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- Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:31 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: For everyone?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26830
I filled my plate once with calorie dense, filling stuff that all fit -- I was afraid I would be hungry, but instead I found I was uncomfortably stuffed. And once or twice, the plate was filled visually, but with lightweight, unsatisfying stuff, and I got hungry too soon afterward. You don't make th...
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:26 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: One year of NoS! Better mental clarity, freedom from diets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 31198
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:02 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: MJ7910 - daily check in
- Replies: 215
- Views: 276362
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:32 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: CM is Slow and Steady in 2014
- Replies: 42
- Views: 48804
I'm only about a month more experienced than automated, but I agree -- if you try to do without sweets entirely, you set the stage for huge resentment and feelings of deprivation and binge eating later on. Let the S days roll -- if they don't settle down after a month or more, you can think then abo...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: ZippaDee Do Da Days...
- Replies: 526
- Views: 616814
Our schools reopened today with a 2-hour delay -- a few days off give you a glimpse of a whole different way of life, don't they? Glad you all are enjoying it! I ended up staying home Wednesday anyway -- it was still below zero and there was still no heat in my office! Back today, with two space hea...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:35 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 1223377
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:18 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Yes, my friend from California is in shock -- she wanted four seasons, not the tundra! The chili was based on Over43's Bowl of Red soup, auto -- I added navy beans and chopped onion and pepper and it's great comfort food! It's -8 this morning, windchill -15 or so, gradually warming up but not warm e...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Chani8's Dauntless Thread
- Replies: 247
- Views: 220845
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:35 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Middleager's daily check in
- Replies: 48
- Views: 53816
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Linda, I get it, I also quite like the adventure aspect of it -- just got off the phone with a friend who moved here from California recently. She's completely bummed out, doesn't believe it that this is exceptionally harsh, thinks she's made a terrible mistake! By the end of the week, things should...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Thanks for looking in, ZippaDee -- yes, I am still home, similar temps to yours here. If I do go in to the office, it will just be to gather things I can work on at home . . . Do you know, it's actually warmer in the Arctic circle right now?! What a wild ride this winter has been so far! However -- ...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:54 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Chani8's Dauntless Thread
- Replies: 247
- Views: 220845
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:52 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
You ladies all sound like really involved, caring moms -- your kids will remember and respond to that. My mom raised eight kids to be happy, responsible adults and she lost her temper just about every day! When it was justified, we were contrite, when it wasn't, we just shrugged and rolled our eyes ...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: ZippaDee Do Da Days...
- Replies: 526
- Views: 616814
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Kookie's Daily Check in
- Replies: 364
- Views: 346525
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:17 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Thanks, Linda! Windchills of -30 today -- and a rare, delightful arctic effect, we all woke up to find big cylindrical snowballs everywhere, rolled by the wind! The snowy equivalent of crop circles! I dug out the car -- again -- but they haven't cleared my street yet, so I am not going anywhere . . ...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Kookie's Daily Check in
- Replies: 364
- Views: 346525
Oh Kookie, they say not to make life-changing decisions when you are mourning a new loss -- but I so understand your wish to just get away! Do you have an idea of where you would want to go? Could you do some long weekends? March is not far away at all, and maybe your completed course will open some...
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The perils of being fat, female and French
- Replies: 14
- Views: 27716
My point was more, wouldn't it be great if we could see ourselves as worth dressing up and strutting our stuff at whatever weight we are, instead of waiting until we hit some ideal number. And looks can be deceptive -- I am both big and tall and even though I am not round, I am certainly in the obes...
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48367
The bowl of red (thanks, Over43) was such amazing comfort food, I decided to do a second variation on it this week, to make a kind of chili. Also, ho hum, we're having another blizzard today, so I don't want to go out shopping -- these are ingredients I have on hand! WHITE BEAN CHILI Cook 2 cups dri...
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:04 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4495156
Trust your body, Linda. As you know, I added a few pounds over the holidays and there they still are -- but the temperatures have been in the negative numbers for weeks, I have to think my body knows what it is doing! I hope with new activities and a jump start to your social life, you won't have ti...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48367
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2 Habits
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23515
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:20 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Second go
- Replies: 259
- Views: 269352
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:53 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: ZippaDee Do Da Days...
- Replies: 526
- Views: 616814
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Kookie's Daily Check in
- Replies: 364
- Views: 346525
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:35 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: eschano 2014 check in
- Replies: 525
- Views: 537689
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 1223377
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:57 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Clarebear's daily check in
- Replies: 241
- Views: 299962
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:51 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Kookie's Daily Check in
- Replies: 364
- Views: 346525
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:38 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1157989
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 1223377
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Real sun it is, then! And yes, ZippaDee, the next few days most of my skin will be covered up -- we're headed into sub-zero temps again. I wish I could take a little mid-winter break in Haiti, eschano -- I had a number of Haitian colleagues and students in Cambridge, but I never made it there myself...
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:14 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:11 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: ZippaDee Do Da Days...
- Replies: 526
- Views: 616814
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:53 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 1223377
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4495156
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:44 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Thanks for the suggestions and support, ladies -- I wonder if artificial tanning in a booth has the same effect as sunshine? I've never done it, but there's a place just up the street from my office. Luckily, I feel fine -- if I hadn't gone to the doc, I wouldn't even know about this! Vitamin D is t...
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:38 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: O43 Check-in
- Replies: 1103
- Views: 1311452
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: KCCC - Back again
- Replies: 93
- Views: 78620
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:06 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
My bone density is quite low (I can think of a lot of reasons for that -- 25 years of smoking, high doses of prednisone recently among them) and I am resisting starting on medication because of a childhood history of bone lesions (apparently a side effect of the bone density meds). I went on prescri...
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:22 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Doc visit on Thursday -- I feel fine, but evidently my system is not processing calcium and Vitamin D as it should. They drew blood to test for thyroid, parathyroid, and celiac conditions, all of which run in the family and all of which could be the culprit. I really hope I don't have to start tinke...
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:15 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 1223377
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:13 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1157989
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
Auto, are your kids passing up real life opportunities in order to stay online? Or is the electronics thing a default activity for them? Speaking from experience, if I don't have a full day, I drift into too much electronics use. Sometimes I just OD on it and then I pull the plug for a week or so. Y...
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:56 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Invention of snacking
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10869
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:29 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48367
- Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:26 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Keep Calm and No S on
- Replies: 322
- Views: 314833
Lori, I have some very old kettlebells that belonged to my grandfather (1930's probably) -- they look like cannonballs, are hollow, and have grips that screw in. He used to fill them with sand when he wanted a more intense workout. I use them as floor vases for tall grasses and branches -- but every...
- Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:36 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: They just keep coming...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11672
LOL, eat food, Over43! That stuff is all tablets and capsules. I buy something like fish oil capsules and then forget to take them because I hate to take pills. But I will eat oily fish . . . I'd probably eat an acai berry if I knew where they grew, but I won't buy a bottle of acai berry tablets, no...
- Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1157989
Imogen, I once had a job where we didn't have sick days. If we were sick, we stayed home with pay, but there was no set number of days in the employee manual, as there usually is in most US jobs. They had found that if they allotted, say, 14 paid sick days per year, every employee took every sick da...
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Help with Fridays please!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36451
If my S days started on Friday, I would have the sweets itch Thursday night, I am sure. That said, Friday nights ARE hard -- when I just feel too exhausted to fight, my solution is a personal pizza delivered to my house. It's a treat, it's something that I don't often eat and never cook myself, it s...
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 2:02 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:17 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Second go
- Replies: 259
- Views: 269352
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:15 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: The Rone Ranger's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18534
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Back Again
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9492
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:50 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4495156
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:43 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Chani8's Dauntless Thread
- Replies: 247
- Views: 220845
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:39 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1157989
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:32 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: 4 Islandgirls check-in
- Replies: 90
- Views: 86722
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:27 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 208689
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:04 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1157989
"I had to get rid of everything sweet I had at home, preferably by eating it all. How pathetic." I did exactly the same thing on New Year's Day, Imogen -- LOL, I thought I was showing foresight, getting it out of the house before the N week started! As for your mod, when I have been at this successf...
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48367
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:20 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: new mod for s days... eat only when hungry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11568
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:16 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:56 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4495156
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:43 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Diligence's check in
- Replies: 34
- Views: 43021
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4495156
"I wonder what would happen if I just accepted the fact that they fight a lot and focus on my response to that." This in a nutshell expresses a whole school of therapy called cognitive therapy -- it lends itself to self-help and dealing with what is. It goes something like this: "All kids bicker som...
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48367
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:15 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:09 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
Your life seems to be finding a new level of order, auto! I don't have much to add about anxiety -- the only thing I have ever done is ask myself, what's the problem right this minute -- and I usually find I am fretting about something that's over and done or about something that might happen, neith...
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4495156
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 2:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48367
I am a huge fan of pumpkin soup, finallyfull! Thanks for adding it to the cookbook! I am starting a scratch soup today (what's in the fridge -- let's turn it into soup). It involves a head of cauliflower and some chicken parts so far and may eventually include peas. If it turns out well, I'll post i...
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:32 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
I finally dared to weigh after the holidays: up three pounds. Not the end of the world -- but it tells me I am walking a fine line with No S and my indulgences had better be pretty rare if I don't want to reverse all the gains I made over the last six months. I skittered around for about two weeks -...
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:59 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:52 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4495156
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:13 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Niagara Falls partially frozen!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8544
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:03 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Oh dear! what can I say? vegetable-innuendo transcends language and culture? You, too, can join in! Look for soup base, auto -- it's a paste that comes in beef, chicken and ham flavors in squat 16 oz jars. It's the fix-it for soups that are a little watery -- gives good, strong flavor, better than b...
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
That's hilarious! I used to teach in Boston's Chinatown and the women there engaged in similar language hijinks with bananas . . . And actually, the eggplant in the Chinese markets was as you describe, paler purple, longer and thinner. Did you live in Iran, oolala? I've known some delightful Iranian...
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:35 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sinnie's Post-Pregnancy Check In 2014
- Replies: 195
- Views: 174498
"As I carved myself a small piece of lemon pie (didn't finish) and had a small cookie with my coffee, they started to sneak a cookie here and there after they said no." One said no, the other felt she should say no as well, then you took pie and cookie, giving them both permission to rethink the mat...
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:22 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Not smug at all, oolala -- I also loved refried beans from the can! And there are Indian packet meals I buy online that are fantastic, much better than what I could produce with the limited rural PA ingredient palette. But I love to cook, and most days I manage it. And I live in an area that conside...
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1157989
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:51 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4646336
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:46 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: 4 Islandgirls check-in
- Replies: 90
- Views: 86722
LOL, 4islandgirls, my mother -- who really was and is quite overweight -- used to look for people on the beach who were fatter than she was and then put our towels down near them, so she would look slimmer in comparison. I don't think there's a woman in the world who doesn't feel vulnerable in a swi...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Katie's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 227
- Views: 254895
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:41 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Katie's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 227
- Views: 254895
Anoulie, when I was 15 I had no hips and no breasts -- when I was 16 my hips appeared (my breasts took about 4 more years!) and I suddenly had the illusion I was fat. Don't you think at least some of the weight that caused you to look for a diet may just have been what happens in the early to mid-te...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:01 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: jw's check in
- Replies: 386
- Views: 353603
Yay! Now, some math -- a pound of lentils costs $1.79, add a carrot, an onion, a potato and some seasonings and you will have enough thick lentil soup for 5-6 lunches (three hefty ladles full per serving). An added incentive to learning to make lentil soup -- you can use the $$ you would have spent ...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: NoSnacker Daily Check-in
- Replies: 197
- Views: 217305
Oh, this is a stressful time for you, NoSnacker! Treat yourself extra well at mealtimes if you can -- downsizing and mergers and new expectations can sure keep you awake at night and wanting to permasnack by day! Also, with a new boss in the picture, it's hard to take time for your daughter and gran...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:17 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: oolala53
- Replies: 2363
- Views: 2720143