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Crystal

So...today was a success, but it was really hard. First really hard day in a few weeks. Itâ€™s that time of month and I was feeling tired and emotional and stressed out and worried. I tend to worry a lot. I was really craving something sweet after dinner. First time I had such a strong craving to ea...

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Resisting eating a freshly baked homemade cookie (or 5) when iâ€™m the one baking them is just way beyond my ability. Thatâ€™s amazing! Way to go!

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Thank you so much Spirtsong, Larkspur and Gracie!! ðŸŒºðŸŒºðŸŒº It is midnight here so iâ€™m gonna make this short and sweet. Yesterday and today were successes. Yesterday was a potluck gathering. I was planning on taking an S event for that but decided to just eat my one plate of dinner and no dess...

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Thank you so much for the recipe! It looks really good. It seems way more authentic than dhal curries iâ€™ve made in the past. Which came from like a general slow cooker cookbook so no wonder it didnâ€™t taste authentic, haha. In fact, that whole blog you linked to looks great. Your breakfast burrit...

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Hi Gracie, you are doing so well! Glad you are feeling better! By the way, you posted on another thread about your lentil vegetable curry. If you donâ€™t mind, iâ€™d love to have your recipe! If itâ€™s not too much trouble? Iâ€™m assuming you use a different kind of lentils than the regular brown an...

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Hi Gracie. I agree with you-I feel better on N days. I still love S days and feel they are necessary (for me) but iâ€™m glad they are only 2 days a week. I know there are ways to enjoy my S Days and not feel bad physically. Iâ€™ve had a number of those and they are really satisfying. Eating normally...

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Thanks Virginia! I totally agree about learning something from No S. I feel like iâ€™m learning so much. Itâ€™s Monday evening here. I just finished dinner. Today was good. Iâ€™m really happy to be back on N days after the past 2 S days. I donâ€™t think i went overboard, but i definitely felt the di...

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Hi Gracie. Just wanted to say Iâ€™m sorry about your stomach issues. I too have dealt with stomach problems for years, but iâ€™ve never seen a doctor about mine and i donâ€™t think they are nearly as bad as yours. I will say that my stomach/bowel problems do get a lot better when iâ€™m eating this w...

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Hi Jen. Just wanted to say that i too can relate to feeling a bit embarrassed at how much food i used to eat. I think i was in denial about how much i was eating before No S. I was just thinking about this a day or so before you mentioned it. I was rarely that hungry for meals. I love being hungry f...

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Today has been a great day. I was going to skip breakfast because i wasnâ€™t hungry and had a ton of housework to do. But by 11:30, I was starting to feel a bit lightheaded, headachy and nauseous. So i sat down and had 3 saltines. Felt better after that and finished my chores. Lunch was a quick past...

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Thank you Jen and Gracie. ðŸ’™ I better leave the mushy peas recipe to the experts, haha. Thereâ€™s lots of recipes online. I donâ€™t think mine is traditional at all, especially using frozen peas. But mine involved caramelised onions and garlic, frozen peas mashed up into that with veggie broth unt...

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Thanks again Gracie! Iâ€™m enjoying reading your thread as well. ðŸ˜Š Itâ€™s 10 pm and iâ€™m thinking of having a milky tea before bed. Iâ€™ve walked the dog and iâ€™m still a little hungry. We will see. Today was good. I had a slice of buttered bread for breakfast, vegetarian gong bao â€œchickenâ€ ...

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Hi Jen, youâ€™re doing great! Congratulations on so many successful days and on the weight loss too!

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Hi Gracie. Congratulations on the successful day! Your meals sound super delicious. Both the western and Asian choices. Paneer is one of my favourite foods in the world. Thereâ€™s a food stall that sells both South Indian and North Indian cuisine as well as what they here call Indian Muslim food. Th...

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Thank you so much, Gracie! That is so sweet of you to say. Iâ€™ve always loved the name Gracie, by the way. ðŸ˜Š I skipped breakfast today but had a big lunch as i was out with a friend. She ordered a couple Chinese vegetarian dishes to share, which is always a bit tricky. Actually it was one dish o...

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Today, I was hungry. I did ok though. I mean, iâ€™m hungry every day. But it usually doesnâ€™t bother me too much. But i was particularly hungry today with a strong desire to eat. I made it through though. It started raining on my walk with the dog tonight. Right at the beginning of the walk. My dog...

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Hi Jen! Thank you for commenting on my thread the other day. ðŸ˜Š I appreciate your kind words. Donâ€™t worry about the scale too much. Scales are crazy. ðŸ˜‚ I do weigh myself daily, but i know the weight fluctuates so much from day to day. Thatâ€™s why i weigh daily instead of weekly. I may hit a ...

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Hey Linda, I just want to say that your meals always sound so so so good to me. Gives me great ideas. Thank you for that! Iâ€™m also going to check out that cookbook you mentioned a few posts ago. ETA: I just checked online to see if I can borrow it from the library and Iâ€™m so happy to see that th...

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Thank you, Linda! I tend to agree with you about correlation not equaling causation in this study. I had the same thoughts about fasting as well. Thanks for your kind words. I enjoy reading your daily check in even though Iâ€™ve not commented on your thread myself. ðŸ˜Š Iâ€™ll call today a success e...

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Thursday=Success. Thereâ€™s lots of junk in the house (ice cream, etc) that I didnâ€™t buy, and Iâ€™m managing to avoid it all. Thank goodness.

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Wednesday was a success. I skipped breakfast, which I am used to doing. Iâ€™ve just never been a breakfast eater, even as a kid. I read an article a few days ago that once again said there seems to be a link between not eating breakfast and obesity as well as heart disease and a few other conditions...

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Success. Too tired to say more. Just checking in because I promised myself I would every day this year, at least on weekdays. Have a good week everyone who may be reading this. ðŸ˜Š

Crystal

Thank you so much Lilybug! Hope you had a nice weekend. Have a lovely week! ðŸŒº Today was a success. Had one slice of bread with peanut butter for breakfast, homemade soup and sandwich for lunch, and went out for Indian food for dinner. It was a bit heavy and oily but the portions were not very big...

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Hi Oolala. I did consider doing some virtual plating, but in the end, I decided it was too tricky and I'd just tough it out. In the past, when I tried No S, I tended to be way too lenient. It all became very fuzzy with no clear cut lines. So this time I'm being stricter. I'm not extremely strict. I ...

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Hi Bluebell. Thanks again for posting on my thread. I've been reading your thread as well and I can relate to a lot of what you say. I'm also 42. ðŸ˜Š Your thread is very inspiring! I'm through the first 2 pages and am enjoying it so much. Have a lovely weekend!! ðŸŒº

Crystal

It's Friday night. Around 9:30pm. I'm not a big breakfast eater and sometimes just drink coffee. That's what I did this morning. Had lunch at noon. Then had to take my daughter to the Dr for a yearly check up. Had to wait forever to see the dr. I was feeling very hungry but only had a coffee with so...

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Oolala and Bluebell, thank you so much for your encouragement and kind words. I really appreciate it so much. I'm a very introverted person so even an Internet forum can be too much for me at times. Because of this, I've never really reached out for support. Thank you guys so much for reading and gi...

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It's 7:30pm Wednesday in Singapore. I just finished dinner and resisted the urge to have a second helping. So today will be a success provided I don't eat anything else. The strange thing is that this time around, I don't have the desire to eat after dinner anymore. This is huge for me. It's such a ...

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Success! Feeling so much better today.

Crystal

Today was a strange day. An awful migraine day. My migraines are terrible. I spent hours over the toilet vomiting anything i had eaten before the migraine got very, very bad. It's all over now, but I still feel weak and a bit headachy. I ate a couple saltine crackers once the worst of it was over. A...

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Today was really hard but I made it through successfully. I haven't had a hard day since the first couple weeks over 2 months ago. I'm so glad tomorrow is Saturday!!

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Thursday was a success. I'm making a goal of checking in here every day through the end of the year. I think it will help keep me honest. Oolala, thanks for your response and encouragement. You ask very good questions that make me think. I'll respond when I have time, but it's almost midnight here a...

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Today was a success. I've been doing No S for 2.5 months this time around. The real test of whether I can stick to it will be when I have a failure...or two or three. I can go pretty long without a red day. But looking back at my past habitcals reveals a pattern of perfect greens followed by a red a...

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Tuesday was a success. I was really hungry before dinner so I purposely ate a bit later so I wouldn't be tempted to eat after dinner. I'm finding that the best remedy for night time eating for me is my 35-40 minute walk with the dog. We walk around 10pm and when I return I have absolutely no appetit...

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Hi Oolala! I know its kind of corny to say this, but I am honored to get a reply from you. You are The No S Rock Star IMHO, and I so appreciate all your advice and help you give everyone. And the fact that you have been doing so for so many years. Not just that you have stuck with No S for so long, ...

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Hi Lilybug! Thanks for your comment and the suggestion about the Beck book. I have heard of it (I think from lurking these forums occasionally over the years) but I have not read it. I am headed to the library tomorrow to pick up my reserved copy of "Y is for Yesterday" (I am a huge Sue Grafton fan)...

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Thanks, Whosonfirst and Lilybug! 8) Really appreciate your support. I feel like this weekend was pretty sane and I'm happy for that. But I'm a perfectionist and I notice that I usually start No S really, really well for a couple months. Maybe even 4 or 5 months. Then I inevitably fail and find it re...

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Thank you gingerpie and Merry! Thanks for the welcome back. I'm surprised I typed all that out on my phone as well. (I'm pretty old myself, haha). It's Saturday night here and I've had a great S day. I find I enjoy my S days way more if I plan one or two really yummy treats but otherwise eat as if t...

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Umm...I'm back. :oops: I've been familiar with No S since 2004. I was 29 then and at my lowest weight after hardcore dieting. My lowest weight was 169. (Lost 70 pounds 3 times in 15 years). Had many stops and starts on No S. I feel amazing when I follow it. But my life, at age 42 now, married with o...

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I very much agree that children should not be snacking all the time. I like the idea that previous posters mentioned of one snack after school for example. Maybe. But the title of this thread mentions toddlers, and i really do think there is a BIG difference between a 1-3 year old and a school age c...

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My daughter is 15 months old. Sometimes she eats at mealtimes, sometimes she doesn't. Although she is my first, I'm pretty sure this is common behavior amongst the toddler set. So I do offer her snacks at other times throughout the day, mostly fruit. Also, we take public transportation all the time ...

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DAY 30 Tuesday, April 10: SUCCESS DAY 31: SUCCESS DAY 32: SUCCESS DAY 33: SUCCESS DAY 34: S DAY DAY 35: S DAY DAY 36: SUCCESS DAY 37: SUCCESS DAY 38: SUCCESS DAY 39: SUCCESS DAY 40: NWS DAY DAY 41: S DAY DAY 42: S DAY DAY 43: SUCCESS DAY 44: SUCCESS DAY 45: SUCCESS DAY 46: SUCCESS DAY 47: SUCCESS DA...

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DAY 22 SUCCESS DAY 23 SUCCESS DAY 24 SUCCESS DAY 25 SUCCESS DAY 26 NWS DAY DAY 27 S DAY DAY 28 S DAY DAY 29 SUCCESS -Monday, April 9 Thanks for stopping by BertinHouston and KL! Thanks for the kind words! Do y'all get bluebonnets in Houston BertinHouston? I am originally from central Texas and have ...

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DAY 16 SUCCESS DAY 17 SUCCESS DAY 18 SUCCESS DAY 19 SUCCESS DAY 20 S DAY DAY 21 S DAY This was a great week. Got in a lot more walking. Because of the pedometer, I have been more conscious of walking as much as I can. Made some amazing chocolate chip cookies on Saturday. I only baked 6 of them and f...

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Hi Ibb, Just wanted to thank you for your encouraging words on my weekly check-in thread the other day. Sorry it took my so long to reply. That's neat that your sister lives in Singapore-its really a small world! I like your blog, and your photo of your peanut butter and banana oatmeal always gets m...

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Day 8 SUCCESS Day 9 SUCCESS Day 10 SUCCESS Day 11 SUCCESS Day 12 SUCCESS Day 13 S DAY Day 14 S DAY Day 15 SUCCESS I thought again about taking my baby out for walks in the stroller. I was thinking that as she gets older, she keeps changing, and what she hates one day, she may tolerate and even like ...

Crystal

CONGRATULATIONS! 21 Days! Thanks for stopping by my thread, by the way. :-) Thanks for the encouragement. Lentil soup sounds great. I make soups like that in my slow cooker a lot. Interesting that you used to live in Bangkok. I have been there twice, loved it. I am originally from Texas, married to ...

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Hi KL. Just want to say that I really enjoy reading your daily check-in. I am a long time vegetarian - 24 years, which just goes to show that vegetarians can be fat too, haha! I am talking about me, not you. :-) I enjoy your posts as they give me meal ideas! So thanks for that. And you are doing so ...

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Well, its Monday morning here in sunny Singapore. Last week went something like this: (I am counting Monday, March 12 as Day 1 even though I have been toying with No S-this time around-since the beginning of the year.) Day 1: SUCCESS Day 2: SUCCESS Day 3: SUCCESS Day 4: SUCCESS Day 5: SUCCESS Day 6:...

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Wow! It has been YEARS since I posted or even looked at this board. I was mainly a lurker anyway. So nice to see many of the same members are still around and posting. This has always been such a friendly place. In the 4 or 5 years since I posted so much has changed for me. I am married now, and I h...

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Janie...thank you very much! One positive change I have noticed recently is that I have completely lost the desire to snack. Granted, I was never much of a snacker, but years of serious dieting built that habit in me. I guess it was OK and worked for me when I was really restricting calories, but I ...

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DAY 29: SUCCESS
DAY 30: S DAY
DAY 31: S DAY
DAY 32: SUCCESS
DAY 33: SUCCESS
DAY 34: NWS DAY

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Thanks very much, Kathleen! Here's hoping we both have a delightful weekend!

Crystal

DAY 26: SUCCESS DAY 27: SUCCESS DAY 28: SUCCESS Today was difficult. I had to drink a lot of beverages in between meals-and even now, before going to bed-to make it work today. This is the most difficult day I have had so far on No S. (Actually, most of the other days have been a breeze.) Kept tell...

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DAY 23: S DAY
DAY 24: S DAY
DAY 25: SUCCESS

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DAY 21: SUCCESS
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DAY 19: SUCCESS Went out for a cappucino with two friends today. It came with one of those one-bite cookie things, and I did not even consider eating it. I know that in the grand scheme of things, one bite of a cookie is not going to matter at all, but I sacrificed it in the name of Strictness and ...

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DAY 16: S DAY
DAY 17: S DAY
DAY 18 SUCCESS

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DAY 11: SUCCESS DAY 12: SUCCESS DAY 13: SUCCESS DAY 14: FAILURE DAY 15: SUCCESS[ Thanks, Janie! Yes, it did feel good especially since I did not want it anyway. I had no desire to eat it, but before, I would have anyway. Updating the week as I have been on holiday and away from my computer since Mo...

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Day 9: S Day Day 10: S Day [/color] Out of town for a few days, will update this page Friday night. Here's hoping I can manage to stay on track despite the fact that I will be out of my normal environment and routine! Thanks, Blueskighs, for your encouraging words. I love your blog, and congratulat...

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Day 8: SUCCESS Today, I had to decline snacks while out with a friend for afternoon tea. She ordered them without my knowledge. I stuck with plain black tea with milk but no sugar. She kept urging me to eat the snacks and I kept declining. I have to say, it felt great to walk away not eating those ...

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