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July 4th is definitely a day for celebrating! I just don't think it was a day for overeating :oops: But in better news, Tuesday and Wednesday have been solid greens. Lots of vegetables from our CSA. I've got my DH on board for a little weight loss too. This made going to the grocery store easier thi...

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Thanks, friends, it was so sweet to come here tonight and find such a community of support.

The good news is that today was a solid green! I hope you all had greens today as well.

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Well, the party went on a little too long as I took July 4th as an S day after two S days on the weekend. I'm relieved to have four plain and simple N days ahead of me.

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Yesterday was a fine No S day. I enjoyed some freedom and a couple of things I wouldn't have eaten on an N day, but overall it felt moderate. On days like these I know that I'm not going to lose weight, but at least I feel I'm nipping gaining in the bud!

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Thanks for noticing my new name here. I love it too. Growing up the Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie. At the end, Glinda reminds Dorothy that she always had the power to go home ("just click your heels together three times . . ." ) Home for me in the context of No S makes me think of my Dad. He is...

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Amazing how hard it is to get back to the basics of No S. I managed to eek out a green day, but only just barely. I've got in the habit of dessert almost every night, and I was seriously tempted after dinner (and this was just Day 1!!). I virtual plated some dried fruit and nuts at the end of my mea...

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Well, I'm at it again for the umpteenth time. I've got a new name and a new attitude. I figure that the second half of the year (beginning on July 1st of course) has got to be better than the first half. Despite any and all 2011 New Year's resolutions, instead of losing weight and keeping it off, I ...

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S is for Saturday. Yellow! B: Baked mochi with sunflowerseed butter; greens L: Black beans and roasted corn; cabbage and kale salad with homemade vinagrette; apple Snack: amasake; Skout Bar (dates, coconut, oats, walnuts, unsweetened chocolate) D: Park Kitchen! Lovely coffee-rum old-fashioned cockta...

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B: Hot Red River cereal with ESB; greens L: Carrots and hummus; brussels sprouts and beets with mustard-miso dressing; Pink Lady apple; marcona almonds; amasake beverage D: Sauteed spinach with mirin and sesame oil; baked teriaki tofu; sweet potato with coconut milk and ginger; white wine; date roll...

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Thursday green.

B: Ezekiel cereal with ESB; greens
L: Brown rice temaki rolls; edamame; stir-fried bok choy and red peppers; date roll with coconut
3:00pm: Carrot juice
D: L.O. tofu, broccoli, soba noodles with peanut sauce; apple; amaretto

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Wednesday green. B: Savory whole oats with ginger and cardamom topped with coconut and gomasio; sweet roasted vegetables; last of the coconut collard greens L: Beets and miso-mustard spread on pumpernickel bread; carrots and hummus; apple; kale with olive oil D: Dark beer; soba noodles, broccoli, to...

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Tuesday green.

B: Sunflower seed butter on pumpernickle with roasted sweet vegetables; coconut collard greens
L: Black beans and brown rice; cabbage and kale salad with homemade lime vinagrette; carrot juice
D: L.O. Tofu scramble; baked potato with mustard; brussels sprouts with Dulcet dressing

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Monday green. B: Whole wheat toast with almond butter; roasted sweet parsnips and carrots; coconut collard greens L: Carrots and hummus; tempeh, apple, red leaf lettuce rolls with dijon; amasake beverage D: Grilled eggplant and zucchini with marinara; edamame; sweet potato; date roll with coconut; w...

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Sunday, a fine S day. B: Warm rolled oats and cooked pumpkin with walnuts and pecans; only ESB in coffee L: Black beans and brown rice; red-leaf lettuce with guacamole 4:00pm: carrot juice D: White wine; tofu scramble pizza on Ezekial tortilla; steamed collard greens; banana-coconut-date smoothie Ex...

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Saturday--a nice S day. B: Ezekial toast with sunflower butter, greens. L: Carrots with hummus, spinach and apple salad with sunflower-white wine dressing. D: Favorite Japanese Izakaya: Sapporo beer, tofu steak with special sauce, veggie tempura, daikon salad with sesame ginger dressing At home: car...

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Friday green. B: Red River hot cereal; ESB; greens L: Brown rice nori temaki; tempeh lettuce wraps with mustard; carrots and brussels sprouts with lemon miso dressing 2:30pm: 8oz vegetable juice D: Lentil, corn, and red pepper salad on bed of spinach with lime juice vinagrette; cooked pumpkin with p...

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Thursday green.

B: Hot muesli; ESB; greens
L: Vegan tempeh "B.L.T." on pumpernickle; brussels sprouts with mustard-miso dressing
D: Marinated adzuki beans with onions; brown rice; carrot salad; date roll with pecans

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Nice S day Wednesday! My DD's 8th b-day

B: Pumpernickle bread with PB; greens
L: Carrots & hummus; warm tomato salad on lettuce; quinoa with veggie melange
D: Edamame; grilled eggplant, zucchini, & marinara; cooked pumpkin; carrot cake

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Tuesday green.

B: Ezekial Golden flax cereal, Eden soy blend (ESB), greens
L: Friend's potluck (Indian food): chickpeas, rice pilaf, corn and apple salad, steamed rice dumpling with coconut chutney
D: Black beans, brown rice, carrot salad, date roll, glass of white wine at book club

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Thanks Kevin! Yesterday was a solid green day. B: Rye toast, almond butter, greens, coffee with soy/rice milk blend L: Black beans, brown rice, cabbage salad, amasake beverage D: Tofu burger on lettuce, topped with sauteed mushrooms, onions, & raddichio, roasted carrots & parsnips, date rolled in ch...

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I've been away, doing No S sporadically. I've been having trouble with some wild S days and few too many wild red days. I've gone totally vegan which makes me feel very peaceful, but unfortunately junk food still calls to me too often! Having first tried No S starting way back in September 2008, I k...

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Excellent thread. My word for 2011 will be Patience. I resolve to have more patience with myself, my body, my husband, my kids, my friends and my mother

Happy New Year to all!

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BrightAngel, This is unrelated to the overall topic here, but I just had to jump in and say that I was fascinated by your use of the term "hobby" in regards to dieting. I have often stressed over the fact that dieting was one of my main "hobbies" and thought other people would not consider it a valu...

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Kathleen, I wish you the very best of luck following Vanilla No S this month. I agree completely that it is hugely challenging to avoid the temptation to add extra rules when the going gets tough (and you don't see the number on the scale going down immediately). I think Bright Angel hit the nail on...

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Done. Here's hoping he heeds the call to No S!

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So Thursday will be my official 2 year anniversary with NoS. However, in truth, I've only been doing it for one year. I had great success for the first six months (9/08 to 4/09), fell way off the wagon, became disillusioned, and quit for a year. I "rejoined" on April 6th of this year, had great succ...

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Hi Liz, I've totally been where you are. The only advice I can give you is to hang in and have patience. Be gentle with yourself. It's taken me 15 months or so to be stable on No S without bingeing on S days anymore. I think you get into trouble feeling like you have to MAXIMIZE food on an S day. In...

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So don't live without the sweets. Start building a "two" No S habit--no snacks and no seconds. Have one small dessert each day. (That's what my kids do and they seem quite satisfied.) If you find you lose some weight, great! If you don't lose weight, you really want to lose some weight, then you cou...

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You are all right on! I have tried giving up diet soda but it made No S about ten times more challenging than it had to be. I make such an effort to eat healthful foods at every single meal (including S days) that the questionable things I've heard about diet soda seem small in comparison. I drink o...

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Hi Graham, I hardly ever post responses but I feel I must chime in here. Please don't weigh yourself after an S day! I can guarantee that you won't have lost weight, and I can guarantee that you'll end up feeling discouraged. I usually weigh myself after a whole week of N days (Fridays generally). I...

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I don't know if I feel as bold as you do, but I want at least to make public my intention to rejoin the fold. It's been about a year since I left No S. I'm turning forty this month :shock: I'm ten or twelve pounds up from where I want to be. Other things I've tried have obviously NOT worked out very...

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Day 7 FAILURE Binge to end all binges. Tired of abusing my body. Tired of thinking about food all the time. I know that No S is supposed to put food in the background of my life, but even when it was going well, I thought about food a lot. (When I'm hungry, I spend a lot of time planning my next mea...

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Day 6
SUCCESS

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Day 5
SUCCESS
A very good S day.

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Right on, brotherjohn!

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Day 4
SUCCESS
A moderately challenging day. Breakfast and lunch went well, but I find it hard to watch everyone in my family eating sweets after dinner. I had my usual glass of whole milk kefir so that helped me feel satisfied and healthy and some how I managed to stay with the No S rules.

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Thanks for the encouragement Marleah! BTW, I'm a vegetarian too!

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Day 3 SUCCESS At last! An easy day. I'm starting to feel like my old "No S" self again :) The intense cravings of the last couple of days have waned. I'm probably eating more food on my three plates each day this week in an effort to keep these N days green, but I'm hoping I can ease up next week on...

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Could you switch and take your medicine right before bed? Then you could jump start your day with breakfast the next morning.

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Day 2
SUCCESS
Still not the easiest day. I'm surprised at how hard a time I'm having getting my motivation back. Still I made it through the day. Tomorrow's another chance at more habit rebuilding.

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Day 1 SUCCESS Not the easiest day, but not the hardest either. I had sugar in my tea and sugar in my coffee which I would have usually saved for S days, but I know is allowed on N days. Those small details eased the transition from "being an idiot" for the last week to being in control for this day....

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So. I'd been happily (relatively) going along with No S since I joined in Sept 2008. I was very successful with my N days. I had been basically been following my own version of No S for a few years after reading about "The Martini Diet" and "The French Fallacy" in 2006. It was more like no snacks an...

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Thanks for your support, CCL! So far, so good this weekend too. At the end of the day I think I'll be recording two more moderate yellows. I've had enough treats, etc. to enjoy the break from the N day routine, but haven't overdone it at all :D I suspect I'll be nicely hungry for breakfast tomorrow ...

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I am a huge nerd and so is my DH! I'll forward the website to him--thanks for sharing

Happy 1234567890 day! Happy Valentine's and Happy President's Day too! With all these holidays, I hope everyone is taking at least one NWS day this long weekend. Enjoy.

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SEVEN good S weekends in a row. Yay! This tracking helps me remember how much better I feel when I keep S days from running wild! Managed to survive a weekend away from home and house guests to boot. I still have lots of cravings . . . This isn't always easy, but I'm really looking forward to three ...

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Wow, Richard! Saying no to Munchkins while everyone else was eating them--that is awesome for building your good habits! I hope you have a couple of very special treats of your choosing on your S days this weekend. You have surely earned the reward. Keep up the good work

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Wow, what a lovely testimonial! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post and found myself agreeing with many things you said. I too have gleaned a great deal of support from the feeling that "others out there share my same struggles and are doing their best on their own NoS journeys." Even though I do...

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Thanks for the kind words and wisdom and support. It's really nice to be a part of this community

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I just noticed that today was the four month mark for me! In that time I have learned a lot, been very successful at keeping my N days green, and been humbled by "s days gone wild" more than once! Just when I think I've got "NoS" down perfectly, my appetite seems to run amok on a Saturday or Sunday....

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Hi Richard!

I think it's great that you are taking charge of your own health while still in middle school! When the gym is closed, you could do push-ups and sit-ups at home on a carpet. Could you go for a walk around your neighborhood after school too? Good luck!

NewHope

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Check out Mark Bittman's comments about how much better off we would all be if we did almost all of our cooking at home--there's a video link on the New York Times website ( http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/ ). He's written a new book called Food Matters. I've basically instituted a "home made" rule ...

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In honor of tomorrow, I've changed my user name. I had two rough "S days gone wild" this weekend. I'm back to a green N day today, but I've made a mini-goal to reward myself with something special (non-food, of course :wink: ) for every terrific, yet "tame" weekend I have from now until my 39th b-da...

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Resting-

Way to go on 3X21!

-habitualrunner

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Blueskighs- You are totally right about the natural, good feeling of "just stopping" when Monday rolls around. The habits I've built feel so right and so strong that after a couple of S days, I'm ready, willing, and able to move through the next five N days confidently knowing I've indulged myself s...

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Hi Blue- I am so glad I read your blog just now. At first I didn't understand why you would want to tweak your NoS habits since they have been working so well for you for the last eight months. But I can totally understand the plummeting appetite when the exercise slows down. I have been training fo...

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Hi Anne and welcome! I too am small and thin but had developed some chaotic eating habits over the past eighteen months. They were developing a disturbing life of their own! Worst of all, I couldn't seem to find a solution and was beginning to feel very desperate. Then I stumbled on NoS and it revol...

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Well it's been two great S days in a row! I swear my no Sneaking rule totally saved me tonight after dinner. I had carefully selected and anticipated my s day dessert. But I never seem to be sure exactly how satisfying I'll find any treat--I mean some things don't exactly live up to my imagination (...

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Congrats on 8 months, Blue!

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Hi resting- "Isn't that funny habitualRUNNER and NoSNEAKERS????" That is funny, LOL :D I hadn't noticed that before. I'm definitely at my best when I'm wearing my sneakers, and not being one! This discussion about growing up is a great one. Clearly the three of us (you, me, and Blue) have plenty of ...

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Hi Resting, I'm so glad you liked my No S neaking mod (I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of it actually, but I recently posted about how much it has improved my No S experience). I totally agree with you that one the biggest appeals of No S is the feeling of freedom. Sneaking just brings ou...

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I was so happy to share my couple of ideas as I have learned so much from all of you! This past weekend went so much better with this added structure. I agree with Blue that "less is more" when it comes to indulgences. If I buy too much, I feel (even if it's silly) "obligated" to eat it. I'm off for...

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Last Sunday was my second very difficult Sunday in a row. I did a lot of "soul searching" to figure out a plan of attack for the future. I really like what I came up with. I've added two "No S"s the basic no snacks, no sweets, no seconds. First, no S neaking. This was not a problem on N days, but I ...

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The PM issue is a problem if some members on the boards feel that they can't be honest and open because they are worried that someone might "go behind their backs" with PMs to Reinhard (as moderator). So far I have not had this problem directly. I have felt that this is a very welcoming, fair, and a...

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So glad to see your post, Blue! I was also happy to hear that NoS stood you in good stead especially during a stressful, emotional event. Bravo! I have never been a part of a "virtual" community like this before, so it is all new to me. It's amazing to find how much I feel like I'm getting to know o...

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Well here it is from the HIGH to the LOW. Yesterday was truly an S day gone wild :oops: As with last Sunday, everything seems to go reasonably well until after dinner, when I start to have "Last Supper" syndrome. Then I end up feeling stuffed, totally annoyed with myself, and sleeping poorly. This i...

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Great, great S today. Saturdays are my long run day (I run marathons) and so it's so great to be able to feel free enough to eat enough fuel and not feel guilty! I felt energized on my run instead of drained by it. Breakfast: Grapenuts, whole banana, whole goat's milk, coffee During run--powerbar an...

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Blueskighs- I have thought about you many times this week, wondering if you were okay. I'm so sorry that something happened to hurt your feelings and make you feel unwelcome on these boards. Although I'm a relative newcomer to NoS, you were DEFINITELY one of the main reasons I joined on. Clearly you...

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Thanks LA_Loser! Tomorrow is another day. I couldn't sleep very well last night, so I was up rereading Reinhard's book. I had an aha moment--he's got some great insights in there! Here's what I read (p. 143): "I messed up. I'm trying to [maintain my weight and my new habits], but I ate an [extra, un...

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This was the first day in almost six weeks that I came DANGEROUSLY close to throwing in the towel and eating everything that wasn't nailed down in the pantry. Yes it was an "S" day, but the only thing that stopped me tonight after a good sized dinner and dessert (and more dessert) was Blueskigh's qu...

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Thanks so much for these posts. I was totally torn about today (like Debs). I thought I could make it just another N day, since the weekend starts tomorrow, but with all that candy spread over the table tonight while my kids examined their loot--it was a little too much for me. Then I planned to sti...

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Five weeks on No S and still going strong. Tonight was a little rough (the pantry was calling . . .)! I think I didn't eat quite enough during the day and I really wanted to snack after dinner. But knowing that I was going to be reporting on five green and yellow weeks pulled me through. I drank som...

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Well said gingercake! Just last night my DH was teasing me a little saying "why can't this be an 's' day? Every day should be special!" :roll: Next time he says something like that I'll say what you say: I CAN have anything I want. But I'm not going to. It's important for me to maintain the sense th...

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Blueskighs, How awful for eating disorders to be on the rise in young mothers--I can definitely relate to that statistic. But I wish I could get the word out to them that sanity is available in the form of No S! I was feeling a little lonely last night (my husband travels a lot for business) and I t...

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Wow! It's been four weeks. I really love No S. While I don't make many posts on these bulletin boards, I really feel supported by this whole community. Before No S, in the last year eighteen months or so, I had begun to fear that I was developing a binge eating disorder. Nothing I was trying was hel...

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Hi janie-

You're signature quotation gave me good cheer this morning! Being fit and healthy are VERY worthwhile, but not always so easy to achieve . . .

BTW, if you're craving something sweet do you just make room for raisins on your plate? I'll try that today!

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I guess I'm officially a member of the 21 day club. I'm feeling pretty good about it, but I certainly miss having a little something sweet at the end of each day. Did any of you count Columbus Day as an "S" day? :wink: BTW, thanks gratefuldeb for the kind words from last week! And you are exactly ri...

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Two weeks of all greens and yellows! Except for one slightly uneasy S day this weekend, I'm really pleased with myself and the No S way of life. I feel well-nourished and have learned some tricks of the trade. I find that healthy beverages like kefir, coconut water, and milky tea make a big differen...

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Reinhard-

Thanks for directing me to the podcasts. I didn't even know about them! #34 was very helpful.

Cheers,
habitualrunner

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Thanks for joining in a discussion with me. Something about being able to post a note/question here in this forum in the middle of the day really turned my day around. I even went out to dinner with friends tonight and had a wonderful Peruvian meal. On the drive home I thought about how I technicall...

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Hi play-outside, Let's here it for the locavores! We too belong to a wonderful CSA and I know what you mean about thinking about food a lot and making plans about how to use up the wonderful bounty from the farm. The freezer does help, but sometimes I find myself saying "it's okay" if some of the ex...

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Hi all- I'm almost two weeks into my No-S life. So far, so great! But today, an S day for me, I've felt a little out of control. I'm not comfortable with "unplanned eating." How do all you pros keep S days from being all out binges? (I'm especially asking those who have a history of binge eating.) I...

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This first week's been a success. HabitCal shows all green and yellow. I'm so grateful for Reinhard's inventions. No S doesn't seem like a "diet" at all. I haven't stepped on the scale either, I'm just focused on developing my good daily habits.

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This is the end of day number 3 and I'm as happy as a clam! No S is working beautifully for me and I'm totally into the HabitCal. I agree with howfunisthat about not wanting to mess up a string of greens on the calendar. Anyway, what made me even happier tonight was that I finally figured out how to...

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I've been struggling to find a plan I can stick with day in and day out, over the LONG haul of my life. The NoSDiet is simple, elegant, and intelligent. I'm eager to give it a go. Thanks!

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