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This story, which includes all the usual caveats, is on the BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8593887.stm

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Welcome back, Tiffani.

What a lot you have had to deal with. It's great that your DH will be home soon.

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I am sorry that you're feeling so low. From the No S homepage: What if I screw up? Say "I screwed up" and try not to do it again. Don't try to compensate for your screw up by extra deprivations -- self-revenge will only make you resentful and that much more likely to quit altogether. This diet isn't...

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Congratulations, RJLupin!

It's great that you have built a sustainable No S habit so quickly.

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Congratulations, Deb! That's great news.

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at some point I'd like to get rid of that snack... Breakfast: 8.00 am Lunch: 1.00 pm Dinner: 6.30 pm Plus a piece of fruit at about 9.30 pm. I used to have an afternoon snack like you, because otherwise I found it hard not to binge when preparing dinner. Over time I've been able to drop the afterno...

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How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman is my favorite cookbook by far. Thanks, marygrace! I've ordered a copy on the strength of your recommendation. I like the original Cranks recipe book, a reprint of which is still in print in the UK: Cranks recipe book , London: Orion, 1993. Some of ...

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Amazing! That's the sort of thing people in power can't usually say.

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Is St. Patrick's Day special for you? Reinhard says: Special days include (your) national and (your) religious and (your) close family's and friend's birthdays. If St Patrick's Day is special for you, you could take a Non-Weekend S Day. Reinhard recommends no more than a couple a month, and I've cer...

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Yes, you do look great, and junior daughter is thoroughly adorable - as no doubt is senior daughter.

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when I am reading a novel, I get "hungry" for whatever the characters are eating! This can be a vicarious pleasure. Alexander McCall Smith has an anecdote about a reader who asked him to include more cake eating scenes in his No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. The kindly author subsequently did ...

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I'm sure that you have already read Reinhard's advice on the No S Diet webpage: Can I do a "some-S" diet? You can do whatever you want, I'm not going to excommunicate you, but this isn't a good idea. No-S isn't that hard. Try doing it strictly for 3 weeks, that's about how long it takes to form a ha...

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Welcome back, babyprrr. It's good to see you here again. I'm sorry that you've been having such a hard time.

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Welcome back, Kit!

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I have had to buy new pants and jeans. I have lost 2 dress sizes since rebooting my No S committment and exercising. I finally weighed today after 2 weeks, and 5 pounds gone! It was a piece of cake, and I never felt deprived. Congratulations, oliviamanda and RJLupin! Those are wonderful pieces of n...

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Anyone know of a way to get rid of strechmarks? Moisturizing is reputed to help. Palmer's cocoa butter sells itself on being good for stretch marks: http://www.etbrowne.com/ Pure shea butter (no relation to the above) is great if you can get it, but you need to melt it in the palms of your hands be...

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It's all too easy to eat 677 calories. Congratulations on your changed habits and weight loss.

Somebody on the bulletin board suggested keeping track of calories not consumed as being a positive approach!

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It is Reinhard's Everyday System for dealing with drinking. See:

http://everydaysystems.com/glassceiling/

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Congratulations, WouldYouEva. You're doing brilliantly!

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Welcome, Janey04!

It's great that you are off to such a good start.

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Congratulations on your success, Collegegrl3!

That is a terrific testimonial.

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wosnes wrote:A friend of mine has always eaten her pancakes with butter and sugar.

In England we eat them with lemon juice and sugar, which is delicious, but they are a different kind of pancake, more like French crepes. 1 tsp of each is good.

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Welcome, jerebo!

I hope that your child is better soon.

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You might find this thread of interest:

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4589

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Welcome, Southerngal!

Southerngal45 wrote:I have a problem with snacking while watching TV, too.

I found that rubbing hand cream into my hands and nails while watching television helped get me out of the habit of eating.

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oolala53 wrote:...don't enforce low calorie diets. I read diet boards and the pattern is so clear now. Young women get into this cycle of eating very little and then bingeing. This will go on for YEARS! Don't get caught in the cycle.

I couldn't agree more.

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Hello, Cassie. I don't know why this happens, but there is a substantial body of evidence that it does. To quote the oracle himself, in his book The No S Diet Reinhard says Pretty much any diet will lose you weight if you stick with it; the problem is, you wonâ€™t. According to the U.S. Food and Dru...

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Congratulations on submitting your thesis, Cassie. That's a great milestone. And completing your PhD while you have a small child, and childcare problems, is really impressive. You are likely to be able to find a way to make NoS work for you. My own experience is that extreme diets are best avoided....

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Welcome, Duckling!

Travelling so much must make things difficult. It sounds as though No S could be just what you need.

We look forward to seeing you here.

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I hope you feel better soon, KCCC. We all do it sometimes.

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Welcome, elisaelli! I agree with Wosnes (whose suggestions are always good) that you can work with the plates, but the bowls may be a problem. It might be worth buying one inexpensive smaller bowl with a one cup capacity, because it will make it easier to control portion size. For working out a heal...

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I've seen your/Reinhard's picture and I've heard some podcasts. I think you/he would make good TV. Especially if you were able to keep the nice mix of being kind, logical, and wry. Not everyone is ready for the message, but it would be a godsend to many, and so much better than diet-of-the-week. I ...

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One reviewer says, "I did it for a week and didn't lose any weight and it was hard."

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Wow, great news, and quite right too. Congratulations, Reinhard.

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So, if you used to normally have certain things for snacks at certain times (like when watching TV or reading), do yourself a favor and make it just a little harder to get to them, so you have to actually think about what you're doing, and habit can't just ambush you. As lelovelady says, avoiding h...

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No S has really changed my life and I'm not just being dramatic. The effects go far beyond weight loss. My blood pressure is down, my stress level is down, I rarely if ever take TUMS for heartburn anymore, and my days are more productive and fullfilling. I have redecorated my living room, walk for ...

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The folks who have had signifigant weight reduction have had some red days. Is this maybe the answer? I guess I come into this category. I did lose a lot of weight in my first couple of years of NoS (which, if I remember correctly, had negligible amounts of red). I'm afraid that the amount of red a...

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My daughter put it well, I think. "It's such a little thing, only a few words. You can imagine that someone might think, it doesn't matter if I take it. But that's the point: it's honed."

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If anyone else feels moved remind/inform Jane Brody, Michael Pollan, and/or the New York times of the source of this particular bit of food wisdom, here are some urls/email adresses to make it easy Great idea, Reinhard. Like TunaFishKid, I'm angry on your behalf. I've posted to all of them, and the...

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I'm not sure that either Michael Pollan or Jane Brody knew where it came from. I know Reinhard emailed Pollan, but it was after the book came out. I think Michael Pollan did know, at some stage. I'm pretty sure that Reinhard's NoS was explicitly referenced by some posters to Michael Pollan's reques...

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I'm just bumping this up... surely there are some successful, altruistic NoS beauties out there, who could give Reinhard's fantastic plan some well-deserved publicity? Thank you, Deb, you're right that I do meet the weight criteria, but I am unfortunately still too fat, insufficiently glamorous, and...

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People often wonder whether soup-and-a-sandwich constitutes one plateful. Well, here is a plate designed to accommodate both:

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/soup-!AMPERSA ... duct/13477

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Soup is good. Experiments have found that it takes the stomach longer to digest ingredients which have been made into a blended soup, than it does to digest the same ingredients unblended. A thick soup can be surprisingly filling for the amount of calories.

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On the original holiday sweets topic, another thought... each year, I ask each member of my family what baked items are particularly important to them, and focus my baking around those requests. (My mom had her own list of "what HAD to be baked," and would then complain when no one ate a particular...

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Great book, of course, and conveniently shaped as you say.

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Not sweets, but holiday food... I recently read somebody saying that over the holidays she would crack any nuts she ate herself, which limits consumption.

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hilly6000 wrote:I light incense and breathe in the smell when I am feeling bad. Breathing in a good smell really calms me down.

That's a good idea. You can get roll on perfumes which might help, eg:

http://www.nealsyardremedies.com/remedies-roll

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Yes, as all of the above.

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I have the book which includes the story Jan linked to, Tales from outer suburbia , which is delightful. Shaun Tan is a local from my city and I love his work. One of my favourite books is his "The Arrival" which has no words but beautifully tells a story with illustrations alone. I love The arrival...

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Amazing! I had no idea that 10lbs could make such a huge difference to blood pressure. Congratulations.

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Congratulations! That's an amazing achievement.

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I have a favourite pumpkin and spinach soup recipe, and there is a similar recipe here: http://www.greenchronicle.com/recipes/pumpkin_spinach_soup.htm and a favorite cream of pumpkin soup recipe (also good made with butternut squash), a version of which is here: http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/cre...

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Welcome, Braden. At 15, you may well still be getting taller, in which case you may find that you do not have to lose as much weight as you think to get to a healthy BMI. Even maintaining weight while getting taller would mean that you were becoming slimmer. It's great that you are looking at such a...

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I just came across this on Brian Wansink's blog. There is some evidence that vitamin B deficiency can be a factor in carb cravings. See: http://www.prevention.com/cda/expertblog/nutrition.recipes/nutrition.basics?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=3d884020-2ff1-4730-92d7-f...

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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/food-rules-to-guide-family-eating-habits/ His next book will be about this. It will be released 12/29. Thank you for posting the link, Wosnes. I'm sure the book will be an entertaining and illuminating read. It is published in the US and UK on 29 December 20...

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ThomsonsPier wrote:And here's a nice version (I recommend the book mentioned here)...

http://kneadingthebread.blogspot.com/20 ... -soup.html

What fun! It looks good to make with children.

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The soup sounds delicious. And I learned what a bread bowl is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_bowl

Over here (UK), it would be a bowl with bread in it, I think.

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Good luck, Debs.

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I was doing so great, but now have TWO red days in the month :( Feeling really down. We all have red days. One of our NoS friends has a signoff which reads something like "Fall down n times, get up n+1 times". NoS does get easier over time, so it's worth persevering through difficult early weeks. G...

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You might find these threads of interest:

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic ... =eat+today

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic ... =eat+today

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Congratulations, Thalia! That's great news.

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There is a story on the BBC News website about research which indicates that Low-carb diets 'damage arteries' The lead researcher is quoted as saying that It appears that a moderate and balanced diet, coupled with regular exercise, is probably best for most people See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/hea...

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Done.

But if we all do it, won't they suspect a conspiracy? Maybe that doesn't matter.

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Yesterday:

Breakfast: Bowl of fruit compote, slice of wholemeal toast.

Lunch: Broccoli and potato bake with salad; an orange.

Dinner: Wholemeal linguini with red pepper and tomato sauce, grated cheese, courgette (zucchini).

Helping of soft fruit late evening.

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Congratulations! You have achieved impressive results, and your post is a wonderful celebration of No S.

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Congratulations! Your incentive was a great idea. I wish I could go too.

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Welcome, Rebecca!

There are quite a lot of veggies here.

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Congratulations, Jules!

How brilliant to have achieved this when you were having such an annus horribilis.

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BigE wrote:I found the No S Diet book at the library

Hooray! Go, libraries!

I found NoS via a poster to Scott Adams's Dilbert blog.

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Congratulations, Deb! Great news. And when you've had the stress of moving house, as well.

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My daughters bake, and this causes most of my red squares. A couple of things that I find help are: Having a baked good as part of a plated meal (it also helps that by mealtime the baking has usually cooled down, and has lost the fresh out of the oven moreishness), and Putting a baked good in the fr...

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Thalia wrote:It would be fun to make a necklace with those little alphabet beads and use:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRTUVWXYZ

That is a nice idea!

Reminds me of a millennium commemerative alphabet plate which read:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

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Congratulations! Fantastic.

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Initially having crisps or tortilla chips as part of a meal worked for me. Over time I have come to want other foods more, so the crisps just gradually got displaced by more satisfying food. Buying small, individual serving packs of crisps, rather than the large bags, may help as well. Good luck wit...

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It's wonderful to read of your success, and see your lovely photos. Thank you.

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How do you deal with dessert buffets at parties? There are lots of great ideas here. Brian Wansink's excellent book Mindless eating has some recommendations about how to avoid overeating at buffets. These include: Keep at a distance from the food. Put only two items at a time on your plate. Fill up...

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It's good to see you, Deb. I hope that you and Richie soon feel thoroughly settled. You're doing really well!

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Cassie wrote:Wosnes, the pedometer is completely faulty, 'records' a step even when I just shift in my chair!

Where can I get one?

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As others have said, those are an awful lot of rules, and you have a tremendous amount to deal with, so it's not surprising that it's been hard.

One thought that might help is that once your baby is a toddler, you will get masses of exercise!

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I guess part of what I like about No-S is that unlike WW where someone who needs to lose 15 lbs. might do it in a matter of weeks but someone who needs to lose 150 lbs. is stuck doing it for months on end, everyone here does it the same amount of time: Monday to Friday, the rest of your life. That'...

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They are all good points, and may help motivate reluctant exercisers like me!

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When I'm faced with a huge plate of food at a resteraunt, I try to save half, or ask for a take-out container before I even start eating. One time the waitress refused...and I ate it all. I hated her :cry: I often think, when eating out, that I should have brought a plastic tub with me for "leftove...

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Congratulations, Amy. That is a really inspiring story.

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Like MysteryLover, I prefer the chewy old-fashioned oats. I like them with cooked with milk, and I stir in a spoonful of maple syrup after cooking and slice a banana on top. Yum.

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It's good to hear that you are feeling better.

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Isn't he wonderful! Clever, kind, funny and generous - what more could we want?

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Thalia wrote:No, no, I would get on until I saw a number I liked, and then I'd stay the hell away from the scale!

That sounds like a good plan... if I lean against the bath or the basin, I might be able to get a number I like!

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Welcome, Vigilant2010!

That sounds like a sensible approach to S days. Being an idiot sometimes is part of the process. Good luck.

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Welcome, Wren! Congratulations on delurking. It can be hard to make that first post.

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Fantastic! Thank you for letting us know.

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gratefuldeb67 wrote:One pound of fat needs about five miles of capillaries to support it.
So when you lose one or two pounds, just think how profoundly helpful you are being to your heart.

Fascinating. That is really motivating. Thank you, Debs (and congratulations to Richie on his success)!

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Fascinating, particularly the link to a food timeline, which was created by a librarian, too, Reinhard! Thank you, Wosnes.

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I know just what you mean, JoyceC. Losing weight fast can be scary. I am losing weight at a more moderate rate through NoS, and I have found that I have time to get used to being the size I am as I progress. Also, as you say, I am replacing clothes with smaller ones as the old garments wear out. Goo...

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You're doing really well, Sara, and as everyone says it really does get easier. One thing which may help with the wheat thins is not to have them in sight, or within reach. It might be easier if you don't have them in the office at all. You could package up some individual servings to have as part o...

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You look lovely, and you look a healthy weight. Wonderful smile!

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It's good to see you back.

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I hope you feel better soon.

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This must be such a hard time for you. Thinking of you.

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Thank you very much, LA_Loser and gratefuldeb. I really appreciate your kind comments. I should have put something thanking all the posters to the bulletin board, which I check most days and which gives such wonderful ideas and so much moral support, but I feared sounding like an Oscar winner's acce...

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Congratulations! You're doing so well, and it gets easier.

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