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Dang, girl! You lookin' good!!

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James, I would be very interested to hear how that compares!

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Deb -- it must be nice to be an "after" photo! :)

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Blue Mountain, Castle Rock and Sargent Pond -- I have been to all those places!!

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I was thinking maybe some ... tomato sandwiches! If I have enough left in my bank account after my intended gets done at the Lexus dealership. (I think I need a pre-nup!) I haven't been keeping track of my days very well but I think this will be Day 4 of Round C. I hope to go swimming for up to an h...

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Thanks!! Just kidding, of course. (You might want to extend that congrats to Navin, too!)

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Has anyone got a comparison of medical tests before and after No-S (or Urban Rangering or ShovelGlove)? I'm thinking of blood pressure readings, blood tests for cholesterol & triglycerides, or anything else like that. I know Kevin has seen improvements in his blood sugar since starting, which is rea...

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Re: nighttime/bedtime hunger -- I find it very hard to get to sleep when hungry (not to mention, it just does not seem normal and healthy to go to bed hungry) -- so I made an allowance (by "virtual plating") for a cup of hot cocoa at bedtime. The milk has a good amount of protein, which seems to sta...

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Hawaii!

I had a great S weekend -- lost another pound (by the scales at home, anyway), ran/walked about an hour, saw "March of the Penguins," ate frozen custard, got engaged.

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I found this useful ... Google Maps lets you click to define your walking route and then it shows how far you have walked in miles or kilometers.

http://www.webwalking.com/googlemap.htm#

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Congrats, Navin! Sounds like you feel pleased and deservedly so. Well done!!

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That's fine. We can always elope and have a picnic for our loved ones later.

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Navin -- Will you marry me?

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Maybe it's because of stormwater runoff and pollution? Even in wild, wooded, thinly populated Vermont, some of the ponds and rivers are occasionally closed to swimming because of E. coli contamination. Too bad we can't seem to keep from spoiling the natural environment in which we live.

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Navin -- That's true. And there are always lakes. When I was on vacation last week I had some really lovely swims in ponds and rivers in Vermont. Extremely pleasant, and no chlorine to fry your hair and skin! Makes me want to seek out the local freshwater swimming holes and lake beaches. I'm sure yo...

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Deb, you just rock all around the world, lady! I am so proud of you! I know you must get psyched just thinking of taking off those pounds like carrying a heavy backpack around ... It makes moving easier ... makes you want to be more active ... that and the cooler weather! Re: the cantalope .... (nic...

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You all know I've said it so many times that I think it must sound tiresome, but I find that fiber is one key to staying filled up between meals. It slows down the release of energy in your system so that you're getting a more even blood sugar level for several hours, which in turn prevents hunger p...

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Well it's Saturday and I am back on track ... not that things had gone all that haywire, but I wasn't eating as I would have preferred for a few days there ... However, I did manage a good amount of exercise ... on Tuesday I swam 30 minutes ... on Thursday I ran 15 minutes and walked 15 minutes ... ...

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Ha ha ha ha! I love those movies.

Well Deb, I guess "great minds think alike" 'cause last night I decided to start off on the right track again with a couple of tomato sandwiches. And I hadn't even seen your message

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A t-shirt? At 65 degrees? Bwrrrr! Just kidding. I know, it's all relative! Every time I come back from Vermont, I decide this place is uninhabitable. Now then ... back to diarying ... I haven't posted in a while ... been too busy ... no major setbacks ... though I did have a McD's cheeseburger today...

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Well, I know it requires a bit of equipment ... but isn't cross-country skiing like, one of the most fabulous full-body workouts known to humankind? I guess Portland would be a relatively easy place to access x-country trails? The one weekend that I spent doing this in the Adirondacks, I hardly need...

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As a snack-and-sweet lover who has successfully reduced my consumption of them at least 90%, let me suggest the following strategies regarding these pitfalls. Strategy 1: "No krinkly bags." That's my little rule. (That goes for boxes, too. The biggest problem with snacks and sweets is that they are ...

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Olive? Jade?

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Article from the Washington Post describes a number of new diets. I'd have laughed my head off, if it weren't such a sad and unhealthy circumstance for so many frustrated people.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fit ... index.html

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Ooh, the thought of being chilly! I hope it does!

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Sounds like a great idea. Have you been training for the 5K or do you feel pretty much ready as you are?

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Well howdy, I'm back from vacation. Everything went reasonably well. I never overate, got plenty of exercise and did what I said I would do about desserts (went ahead and enjoyed them in moderation). There were a few times where I had limited choices about food -- such as yesterday, when I was trave...

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I'm about to go north to see relatives / climb mountains / escape to cooler weather, so I may not be able to post for a while. I'm still trying to figure what appproach I'll take to No-S while on vacation. I hate to make every day an S-day, but I know there will be lots of special occasions and home...

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Day C5 (Monday) - SUCCESS B: coffee, orange juice, fast-food sausage biscuit (didn't stay with me at all, very rich and calorific of course, but didn't fill me up) L: tomato sandwich, soymilk, milk D: halloumi cheese on whole-wheat pita with cuke and tomato (couldn't even eat it all), 1 peach, milk/...

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I'm with you, Ariel. It's such a vast improvement over "status quo" that I figure you deserve lots of credit, rather than a feeling of falling short. Congrats on 21 "pretty much terrific" days!! As far as I'm concerned you need to make an appearance over in the 21 Club!!

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Good karma/luck/grace to you, Deb! Hope the assignment works out great for you. Every one of those lawyers is going to be asking themselves why they didn't go and get a massage school degree instead ... trust me ... :)

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Day C4 - SUCCESS B: pancakes, blueberry compote, syrup, melon, coffee, milk, 2 good-sized links of sausage (GOSH it's so nice to have no guilt !) L: 2 eggs over easy on buttered toast, orange juice D: tomato sandwich, milk & cocoa Exercise: 35 minutes swimming. This is only the 5th time I have been ...

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I'm glad you enjoyed those! (pix I mean, not shrimp-bee cocktails) Day C3 - SUCCESS It was an S-day but I like putting it in bold like that anyway. Good old positive reinforcement. B: coffee, "english" muffin w/butter & jam, orange juice L: halloumi cheese on pita with tomato and cucumber, milk Snac...

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I started No-S June 6. as of July 29 I lost 9 lbs or 5% of body weight which was my first goal. I consider this a "super result," as it is my goal achieved.

Going for the next 5% now. When I have achieved this next goal I expect to be on TOP of the WORLD.

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Well, Jan, you certainly have a sense of humor about it! Very much in line with your outlook on life!

Good news about your eye pressure. Congrats on another successful week!

Betsy

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Well, Navin, I was wondering that myself last night and so I looked it up. A shrimp bee is neither shrimp nor bee, but in fact a moth. I bet you guessed that. It has clear wings, and visits flowers, hovering like a bee or hummingbird. There are two species, a large one (called the "hummingbird clear...

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I saw a shrimp bee getting nectar at some zinnias today on my ranger tour. These are really cool insects (I believe they are actually moths) with clear wings that never stop whirring and a fuzzy velvet back like a bumlybee and a kind of lobster tail. The whole bee is about an inch long. Looks kind o...

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Day C2: SUCCESS B: milk, coffee, soymilk. orange juice L: chicken salad, black beans, English peas, fruit D: chicken salad, tomato sandwich, small banana pudding, sugar cookie (normal size, not one of those saucer-sized cookies-on-steroids) Rangering about 20 minutes. I saw a shrimp bee on some zinn...

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Planner lady - I'm with ya! Sounds like just a complicated way to count calories. My guess is here's what probably really happens: Someone with real dedication and willpower starts the 3-hour diet. With all those tiny-meal restrictions and complicated fractional-plate limitations, their intake of fo...

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Ha ha! ROFL, Deb!

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I posted the following back in June, after my first week on No-S: No-S Unexpected side benefit #1: I spent no money on groceries, 'cause I didn't run to the store for snacks during the week, and I finally went to those healthy items in the back of the cupboard & the freezer that sit there for like m...

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Navin! Another pound down and a new record time for your 5K run! Congrats and well done! Here is a really neat website that you may already know of: www.spaceweather.com You can sign up for notice of sunspot activity and it will send you an email when the Northern Lights are coming to your neighborh...

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Day whatever-this-is, C1 I guess: SUCCESS B: coffee, milk w/cocoa, toasted Engl muffin w/homemade jam and butter (occasional homemade sweet is OK in my iteration of No-S) L: 2 tomato sandwiches, milk D: whole wheat pita with halloumi cheese, cucumber and tomato; orange juice Exercise: almost an hour...

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Go, Tricia! I don't think anyone could begrudge you a couple of cookies. Especially with all that exercise. If you carried out that same pattern every day, you'd surely end up losing weight. Good luck with Friday and have a great weekend!

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I DO love Lucy ... funniest woman in show biz! Size 12 is about average in a standardized dress size. But the clothes sold in stores aren't standardized (as we know all too well). I used a lot of home patterns in college and always measured at least 2 or 3 sizes higher in patterns than in store-boug...

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It does seem true that expensive foods (snack foods, pre-prepared stuff) tend to be richer and calorie-dense -- whereas high-volume, whole foods that you prepare yourself are cheap and wholesome. As for me -- lentils, baby, lentils. (Chickpeas and beans, likewise.) They fill you up, they're deliciou...

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On Wednesday I took a break from No-S even tho it was a weekday. I had a cheeseburger and fries at the Char-Grill, and a coke float afterward. (A coke float is a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a glass of coke, eaten with a spoon and a straw. Amazingly, there are areas where this phenomenon is unknown...

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Well, I finally climbed that hill and here I am, feeling great in the 21 Club! It really wasn't so hard! I'm so glad to have found out what I am capable of! I had a routine that was just right for me -- no snacks, no sweets, portion control, some treats on weekends, greatly reduced consumption of s...

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Hey, I just hit 21 days yesterday and I am eager to post in the 21 Club! Does anyone know where it went? - CB (Betsy)

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/25/AR2005072501203.html This link is to an article in today's Washington Post. A columnist (Sally Squires) with a regular "Lean Plate Club" column writes about what has helped people lose weight and keep it off. Some of the elements inter...

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Deb, you are so hilarious! I am going to start saying "pain in the ASbestoS" ...

Sorry I haven't checked in with you, and everyone, much lately! I was away for a few days and now things are getting busy around here ...

Hugs, CB

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Day B21: SUCCESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did it! I had a normal-to-light breakfast and lunch, and after swimming vigorously for 45 minutes I took myself out for a fairly large pasta dinner to celebrate Day 21. I'm stuffed. It was a great journey and along the way I did eat a few th...

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Here is a link to a PDF with some pretty amazing advice & info about the role of exercise in weight loss. It explains the physiological reasons why diet alone is a poor choice for losing weight ... and why those who only diet, without exercise, tend to regain the lost weight, while those who add exe...

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I lost 8 lbs so far, in about 8 weeks. Gained muscle mass, too, by adding in the exercise component.

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Days B17 (Friday), B18 and B19 (Sat/Sun), and B20 -- SUCCESS I was traveling to/from a family reunion and managed to keep away from snacks while on the road during two N days ... fortunately the reunion took place on the weekend, so I didn't have to worry too much about no-S'ing while that was going...

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Day B16 -- so far so good.

I'll be gone for a few days on a trip -- wish me luck while I continue no-S'ing on the road!

See you Monday!

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Day B15: SUCCESS woo-hoo! B: coffee, milk, 1.5 tomato sandwiches, orange juice L: mashed potatoes w/ sour cream, cherries, soymilk, 1 chocolate almond D: sushi, peaches Physical activity: swimming 40 minutes or about 1000 meters. Felt really good to be in the pool. I feel very happy to have been so ...

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I had a hard time in my last week of the first round, too. I don't know what happened -- it just felt like I had no more willpower left. Also, I tend to cave just before the termination of a thing. This round has gone better ... maybe because I have been less strict on S-days. And there's the "pract...

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Hi Dru -- The farmshare has a dropoff location near me so I just place my order over the internet and then once a week they put the bags of stuff in the carport at the dropoff house. The local milk & butter are available at the supermarket. Which is a good thing because I have no patience or time fo...

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No, wait !! Isn't melon like one of those negative-calorie foods? No, really, like it takes more calorie to digest it than it contains? Oh, maybe I'm thinking of cucumbers. Darn it! Seriously, Sybil, sorry to hear about your setback. That's a downer and I would be frustrated, too ... Maybe you shoul...

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Navin, you are the king of geek chic, and I am about to get such a crush on you.

Betsy

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Grateful Deb is cool as a cucumber!

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Day B14: SUCCESS I am 2/3 of the way through a 21-day plan! Weight right now is around 178. Regardless of weight lost or not, I notice that I feel trimmer in my clothes, and more perky and energetic in general. B: coffee, milk, tomato sandwich L: mashed potatoes w/sour cream, milk, cherries D: mashe...

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Deb, that is quite an accomplishment! I am glad you didn't strain your back! Very resourceful, the way you fit it into the window opening.

Enjoy your iced tea ... sounds like you have earned it!

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Deb -- Just boil some potatoes that have been cut small, til tender. Mash the potatoes gently with a big fork til the lumps are out, or put them thru a ricer. Then pour in some buttermilk or plain milk, and a few tablespoons of butter, and whip gently til fluffy. I used drinkable (thin) yogurt inste...

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Deb, you're a hoot and a half!! when I tasted the *extreme*, unadulterated sweetness of this stuff! I didn't like it... Could my cutting back on the sugar in my coffee for only about 5 or 6 weeks have influenced my taste perception of "sweet" that much??? Yes!!! It has already happened to me for sur...

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Gwendo -- Try applesauce for an out-of-sorts tummy. It's bland and digestible and has naturally occurring pectin to help soothe things inside; also has some electrolytes to help keep you from getting dehyrated. Bananas are good too. Hope you feel better soon. -- Betsy

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Day B13: SUCCESS B: coffee, 3/4 bagel with cream cheese, milk L: tomato sandwich, 1/2 whole wheat pita with hummus, yogurt sauce, orange juice D: buttermilk mashed potatoes, tuna, milk, cherries Physical activity: bicycling 10 minutes, rangering 15 minutes, swimming 30 minutes. I'm getting better at...

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I don't like callapillows (caterpillars) so living off the land is out for me. Also, I have to be within 10 minutes of an art museum. 8) ... What to do? Well, I found that a farmshare is a great way to keep in touch with the earth while going about my business as a city gal ... in less than two year...

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This is where the Slow Food approach can be very helpful ... food is just "there" only in two circumstances: (1) one keeps bags of snack foods and convenience foods around or (2) someone spent some time making food from a recipe. In the case of (1), an unlimited supply of snack/convenience stuff can...

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YES!! It has happened to me. My sweet tooth has been tamed considerably, and in general I am just not as interested in krunchy things that come in krinkly bags. I am so impressed with your "snack" of "real food." That is just the kind of result I am looking for in retraining myself. In my posts here...

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Even though I am a big fan of whole grains in general, actually, I just use white rice with black beans. I don't care much for brown rice altho I like most other whole grains -- and white rice and black beans is such a classic dish, and the black beans are so incredibly nutritious that it makes up f...

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CONGRATS on 21 No-S, all "P.C." days!!! Well done, Jan!!

On another note, you seem to think 46% humidity is high. I'll see that bet, and raise you double (92%)!

On the other hand, it occurs to me that you may not have A/C -- in which case, you are a braver woman than I!

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Day B12: SUCCESS It was an S-day. Breakfast --- two tomato sandwiches, and coffee and milk. Snack --- cherries. Lunch --- a croissant from the new French bakery, milk, and a banana. Dinner --- half a whole wheat pita, hummus, yogurt, orange juice, and two peaches. Dessert --- a rather large slice of...

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Oh, that is the primary advantage of those neighborhoods, to be sure. : ) When my cousin found out where I was living, she said, "But Betsy, you are not going to meet any straight men!" "Exactly," I said. Plus, I can rely on my neighbor Sam for excellent fashion advice. Raleigh is hot as H-E-double-...

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Catbert, the strong silent type!

Thanks for the encouragement. Your experience is impressive!

(Cute kitty, too!)

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I live in a "medium" city and walking is mostly pretty good here (Raleigh). Some years ago I started choosing to live in the center of whatever town or city I was living in so that I wouldn't have to drive everywhere. We don't have a particularly good pedestrian environment even downtown (missing cr...

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Thanks for the reminder about the scales, Deb!! Actually, I have never paid much attention to the scale til now ... I mean, that's one of my problems... I just took gradual weight gain in stride. Til one day I woke up "obese" by the medical definition and with high triglycerides and low good cholest...

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Don't worry, Corey -- I'm a lawyer, and we get more theme shows than anybody. And, yes, the business end of the show is unwatchable if you know the real legal rules. As for the personalities, however, many of the stereotypes are true

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Yaaaay, Deb! That sounds so great ... sounds like a beautiful day which you thoroughly enjoyed.

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do
If bees are few.

- Emily Dickinson

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Actually there are a lot of quite horrible things you can get from raw milk, regardless of whether the cow is sick. In this particular case, the risk was acceptable to me. The milk was from one cow, not blended from a larger herd (which multiplies the risk by the number of cows involved). Also, othe...

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Deb -- since I'm posting so much unrelated stuff in your check-in, I wanted to post something that's actually related to YOU and what you said (in Blondie's log-in): I think it's equally important for people to be concerned with taking care of themselves *now* even if they aren't already giant... Yo...

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Mandy - sorry to hear about your student loans! The thing to do if yours are on a variable rate keyed to the prime rate (like a lot of people's loans) is refinance while interest rates are down thru a consolidation loan. I did mine thru College Foundation of North Carolina which is a nonprofit and h...

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Corey -- welcome! I have found that a way to avoid snacking is to get up and go for a brisk walk. Peps up your mind, knocks back hunger, burns calories all at the same time!

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I developed the rule of thumb that if a full healthy meal did not sound good to me--then it's not hunger. If I'm not ready to prepare a plateful of healthy food, but think I'm just hungry for (you name it-an apple, a piece of bread, a bag of chips, anything other than a full meal)--it's not hunger,...

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I used to drink a smoothie every day for breakfast -- yogurt, a little milk, a banana, and frozen fruit straight from the bag (I used to vary between strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc.) Sometimes I used soymilk or added some nutritional yeast or flax oil. This usually kept me going for qui...

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Day B10: SUCCESS On the farm but I didn't end up doing a lot of physical work; mostly I sat under the shed sorting and cleaning potatoes. It was nice to be outside. It would have been very hot to do field work, but in the shade of the packing shed there was a pretty good breeze. B: Double tall iced ...

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Hi Sibyl! Lovely picture ... how I wish I could grow my hair long like yours!

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Deb -- yes, I do early evening walks! Try to do them every night ... right about when evening begins, and the late afternoon sun has gone behind the buildings and trees. I walk for about 45 minutes and wrap up when it's almost dark. I live in the city, so I just pick different routes and use the sid...

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Bump pumpkin speed bread. (say five times fast)

Navin ... what a cutie you are

. I think you are giving all the girls goose bumps!

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Excellent, Tricia! You are back on track. Great attitude, and it will see you through!

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Day B9: SUCCESS B: coffee, low-sugar soymilk, carrot juice L: whole wheat "english" muffin, small amount of butter and homemade strawberry jam D: 1/2 whole wheat pita with hummus + tzatziki; orange juice. Then, at a political event, I had three small swedish meatballs, 1 dorito, :D and an eclair the...

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Well, Deb, that is certainly simple! and 100% effective.

You are a riot! and a genius!

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Eating foods with "bulk" has been key for me. Chickpeas, black beans or any other kind of beans, whole wheat, oatmeal, lentils, etc. all are very filling but not high in calories, and they seem to "stick to your ribs" longer than other foods. Eating fiber + high protein food in a meal seems to knock...

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Hey, Reinhard! maybe there should be a TV-reduction everyday system. Anyone have any ideas!?

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That's fantastic! It's one thing to know it for yourself ... quite another when someone else brings it up!!

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Thanks. It occurred to me that maybe it's cause it's so dam*d hot.

The other night when I waited til sundown to go rangering, it was still almost 90 degrees (32 C) and very high humidity. Kind of takes the edge off your appetite.

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Floyd was a real mess because of all the flooding. It was like a war zone with the helicopters flying all around. Fran was a mess cause of all the trees down. You couldn't go anywhere, cause every length of road had fourteen large trees across it, decorated with a spaghetti of downed power lines. I ...

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That food prep & decisionmaking process got markedly more burdensome with the atomization of the "modern" household. In other words, now that average household size is 2-point-something in much of the Anglo world, more people are directly involved in the immediate process of planning, preparing or b...

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Just wondering how TV affects diet for those of us on No-S. Are you more likely to eat/snack when watching TV than in other situations? Do the ads make you think of food? Has anyone curtailed their TV watching as part of diet plans? I haven't watched TV in about a month, except maybe once or twice. ...

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