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Jennifer24747

Hey all, it's been awhile since I've posted here. I haven't gone off the deep end or quit NoS--actually, it was easier for me when I wasn't writing every day. I can't say I stuck to it entirely; some days I had a dessert after dinner, some I didn't. Not all sweet desserts, either--I've been munching...

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Last week was just such a disaster, and I'm not sure why. I had a small dessert almost every day except for maybe Monday and Wednesday--maybe it wasn't even two days! I don't remember. Ironically, the weekend wasn't so bad. We went on a canoe trip on Saturday, and I followed N-day structure pretty w...

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This morning's weight: 158.0 on the nose. This is the week I'm going to average out my weight, I think...if I remember to do it. It's going to be about 159 avg. though, I can already tell. Makes me sad. I miss the 147lbs I used to be, back when I was slinging boxes at Costco all morning. I had the a...

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My scale and I are fighting. Yesterday morning, I weighed myself practically naked--the scale said 165. I didn't really stress out about it to much since I'd weighed myself over the weekend and I was 157. Yesterday night, I weighed myself with clothes on, and it said 160. This morning, I weighed mys...

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I had the tamest S-days yet this weekend. Three meals both days--or, actually, only two on Saturday, now that I think about it. I woke up suuuper late--at like, noon--which I hate. I love waking up early, so when I miss the morning, I get bummed. I made eggs and hash browns for lunch, and then we di...

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Red alert. Red alert. There's donuts in the conference room. Eek! I failed yesterday, but I exercised for about fifteen or sixteen minutes. Worked up a GOOD sweat and got my heart pounding! I really want to try the Insanity workout. Not because I'm falling for the infomercial, or whatever, but becau...

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SkyKitty, we are totally soul sisters.

Jennifer is a 26-year-old administrative assitant and aspiring novelist who's busy planning her September 2013 wedding. She's about to start learning the argentine tango, loves to cook, and reads her favorite books over and over again.

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Something else I forgot that I wanted to mention/talk about. So, twice in the last few weeks, two different girls have referred to me as "tiny." And not in that, like, you know--weird girly way that other girls have when you're standing in front of a mirror and say you're fat, and then they go, "Oh ...

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Yesterday was my official three-month anniversary of No-S-ing. I haven't lost or gained weight yet--I keep fluctuating between the same three pounds, one up from my start weight, one down from my start weight. I've definitely changed my life though. So far this week I've had three solid greens. No s...

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The salad IS good!! I've been making it for lunch a few days a week--mostly when I don't have dinner leftovers to take in the next day. I always have black beans, edamame, quinoa, goat cheese, and Trader Joe's corn salsa on hand, and my CSA always has some kind of lettuce in my box. I'll throw in so...

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Crazy weekend--Nate and his old roommates have a yearly "reunion" thing, and man. Man oh man. It's nuts. I mean, I guess I ate okay, but not well. Yesterday was an awesome success, though. After a weekend of alcohol and totally-bad-for-you foods, I ate light, healthy, and veggie-heavy. We also went ...

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Oh man, I don't even want to know what the bills for med school look like...eek! Yesterday was a fail, both accidentally and on purpose. I went to Subway for lunch because I didn't pack one (we went out to a quick dinner because we had to drop my car off at the shop, and we were both starving!). I o...

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This weekend was a little better than they've been, other than a super-big dinner at a Greek restaurant on Saturday. I guess I didn't really eat a lot on Saturday other than some pancakes I made for breakfast and some chips I finished off from the bottom of the bag. Greek food is one of my favorite ...

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Yay! Congrats! I agree with Mimi; this is your little girl!! Haha.

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Hi there, and welcome! I'm in the same boat you are as far as wanting to really cement some healthy habits. I'm 26 and not overweight, but I finally (finally!) just started my first "real" job post-degree (it only took almost five years to land a job that wasn't in a restaurant!! sigh). Since I spen...

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Yay for not overeating!! Always feels good to wake up in the morning after NOT overeating...always!

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Thanks, MJ! Another success today! :) It's getting a lot easier to resist sweets at night. I guess the whole habit thing is starting to kick in? I guess eating less sweets is making me crave them less, too. I mean, I still think about them. It's been a lot easier for me to realize that it's a want, ...

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Yesterday was green! Today will be easy too, I just know it. Nate ate the last tiny piece of my birthday cake yesterday while I was out doing the bridesmaid dress thing. And, honestly? The dress looks pretty good on me. It makes me look super skinny, which is cool. I still don't want to have anythin...

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I am SO ready to have a week of GREEN! This WILL be my first all-green week since starting, I just know it! There are no N-day contraband sweets left in the house, and no work birthdays this week (there would have been, except she's on maternity leave). So...yay! Tuesday we're going out for a "famil...

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I used to binge on bags of chocolate chips when I was in college. I'd keep them in my room and just sit and grab handful after handful. That's when I started to try to eat "healthy," when I started to measure food, to count calories...and I wondered why I gained weight instead of losing it. Bags of ...

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So true!! Planning saves me from making decisions when I wouldn't make a healthy choice. It gives me healthy options; it fills in the blanks. If I didn't plan, I wouldn't get anything done, as far as dinner and shopping goes!

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Hi all! Hope everyone had a good holiday. I've realized that it's going to be impossible to do Vanilla NoS this week because of both the holiday and the birthday. My family brought me cake for my birthday, I'm getting a Swiss Chocolate Cream Tarte at work, and of course people keep wanting to go out...

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Sounds like it's going to be a great trip, Amy--hope you enjoy yourselves!

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Enjoy your trip!!

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I'm in for July! I'm just going for straight vanilla NoS, because I do eat very healthfully...it's just those sweets that get me every time. I might count July 6th as an Sday, though--my birthday is on the 7th (a Saturday), but a lot of people want to celebrate on the 6th, too...so we'll see how tha...

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Wow, pretty much all of last week was a total bust (thanks cupcakes, thanks a lot), but it's a new month. Clean slate. Plenty of S-days thanks to holidays and a birthday, although right now I'd rather just cleanse myself with my three healthy meals. I really had to improvise today as far as meals--I...

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Thanks, Liz! Your "rules" for the holiday are actually pretty genius, and they make perfect sense. I might borrow some of those...sounds like some good ways to keep excess under control. Yesterday was a legit fail, thanks to the cupcake bakery my kitchen became. But...holy crap. Have you ever tried ...

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Just look at is as a warm-up until July!! Haha. I'm not going to oficially start until Sunday!

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So much for my all-green week! :oops: Sigh. For some reason, yesterday was just one of those days that distracting myself wasn't working. I had a big spoonful of Nutella, I kept munching on strawberries, and of course I ate watermelon. A lot of it. I'm a watermelon freak. So, yeah...I'm super bummed...

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Today I had my first dentist appointment in five years...and, shockingly enough, no cavities!! My dentist and the hygienist were floored. Neither of them could believe that my teeth are in such good shape, which is funny. "And your teeth are so white!" the hygienist said. I said I brush twice a day,...

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Made it through the rest of the night with awful cravings...and didn't indulge. I feel so good to come here and mark the day green!! I feel like I conquered something. I can't believe I did it!! Resisting nighttime cravings is something I was never able to do before. But knowing that this board is h...

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Okay, so, I'm having mildly bad cravings right now. Funny, as I typed that, they sort of ebbed away--maybe because every night when I know eating for the day is over, I come on here and post? Interesting mental connection. Anyway, I WAS really wanting food a moment ago, but maybe because I was sort ...

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I'm sorry to hear that you're having a hard time with your mom. It's a situation that I can relate to, and it definitely led me to become similarly obsessed with food into my early adult years. When I was in high school, my mom didn't really tell me what to eat or what not to eat, the way it seems l...

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Thanks for the "pep talk," Amy. I know that a marriage is not about the one day of the ceremony, but of the lifetime that follows, and I keep trying to tell myself that. I'm still at the "anger" stage, though, so I keep getting blinded by that. I'm not ready to let go of the fact that I'm probably n...

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Wearing an outfit that makes me feel great always makes it easier to stay on track!

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Thursday was green! I had a glass of wine at night after dinner, but that doesn't count as a fail. I also plated up some watermelon to eat with dinner, and wouldn't you know it...no strong cravings last night. After I finish my plate, there's always this weird little sense of aniexty, almost like, "...

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Hooray for success today! Well...we had cake at work, but I've gone over this enough times to say that work birthdays will still count as successes as long as I'm moderate throughout the day. And I was! So many veggies today. I'm happy. I wanted watermelon again after dinner today because it was soo...

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I also like the idea of using the Habit Cal to track your behavior--but I'd say make a calender titled "stopped a binge" instead of still counting a slip-up as a NoS success. I think seeing exactly when you had the willpower to quit might be more helpful. Like oolala said, you aren't overweight. We ...

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Take care of yourself, and hope to see you back soon (and well!)!

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I'm in for July!!

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I've been trying to figure out when a good time would be to weigh myself, too. It's hard, since womens' bodies fluctuate so much thanks to various cycles. Another member weighs herself every day for a week four times a year and takes the average of the seven days--I might try that! Seems like it mig...

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Today was a success! Yay! I had some high-calorie foods, but there was a lot of walking around today at the baseball game. Nothing really to tempt me. I wanted some ice cream at the stadium, but it was surprisingly easy to resist. It's crazy, every time there's something new or different thrown into...

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Okay, I'm feeling a little better, so I'm going to write a little bit about my S-days this weekend. Saturday morning, Nate and I made chocolate-chip pancakes and bacon for breakfast. Unfortunately I left the pancake-making up to Nate, and they weren't cooked as well as I like them to be, so that was...

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I like your method of weighing yourself. I'm glad I saw your post, because I've been trying to figure out a good system for myself. Every day is too much for me, and even every month felt a little bit too much. I think I might try doing it quarterly, too. Seems pretty ingenious to me.

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I don't really consider that a mod, really--I try to keep starch out of dinner, or keep the amount very small, just because it works for me. It's still on one plate; it doesn't really matter what it's composed of (of course, try to keep it healthy! :wink: ). I feel lighter the next day without a sta...

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carpediem -- glad you like it!

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Good luck, Amy! I hope all goes well.

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And to add onto what Amy said--you can't control a headache, but you can control food. I don't mean it in a "disciplined eating" way, either--I mean it as in, you can control the pleasure it gives you, if that makes sense? You know chocolate will make you feel better, even temporarily. Chocolate wil...

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Thanks, Amy--the drama makes me drink a heck of a lot more than I ever thought something would. Not that I'm tossing them back all the time, or anything; I've managed to stay under the glass ceiling or not drink at all most of the time. The thing is, my sister stole my wedding date, and that's where...

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Yes, there's always time to back out before you get too deep into a bad choice! I'm trying to remind myself of that right now. I had a fail day today, boo. There was a cupcake in the house, staring at me. I guess my willpower over the donuts left me! But it's so much harder for me at night, after di...

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I don't know if you've ever heard of it, but there's a great blog/website called "Can You Stay For Dinner?" Just google it and it should be the first link. If you read a little bit of this girl's story, I think you'll identify with her. It takes a little digging and clicking around through the reade...

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Great point--I don't want to start a slippery slope of bad eating habits. That's counterproductive. I used to go into "WTH Mode" all the time, back when I first started "dieting," but I haven't done it very often lately. I keep reminding myself that there's plenty of time to "redeem" a negative beha...

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I looove waking up feeling light, empty, and energized after a day of following NoS! It's amazing! Another thing that helps me is drinking lots of water throughout the day. Helps keep the system flushed, keeps you hydrated, and works wonders for the skin. It also seems to help me stop cravings, too....

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Thanks, ladies! I know what you mean about feeding yourself feeling like another job when you eat six times a day--it's almost like you just get sick of eating, and meals are no where near as satisfying when they're so small. It sucks. After reading your posts, you probably feel the same way, Liz--b...

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That's one of the things that I'm trying to realize--keeping S days special. Every weekend will be more of a treat than ever before.

Kudos on resisting the chocolate and peanut butter!! You go, girl!

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Yesterday, though a success, was a STRUGGLE. Oh my Lord. We did have the key lime pie at work for a birthday, and it made me feel a little sick to my stomach after I ate it--waaaay too sweet and tart for this girl. A little goes a long way, but again with the "I don't want to waste it!" mentality. A...

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Liz--thanks! I love cooking and coming up with new recipes. There's something so exciting about it! If I hadn't started thinking in the No-S way, though, I'd be eating a heck of a lot more than I should. There's something about cooking with fresh food and really tasting all of the flavors that come ...

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I always want to eat when I'm celebrating!! I'm not a big stress eater; if I'm stressed or really upset, I don't eat...which I think can be just as much of a problem. But something good happens? Bring on the wine and the desserts! I think mindfulness is really important. It helps you realize a lot a...

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Amy - thanks! Haha, it really is hard to do it when you're hungry, and I try to avoid it, too. If I would have waited, though, I would have stayed home and ordered pizza! Good thing I didn't, because my fiance had pizza for lunch. Don't wanna pizza-out the guy! Haha. Yesterday--Tuesday--was a succes...

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Monday down! Yay! Thursday is ANOTHER office birthday (seriously, it's like, one every two weeks!), but I'm proud of myself: I grocery shopped while hungry today and I really wanted to get something sweet, but I didn't! Instead I ended up taking out my hunger on other kinds of food for meals all thr...

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I have been forcing myself to stay away from calorie counting because I think that ultimately, it's not the healthiest thing for me to do for myself. I start to obsess and I become a slave to it, and it's not healthy mentally. Well, I was curious yesterday about what I'd been eating, so I logged and...

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Man, I am no good at keeping up with check-ins, am I? Or updating my HabitCal. I really need to make it a point to do it. I've been doing pretty well, I think. There have been nights during the week where I've had an indulgence, and I've realized that it's just a habit that I need to break. It's so ...

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I haven't fallen off the wagon. This past week was kind of difficult; there were two funerals in my extended family and the week was thrown off-course. Some days were successes, some days were failures; I just don't remember which ones. So I didn't update or write on here. I feel like I need a bit o...

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Woo, I don't know what happened to me the last couple of days, but I totally fell off the wagon. I blame the chocolate crinkle cookies. I had half of one after dinner the past two days, with a small glass of milk. And then there's this stuff I found at Trader Joe's called "Cookie Butter," and I ate ...

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S-days weren't crazy this weekend, and I'm okay with it. On Saturday, Nate and I went down to the Strip District to do some shopping. We got a small frittata sandwich-thingy for breakfast and cold brewed coffee. Then we walked around and bought a ton of good food: bulgur, quinoa, Israeli couscous, a...

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Yesterday went well! I didn't eat while preparing dinner this time, except to check to make sure the rice I was cooking was...well, cooked. I usually have Greek yogurt and baked oatmeal for breakfast, but this morning after the oatmeal I wasn't really hungry anymore. I made myself have about two tab...

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That is my all-time favorite blog of the moment! And yes...all of her recipes are FAN.TAS.TIC. Seriously. Some of the best food I've ever made!

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Here are mine! Now that I'm reading them over, they aren't all technically reasons for wanting to lose weight, but to get and stay healthy. Which, in the end, is really more important, and I guess they sort of go hand in hand. Anyway... 1. To realize and maintain a healthy relationship with food, wh...

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I think if it was a plain latte--meaning no flavored syrup--it would be fine as a snack. Make it a smaller size than you normally get, too, and get used to drinking that size. But flavored lattes are nothing but sugar, really, and the sugar-free kind--well, that's ultimately up to you whether or not...

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Good, because I was kind of worried! I thought the same thing--better to eat veggies than anything else. I think it saved me from craving snacks/sweets in the evening, too, because like I said...I didn't want anything sweet yesterday! And that's not like me at all!

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Had a crazy good dinner today! Only problem was, when I got home I was so hungry I was shaking. I don't know why; I had a decent sized lunch. I guess it was a little more carby than usual, though, and I had strawberries instead of my usual apple. I had some slices of raw bell peppers when I was prep...

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One of the things I like so far about No-S is that you don't have to tell anyone what you're doing. It's a normal enough eating plan that there's no need for explanation. People have asked me during the week if I wanted sweets or a dessert after lunch, and I just say no. You don't feel compelled to ...

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Well, today I failed . It's strawberry season, and I'm a little obsessed. I picked up a four pound box from Costco this weekend, and I also happened to pick up an issue of Cooking Light with a million strawberry recipes in it. There was a recipe for Strawberry Buttermilk Sherbert, and I couldn't hel...

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Got through my first two S-days. Saturday was a lot like an N-day for me, only I did snack at night, and I ate things I wouldn't normally eat during the week. I had two eggs and three pieces of toast for breakfast (and coffee, of course), then spent some time shopping and ate lunch at Panera, where ...

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I started No-S on the same day as you, and just got through my first weekend--and I feel exactly the way you do, that even having just a few sweets felt not so good.

Thank God it's N-day again!

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Yesterday was a SUCCESS! Woo hoo! Three N-days down! I've been waking up every morning feeling light (and hungry, but that's easily remedied). Again we were finishing up the living room, and I spent a lot of time cooking and cleaning up both the kitchen and the now-finished living room. I think as l...

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What drives me nuts is the whole "Special K diet" concept that Kellogg's markets. They've got products for every moment of the day if you're on that. Cereal, chips, meal bars, "protein water," snack bars, Special K brownies (which sound vaguely illegal, by the way). You're supposed to have ONE servi...

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Day Two! I'd say it was a success! Rushed a little at breakfast because somehow I was running late this morning, but I was held over until lunch. I started to feel a little hungry around 10am, and it gradually increased until noon, then I'm starving. But it's okay--okay to be hungry. Also, didn't ea...

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Well, here I am at the end of Day One. No snacking at all today! Crazy! But I made it through. I'm a bit hungry right now; my stomach is rumbling, but dinner was only three hours ago. I think it's because I'm so used to snacking at night, so this is my body's way of fighting my decision to keep food...

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Hi, everyone! I guess I don't have much to check in about yet, because I just discovered No-S and this is my first day. I'm really glad I found it, because I think it offers the structured flexibility I've been looking for. I've never really been much of a serious dieter, and I'm not really overweig...

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