bottle of Nantucket Orange Mang...

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Tracy, getting down to a size 10 is really a wonderful accomplishment, and I know you will reach your ultimate goal soon. Your meal plan looks very good nutritionally and also looks like it has a good caloric value. Your exercise program is an inspiration to me! Keep up the good work!

Jammin' Jan

When I was doing the McDougall Program, there were a lot of people who were using Bragg's. They all seemed to use it like Freakwitch does.

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Welcome, CarrieAnn...glad you're here!!! And one more thing:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Jammin' Jan

Saturday, September 17, 2005 No-S: :D (doing penance because of yesterday's sins!) Exercise: :D Breakfast: a spartan but tasty oatmeal & raisins; orange juice Lunch: Lots of leftovers...small baked potato, half a plate of green beans, and a slice of meatloaf topped with bbq sauce Dinner: sloppy joes...

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Friday, September 16, 2005 In light of everything I ate today, which was just about everything, and in mass quantities (a la Coneheads) at that, I solemnly declare today to be an Official S-day for me. This is in order to avoid frowny faces on my check-in. Solving the problem by redefining it. S-Day...

Jammin' Jan

Thursday, September 15, 2005

No S...

Exercise...

Dinner: crock-pot meatloaf; French-cut green beans; fresh tomatoes; baked potatoes with lite veg spread.

Exercise: Urban Rangering, 11,000 steps!

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That's really terrific, Silverfish!!!

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I was born in 1951 and I have absolutely no nostalgia at all for the fifties and sixties. But, I used to watch that show almost every day, along with I Love Lucy, and really loved them. He's really into juicing and supplements now, I think. Really in good shape for his age. Heck, he's in good shape ...

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Dinner...Salmom Croquettes; Ha! :twisted: I did it! Here's what I did... 1)This should be the first thing you do before you type anything at all in the reply box. I don't know how to put a quote in the middle of a reply yet. So, first thing...click the quote button. 2)Scroll down the page to where ...

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Salmom...oops! In general, I have tried to give up cannibalism. Actually, it was good...a new recipe from the way I usually make them: Drain a can (16 oz. or so) of salmon. Squish up the little bones (good for calcium!). Mix in an egg and 1/2 cup Bisquick. Heat up shallow oil (I used olive oil, but ...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

No-S...

Exercise...

Dinner...Salmom Croquettes; Rice with Garlicky Lemon Butter; Green Peas; Biscuits

Exercise...Urban Rangering, 10,000 steps; Five Element Qigong this morning.

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Hmmmmm, Deb........now that I know you are waiting for dinner, I guess I will have to cook up something nice. Stay tuned...

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How is it different from Atkins, which is also lo-carb, hi-protein?

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I don't think I would make it through the first day! Coke in the daytime with no food would have the acid eating right through my stomach lining, and McD's for dinner would have so much grease it would make me want to shave my tongue. I'm so glad you found your way to No-S!!! P.S. I'm not being judg...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Today is our son's & his wife's second wedding anniversary. No-S: :D Exercise: :D Dinner: Sausage Bake (brown a pound of ground sausage meat; mix with a couple of cans of spicy beans and their liquid; heat thoroughly; pour into a greased 8x8" casserole; mix up a little bo...

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I still warm up, but the sweating passed years ago.

Dru:
There are many good resources available, even if you can't get to class. If you want to pursue this further, let me know and I will post some amazon links for you.

Jammin' Jan

I could live without the exciting weather! We were also under a tornado watch last night, as I found out later. All tai chi is chi kung, but not all chi kung is tai chi. So, tai chi is a sub-set of chi kung. More specifically, when you think of tai chi, you think of a very graceful and flowing set o...

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Monday, September 12, 2007 No S: :D Exercise: :D Dinner: ham slices with cranberry sauce; green beans; still working on those tomatoes!; biscuits with lite veg spread. Exercise: chi kung in the morning; 9,450 steps from Urban Rangering and gazelle. I wanted to do more walking yesterday, but we were ...

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Good luck with the new computer. You have my sympathy, having been through several computers in the last couple of years.

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Oh yeah, the cornbread, and the drunken apples, too!

Jammin' Jan

Sunday, September 11, 2005; Fourth Anniversary of 9/11 S-Day... :D Exercise... :D Had a wonderful late lunch at Famous Dave's. Their ribs and catfish are really terrific. Dinner was very tiny tonight after that meal! Spent all afternoon wandering around a mall and some other outdoor stores with husb...

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I really do recommend the 10,000 step program paired with qigong. Both are so simple, so healthful, and so inexpensive to do. Everyone knows how to walk, and qigong can be learned quickly and easily from dvd's or tapes. It is non-injurious at any age or condition, and builds up energy, instead of ti...

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Saturday, September 10, 2005 S-Day... :D Exercise... :D Treats today...pre-breakfast snack of a bowl of oatmeal and raisins; syrup on my breakfast pancakes; half a cup of Coke; and one small fudge brownie, made by a Church Lady, and you know how they can cook! Exercise...Urban Rangering in really hi...

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Thanks. It was courtesy of my son. I love your saying, too, and will stick it on an email to aforementioned son!

Jammin' Jan

Friday, September 9, 2005

No-S:

Exercise:

No sweets, no snacks, seconds today, but I think my meals were too large anyway.

Dinner: pizza; garlic toast

Exercise: Urban Rangering, 10,000 steps; chi kung practice this morning

Jammin' Jan

Thursday, September 8, 2005 No S... :D Exercise... :D Dinner: crockpot bbq chicken; corn; baked potato; tomato wedges Exercise: about 7,000 steps on the counter + 2 miles' worth of Leslie Sansone in-home walking = 11,000 steps total; chi kung practice this morning. No problems not snacking during ho...

Jammin' Jan

"No sweets, no snacks, no sugar, EXCEPT on days that begin with S."

"Sick" begins with S. Eat what you need to eat! Hope you get to feeling better soon!

Jammin' Jan

Re: Destructive Movements with the sledge... There's a poster on a computer desk at our bank that shows a goose standing in front of a computer, with a sledgehammer hanging down his back (you know, "scratch the back" for shovelglove) and he looks very angry. The caption at the bottom reads, "Hit any...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 No-S... :D Exercise... :) nothing to write home about No problems with not snacking this morning while homeschooling. I'm so glad I was really firm with myself yesterday morning. I don't anticipate problems on the days to come. :D Dinner: homemade chili con carne; more t...

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Oh Deb, I am so glad they are all safe and sound! Baton Rouge was not much harmed by the storm, so it should be a very pleasant place to be a refugee in.

You've had a happy ending to your worries, and I'm glad!

Jammin' Jan

I never heard of making a fruit sandwich. You just put the fruit between two slices of bread with mayo? Is the fruit raw?

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Monday, September 6, 2005 No-S: :D Exercise: :D Today was our first day back homeschooling and it was a new no-s challenge for me. I have a 15-year habit of having a snack between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. It was easy enough during the summer, when I was up and about, doing many things. But now it is scho...

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The difficulty level of homeschooling is vastly over-rated. Perseverance, patience, and a sense of humor are the main requisites for the job.

Jammin' Jan

Monday, September 5, 2005 No-S... :D Exercise... :D Dinner: 4-cheese tortellini topped with sausage in marinara sauce; tomatoes; crook-neck squash Exercise: Urban Rangering, 10,000 steps; 53 push-ups; 100 crunches Today is the last day of summer vacation for me. Tomorrow we begin our 16th, and final...

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Hi Blue Daisy,

Welcome to No-S! If you've done something similar to this before, then it will probably come easily to you now.

I do the 10,000 step program, too, and really enjoy that!

Hope we hear from you often!

Jammin' Jan

Sunday, September 4, 2005. Yesterday was the 3rd, not the 4th. I think I wrote a check on Friday and dated it the 5th. Well, as long as the numbers are in there somewhere, I guess it's okay. S-Day... :D oh baby. Exercise... :) We took our daughter and her best friend to the Minneapolis Art Museum an...

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Why is it that some of my posts have a delete button and some don't? How do you delete a post if there's no big button with the X? This post, for example, has the X button right next to the edit and quote buttons, but other posts only have edit and quote.

Jammin' Jan

Saturday, September 4, 2005 S-Day... :D Exercise... :D Dinner: pork chop; mashed potatoes; broccoli S-Day indulgences: syrup on my breakfast bacon omelette AND jelly on my toast; a little apple jelly with my pork chop; a little peanut butter crispy thing for a late evening snack. Exercise: Urban Ran...

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Papaya, mango, passionfruit...I learned to love these when living in the tropics.

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It's even better than I originally posted!

I'll go to your link tomorrow morning when I get up. Now it's time to take my tired footsies to bed.

G'nite all!

Jammin' Jan

OOOOoooooooooooooooooo, apple crisp. The church has 2 apple trees and the fruit is lookin' good. Maybe I'll make this for a weekend treat.

Jammin' Jan

Friday, September 2, 2005 No-S... :D Exercise: :D Dinner: Tuna Pot Pie (tuna, homemade cream of mushroom soup, peas, homemade biscuit topper); homegrown (but not in my home -- our parishioners are very generous with their garden produce!) tomatoes Exercise: Urban Rangering: well over 15,000 steps! (...

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Thanks, you two, but I think I may just continue copying and pasting. Of course, now I can do that in color!

Sincerely,

Low Tech Mama (next project: clean the mouse)

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How do you use the quote button?

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Another thing you could do with those squats... Jorge Cruise talks about a method of exercising called "active rest" which is just alternating between sets of two different exercises that use different muscle groups. For example, yesterday, I did 10 push-ups, then 25 crunches, then 10 push-ups, then...

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You surely do deserve them, both of you! Congratulations!

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I broke them up into sets of 10, with 25 crunches in between each set. I kept moving the whole time, no rests, so it was a good workout!

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Freakwitch, If your legs hurt after doing so many squats every day, then you should consider doing them every other day so the muscles get a chance to recover. Doing your age number is fine, but if you can do 50, that will work, too, just don't do them every day. I really enjoy reading your posts, a...

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Thursday, September 1, 2005 No-S: :D Exercise: :D Dinner: taco-seasoned meatballs with salsa (very yummy!); steamed summer and zucchini squash; corn; tomatoes Exercise: 53 push-ups, because I am still 53 years old; 100 crunches, just because I can; 3 miles in-home walking with a Leslie Sansone dvd +...

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The National Guard is there, also the Coast Guard, and some other departments. Slidell was hit hard, I have heard.

We lived for a year near Baton Rouge (our son was born there), and another year in Lafayette, so it is hard to watch all this on the news.

Keep praying.

Jammin' Jan

Deb, have you heard from any of your people in the Gulf area yet?

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 No S: :D Exercise: :D Dinner: Baked Arroz con Pollo; sweet potatoes; broccoli Exercise: Shovelglove, 14 minutes; Urban Rangering, about 6,000 steps; chi kung/tai chi practice, about 20 minutes More junk tossed from that storage room! Today's project is to box up the kid's ...

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Deb, here you are today, Day 20, the penultimate day before

VICTORY!

Can you do it? Of course you can! Best wishes today!!!

Jammin' Jan

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 No S: :D Exercise: :D Dinner: turkey ham with spicy mustard sauce; home-grown tomatoes with olive oil, basil, garlic salt; kluski noodles Exercise: Urban Rangering, 9,000 steps; chi kung practice, 15 minutes; strength training consisted of hauling tubs of junk from the ups...

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Okay Deb, today is DAY 19--YOU CAN DO THIS!!! ONLY 3 DAYS TO GO!!!

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Hey there, Samurai, glad you're back!

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Monday, August 29, 2005

No-S:

Exercise:

Dinner: Got the Fiesta Lime Chicken with Mexi-style rice at Applebee's tonight. Wonderful! Ate all the rice and half the chicken. Gonna have a heck of a lunch tomorrow!

Exercise: 7,500 steps + 25 minutes chi kung practice.

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Wow, one year! That's great!!! May you have many more to come.

Heard any report from your grandparents yet?

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Hi 5 foot 2, eyes of blue! I'm only 5 foot 1, with eyes of green, but I'm 53 and enjoying No-S-ing tremendously. I lost all my excess weight on another plan before I came here (5 years on the McDougall Program), but maintenance was getting really tough, for many reasons. Anyway, I've lost 4 pounds s...

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Ready for Day 18?

You can do it!

3 plates of food, no funny business, and get some exercise.

I look forward to reading your check-in post tonight... it will say

DAY 18 --- TODAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!!

Jammin' Jan

Go, Deb!!!

Only 4 days left!

And I will offer tomorrow morning's Mass for the safety and well-being of your grandparents.

Jammin' Jan

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Sunday, August 28, 2005 S-Day... :D :D :D :D :D Exercise...rest day I actually had a special s-day treat today! We took the kids out to lunch and then (my suggestion!) we went to Coldstone Creamery afterwards to have some ice cream. I had a little dish of this chocolate-peanut butter-fudge-Reese's-c...

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To Dear Deb and all who read this: please see my pedometer response on Deb's Daily Check In page.

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I think getting a step-counter is a wonderful idea! You should both get one! Don't buy one off the rack at Walmart or Target, however. They are selling Sportsline brand, and they just don't work. The brand that my husband and I have finally settled on is Accusplit. We have been very satisfied with t...

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Saturday, August 27, 2005

Happy S-Day:

Exercise:

S-Day treats today: a couple of snacks this evening (leftover pizza).

Exercise: 20 minutes chi kung practice; Urban Rangering: 12,000 steps.

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Deb,

Al has listened to EVERYONE. No one escapes.

Don't drop your SG!

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I like the idea of putting on a really long song for SG routine. Maybe tomorrow I will play Weird Al's "Genius in France." It's about 12 minutes, I think. Go here, if you want to hear a piece of this lunacy: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000095J7Q/qid%3D1125106642/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5...

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Friday, August 26, 2005 No-S: :D (under tempting circumstances) Exercises: :D Dinner: went to our favorite Mexican restaurante, only ate 1 chip before dinner, then ate only 2/3 of the plate of chile rellenos, rice and beans, then ate 1 more chip with salsa at the end. I was pretty pleased. This is l...

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

No-S:

Exercise:

Dinner: red beans (red beans, Polish sausage, garlic salt, onion powder, red pepper, black pepper) and rice; corn

Exercise: half hour on the gazelle + steps from walking around = 8,000 steps; 10 Hindu squats (

); chi kung practice

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I did 10 of those today, but it wasn't a pretty sight. Are they supposed to hit the back of the leg like that?

Jammin' Jan

ClickBeetle, my husband read 1776 this summer and loved it! It sent him on a historical reading blitz, which included John Adams , George Washington , The Alamo , and, currently, The Pirates Laffite. Also, we both read Zorro this summer, which was really good, and it was that book that was our intro...

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Did anybody read anything really interesting this summer? The most interesting book I found is one that I am currently reading: The Great Influenze: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry. It's about the flu epidemic of 1918 which killed between 50 and 100 million people ...

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Thursday, August 24,th No S: :D Exercise: :) Sick last evening and half of today, don't know if it was an intestinal bug or something I ate for dinner. Anyway, mostly better now, just feeling kind of washed out. Dinner: macaroni with olive oil and garlic; green peas; broiled buttery bread. We had co...

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Oh, man, those beignets...washed down with a steaming cup of cafe au lait...that's livin'. We lived for two years in Baton Rouge, and our weekly night out took us to Catfish Town, where we would eat and drink and listen to the music. That would make a nice S-Day treat!

Jammin' Jan

I like that image! Have you found an image on the web to copy?

I made my refrigerator sign with a fat piggy in a chef's outfit as a frame for my No-S logo. It sticks right next to the handle where I see it every time I open the fridge door.

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Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005 No S : :( Exercise : :D Diet Slip-ups: a couple of extra slices of homemade bread were crying out to me at lunch time, then they just up and buttered themselves and jumped into my mouth. At dinner, we were at Bennigan's, and I ordered a Dr. Pepper (regular, not diet, so there ...

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This phenomenon is part of what I've referred to as an "eating algorithm," in that it is a very simple, 14-word algorithm that improves one's relationship to food. One no longer overeats, and one is also free to enjoy the food eaten without any guilt at all.

That's it, perfectly stated.

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HIGHLIGHTING MAKES IT BIG, TOO!

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Oh, Deb, you are gorgeous!. I'm so glad to see this picture!

Wow...a jammin' drummer

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Monday, August 22, 2005 No S: :D Exercise: :D Dinner: Beanie-Wienie; green beans; homemade yeast bread. Before No-S, I would have eaten most of the loaf; tonight, I had one good-sized chunk and let it go at that. Yay for No-S! Exercise: too tired from the weekend to go for a walk today, so I only ha...

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I am doing Shovelglove every other day, so maybe I will try the push-ups on alternate days. I will begin tomorrow with 20, and then add one each day that I do them. I will stop if my shoulder starts hurting -- old injury that I don't want to aggravate.

Middle-age is lots of fun!

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Oh, highlighting...that must be what I was doing before. Thanks, Deb!

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How do I get my text to show up in color? I did it once, a while back, but can't seem to get it to work for me again. I see the "Font Color" drop-down above...what do I do with it?

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