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Yesterday Green, today is a green so far. Tonight's dinner will be crabcakes and coleslaw. Yesterday I took a pretty long bike ride, so my 14 minutes today was a nice quick walk.

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If you like podcasts, right after I heard this one: http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/atlcx-episode-18-the-truth-about-sweeteners-dr-david-getoff/14520 a few years back, I quit drinking diet soda that very day. There's some interesting information in here. Most notably, they discovered the formula ...

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Ooooof! Feel better auto! I had strep throat over Valentine's day, and it is SO painful! I hope the antibiotics kick in right away for you.

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Thank you, automated, eschano, walkerlori, clarinetgal, and Strawberry Roan for stopping by my thread and leaving encouragement! Your support means a lot to me. :D I have 15 days left in my 6 week challenge, and it's still going well, though there have been a few bumps. I am down 5 lbs from the begi...

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My 6 week personal challenge is going well, and I'm glad I started it. As of yesterday, I'm down another .5 pound. My friend who I'm texting weigh-ins with lives 3 times zones away, so I was initially very confused to receive a text from her at 5 am! "WHO would be texting me right now!!? Oh, right, ...

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Yesterday food: B: Kefir with nuts, hemp hearts, blackberries, Starbucks latte L: 1/2 hamburger and 10 leftover fries D: Kung pao shrimp with noodles S: coconut, dried cherries, pistachios, tomato juice Happy Mother's Day to all you other moms out there! My kids and my husband brought me breakfast i...

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Weekly weigh in was same as last week. I managed to exercise every day this past week for my 14 minutes, which feels really good. Enjoy your S days everybody!

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This week I got diagnosed with an acute sinus infection. This resulted in one S-day (sick) and one red day when I had a few snacks. I had some crackers and cheese with an afternoon coffee, and some different crackers and different cheese that evening watching a video and drinking a vodka/soda. No su...

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Yes, one reading is not a concern. If you want a longer picture of a trend, the A1c test gives an average blood glucose over 3 months. You can take one of these at home, even. One day in the hospital (on bed rest right before my twins were born) I had 4 measurements of my blood glucose taken for a h...

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6 weeks personal challenge:
S Day 5/3: no sugar, exercise: weights
S Day until noon 5/4: no sugar, exercise: 1 hour bike ride

I'm loving our warm weather, and it really does seem to help me to be more active. Gotta think on some new strategies for winter instead of sitting on the couch!

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I was listening to some podcasts this past week that featured discussions with people who had lost a good deal of weight through various means. (It was refreshing as all kinds of diets were discussed, not just ONE way.) One thing that all the guests mentioned was that transitioning to maintenance wa...

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Right now I'm focused on just giving up the most obvious sugars--cakes, cookies, ice cream, juice, sweetened granola etc. I eat a little fruit like berries and apples probably 4-5 days a week. I do try to avoid things like grapes, and I watch my servings of dried fruit and bananas, as they taste so ...

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I hope you have a great weekend away, auto! I see you've been dealing with some insomnia, as have I-----SO NOT FUN! I hope you get some well needed rest and relaxation.

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Ha, eschano! I had a dr who said a similar thing once in the office: "you're very healthy even though you're..."*long pause and she caught herself* "...your BMI could be lower". :lol: You and auto have some great input here! Thanks! So, my top two items of the 6 weeks would definitely be: all green ...

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I took inspiration from your thread here and have started a 6 week no-sugar challenge for myself. I'm just starting with the obvious sugars, sweets, bready things, yogurts, etc. Thanks for the idea! It is going to be challenging for me. (I will be having one piece of cake at my son's birthday in May.)

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So, this is a more thorough approach to what I couldâ€™ve written as my introductory post a few months back. Iâ€™ve been keeping this check-in thread a few times a week, and folks have been very kind and helpful with the comments. I LOVE this forum! Monday of this week was a big re-commitment for me...

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Rough couple weeks. I'm back. I'm gently, gently making a mod, to avoid my S days (particularly as sick days) spilling over. I'll post about it when I get a better/clearer definition.

Green day yesterday.

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Yes, automated, that was probably the first NWS day that I've spent "wisely," and the experience made it clear why they are part of the system. Yesterday was green. Last night at dinner was interesting. We had indian food, which I love. I got a plate and filled it up. It looked heavy (which it was) ...

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I had a NWS day yesterday, and loved it! It was a great time, as I ended up eating lunch out with a friend and dinner out with my husband. But, last night I was so uncomfortably full that I had trouble sleeping (not normal for me!). I wasn't hungry at all for breakfast today, so we'll see how the re...

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two or three main ingredients then a metric asston of spices

Ha ha! This is how I cook, too.

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Hope you get to feeling better! When I was sick with strep throat and couldn't read aloud I discovered a website "storyline online," where actors read kids books. (_Somebody Loves You, Mr Hatch_ is a hit with the under 5 crowd.) It's definitely not the same as reading to them in real life, but my ki...

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I finally bought my own copy of the No S Diet book. I'd read the library's copy in the fall. I'm probably going to read it again soon, to help keep me from trying to make mods too soon! I'm also going to share it with my mom, who, while she might not end up following the diet, is always interested i...

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I hear ya on the hard fought N days! :D Today was much easier. (S days in sight!) B:root veggie hash and ground beef (aka leftovers) L:chicken stir fry D: homemade kung pao shrimp and a few berries Sometimes I feel like cutting our snacking has left me without my normal "props" somehow. Constant cof...

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I just finished a course of antibiotics, so I'm looking forward to my gut getting settled down a little bit! Today: green! B: apple, almonds, coffee L: salad, green beans, crabcakes D: chili and cheese puffs One of those exhausting days when I really wanted to snack while watching TV. Husband had ch...

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The weekend that just ended was a "S-Days Gone Wild," for sure. And that's ok. I spent a nice hour this morning making some slow cooker chili and listening to Reinhard's podcasts. He really is just so sensible, isn't he?! I liked one of the discussions from the main board this weekend, regarding die...

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My husband goes out of town today for a trip, so I'll be home with my 3 kids by myself for a few days. I spent a million dollars at costco yesterday to ensure that I wouldn't have to go to the store even once during the weekend, and I've promised myself not to do laundry either! That way, I can just...

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Happy Birthday, eschano!
I hope you have a great day!
Thank you for your LAM idea, which is awesome, and for your supportive entries on my thread.

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Congratulations on 7 months! :!: I love reading your detailed reports. (I'm laughing because my kids are all playing computer games as I type this. But, we are getting their bikes ready for a ride!) Anyway, you are really doing some interesting things with the No-S base model, and it's very inspirin...

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Here we go green day, here we go! I put an app on my phone yesterday to remind me to update here or habitcal. Also, turns out shovel glove is possible even with an injured toe!

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Thank you, eschano, pipina, and automated! Encouragement on this forum is so generous!

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I had a week. A week, if I'm being honest, that would have made me stop reporting in to a forum or a monthly challenge, etc. My son had 48 hours of mystery hives, I didn't get a job I'd applied for, on Thursday I had to have a surprise surgery on an ingrown toenail (gross!!!) and then got a UTI. Not...

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I had 13 green days in a row, then yesterday--BAM! A red day. My youngest son woke up with hives all over his body and a fever and the dr had no idea what was going on. He was suffering all day, I was worried, I didn't go in to work, etc, stress. So I ate some cookies and chocolate covered almonds. ...

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Oh, yes, osoniye ! We eat well at our house. This has been my first entirely green week (it's almost lunch on Friday...) so far. I'm excited about that. Yesterday I was having a very stressful day with my son, and there came a point when I would have definitely had a snack in the afternoon to "relax...

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That will give you enough time to get into N day habits and lose diet head before starting to make changes. I sure hope so, eschano! Diet head is evil! Green day yesterday, 9 in a row: B: coffees with powdered gelatin and cream L: shrimp and steak mexican bowl with chips and salsa D: hamburger patt...

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Just wanted to tell you that the other day as I was getting ready to let my kids go watch their video, I thought of your reading emphasis with your kids. So, I sat on the couch with my 3 and we read for 20 minutes together (before they watched their video) and they loved it. Thank you!!

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Thank you, both, auto and eschano ! Your comments were really helpful. Because of years of diet-head, I think my subconscious is still fixated on "getting to a goal weight," instead of thinking about this way of eating just as how I live. I'll plan to do a review at the end of November-11 months in-...

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Kinda wilder S-days this weekend than I was hoping. I love being able to read back on this forum's history and see the multitude of comments (and the podcasts) advising to get the N-days solid first, then work on the S days. Premature optimization (love that phrasing) is a problem I've run into over...

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Congratulations! Nice work keeping it simple with No S.

I just started shovel glove last week, and with a heavy sledge, I definitely think that's an effective way to put on muscle in a very manageable time commitment. The "14 minutes of anything" podcast is a great listen.

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A lot of my reasons are similar to eschano 's above related to the scale. Additionally, I start to feel how "easy" whatever way of eating is, and then I 1) get this very self-righteous attitude about it 2) began to focus (too quickly) on premature optimization 3) rave about it to my supportive sibli...

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Yesterday, 3/6: B: 3 cups coffee with cream L: Roast beef and ham sandwich with swiss, 3/4 of grapefruit, okra D: sausages and peppers cooked with zucchini and onions exercise: heavy landscaping I'm headed out of town this weekend and we will be getting together for a party with our BFFs. Hopefully ...

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4 green days in a row, and I'm kinda feeling relief. By the end of my sweets binge last week, the food didn't really even taste good anymore! :oops: Thanks to whoever posted that behavior extinction link on the main board. It was really interesting to see my own failures in February in that light. I...

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Thanks, r.jean, good ideas there! I liked how you said sometimes S days end up being N days, too. A few times I've caught myself saying, "Well, I NEED to eat these sweets/seconds, since it's an S day!" Ummm, no I don't! Last night was a birthday party of a close family friend. Before we went over, I...

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I am in! No S diet/14 minutes of anything 1 S: no sweets victory/2 mile hike 2 S: no sweets victory/day off exercise 3 N: green /shovelglove 4 N: green (despite severe temptation to snack at night)/3 mile hike 5 N: green /yardwork 6 N: green /yardwork 7 N: green /30 mins walking 8 S: ate sweets/30 m...

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Thanks, Graham! I just read this article the other day, and it definitely stuck in my mind!

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Thursday and Friday were green, thank goodness. I'm finding sugar is such a terrible trigger for me, that for the month of March (in the spirit of Lent) I'm going to eat grains/chips/pizza/etc (which I don't normally eat much of on N days) on my S days, and attempt to carry over the No S of sweets i...

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Thanks for all the encouragement on my journal, automated! Big, big congratulations on your 6 month anniversary.

I loved going back and reading about your experiences.

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Hello and welcome, leanerman...

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Well, I just had a bad red streak the past 2 weeks! I had strep throat on the 12-13th, and then work projects got crazy, and I used those together to do some amazing stress eating. I'm writing this post first thing in the morning, even before my coffee, as I'm promising myself a green day today. :D ...

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Thank you for bumping this, eschano! This conversation was *exactly* what I needed to read today, after a major setback of red days this past week.

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I really was struggling with how to incorporate different days as my S days, so I've decided (for now) to have my S days as Friday and Saturday. Sunday is usually a cook at home day for us, and if we have a fun breakfast with the kids it's usually Saturday. I will see how it goes--I like the clean l...

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This forum is very helpful and I feel comfortable posting things here I would never post on FB--either too personal, too detailed, etc.

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Thanks for posting this! It seemed there was a reason my weekly weigh-in drifted to Fridays.

Brian Wansink's work is really interesting, and his book is a really fun read.

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Wednesday: Green day!
B: Hard boiled egg and lots of coffee
L: Thai steak salad with cucumber slaw, another coffee
D: Beef chili, coconut flour muffin, 1/4 of a cucumber and cheddar cheese

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This weekend went fairly well, a little bit more treating myself than last weekend. (Weekends after a long vacation it's easier to be moderate--right!?) I had been working on the Friday afternoon until Sunday lunch as my mod, but for a weird reason it bugged me this weekend---how to mark it on Habit...

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Congratulations on your 5 months! I have really enjoyed reading your posts, and seeing how No-S can permeate other parts of your life. Cool!

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:!: Red day yesterday, due to eating more than I had served myself at dinner (ate some mac-n-cheese from my son's plate) and then fell into the old/bad habit of snacking while my hubs and I watched tv. Goldfish for crying out loud! They aren't even good! ARG. Anyway, I marked it, and I'm moving on. ...

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Thank you, automated! I'd had that little quote stored in my phone for a while, and this is the perfect group to share it with, I figured. I've really enjoyed reading your check-ins, by the way.

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I seem to keep having things happen associated with lunch. Yesterday I had lunch with my husband at a restaurant, (which is unusual) and I ordered fairly wrong--good food, but tiny amounts. The salad I was planning to eat as my main food was about 10 leaves of wilted spinach and a few cranberries an...

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Not too wild of a weekend. I had S-days from Friday dinner until Sunday lunch. Friday night I had a snack of popcorn as I watched movies with my husband, and a little too much vodka. Saturday afternoon an extra coffee and popcorn for snack, and then Sunday lunch I made the kids (and ME!) some homema...

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I was at work this morning at about 11(it was a crazy morning getting all kids to school) my stomach was growling, and I thought "Wow. I *definitely* did not eat enough at breakfast!" And then I remembered I hadn't eaten breakfast at all, just coffee and water. HA! That doesn't happen to me much.

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Today I was REALLY hungry before dinner, and probably could have eaten my large plate of food in 5 minutes. I managed to slow down and enjoy it, but it just goes to show how "not hungry" before a meal I've been accustomed to feeling in these last months. It was kinda nice! :D(Can't believe I think t...

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Well, I had a family vacation last week with my family and in-laws. This vacation had been planned since before I even heard of No-S, and I had decided long ago (before I knew the terminology!) that it would be an "S-week." That being said, I didn't go as wild as I probably would have in the past, a...

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This weekend I had some fairly moderate S days, but I realized I'm going to have to watch out for "it's almost the end of my S-days...eat the rest of ____ that I won't eat tomorrow!!" That's a quick walk off a cliff for my motivation! I was sick yesterday, so it was an unexpected S day. Luckily, I'm...

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This is a good post, and so true! Yesterday I needed to a meal very quickly and with my little kids that would've been way "off plan" on some other diets I've used. I had to stop a minute and think: "does it fit on one plate?" (yes.) "are there sweets on the plate?" (no.), and when I could answer no...

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Thanks for all the welcomes! :D It's weird, I guess, to start off with a yellow day (1/1/14), but yesterday I ate vanilla No S until dinner, when we all had a new year's meal with my parents and I had a piece of homemade pecan pie and a 2nd helping of 2 ribs. I had intended this to be it, but then l...

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Hello- I have been reading this forum since October 2013, when I first heard Reinhard on a podcast I listen to hosted by Jonathon Bailor. You all have a great forum here! I have since listed to all of the Everyday Systems podcasts and read _The No S Diet_. I decided to start back in November, (befor...

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Hello- I'm a newbie, so I hope I'm posting in the right place to join in this challenge. Accountability really helps over the holidays, I think!! My goal is to vanilla no s through December, and post what caused any "red lights" on N days for the month. (What triggered the problem, and what was cons...

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