Everyday Systems

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How fun! A comedy show! I'd like to do that for my birthday (coming up in October). Plus, you got your walk in - excellent!

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Wednesday, September 25 120.0 FBG: 95 Morning BP: 111/60 Pulse: 64 Eating B: coffee w/half&half, walnuts L: yogurt w/berries 1 cup bone broth D: lost my appetite when HappyHerder got suddenly sick. I was suddenly filled with fears, sadness, and anger over dealing with his repeated illnesses. He see...

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Oh, my. First week back schedule "discombobulation". I so know that feeling.

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Alene - the Breaking up with Binge Eating program sounds like a fantastic support program! Good for you to find something like that and be proactive.

Good luck with remaining calm amidst the chaos of the beginning days! Bravo for planning your snacks & meals for tomorrow. Let us know how it goes.

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Hi Oolala! Resilient is an audiobook. Tuesday, Sept 24 120.0 Eating B: coffee w/half&half L: yogurt w/berries 1 cup bone broth D: fish and deviled eggs Moving hang on bar/pull-ups (set up pull-up bar in my office doorway. Great fun for all my coworkers, too! swimming w/Creator walk/jog w/HappyHerder...

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Thanks Linda! I really like my hair! Monday, September 23 120.4 FBG: 108 Eating B: coffee w/cream 1 cup bone broth L: yogurt w/berries D: (will be) fish and salad Moving Not much today. I did do Nutritious Movement alignment video. I hung from bar. I moved every hour. But I have a headache that make...

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What a lovely day with your daughters! I love it! An art museum, ahhhhh yes. Plus tickets to the musical? Hurrah!!! One of (everyone's) favorites, yes?!!!!

I was thinking I'd like to go to the ballet in Seattle.....

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Oolala - you may like the Nutritious Movement series I've been doing. Not as elegant-looking as yoga, but I prefer the focus on one or two joints at a time. I get overwhelmed with yoga and trying to have perfect alignment in like 5 joint planes at once.

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Minimizer - I hope Monday goes OK. Sometimes I use this at work when I get triggered: S - stop T - take a few breaths O - observe what's happening in my body P - practice identifying, naming, and riding out the feeling The problem is this process takes me a long time, but I still find it useful and ...

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That's so cool that you are once again finding some really good fun in the cooking arena. Lucky Doc! :-) Re: your friend's vm about being a good mom.... yes! You are amazing and a role model to all of us on the forum. I bet you are going to be a rock-it grandma, too. Outta this world. And sorry that...

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Bravo, bravo, your post is so powerful!!!!!! Yay Sharon, whoop-whoop for joyful moderation!

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Good luck with your mod this week!

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Thanks Linda! My gray is pretty wild!! I am way more gray than I had even realized! My family and friends are most shocked by the short length, I think - I practically got a buzz cut. Remind me to never tell a young mother "enjoy this time - it goes so fast!" maybe I could just tell people that thei...

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Hey Sinnie - so sorry about the hubby thing. That sort of situation is like a dagger in my heart. Over years (of therapy, I kid you not) I have made progress in recognizing that my husband's behavior is really HIS issue, not mine. That takes such a burden off my shoulders. But I know it's still hard...

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I want to eat in a way that brings me the the most joy with the least restriction needed for health and well being. Bravo!!! Also, I am in Washington state too. :-) And a teacher, although I teach adults. Preschoolers give me panic attacks. :lol: Oh, and I just got a Versa 2 fitbit and it is lighti...

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Thursday, Sept. 19 120.6 7am FBG: 101 Morning BP: 103/67 Eating B: coffee w/half&half and milk 1 cup bone broth L: yogurt w/berries (at work potluck) D: roast beef sandwich decaf coffee w/half&half Moving Hung on bar Nutritious movement exercises walk/jog after meals 15K steps Cleaning - been keepi...

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Twins are pretty much always "behind", although I don't put much stock in that idea. They'll mature on their own terms, and you are providing a loving, enriched environment. It'll all be fine!!!!! I promise! As far as reading, my two cents is just read to them! Read to them as much as you can, and a...

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I love Soprano's suggestion of finding meals you really love. I think that is absolutely key to sustainability.
Also, the 4 meals a day is a great focus. Consistency in the meal times and content is so useful for habit-building.

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This is so excellent! What a refreshing post! Go Octavia!

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Wednesday, September 18 121.6 FBG: 88 morning BP: 114/69 Pulse: 67 Eating B: coffee w/half&half, bone broth, handful of walnuts & a bite of yogurt L: yogurt w/berries (2 hours post meal - 114) decaf coffee w/half&half D: steak + green beans (pre - meal 105) decaf coffee w/half&half Moving Hanging f...

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You don't have TIME for any follow-through! Sheesh, all that driving around with the kiddos and basically holding down the fort because Doc is gone a lot. Good for you for all these proactive steps - Wellbutrin, the psychiatrist, the online counselors (and good for firing the ones that aren't a good...

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Sinnie - this is such a happy posting! So glad that you are finding your NoS groove with these meals times.
How old are all your beauties now?

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Hi Alene! What a pretty name you have! I look forward to reading about your journey. Food is all about our insides, ya know? It is so not just a superficial thing to our lives.

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not shaking red pens or heads!!! I am amazed that you can type all that on your phone at all. When I only have my phone, I either don't check in at all or put very limited stuff.

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Jen and Linda - I am not alone! :-) Thank you for both validating my frustrations. Our shared humanity makes it so much easier for me to do the work now. That is pretty cool! I'll be chuckling while I pack. 2 days until gray hair reveal. :shock: update - just for fun today I chopped 6 inches off my ...

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Yay, a blood sugar testing friend!

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bwahahaha, if I had a cupboard made out of chocolate I would want to eat it, too!!!

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I have always been a strictly morning walker (and more recently, jogger), but something changed for me this summer. It was a combination of two things: 1) really really loving using my morning time for more journaling and thinking and researching; and 2) finding that for me, morning exercise RAISES ...

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Thank you Soprano! Sexy and I really are doing the best we can, but we are not perfect, our kids are not perfect, their teachers are not perfect, their friends are not perfect, their friends' parents are not perfect, their coaches are not perfect. Hun, you'd almost think that nobody's perfect and we...

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Hi Linda! I love that list you made for yourself. What I see from that list is that - a) you want to practice more self-compassion and take care of your body for your own self, not for others; and b) you want to take the things about fasting that have worked for you and find a way to take a break fr...

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Not sure how the ice cream social thing went - but I can promise you that if I order something sugar-free, my kids go right ahead and order whatever they want.

maybe teenage girls are a little more impressionable, though.

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Soprano - thanks for always being supportive and accepting me despite my flaws! And the bedroom - sheesh, yes, need to fix this fast. Pinkie - thank you for sharing so much! I love what you said about aging - about your struggle and your growth in that area. I want to be like you! Re: food - I love ...

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Saturday, September 14 122.2 FBG: 97 Morning BP: 123/72 Eating B: coffee w/milk, handful of walnuts 1 cup broth L: yogurt w/banana slices coffee w/milk D: salmon & green beans dessert: keto pecan ice cream 1 cup broth Moving Pretty low key. Did some yard work and joined a subscription service calle...

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Hi Dalia!

I hope your upcoming week is full of green!

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Lizzy - I know we can grow from this discomfort and come out stronger for it. I already feel so much different than even 6 months ago. And interestingly, NoS has been my partner all along this long route. It provides the routine, the habits that allow me to eat food without spending excessive energy...

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Nice green day there!

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Hi Haley! Welcome to the forum! Please be gentle with yourself! I get this sense that you are really good at the grin and bear it routine of motherhood! Eek! I went crazy on an annual basis when my kids were toddlers. :-) I'm totally serious. I'd book a cheap hotel and leave town for 1 or 2 nights. ...

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Thank goodness you got good apples this time!

I made spinach ravioli for Creator!

I get it at Costco. Definitely no homemade sauce though - I just dump olive oil and parmesan cheese on there. I'm sure your homemade sauce must have been delicious and healthy!

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Hang in there! One more day!

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Candace! It's amazing how this discussion gets people going. I was totally in your camp as recently as my last hair appt (about not being ready to embrace my gray). I'm not really sure what's come over me. I get it that my decision is not for everybody (and maybe it's not even for me), but seriously...

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Hi there Who's!
I totally am there with you on the walking. Whenever I stick with it (lots of it daily), my weight is much easier to maintain. And HappyHerder is a HappyCamper.

Glad to hear the spots are not serious, and that the elbow is feeling a bit better.

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Oh, minimizer, sorry to hear that the family stressors continue. And controlling our eating is HARD to do when we are stressed! That is the easiest and first thing to often go in our routines. We lose our self-care and aren't always as gentle with ourselves as we really need. Please feel free to sha...

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whoop-woop on lots of steps! The intensity of the political lifestyle must really take a toll on you and your friends. Please do continue to keep self-care in mind. I know you do your best already to balance self-care and everything else, but I just want to encourage you to continue to keep aiming f...

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This grey hair thing is so controversial! I've been reading a bit about it and I realize I'm making quite a statement (whether I mean to or not) by forging this path. Pixie - I am not into maintenance either! I think, like Octavia said, it feels freeing for me to try this route. And right - I can al...

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Octavia - agree on all points. I feel so tired suddenly thinking about parenting. I've tried so hard, and then sometimes I get this overwhelm of fear that now I've just allowed these children to run wild. Sigh. Not really in the mental space to think about this today. So restless. This was a common ...

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Gross! I totally have had that issue lately with apples (mostly I notice it when cutting them for my kids). Boom. I get it now. No more eating apples in the summer! Yick!

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you are a sugar-free flyingpig!

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An F and a T are very different people, right Pinkie!? As a newly certain "F", I am right there with you in the importance of this distinction! It's shocking that when I was 25, I was firmly coming out a "T" on that test, and now I am extreme on the "F". I think I molded myself into a T to fit my fa...

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Octavia! I prefer to call them "walk-jogs" -- haha! I've always thought of you as a sort of "mini-oolala" with your insightful thinking. And of course I've also thought of you as Bridget Jones with your wit, charm, honesty, and determination to fit into sexy skirts. You are quite the person. Awesome...

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Sunday, Sept. 8 121.4 Eating B: coffee w/half&half L: yogurt w/berries 1 cup bone broth D: giant salad w/cheese & egg dessert: keto bark + dark chocolate peanut butter (BG up to 123, then down to 100 after a nice walk) decaf coffee w/half&half X 2 Moving 14K steps is the goal walk/jog w/HappyHerder...

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Pinkie - hugs and lots of love sent your way. I can't imagine the agony your heart is in - and while you still have all the regular things of life (and your other kids) to take care of...... when a crisis occurs, it would be so nice if everything else could just "pause" so that you can attend solely...

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Oh gosh sorry I got mixed up about your type. INFP. :-) Growth mindset is really fun to talk about, especially in my teaching/learning setting. What you said about your 10-year old - that is such a hard balance! Being parents, we DO have to sacrifice our own desires many times in order to meet the n...

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Soprano - of course you know what I'll say, right? :mrgreen: I recommend you buy a blood glucose monitor and start experimenting. Mainly get your fasting blood glucose first thing in the morning - maybe every day for a week or every other day for 2 weeks. That should give you a good sense of that nu...

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my husband bought this new Dark chocolate peanut butter - a company called Fix and Fog. I haven't tried it yet but every time I see it in the pantry I think of my dear flyingpig.

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We are all tired after our first week of school.

THIS. THIS. THIS.

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Hi Ladybird! What in the world is the lurgy? Well, nevermind, I took the liberty of looking it up: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-dre1.htm Ha! And I was even pronouncing it wrong. INTJ :-) ? And Pinkhippie is INTP. And I am INFJ. Are we a forum of "INs"? Introverted Visionaries? Ha! And perhaps...

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Wooo-hooo! Must feel great!

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Pinkie - I'm sure I would love to hear you talk about your book! :-) Jen & Pinkie - I have just switched out my one long daily walk/jog (1hr+) for 3 shorter walk/jogs (morning, after lunch, and then after dinner). So not extra exercise, really - just tactically to regulate my blood sugar. My weight ...

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Thursday, Sept 5 121.2 Eating B: coffee w/milk, 1/4 cup walnuts, 1/4 cup yogurt L: yogurt w/berries decaf coffee w/milk before dinner D: salad + roast beef sandwich on keto bread (Sexy makes this) Moving walk/jog HappyHerder walk after lunch swim w/Creator (will) walk after dinner PersonalLearning ...

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Here they come!!!!!!!

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Your meals today sound yummy and nourishing. Hope they help get you feeling great again.

Nice work on all the exercise! But I know how your body can start to feel a little "overdone". It's so important to listen to that and rest, exactly as you did (sleep-wise and not running).

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Wednesday, Sept 4 122.2 FBG: 94 Eating B: coffee w/milk brunch: 1/4 cup walnuts, 1/4 cup yogurt lunch: yogurt w/berries dinner: salad w/ fried fish chicken bone broth Moving again, so heavy and tired this morning I didn't walk. I think weight-lifting is really taking it out of me. I'm listening to m...

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Good job to recognize that it's the long-time pattern that matters, not perfection in one day.

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My workplace is horrible for junk food temptations. On the bright side, it was so predictable that junk food appears that I was able to develop a pretty high tolerance to seeing it around. I don't even register it as "food" at this point, although it has been 6 years of learning to ignore it. My wor...

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honey, are you a teacher too?

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Hi April - I also wonder if maybe you could just tinker with what is on the plate nutrient-wise. I do best if there is lots of fat, decent protein, and enough carb for sweetness (for example, I have 2 cups of high-fat yogurt w/berries for lunch almost every day). This hits all the notes for me, fill...

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So true, honey! We can be awful to ourselves. Let's break that habit! Tuesday, September 3 122.8 Eating B: coffee w/half&half, walnuts, part of yogurt L: yogurt w/berries D: salad w/blue cheese, egg, and bacon; fried tilapia decaf coffee Moving Woke up heavy, tired, groggy. Thought maybe my body nee...

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Very glad to hear that your dizziness hasn't been as frequent. Great news!

Such a bummer about your foot, but you did awesome to find a way to be active anyway.

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Monday, Sept 2 123.0 FBG: 95 morning BP: 101/68 Eating B: decaf coffee w/half&half, 1 cup salty lemon water, 1 cup coffee w/half&half, 1/4 cup walnuts & 3/4 cup yogurt w/berries L: 1.25 cups yogurt w/berries 1 cup decaf coffee w/half&half D: salad w/olive oil & vinegar; roasted radishes, and salmon ...

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Hi Lizzy! Those goals sound really good for self-care. Nourishing for your body and your spirit.
Glad to see you on the boards again.

Happy September!

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Sunday, September 1 122.2 BG: 100 (today I went back through my journal and found fasting blood sugars routinely in the mid-70's to mid-80's EATING THE SAME DIET). This was around 8 months ago. The ONLY difference I can find was the amount of alcohol. :shock: So, if assume that alcohol lowers my fa...

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Saturday, Aug 31 S Day! :-) Which means "keto desserts" for a prediabetic, haha But still exciting 121.6 FBG: 97 BP: 109/67 Interestingly, I was reading some articles about salt deficiencies and learned that most people do NOT get noticeably hypotensive when they don't have enough salt. Their stress...

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Your oven broke? That would definitely be hard to keep green, especially in these early days reestablishing habit! So sorry - what's the timeline for getting oven fixed/buying a new one?

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I hope you also have a rip-roaring good time!!! This sounds like a special vacation and worth enjoying fully!

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Friday, August 30 121.6 FBG: 102 Morning BP: 103/69 Eating B: coffee w/half&half, 1/4 cup of walnuts, 1 cup bone broth L: yogurt w/berries (BG 2 hours post-lunch was 105! That's great!) D: 1 cup broth, leftover milanese chicken, kale salad, and some leftover steak, one plum notably - Sexy gone toni...

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Wow, very inspiring post, Octavia.

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LOL, Octavia, me too!! I was laying there thinking, "Why did I lay down right in everyone's way? I should have laid down off to the side of the aisle.... "

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Ironically I am more active and probably more healthy than I have been in years. This is what really really matters. If we don't feel good about ourselves, it's harder to stick with any health-efforts. The scale is only one measure of our overall health. I'm so proud of you for your focus and your ...

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Thanks Pinkie. I feel perfectly fine now; in fact, I felt perfect by a couple hours after having the broth. Lesson learned.....! Yeah, the butt bruise is painful and this morning I woke up with a stiff neck, a little bit of whiplash I suspect. Thursday, August 29 121.4 BP: 103/47 had broth right aft...

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Hi honey! Welcome back on the boards.

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I wouldn't be at all surprised if, for the most part, you continue this better relationship with food. It does take some effort (like any relationship) but you have been working these habits for a significant amount of time. After about this amount of time on NoS, I knew the principles were with me ...

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Good idea about the sugar-free evening treat!

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Lots of love to you, Linda. Take care. I will miss you but very much understand that a break could be really good for you - just what you need.

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Wednesday, August 28 121.6 Eating B: coffee w/cream Um, so I passed out for a few seconds this morning, about 11am. Low blood pressure. Some kind strangers gave me a few saltines and a little apple juice. Think I'm needing to remember to include more sodium in my diet. I had gotten lax about that, ...

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omg we are all so human! It sucks and it is amazing, all at the same time. Anyway, as far as beautifying yourself goes - I wanted to reply "just do what feels good" - but then I wondered if perhaps what feels good momentarily is actually making you feel not-good longer term. So yeah, I see your dile...

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My kids started back too! It's crazy how the schedule suddenly becomes uber-intense for a bit.

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Octavia! Isn't it crazy how we can feel hatred toward someone we love? That is so hard for us to reconcile (even as adults) - I imagine that could be completely scary to a kid. I, Mammal! I love that title too! I will look it up, although I'm finally back to work and my summer reading is sadly becom...

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Hi Sharon! So lovely to see your check-in and all the good things going on for you. Such peace you are exuding!
Take care and thanks for the update!

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Galloping through self-help articles! ha! That is SOOOO me!

And I absolutely believe that over-eating and over-drinking can be just two different methods to serve the same purpose - numbing out emotions.

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Holy crap, that is amazing! Yay for you Jen! That is truly significant - so happy for you!

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Pinkhippie! You inspired me to take that personality test! And guess what?! We are similar! I came out INFJ. It warms my heart that you could relate to my post. I feel vulnerable when I post so much about myself, and your validation really felt special. Thanks! And I'm not surprised your 16 year old...

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Definitely no judgement. Everybody here is different and we have to find what works for us - what tastes good, what is sustainable, what fits with our principles, our time, our budget, our family situation, on and on.
You go girl - do what is right for you.

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Oh, I'm sorry to hear about this. You haven't been feeling well, then you end up gaining weight, too. That is not fair! I hope you are feeling better and I love your confident tone at the end that you will find your groove again soon. You will! But I'm so glad you stopped by your thread to let us kn...

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Hi Ladybird! Your check-in looks nice, glad things are going well. Keep up the great habits!

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What a nice S Day! I like how you really thought about what your body needed and took care of yourself. I know you had said earlier that your dizzy/lightheadness was related to needing glasses, but did you ever double-check about hypoglycemia? It would be nice if you could get to the bottom of that ...

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Oh, my. Looking at old photos is definitely no small undertaking! I often cry and then feel exhausted after such an endeavor.
I love this sentence best though -

that awkward little girl and then that beautiful young woman who had no clue how beautiful she was

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Thanks Linda. I really AM making progress, which is so surprising at my age. Haha. Seriously, though, I didn't expect to make such big shifts in my feelings of connection with my kids just from these new (to me) techniques. It's lifted me from a kind of resigned feeling that I'm messing my kids up t...

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No S Diet Year 6 - The Year I Quit Drinking Quick Stats Female 5’2’’ 42 years old Married, mom to 2 boys (ages 13 and 10) Year 6 starting weight: 134/BMI 24.5 Year 6 ending weight: 122.8 (this morning’s weight)/BMI 22.5 Body Fat % - roughly 25% (based off calipers and scale) This year I continued t...

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Whoop-whoop for 149!

I bet you felt a bit giddy when you saw that number.

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Pinkie - I teach Biology classes! Mostly Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, General Biology. And I LOVE them all - so much fun. My students tend to be quite interested in learning, too, which is great. Candace - You had me laughing when I read your post. It is true that the #1 narcissitic trait is ...

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