Everyday Systems

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Hey, good luck and thanks for sharing where you are at. I have a couple thoughts to share after reading your post: 1. 4 pounds doesn't seem like much, actually. Bummer that it's happening, but the 233 might have been the odd-ball measurement, not the 237. Ha, well maybe. 2. Maybe checking in daily w...

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Thanks worth it! I was pretty pleased with myself.

B: avocado on toast, coffee w/milk
My pre-lunch BG was 108, which seemed a little high since I hadn't eaten in 5 hours.
L: big salad, hard-boiled egg, cheese, olive oil & vinegar
D: pork tenderloin w/applesmoked bacon, black beans & sour cream

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OK, I made it.

B: coffee w/milk, avocado on toast
L: chicken, sour cream, avocado eaten over a crushed tortilla shell
D: 4 corn tortillas w/beans, cheese, sour cream, avocado (this instead of the rest of the family eating pizza)
2 glasses of wine

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Help! I'm hungry and the family ordered pizza. It'll be here soon. What do I do? I'm avoiding refined carbs on N Days.....yikes!!!!!!

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Sorry RC to hear about your disappointment. Hopefully since you wrote that post you were able to sleep and feel better when you wake up. From the time I was a little girl my mom would tell me -- you'll feel better after a good sleep. She's usually right, although the situation was still there. Being...

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Thanks ladies for the feedback. I don't feel too much pressure, worth it! :) It's fun to have a little experiment to perform. Friyay, very interesting your observations. I virtually NEVER get the spacey feeling (doubt my blood sugar ever goes below 70), and I don't know that I've really ever felt th...

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Good luck with everything, oolala! How long will you be gone? And, I hope you take this in the positive way I intend -- I find the most brilliant families are the ones with the most mental illness and eccentricities. Your brother is probably highly intelligent and finds coping with this crazy modern...

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Well, your results sound stellar, awesome, amazing. But you are very typically dissecting them in oolala fashion. Did you know my husband knows who you are? LOL!!!! Just today I was saying something about "and oolala is eating all the food out of her pantry and freezer". Love it! You're a star!

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Linda -- just want to say that I get how you could feel that you have to "represent" IF, but I also want you to know that I hate that you have to feel that way!!!! Different things work for different people at different times and in different places in their lives, so I would never think that IF wou...

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sounds yummy and healthy to me.

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Can you even imagine what life would be like if we had to make everything from scratch? Wow, mind-boggling! And safe to say we'd be eating far less of the "particle food" as oolala has called it!

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Sorry to hear you have been in pain. Not sure if you meant a type of chronic pain; that sounds awful.

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Octavia, I also don't know if it's actually insulin, but I have totally had that same logical thinking. I've read pubmed studies where the "expectation" of food at predictable intervals does cause a phase I insulin release -- so theoretically, if you don't get to eat right away, your falling blood s...

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Oh my! The pressure is on for me to "stick" with the blood sugar "sticking" for a few weeks and report. Ha! OK, so today: Fasting: 93 B: small smoothie (whole fat greek yogurt, peanut butter, blueberries -- we were out of strawberries & bananas) Before lunch: 105 reflection -- not too hungry, but I ...

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Tuesday, March 27th

Fasting BG: 81
B: coffee w/milk - up to BG 95
L: giant salad with chicken, olives, sour cream, cheese BG before/after: 76/120
D: grilled tuna fish/cheese sandwich and broccoli
2 glasses of wine

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Hope your Sparkpeople webpages load up for you. A couple of days ago I couldn't get my everyday systems loaded up! I was very impatient in case I forgot what I'd eaten!

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Ah, a punnet. And here I thought it was something to do with Gregor Mendel and genetics (haha just kidding).

If that's what a punnet is, those are the things my kids finish off in about 5 minutes as an after-school snack.

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Hi! I don't know if you already explained where you are weight-wise, but you are sounding like a thin person with a fast metabolism!

If that's not the case, it might be a nice image to have of yourself.

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avocado on toast is one of my all-time favorite meals! :) Thanks for the water explanation. I'm doing something similar, I think -- I drink a soluble fiber supplement in 500mL of water first thing (before I get to have coffee). But then it's hard to "time" it for the rest of the day. I just refill a...

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What is a punnett?

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I was pretty sure I had posted an entire discussion here. LOL, I wonder if it's on someone else's thread? If so, I apologize. I just found the COOLEST article -- check this out!!! (Note -- when they say "training" they don't mean exercise, they mean practicing estimation of blood sugar and then meas...

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Good stuff, Octavia. This is one of those posts you'll probably want to reread from time to time!

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Don't exercise so hard, silly.

Sorry, I can't help but tease.

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Hi there! Probably you've already written about this, but can you share with me your water-drinking strategies? I have a similar strategy, but the habits aren't there yet.

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What a nice thing for you and your daughter to do together!

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Send some of your curry to me. I like anything that someone else fixed.

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Sorry for being late to the 3K party! Love that! Have you ever read the Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis? It's a bunch of letters from some demon that is trying to mess up a Christian. As I read your post I was thinking someone should write a book with letters exchanged between people's metabolisms (an...

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Sunday, S Day

B: cookie, bacon, egg & cheese sandwich, coffee w/ milk
L: cookie dough (my kids made cookies 2 dang days in a row)
D: beef brisket, 1 triangle of quesadilla
1 glass of wine

NoStress: Practiced some deep breathing exercises.

Also went on a great woodsy hike with dog.

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Saturday, Squishy S Day 139.9 (!) Well, today is my first ever Squishy S Day, which I'm still trying to define but my goal is to keep sanity throughout my weekend. B: Smoothie same as other days but had more of it. It has about 30 g of carbs, 8 g protein, 3 g fat. Hmmmm, maybe too carby. But sure i...

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Victory!!! I made good choices at the party and bypassed ALL the S's. I chose a spinach salad, veggies w/ranch, and guacamole and corn chips. And a few cubes of cheese. Small fail in that there was a late arrival of fried chicken and I got a piece. Um, so I don't feel bad -- I've been doing NoS long...

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Friday, March 23rd B: banana/blueberry/strawberry yogurt smoothie; coffee w/milk L: salad w/chicken, guac, sour cream, cheese, onions, cilantro & a few chips D: not sure yet but I'd like it to be a tuna melt. kids have a pizza party end-of-basketball season at someone's house, and I will NOT eat piz...

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Thanks, worthit! :) Thursday, March 23rd B: smoothie -- banana, yogurt, frozen strawberries/blueberries, coffee w/milk L: 3 corn tortillas w/beans, cheese, guacamole, sour cream D: 3 corn tortillas w/chicken, cheese, guacamole, sour cream! 2 glasses of wine Tomorrow I am going to visit some puppies....

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My son gets his stitches out tomorrow! Wednesday, March 21st 140.3 B: small smoothie -- yogurt, banana, blueberries, strawberries, coffee w/milk L: 3 corn tortillas w/ beans, cheese, tomatoes & sour cream D: big salad with tuna fish, guacamole, olives, and tortilla chips NoSlouch : walk/jog w/ dog. ...

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Thanks everyone for the encouragement and support. And that is indeed a very intriguing idea to me to have a NoStress System. :) Tuesday, March 20th 140.8 - BMI 25.8 B: yogurt smoothie w/banana, blueberries & strawberries L: oatmeal w/peanut butter and banana D: taco salad -- taco meat, tortilla chi...

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I really enjoyed using Reinhard's ideas for walking, and his system for keeping track of daily and longer-term to-dos, etc.

Now I use Google Keep in a similar way to the index cards he used.

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Mark it and Move On.
Yep, and avoid the WTH effect.

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Heartburn is sometimes relieved by moderate eating.

Being a good role model to our children is a motivator for me.

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Monday, March 19th 141.8 B: oatmeal w/blueberries and peanut butter L: salad w/walnuts, cheese, carrots, tomatoes & olive oil & vinegar dressing D: 3 tostadas w/ beef, cheese & sour cream I'm feeling emotional and maybe not in the best place to make big decisions, such as removing an S Day or somet...

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Friday, March 16th Travel day, 6 hours in car B: coffee w/milk, banana L: McD's on the road -- ordered the southwest salad -- first time for everything! D: Subway -- got the steak & cheese wrap and tried to avoid most of the tortilla Saturday, March 17th B: coffee w/milk, yogurt w/granola & banana,...

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Doc appt complete. Cholesterol: fine fasting blood sugar: 100mg/dL (prediabetic, but just barely) Blood pressure was 143/90. She took it again a few minutes later -- 134/88. Sigh. Weight this morning: 140.0 So. Prehypertensive. Prediabetic. And little does my doc know that I'm down 3-5 pounds of fat...

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no refined carbs on N Days is my mod this year.

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Kindergarten is where I'm at with my restaurant skills, so I think I should start asking for the box. Or my husband and I can split one entree. It totally would have filled us both up. And if we were still a little hungry, we could have split a dessert! How romantic. :lol: :lol: Tuesday B: coffee w/...

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Saturday -- remaining I guess I didn't finish Saturday's entry -- day got kind of grazy: rest of the marionberry brioche; 1/2 of a cinnamon roll D: ? I can't even remember right now. :( Sunday, March 11 B: bacon, eggs & hashbrowns; coffee w/milk Snack: 1/3 of a cinnamon roll L: doritos D: tostadas ...

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I looked back through your thread and saw this fitting comment from oolala. Oolala said, I suspect that whether or not curtailing S's will lead to more issues or not is whether or not you feel it's undermining your peace on S days and after, and you're willing to "suffer" through the urges without g...

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Hi there Clarinetgal!

Hope March is going better for you.

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This is a really poignant and beautiful entry. Even though I am short, I relate to the feelings of your post. I have found that over time I have grown to have gratitude for my body for what it does for me and I appreciate my strength and health and that is far more valuable to me now than being svel...

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Kudos on the decluttering efforts and also the special NoS library receipt.

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Thursday B: probably a banana? can't remember L: a bowl of tortilla chips, beans & cheese & sour cream D: fish & a few tortilla chips Friday B: banana, small amount of strawberry/blueberry/yogurt smoothie L: 2 bean and cheese tostadas D -- S Evening for my husband and I. We were away for the night ...

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Don't feel guilty!
We are all here to find our own way! And I think that everybody is a little different in finding what works for them. We all support moderate eating, but that looks different for different folks!
I am advocate of self-experimentation, ha!

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Wednesday, March 7th 139.5 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I'll have to check to see when was the last time I was in the 130's! Exciting! Update -- it looks like Sept 2016 was the last time I dipped into the the 130's (unless I missed something). So about 18 months ago. B: strawberry, yogurt & banana smoothie L: ...

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Wouldn't it be nice to be a willpower expert?

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I suppose that's true, oolala. Doesn't feel like that sometimes, though!! Tuesday, March 6th 140.5 (happy dance, whooo-hooooo) B: eggs & bacon (had to pass up hashbrowns husband had prepared) L: oatmeal w/ peanut butter & banana D: ground beef kale salad w/cheese & garlic I'm starting to sound paleo...

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Monday, March 5th
B: eggs & bacon
L: apple, popcorn, & diet pepsi
D: madras lentils w/ cheese

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Octavia said: Iâ€™m not sure Iâ€™ve quite understood that metaphor. Is he saying that the idea is to eat in the manner of an N day but without the N day rules? In which case, how can S days continue to play their role as tension-releasers, as motivators? I've been having this same esoteric brain tea...

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So your normal fast is 19 hours? And 22 really ran you into some difficulties? Just want to make sure I understand. Maybe something else going on too?

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I always tell my students that crying is the best stress reliever! We literally shed cortisol in our tears. The calmness and (relative) peace that comes over us after a good cry is truly healing to the soul. I used to be embarrassed and would hold back tears. My counselor insisted I cry anywhere, an...

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This is nice to hear!

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Yucky S Day!! I was out of town all day with my older son for a basketball tournament. Hence, disordered eating & poor choices on this S Day. B: hasbrowns, bacon & eggs L: movie popcorn, some starbursts, some nachos (in-between games) D: burger & chocolate frosty, some fries I couldn't even eat all ...

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I'm seeing a theme on the boards -- this winter weather has disrupted MANY routines, eating and otherwise. We all just need to hang on with white knuckles until spring!

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I second the milk suggestion. It's always my fall back for the times when I am truly hungry and need to stay green.

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So you and Octavia must live in the same part of UK? Same snow?

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Getting off of our typical routine is both delightful and disturbingly disruptive, all at once! I think the best we can do is enjoy it reasonably, exactly as you are doing!

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Happy S Days, indeed! I think enjoying our S Days in all manner (food, friends, family, hobbies) is probably our best strategy for dealing with our "disordered" work head. haha

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Hope you have a marvelous march!

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You bet! Whatever works!

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Hmmm a tortilla press is probably an item that I would exuberantly purchase and then end up donating to Goodwill. I can see it now. :lol: Friday, March 2nd 140.9 (happy with this!) BMI 25.8 B: apple slices, banana, coffee w/milk L: hot dog slices and mustard, apple slices D: taco salad (I consider t...

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I love our NoS novel-entries. So many ahas! It's like another form of self-care -- at least it feels that way for me.

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I was wondering how often you got snow, and thinking it must be pretty rare there.

Homemade bread would be the perfect S for me. Seriously.

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Congrats on the weight loss!

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You've successfully made pancakes sound disgusting. Particle/pre-digested foods. I'll tell my kids that and see if they stop adoring pancakes. I am proud to say (haha from my high horse!) that I have never liked pancakes! Yay for lucky me. I seriously won't even eat them. Now a crepe -- ah, there's ...

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That's funny about your stockpile of sweets. I apply the same principle to alcohol -- buy enough for the whole week. When it's gone, it's gone!

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I have EXACTLY the same thing happen to me. One carby large meal, and the next day my weight is up. Are you short (like me)? I think that makes the effect worse. I've read Wheat Belly. Also Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. Refined carbs are an S for me. For the rest of my life, I guess. I...

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I'm kind of having a panic attack about the whole snake thing. I don't mind snakes at all -- the NON venomous ones. Yikes! I'd want to move!

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That's pretty exciting about the tummy tuck! I fantasize about doing that someday. Although the recovery does sound pretty miserable.

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I'll eat anything with goat cheese on top.

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Hey, that's exciting to have the sling removed! Good luck with your rehab exercises. Oolala said: I think processed foods are most everyone's boogeyman. They just do a number on our satiety systems. Or rather they don't- their cutoff satiety point is so low that it takes a lot to feel like you've ha...

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The balance beam! What a great analogy! And those girls always climb right back up and finish the routine.

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The small amounts of surplus energy are used up in cooking, shopping, and minimal housework. All fun, creative, worthwhile, spiritually important things go down the drain. Itâ€™s like the work equivalent of Diet Head. Work Head! ðŸ˜‚

Oh my goodness I so relate!!!

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The one FlyLady cleaning habit that I have stuck with is the 5-minute room rescue. I often get the kids in on it too. Just set a timer and see if we can make the downstairs presentable -- I even say it that way -- what if a neighbor came over? (and we have one neighbor with an immaculate house, so I...

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Oolala, if we lived closer I'd just make sure to relax you with a margarita before we chatted. And if Linda were with us, we'd all have sangria together. Then it would all be glorious! :lol: What is the DEAL with pancakes? My kids can eat like 10 of them each; I always assumed it was they syrup, too...

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I will anxiously await your test results!

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Oh my! That sounds scary! Like you just tripped and konked your head on something?

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Snow Day! Snow Day! Yes, keeping everything crossed!!!!!!

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I'm sorry but what the heck is a hamantachen?

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Oh my gosh, I so relate!

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Hi Imogen! You go girl. Do what needs be done! I thought you and Sinnie always had a mod similar to what Blessing described (a sweet every day, or something like that)? Do what works.

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Tuesday, Feb 27 141.8 B: smoothie, steamed milk, coffee w/milk L: salad w/ blue cheese and a few apple slices D: corn, bean & beef bowl topped w/ cheese and sour cream glass of wine Do many of you use Google Keep? Between it, my Google Calendar, and my new enjoyment of using labels in Gmail, I've be...

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Monday, Feb 26th
B:strawberry, banana & yogurt smoothie
L: peanut butter & banana sandwich, apple slices
D: beef, bean, & corn with corn tortillas & sour cream

super tired tonight.

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You resisted at the movies! That would be my ultimate test. Bravo!!

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Oh gosh so sorry about your stomach pains. A whole month of that?! That would be tough indeed.

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You said,

I'm sitting down really hungry for meals these days but also manage to stop when I've had enough.

That is so great!!! I can do the first part of this but then chronically eat more than I need.[/quote]

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Well, I don't know if your intention was to have me smiling, but this post totally made me laugh at various points. Almost like reading Bridget Jones' Diary when her "almost-retired" book comes out.

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Calling it porridge instead of oatmeal makes it sound more like comfort food. I think I might start doing that.
Wait -- is there actually a difference between porridge and oatmeal?

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Oh my goodness, please don't compare yourself!!! I struggle mightily with housekeeping and accumulating junk. I spend too much money on poor-quality, luxury items (wow, isn't that an oxymoron?! Low-quality luxury items) and then have to get rid of stuff. Anyway, that's why what's come over me is pot...

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Saturday, February 24th This Weekend, I am Fighting the Desire To BE WILD! B:cinnamon roll, 1/2 banana, coffee w/milk L: bowl of doritos, milkshake, & last 1/2 of a cinnamon roll snacks: few blueberries, few handfuls of popcorn, 2 chocolates D: fish sticks & rice We had a rare day in which nobody ha...

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Thanks oolala. I am certainly trying to be a moderate eater. And that is something I could hold my head high about.

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Friday, Feb 23rd 141.6 -- curiosity point: After having a few heavy-eating weekends & a couple fails from several weeks ago.....I STILL am up a pound over the end of January. Wow. When you are as short as I am, as sedentary, and in your 40's, weight loss may be slow and difficult. B: Bacon & eggs, c...

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Alas, the snow is gone! Oolala, people have to "shovel" snow?! Haha! :wink: :wink: Thursday, Feb 23rd B: avocado on toast, coffee w/milk (all avocados finally gone) L: oatmeal w/pb & banana D: tuna & cheese melt w/ pickles! wine I was hungry today! Hungry for lunch, hungry for dinner, hungry now for...

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Tuesday, Feb 21 B: avocado on toast, coffee w/milk L: oatmeal w/pb, & blueberries D: quesadillas w/beans, cheese, sour cream, and avocado Wednesday, Feb 22nd B: avocado on toast; coffee w/milk L: half turkey & cheese; apple D: tortilla chips & pico de gallo & hummus Good day. I feel like homeschool...

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Thanks for the eloquent answer, Ironchef! Sunday, S Day B: bacon, egg & cheese sandwich, latte L: lasagne Snack: doritos D: salad w/ blue cheese, lasagne (can you tell we have a lot of leftover lasagne?) dessert: bowl of ice cream Once again practiced restraint to avoid perma-snacking. Monday , back...

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