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Thanks everyone. I already started the candida cleanse and in two days I am feeling calmer and the anxiety seems to be going away. I am very grateful I put together my symptoms and figured this out. I wasn't trying to do no-s yesterday as i am concentrating on health first and i ended up doing the 3...

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That's true. I wouldn't be able to do the S days though because eating to get rid of candida means absolutely no sugar or flour or juice etc.

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Hi guys, I wanted to pop in to tell you that I think I figured out what happened re: the astounding weight gain because I certainly don't want to discourage anyone who no-s is working for which seems to be everyone but me, but anyways I just wanted to put this out there because you have all been so ...

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Hi guys, I wanted to pop in to tell you that I think I figured out what happened re: the astounding weight gain because I certainly don't want to discourage anyone who no-s is working for which seems to be everyone but me, but anyways I just wanted to put this out there because you have all been so ...

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At 41 I think I'm slightly early for menopause BUt after a lot of research I think I figured out what is going on with me and why I gained so much weight these past 8 weeks. About 7 years ago I suffered from Candida and I cured it with diet and a cleanse that helps the candida die off and it worked....

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Well I guess that's where we differ. I can't stand to look at myself. I am uncomfortable and I don't like it at all. I have not been bingeing but I have been in denial and I don't want to delude myself into thinking it's ok. I'm supposed to be happy with a 10lb weight gain and say oh well at least I...

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I think it is a combination of the 3 plates not working for my metabolism, too much caffeine and too many carbs and extra calories. I'm going to go back to a plan I tried years ago when I lost a lot of weight after baby #1. It is a detox plan and I think I could use that right now. It's sort of stri...

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Thanks for checking in Reinhard. I feel so upset and dejected. I really believed no-s was the answer for me and I felt so happy on it. I honestly didn't think I was overdoing it. My plates weren't piled up and I thought I was eating rather sensibly. The only things I did different since starting no-...

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Thanks for all your comments and support. There is a lot of conflicting info and ideas to digest. I was really frustrated and extremely upset when I posted the original post and have had panick attacks over this shocking gain which really sent me over the edge. I have calmed down and I decided that ...

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Thanks. I definitely know that I need to keep each meal at about 400 calories so I'm going to try that. I sort of fell of the wagon today with all the stress and upset but I'm going to start over and really stick to this with the modification of calorie counting. The good thing is that I don't have ...

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So I was out last night and someone took pictures of me and when I looked at all of them I could not believe how much weight I had gained. I kept saying that I thought I gained (I don't weigh myself) but no one believed me. When I saw it in front of me I just got very upset and decided I should weig...

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DH and I went out for dinner last night to Baton Rouge. My husband got the fixed price menu but I did not because it would be served on several plates, plus the dessert was out as it was not an s day. So I ordered mine and it was massive so I immediately put half of everything on another plate for m...

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That's exactly what happened to me. I stopped WW this December when they switched the program up. For some reason I couldn't stop binge eating and I got fed up eating 1 pt this and 2 pt that. I ended up gaining my 10lb loss (that took me 12 weeks to lose) in a matter of a few weeks and I still haven...

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I have said it over and over that I am not trying to be skinny any longer. I'm trying to accept myself the way that I am. To get back down to 114lbs I would have to starve myself and monitor every calorie. Ughh, I just don't have the mental capacity for it. Plus when I was around 109lbs my skin was ...

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Thanks Wosnes, I am very conflicted about this. It definitely makes me feel happy when I drink it but I can't help but wonder if it is bringing out my anxiety more and if the extra calories are contributing to my recent no-s weight gain. I feel very, very sleepy right now without it.

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Thank you exdieter. I'm going to try that vitamin. Admittedly I don't take a multi and I should. Wosnes, I am 5'2 . I don't weigh myself. My size 0 clothes are from when I was 109 lbs about four years ago and my size 2 clothes are from when I was about 117lbs when I got the weight off from my second...

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Thanks. I think that I finally figured out that I suffer from anxiety. I must have used my binge eating as a coping mechanism all these years which is why it really escalated when I had my son who had colic for 17 months and even now at two and a half he can be rather difficult because he too gets v...

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I'm having a great deal of anxiety and I think that's because I stopped binge eating so I have no choice but to deal with feelings. I feel shaky right now and I never even realized how badly I suffer from anxiety until I stopped binge eating. I'm going to have to investigate some herbal rememdies. I...

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I'm not expecting to have the body I had when I was 18, or even 30 but do I just throw my hands up in the air and give up entirely? And even if I accept the way I am now which is incredibly difficult but I am definitely working very hard to let go of my "ideal" and accept it BUT I don't feel happy a...

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Went out for dinner tonight and while everyone shared appetizers I took some and put it on a side plate and then when my meal came I put it on the plate with my main dish. I couldn't even eat the entire piece of fish. Then dessert came and everyone participated and I didn't have anything, not even a...

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I agree whole heartedly with what you have said here NOSROCKS. I was feeling panicked but I never had nor do I have now any intention on trying another "diet". No S is it for me. I am not going to worry about mods or trying to lose weight now -- I can't even believe I wrote that but it's true. I jus...

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Thanks. I talked myself off the ledge. I went and did something else and something I've been doing a lot since starting no-s is telling myself to think about it later (particulalry when i find myself counting calories) which has really helped. Feeling better today. I never considered the anxiety fee...

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All amazing suggestions and it is true I have been focussed WAY too much on this and it is just because it's all I've ever known. It's funny because with No-S it has made me look at what I really like to eat as opposed to what I think I should be eating (ultra healthy, low calorie etc.) and maybe no...

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I wrote things down at the beginning and logged my calories etc. but I found that if I went over calories I started to feel worried that I would gain which is a trigger for binge eating for me so I just stopped. Plus it's just time consuming and that hasn't really worked for me in the long run with ...

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GREEN Breakfast: Raisin bran muffin, tab of butter, 1 glass orange juice, coffee w cream & milk Lunch: Large BLT salad (cheese, chicken, bacon, lettuce, ranch dressing) crystal light, coffee w milk Afternoon: tea w milk Dinner: Restaurant. Took appetizers and put them on a plate until my main dish c...

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Best wishes for a successful week!

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<r>I am upset right now and decided to post a message instead of saying screw it and eat and eat. I apologize in advance if it is negative.<br/> <br/> So as some of you know I decided to get rid of all of my smaller, "to wear when I get thin" clothes which leaves me with fewer items and my "fat" clo...

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Interesting observation and I can see what you mean. It really was like an abusive relationship but with myself! I am feeling better now and got through "feelings" without falling off the wagon which is really a wonderful thing for me. Thanks for your support and encouragement. I definitely feel lik...

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I found this post and it is really great. It may help those that have mentioned here that they binge eat. I like that he approaches his system to cure binge eating with logic similar to Reinhard and interestingly enough he mentions 3 plates... sound familiar? Anyway, check it out http://www.psychfor...

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Aw Wosnes feel better. Is there anything you can take to feel better?

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I suppose that's true. I just have to chill out. I still can't believe I'm doing this and not a crazy plan!

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Soooooooo weird but I actually forgot to eat dinner and had to remind myself. Now I did eat lunch much later than usual but my whole life I have thought about food what feels like every minute, and to forget about a whole meal is a very, very, very strange concept to me. Is this normal on no-s to st...

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I feel really foolish writing this but I think I'm having a bit of a panick attack. I just threw out a bunch of tight fitting clothes and it was very difficult for me. It was like letting go of the dream of being thin. I let go of the pressure, expectations, hope, regret, and sense of failure from a...

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I have one for today (Sunday).

Today makes 10 days GREEN no-s which makes it the longest I've gone since starting No-S without binge eating.

That is a great triumph for me.

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YELLOW I don't feel like having "treats" or snacking but since today is an S day I'm just having something sweet in my breakfast, maybe lunch too. I don't feel comfortable yet with the treats or the snacks. It just makes me feel out of control. The fact that I did it yesterday without going nuts was...

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I absolutely do not weigh myself. I go by my clothes, how I feel and how I look naked. Believe me, after a lifetime of weighing myself I pretty much know what I am in terms of weight. Before I threw out my scale, I would weight myself, then again just to make sure it was accurate. I would weigh in t...

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You said it BlitheMorning!

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WOW your stories and responses are all amazing and inspiring. We have different backgrounds and experiences and yet similar feelings and obstacles. This freeing myself of diet head is definitely challenging. Sometimes it is easy and freeing and other times I get anxiety when I think about the calori...

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Thanks everyone. You've given me some nice encouragement and incentive to keep going. I had my dinner but it wasn't all that satisfying so I had 4 extra mini shortbread cookies for dessert. There was a part of me that wanted to keep going and have a few more plus anything else I could get my hands o...

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Awesome post. I have one, but it's more about getting over the diet mentality. I was out with my husband today and I knew I was getting cranky and made him pull over the car to get something to eat at starbucks. Later when we were out shopping and he asked why I was looking at pants and I told him t...

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YELLOW day 12:30am 1 large cupcake, 2 mini shortbread cookies with icing, icing and a bit of cake from second cupcake. Ugh, overdid it but not like I would before. Breakfast: whole wheat carrot muffin, 1 banana, 1/2 cup orange juice, tea w milk Lunch: Fiesta chicken sandwich (from starbucks), 1 tall...

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Wow we are similar. You know what's funny? After reading your meals I had a craving for a muffin so I went out and bought some and had a carrot whole wheat muffin for breakfast without guilt. I feel that my meals too have been a bit larger this week but then again that is only compared to diet meals...

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I wanted to post about my S day because it was weird, uncomfortable for me, gross, but in a way successful. Here's what happened and you can tell me what you think because I just don't know how to feel about it honestly. I was pretty hungry when I went to bed last night and because I was thinking so...

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Congrats on staying strong and not turning to food. I know it will be hard but you can stay in touch with scype, email, telephone etc.

Hang in there!

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After 27 years of dieting (I started at 13 years of age) I started no-s. I'm about 6 weeks in with a few ups and downs but I am finally feeling a lot more in control and I feel a shift in my mindset and quite quickly moving out of "DIET HEAD". First I stopped worrying so much about calories (though ...

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I have a coffee with milk and/or cream and it really does the trick for me. Crystal light also works for me!

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Really felt like eating something sweet and snacky but I didn't sucumb because I know I can tomorrow so i am GREEN!!! Breakfast: whole grain cereal, pecans, blackberries, organic 2% milk, tea w milk Lunch: chicken on cranberry toast w mayo, mustard, salad w creamy feta dressing, 2 perogies fried in ...

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SAD stands for Standard American Diet

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I thought it was 3 meals a day.

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Love what you said. I am finally realizing this myself and I guess I thought if I were a person who "enjoyed food" then I was a pig, or a fat person when nothing could be further from the truth. Food should be enjoyed whatever size one is and I think you are so right that by enjoying your food you w...

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I've read a lot of those books and I too believed the SAD way of eating was horrible for my skin, depression, weight, energy bla, bla, bla but I could never sustain that way of eating and in fact, often I made myself sick and developed a terrible binge eating problem as a result of all this diet non...

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Just purged some more too tight clothes and it was really difficult at first because a lot of feelings and goals and sense of loss for what I used to be like was attached to them. I still have a lot more purging to do but I can only do a bit at a time. Afterwards I did my Air Climber excercise and b...

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The same thing happened to me a nervous kind of oh no, what if I need them later but I know that I don't and I know from experience that I'll just gain back whatever I lose at WW and I don't want to count points for the rest of my life.

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So I get a call this afternoon from Weight Watchers saying that I haven't been there in awhile (I believe it was December before they changed the program) and asking if they will be seeing me to which I said "no, i don't think so". There was a pause on the phone and I don't think the lady knew what ...

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xJocelynx87 I love your post. I have only just realized in a matter of days what you said in your post to be my new philosophy after years and years of trying to eat so healthy (flax oil, protein shakes, plain food without fat, salba, sprouted grains, etc.) and never ever feeling or looking that muc...

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Each time I eat a meal, I feel satisfied but for some reason I feel like going crazy afterwards, cookies, cake etc. but I have been stopping myself because I keep thinking about my S days in just 2 days from now. I'm wondering now if my binge eating isn't just habit of wanting dessert after I eat an...

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GREEN Breakfast: 2 eggs, cheddar cheese, spinach, mushrooms, 2 slices sprouted grain bread w butter, ketchup, cappuccino, 1/2 cup orange juice Lunch: About 2 oz Chicken on 2 slices cranberry bread, mayo, mustard, spinach, green salad w greek/feta dressing, handful cranberries, pecans, 1/2 orange, te...

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I'm definitely IN.

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Thank you for writng this. I identify completely. You went off of no-s in hopes of a quick fix and now you realize there is no such thing... it is like signing a deal with the devil (quick weight loss) but the devil always wins (rebound weight gain). I did the same thing exactly. Instead of staying ...

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I shared your concerns because I was trying so hard to be "healthy" when I was in diet mode for years but I realized a few things lately with no-s... 1. I started to pay attention to how I felt after meals and you know what I honestly don't "feel" better eating sprouted healthy bread as I do eating ...

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You already know you did the right thing for your sanity if nothing else. You ignore those calls. Until we get stronger there is always going to be a part of us looking for the quick fix but I know that this is the way to go because it is sane and we are reclaiming our lives and taking them back - n...

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Blithe Morning I think I love you! Your "strong" approach is helping me more than you know. That is what I need. I'm slowly but surely getting over this stupid diet mentality. The sooner I do the absolute better. I am getting the hang of No-S. I am getting rid of my too tight clothing. I do not weig...

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Amen Sister!

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Thank you ever so much for posting this. I agree wholeheartedly. I have always tried to be that "healthy girl" but always ended up binge eating after all the protein shakes, brown rice and eskiel bread. Honestly I don't feel much better eating it, it hasn't helped things in the washroom any and it d...

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Interesting. None of my clothes fit mostly in my waist. A lot of that has to do with having the kids I suppose and age in general. When I was super thin as much as I liked how I looked in clothes, if I'm honest my skin was a bit loose even on my wrists and I don't have that anymore. You ladies have ...

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GREEN Breakfast: 1 cup whole grain cereal, pecans, blackberries, organic 2% milk, 1/2 decaf/1/2 regular coffee w cream & milk Lunch: high protein pita bread w 1.5 tbsp natural peanut butter, 1 banana, 1/4 vanilla protein shake, 1/2 cup coffee w cream Dinner: 4 salmon cakes, sweet potatoes, mixed pep...

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Ok, that was a little hard to read/admit to myself but all true. I'm going to be 41 in two months and I think it is just unrealistic to try and fit into my old clothes. I just have to keep telling myself this because for years and years I just believed it was my fault I couldn't lose weight and ther...

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Roxy, thanks for the support and your kind words as always. I am rooting for you too and honestly it does help to get rid of the too tight clothes along with the diet head. It doesn't mean you are surrendering to being bigger than you would like. It just removes the bad feelings so you can feel some...

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Yesterday I was feeling particularly binge like. It is my normal pattern to do well (green) for 4 days and then fall off the wagon but I didn't. I really didn't! Now I didn't make the best choices yesterday as I had lasagna for lunch and I normally stay away from white pasta and for dinner in a rush...

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Well I finally put my too tight jeans in the give away bag. These particular jeans were the ones I met my husband in. They were the jeans I got back into after my first child was born - it took a year but I got back into them and for the past year I just can't get back into them and every morning I ...

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Pulease... if i can get back on track after my collosal binges.. anyone can! Sometimes it takes a few days to get all the eating out of your system (mentally) and then you'll be all gung ho again because you won't want to feel so bad. It happens, dust yourself off and get back on track when you feel...

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You're doing great Roxy! Keep up the fantastic work. Think about how well you are doing and all those great testamonials.

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Green but very hungry today and feeling vulnerable and on the verge of a binge for some reason. Breakfast: whole grain cereal, pecans, blackberries, organic milk, light cappucino w milk Lunch: Lasagna, green beans and brocalli w pat of butter, banana, light cappucino w milk Afternoon: coffee w cream...

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I figured out that I can't keep anything tempting in the house. I can't buy multiple of things etc. I have this strange compulsion to finish it off and get it out of the house by eating it all. It is far better for me to go out on an S day and buy 1 special thing I want to eat because I can't be tru...

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aw, so sweet. thanks!

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Wishing everyone a successful February.

I've had some screwups in January which I now look at as training wheels, just mere practice.

Cheers to a great February for everyone!

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20 days is amazing. Maybe you wanted to congratulate yourself? I personally think 20 days in a row is awesome and you should be very proud of yourself. I only wish I could get to 20 days. 9 days is my claim to fame. Get back on your horse and next time aim for 21 days! You've done great so far. 1 da...

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wow. very impressive

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Thanks so much everyone. Before I even saw these responses I was thinking about purging my clothes and buying some new ones. This is just ridiculous already and I know it's going to take some time until I lose a few lbs and even if I don't I have no choice but to accept myself the way I am because I...

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Hi all, I try to post positive things and don't want to annoy anyone but I am feeling very discouraged today and frustrated. I am green and don't have any intention on falling off track but I feel uncomfortably big. My clothes are very tight and I feel like I am actually gaining weight on No-S and n...

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I thought for sure that I was addicted to sugar and white flour and it is what caused my binges until I did a lot of experimenting and figured out that it is really hunger that makes me binge eat. Yes, it is true that if I eat a cookie I will want more and more but that's usually because I've denied...

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GREEN On track so far today. Breakfast: bowl of high fibre cereal, pecans, organic milk, blackberries, large coffee w milk Lunch: Grilled chicken, mozarella cheese, tomato, peppers and mayo on french bread panini, banana, small coffee w milk. 1 cup water Dinner: 1.5 cups organic cream of tomato soup...

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For what it's worth what helped me is taking the pressure off of having to take an s-day and then I was able to do it without going insane. I think we are so used to dieting that we rebel against it because it's not natural. The same is so being told to take an s day. We do it and then go nuts almos...

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Hi everyone, I tried and tried to quit coffee and I couldn't do it. I don't even look at it as a failure I look at it as hey, I like coffee. I feel good when I drink it. And you're right, what's the worst case scenario, I'm drinking a cup of milk in a day? If I need it to get me through my meals it'...

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Aw, that made me smile!

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oh thank you. it's like once i took the pressure off having to do an s day... i could do it. i don't get myself but i seem to rebel against everything. if i'm on a diet i rebel and binge and when i am told i can take an s day i don't want it and then when i say i don't want it i take it. whatever, a...

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I did. They were small but they were very good quality (and expensive, thankfully I did not buy them) and for some reason 2 was perfectly fine. You don't understand, I normally eat and eat and eat.

I am in shock that I only ate two of these little cookies.

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I actually took my S day today and I didn't go wild. I'm amazed at myself. After dinner I still had a craving for these little shortbread cookies with icing so I made myself a cup of tea and took 2 and ate them and enjoyed them and did not go back for more. I feel so relieved I can't even explain it...

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All day these little cookies were staring at me and I figured if I didn't give in it could turn ugly so I decided to take my S day and after dinner I had a cup of earl grey tea with milk and two fancy little shortbread cookies with icing. It was yummy and I can move on now. So I did it. I had an S d...

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From reading a lot of posts here is what I can tell about No-S. We all love No-S and we all believe in it but at the same time many of us struggle with not losing fast enough and going crazy with S days or "falling off". At the end of the day even though no-s is a lifestyle and is a much easier plan...

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Wow, I have the same issues as you and I am also torn about S days and feel like I have failed so many times at this.

The main thing is that we are always willing to re-try because ultimately we know there is a sense of peace with the no-s diet.

Keep on keeping on!

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Hiya, Every day I say I'm going to get some excercise in and then the kids completely wear me out (my little one wakes up at 7am) and then he goes to bed by 8pm but my daughter won't get to bed until 9:30 or 10pm and I'm just exhausted. I need to work on getting them into bed earlier and then I can ...

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I'm glad someone addressed this. He's a nice guy and all but I can't stand that every day he's pushing some other diet. They all contradict one another though he stays true to the salmon, almonds and coconut oil. I'm tired of hearing all about these "super foods" too. They all cost a fortune and you...

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Today is day 3 for me after a floating S day disaster and am feeling on track. Yesterday I was quite proud of the way I handled my decisions. Breakfast: 1 slice eskiel bread w 1/5 tbsp natural peanut butter, 3/4 protein shake (1 banana, strawberries, almond milk, protein powder) Lunch: 1/2 large piz...

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I'm glad I could help Roxy. The reason I can see it is because I know from our chats were similar with the obsession part of dieting so I could see you getting more into diet mode. Anyways it sounds like you're more on track than you think! Keep going. The only reason I can't do the S days is becaus...

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Thanks for this post. Today I had lunch out and had 1/2 a pizza and put the rest in a to go carton and filled the rest of my plate with a salad. I still felt a bit hungry after eating because the pizza was very thin crust but I decided that since I ate lunch later than usual, if I had a cup of coffe...

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Roxy, I hope you don't mind me saying this but I notice you are becoming more concerned about your weight lately. In my own personal experience whenever I concentrate on the weight loss aspect I tend to get frustrated and that leads to more and more eating. I know you are on track and you are doing ...

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I totally get the philosophy of S days and it makes sense. However, I am not very interested in them... not because of diet head or that I am trying to lose weight faster or because I can't handle them (YET, 1 day I am will) but rather because I'm not feeling I NEED a treat. For me I'm just thrilled...

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I tried a floating S day and it was a full out disaster. I planned my treat but it turned into an all out crazy day. I really, truly cannot do S days and I don't even want to attempt another one.

So I'm wondering if anyone here just does no-s everyday without S days.

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Think I figured out why I gained weight on no-s

I GAINED 10lbs in 8 weeks on NO-S. VERY upset

Frustrated that I seem to be gaining on No-S

Great post about curing binge eating w systematic logic

Forgot I had to eat dinner?

Panick Attack

My S Day was scary, uncomfortable and also successful?

How long does it take to get over DIET HEAD on No-S?

Weight Watchers called me and I said...

Is binge eating just a habit?

No more food guilt for me!

Finally got rid of the too tight jeans! Can we say relief?

February: New month, new start

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Does anyone here do No-S without S Days?