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gratefuldeb67

Nice goin Melissa!! Keep it up

Peace and Love,

Debs

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Hi Betty, I wanted to also mention that muscle weighs three times as much as fat. If you are shovelgloving for three days a week, and biking everyday, you may really be replacing fat with muscle, which is great, but which will throw off the scale numbers big time. Try measuring yourself for encourag...

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Excellent!!! Normal healthy diets can expect to see between 20 and 30 pounds loss over a whole year. The quick loss mentality is the problem cos you are so used to hearing stuff like "lose thirty pounds in thirty days" But that is totally unmaintainable unless your daily habits change. 10 pounds in ...

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Good job Pete

Peace and Love

Debs

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Good grief two years to make a check in post hahah :) Just wanted to say that since about a month or so ago, I am totally hooked on walking now. Even on a day when I feel really crappy, I welcome it. I've got a default walk and depending on the weather and my own energy I add a little bit of meander...

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Yeah Josh, the shovelglove is probably instigating the pain from an already very compromised shoulder due to the computer stuff and probably your day to day posture at the keyboard and monitor. Sorry. Sounds like you need to get some massage and treat the trigger points that are in your neck and sho...

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Oh okay that part was missing from what you wrote. I understand. Yeah that's what I mean about not really giving too much credence to daily fluctuations. They can be a giant mind $*@!! Quick losses always make me so happy and then I see it go up again next day. LOL :) It's water weight. So yeah, jus...

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Hi everyone, I just wanted to follow this up with the results of my experiment here. I did, in fact, do this for a whole week, and with disastrous consequences. I found myself so low energy and day by day I got in a worse and worse mood. For people who don't yet know me very well here, I am very sub...

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Short term gains and losses are really not what you should be worrying over. The difference over a few weeks or even a month is what you need to put your mind on. Sorry for your frustration, but you have to change your mindset because this diet is not a quick thing which you will see instant next da...

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Great idea

Me and my Son love flavoured seltzer.
I bet mint chocolate water would be very nice indeed

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Hi HG

Apparently there is a whole thread dedicated to peoples diet blogs at the top of the general discussion forum, so why not add yours to it?
Good luck!
It's nice to have support and a place to vent and also to celebrate

Peace and Love,

Debs

gratefuldeb67

Welcome Ian

Sounds like you like Shovelglove and it's workin for you!
I'm gonna start it again too.
Great stuff!!
Peace

Debs

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Well I took about a year or more off as well, so actually I'm just returning.. Been back on the boards for a little over a month now, thereabouts. I'm really inspired to hear how you have changed your eating and your exercise. Especially the exercise bit. That is phenomenal! Have a good week and kee...

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Hi Prodigal Sun! Sounds like you have really got back on track with a vengance!!! ;) I'm very glad to hear you have gone through your rough time and come out the other end stronger and with such great changes!!! Sorry about your Dad. Mine died a little over a year ago too, and it was a hard thing to...

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I am Responsible for my Efforts , (Behaviors: food intake & exercise), Not for my Results . (Outcomes: the timing of the numbers on the scales) That is excellent Bright Angel, and so important to keep in mind. How many of us have a hard time patting ourselves on the back for being great, if the sca...

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EQ - Welcome. You sound ready to make changes, and that's the first step. This is a plan that you can live with, and you'll find a lot of support here. Take it slow, and set yourself up for success. It's better to develop the habit of consistency over time than to burn out quickly. Best wishes. ps....

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Wow English Queen, don't worry about being cheery on your intro, that is a tough situation to be in. But you want to change it and that's really the only place to start. A good place. Keep your goal in your mind and be prepared for a thousand little setbacks along the way.. Try to set you mind on on...

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KCCC Thanks a lot!
Your nice

Peace and Love

Debs

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Yeah thanks Blueskighs :) It's definitely working well so far and my withdrawal is starting to lessen. I'm down 4 pounds since about two weeks ago now~ I'm feeling less like having coffee as well, so obviously I was craving the hot chocolate. I'd say now I'm having two to three cups versus four to f...

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Thanks so much Mavilu, Mel and 3aDay! Really appreciated! It's *already* working! Weighed this morning and I am down about 3 pounds since last week! I have been walking pretty regularly too, but the diet tweak seems to have helped me break that plateau :) Yay!!! I'm a little groggy still, but not to...

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That's a big step, giving up a small comfort, exactly because it is so easy to convince ourselves that it doesn't count. I forgot to reply to this Joelle. It is really easy to convince ourselves that it doesn't count, and I am sure there were times when I attempted to convince myself of that, but I...

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Thanks Joelle :) I like hazelnut flavoured coffee, and I use vanilla flavoured soymilk.. I am now substituting a little real unsweetened cocoa. Phew, I am not one of those people who jump on the "I've got a sugar addiction" problem, and tend not to like using that word often, cos it's way over used ...

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Thanks Too solid flesh

I hope it does.
It's like I've been eating a small candy bar each day if you think of it.
Hope you are well.
Have a nice weekend!

Debs

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Good for you Reinhard!
Hope it's a great and relaxing time for you and your family

Enjoy!

Debs

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Great job Mike! Shovelglove is awesome isn't it!? Saw your pix, and I can see a diff. Good for you. Perhaps you can take your next batch of pix with the same side view as the first pic you took, with your left arm facing the camera. Would be easier to see the changes from when you started. Are you d...

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Wow!!! 21 days is no easy task!!!
For me it took a whole year of attempts to finally do that right.
Congratulations!
Good luck with your goals and just be nice to yourself along the way

Peace and Love,

Debs

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Okay, time to fess up to myself and to people here. I have had the habit of putting about two teaspoons of hot chocolate mix and one teaspoon of raw sugar in my coffee every day. That wouldn't be too terrible, but I average about four cups of coffee a day, and sometimes five. I've known in my heart ...

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Hi all :) Quick check in before the weekend. Some setbacks this week for me. I was starting to lose weight last week and so excited about it. This was directly a result of the days I managed to do both exercise, and not eat anything at night... Felt so great!! But I gained it back. Arrrghhh. Oh well...

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Whey is healthy for you, but I think it tastes awful.
I'd personally prefer a normal glass (not a 20 oz, just a 6 or 8 oz) of juice.
Maybe he can virtually plate a fruit?
Good luck!

Debs

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Sorry you feel blechy.. LOL That's actually a good thing, because if you didn't feel that way, you'd just let yourself continue to eat this way always. At least you know you don't like that bad overfull feeling. Good feedback I'd say :) Try not to think about "getting through to next week" because t...

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Hi Phosphorous :) Glad to hear the glass of milk did the trick.. Juice is more readily available probably.. Being a mom you must have those juice boxes! LOL Anyway. The main goal here is to become accountable without too much attention or difficulty for the amount we eat. Big difference between a fe...

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Thank you very much Joelle

Hope you have a great day too!
Love

Debs

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Yay!!! Weight starting to go down!!! A pleasant surprise, but even more pleasant was that it accompanied my good behaviours the last few days which I am very proud of! I have now got a "default" walk I do, which does have a bit of hill climbing here and there, but mostly just pleasant strolling arou...

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ps. Belated Happy Birthday to your "Big" girl!

Hope she had a great day!

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I'm so sorry you aren't feeling well Rein! I hope you feel better soon~ For allergies, I discovered the absolute best over the counter med around a few years ago, when I thought I had pneumonia, and it turned out to be bad nasal allergies.. Get your hands on some Alavert. It's a little pricey, at ar...

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Okay I'm really glad about this so wanted to put a quick post. I got in my walk for two days in a row finally, and it was very healing! I want very much, to make this an everyday thing! Probably should post on Urban ranger but I'm sticking to one thread for my updates, for now. I'm not sure how many...

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Good luck Connorcream!

Bless

Debs

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Wow Dawn, great post!! All great advice!! As for me, it took me a whole year to lose 17 lbs the first year I was on NoS, and that was with moderate exercise, but about a 75% success rate. It's easy for people to get frustrated when they go from a traditional "crash" diet, to NoS, because they simply...

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Great news!!!
Congratulations

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That's excellent!!! Great news!!! Earth shattering is far less impressive than *maintainable* in my opinion. Not gaining during vacation is fantastic! Don't sweat the S days. Would you really rather give them up for faster weight loss with more deprivation??? You're doing great! I'm also impressed y...

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Wow! I congratulate you for not having chocolate and cheesecake too!!! Man that sounds so tempting! And about congratulating yourself about it later, thats not weird to do that at all :) I avoided buying some sweets today which were staring me in the face, and talked myself out of it, and then also ...

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Thank you very much Melissa!

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Hi and welcome :) Wow that does sound really frustrating! But congratulations on going for 4 weeks without failures! That's awesome!! And your S days don't sound bad at all, in fact I'd say they are very moderate so far. I'd say see if adding in exercise will help?? Not sure if you are doing some al...

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Hahah!! Problem with Zeul is he was in there raiding the fridge at same time as me Reinhard and would often pass me a sandwich ;) LOL Thank you very much LA and Jo! I didn't really quote the mind trick thing perfectly, but what it means is, to think of that "unpleasant" feeling of hunger, as being a...

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Too happy about this to post it only on my checkin! :D I have been struggling with night time eating since *forever*!! That has always been my biggest problem with being successful with NoS. During the day I never have the temptation to snack. This month I have had many red days, but they were for t...

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Kudos to you for this thread Vicki :) Really what is the point of trying to lie to ourselves anyway?? Keep on plugging and you will get there! That will feel so much more excellent than making excuses etc.. I was almost able to call yesterday a success myself, and then in the middle of the night I h...

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Okay well today is officially next week! hahah :) Back sooner than anticipated. Just wanted to say I'm doing well and feel very confident this will be a good week! *Totally* got all S'ssing out of my system over the weekend! LOL :) Even threw out half of a chocolate milkshake I had yesterday after h...

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Congratulations Lion Heart!
Bless

Debs

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Hi Hungry girl :) That breakfast sounds pretty good and similar to what I would have. Maybe as an extra suggestion (if not already suggested here) add an egg or a little cheese or nuts for some protein. Even though it may seem filling your breakfast is almost all carbs besides the milk, so some prot...

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They really encapsulated the beauty of Reinhards work very nicely.
Good find Storm

Hope you have been well.
Peace,
Debs

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Hi Mel. Good luck to you.
What is an "Oat cake" anyway?
Do you make it yourself?
I love oatmeal. This might be nice to try.
Sounds like you eat very healthily

Peace,
Debs

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Yes, Tanita.. I was gonna write that earlier but couldn't remember the name.
Good luck
Debs

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Hi Mactomato

That's great you are enjoying and feeling positive about doing NoS!
Good luck.
ps.. the Nigella Lawson recipe sounds yum!
Peace

Debs

gratefuldeb67

Haha you guys are cute

Hope you both reach your goals and become content winners!
Peace

Debs

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Okay what was I *thinking* saying I'm not having an S today?? LOL I'll just keep plugging along pushing for Green during the week. Haagen Daaz awaits. (But today was really good so I am still proud of myself!) See you next week all. I'm just going to be ticking off days on HabitCal unless I have som...

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You're doing great Joelle

Good work!
Peace,

Debs

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Excellent news OG

I like taking S days with my Son Richie from Friday evening through early Sunday.
Mainly, just be consistent so you can build a habit.
Good luck with your business!
Peace,

Debs

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Man I totally blew it yesterday. I have pms and caved into my cravings. But I did great today with NoS. I've just had dinner, and I'm psyching myself up to stay away from the kitchen for the rest of the evening, unless it's for some tea. Even though it's Saturday, I'm gonna put a green box because I...

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That sounds like a major victory!
Wish there was a "thumbs up" smiley to put here

Hope you are enjoying your weekend Charis

Debs

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Good for you LA Loser

That seems like a very sane and enjoyable structure.

Debs

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You look like you know how to cook Blueskighs :) The Blog is cool. And congrats on maintaining your loss. You seem to be not very overweight, so don't fret if you plateau sometimes. Not gaining is so great. People put so much emphasis on losing weight, but really it's equally, if not more difficult ...

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Hi Brightangel :) Although I couldn't and wouldn't want to personally do calorie counting all the time, I do feel it's very good to *not* be in the dark about how much something really is. Went to Mc Donalds tonight with Richard. We usually have fast food about once to twice a week. Well I am pretty...

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Thank you very much Rein! Nice to hear from you and hope you are wonderful ;) Although I have actually had a few failures since that green, (the old chestnut demon of eating in middle of night!!! ARRRGGGHH! hate that one!!!) I still feel I'm now back on track, simply because I am trying. And yes the...

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Thank you Crazy Cat Lady!
Love your name btw!
Haha

Have a good week.
Bless

Debs

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Thanks 3aday

Much appreciated.
Nice to be back again!
Hope you're well

Bless
Debs

gratefuldeb67

Well after seeing nothing but Red days on my Urban Ranger/Exercise HabitCal, for weeks, it's very Spiritually uplifting, and a relief to finally see a Green day!

Debs

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Thank you Blueskighs

Positive vibes to you.
I just came back from a good walk. Recommitting to exercise and not eating at night are the two factors in my success with NoS.
I am 41 years old now and when sedentary I burn *zero* percent of what I eat!
LOL

Debs

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Hi Reinhard and NoS friends. As much as I am pretty upset by my current body size, I am about to take a side view, full body pic to serve as my new "Before". Every pic I have posted of myself for the last few years has been just my face, because I have been, basically trying to hide my body. I am re...

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Thank you so much Dru. I was very close with him. Actually the day he passed away, he came to me in my dreams to say goodbye about four hours before :) I miss him tho. But I know he is not suffering here anymore and with God. I agree. We feel good when we try our best to take care of ourselves and I...

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Thank you KCCC ;) Much appreciated. I will check that out. I'll make sure to skip the (apparently) boring intro?? LOL This is a great place for support and for a long time it was almost a second home for me! So it's nice to come back. Tomorrow I will do some exercise. NoS has gone well today. Hope y...

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Hi Dru! :mrgreen: I have been in a pretty bad depression for the past year. My Dad passed away a little over a year ago, and I ended up moving back in with my Mom and we have had a very tense relationship in recent years. Been non stop looking for work. I just kinda dropped everything a year ago. :(...

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You guys are so good :oops: I've loaded a lot of sixties rock onto my little mp player that hangs around my neck and I lock my study door at 5.30am and dance wildly around for twenty minutes every morning. DH is stil asleep and not there to laugh at me. However I have just got Leslie Sansone's Walk...

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Bright Angel

Do what works for you.
Just do your thing.
You are making choices for yourself.
Changing life long bad habits is so so difficult.
I'm glad you have found a system that works for you.
Blessings

Debs

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Thank you very much Charis, for your kind words :) Much appreciated~ To be honest, I'm just tryin to stay level these days. Starting fresh this week and today going well so far. Weighed in fresh and will do again next Monday. Focusing on sticking, to the letter, to the rules ;) I feel optimistic and...

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Oh My Gosh - I just re-read my entire thread and realized that I No-Sed for about 10 months without a failure. :o I really re-motivated myself. (And, I actually found myself pretty amusing?!) I can do this! It's not unrealistic to aim for 365 days after all! I forgot that I fit into my 501's. :shoc...

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Hi History Teacher. Sorry for the frustration! I personally find that NoS only works for me in losing weight, vs maintaining, if I add in regular exercise. Great to hear your husband is being so supportive. I also find that if I eat very processed foods high in salt, I can go up 3 lbs in one day. Yo...

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No, I'd say you aren't missing anything. NoS really isn't for everyone. It takes real commitment and it either resonates as right for you or not. Obviously they didn't feel they'd be able to do it, but let's face it, this is not a diet that people will jump on the bandwagon just because of some fluf...

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Sounds great Rein!
I enjoyed hearing you

I'm gonna restart habitcal today.
Thanks for the continued support and inspiration!
Love

Deb

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Haha!!!! Awesome!!!! Great to get exposure Reinhard!! :D Congratulations!!!! I really wish that dietician hadn't misrepresented what NoS is really about when she said the thing about restricting during the week and then *splurging* on the weekends, but oh well, let the real NoS audience make up thei...

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Great job Lori! Good luck with everything!! Your arms will adapt. The first few days are killer, but it's better as you go

Peace and Love,

Debs

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Thanks Flunshine! Last week was a complete and utter failure in all ways!! My searching for work and fighting with my mother got so bad, and nothing seemed to matter. Also, the weather, up till yesterday, kinda plummeted into a wet and yucky low sixties kind of week, so I didn't do my walking. I jus...

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Hi Organic, no I think all this means as his personal beauty"criteria" is that the IQ should be bigger than the waist, bust, and hips combined.

LOL

Thanks Noel!
Cute

Peace and Love
Debs

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For the past week, with my period, I went up to 225 lbs, and felt so awful from that bit of gain.. it felt like 10 lbs to be honest. God I'll be so glad when my periods stop.. It's probably gonna be a few years, as I'm just turning 41 this June, but my mom said she had early menopause and I'm hoping...

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Hi Laff thanks for writing! Hope all is going well up in the Great White North! Yes, thank you Richie is well! Not so young now! Just turned 12 in March :) Right now our issues are really the same as when we began in 2005.. His thing was over sweeting.. So yeah it's a day to day battle, and its actu...

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Hahah! I couldn't resist a title like that! So decided to make a thread instead of just posting on my own checkin (which is buried around here somewhere in the sea of new NoS disciples!!) Okay, I am not into bondage or anything, haha.. The "M" is for MILK products! LOL :) Although I am definitely no...

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Looking forward to listening later tonight Rein.. Its too nice out now so I'm getting out for some much needed sun.
Hope you are well and will drop back in when I check it.
Love
Debs x

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Just for the record I still am having a tough time keeping from eating late at night!!! I had a successful day all day yesterday and then by after midnight I just went and messed it all up. So writing this here to hopefully nip this in the bud and not let myself just slide into complacency.. I have ...

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Hahaha!! Love it!

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Good for you!! No its not always a "snap".. It takes a lot of discipline. You are doing the work here, not a pill or anything. But I'm sure even tho its not a snap immediately, you must feel great that you are finally eating like a normal person and working on kicking some very old bad habits, and f...

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Seems like a very healthy meal to me.
I wouldn't worry. Again like 3 a day mentioned,, he's not eating donuts.
NoS is not the dreaded "Low carb" diet, so just look for the real sweets..
Candy, soda, chocolate cheesecake, etc..
Peace and love
Debs

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Okay, started HabitCal for May. Not that anyone is actually gonna go look and read my HabitCal, but just wanted to explain what they represent. For exercise, what I am doing is simultaneously having 14 mins a day, and Urban Ranger to track my exercise. But I am not actually doing Urban Ranger *plus*...

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Hah! Blondie! Thanks for the hug! Needed that :wink: Okay nice first day people Yesterday was a NoS Success, albeit I did eat quite a big dinner cos went out with Richie and had a caesar (how the heck is that spelled! LOL) salad along with my main dish.. I really should say its a failure but given m...

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Wow I can understand your discouragement. Have you truly been strict with the three meals a day? Are you exercising at all? Do you drink any water?? This seems very unusual if the answers to those questions (particularly the first one) is yes. I know nothing about you, so hard to make an assessment....

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Hi friends! New week and new beginning. Sometimes it takes getting to rock bottom to kick yourself into gear. I'd say that I'm almost there these days. :cry: I could go into all the background on why I feel this way but at the risk of just making myself feel even worse, I won't do that. Instead I wi...

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I think I may go back to posting here a little more, to keep myself focused.
Just been so down and stuff.
Habit cal is good to help but I like the interactive nature of the threads, so I'll be goin back to posting SUCCESS and FAILURE days here again.
Love
Debs

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Wow I really been falling off the wagon these days. Just wanted to take a moment and document that. Not surprisingly, its related to the fact that I had a big disappointment with my previously mentioned romantic interest. Arrgh evening eating and over eating has started to creep in. Gonna try really...

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Noturningback wrote:You are my Jedi Master!

Thanks for the reminder.

~Danielle

hahah!!
Funny!
LOL

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lmt2pt wrote:You are wise

Ditto!

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Hi :) I'd say no food should be thought of as "forbidden". This only perpetuates that whole "cheating" guilt vicious cycle.. Try to think about changing your mindset to enjoy all foods within moderation. NoS doesn't forbid anything.. It only asks that you control your impulse to eat sweets and snack...

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Hi! I'd say if they are made with a corn syrup based sauce, and you have more than a few tablespoons of it, I'd count that as an S.

Peace and Love
Debs

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