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So glad you are focusing on self-care. It has been hugely important to my improved outlook on life in the past year. Of course, both my work and domestic demands have lessened, which makes it easier for me to feel great. Anyway, keep it up! Oh, and great job yesterday with the Super Bowl! I used to ...

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Lots of fun stuff in your post! What gut foods are you focusing on at meals? I'm very into my prebiotics. :-) I try to have soluble fiber daily - my main source is avocado; I try to eat onions & cabbage daily, and I have come to believe from my research that certain oligosaccharides in yogurt are al...

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Larkspur wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 04, 2019 2:16 pm
Are you like Lizzie Bennet, who more knew herself to be happy, than felt herself to be so? It probably takes a while to get used to.

This made me smile.

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Thanks Ladybird - eating for our bodies really is a learning process, isn't it? Staffy - a border collie that doesn't like chasing balls? That is funny! HappyHerder and I had a glorious walk in the snow this morning. Just divine. Sharon - so much about how and what and when we eat is up for decision...

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Friday is in the past. You can't fail on the weekend. So like you said - mark it, move on, and look forward to reasonable boundaries of Monday.

Hugs Bluebell.

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I really really think you can do this!

3 meals a day - eat 'til you're full - eat stuff you like. Look forward to meals, feel proud of your accomplishments.

If and when you break the rules, mark it and move on. Just consider it data collection for your long-term success.

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Hi Eschano! (I guess I still sort of like to call you that!)
Just missing you a bit today - I'm loving the upgrade that Reinhard did for us.
Hope you are still on track for your Yoga class this month.
**insert kiss emoji here**

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Wow - 13 pounds down already! That's great, your body is really responding and seems happy to oblige the new and reasonable habits! I'm excited for you - and glad that you stuck with your Daily Check-in thread even though you started it on accident last year!

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Here's wishing you steady improvement with your symptoms in this upcoming week.

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Yay for you, Staffy!

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Sun Feb 03, 2019 7:54 pm
I feel you need to find a way to get smart at finding food that is at the same time satisfying to you and nourishing to the body. If you can find a few things that work for you, you can go back to them over and over, they are your go-tos. And from there you build.

YES!!!

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I remember when I first started enjoying my S Days (guilt-free, as you say). It was so great!! And I found that I truly ENJOYED my treats. Sure, I went overboard from time to time (still do, actually) but it's all part of the process of learning to moderate and find what really matters to us, and wh...

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Welcome! I hope you have a great February here on the boards!

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Happy Sunday Margot! Over here in the U.S. we watch the SuperBowl today -- big American Football game.

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Sunday, February 3 123.0 Eating B: coffee w/milk, bacon & eggs still feeling a little angry that I assumed all the anti-salt advice I was given would help me. Instead, I ended up feeling like s**t when I discounted the importance of salt in my (mostly) whole-foods diet. snacks: a couple pieces of f...

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Happiness is my Everyday Systems Forum.

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I am giddy with joy!

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Whoop-whoop whoopeee!! What a pretty new bulletin board!! Me likey.

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so neat to see a husband/wife team doing this. I think that's pretty rare!

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Saturday, February 2nd S Day! 122.6 -- this week, after ADDING in salt to my diet, I LOST 2 pounds. I'm totally scratching my head - this is counter to everything I've ever studied about kidney physiology. I started poking around with this idea and found this head-scratching article. If you have a ...

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Good luck everyone! I'm "in" insofar as I'm tracking right along with you - just over on my check-in!

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My chime-in would be that you eat the same breakfast every N day. My biggest plug is that all meals are pretty much the same every N day (or at least formulaic - such as dinner is always a piece of protein + salad, but protein and salad type vary). This works beautifully for me, but I get that many ...

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As Oolala pointed out, you can start THIS minute. It just happens to be an S Day! Indeed, every time I've started working on almost any habit, it's been an S Day. :-) Re: caffeine, I've done best with time restrictions. Coffee in the morning, and decaf tea in the afternoon or evening. Diet soda I ca...

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Enjoy your S Days!

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Hopefully the taxes won't turn out as bad as he fears, especially since you've got all those kids! We ended up with a refund of $2400 this year, and last year we paid $5000!!!!! So a $7000 savings in total. The child tax credit is what made the primary difference for us.

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Welcome to the check-in thread! We are happy to have you! And we think Reinhard (our founder!) is upgrading the bulletin board this weekend. So you are starting at an exciting time!

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Oh, I do hope the stretching/exercise goals go well! And I'm glad that tracking the exercise part works for you.

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I just think it's funny that the very night that I was ready to put my feet in a new online journal forum - Reinhard posted! Phew!

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So sorry about the unexpected house issue. That kind of gave me a knot in my stomach just reading about it. Also sorry the tracking didn't work out. For some reason (as I'm sure you can tell) I love tracking most everything in my life. It's compulsive! LOL, but I'm sure you'd be the first to say tha...

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Actually - did you just see that Reinhard posted?! Yay!!!!!!!

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Yay! Thank you Reinhard!

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omg it sounds horrible! Not even able to read!? I would lose my mind, although luckily I have developed a recent habit for podcasts (my current favorite is Peter Attia's The Drive).

Your recovery is just in time for S Days. Then you'll be all ready for Monday!!!

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That is a lot of goals! Love the cooking, but sorry about the reflux. I really do think that alcohol makes it worse, so hopefully the pain-free moments will inspire you about your 16 alcohol-free days. And I'm sorry about my "sky is falling" post over on my thread. I just love this forum so much, an...

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Linda, I'm just paranoid. It's like the forum is being overrun by vandal spammers, like the ancient Roman Empire.

I don't mean to freak people out, but like you, I have a lot of my life on these pages!

Update -- Reinhard just posted on the main page that he is upgrading!!!!

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I'm a little nervous that this server is nearing its last days, and I have opened an account on "Live Journal". My username is automatedeating. I will form a community over there, but I'm not sure what to title it. I could just name it "NoS Forum", but I also love talking about just about anything h...

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Ah, thank you Linda! Friday, February 1 122.8 Eating B:coffee w/milk, scrambled eggs & apple slice L: yogurt w/berries, walnuts D: tuna fish on big green salad, tortilla chips, pickle, onion, cheese, tomato. Grilled hot dogs for kids Drinking Mod Day - 3 glass limit tonight. Making sure to eat dinne...

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Personal choice.

I weigh every day, but there are people on this forum that never weigh; that do quarterly weighs, that weigh once a month, that take averages of a week once in a month or once in a quarter.

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Thursday, January 31st 122.4 Eating B: coffee w/milk, (salted) scrambled eggs when I get hungry L: walnuts & yogurt w/berries D: big salad, 3 cheese/spinach ravioli, 1 hot dog dipped in mustard, 1 pickle Got home late from ferrying kids around and was trying to cobble a meal together. Not the most ...

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I'm very sorry to hear about the hip pain.

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Wednesday, January 30th 123.8 Eating B: coffee w/milk, salted scrambled eggs L: (will be) yogurt w/berries a pickle or some pickle juice when I get home D: (will be) date night. I think we will do a "family date night" tonight where we get some nice take-out (I'm thinking Indian or Thai food) and pl...

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Oh, well. Just a thought, because I had heard exercise makes a lot of people hungry. I don't know that it does that much for myself, actually. I do notice that going SWIMMING for some reason makes me want to eat Doritos.

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Nice experiment!

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Hi Whosonfirst. I'm sorry - I didn't mean to sound like I know how to solve this or have a simplistic solution. I don't. I only just emailed Reinhard recently two times about this overflow of spam - I have never emailed him before this crazy worsening in the last few months. I just was thinking that...

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you can do this!

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you can do this!

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I will check for that at Costco!

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Hi there amerie!

Welcome to the check-in thread!

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My goodness - duck?! Lovely - be sure to tell me how it turns out!

And camping? Yay, wonderful, fun, ahhhhhh

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hmm, I just had a thought. Would you finally be motivated to do more exercise if it was guaranteed to make you hungry? I know you've often lamented not being motivated to exercise AND you lament not being truly hungry. I think exercise might help with that. Anyway, just a thought.

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I wore a fitbit today! A coworker asked me to. I hate that thing! Well, I guess I just don't like anything on my wrists (or fingers for that matter, I don't even wear a wedding ring). But kudos to you for doing 10,000 steps!

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I hope both the planning phase and eventual trip to Prague this summer is wonderful!

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I like this approach too.

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Hi Linda - Virtual hugs coming your way. I'm sorry about the bouts of bummed-out-feelings and not feeling super (see I say super too a lot too!) connected right now. I hope that it passes soon. From my perspective, you just have a lot going on right now and you are working out a lot of different thi...

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Oh, Octavia sorry to hear about this.

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I know what you mean about being cheery - then not - then again. I guess we should just revel in the moment when we are happy.

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I have emailed Reinhard twice. I suggest you do the same. He knows he needs to upgrade the server, but he hates the thought of losing Habitcal. I'm like - at this point so be it.

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That's cool that your boys will eat calamari!

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your food looks yummy to me. Oh, gosh. I realized I have already told you that. Suffice to say we have similar food enjoyments.

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Thank you Oolala. I'm feeling really confident about my alcohol moderation now that I have admitted I need to track it (just like any other habit I am working on). For some reason I had a stigma about needing to track it, as if I should just naturally be able to master it, without focused effort. I ...

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Staffy - Please tell me a little more - your message was very encouraging. You have not had more issues with the stones? My docs seem certain I'll get more, and that it's just a matter of time. :-( Plus, apparently my kidneys have been damaged by the calcium crystals and they were not functioning as...

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Monday, January 28 127.4 Eating B: coffee w/milk, 2 scrambled eggs (salted!) at 11am L: yogurt w/berries swallow of pickle juice. :-) D: (will be) salad, meatballs & noodles for kids, salmon or tuna for me Drinking Abs Day Good news - I woke up without a headache after "supplementing" with salt yes...

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Lamb sounds great! That's something I'd like to eat once a week, but I haven't seen it at Costco or even my local grocery (it's probably there - I haven't looked)

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Sunday, January 27 S Day 126.4 Eating B: coffee w/milk, water w/salt! L: yogurt w/berries, veggies & yogurt dip D: steak w/ a few homemade steak fries Dessert 1: 1 caramel almond chocolate Dessert 2: small bowl of Reese's Pieces Dessert 3: another bowl of Reese's Pieces Drinking - Week 4 of Moderati...

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Thanks Linda.

Yeah, I'll definitely be watching the salt now.

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I hope the sunset soothes your restless soul, Oolala. hugs

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I love experiments! And I think that as long as we regard the results as simply....data.....then we learn from the failures and find solutions that actually work long-term. So go you!

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Saturday, January 26 S Day! 124.0 Eating B: coffee w/milk brunch?: tortilla chips & guacamole & shredded cheese. Cured my headache. Wow. Think I needed salt. My low/no processed food diet combined with drinking a gallon of water a day (kidney stone prevention, haha) has caused a mild salt deficiency...

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oolala53 wrote:Would that happen online? I've never tried it; maybe they push junk food images on you as you shop.

Bwahaha!

I bet you are right!

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Alcohol absolutely disrupts my sleep (well, like you said, any more than 1 glass).

Have fun this weekend!

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Friday, January 25th 124.6 Eating B: coffee w/milk, (will be) scrambled eggs reheated about 10 L: (will be) yogurt w/berries D: (will be) tuna salad w/ a few tortilla chips Drinking Mod Day - 10 ounce limit Will measure, will hide remaining bottle, will sip, will water, will go upstairs at 8pm Movin...

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LOL walking around and around because you are forgetting things in the store. Been there. Thought I was the only one.

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Allison - I love your honesty. I feel like I've seen you make progress in being able to share your pain and let it all hang out. You are beautiful inside and out, but I'm sure you're glad to have turkey neck gone.

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good luck getting through tonight. I know that "ready to hibernate" feeling.

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Thursday, Jan 24 124.2 Eating B: coffee w/milk, (will be) 4 pieces of microwaved bacon (I ran out of time to fix eggs this morning) L: yogurt w/berries coffee w/milk after work (been doing that this week - not usual for me, and not a habit I want to develop..... - it's been helping distract me from ...

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eggs sound perfect.

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I also am hungriest in the morning. I do actually get hungry for dinner, but if I eat at 5pm, I'm good for the night. (LOL, unless there is some junky and highly palatable food tempting me)

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LOL - dinner looks most definitely like left-over lunch. Yummy.

And venison? Seriously? How do you get this? I would LOVE to have a source.

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Your schedule sounds really hectic with the evenings at events. That must be hard to eat well, but you do such a fantastic job. And I hope kiddo enjoys a nice meal for dinner, too.

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I'm sure you'll get back to your long daily walks! Go you!

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Love the green days! Way to go! I appreciate your lively spirit!

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Happy Day!

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Welcome to reasonable and sane moderation! I hope you enjoy keeping this daily journal of your journey.
I too am short (5'2''), so I can relate to some of the specific struggles of being petite and realizing that it doesn't take much food for me to gain weight! But I have loved NoS for 5 years.

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Wednesday, January 23 124.6 Eating B: coffee w/milk, (will be) reheated scrambled eggs about 10 L: yogurt w/berries D: date night - mac&cheese or frozen pizza for kids Drinking I just realized it's a mod day! That has got to be a victory that I didn't even think of it until right now. 10 ounce max. ...

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Just how much caffeine are you drinking? LOL, I don't mean to take it too lightly but even up to 4 cups a day is probably not that bad for you. Bringing it down from that to maybe 1 or 2 cups seems doable. I have to do Moderation Management for my alcohol consumption -- maybe you'll have to try "mod...

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Welcome back, Dalia!

Three meals a day of food you enjoy eating - I hope you have a great week!

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Sorry to hear about your back, Jen.

That must be uncomfortable and frustrating - you are normally so active I bet you hate not being able to move around freely.

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Welcome, Carole! I hope you find a lot of joy and satisfaction in keeping your daily thread plus get to learn so much more about yourself in the process.

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That's great that your body is adapting to regular and discrete mealtimes.

And Happy Birthday! Definitely an S Day.

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Yep - I will look for a carafe at Goodwill. Amazon only sold them in 4-packs. Tuesday, January 22nd 125.6 Eating B: coffee w/milk, (will be) reheated scrambled eggs when hungry at 10 L: (will be) yogurt w/berries D: (will be) beef taco salad w/ tortilla chips (burritos for kids) Drinking Abs Day - f...

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Hi there and welcome to your 2019 journey! Hope it's great! Also hope your recovery is going well - I remember you mentioning this "gift" to yourself and I was excited for you. We peel and freeze the last of the bananas and I put them in the kids' morning smoothies. :-) Just did that today actually!

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Nice! Welcome back to N Days!

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Happy Birthday!
My wish for you is for the broccoli quinoa to be gone from the freezer, haha!

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Hi Jen - I love your idea - thank you for the suggestion. Right now the wine is kept in a baking measuring cup (I kid you not), and then I pour it into my (very pretty and favorite) wine glass. I should totally buy a carafe. It also will cause much less discussion on occasions when we are socializin...

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Sunday, January 20 126.2 Eating B: coffee w/milk, blonde flat latte, egg bites from Starbuck's L: yogurt w/berries Dessert #1: 1 pecan caramel cluster chocolate snack: tortilla chips w/guacamole D: grilled burgers w/cheese, onion, tomato, bacon, guacamole dessert #2: vanilla ice cream dessert #3: 1 ...

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Not sure of how many of our sayings you've heard yet - but one of my favorites is: Mark it and Move On. We don't do ourselves one lick of good by beating ourselves up over the mistakes. However, remembering the icky feeling of over-doing it can help prevent failure the next time you are faced with t...

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Octavia - when I am thinking about stuff I want to get balanced in my life, I just focus on the things that are bugging me the most. Oh Gosh, I made that sound too easy, didn't I, lol? My husband gets paralyzed by indecision, I've noticed. That literally has never happened to me in my entire life. :...

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That's great news about the alcohol free days AND the yoga! Wonderful!

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Thanks Linda! I like your method! I am going to post here on my thread these additional methods I have found: From Dryuary: You can manage cravings in at least 4 different ways: distraction, tolerance, extinction and tapping. Distraction is probably the most familiar and recommended method for manag...

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I have been working this month to reduce my alcohol consumption. I was reading this post from "Dryuary". I think you can find much in it to help deal with cravings for sweets and food overconsumption from these suggestions: From Dryuary: You can manage cravings in at least 4 different ways: distract...

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Welcome back! I did go check your blog to make sure I wasn't missing too much and so I saw your one post over there. :-) Maybe the ear infection and the current sickness are the same thing - but it moved and never went away? Sorry you are not feeling well. :-( You know how you said you don't need to...

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