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Hi Chanda! I describe my way of eating as "moderated carbs". :-) Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with prediabetes over a year ago. I made initial attempts to get rid of processed foods (so eating lots of "healthy whole-grains"), and lost maybe 2 or 3 pounds and saw no improvements in my blood sugars....

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Easter. Hmmm. I guess I need to buy some candy for the kids' baskets. Thanks for the reminder! For me? My goal will be to encourage my kids to eat all their candy as fast as possible so it's not around to tempt me anymore. I think most of their candy is gross, and end up wondering why I ate crappy S...

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The only S I can remember is "sustainable" which is the most overused word (next to "outraged") in the English language right now. omg yes. Although omg is also overused, I find it appropriate to express my absolute and total agreement. I work at a college so you can imagine I hear those words abou...

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Friday, April 19

122.2

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: (will be) yogurt w/berries
D: beef bowl salad (spaghetti for kids)

Drinking
Mod Day

Moving
walk/jog w/HappyHerder

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I sure do have a name - Live Wire. :-) About the alfredo pasta, that was absolutely one of my trigger foods. I gave up pasta last summer and somehow have never looked back. It was the type of food that I could eat FOREVER and never stop, and yet I never ever crave it (lucky). In fact, I still make s...

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Thursday, April 18 122.4 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries mid-afternoon: latte D: pork loin wrapped in bacon Drinking ABS Day - Fail. Moving Walk/jog with HappyHerder (only 20 min) Spending Had to buy root spray, and also tonight buying new spikes for Challenger's track shoes.

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Lots of great musings here, as usual.

I sure like the way you think, Octavia.

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My goodness, that is pretty awesome that you managed to find your old thread and start using it again! So neat! Glad to see you posting.

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Tomorrow is a new N Day!

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LOL happy (almost forgotten) anniversary!

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pizza with a lot of veggies on it, it's pretty good. Add a salad

Um. That does not sound satisfying to me! I'd want a real pizza after that.

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Hi Chanda! I'm a little late to one of your posts - about the missing breakfast and then combining breakfast & lunch - I sort of do that. For "breakfast" I just have 2-3 cups of coffee with a delicious local grass-fed milk (did I mention it's delicious?). So that's some decent nutrition right there....

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Isn't is just too cruel that pizza is calorically massive and appetite totally unsatisfying.

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Hi Nettee!! Welcome back!

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Hope you feel better soon! Hugs!

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Chanda - working close to home, liking the people you work with, low stress - sounds like a recipe for long life. Or at least some delicious donuts? :mrgreen: Octavia - your daughter is so special. And I bet you and her really laugh together and enjoy your time together (not always, of course- but m...

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Chanda - what do you do now? Are you are a nurse? Liveitup - so true. :-) Monday, April 15 123.4? Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: mahi mahi w/green beans and a couple cups of milk Moving HappyHerder and I went on our first regular walk since his relapse! Very happy about that. He seem...

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Dandelion, you rock. Thanks for keeping us all focused on the people we love - our ultimate motivation for being healthy.

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Well! You only wanted to hear from Reinhard and Oolala? Ouch. :roll: :lol: :mrgreen: Anyway, I will answer your question - you can choose whatever foods you want for your 3 meals a day! People on here choose vegetarian, they choose omnivore, some avoid dairy, some avoid eggs, some avoid alcohol. I d...

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Sunday, April 14 Eating B: coffee w/milk, bacon & eggs L: vanilla ice cream D: steak + tortilla chips w/guac dessert: vanilla ice cream. I had that ice cream cookie last night and it was really not very satisfying. I could "taste" the "processing" in the cookie part, lol. So I want to remember that...

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Yikes! Freshly made donuts! Available on an S Day? There's no way I could turn one of those down!

But I hope you have a great day!

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I lost a couple more pounds when I firmly started sticking to my alcohol limits. I'm not sure if it was simply the extra calories of wine, or if, as I've read, alcohol can sort of make the metabolism a bit stickier, probably by making the liver a bit off its game.

Anyway, good for you.

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Almost no fruit or veg today :oops: We'll count the spinach in the pasta. :wink: But it's Friday, it's not worth ruining a green week now. Good for you! I had a similar victory last night. My husband ordered my FAVORITE kind of pizza for the family, and I stuck with my fried chicken and tortilla ch...

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I mean - it's not like you get to go to Hawaii very often! It'll be OK, you'll get back in the saddle soon.

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Welcome back!

You should see my full-fat dairy selection. I consider myself a bit of a dairy connoisseur, and I have a thing for dairy cows.

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I think the whole work stress and thinking about starting freelancing could explain that you are feeling a bit down. I also find I need outside time, preferably in a wooded area, although a nice suburban neighborhood when no one else is around is quite peaceful for me. I have little sections of the ...

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I had fried chicken last night. :-) But I get what you mean about the mashed potatoes. They make me gain weight, no doubt about it. I don't know if I'll ever know if it's because once I start eating them, I NEVER want to stop. Or if it really is because I have a massive glucose/insulin spike to them...

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Wow! A "roaring" success? Now that's a cool N Day.

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Thanks for stopping by Tex! Saturday, April 13 122.0 S Day! Eating : B: coffee w/milk, and I hear Sexy might make us a big breakfast - yup, we had bacon, eggs & hashbrowns L: dessert for lunch! - vanilla ice cream D: chicken fried chicken, tortilla chips w/guac dessert: ice cream cookie Drinking Abs...

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Thanks for your update, Tex! And although I didn't buy the book, I read a couple of her blog posts about the Alzheimer's Antidote. Very interesting! You know I love stuff like that. Also, curious about the difficulty level of total grain-free. I like to say I "minimize" grains, which in practice mea...

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Friday, April 12

121.6? I can't remember

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: yogurt w/berries
D: 2 pieces fried chicken + bowl of tortilla chips & guacamole

Drinking
Mod Day

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Thursday, April 11

121.8

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: yogurt w/berries
D: hamburger w/cheese, bacon, onion, tomato, pickle, guacamole - for some reason this was a magnificent-tasting meal.

Drinking
Abs Day - Fail.

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I took the quiz!
Food Reward - still green but lowest of the greens.
Stress - RED (shocker, just kidding, I know this is my food nemesis)

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eeek.

My sister (who is a nurse and lives in the same town as my mom) has been saying for years that she thinks my mom has memory issues. I have remained in denial, but your post has got me thinking more realistically about it.

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(no cheese

Oh, the cheese. Love the cheese.

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Wednesday, April 10 122.2 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: Steak Cobb Salad + 1 chicken wing Drinking Mod Day Moving Went on a fairly short walk with HappyHerder. His joint pain seems resolved, but he is on high dose steroids so I don't want to push it. Spending Date Night & buying a ...

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Hi Sinnie!
Thanks for posting. We all just find what works for us and support one another here! Of course, I often offer unsolicited advice, lol.

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Thanks for the sympathies, liveitup and Soprano. It is tough to see my HappyHerder like this. Tuesday, April 9 122.8 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: (will be) tuna salad (will probably have) a cup of milk (may have if needed) a small bowl of ice cream - update - I did fine without it....

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Hang in there!

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Um, I had one of those Costco soft-serve things last weekend. And I adored it, although I did glance up and see the 440 cal.

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We're always here, and we are glad to see your post!

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Yay for you to make it to the holidays! I hope you really have time for some self-care and relaxation and pleasure.

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Monday, April 8 123.8 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: beef bowl (spaghetti for kids) dessert (planned): small bowl of ice cream. I'm needing the dopamine hit right now. Drinking Abs Day today and tomorrow Moving Sigh. We got about 5 minutes out and HappyHerder really couldn't walk any...

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Margot - his attitude in "Mother Land" was pretty whiny, I'd say. I kept going because one of the reviews suggested there was some redemption at the end. I hoped that meant he would change....but nope. Sunday, April 7 123.0 Dread overcomes me. The quarter starts tomorrow and I have bitten off far to...

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Nice to see you on the boards, Tracker!

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Enjoy your S Days!

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I will be the one to say just leave your poor S Day alone and don't make it an N Day. :-) I think moving them around and shifting the days makes the "fences" too blurry around the rules. And, probably already this has been discussed/suggested, but drink a nice cup of whole milk in the afternoon (or ...

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Soprano - It's probably relative, safety. I have read so many books about life in the middle ages that I can say life is MUCH safer now. :wink: And that's even if you were to control for infant mortality. Now, if we are comparing safety with 50 years ago, it's still safer, I think, although I don't ...

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Siggi's yogurt is one of my yogurts! Siggi's, Zoi, Grace Harbor, and Alexandre. I mix all 4 together for lunch every day.

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Are these the same people you walk with?
Ladybird, your social connections are AMAZING. You inspire me in so many ways to not give up on the time investment needed to foster friendships. When my kids move out, I don't want to have nobody to hang with.....

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I feel like I am one of the most selfish parents I know. I'm not just being self-deprecating; I really think this is true. I'm not saying I'm a monster. I know that for the most part my children are well-cared for, and I know all of you know I love them and want them to have rewarding, fun, and pass...

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I feel like I am one of those rare humans that always eats more in the spring and even in the summer. Like I said somewhere else, I see myself as a blundering bear that has come out of hibernation and instinctively wants to stuff her face and put on fat for 6 months. :shock: When I look at my weight...

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Thursday, April 4 123.2 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: (will be) yogurt w/berries D: (will be) salmon burgers Drinking Abs Day Moving Absolutely plan a nice walk at some point today. Spending No plans PersonalLearning I've been adding to my YouTube channel every day this week. Feels productive. :)

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Yes - Puggles so cute. But the more I ponder on the whole "second dog" question, I just find myself spinning in circles. I have anxiety about dogs biting neighborhood kids (our neighborhood is busting at the seams with little ones that love to come up and jump and hug dogs). My current dog is fine (...

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I am not going to be hard on myself here, because it is a direct result of being sick and having a period of low energy and not being able to do things. There is only so much of that I can take without succumbing to the short term fix. Yes. This is reality and why moderation over long periods of ti...

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For a long time my NoS signature was "NoS keeps me from gaining weight". And believe it or not, that was sufficiently feel-good for me for a long time!

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LOL.

Good one, E!

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Tuesday, April 2

123.0

Eating
B: coffee w/milk, 2 eggs if I get hungry
L: (will be) yogurt w/berries
D: (will be) steak + french fries for kids

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I watched that youtube video you posted and shared it with my dad.

He likes stuff like that.
That's not you, though, right? Different dogs, haha

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oooh, do tell!

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Monday, April Fools! 125.0 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: burgers -- finally -- third day in a row I've planned that and it still hasn't happened - yep, actually had them! I forgot the cheese (?) but they were still great - guacamole, bacon, tomato, onion, pickles. Moving 90 min wal...

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Hope your week goes well! You can use it as "data collection" to see how your mind and body respond to the moderation "requests" you are making.

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LOL - my husband says exactly the same thing about guac on eggs. Which are two things that separately he adores.

Have a great vacation!

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I definitely avoid snacking on S Days and I am glad for it. Makes life better for me. My weekends have sweets but the main thing that is super different about them is that the meals lack nutritional balance, haha. Like not much protein (uh-oh margot!), and mostly carbs, salt, and fat. :roll: Oops. B...

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Margot, how many languages can you speak and read?! Impressive lady!

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I am so in your spot right now. I have chosen not to fight, but to make my normal daily plans, and then if a fail happens, oh well. That is a different approach than to actually planning a WTH day (which I have most definitely done at times) and going out of my way to buy junk and have it around. It...

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Here I come in again after missing a boatload of comments. Not surprisingly, I found myself wanting to cut and paste a lot of Octavia's. Nothing stays the same, and maybe IF has morphed into something that you’ve had the wisdom to recognise is no longer working. Yes! Or even just a break after which...

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Friday was quite the fail. B: coffee w/milk, cappuccino at work L: yogurt w/berries D: cookie, ice cream cone, 2 pieces of leftover pizza Saturday, March 30 122.4 Eating B: coffee w/milk, hashbrowns, eggs, bacon L: tortilla chips & guacamole D: 1 cookie, 1 piece pizza, 1 bbq chicken wing Moving went...

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Welcome back! Now it's Thursday!

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glad to hear about your successful start! Welcome back!

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It's tempting to say "you're really stressed, just give up for now and come back to it when you're a bit more chill." But actually, that won't help. This is thought-provoking. On the one hand, I totally get that -- I almost wonder if it's a cyclical teacher thing we deal with. But even though I agr...

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Looks like you've had a great week!

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Very happy for your progress! In my opinion, don't worry about the exercise at this point. Willpower muscles are easily overworked and then they collapse in multiple areas. :-) Plus, I personally think focusing on eating habits is 80% of weight loss. Don't get me wrong - I think exercise and moving ...

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I did a "NoSpending" System for awhile. I literally didn't spend money Monday - Friday. All shopping on the weekends. Even online stuff. It was too hard to keep up with as the kids got more involved with school activities, but I still track my Spending. My loose goal is to shop only once a week. Any...

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Hello again - somehow I was replying to an earlier comment you had made when you were still trying to work the IF plan. Then I saw I had missed a crapload of posts this week and my comment didn't really fit with the more recent stuff. Nonoodles - you should post more often! I second what Linda said ...

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Sometimes I have a weekend of big eating and I'm shocked at how little I actually gain (I mean, a couple pounds maybe, but not scary horrible). So having a food-fest once in a while is probably good for resting our willpower muscles. I think you may be on to something. Plateaus are not very motivati...

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Ladybird - what a very insightful application from the article. Indeed, I bet it is just as damaging. I think of how our self-criticisms undermine our habit-building on a regular basis. I love that Rosebud volunteers there! Great for the animals and wonderful life-long memory-making for her. I worke...

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Wednesday, March 27 121.2 Eating B: 2 fried eggs, coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: Steak, mushrooms, and a triangle of a kid's quesadilla Drinking Mod Day - although I failed again last night, so sheesh..... Onward. And too bad I can't seem to feel bad or motivated to fix this. Spending Date ni...

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Hi Margot! I have that book - How to talk so kids will listen.... - and I have read it cover to cover several times in the last 13 years. :wink: :roll: They also have How to talk so teens will listen.... I've heard that one is not as good. I also read their How to teach so kids will listen..... also...

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lpearlmom wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:50 am
Sweetpea and her boyfriend

When did this happen?!

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Margot - sounds like you most definitely have a "self-directed child". :) Monday, March 25 123.2 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: (will be) yogurt w/berries D: (will be) beef bowl/spaghetti for kids Drinking Abs Day. I'm going to need a lot of focus and accountability to get back to normal on drinking aft...

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Linda - I'm doing pretty good going into a nearly vegetative state this weekend. :wink: Sunday, March 24 122.6 Eating B: coffee WITHOUT MILK (we are out and I was SAD); (will be) Starbuck's latte + bacon gruyere egg bites L: bowl of chocolate peanut butter ice cream + a bowl of mint chocolate fudge ...

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Saturday, March 23 122.4 Eating B: coffee w/milk, creme cheese crepes @ IHOP w/Creator L: chocolate chip mint ice cream D: nachos PersonalLearning Listening to the Self-Driven Child: Description from Amazon: A few years ago, Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson started noticing the same problem from differ...

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Friday, March 22 121.2 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries FAIL: bowl of doritos & bowl of chocolate covered almonds. I just was so excited to be done with that standardized test. D: steak & potatoes & mushrooms FAIL: bowl of chocolate peanut butter ice cream & a hershey bar Quite the non-pl...

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The Imogen who wrote the testimonial was in a long-distance relationship, childless, with few regular obligations... You will find your balance again with food habits. It just takes time. When my kids were little, my eating and self-care were entirely absent. But once my boys got big enough (in my ...

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Thanks for swinging by Oolala! :-) Thursday, March 21 120.8 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries glass of milk after work D: 2 hot dogs, 1 w/bun, onions, cheese & guacamole. The other dipped in mustard and guacamole. Ack - FAIL. I had a bowl of Doritos. Most definitely triggered by the stress...

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urgh, assessment week - so easy to plan, so much work to input data afterwards

Ain't that the truth!!!!

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Hi there liveitup! I hope you find some great meal defaults! It really removes the need to think as much about meal planning! Wednesday, March 20th - First Day of Spring!!!!! It is supposed to be in the 70's here today!!!!! 121.4 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries (will probably have) coffe...

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Traveling is always so difficult to maintain normal eating! I live near Seattle. We had amazing weather today!

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I got 16 sober days last month but have since lowered my goal to 14 sober days per month. Seems more doable. Ive got 8 so far. Impressive!! I have had an alcohol-fest this month. :roll: End of the quarter seems to do this to me. I'm not sure what Sexy is doing, lol. He seems to want to just have on...

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I definitely think you get the award for more frequently pondering/trying out more mods than any other NoSer I've ever seen. :lol: I read each of your new ideas with interest, and think they are probably all fine if they work for you, but in my mind I'm always hoping you stick with plain NoS despite...

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Neat about translating your NoS principles to your understanding of another human's limits for willpower. I notice I am VERY careful about what I want to commit to because it's sort of like trying to add one final card to a tower - and then the whole thing can collapse and I go off the rails in all ...

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You are so good at summing up our shared human experiences, Octavia! First off, wonderful about the weight being JUST FINE!!! :-) You know I'm a fan of regular weighing. Rip off the bandaid already, ladies. :lol: In your case, you got good news. And then some of the great comments you made - all of ...

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Thanks for swinging by my thread, Linda! You know - about me finally losing weight - it's sort of fitting that having the same meals most days is what was my breakthrough; I named myself "automatedeating" after respect/envy of my dad's food habits when I started NoS. But at the beginning I thought I...

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That pie auction is the gift/charity donation that keeps on giving!

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Monday, March 18 122.0 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: 2 hot dogs. One w/bun, onions, shredded cheese & guacamole. The second dipped in mustard and guacamole - Creator has a Round Table Pizza Party to wrap up his basketball season. He got the "Mr. Hustle" Award. Cute. Drinking Abs Da...

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Linda - I don't think I told you that my hubby is doing OMAD now on weekdays. It is such a natural fit for him. He loves it and doesn't really want to take days off, but I've convinced him to take regular S Days so we can have big breakfasts (very sneaky of me since my motivation is mostly that he m...

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But it wasn't until I started reporting the weekly success/failure to the forum that I really started seeing a difference. Perhaps one day I will feel I can do without it, but that day hasn't come yet. Yes! Me too! I mentioned on some other thread that I literally spend 2 minutes or LESS on food tr...

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I get insomnia after pizza now.

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When it's just off limits, I can avoid all that.

Yep. It's easier to have black and white rules, which I guess is very human of us.

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