Everyday Systems

gratefuldeb67

I just take a tape measure to my waist....
And then cry..
hahah

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Have a good weekend ya Badass!!

read the blog..
Nice one Blue!
Debs x

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Sounds yummy!
Okay thought you were talking about commercially made muffins at a donut place or supermarket.
Good for you on making your own. You can make them delicious and healthy!:)
I'll take ten

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Okay thanks Dai :) Hahah that's funny, because back in 2005 when a person suggested to check out the blood type diet to me, I went online and looked it up on google, I saw Reinhard's little google ad for NoS saying "If you were thinking of the blood type diet...." don't bother or something to that e...

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Hi Spongerobert (hahah) If you have been exercising the whole time you probably have lost fat and been gaining a little muscle. Muscle is much heavier than fat. I suggest you measure yourself as well so you don't get totally focused only on the numbers on the scale. I like English muffins with eggs ...

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Congratulations on your great week Funfuture

Just read some of your posts. You are very disciplined and seem to really eat very well.
Have a nice weekend.
Peace and Love

Debs

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Hi Dai, just curious why you say it's the blood type that has to do with their natural inclination to eat or not eat meat? Where did you learn this?
Have a nice weekend.
Peace,

Debs

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There is so much added sugar in muffins that it is very similar to eating a donut or a stack of cookies.. Yes it might have a lot of healthy stuff in it too, like the aforementioned bran and carrots, but unless you are making it yourself and sweetening it with fruit juice or applesauce, I'm willing ...

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Good for you Becca!
I have recently become hooked on walking and now do it even when I'm under the weather, just to get out. I go between 2-4 miles depending on how much time I've got.
Enjoy!

Debs

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Good for you Neptunus :) My Son is a Vegetarian and eats fish so he calls himself a pescetarian LOL... I started the whole thing with him a couple of years ago, but then I reverted to eating meat.. I just didn't feel right.. I'm proud to say that my Son stuck to it even after I quit. He has not eate...

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Thanks Blue

xo

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blueskighs wrote: S days have helped me accept that I too, really do want that candy bar, Caramel Macchiato, mini peanut butter cup, or nice sized slice of homemade blueberry pie on occasion! or at least EVERY WEEKEND ...hahhahahahha

Blueskighs

Hahahahah!!

gratefuldeb67

Not gaining weight and actually losing a little when you are traveling is a phenomenal success! Nice to hear you have lost 17 lbs in five months! That's excellent! I lost that much in one year, but admittedly I had a lot of failure days that first year. Keep up the great work Yep, haha :) Peace and ...

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Me Too wrote:
Down 3 lbs this week, that's a total of 8.4 lbs in 2 weeks.

Congrats!

Debs

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Hahah definitely Divine intervention

Lucky you!
Free stuff is always fun to get too

Enjoy!

Debs

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Try seltzer with lemon or lime and a little splash of juice..
Diet soda is very evil and horrible for you in *so* many ways..
Good luck!

Debs

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ps.. Oregon is so beautiful. I lived in Washington for a few years back around 1990 and the Pacific Northwest to me has got to be one of the loveliest places on Earth!

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Good for you HR..
Yes, definitely, it's a real waste of energy to try and over control S days..
Just don't go nuts and be a proverbial "idiot" on them..
LOL

Congrats on your successful two weeks!
That's great

Peace and Love

Debs

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Hi Sista!
I'm so happy to see you here again.
I was thinking of you a few days ago (still haven't developed our pix from your NY visit! I'm awful!!)

I'm very sorry you have had such a rough year Carolejo!
Sending loving thoughts your way.
Big hugs!!
Debs xoxoxoxoxo
ps... regards to Steve too

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Phew!! Relief! I am off to a good start this week with all greens on my habitcals.. Had an insanely upsetting stressful day with lots of fighting here with my mother.. I'm very proud of myself that I didn't use that as an excuse to go off habit. That feels great! Have a nice day everyone :) 8) Debs

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Yes, when you eat stuff that isn't satisfying you will end up still wanting that first food you thought of.. If I don't eat what I really want, I usually end up eating everything and the kitchen sink in compensation.. So have what you really want.. Just save the S's for the weekend! As you said, liv...

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It all sounds great Jay :) I'm not a runner but I've been in the ancient past and it's a definite great upper! I am now walking, since at my weight I am not even considering putting my poor knees through the pounding.. I enjoy it very much! Good luck with your weight loss goal and keep up the exerci...

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Welcome Ironlily

I agree with all you wrote.
You don't need to apologise for a long post that wasn't long, but there's no limit here on writing as little or as much as you like.
Good luck.

Debs

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Well last few days haven't been good but tomorrow is a new day and it's all out of my system.. I had very bad pms this week and did no exercise and had several failures.. Thank God I am over pms and it came already today.. so feeling human again :) I am very happy because I decided to treat me and m...

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Glad you feel better and on track now Linda :) A daily check in is a thread you create here, in that section for yourself to update whenever you like.. It can be a place you post daily or whenever you feel like updating people.. Just keeps all your info in one thread. Check that section and create y...

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Good luck

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Hi Kathleen. People tend to misinterpret what enjoying S days is really about. They are treat days, but shouldn't just be and excuse to binge. Try to think of a couple of S's you would enjoy and have them in moderate amounts. Go for quality not quantity. If you are eating till you get sick, that is ...

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My favourite Libra!

Wishing you all the best Rein!
Enjoy!

Debs x

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I'd say the only kind of cereal you would be at all concerned about the serving size might be if you eat granola.. That is actually very caloric because it's not puffed with air.. But it's good too.. I try to avoid cereal except hot cereal, because I eat it in the middle of the night! Somehow the ha...

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Cool Phayze

Nice to see ya.
Very good quality vid there

Debs

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Hi again John. In addition, you mention the famous black bread Reinhard likes.. Well just so you know, he usually throws stuff on it to make it into a complete breakfast.. cheese, nuts etc... leftovers from dinner the night before.. So,,,,, don't just eat plain oatmeal or plain bread.. I'm sure you ...

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Try to have fruit and or salad with your meals to help fill you up. Also, it's alright to have a small fourth meal as long as it's not a random thing and you are consistent. As well, are you getting adequate protein in your meals? It doesn't need to be lots, but if you don't have protein for breakfa...

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Well I'm a bit embarrassed to say, but SG is not gonna be one of my regulars on my HabitCal anymore. I have just not stuck with it, and had a few days where my arms felt a little uncomfortably tight for a few days after SG.. I have been putting my energy and attention on these very long walks lately...

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It's really motivating reading this account. I also wasn't thrilled with Home Depot, though mine's prices were lower. I could only find an 8 pounder, and bought it anyway. I found the exercise to be challenging, but I had that mental macho thing going on, and really wanted to start at 12. I returne...

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Betty that is great news! It is said that the last ten pounds one wants to lose are very stubborn, so keep the good attitude! I don't think it will take you three years to lose them tho :wink: I lost about 17 lbs the first year on NoS, with at least one failure per week, and I *definitely* ate my sh...

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Aw Karen give yourself a break

Surgery and "yuchy drink prep days" (I know what that tastes like BLEEEEECCCCHHHH!!!)
Are *definitely* S days.

Hope you only drink non blechy drinks for a long time to come!
Peace and Love

Debs

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Hi Phineas :) Great to hear you got your SG and are off to a good start. I'd say Reinhard goes very fast. Remember he has been at this for over three years and those youtubes were after a few years of practice. I can't keep his pace and if I tried, i think I'd throw my back out. So I suggest, go wit...

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Hi Dai

You will love SG!
It packs a whallop and is infinitely more fun that plain free weights.
Let us know how it goes!
Congrats on your weight loss!
That's amazing!
Let us know what you have been doing? Is it similar to NoS?

Peace,

Debs

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Today is off to a great start~ I just wanted to mention that over the weekend I added a habitcal for no night time eating.. I want to clarify what the rules are for that. I am not concerned about stuff like no eating after six or eight pm or even ten or eleven.. My goal is specifically, no eating af...

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Wow, you're skinny!

Keep it up Blue!
If there's one thing NoS is ideally suited for, it's maintenance.
Congratulations and have a great week

Debs

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Great idea Reinhard :) And bless your daughters for wanting to join in! Just spot them.. When I was a kid, I was able to do chin ups, due to the fact I was still fairly lightweight.. We used to have one and my parents just put it at a level that was high enough off the floor to do them safely.. ie a...

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Get thee gone Spam!

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Welcome Silky and great to hear you are taking to it "right out of the gates"

Debs

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Thanks for all you do for us Rein! I'll check the new functions. Oh for when you get back from Ludditing, I wanted to tell you that I have started a separate HabitCal for "no night time eating", at your suggestion. Maybe this will help. I hope so. After a few bad nights, I'm realising I need to put ...

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Had two across the board failure days this week on Thurs and Fri.. Just wanted to document it and I will be nipping the suckers in the bud. Suffice it to say, I am also a few days away from my period, and that usually causes havoc with my eating and desire to exercise. Both NoS failures were due to ...

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That's cool! The first two workouts are probably the toughest, and then your muscles adapt quickly. I have a 12 lbder too... I felt 10 was just a little to light. Would you be able to post the link to the online timer? That would be a helpful tool to have. I usually go by the length of the music mix...

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Welcome and good luck Iamhappy

Debs

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Hi Blueskighs

Congratulations (sorry belated) on your Six MONTH Landmark!
You must be relieved!
I know you were nervous.
Have a good weekend.
Peace and Love,

Debs

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That is so amazing Becky!!!!
Wow!!
Big congratulations to you and good luck with your continuing efforts and success!!!
I'm so inspired by what you wrote.
Please let us know more about yourself sometime.
Have a great day.
Peace and Love,

Debs

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Okay today is an SG failure because I waited too long to start.. I am going to do my walk but don't feel energetic enough to do both SG and UR one after the other.. Pah.. procrastination stinks.. Well this has taught me that I will have to make SG a morning activity so I don't have an excuse to say,...

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See what works for you. It's most important to just stay consistent, so you develop a habit on your N days and it's very clear cut, with no room for fudging the rules in your mind.

Good luck!

Debs

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That extra burn is due to the leverage factor.. Further away from your body, the weight will be exerting much more force.
Great news Mitch!
Keep it up!

Debs

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Reinhard, if I end up as fit and great looking as you as a result believe me, I won't complain! hah

Really enjoying it, and it's been going very well!
Have a great day.

Debs

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Haha I like my new name

Thanks Karen.
Nice to meet you too.
Have a great week!

Donut throwing Debs LOL

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Wednesday - SUCCESS. Yay. This is with a drive into Boston for a gig, and a late night drive back home. (2 hours each way) Normally, I would have snacked the whole time. This time, I drank water. Now - some more challenges coming. Flying today (which is always a snacking challenge for me) and then ...

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Hi Karen, just wanted to wish you a good rest of the week :) Just to let you know, I only read the first couple of posts. If it matters to you at all, I wanted to let you know that prior to finding NoS in 2005, I could probably polish of 9 big cookies, no biggie.. Now I would be sickened by that muc...

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Had a mega walk today.. I upped my miles to a little more than four miles now..
My feet are kinda throbbing and my legs are in need of a real good stretch now..
Yay walking!
I'm hooked

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Oh and AmIcoolYet88.. I am definitely having fun. I have done this before and always enjoyed it. Yesterday was definitely fun!
Really is a fantastic mood lifter to get such a pumped up feeling!
Swinging a sledge rocks!

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Thank you guys! I have a pleasantly tight feeling in my biceps today so that's nice. Reinhard you are right, I am focusing on it really becoming a daily habit. I already have a time I am doing my walking, which is pretty regular, give or take a half hour, and I will find a good time to regularly do ...

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Hah thanks Janie :) Well I am not the only one who does this apparently.. I was on my walk yesterday evening, and at some point I recalled the donut incident as I was strolling, only to look down three steps later and see a non eaten, what looked like, dunkin donuts, chocolate cake donut in the gutt...

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Hahah hi again and thanks everyone. Yes Wosnes (btw is your name an acronym or something LOL) it's good to be picky and choosy! Settle for only the best :wink: Yes Nicole it was funny! LOL JAxelrod, this is the most supportive board to find. The nicest people are on here, and I have always felt it w...

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Good luck!
Try doing this in the morning to fire up yer day and get out of bed hahah

Let us know how it goes.

Debs

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Okay first sg sesh today went great! I only started to break into a sweat in the last four minutes. I guess my arms are stronger than I remembered. Going back to the 12 lb was no prob at all! Got a new music playlist and gonna make a few mixes to keep things lively :) Feels great as it always had be...

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It's been a while. I *need* my arms to shape up! Time to dust off that SG and crank :) Hoping this becomes if not an everyday thing, that I will do it for at least three days a week, along with my walking. That's my pact with myself now. I'm gonna add it on Habitcal, but on days I don't do it, I wil...

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Thanks for your replies friends :) Hehe, Blue, thanx. Hah KAxelrod, that is amazing news about not going back to the old "eat several crispy cremes" thing.. (God those are good! LOL) Weird K, I had a similar thing happen.. after the being good with the donut flinging, I ended up having a really over...

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Are you eating enough during your meals or are they insufficient to really get you to the next one?
I always try to include some fruits and vegetables and a little protein at all meals.
Howfunisthat made good suggestions.
Good luck!

Debs

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Hi Betty, just curious why Sundays aren't S days for you?
They seem to be the one day of the week that should be a mental wind down.
Hope you can bounce back and come back strong!
Peace and Love

Debs

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Haha I just wanted to share a funny moment today. I had to go and use the facilities at a Dunkin donuts today, whilst out doing some shopping.. So of course I bought a donut.. But when I got into my car and started eating it, it was so awful. It was a bit stale and greasy and tasted like eating hard...

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Please keep it in perspective Melissa and don't panic! You are doing great! I have one failure on average a week and I just move on.. Great to be strict, which you are obviously, but no need for guilt here. Man now I want cookies! LOL :) Have a nice day and be very proud of your nine weeks on habit!...

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That is awesome Mavilu! Are you exercising? I am like a one note song with this, but if you are doing muscle building exercise that will really affect the numbers.. Muscle weighs three times as much as fat. Congrats on your skirt and "no muffin top" whatever that may mean! LOL??? Great feeling!! Pea...

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Hi Blueskighs

Am I correct in believing it is your Birthday today???
If so a big Happy Birthday to you!

Peace and Love,

Debs

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Hah love that "pseudo" foods!
So true too!
Nice one Wosnes

Debs

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That is fantastic news Funfuture!
Congratulations!

Debs

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Woo! Went for the same long walk today and it was not as hard as yesterday.
Wasn't rushing myself and still ended up doing it in ten minutes less as well!

Debs

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Wow, I hope you are alright!!
Please be careful.
Debs

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Who's Trent????
LOL
I think you mean Reinhard?
Good luck

Peace and Love
Debs

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Thank you so much my friend!
That is inspiring to hear how well you did and I really appreciate your encouragement and enthusiasm!
As far as turning the moods around and uplifting the spirit, I am so down with that!

Love

Debs

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Good luck to you!! I could technically use losing 100 pounds if I went by all the official stats for people my height as well, but let me say, it's a real psych out at the get go to think in terms of such a large number. I'm about 220 lbs give or take four or five, in either direction because I don'...

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Thank you so much jess and mjn! Well I just surprised the heck out of myself and went for a marathon walk for me.. I plotted it out earlier in the week and thought it would take me a month of building up to do it, but I just did it tonight.. Walked about 3.8 miles... Man my legs felt like spaghetti ...

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That's so exciting Rein!!!
ps.. what you mean "future" librarian?
Are you done with programming?

I'm very happy for you and thrilled about the growing success of your book!!
Love

Debs

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Wow Daahling, the last time I was 136 lbs, I was 15 years old.

Good luck getting to your desired size.
Peace and Love

Debs

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Welcome and good luck to you! I don't really remember a first failure story, so much as an overall pattern for my first year, which was about one unplanned failure a week.. So I wasn't the ideal Nosser, with this many failures, but combined with about three days a week exercise, I ended up losing ab...

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Thanks everyone

All your replies are greatly appreciated!

Love

Debs

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Excellent idea. I have always believed that we should pat ourselves on the back for all the good things we do to take care of ourselves, and help to create a "happy cycle" rather than the negative "vicious" version. No matter how small, the tiniest of positive actions and thoughts, can radically alt...

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I just felt like putting this on the general page instead of my thread because it's an idea that Reinhard has mentioned throughout the years I have known him, and it happened to me last night. I have been really getting into my daily walks, and yesterday I found I had let myself procrastinate too lo...

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Hey if it was good enough for the Commandments then why not for other stuff! Hahah just kidding. Reinhard I just wanted to say I think the 10 pound granularity (is that the right term?) is a good one for a realistic and yet still motivating goal to work towards. I myself feel, and think I'm not alon...

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ps.. I don't know where I came up with Jessesdaughter??
Hahah you just have Jessdr..
Maybe you are a doctor!

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Thanks Jessesdaughter and Reinhard :) Yeah I actually did the same longer walk yesterday, and my goal is to stick with that being my default, give or take a block or two meandering if I'm up for it, for a solid month. I'm thinking about building up over time to a daily four mile walk. I like the fac...

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Thanks to my buddy, JWL, I have the link to the pedometer site.
Very cool.
Apparently I walked 2.55 miles today.
I think I must have been doing about 1.5 before today.

Here's the link for anyone interested in trying it

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

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Today was too amazingly beautiful out to wait till night time to walk. It's usually too hot during the day, but it was about 63 degrees and very nice and sunny. Perfect day for a stroll~ I was a little sleepy so started out and stayed pretty slow for the whole thing. But went much longer than I usua...

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Sorry Laff for your bad week.
It happens and it sounds like you are gearing up to turn things around!
Good luck!
Peace and Love

Debs

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That's so great!!!
Good on ya

Debs

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Coming up on my 6 month anniversary of No S this month. It will be interesting to see what happens after that, because I have not ever been able to sustain any eating plan/diet/self-control :D over my eating for more than six months. It will be interesting if the right balance of discipline and fre...

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Oh man sorry Blueskighs and Reinhard, you guys wrote me too. Thanks so much!! The good energy is so appreciated!! Reinhard, the regular NoS habit cal is fine for no eating at night. That's basically what I am tracking with that anyway, as the rest of the rules aren't too much of a problem these days...

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Hi Prodigal :) Wow sorry I didn't even know you had replied to me, sorry for not seeing this till now. Cleared my comps cookies many times this month so maybe that affected the little blinky things on this too for new posts??? Hope you're well and I totally agree with what you say. Okay people,,, I ...

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Hi Rein! Thank you my friend

Have a great week!
Love
Debs

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Deb, good point. I sometimes think throwing out the scale would make me a much happier person. Maybe a bonfire in the back yard... Betty Or you could do what I did my first year on NoS and smash it to bits with a sledgehammer as part of your Shovelglove workout! What a good feeling that was!!! Try ...

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Thanks Betty and Crazy Cat Lady

Might try makin my own sometime.
Will let you know

Debs x

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Way to go!!

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Jack, just delete your original tag and create a new one.
Good luck.

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Starting again with Shovelglove today :)

S day Snobbery :)

Binge eating as punishment

Great Idea, Ten is good :)

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