Everyday Systems

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Oh gosh - our boys are similar ages! My oldest is 13 (hence Challenger13) and my second son is 9 (Creator9). Challenger JUST turned 13 though.

Good luck with your upcoming week of handling all the driving of those boys around, haha. That takes up much of my evenings these days.

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Hi Staffy. :-) HappyHerder is an Australian Shepherd! So very similar to a border collie. Our previous dog was a mix between the two. I seem to have an affinity for the "higher maintenance" dogs. :wink: I just adore my little buddy. Oh, and I did a little checking out fitbits today. I would be mostl...

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How old are your kiddos, Bluebell?

Surprisingly, I eat BETTER when Sexy is gone, because he likes having big starchy meals and I am fine without that.

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I have coffee w/milk (decaf is probably wise as oolala said) or just a cup of milk. Works like a charm.

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What a really nice week and your restful plans for the weekend sound rejuvenating.

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Saturday, January 19 124.6 My sister (lives in a different state) really wants me to get a FitBit. Eating B: coffee w/milk, bacon & eggs snack: a few apple slices, 1/2 a banana L: yogurt w/berries snack: tortilla chips w/guacamole D: change of plans - Challenger13 had terrible stomach cramps, and I...

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Good idea, Soprano. I need to have a plan. In Fall of 2014, I had a series of health problems that really threw me off and I struggled with NoS for a long time after that. I think that's what is in the back of my mind - how will I cope when the stresses/inconveniences/heartaches/disappointments of l...

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Oh, I hope you get to do your Yoga class, Tess! I am doing a yoga class for 6 weeks at work - part of the "wellness challenge" they do every January.

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It can be very empowering to experiment (without judgement) and see how things work. If they do - wonderful. If they don't, then we can be free to shift our methods.

So this sounds fun for you!

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Your dinners often sound creative and nourishing. It seems like you truly enjoy creating in the kitchen! That is neat!

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Have a great green Friday, Bluebell!

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Thank you Soprano. I do feel good about things, but in the back of my mind I worry if I will have a total wheels come off at some point. I don't want to over-extend my willpower. I'm working on so many different areas of improvement now, although admittedly, some are much harder than others. This mo...

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It feels so good to be honest with people and then realize that people still love and care for us, and accept us, flaws and all.

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Great Greens!

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vmsurbat! One of the greats! Nice to see you on the boards!

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Your tribe's got your back, Bluebell!

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Oooh, on your own tonight? Enjoy yourself!

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I also somehow missed your initial post, Emanuella!

Welcome to sane and reasonable moderation! NoS has helped me grow and mature in many areas of my life beyond eating.

I hope you enjoy this first step in your new journey.

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Thanks Soprano - yes, I made it. By the time I got home at 8pm, I had no desire at all. I was sleepy, and very ready to get in bed and read. Wednesday, Jan 16 124.6 Eating B: coffee w/milk, will pack scrambled eggs and the last of the steak for breakfast when I'm hungry L: yogurt w/berries D: tuna f...

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Tuesday, January 15th 125.6 Eating B: Coffee w/milk, some leftover steak and eggs scrambled for when I get hungry in my office. L: yogurt w/berries D: (will be) beef bowl salad w/onions, tomato, cheese, guacamole (spaghetti for kids) Drinking Abs day Feels much harder today (abs days are M,T, Th, S...

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Oh, sounds like you've been under the weather for several days now. Sorry Imogen.

I hope you have a good restful sleep and feel better soon.

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Yay! Wonderful to see your enthusiasm and hopefully hubby will join you. That always helps!

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Welcome Swebby! We have a great tribe here with lots of encouragers. I too am prediabetic, but I've been able to get my blood glucose down into healthy ranges in the last year. So you can do it! I've also lost about 20 pounds in the past year, and my blood pressure is better than it's been since I w...

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Thanks Oolala - yeah, I'm not above using that giant measuring cup to keep me honest. Then I took a picture of what 5 ounces in the wine glass actually looks like. Hi Sharon! Yeah, my limits are in line with the typical guidelines. I think it is close to 50% reduction over my previous intake. :roll:...

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Welcome!
My main tip is that you start a Daily Check-In thread and use it as a bit of a diary or journal. Talk about food, talk about family, whatever works for you to be motivated to come back to your thread frequently to update your progress.

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Linda - nope! My bodyfat was 26%! Sunday, January 13 S Day 125.4/BMI 22.9 Eating B: coffee w/milk, bacon, eggs, & hashbrowns L: leftover steak & potatoes D: Big Salad (I'll capitalize it like Strawberry Roan might do. :-) ) dessert: ice cream Drinking Moderation Day - 2 glass limit. Today I will pou...

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I'm definitely looking for long-term trends on my body fat composition. I dearly wish I had bought this this a year ago. Oh, well. So you have one that does that? And it is off by 8% (too high)? How do you get your more accurate reading done? Is it by calipers or in a water tank or something? In col...

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oolala53 wrote:Particle foods! It's so easy to just pack them in.

Yes.

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I hope you have a great S Day! And tomorrow, great success at not roving the halls looking for snacks (I think we all know that very easy tendency). Eventually you just don't even consider food as an option if it's not mealtime. That's such a freeing feeling.

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Welcome!

Cute username.

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Also - it is an S Day.

Oh - and I'm right there with you for being able to eat a whole package of saltine's.

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Ha! I was just about to say that Octavia is starting to sound like Oolala and that I think we have another WiseWoman of the tribe coming up the mentoring chain!

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48th parallel! Northern Washington state.
Very sad!

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No S is about its being systematic. Do what you think you can do systematically. I also believe it's much better to have the stricter options available later rather than earlier. Why tighten the handcuffs before you know really need to? :wink: These are my two favorite parts of this post, Oolala!

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lpearlmom wrote:Iâ€™m guessing maintenance feels different for us IFers because thereâ€™s so many different IF schedules to choose from whereas NoS is NoS maintenance or not.

Bingo. I think you've hit on it. The very great number of choices can maybe be overwhelming.

And worth it - yes onwards!

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Ugh, ear infections are so painful! I hope you got some good sleep.

And find some satiating tofu, lol.

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I just bought a $30 scale that supposedly has an app that records body fat for me. The reviews were good but the price seemed too good to be true. We'll see!

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No time like the present! You can start today. I always like starting on S Days.

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Thanks Soprano - yep, I changed! For habit building mini-steps, I'll call it success. :-) Linda - I stuck with my limit but ended up not sleeping well! So I guess I poured my glasses too big, or I really should just have 1 glass on moderation days. On the bright side, I really enjoyed the time Sexy ...

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Thanks Jen - we use Audible constantly around here (an expensive luxury that I deem worth it for the whole family). Both boys listen to books on their Alexas at bedtime. I have discovered that my morning walk/jogs are like a mental vacation for me while I listen to books. We all talk too much in the...

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Welcome back Cynthia! Enjoy the gentle boundaries of NoS and saving of desserts for S Days.

You've been a member a long time! Are you dealing with needing to lose weight or are you just looking for some nice structure?

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And the holiday "weigh-in" is officially behind you - so happy for you to have pretty much maintained over the holidays.

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Wow! that is amazing! Pretty impressive for a newbie.

Welcome to the boards and to reasonable and sane moderation. Just like ladybird said, NoS provides tools (and structure) to help us moderate in a way we can feel confident, happy, and proud of ourselves.

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At the beginning it's always most important to fence around the law, but I am firm believer that we have "yellow" days - we also have "climber's arrest" where we are falling but manage to stop the damage before we would have in the past. :-) I don't have a favorite glucose monitor, actually. I got m...

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For my size two drinks is my typical limit on a moderation day. Although I really like having the flexibility to have more if we are with friends (which is infrequent anyway, so I'll cross that bridge once my habits are in better place). Two glasses of wine makes me feel great, haha, so I don't need...

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Hi Soprano - my dry days are going great, but my moderation days need work. I had three drinks last night and my limit was supposed to be two. I wasn't prepared to do that, so my fail surprised me. I'll have to plan ahead more carefully and develop techniques to avoid surpassing my limits on moderat...

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She sure has! Linda - I wish that you had had that scale a year ago to see how far you've come.

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no, I have yogurt w/berries for lunch (sorry, I know you said on your thread that that is not satisfying for you). For some reason it hits all the right notes with me and leaves me with a grin. :lol: Dinner is the meat or fish & veggies meal. If I need a hamburger bun or tortilla chips to make the m...

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OK, I just went back and looked. I guess my change was "no refined foods", from refined carbs to refined vegetable oils - it ultimately meant that I couldn't eat anything out of a box or a bag. But, despite eliminating processed foods on N Days, my blood sugars remained prediabetic and I was still o...

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That's a good question, Oolala. I think I will have to reread my thread to see what I was actually doing and then how I changed.

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Linda - that body fat percentage is amazing! I just looked up the desirable ranges, and girl - you are rocking that!

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Hi Oolala - I saw that you are having a no sugar January. Good luck and I hope you get some relief from your joint pain. I'm sure you already know this, but a great experiment for that would be no grains for a month. So many people find relief from niggling joint pain with that. I'm not grain free, ...

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Good luck with No Sugar! I did that last year Jan - March (literally no sugar, not even sugar in ketchup), if I remember correctly. I really enjoyed it, and it eventually led to more clear-cut and purposeful food choices. It was a great way to start the year.

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Glad to hear N is settled at last!

The tweaking of the total amount/composition of the meal can be kind of fun, sometimes.

It's like a little experiment.

What is TOTM?

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Just to piggy-back a bit on what Soprano said, I also was a bit confused when I read the post (and Linda's shared experience). I am still not sure why I don't quite relate, but I think it might be what Soprano said - that I consider my NoS (and my personal mods) to be my "way of eating". If I starte...

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Thursday, January 10th

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Eating
B: coffee w/milk, scrambled eggs to heat up at about 10am
L: (will be) yogurt w/berries at about 12:30
D: (will be) salmon burgers & salad

Drinking
Abs Day

Moving
Walk/Jog w/HappyHerder (heading out the door right now)

Spending
No plans

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I'm sure you will find the right combination of foods that helps you feel full and satisfied and that works with your weight-loss goals. Just look at the Excel graph! With that kind of commitment, I'm sure you'll find your way. This really is a journey, and there are new surprises around every corner.

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Sharon, I love your graph! I found that Vanilla NoS doesn't work for my height/age/gender, whatever. Starting over a year ago, I began eliminating processed foods from my diet. That helped - I think I lost 5 pounds between Jan and March. In July, I began limiting my carbs and that has done the trick...

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Soprano - avoiding sweets when I don't have wine definitely exercises my willpower. Sexy has ice cream pretty much every night that he doesn't have alcohol. A milky tea or latte does the trick for me. Or just a flavored sparkling water. Wednesday, Jan 9 126.3 Eating B: coffee w/milk, (will be) rehea...

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Thank you Imogen, Octavia, and Linda. Your support and encouragement really means so much to me. I have not shared my alcohol (or food journey, really) with others and - just so you know - you all know more about my inner life than probably anyone else. This is my online diary, after all. :-) Happil...

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I officially am wanting to buy that scale. I had to restrain myself from going to amazon right now.

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LOL, just realized it's only Tuesday. I feel like that too. I started back to work this week, so I think I was "thinking" about this week long before it started. Which makes me feel like it should be at least Wednesday today!

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Yay for shovelglove!

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How much did you gain over the holidays? I couldn't tell from your posts. I know I'm becoming a broken record, but weighing more regularly prevents the unwelcome surprises. Oolala has given such great advice when faced with these disappointments - observe with calm curiosity what effects various foo...

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Running is just so ingrained in my routine! I just wake up everyday and do it without thinking. I hope one day my eating habits will be like this. I love this! You are inspiring me to keep my morning walk/jog in place, even on the weekends. AutomatedMover. :-) Do you strictly limit the dairy becaus...

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Sharon - I did a "guided meditation" today! It was 5 minutes of breathing (4 seconds in, hold 7 seconds, 8 seconds out) and it was great! Thank you for the suggestion.

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Thank you for the empathy and support, Jen. I do feel I am in a stronger place on this issue now, and I really am glad that Christmas holiday from teaching gave me the space to contemplate my needs and my overindulgences. Newest revelation is that - oh, right - alcohol masks my anger at my husband.....

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In my house, yes, I am a chauffeur - but how often do ordinary passengers harrass the chauffer?

Ooooh, do tell more about the high-tech scale? Does it measure body fat?

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Good job to have the courage to face the scale.

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I really just feel great. I am no longer embarrassed when I see people I havenâ€™t seen in a long time, I am no longer embarrassed about how my clothes fit, I feel super limber, healthy, have improved digestion, clearer skin, and have limited aches and pains. This gives me tingles of joy for you!!

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Good work on your no screening, too. I know you've worked hard at that and I bet it feels good.

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So you are Ari's Check-in but your username is Losingthediets, yes? Sometimes I get mixed up and I'm not sure whose thread I'm commenting on, lol.

So are you saying that the diet coke is amping you up at work too much? Maybe you could switch to Sprite Zero?

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Oh, thank you so much for sharing your experiences and thoughts, Sharon! I really appreciate it! I definitely also experience trigger foods as certain combos of delicious ingredients, and processed ingredients do it the worst (sort of with the theory of highly palatable foods being the ones we eat w...

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Sick Days are S Days! No doubt about it!

If you get to the gym and you don't feel like exercising, just sit in the hot tub.

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Oolala - yes, we shall hope that such a cerebral problem-solver as myself can come up with some better solutions for dealing with my anger and boredom, yes? :P Ladybird - your description of the interactions with people that you enjoy pretty much matches mine exactly. Maybe that's why I get all so e...

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We mean eyeballing it for virtual plating -- approximate. That's why it's not a good thing to do on a regular basis; we humans are masters of self-deception.

Sounds like a yummy dinner -- happy S Days to you too.

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You're going to be a Sledgehammer girl! Nice! And you run EVERY day? 4-5 miles? More on Saturday?! I am in awe! I feel like "all that" when I get out and walk/jog for 30 minutes in the morning. I guess it's all relative..:wink: I will put in a plug for GMB - they have a program called Integral Stren...

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Liking the books, Linda. :-) And I have joined a new forum called Moderation Management. I also just shelled out $34 for an app called "Drinker's Check-Up". I may also separate drinking out into its own category of tracking this year. Saturday, Jan 5 S Day 126.8 Fasting Blood Glucose: 89 Morning Blo...

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Hugs, Soprano. Starting a new job - sheesh - big life stressor.

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I love that you used your check-in thread at a time of temptation. Very excellent use of the forum.

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Enjoy your run!

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Speaking from experience, you TOTALLY can change. It was years before my weekends were not "grazing" and my desire to come to the table ready for a nice meal won out over the desire for instant gratification of permasnacking. Then, without truly even noticing, this year I realized I don't even have ...

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I am so frustrated for you! Not sure what is going on, other than perhaps you are already at a healthy weight? Or something is sticky with your metabolism, and it is being a stubborn son-of-a-gun?

Glad though that your fam is tight, you know? That counts for (almost) everything.

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I love the stats! Thanks for sharing them, along with your reflections and insights on your patterns.

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Your dinner sounds delicious!

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Somehow I missed your post about your last day at work and the tearful goodbyes. Wow. That is a lot to leave. My only experience would be leaving one teaching job and heading to another, so the change you are going through is profound. And profoundly important that you establish those healthy relati...

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"insurmountable". :-) I agree with Octavia - I assumed you were Native Brit living in Poland. Especially with a name like Imogen! But then you would talk about how much family lives near you and I'd wonder if you're actually Polish. In either case, there's no doubt you have quite the noggin'. :lol: ...

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Friday, January 4th 127.2 Fasting Blood Glucose: 82 Morning Blood Pressure: 106/73 Eating B: coffee w/milk, 2 eggs, 1/2 piece of avocado on toast L: yogurt w/ berries D: hot dog w/ onions & cheese Alcohol Allowed - 2 drink max Update - ergh had 3 drinks. Been reading lots and I'm getting onboard a ...

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I wish we had a milk man in our neighborhood! I do find some great local milks though, although they are not all in glass bottles.

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Very fun post to read - thanks Octavia! And I will go check out that website/book.

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Yeah, Sharon, the PAPER piles are the toughest for me, but somehow I pushed through yesterday and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as bad as I'd feared. I did even go through Sexy's drawers (we normally handle all our own laundry) and fold everything her way - he was so delighted! :-) Linda -...

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Happy New Year, Tess!
And you've inspired me to make my house more hygge.....

I've been working my Marie Kondo tidying this week.
Netflix has a new show with her called "Tidying Up". Yep, I've been binge-watching.

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Hi Imogen - Great job on the walk in the rain! What do you do with N while you walk? Is she in the stroller/pram or do you leave her with hubby?

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Happy New Year Traci!

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Hi Tex - I use the Ultra Touch 2. It is a cheap monitor but the strips are ridiculously expensive, like 1.25/strip. So, I'm going to switch to a new monitor. I think I'll just check around on Amazon and see which one has the cheapest strips. I bought urine ketone strips (they are very cheap on Amazo...

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I agree! It gets easier! In order of (for me) No Snacks (I can't imagine a life of snacking anymore); No Sweets; and No Seconds. The NoSeconds has always been the trickiest one for me and is not as black & white, so I find it harder to internalize.

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January 1, 2019 128.3 fasting blood glucose: 90 Eating : B: coffee w/milk, bacon & eggs L: yogurt w/berries D: beef bowl w/onions, mushrooms, avocado slices, tomatoes, and cheese (quesadillas for kids) No Alcohol Day -- SUCCESS Moving not sure what my plans are. I still need to put the tree away and...

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Nice! Diet soda can definitely have a place in our lives as needed.

21 day club here you come!

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This is a HUGE deal! Yay for a successful NoS year!

Also, is a chocolate fountain what it sounds like? People actually put their cups in liquid chocolate and then drink it?

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