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Another good day today!

Breakfast: egg burrito, Ruthie's latte

Lunch: ham on French bread, Funions, Apple, Can of Coke

Dinner: chicken and dumplings, French bread, 6 oz chocolate milk

Exercise: Double Black Diamond, I'm still sweating.

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The work looks good No Vs. Keep it up. Your choices of food looks more varied than mine, but I am a blunt instrument at times.

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Bienvenudos

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Success! So much for my vegan experiment, I guess two days is better than some. :lol: Personally, I think either Atkins, Ornish, or Dr. McDougall or who ever, any "anti food group" goes against the spirit of No S. Whether it be carb poisoning, dairy poisoning, or any other type of food group poison...

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My weekend has been better than last week was. Last week was so bad I was to embarrassed to even post. I did continue working out, but just fed like a wild beast. Maybe it is the sun warming me up, I'm coming out of hibernation. I posted a week or two ago about the McDougall Plan, I cannot see me as...

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I just saw a blip on Yahoo! For the next diet craze and super food. Hang onto your butts...The Aztec Diet. I didn't follow the link, but what could that new super food be? I'm so excited.

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Breakfast: homemade egg and sausage sandwich

Lunch: School lunch

Dinner: Salad and mashed potatoes topped with beef and gravy.

Exercise: Diamond Cutter

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Fail!

It was another magic Monday. That makes 3 in a row.

About thirty minutes of exercise.

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Well, I have been following a chat at an exercise site. I don't add anything, just read. And usually I end up leaving shaking my head. I have come to recognize it as food fear. It goes beyond carbs, fats or protein: milk, noodles, non-organic foods, sugar, etc., if it has taste it is often verboten....

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Good Day today.

Three meals, no snacks ,sweets or seconds. Did the DDP Double Black Diamond. I was shaking after.

Everyone have a good weekend.

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Breakfast was egg burrito, frozen hash brown party, and OJ.

Lunch: Chinese, fried shrimp and fried rice, a Coke- to cut the salt.

Dinner: stew, saltiness

I am noticing that my meals don't need to be big like they were at the beginning.

Exercise: DDP Stand Up workout.

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Back on the wagon.

Breakfast was an egg burrito

Lunch a chicken fried steak from the middle school, 6th grade portion

Dinner was half a pressure cooked chop, green beans and basmati rice.

Exercise: I did the Diamond Cutter.

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Thanks for that recipe, I'm not a coffee drinker, but a tsp of decaf a cup of milk, and a packet of sugar and I am happy.

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Thank you everyone. It was a good S Day.

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Fail My boss' birthday today, mine tomorrow. I remember when everyone thought carrot cake was healthy and I hated it, and would never eat it. Today was German chocolate. It was well worth the red. Later today: Diamond Cutter Didn't do the Diamond Cutter, did the Double Black Diamond instead. :D

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S Day, as well as tomorrow. Did a twenty minute YRG workout this morning. See everyone on Monday.

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Protein shake for breakfast.

Half a school lunch hamburger, peanut butter and jelly, 4 Orange slices, and eight fries for lunch.

Two soft tacos and a glass of chocolate milk for dinner.

Didn't exercise, napped instead.

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I'm getting tired of looking at my own food journal.

Eggs and toast for breakfast.

Peanut butter and jelly, an Apple and Sun Chips for lunch.

Two homemade burritos and half a cup of salad for dinner.

Diamond Cutter workout after work.

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I can't sleep so I thought I would share an experience that happened earlier this evening. I was reading posts on the Diamond Dallas Page Yoga website-chat room when a fellow asked how he should eat. Another guy, who knows everything (no it wasn't me...), started yacking (again), about the diet he i...

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Hello Jibaholic and welcome. I did a very restricted CARB diet 12 12 years ago and lost a lot of weight, but I hated it by the end. This, No S, works well for me. Good luck.

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That Russian young lady on the WW ad is kind of cute. But I diverge. I notice, watching sports, that the celebrity athletes that Nutri Systems had endorse their products have put weight back on. Mike Golic, formerly of the NFL, is now doing P90X. So I am with Oo on this, I think commercial diets are...

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Three meals, no snacks, sweets or seconds.

Breakfast: five scrambled eggs, two slices of toast

Lunch: chicken salad sandwich, Apple, Sun Chips, milk

Dinner: roast, rice, salad, gravy

No exercise tonight, I am pooped.

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No BS wrote:Don't get discouraged. You really have been doing awesome!

Tomorrow is another day.

By the way, great workout!

Thanks, no worries.

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Well my two youngest turned fourteen today. Thank goodness they still look eleven. :lol: Today was a success. Breakfast: a homemade breakfast sandwich Lunch: Turkey and fake cheese on white, chips, banana Dinner: Orange chicken at the local Thai restaurant and half a summer roll. Exercise: Diamond D...

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Failure.

Have the day off and have just been schmuck. Tomorrow is another day. Need to get my workout in.

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Edit: I did get the workout in: DDPYoga Double Black Diamond. Not sure I was ready for that 65 minutes of crimes against humanity.

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I was snacking on the Valentine's Day cake my daughter made (on Saturday was the snacking). I kept thinking, "This could get to be a problem..." In the middle of Ben Hur my wife walked in the kitchen. She came back out and let me know that the puppy had devoured the cake. Saved by the dog. :lol:

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Breakfast: protein shake

Lunch: peanut butter and jelly, chips, pear

Dinner: battered cod, salad, stuffing

Exercise: DDP Diamond Cutter

Everyone have a good weekend.

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Valentine's, next week is the twin's B-Day, the week after mine. So that's the way it goes.

Exercise: Diamond Dallas Page Yoga: Diamond Cutter

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No BS wrote:For someone with adult ADD, you look pretty focused to me!!

Keep up the good work, eh!!

Thank you...it goes in stages.

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Jonas, keep up the good work. In laws are wonderful aren't they?

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Good luck! I'm on day 23, Valentine's will be an S Day for me. February is busy, Valentine's, my twin' s birthday and number 49 for me. I'm not a cake eater either.

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Success! Breakfast: sausage, eggs, two slices of gluten free bread, 5 oz. kefir Lunch (a bizarre lunch): 3 chicken tenders, two Wingers chicken wraps (not big, almost bite sized), three tbsps mac n' cheese. Dinner: Two hot dogs on a bun, handful of chips, avacado/tomato/cucmber salad (Yes, all on a...

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I am going to be frank. (Don't be confused, I am really still O43.) Anyway I have spent close to the last decade being fairly depressed. To skip to the present, it culminated with me driving around the desert last Fall with a handgun in the backseat trying to find a quiet place to park. Eventually I...

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I try to remember it is about the habit, not the diet. (That is almost Zen. :lol:) I can't stand eating limited types of food. I have had success with No S since 2010. There are no gimmicky super foods, or potions you have to buy, I just open the cabinet and cook. I am a bit vain, that keeps me comi...

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Someone really dug deep for this thread. Looks like the original poster was a one and done. Possibly a spy from Low Carb Friends.

That there was funny, I don't care who you are.

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Breakfast: bacon and eggs shared with the dog

Lunch: a teriyaki chicken burrito from NY Burrito

Dinner: stew, a slice of sourdough w/ butter, sliced avocado, 6 oz. Kefir.

Exercise: Diamond Dallas Page Strength Builder Yoga

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Well, I have achieved the 21 Day Club for the second time. A little sloppier than the first time, but about 7 pounds of weight loss. This time seemed a bit easier. I didn't stress over a can of Coke here or there, but neither did I think about food constantly. I can sit on the couch Monday night for...

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Yahoo! I think Yahoo is responsible for the collective dumbing down of the US. Last week was a headline concerning diet drinks and diabetes. The research they were touting suggested one can of diet soda raises a person's chance of diabetes 33%. This disturbs me, last year it was diet drinks cause mo...

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Success! Breakfast: Mickie' s breakfast steak burrito, Orange juice Lunch: chicken sandwich, box of golden raisins Dinner:pork cutlet, mashed potatoes, salad The water to the fountain at work froze so I had a can and a half of Mt. Dew. Exercise: Diamond Dallas Page Diamond Cutter workout, fifty minu...

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I need to ask, having been on the net for years and never figuring out what a DH is? I know it as designated hitter. If that is the case my wife might want a DH.

I just had to ask.

Congratulations on the success as well.

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KittyKat, if a dumpy middle aged guy like me can meet the 21 day challenge, then everyone else can stick to it as well. As you said, work the habit, don't stress about it being a diet.

Keep at it.

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Good luck. The Keto Diet, as I am sure you know, was developed in the 20's and 30's to control Diabetes and seizures. One of the side effects is weight loss.

It is still used today for people who don't respond to their seizure meds.

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I enjoy watching Rick Bayless. His brother Skip, who is on ESPN, is a real but whole. I notice that Anthony Bourdain stays slim even after he stopped smoking.

Thomas Keller is amazing, however you would be hard pressed to find me brazing vegetables for lunch.

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I certainly have less gas.

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Today, and tomorrow, S Days.

Today was a easy day eating, and I napped after taking the dog to the trainer's. He napped as well.

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petite rib eye, rice, canned peaches

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Success! Breakfast: bacon, eggs, slice of wheat bread, Diet Dr. Pepper (I took my BP meds with it. :lol: ) Lunch: One slice of pizza, hand full of salt and vinegar chips.(That would explain the BP meds...) Dinner: Petite rib eye steak, rice, canned peaches Exercise The Diamond Dallas Page Diamond C...

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SpiritSong wrote:Congrats on all your green!

Thank you very much.

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Today was a bit tougher than other days. About five I got abnormally hungry. I had a glass of milk and ended up being fine.

I did have a real Coke in the AM because I was nauseated so I sipped on it during meetings. No exercise tonight, need a rest, back at it tomorrow.

Good night

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Diet Coke and the Cowboy Pizza from Papa Murphy.

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I will suggest No S to others and let them know I have been successful, but most of the time I don't say much.

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Roast beef, potatoes, carrots and some gravy.

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Three meals, no snacks, etc.

Did a 20 minute DDP Yoga workout.

I have been up since 4:30 AM so time to relax.

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I, on occassion, will have a regular can (can only) of Coke on an N Day, or a glass of chocolate milk. But taht is an exception I give mysylf. They aren't daily habits, and I figure a glass of chocolate milk while watching RAW is better than a bag of M&Ms.

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Breakfast: eggs, bacon, English muffin. (I think, I don't quite remember?)

Lunch: Wendy's jr. bacon cheese burger, small shake

Dinner: Chicken Sandwich, handful of chips, two tots, glass of chocolate milk.

Exercise: Diamond Cutter (50 minutes)

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I was persuing Kathleen's "The Blessings of Simplicity" this morning when I realized how simple No S truly is. So simple that I know people who can't do ot because they can't believe something so elementary can work so well. One of them, an obese male, in his early 30's will walk up and say, "Dude, ...

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Well, maybe the shovel glove is adding some muscle? It will work, two weeks ins't a long enough "sample." My "guess" is that as you shovel glove your muscles are taking the energy stored in you adipose cells and using that. (Mike Mentzer discusses this switch in energy in one of his Heavy Duty lectu...

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Three meals, no snacks, sweets or seconds. I have a lot of green going on.

Did the DDP Yoga, Strength Builder for my workout tonight. I'm probably above average strength for my age and size, but I have no flexibility.

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02.04.12

Stew made in the pressure cooker. Of course that isn't for 10 hours, but I'm already planning. Busy night tonight.

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Well, cold little smokies...I ended up watching PBS at one point, the game was looking so bad. Congratulations Baltimore.

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We need "likes" on this forum.

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Success! Thank you for stopping in HoeHanna and GK. I don't want to state the obvious, be we Homo Sapiens can take something simple and make it way more complicated than it needs to be. Breakfast: bacon and an egg, and a slice of cheese on an English muffin. I must be craving salt, because I have b...

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Emmay,

That's good. 11 pounds, and adding the Holidays in to that equation, is excellent!

Sorry about the pounds, I'm one of those ignorants in the States that still sticks with Her Majesty's measurements. (I think that's right?)

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I must admit, it is strange, in a group of predominant posters who are ladies, to post about "the big game". But I have to, this Super Bowl is "special." I grew up in the town of Loomis, a suburb of Sacramento, and the 49ers training camp was 3 miles from my house. I grew up (literally) with Joe Mon...

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Nice!

The full meals are nice aren't they? One of the keys, I think, is to give up anything diet, and just eat the three plates of food a day. Trust "The Way."

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Since No S is a "habit" to be formed, and so much of what we do is habits we have formed, I had an observation today. I have come to the conclusion that the WWW allows many people to be full of...manure. Now I don't mean anyone here. Because Reinhardt hasn't set up an internet tool here that allows ...

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Green tea, the only thing green tea does for me is loosens my bowels... As far as "adding fruits and vegetables are concerned" if a person "adds" the herbivore fare plus everything else hey eat, then that is just extra calories...but if they do, as I read Christiaan Barnard, replace food items with ...

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Success! Nice day. I'm heading to dinner, have a chicken, penne, red sauce in the pressure cooker, plus salad. Breakfast was a home made bacon, egg and cheese on an English muffin, plus my usual low cal mocha, but I doubled it, so it was 150 cals. Lunch: A New York Burrito Spciy Thai Chicken, Peanu...

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I came across this just now off of Yahoo! But, as I skimmed it, it leads more to cultural norms that we in the US don't have.

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/e ... 00029.html

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When I was a kid we were sent outside with a popsickle and got sun burnt. Now it's nori wraps and sun screen. And pardon me, but I still find a nice tan sexy, not dangerous per se.

The food industry has become what the tobacco industry did, start them young and you have them for life.

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Hello Jane, And welcome. The norovirus is tough, my wife got it. Poor thing. I got the influenza, short and quick, four days, I wish I could say I quit eating. But, I have been successful for a week and a half now. I am already dropping pounds, and the "habit" is kicking in again. This works, and it...

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Breakfast: sausage, eggs, English muffin, "diet" mocha

Lunch: Grilled Ham and Cheese, handfull of fries, apple sauce

Dinner: Domino's Thin Crust Pizza, one slice of regular, chicken wings (yes all on one plate...)

Weight 189 (down from 193)

Rested tonight

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Success! Breakfast: Eggs, bacon, English muffin, mocha Lunch: Yogurt, Banquet chicken nuggets and fries, Diet Coke Dinner: Hot dog, macaroni salad, green salad, raisins, Diet 7- Up Workout: DDP Yoga Strength Builder Just an update: I stepped on the scale this morning, fully dressed, with my Dickie ...

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Monday: Success! Breakfast: Burger King Cruissant Ham Sandwich, Tots, some foofy latte Lunch: Banquet TV Dinner, Yogurt, Diet Coke Dinner: Roast, Potatoes (no gravy), corn, Diet 7 U-p Exercise: Energize, 20 minute DDP yoga session, 20 minutes shoveling snow. Thank You GK for the compliment, I try to...

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I,m not sore Oolala. Apparently some are not aware, ignore the situation, or turn themselves into some sort of tragic character. What was staggering was how much food the one family ate during a week. I can only imagine that the parents had no idea until it was laid out in front of them on the table...

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S Day I didn,t even exercise. No BS, you can snoop around my threads all you want. To answer your question, I was born in 1964 two months premature. I had one kidney and also, what was then called an undescended colon. It didn't go all the way down. The doctors kept operating and my heart kept beati...

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Success! Exellent day actually. Breakfast: bacon scrambled with eggs, English muffin, low calorie mocha. Lunch: Banquet Salisbury Steak dinner, yogart, box of raisins Dinner: Chiken and rice with peanut sauce, salad w/ bleu cheese Workout: Diamond Dallas Page: Stand Up workout For those of you wond...

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Nice job no bs. Do you really live in the Canadian Arctic, and if where?

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It is interesting when look at a bag of potatoes as how much we have lost. Sometimes I' 'll look at a ten pound tube of burger and think, I need to lose that, or possibly need to gain that. We 'll have different mediums.

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I really enjoyed what he had to say. I am really impressed with him. When I have time I am going to hunt down more of his info.

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Breakfast: Protein shake

Lunch: New York burrito brisket burrito, handful of corn chips

Dinner: Small rib eye steak, mashed potatoes, salad

Exercise: Diamond Dallas Page Yoga: Strength Builder

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>>>OK..I have to speak up just a bit for the other side. No, I am not about to support the cavemen wannabes. I think some folks get very obsessed with nutrition and are stressing themselves out over our food and their extremism is very irritating. But, there is not one definition of paleo or low car...

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Hello No S Pals,

I picked this up on Diamond Dallas Page's web page under "Food and Recipes", of all place. This is a Ted Talk, given by Jamie Oliver. This is one of the more profound insights into obesity that I have seen, or read.

Please enjoy:

http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html

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Breakfast: 3 sausage, one egg on an English Muffin, and a slice of cheese. "Diet" caffeine free Mocha.

Lunch: Jimmy John's #16, Coke, 5-6 Funions.

Dinner: Hamburger, sliced tomato, 1/4 cup of baked beans

Workout: Diamond Dallas Page Yoga: 24 minute Fat Burner

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I was going through boxes, looking to see which books I want to give to Goodwill. Since I got this Kindle Fire traditional books have become kind of a nuisance. I came across The Nautilus Diet by Dr. Ellington Darden of Nautilus fame. For the youngsters, in the early 80' s, if you didn't strength tr...

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My wife got tired of the plates we had been using for ten years, and while at Sam's Club bought a dinner set of square plates. They are kind of built in a manner that it is really hard to fill them to the edge because of the raised edges. They are almost like a gold pan, in a way. Tonight I got curi...

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I have never been known for being speedy, in fact some might refer to me as a blunt instrument in certain situations, so it should come as no surprise when the light went on last night. No S isn't about the "diet" per se, it's about the habit that you form from the medium of No S. So, to be brief, n...

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Success! Today was interesting, every meal filled me up: Breakfast: #1 at the Mickie Dee's drive-through, and I drank 1/2 a mocha. Lunch: A baked potato with toppings, and a salad. Dinner: Fired Chicken (two boneless thighs) and a salad (my usual dressing, bleu cheese) 1/4 cup of Basmati rice. (Cau...

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I am having garlic mashed potatoes with my steak, and you?

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I just downloaded the book onto my Kindle Fire. I am trying to go paperless. :wink: Actually I can see this technology making a huge difference. along with No S, I have 20 hours of Beethoven, Cheap Trick, The Jefferson Bible, all of Aristotle, The Who...I am amazed. My room can now, potentially be l...

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S Day today. My only indulgence was an ice cream cone. My Hausfrau ist krank. So, I did not get a workout in. Just relaxing now watching Monday Night Raw. :lol: My oldest does not understand how I can read Hemingway or Hegel during the day and watch WWE at night. It is good to be cosmopolitan. 8)

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This was a pretty typical weekend. I have the mother of pall colds though. S Day.

On a different note: Go 49ers!

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My waist, for the moment is slowly expanding. No panic yet. This last week I had to slow down the exercise due to a chest cold that is sapping my energy. I hate coughing and that is all I have done today.

Back on the wagon on Tuesday.

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Thanks ethanol. Yesterday was green, today red. Which is ok. Regardless, for me, green or red, being cognizant of No S seems to help in the long run.

I got in a nice leg workout tonight, and hopefully tomorrow I' 'll get in the 20 minute cardio solution. Adio for now.

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If I lived in Scotland I' d be living on meat pies and Guiness. (Which I know comes from Ireland, but I bet there is some north of Hadrian' s Wall.)

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Diet, with some exercise thrown in for good measure.

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I' m in. I cannot stand that show. I think it is a matter of time before they kill someone.

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I have lost weight Jasper. Two and a half years ago I went from 190 to 172. I am back at 190, but my range seems to be the 175 to 190 range. I lift weights as well so I think dome of my extra weight is artificial. I think if you peruse other sites you''ll see the same issues. Good luck and keep at it.

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I am always a proponent of the big breakfast. Research shows that people who eat eggs for breakfast eat fewer calories during the day. I have noticed this phenomena in my own personal experiences. So, in the morning I fry some sausage, scramble 4-6 eggs, give about a third of all of it to Klaus and ...

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