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Thanks, Blondie, that's a good idea. I'll give the full-flavored teas a try.

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I just don't know what to do about coffee. I love it, and I have two large cups every morning. I don't count this as a meal or as a snack, since the amount and preparation is a constant, and I really don't see any good reason why I should stop -- I can lose weight despite the coffee. But in the afte...

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At work, every day I am amazed at how much chocolate I am not eating. To get to the ladies' room, the coffee machine, or the exit, I have to walk past TWO coworkers' candy dishes. They are usually full of something that I like. The best thing to to in this situation is to try not to think about the ...

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My excESSive Sunday was truly damaging, I'm afraid. Had lost almost 7 lbs, now after 2 good N days, still only down 5. Still, better than nothing... I read with interest the thread about out-of-control S days, and I think I do need to implement some kind of strategy, if not actual "rules." The trick...

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Hi! I took some "before" pictures of myself, too, at the beginning of January. I plan to take some "during" pix at the beginning of February. If there's any discernable difference, I'll post them. It might be a nice Sticky thread, actually. I've been doing No-S and Shovelglove, and also riding an el...

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On N days, I find it very satisfying how easy it is to remember what I ate, and how brief the descriptions are. This is in stark contrast to some S days, like yesterday, when I ate seven? or perhaps nine? cookies and some undefined amount of cheese popcorn, and some undefined amount of goldfish, and...

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Unfortunately, I was a huge idiot today. I know why: I just didn't deal with emotional issues in a responsible way. My husband woke up on Saturday really, reallysick, which meant I had to take care of our three-year-old boys by myself pretty much all weekend. They ran me ragged. When there's just on...

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Hi Betty,

How have things been going? I hope it's not as hard as you predicted.

Lisa

franxious

Yay!!! I'm so glad you're feeling better. Here's to more of the same.

Lisa

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I think I'm going to change this to a weekly checkin (can I change the name?), because I don't have that much to say each day! I feel so comfortable with this diet. I am hungry right now, and I usually get hungry about two hours before each meal. Then I drink some unsweetened hot tea or water, and I...

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Julie,

Your plan sounds like a good one. Again, I know how frustrating it is when things don't go as you had planned, but try not to beat yourself up too much. Almost all of the time, you're very successful. So you're not a robot...well, that's OK! Good luck tomorrow.

Lisa

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Julie, From my point of view, it doesn't really sound that bad. OK, one snack, not a huge one at all. And you DID get some exercise. Some days I find I am totally dragging for no apparent reason -- I always think of them as "low energy days" -- but I figure maybe I just need a break. I'm hoping you'...

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Have lost 5.5 lbs so far! I am very happy about that. Tomorrow will be 4 weeks on no-s. The diet is starting to feel more generous and permissive than it did initially. I don't mean that I'm eating more, but just that I'm adjusting more and more to the framework and it feels more and more comfortabl...

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The food at my office party was surprisingly unexciting, particularly the desserts. It seemed like they were trying to put us all on a diet or something! I did drink a lot of wine, but all in all, Saturday was a fine S day. Sunday, I did do some "permasnacking" for awhile. However, not too much dama...

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LL, I tried some of the diets you mention, and many others. After the initial enthusiasm wore off, I got so bored with all of the calculations and planning necessary. You just can't beat this diet for simplicity...and it works! Also, you can incorporate many things from other diets into this one, if...

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Friday was an N day for diet but an S day for exercise. Some horrible gastrointestinal malady developed, so I decided to skip the elliptical and SG. Today, no time to do the elliptical, but managed to squeeze in the SG. Malady is improved, but not totally gone. Tonight is my office "winter gala," so...

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I haven't mentioned my shugging experience yet, but since everything NoS is still just fine, I thought I'd switch gears today. Actually, one more NoS thing: Sans sweets, seconds, snacks, save Saturdays, Sundays, special.... (can anyone think of a word meaning "day" that begins with S in any language...

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Hi Julie,

You do a great job with exercising consistently and your meals also sound nicely balanced. Keep up the good work!

Lisa (franxious)

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MerryKat, Thanks so much for the congrats! Yes, I made it. I haven't had much trouble following the rules, but have eaten quite large meals for fear of being hungry. I think I am starting to relax a bit in that area and am trusting that either I won't get hungry or, if I do, it won't really be so ho...

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Count me in! This is Day 22. I am really happy with everything about this diet, and how "normal" I feel. I have lost about 3.5 lbs so far, but more importantly, I have eaten so reasonably these past three weeks, and have actually enjoyed being on this diet. I feel that this is the start of a new cha...

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Yesterday: Breakfast: oatmeal with dried cherries, walnuts, sunflower seeds Lunch: 1/2 spinach ricotta calzone, apple, handful of cheese curls Dinner: pork tenderloin, pasta with pesto, broccoli Trying a heartier breakfast (eggs, cottage cheese, avocado) to see if that will tide me over better until...

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I got through yesterday with no further mishaps. I'm looking forward to five straight N days. As an experiment, I'm tracking my intake on The Daily Plate again. I am at the moment not trying to cut calories at all, but just to observe. It's much easier with no snacks to track! Today: Breakfast: Oatm...

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I have lost about 4 lbs, which is great, since today is day 18. Today is an S-day and I'm very tired (one of my kids woke me up at 6 am and then didn't want to take an afternoon nap, which meant I didn't get one either). I am not doing so well in the idiot department today. I am hoping that by posti...

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Success so far (Day 16). Breakfast: oatmeal with dried cherries and almonds. Lunch: chicken salad sandwich, apple, handful of cheese curls Dinner: to be determined. I have also started shovelgloving. I ordered a sledgehammer, 10 lbs, and it really felt heavy. I was afraid I would hurt my back, so I ...

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If you have an eating disorder, any diet, whatever its rules are, might just be the exact wrong diet for you and might exacerbate your problem. I have a binging problem, and the last seven diets I've tried (besides this one) did seem to make me want to "break out of prison" and binge more and more. ...

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Thanks, Julie. I usually do this. I think I just have to adjust to smaller portion sizes if I want to lose weight! But in the mean time, I'll just focus on nailing the habit down. Two weeks of success. Today is an "extra" S day, because of a work party celebrating the end of a years-long project I'v...

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This is a good idea for a thread.

Some lunches that have worked for me: peanut butter and raisin sandwich on whole wheat plus a large apple. Also a cheese sandwich on whole wheat with fruit.

The idea of having several things for lunch is good; psychologically it feels more like a meal.

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Thanks for the encouragement, Murphysraven! You're right about the scale. It's in too convenient a location; I'm going to have to hide it or something. I haven't liked the taste of the protein powders I've tried so far, but maybe I'll start having a hard boiled egg with the oatmeal. I always find eg...

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Counting today as a success even though it's not over yet. I had plans to get together with a friend midmorning, and waited until then to eat anything. Breakfast: mushroom, spinach and cheese omellette, buttermilk biscuit, potatoes. Lunch: peanutbutter and raisin sandwich on whole wheat, huge apple ...

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My mod is that every morning, I have coffee (with sugar and milk) and a glass of kombucha tea (a fermented, probiotic tea). I don't count these as a meal, snack or failure to adhere to the diet, even though both have calories. I always have the same amount and I don't view my daily consumption of th...

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I feel a little more optimistic today. My weight is still lower than it was, and I just have to remind myself that I'm at the beginning of a long journey. Saturday I got through with perfect non-idiocy. Sunday started out OK. I had to go to a kid birthday party and ate a slice of pizza and a piece o...

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I have to admit that I'm feeling discouraged. I feel that I've been following the diet, including not being an idiot on S days, but I feel really fat. I can barely squeeze into my jeans and my caliper is now at 12 mm, the highest it's ever been. I don't think I took a measurement before I started No...

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So far, all success (eight days). Weight loss is not really occurring, though.

Yesterday's meals were:

B: Oatmeal with dried cherries, sliced almonds, sunflower seeds
L: Smoked turkey and cheese on whole wheat, apple
D: Bowl of lentil soup, a few crackers

My sledge will probably arrive Monday.

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DH was alarmed that I was going to call my neighbor to borrow a sledgehammer so that I could "pretend to work" for awhile. He found this idea so embarrassing that he told me to just go ahead and buy one...which I did, through the Sledgehammer Store. A 10#-er. I will take "before" photos (and hopeful...

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Today is the 7th day of NoSing. So far, so good, I guess! I have not had any failures. New Year's Eve, I made an S day but only deviated from N-day rules by drinking more than two glasses of champagne. DH and I shared one bottle, so it wasn't particularly excessive. DH is very unhappy about the idea...

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Hi there, I'm new. This is Day 5 for me of No-S. I am hoping that I have finally found something I can live with. After the first two days (both N days), I realized that I actually almost never eat meals, only snacks. And thus, I have no idea how much I'm eating all day. That also means it's pretty ...

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