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yes Blithe Morning, vanilla is sublime and so is NoS in it's simplicity :).. but the meaning behind vanilla, besides "plain" in the NoS context is basically that *nothing is added*.... re: extra rules and mods i guess if someone tweaked NoS enough, they could call their version, "double chocolate fu...

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thanks sue, i appreciate your support :) it's the habit of eating *anything* after i've gone to bed which i'm trying to establish. it doesn't matter if it's lettuce or whipped cream :) so yea, i'm actually very pleased i decided to mark it a red day. i know i'll get it to turn around eventually if i...

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ok well, i'm not sure how to mark this.. i am feeling guilty a bit, because i gave myself a green yesterday for NoS habit cal, as i had a really good day, but then i ate a very small handful of blueberries after i had gone to bed.. not unhealthy stuff, and not a binge or even a full "serving" of fru...

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cookies and milk look tasty at any time of day!
thanks for the encouragement strawberry

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thanks grammy!! i actually had it beat for a while but it took a whole year of really focusing on it, to get to that point. i even created a habit cal, just to track that habit, separate from NoS. thanks for your support! i can feel the surge of will power ;) and i also have a strategy if i do wake,...

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hi sue, thanks for asking. well i had a big setback between 2007 and 2009.. my dad died in 2007 and i just spiraled down into a major depression and threw everything good i had achieved away and gained back everything i had lost previously. i can't blame NoS in any way. i was completely awol from he...

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Drinking more water is a great strategy for health and digestion.
Do it

Good luck and welcome

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Wow Grammy I'm sorry you had that happen to you!! Another danger of using liniments is when people combine them with another source of heat or cold... you can really burn yourself that way. I had once given a massage to someone who had a big brown rectangular mark on their back. I asked what it was,...

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great post!

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hahaha

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hi john, i am going to suggest that you don't lean on the hot chocolate. as for celery, just clean it well, cut it up and get some container and put it in the fridge along with a cup or so of water. that will keep it crisp and then it's ready to eat whenever you open the fridge :) if you can buy cel...

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thanks koopa

good for you for ditching the soda and booze! that's great

yes i'm basically gonna be doing indoor walking back and forth, and dancing.. my son is at school, so i will hopefully be spared any embarrassment, but then again he's used to me looking like a spaz

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hi grammy :) well, there are some people who are like that. my mom is like that for instance.. it's very frustrating but unless they are getting advice from a doctor, they sometimes don't consider the information valid or worth considering. in the end, it's really her journey, so as frustrating as i...

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i haven't had a good week for walking last week. i was totally unmotivated.. i'm not sure why.. i did have a few days, but mostly it was a lot of "red" days on my habit cal... so far, this month i had 8 green days and 6 red days..but i'd like to get back on the horse this week. only thing is it's ve...

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i use lard with added pomegranate and acai berries

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butter is actually good for helping the gut and of course olive oil, coconut and flax oil.. i hope she's incorporating healthy fats back into her life

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the soy is the culprit in raising her estrogen most likely, as well as messing up the gut flora. i used it for over 9 years, simply because i liked it, and yes, it was part of an effort to become more vegetarian.. i decided to eliminate soy it last year when i had intestinal problems. i'm finally he...

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that's great! as long as you're not pulling tightly on the measuring tape, it is probably correct

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That's great Reinhard!

Congratulations!

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welcome back sue! i remember you

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oops i was answering to a person who wrote in 2008 ... now deleted

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juice is not cheating. have some and don't worry about it. try not to drink more than a few glasses a day though or it could be called an S.
i like to dilute it with some seltzer to make it a little fizzy.

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koopa wrote: Also, due to all the work on Saturday, the scale says I weigh 249 lbs!

congrats!

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thanks phyllis and wosnes

xx

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still going well :) i walked to the supermarket yesterday to pick up a salad for dinner and some s day treats for today, and it was a 1.8 mile round trip, and today i walked just because it's nice out and i felt like it and did 1.2 miles. yay me!! :wink: so far in two and a half weeks i've had 13 gr...

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it's a process.. good for you for becoming more aware of your old mindsets. this is the first step in changing them.
enjoy your S days and real ice cream!

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i wouldn't call it an S...that unless your having it all the time in large amounts.. i would recommend that you go for the kind of ketchup that is not with hfcs though, if you're concerned about whether your eating junk.

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thanks grammy

i walked today

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ughhh i had a failure yesterday for urban ranger... it was raining all day, but i could have gone in the early evening, and i just felt too unmotivated by then.. oh well.. i'm gonna have to stop making announcements about how great i'm doing because it seems as soon as i do that, i end up screwing u...

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wow, yesterday was one of the busiest days i've had in ages.. i didn't go for a "walk" per se, but i marked my urban ranger with a green box as i spent several hours doing physical chores.. i cleaned my car by hand, went shopping, did laundry, went on several drop off pick up runs for my son at scho...

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it was fun!

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it's been going well thank you :) in the past two weeks i've had 9 green days for walking. i've made weekends optional, but i've found it enjoyable enough that i find i want to walk on the weekends too. i need to get some good walking sandals though.. mine are the cheap kind you get at CVS in the fl...

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mine has always been over eating at meals, so i put "seconds"

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thanks for writing grammy g :) this isn't half as "adventurous" as the last time i chucked out a scale... the first year i was on NoS, i decided to lay my old bad scale at the time, to rest by taking it out in the back yard, and smashing it to bits with my shovelglove!!! merely throwing it into the ...

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so i re weighed myself today at my mom's house, to check what hers says, since mine is now in the trash... and it said my evening weight was 230 .. which probably means that my old one was at least 5 or 6 lbs off, since i always weigh 1 or 2 lbs more in the evening. i'll check again next week. i'm r...

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hahaha no i'm definitely *not* taking up barefoot jogging!!! :lol: actually the real danger is if you have open cuts or sores on your feet, which my son had from a bad case of athletes foot.. i don't intend on giving up all barefoot activity, but now know if i have a cut or anything, to put on shoes...

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ok so my hand-me-down scale, which had some fairly large cracks in the part you stand on, that i got from my mom, has been giving some pretty weird readings. it's always been off, as my son compared it to his school doctors scale and me to my doctors scale and it was about 7 lbs up from those. so i ...

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that's wonderful! congratulations!

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for the first year i was on NoS with my son, we made it a ritual to have S day "parties" complete with huge slurpees, nachos and cheese, ice cream etc... i have to say we really did look forward to that.. but, it lost it's appeal after a while.. nowadays, if we have an S on a weekend day, it really ...

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glad you're feeling better.. sorry smog is not well. hope he pulls through!

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good luck keelybird :) i thought i'd suggest that you might want to ditch the gatorade, and instead have a banana a day to get in your potassium. again that's just me, but possibly better than gatorade. my son runs 4 to 6 miles a day and before he started having a banana a day, he had a lot of cramp...

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Wow, great job!!!

Very inspiring!!!
Congratulations and continued good luck

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thanks so much bob!! i am doing well and really feeling positive about this

i really appreciate your post.
i read how great you've done in the past year!! good for you!!
you're one of my big inspirations to do this, so thank you again

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whatever

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oh my, that thread is from 5 years ago so the reference was a bit obscure.. also, that post in dutch was by mrs j, not me.. :) had a fail yesterday, but a good walk today! as far as 21 day challenge, i am actually already thinking about this just being a permanent habit.. i know i will have failure ...

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thank you all! yes i'm really enjoying it and it does make everything better kevin. so far it's going well and i am feeling a little soreness in my legs.. not so much that it's uncomfortable, but enough to know that i'm using muscles that haven't been used for a while now.. a good feeling! :) the pl...

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wow good for you!! welcome and good luck josh

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yeah i read some stuff about that too grammy, these women must be the stupidest people on earth to consider doing that... :roll: thank goodness i am completely recovered now!!! thanks for your kind words!! :) well i'm here to report, that i ate a mango last night after bed time :( i would have had a...

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thank you Hoeka

that's very nicely put and i agree completely!
thanks for the encouragement.

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i've hesitated for a few days about whether or not to post, as i always seem to make big announcements of my intended plans to exercise, and then give up fairly quickly after the declaration of intentions. but, i'm feeling very confident that i'm going to stick with it this time, so here goes,,, i s...

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wow i'm sorry you had such a bad accident!.. please don't call yourself stupid tho, this stuff happens to us all.. i remember doing shovelglove once and forgetting that there was a ceiling fan overhead.. luckily it just tapped a blade lightly, but nothing fell down.. glad you had friends to help you...

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you rule!!!

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i would reverse them... i'd have a small wake up meal at 6, just to get your blood sugar up.. maybe a piece of fruit and coffee/tea/whatever, or a small bowl of cereal... then have a small meal at 10, with the protein etc, like a sandwich, or the yogurt and nuts and fruit... i say this because you c...

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thanks fun i really appreciate it!
hugs

debs

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Bob that's wonderful!!! I remember you

Congratulations!!!

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i think you should go.. i think his worries are paranoid as you mention and unless you are walking through a really bad area, at night, i wouldn't worry. i am sure your husband cares about you, but it sounds like you would like to get out and go and shouldn't be stuck at home cos of this. maybe conv...

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Do you know that I didn't even realize that I was 15 pounds away from 140. I have lost about 12 lbs the last 3 months. I guess I have been so focused on the eating and so discouraged with how I look right now that I didn't realize how close I am. Gosh I may as well aim for 135. EDIT: OOPS! I just u...

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oh boy, i really need to stop making announcements about my intentions to exercise and just *do* it! i had two days green and then i turned into a sloth the rest of the week... i've also had my appetite return and i'm finally feeling better since taking acidophilus for almost a month now, but now si...

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oh to only be 15 lbs away from my goal... you can do it!

ps.. i think those charts are traps and shouldn't be given so much importance.. if you feel you look and feel great and healthy, don't let some stupid chart tell you otherwise!

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you know what kevin, all i have is anecdotal evidence about this, so i honestly shouldn't have said it neutralizes it, because that may not be true. i myself and friends who have had stomach problems, have used apple cider vinegar and it definitely helped. keep in mind i dilute it quite a lot. i onl...

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I thought I was coming here for support in being proactive about my physical and emotional well-being, why am I being criticized instead? Hi Jocelyn, Well, Who Me, said the comment about sounding like an ass, to lighten things up when she gave you her view of how it would be good to deal with the f...

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today's very nice and sunny and i just had my first walk of spring :) yesterday i did a lot of physical work cleaning the apartment from top to bottom, for several hours, so even tho it was an s day i counted it towards a green exercise day. it feels really good to have two days with green on my hab...

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hmmmmm....I'll talk to my doctor about this. She and I are due for a chit-chat. good idea.. but don't be surprised if they don't know much about it. it seems that most typical doctors aren't very aware of this, and it's only alternative practitioners who even recognize candida as the cause for a lo...

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hi who me :) really sorry to hear about your food allergies.. i just read your thread on the general discussion board and the comment about your saliva burning, i looked over what you eat and it seems like you are vegetarian. is it possible that you have a candida overgrowth? that could cause lots o...

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Wow that's great!! Congratulations

Just wondering, did you lose most of the weight by following NoS alone? Have you exercised as well?
Keep up the great work!

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you're welcome :) i'd like to get some grains and start making my own as well.. i made a small batch once using a small amount of store bought kefir and added it to some whole organic milk once, but it wasn't very cultured, or sour.. just a little thicker next day.. tasted good tho. what milk do you...

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congratulations and well done on achieving (and even exceeding) your exercise goal for the month!

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kefir is great.. if you're nursing you need additional calcium so just go for it. if you use the non sweetened kind, you might want to try adding a packet of stevia to it. no calories and it tastes pretty good in kefir. i also add kefir to hot soups sometimes, if they are something like tomato or le...

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good luck

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Wow Brent that's fantastic!!! Good for you!!!

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gina, it's hard to avoid stuff when it's in your face, but try to be extremely strict for the first few months. it will be much easier once you have reestablished some good habits here. not only that, i really feel that sugary/refined carb stuff is very easy to get "hooked" on, but when you really t...

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amake616 wrote: Curry for breakfast My sister will eat canned soup for breakfast and I thought *she* was odd.

curry for breakfast sounds good to me

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hi gina, welcome back! you'll do great.
just decide to do this permanently and go for it

debs x

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The photos are indeed a great inspiration (and how cute! Lovely girl :)). Would LOVE to see a family photoshoot! As much as I adore NoS, I'm pretty skeptical about 14 minutes of anything. Sure, 14 minutes are better than doing nothing, but after seeing your pictures I just absolutely can't believe ...

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yes as long as they are not sugar laden S type drinks like pina coladas and mudslides.. wine and beer etc are ok in normal amounts.

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awesome!! congratulations!!

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Hi ksbrowne, I'm sure Reinhard will chime in soon, but as far as I know, he has been walking to work every day, (Urban Ranger) which I think averages about 2 and a half miles or so as I remember him saying a while ago, and he does 14 minutes of Shovelglove per day, but his sledgehammer is a whopping...

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first of all, you are not bad, you just ate a hamentashen.. lol but we all have moments like this, so no, you aren't alone. i had some ice cream tonight. i really had a good day till then, but it was left over from the weekend and i was too foolish to think that i could withstand it being around. i ...

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glad you had a successful week kevin! hope you have a great one this week too

debs

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NoS Rocks, it will get better over time. Just recognising the feeling that you *don't* like over eating, is a huge step in awareness. Make sure not to beat yourself up. I think going overboard in the beginning is a common experience. You really have to give it time, for your body and your long term ...

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Over43 wrote:I still hven't figured out what Vanilla No S is?

it just means "plain" NoS, with no extra modifications or changes to the basic rules.

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Great job! Congratulations

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Welcome

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Welcome and good luck! Congratulations on your new baby

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used2bskinny wrote:
Thanks

you're welcome

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Reduk74, best wishes for your surgery and recovery. I would think No S compliance is not as important as being kind to yourself, making sure you get every nutrient you need for tissue repair. Reinhard himself advises not worrying about No S when you are unwell, you do what you need to recover. I to...

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well kevin, i have only seen people say "epic fail" on the internet and you were the first person use it in a positive way.
so to me, you invented it!

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DaveMc wrote:Alas, treating St. Patrick's Day as an S day, if it has no particular significance to you, is probably on the slippery slope to Cousin's Hamster's Birthday S days.

hahaha i always loved that part of Reinhard's essay

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Hi there, I enjoyed reading your post :) I would say go for it. If all that NoS does for you is keeps you from gaining a lot of extra weight during your pregnancy, it will be worth it. I wish I had found NoS before I became pregnant, as once you gain so much extra weight, your body really does strug...

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Congratulations!

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i passed up buying a "Juniors" cheesecake when i went shopping just now......

to steal a phrase i recently saw Kevin use,,,,
*EPIC WIN*!!!
(but i hope it's still in the store freezer on friday night haha

)

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hi, there really isn't a "blog" section on this site, but you can always go and start a blog and link to it for people here to read, using blogger or live journal or whatever other sites are out for blogging. but if you want to start a daily check in thread, just go to that section from the home pag...

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good for you! success tastes pretty good too

keep up the good work

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ah thank you berry, that's so nice of you! hugs :) i'll have to catch up on how you have been. i had a good morning today and already feel back on track. i just came here to post a little triumph and that is that i forced myself to walk to the supermarket instead of taking the car, and carried my gr...

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thank you for your post and the hugs NoS Rocks :) none of my failures were monumental really.. i had a few days when i had some seconds on soup, and other small stuff like a healthy snack.. but the day i wrote that post, i really overdid everything and was just feeling stuffed to the gills. i care a...

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omg! i totally failed this week on almost all days... and today i just ate way too much.. i don't feel good at all. i need to get back to having less food and better choices this week, and i'm starting tomorrow.. i had a lot of ice cream tonight and don't even want anything sweet again for a while.....

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hi fun! :) i just skimmed your last pages posts and see your dealing with a hip injury. glad to see that you are swimming.. i had a massage client years ago who totally fractured his hip and femur in a motorcycle accident when he was in his twenties... he completely rehabilitated himself by swimming...

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i love oatmeal! it's one of my big comfort foods. i like this kind of oatmeal and have it about two or three times a week. i sweeten it with stevia or a little honey and put fresh strawberries and/or bananas, and some crushed walnuts, a little butter and salt and a lot of organic, whole milk... deli...

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