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Day B8: SUCCESS B: Coffee; lite yogurt drink; carrot juice L: 2/3 whole wheat pita with halloumi cheese + tomato; small orange juice; 1 chocolate almond D: Weird hors-d'oeuvre dinner eaten standing up at a political shindig: 2 jumbo shrimp, 1 tomato-olive bruschetta, 1 floret broccoli, 1 bite-sized ...

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Adorable picture, and beautiful location too. Thanks for sharing.

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Day B7: SUCCESS B: coffee; 3/4 of a bagel with cream cheese; L: 1/2 whole wheat pita & hummus & tzatziki; orange juice; lite yogurt drink D: halloumi cheese on whole wheat pita + tomato; 2 peaches Urban rangering: 45 minutes. I walked at a vigorous pace and added arm-swinging and pumping on about ha...

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How about "The Flavor-of-the-Month Club?"

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That is great, Peetie! Amazing how the world is full of delicious flavors that are real foods. "What?! -- you mean everything that tastes good doesn't have to come in a crinkly packet?"

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Go with virtual plating, and consider this snack as part of lunch. Also, be sure and take away the clear lesson here: cutting too far back on real meals leads to snacking later. I understand your point about rationalizing snacks and I am very wary of that myself. However, I am even more afraid of la...

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Wow, Ariel, if you are getting callouses on the outside just think how your muscles are shaping up, on the inside!

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That is terrific, Deb! I tried a yoga class last summer and I loved it. Turns out, I may not be strong or athletic, but I am stretchy ! Finally, a physical activity I could do ... I hate it that your new manager is such a weenie. How unpleasant for you. I know too well how a bad boss can suck the li...

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Thanks for the encouragement, Deb! You are a terrific cheerleader ... you make me feel like a winner! : ) Don't worry, I am not about to go overboard and eliminate sugar altogether. Not possible with me! : ) I do love sweet things. You wouldn't believe this delicious lemon pound cake with icing that...

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Day B6 (Monday): SUCCESS B: Coffee, soymilk, carrot juice L: 3/4 of a whole wheat pita with 2 oz. cheese & a tomato; orange juice D: Whole wheat pita, hummus, and tzatziki; 2 peaches I ate one chocolate almond after dinner to stave off a serious sweets craving ... really savored it ... Maybe this is...

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Yay, Gwendo! You made it!!!

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That's terrific, Tricia! I know how you feel! You are doing great.

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Carole Jo, the things you and the Boy eat sound so yummy! And here all these folks go around saying such disparaging things about Br. food ... I'm a bit like you in that I look in the mirror and see myself as normal size, but I'm actually quite overweight (by appx. 35-40 lbs.) Very odd kind of "reve...

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I concur with Carole Jo about the phosphorus thing. Sometimes you hear soda/pop/cokes/softdrinks referred to as "osteoporosis in a can" and while that is an exaggeration, the chemistry of soft drinks definitely does not work in favor of your bone density. Incidentally, too much salt also screws up y...

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Day B5 (Sunday, S-Day): SUCCESS B: Double king caramel iced latte L: Chicken taco and crispy taco and apple turnover from Taco Bell. Too much food, felt a little bit "ugh" afterward. D: Small portion of spaghetti with tomato and meat sauce; orange juice. Got hungry around bedtime, had carrot juice, ...

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I love Coke but daren't drink it because the bubbles seem to work their way around inside for at least two days, with very uncomfortable results. I am on the oppposite of the extremes -- I don't have a clue how the folks who drink more than two or three a day manage the "effervescence"! Re: regional...

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Day B4: SUCCESS (S-day but I must say it was very like a no-S day) B: Iced double grande latte, orange juice L: Spaghetti with tomato meat sauce D: Small cheeseburger from the chargrill burger joint down the street Hot cocoa for a nightcap Strangely, I did not find myself going in for all the things...

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I concur with Mr. Freakwitch. The exercise will make the difference. Both in muscle mass and in calories burned. When I told my nurse-practitioner I was on No-S, the very next thing she said was, "That's great. Now do something else for me. Walk 30 minutes a day, at least 5 times per week. You will ...

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Tricia, what is the meaning of those "stats" in your signature?

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Tricia, I'm with you on the medicinal chocolate. I think some of us take the approach that we either know the day was a success or we know it was not, and I think we should trust our gut -- so to speak. The way I view it, if the brownie was a special occurrence and it satisfied and served its purpos...

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I found a local farm and organic really isn't more expensive if you eat local. Also, regular milk prices are so high that now organic milk is very close in price to regular. Also, with organic, I eat less meat & more eggs and shell beans ... which is both cheaper and healthier than a meat-focused di...

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It is lovely that all these people would like to propose a 100% solution ... which turns out to be unworkable, and therefore not a solution. I think Rumba and Reinhard are right on the money: an 80% solution that works is infinitely better than a non-solution. Honestly, I understand the origin of yo...

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Matisse. Thanks!

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Tracy, in somewhat the same manner as you, I often have a cup of hot cocoa before bed (the real thing, not the powdered stuff that is mostly corn syrup solids and hydrogenated vegetable oil) -- both to fulfill my dairy "quota" and to stave off chocolate cravings, plus it helps me get to sleep. For N...

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PS Most people say the first week is a challenge, but after that many find it gets easier quickly, with the occasional setback time and again, but the overall pattern not difficult to maintain.

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Planner Lady, welcome! Ah, yes, eating, the most satisfying "hobby" of all. Don't forget that your No-S journey will be made easier if you have "replacement hobbies" to occupy you. After all, the body gets used to doing things a certain way and it will try to fill that vacuum. For my part, I began t...

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Day B3: SUCCESS 45 minutes urban rangering B: 1 cup milk; coffee; small glass carrot juice L: leftover Chinese (beef w/mixed veggies) on 2 slices whole wheat bread; small glass orange juice afternoon pick-me-up: low-sugar soy milk D: gazpacho, bruschetta with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella with tomatoes...

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As a veteran of I have lost track of how many hurricanes, including Fran, Floyd, and I can't remember the name of the one last year because they all meld together after a while, I wish you Good Luck! and I hope your lights stay on. - Betsy

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http://www.techcentralstation.com/060205D.html

Nondieters participating in selected programs lost more weight than dieters, and had other health improvements that dieters did not have.

Hmm!

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It's Thursday ... Day B2 (adopting Margaret's system of nomenclature) ... SUCCESS B : Coffee, 1/2 cup milk, 2/3 of a bagel with cream cheese; carrot juice L : Spaghetti w/tomato sauce & ground beef; carrot juice S : Chinese leftovers (beef w/mixed vegetables) on 2 slices of whole wheat toast; orange...

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Most interesting, Sibyl. My Urban Ranger Discovery: Last evening I went on my usual Ranger Walk. I go a few blocks to where the street crosses a railroad. Raleigh's at the juncture of a few lines so there are lots of tracks there and they form a great "Y" right under the bridge with lines going west...

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Yes, horrible stuff that brought back vivid recollections here in the US and I am sure all our hearts go out to those in the UK now. As if the world didn't have enough troubles without these deliberate evil acts. I thought Mr. Blair's address at the close of the day was quite eloquent and stirring, ...

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Go, Gwendo! Two more days and over the finish line!

Work stress can make sticking to the plan really tough ... good for you for sticking it out!

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Hi Deb! Well, you certainly have been a great pal on this forum and I know you will continue to form relationships of affection and support whether with a romantic partner or through friendships. I know you are feeling low right now so I'll not offer much advice except to say be sure to treasure the...

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Hi Deb! Well, you certainly have been a great pal on this forum and I know you will continue to form relationships of affection and support whether with a romantic partner or through friendships. I know you are feeling low right now so I'll not offer much advice except to say be sure to treasure the...

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I read over the weekend that a study showed that women in particular overestimate the amount that they expect to lose. Most women in the study stated that they would be unsatisifed if their ending weight reflected a loss of 30 pounds. The study concluded that such a loss in one long period of dietin...

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25 cups a day, holy mackerel! :) I'm glad things are back to normal with you. I have been experimenting with tea as a substitute for my usual coffee, as it has less caffeine, and it seems sweeter with less sugar, especially when I drink it with milk. (Trying to cut down on sugar in particular and em...

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You mentioned one of the good things about hot weather, which is that it tends to kill one's appetite. I notice that too!

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Top of the head, owee yowee! That smarts! I'm in NC now, but we have them here as well as in Fla. Well, congrats on your completion of so many steps despite the deerflies. Now you know that when sorely tested, your resolve prevails!

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Reinhard, or anyone -- how does one reduce a photo or other image down to an acceptable size for an avatar? I've been fiddling with MS Paint and other imaging stuff on my computer, but can't seem to reduce the pixel count (without just lopping off the entire photo, and only ending up with one featur...

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Carole Jo, how did you get the photo reduced down to an acceptable size for an avatar? I've been fiddling with MS Paint and other imaging stuff on my computer, but can't seem to reduce the pixel count (without just lopping off the entire photo, and only ending up with one feature in the picture).

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PS. Oh, how I love Fritos! They are SO hard to resist.

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Hi Margaret! Hang in there, baby! Congrats on your restart with series "D"! I love the nomenclature you're using. I had some setbacks this week and last, so I am glad (in a sense) to hear of your challenges ... they make me feel like I'm not alone, and we can keep trying together! That thing about t...

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So okay, it's 10 PM on Wednesday and I finally hit the mark, first No-S day in a while ... SUCCESS ! Even while I was off of No-S for the last week or thereabouts, I have tried to be mostly reasonable about my eating habits and so, thank heavens, I am starting off the next round at the same weight a...

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Sibyl, that is a terrific suggestion and a great way to stay mindful and compassionate. A similar thought has startled me into compliance more than once when I was struggling to avoid nibbling on rich foods.

Even to have the choice of snacking or not puts us in the minority of the world's people.

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PS. I forgot to mention that after being whacked quite hard they often lay still for a while but then pop back to life, seemingly made of steel. Little b@@@@ds. Aargh!

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Deerflies, ugh, ugh! We called them yellow-flies in Florida, but it's the same thing. First, they zoom around your head again and again while you walk, trying to drive you insane. You can run, but they'll still be orbiting you when you stop. Then, they make a number of false landings. You carefully ...

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Sybil, I stuck a tip for strawberries in your daily log. They are yummy, aren't they? Tuesday went all right. I ate healthy and managed my portions. I had a sweet snack of a little chocolate before bed, though, so can't call it a true No-S day. Today, Wednesday , I am feeling a little better from my...

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Sibyl - good luck with your strawberries. You can make freezer jam very easily - and if you don't have time to use raw berries right away, just freeze them for later.

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My mom had lots of very ripe strawberries when we went picking in early May. She mashed them a bit and mixed them with orange juice concentrate and a bit of crushed pineapple, and threw in some leftover raspberries. Then you just freeze in the little ziploc mini-containers with lids (1/2 cup size). ...

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Had a decent Fourth of July weekend ... lots of picnic food and family breakfast ... I stuck to small servings ... some nice treats this holiday weekend were a bit of chocolate brownie ice cream, link sausage with maple syrup, and a small steak, as well as some homemade peach pie and homemade strawb...

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It was hard to post for the last several days 'cause I was out of town on business ... I got a cold and didn't feel well, plus I had to eat from restaurants & catered food at meetings, so it's been tough to stick with my preferred choices and healthy foods ... on the whole I decided to try eat sensi...

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Definitely a success by my lights, Deb! Sounds like you did what was healthy and right for you. For me, part of managing hunger is making healthy choices when I simply must eat something (or get a headache & feel unwell) ... sounds like that's a thing for you, too. Here's to day 4 ... I'm pulling fo...

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That's a great start to your next 21-day plan, Jan! Sounds like a wonderfully healthy day. Congrats on making your 10K daily steps!

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Thanks, all, for your words of encouragement and the tips!! You are a great help! I had a great weekend and enjoyed my S's. Had some snacks, had a couple of sweets -- nothing overboard but I did enjoy it. Didn't really find that I had strong cravings. I don't feel like last week's setbacks were a bi...

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10,000 steps in a day! 21 days! These are wonderful achievements!! Congrats!

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I haven't had much time to post lately, but now I'm back. Thursday and Friday went pretty well . Thursday I was in the same circumstances that caused me to give in on Wednesday. So I decided to initiate Damage Control and do a modified version of No-S in recognition of the difficulties I was in. Mor...

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I'm not sure if the 1950's housewife "cooked everything from scratch." When you look at the typical cookbook from the 1950's, it's full of instant and prepared foods. Condensed soups used as casserole bases (the ubiquitous cream-of-mushroom or cream-of-chicken soup), jello "salads," various preserve...

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Tricia, you and I are right about in the same place as far as height and weight. I'm also 5'5" and after 2 weeks of No-S I weigh about 181 (started at 185 or possibly a couple pounds more). My first goal is to lose 5% of my body weight (about 9 lbs.) so as to reduce my risk of developing metabolic s...

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Thanks, everyone, for the encouragement. I don't think it's a big deal. Everything will work out OK soon! I will keep this short 'cause I am exhausted from overwork and being stuffed into an overcrowded seminar room with 70 other people for two days ... so I'm going to sign off now ... will post nex...

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Thanks for those tips. I have definitely been trying to cut back on juice and other natural concentrated sources of sugar. Here goes my check-in: Well, I guess today will be "humility day" because I thought I was riding high on such a streak of success for over two weeks now. I am not going to attac...

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Crasch, honest to goodness, you have the weirdest breakfasts! Peanut butter sandwiches ... potato salad ... mixed veggies w/rice ???? Well, it's all good and healthy-sounding, so, whatever works, right?

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That's so weird ... I always seem to get headaches from maple syrup on waffles ... hmmmm.

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Happy Birthday, Deb! I'm 38 too! .... Feel like I finally know what's going on -- sort of, anyway -- isn't it a great age to be? Have fun and do something special on your day!

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Thanks, Jan! To be honest, I was hoping for a little bit more of a weight loss. I really thought I had cut my calories back to the WALL again last week, and I definitely didn't go wild on the weekend. So I would have thought I definitely had lost a couple of pounds. Sigh. Maybe it's a gain in muscle...

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Weekend: SUCCESS (but that's easy) Monday: SUCCESS Tuesday: SUCCESS . Checked my weight and it's around 1 pound less than prior week. (Not too sure because of scale has a bit of an error margin.) The weekend was the second weekend, and I think I may have eaten more moderately than the first.

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Great idea, spiral. I actually do my weight check on Tuesday morning since knowing that it's coming up kind of keeps me in line on the weekend ... I don't want to "undo" all my hard work from the week. I suppose different people have different motivators, and your concept can be adjusted accordingly.

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Deb - Sorry to hear you're still feeling so crummy! Be sure and eat/drink things with potassium, since after all you've been thru your reserves are probably low ... potatoes, OJ, cantaloupe, milk all have plenty ... I'm sure that delicious-sounding salad (times 2!) did you a lot of good ... feel bet...

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Hi DC!

Take it from me, the check-in really helps. I'm one of those people who doesn't feel like they're really doing anything unless someone else knows about it. So it's a great way to stay motivated. Good luck!!

Betsy

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Reinhard, I'm reading people's weekend postings with their No-S success and ... you are the man!!! How did you come up with such a bright idea!?

I'm not just using rhetoric to praise (although there's that, too) ... I really want to know just how you thought of it ...

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Kevin, ... Well done! You are really setting the pace for us all, out there at the four-week mark!

It seems to me your weekend fare really shows how well you have followed the plan ... what a great feeling that has to be, and I'm so glad that your diabetes is under improved control.

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Wow, Jan, what a delicious-sounding weekend you have had!

I'm inspired by your rangering so far and wide ... 5 and 6 miles at a time! I need to get myself in gear, I guess!

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The internet is a glorious thing. A pint of blood represents about 280 calories if the protein, fat, and carbohydrate content is burned up in a calorimeter. In other words, it has about 280 calories if used as food. No vampire jokes please! However , manufacturing that same pint of blood represents ...

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Thanks for your thoughts, everyone! Then S-day it is! A pint of blood may weigh a pound but most of that is water ... however, I imagine it takes quite a few calories to manufacture all those cells. No doubt I could look around on the net and find out. The feeling of doing something for others is a ...

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I am inclined to say Friday was a SUCCESS but I would be interested in your input ... In the morning I gave blood. They always try to give you sugary things afterward, so I came prepared with a bottle of drinkable plain yogurt (no added sugar). I did agree to have a fourth of a multi-grain bagel wit...

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Margaret, ha ha! amen, sister. The first thing I'd do with that shovelglove is aim it at my head. Or let go accidentally on an upward swing and watch it go hurtling through the drywall ceiling. nobody should trust me with anything more than a frisbee. ah well.

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Welcome, Margaret! I've been on since June 5 and things have worked out really well so far. I added a few twists of my own to the No-S rules because I had reformed my eating habits quite a bit already. I agree, there are a million and one different combinations of "special diets" that the hucksters ...

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Dru, if you got thru a day like that, you are on the right track, lady!
Well done!!!

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The passersby probably weren't even noticing the sledgehammer. They were spooked out by those spirals in your eyes!

(I took a Christmas tree home on the subway once. And they say New Yorkers on the train never look up from their reading -- ha!)

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Whoo-hoo! Friday! Go Navin!

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Crasch - Congrats on your quick recovery from temptation!

Jordan Lake?! That's not "the beach!" That's "a" beach! You've been eating too much potato salad at breakfast! :)

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super-easy chickpea salad 1 can chickpeas - drained 1 or 2 good-sized ripe tomato(es), diced 1/3 or so of a cucumber, diced small 1/3 or so of a red onion, diced small 1 tsp Dijon mustard 2 tsp olive oil juice of 1/2 lemon or 1/3 lime salt, pepper to taste Mix everything in a small mixing bowl. Voi...

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I should have said, thanks, Jan, as well! Oops!

I'm putting the chickpea salad recipe on the recipes thread. It is too good not to share ... it's basically from Joy of Cooking, if you have that cookbook.

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Thanks, Deb! Yesterday was Wednesday and it was a SUCCESS Went rangering 45 minutes Today is Thursday ... SUCCESS Rangering 30 minutes Breakfast : Instant oatmeal made with milk and slices of banana Lunch : Large whole wheat pita with 1 cup of chickpea/tomato/cuke salad + 4 oz orange juice Dinner : ...

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That's neat that you are a massage therapist, Deb! Massage is a wonderful thing ... so's yoga! I like yoga cause I have never been "athletic" or "good at sports" .... but when I took up yoga it quickly became apparent that I am "bendable." It meant a lot to this out-of-shape non-athlete felt when th...

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Deb, that's really, really cool. Once when my friend (just a friend) gave me a really good hour-long massage, I was so blissed out near the end that I actually saw different colors. My eyes were closed, and the colors just appeared momentarily and then went away. It was like a vibrant pattern of cha...

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Tuesday - SUCCESS Was hungry and stressed out on deadlines all day, have been on bad deadlines for over a week now. So I was REALLY feeling the cravings yesterday and I ALMOST screwed up. I could not THINK for being hungry, and I was trying to finish writing a report, and my concentration was just n...

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My sympathies, Jetii ... it's very, very hard to eat right when you have to eat out all the time. Strategies: 1. I would focus on portion control. Most restaurant servings in the US are WAAAAAAAAYYYYYY too much food. 2. Fiber. I've been cutting way back on the total calories I eat, and the absolute ...

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Hi Crasch! I live in Raleigh, also. What beach did you go to? Just think, yesterday may have been a technical failure from the No-S standpoint, but what you ate, when you consider the whole day, is very healthy compared to the "normal" modern way of eating. If you weren't doing No-S, one might even ...

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My brother said in an email the other day, "I have been thinking for a while that as the rest of the world is sucked into purchasing high-speed internet services, cell phone plans, and other bank drafts that promise improved effectiveness through integrated access to knowledge, luddites may be the o...

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I forgot to say that I went rangering on Sunday (walked and ran in forest couple of miles) and tonight (Monday - walked a couple miles).

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Saturday : SUCCESS Breakfast 2 eggs over easy on toast with butter Dinner: I treated myself to Chinese ... beef w/broccoli, wonton soup & a spring roll. A very small amount of the beef dish filled me right up. I would ordinarily have overdone it, but my very strict habits during the week appear to ...

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Hi Elinor - Maybe it would help if you took a look at the precise functions involved in snacking. How did the pastry get in your house? What was the circumstance that made you break down? Were you stressed and tired? Were there no healthy alternatives ready to grab? Maybe you were hungry and the pas...

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I was reading about trans-fats lately and I realized that the No-S Diet is really good for avoiding these. Trans-fats, sometimes known as "partially hydrogenated" oils, are turning out to be incredibly bad for us. I won't go into all the details, but they are a huge problem. A number of nutrition re...

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Kevin! Your three weeks is a real inspiration. I'm glad about your nine pounds and especially about your reduced insulin requirements. How is that going - is it continuing to go down? I weighed approx. 185 (height 5'5") when I started a week ago. I have recently become concerned about the extra weig...

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Yesterday I didn't post, but it was a SUCCESS I went to an evening meeting where there were plenty of refreshments. I had some raw veggies with a little dressing and enjoyed watching other people eat cookies. Have been rangering a couple of miles every other day -- it's been a busy week, so I couldn...

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In his daily checkin, Crasch asked for my lentil recipe, which I am posting here as well. This will fill you up incredibly. And it's so cheap, it's practically free. Lentils -- My main recipe is sort of in my head: Lentil soup Saute over low heat in olive oil until translucent and tender, but not br...

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Lentils -- My main recipe is sort of in my head: Lentil soup Saute over low heat in olive oil until translucent and tender, but not browned: finely chopped celery finely chopped onion finely chopped carrots minced garlic Prepare red or green/brown lentils according to package, substituting chicken b...

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There is a book called "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron that is widely considered the top book on motivating creative work. It's kind of a classic in the field, in the way that "What Color Is Your Parachute" is THE classic work for jobseekers and career-changers. It's full of everyday systems tha...

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Well ... 11:50 pm, and I am having my first bad hunger craving in three days of following the No-S plan. It's because I ate so little today. Breakfast: coffee with small amount of cream & sugar, plain instant oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, and 2 tsp honey Lunch: 1/2 whole wheat pita; 4 Tbsp hummu...

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