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Some quotes I came across that are well worthy of copy: "I have an agreement with my body. I will eat my 3 meals a day and I will make sure that food is tasty and nourishing. But after that I am taking no shit from my hormones or my appetite. ...........I can tolerate 3 meals a day and am delighted ...

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Thanks mrsj. I am mortal and gluttony is a sin.

Everyone has their own "viewpoints", and this is a site for helping others. I think you just shared your "viewpoint" who me? This is my thread.

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1. Plan meals ahead. If I don't I fail.
2. Don't snitch even one bite. That one bite is a foot in the door.
3. Drink drink drink. I like a big 4C. bottle of ice water with a splash of unsweetened cranberry juice or orange juice. (Nothing sweet)

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Do what works! Healthy eating trends come and go. The "eat every 3 hours" thing should never come back! I just wanted to add that as far as I know all the way through the Bible (old and new testaments) people were eating in the morning and evening. I don't think there was ever a lunch or snack menti...

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I was sick with an achey, stuffy, sneezy flu for 3 days over Christmas. 4 naps a day. How convenient. I may have actually lost some! Something I commented on about eating 2 meals a day: Healthy eating trends come and go. The "eat every 3 hours" thing should never come back! I just wanted to add that...

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I'm here and struggling. Too many kinds of cookies, carmels, almond bark covered pretzels, coffee cake, chex mix, ug! I love the season, but really? :roll: I am still trying to at least limit myself to my 2 dishes. At this point, it's my only hope. I'm going to plan for a tiny desert section on my s...

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You go girl! Is starting with a new thread helping? I was thinking of doing the same thing as kind of fresh start. Best of luck!

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Bad bad bad.

I'm at least holding and this is my gain season... If I gain from this starting point, I'll make new all-time highs, so I better not!!!

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In need of some inspiration, so I'm going to copy some here for future feference. linda45 said "I hit Onederland this morning. Weighed in at 198 with a weight loss total of 65-70 lbs after 14 months. No S & very small plates- it works. Just keep simple, one day at a time. This is the lowest I've bee...

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Yea! Good for you! You inspire us! Keep it up!!!

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Man, I wish I could commit. This is the time of year that I start my gaining for the winter and if I do, I am in huge trouble. I am not down 26 like I was the past 2 years. Uh oh.

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I know, it is rediculously funny. And I keep doing it. Duh.

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Wow, I think a challenge from someone else besides myself might be just what I need! I'm doing vanilla. I will do this starting now'til the end of the month and have no more than 7 reds which will still be an improvement. :roll: November: 3- :mrgreen: 4- :mrgreen: 5- :wink: S 6- :wink: S 7- :oops: g...

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So, yesterday I was really frustrated about my lack of restraint from the day before so I thought I'd try some different route and try counting fat grams again. (Good grief, I know) I worked myself up into an excited fat-free state of mind and headed to the grocery store determined to give it a wee...

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So, yesterday I was really frustrated about my lack of restraint from the day before so I thought I'd try some different route and try counting fat grams again. (Good grief, I know) I worked myself up into an excited fat-free state of mind and headed to the grocery store determined to give it a week...

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Was anyone successful???

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I'm having computer issues and have been just trying on my own. Struggling. I read yet another article in a magazine about food addiction and took a quiz that said that I'm the kind of food addict that is controlled by food and that the best way to beat it is stop (cold turkey) eating when you shoul...

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My October goal is strict plain Jane vanilla No S with no more than 5 fails. (I need to be nice to myself as I have been WAY off track lately.) This will actually be very difficult for me! 10/1 :wink: S day, and a good thing it was. 10/2 :wink: another S day. Off to a great start I'd say! Looong wal...

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Struggling with snacks. Oh, and candy. And I guess, seconds. Ug.

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I've tried the Friday S day thing and I basically turn it into a FRI-Sat-Sunday S days extravaganza. :oops: Then after 3 days I can't get back on track. The thing is... I've ALWAYS had pizza on Fridays. if I wait until Saturday, I might have to miss it and pizza is my weekly need . Hmm.. Maybe I cou...

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I see a bunch of "failed" Fridays. Aren't they tough?!? And why is that? It's like I can't quite make it to the weekend. Maybe if I told myself that the S day wasn't until Sunday... I also always plan pizza on Fridays and that is the toughest challenge for me. I REALLY want to have a green Friday th...

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I start double green days today! Perfect!

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No, I did not win the chips and salsa battle, but I did at least I hold off for several hours (until 4:00) and ate a plate's worth. :roll: I'm calling it my supper if I don't eat anything else tonight. And I'm sticking to it! 8) Hi, how did you make out with the rest of the evening? I never got hun...

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No, I did not win the chips and salsa battle, but I did at least I hold off for several hours (until 4:00) and ate a plate's worth.

I'm calling it my supper if I don't eat anything else tonight. And I'm sticking to it!

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I was just wondering if you guys have recurring struggles with an individual food like I do. Right now I'm really having trouble with Pace brand salsa. I had a bit when I was out, and it must not have been enough because now it's haunting me. I've made a run to the store already and now it's locked ...

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Wow, very well done! I know how hard every single pound can be... you should be very happy and proud of yourself!
sending you a ((((HUG)))) You go girl!

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You don't need to eat that now, you can have it on the weekend. You can't even make it for another green day, there ya go again. You'll have to report a red to your friends. Remember how good it feels to wake up feeling empty. Remember how good you'll feel emotionally. Wow, I was struggling with ha...

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Who Me? wrote: Let common sense prevail, and you'll be fine.

Way easier said than done, that's why most of us are probably here.

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Boy, would I be fat! I'd try hard to do 3, I really would. No matter what culture, there's an excuse to eat at any time of day, most everywhere you go.

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Too funny! I remember dreams quite frequently, so I'm surprised that I don't think I've had one of those... maybe I should go to sleep concentrating on NO S. Maybe it would help to sort through the garbage in my head subconciously.

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James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Resist temptation and you will get stronger! It will be easier to resist next time.

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I'm on a seemingly never ending pattern of either start-strong-get-over-confident-and-blow-it or try-fail, try-fail over and over. If I get past the first 3 days it gets easier. If I make it strong through a weekend without loosing control, I get confident. After a few weeks (if I make it that long)...

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click No S general discussion and then No s mods . It's a sticky at the top. I've noticed that many mods are changed and modified. I've gone on to modify my mod several times myself. Ha! Now I just don't even go there because I've done that too much. I seem to end up back with plain ol' vanilla (no ...

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Ha! I read your comment about you doing vanilla too. Funny how we go around and around trying to find the easier route when if we'd just be the old turtle instead of the hare, we'd be ahead by now. Let's put our blinders on and stay on track.

Lets go Kathleen!

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Good start! Welcome!

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My goal is strict plain Jane vanilla No S with no more than 5 fails. (I need to be nice to myself as I have been WAY off track lately.) This will actually be very difficult for me! 10/1 :wink: S day, and a good thing it was. 10/2 :wink: another S day. Off to a great start I'd say! Looong walk. 10/3 ...

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"I met my goal!" challenge I challenge you to set a goal to meet by the end of the month and if you meet your goal, you get to declare your success to the world! (O.K. at least everyone who reads this thread.) This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. We will all keep ta...

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Doin' pure vanilla now. Sweets have been sneaking up on me lately. O.K. that's not entirely true, I did buy them and have them around to haunt me.

And, I started another challenge. I haven't done a monthly challenge since May!

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That's me... over thinking it. I need to trust. Be still and know... and avoid too much pizza.

It is pizza night tonight.

I will quit trying to evaluate it so much and just do the 2-3 dishes a day period.

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My 2 biggest problems are S day recovery and tasting while I cook or deserts. both of the later are small amounts. I'm wondering if I could gain control if I did my 2 dishes M-F and 3 S+S, adding a little ramkin dish of whatever each day. I don't like breakfast, so I usually have 2 meals a day M-F (...

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Eat lunch at 11:30. And I often eat when I'm tired and I'm chronicly sleep deprived. I have 4 kids and it's slooooowly getting better. If I find time to take a 15-20 minute nap (no more) I tend to not snack. I read somewhere that people who snack in the afternoon are actually tired! Try your best fo...

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I know I know! Diet head is my enemy! I'm doing my best to JUST concentrate on the 2-3 dishes. I feel less stressed and sane when I do and I loose too, so if I could just remember that ALL OF THE TIME I'd be thin and happy. :roll: The bite thing is hillarious! I would have tried it too. I heard that...

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Having a hard time staying on track. I feel guilty when I fail my own challenges. Ha! I started thinking about counting calories again last night. I even got out my calorie couting book. I keep it so I don't just go out and buy a new on every whim. Anyway, as I was adding up my alotment for today, I...

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rose wrote:(I actually went back to the ground floor to be able to climb the stairs back up)

Impressive! I would never have.

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Really cruddy lately...

I'm starting a new week and it will be good!

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I'm in. My "perfect" this week will be 2 dishes of food daily Monday - Friday. Period. (I don't like breakfast)

9/11

S day
9/12

YEA !!!!!!!!!!
9/13

mile high dishes
9/14

barely
9/15

going strong so far today

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I challenge you to have an absolutely perfect week. No cheating, slips or close-enoughs. This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. Think of this as your own little cheering section. - Write down what your "perfect" is at the top of your post and then update us as to how ...

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I believe that God did make my body to tell me when I need more food, but the problem with me is that I think I needed it right away and I then also over eat. Sin came along and I became a food addict. If I could stop eating when I am full and honestly eat when my body calls for it, not wait until t...

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Is anyone going to make it?

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well, I finally recovered from the long weekend (green Wed.) and another looms on the horizon.

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I hate long weekends. I go off track and stay there for part of the next week.
When I derail, I baha cross country!

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My "perfect" will be 3 dishes, every day, Monday through Friday, period . 9/4 - :wink: S day and a good thing it was! 9/5 - :oops: long weekend. Today was tough! I feel like a looser 9/6 - :oops: no comment. 9/7 - :mrgreen: finally back on track! I'm thinking of the rest of this week is practice fo...

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I challenge you to have an absolutely perfect week. No cheating, slips or close-enoughs. This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. Think of this as your own little cheering section. - Write down what your "perfect" is at the top of your post and then update us as to how ...

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I will have a totally perfect vanilla No S week. With absolutely no cheating! 8/21- :wink: S day 8/22- :mrgreen: yea! 8/23- :mrgreen: it will be because I'm writing it here! 8/24- :mrgreen: 8/25- :mrgreen: yea!!! 8/26- :mrgreen: I did it!! Woo hoo! 8/27- :wink: S day, but I plan on it staying very c...

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Is anyone going to have a perfect week? Post if you do!

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Blithe Morning wrote:My food bills won't go down till the last of my teenage sons is launched. It's football season so food bills go UP.

Oh I hear ya! I have 3 teens and a tween. 2 in football. How can one kid actually eat 3 sandwiches plus fruit, chips, desert, and stay thin?

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cheer cheer!

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It was the 1 year anniversary yesterday. Down 60 lbs Weight loss stalled the last month but was able to maintain. I'm doing pure vanilla No s this week with a very small plate size- about 6" The scale has begun to move again. I'm 66 years old - I mean YOUNG ! The health changes this year have been ...

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Let's go everyone! I'm looking to Linda who's lost 60 pounds. Woohoo! Me too me too, I wanna loose 60 pounds too.

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Yea! The more the merrier. I think the short week challenges are great. One week at a time.

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Well, my "perfect" week challenge worked for me. I did perfectly all week. I discovered that if I need a small sweet, I put it on my plate and call it good. If I didn't I'd de-rail. I eat 2 dishes a day. Period. I am allowing 3 a day 7 days a week, but choose to only have 2 during the week because I...

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I'm in! A "perfect" week for me will be 3 dishes every day Monday through Friday. Period. 8/28- :mrgreen: WOW! It was an S day and I forgot to eat supper (yes, I said forgot to eat supper!) and wasn't even hungry. I don't remember that even ever happening! So it was a good ol' green day! Woohoo! I ...

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I challenge you to have an absolutely perfect week. No cheating, slips or close-enoughs. This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. Think of this as your own little cheering section. - Write down what your "perfect" is at the top of your post and then update us as to how ...

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Yea! It does work. It's sanity.

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So close! Friday is my tough day... hope I can do it!

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Yea, go us! I think that the short-term goal of one week might be easier to achieve. I have high hopes! The "week" will be the calendar week Sunday through Saturday. 21-27 I'll probably start another week challenge next week. :wink: I eat off an 8 1/2" plate and I don't eat breakfast, so I don't bea...

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Thanks sugarmama4him! I do wiegh daily but only record once a week now and onlmy first page here I record once a month to think long term. If I don't weigh daily I start to ignore any diet that I may be on. Duh.

Aug. 22 -

yea!
Aug. 23 -

it will be!

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I'm in! I will have a totally perfect vanilla No S week. With absolutely no cheating! 8/21- :wink: S day 8/22- :mrgreen: yea! 8/23- :mrgreen: it will be because I'm writing it here! 8/24- :mrgreen: 8/25- :mrgreen: yea!!! 8/26- :mrgreen: I did it!! Woo hoo! 8/27- :wink: S day, but I plan on it stayin...

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I need to get back on track (I have not done a challenge since May!) and I think I'll try one week at a time, so ... I challenge you to have an absolutely perfect week. No cheating, slips or close-enoughs. This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. Think of this as your o...

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19- :wink: regular S day for me today. Ordered pizza because we worked long and ran out of time to make it. Still cleaning up trees from our tornado a year ago. sigh. needless to say... Godfather's combo = seconds. I will have a perfect week next week! I'm actually thinking about starting a challeng...

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Thanks! Maybe I'll make up for my bad week and go green tomorrow. :?: I'm also thinking that I might try (and I did say try) to move pizza night to Saturdays, and when I must have it on Fridays, make pizza calzones or individual small ones instead of the big ones that I eat seconds and thirds on. So...

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Even though it's Friday and I "blew" most of the week, I really tried hard today. I was a bad girl all week and the scale shows it. I'm trying to think long term.

Go me

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August 12 :oops: pizza thirds 13 :wink: it's a good thing it was an S day 14 :wink: 15 :oops: moved my oldest child away to college. A piece of my heart went with her. 16 :oops: comfort food and I'm pretty derailed. 17 :oops: 18 get on track girl, you were doing soooooo good! It even showed on the s...

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August 12th. Friday :mrgreen: all week so far. Wowza It's pizza night. If I skip lunch can I use a platter? Just sayin'. :roll: actually thinking about it What I decided to do is to count S events instead of having whole S days since every single Friday has always seemed to set the tone for the ent...

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I had written : the way you are eating (nice way of saying, "on a diet")... I just like to think of it like that... the way that I'm eating. It helps me think long term. Short term thinking can be turned off. I'm working on it.

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Thanks, I did feel like jumping

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I'm feeling on track and have high hopes for a great week, but now my Mom called and I'm meeting her half way to her house to get my kids back and she wants to meet at DQ. Ug! I think I'll show up late and wait ing the car. :wink: Think I can? I'll let you know... Maybe if I slam ice water the whole...

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Just an observation: Short-term "diet" (way of eating) mentality would probably lead me to... give up and eat whatever-whenever if I "failed" before the end of the day, week, or even occasionally the month, as in the Christmas season. give up and eat whatever-whenever if it started to look like I w...

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Just an observation: Short-term "diet" (way of eating) mentality would probably lead me to... give up and eat whatever-whenever if I "failed" before the end of the day, week, or even occasionally the month, as in the Christmas season. give up and eat whatever-whenever if it started to look like I w...

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Joyofsix wrote:You need to figure out a way to charge for an empty bag and call it a no-S snack.

Hahaha!

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Starla wrote:I learned about "No S" when I asked my mother how she was losing weight. I try to remember that - she didn't talk about it until I asked, and that meant I was ready to hear it.

Good point!

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When I start on a plan again after being "off" for quite a while I prefer to do it without the "help" of my family. My husband and 4 kids turn into either way-too-observant-food-police or "oh-that's-right-you-can't-HAVE-this"-jokers or both. So, yesterday my teen son looks at my plate and gives me t...

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I have 3 teens and a tween and if I even leave the no s book out someone will comment. I don't ever go on about it. I learned my lesson once when I thought I wanted them to "police" me. I actually told them the rules and told them to make sure I followed them. Duh. They thought it was a new game and...

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Good point Thalia. I try hard to not talk "diet" around the kids. I'd rather they not pick up on the stress, body image dislike, and worry. The way you just model it for them is a good way to do it. I need to be a better role model too. Thanks for the reminder.

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Hi Mimi! I actually rehearse "no thanks". It's quick and less painful. Another thing might be to show up a bit late after eneryone has had theirs. Or, plan that to be a meal and hope there is something other than sweets. If not, bring mixed fruit. The vitamin D does help. I've been very anemic for y...

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OOps, I edited instead of quote and I lost what I had written. I think it was something like this: Since starting again, my teen son looked at my plate with a look that said "trying to fit it on one plate again Mom?" and I ignored him and balanced it on over to the table. I was just hoping for some ...

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I'm doing pure vanilla
Oh, and absolutely no buffets!!!

And... go Kathleen!

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Thank you to all of you for your support and good wishes. It really is most of the reason I came back and plan to stay!

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Alright, I'm back! After much thought and frustration, I've decided that I obviously gain when I don't follow NO S. No matter how much I think I can and will follow some other plan I come up with, this plan is the only thing that has worked. It's how my skinny ancestors ate. It's how I ate when I w...

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Thinking about coming back... I keep trying my own plans and if I even do try no S again I always end up adding my own twist of toppings on the vanilla. Ug. I'm thinking about doing good old vanilla once and for all. The thought of those wonderful S days is the lure. I always had problems with those...

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stubby1234 wrote:LOOK HOW GOOD WE ARE DOING!!!!!

Keep up the good work!

We are doing great!! Woo hoo! Lets see how many of us reach our goal!

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I was trying vanilla for the month, but I honestly gain when I eat 3 plates of food a day and since I was at my max, I got scared. I'm following my own plan right now that I call grumble = Dish. I've been trying combinations of different diets for a long time to see what works for me. I wait until m...

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I'm seeing green!

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I think it's called an Omron or something like that. It's by far the most acurate. You don't want to be cheated!

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Hmmmmm.....

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Mods get me in trouble. Period .

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O.K. I hear ya! I need it too, so look for it! Thanks guys!

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