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Everybody,

As of today, I have lost 10 pounds on No-S. It's taken me a while (about ten weeks), but I'm happy to say that my rate of weight loss is actually accelerating right now (or maybe I'm just on a temporary burst, who knows). The longer I stick with this, the easier it feels.

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I would say, sure, if that's what you want to eat for starters, you should go ahead. During the initial 21-day period I ate some really heavy foods at first, but I found that I naturally gravitated to fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins because that's what kept me feeling full the longest. Eventua...

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Welcome, Rose. I am not very very big (BMI is now 26, that is "overweight") but sufficiently thick-bodied to feel safe from male attention. I am not sure how typical that is (I mean, to feel that one's weight is a protection). Probably extremely common. You're not alone there. Not at all. There have...

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Still going. One semi-heroic feat this week: I resisted the gorgeous-looking chocolate cake a coworker brought in. I've found that most of the time I barely feel hungry: my body knows it will be fed at regular intervals, and doesn't bother whining for a treat in-between because it knows that's not a...

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Phthalo Blue, how do you get enough to eat on No-S when you're running? I know when I've tried Couch-to-5K in past years (love the program, but have never actually completed it), I've been totally RAVENOUS, eating everything in sight, to the point that running actually makes me gain weight. I've cut...

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Aqua Aerobics is a lot of fun. I did it religiously a few years ago, until the logistics of packing a bathing suit and washing chlorine out of my hair got to be too much. It's a great way to get your heart rate up without overheating or putting stress on your joints.

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I'm with London Mum: mid-afternoon was the toughest time for me when I was starting out, but now I can get from lunchtime, through an evening exercise class, to a late dinner without raging hunger. At first it helped me to have a big lunch (sometimes bordering on obscene) and then some milky tea bet...

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Follow-up: I eventually got stuck taking a piece of cake home, and it almost got the best of me, it looked and smelled so good. I don't usually even like chocolate cake, but this was made by my coworker's girlfriend, a former pastry chef, and it was really special. But I bravely threw it out this mo...

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Thanks, everybody! I dealt with the situation just now. My evil coworker came to tell me there was cake in the fridge, and I just said, "Mmmm, sounds delicious, I'm trying to stay away from that stuff, but I might just have to be tempted..." Totally noncommittal, and it worked fine.

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I have more trouble with afternoon snack cravings than post-dinner cravings, but I have a couple of suggestions: The best strategy is not to keep snacks around. If it's not in the cupboard, I won't eat it. Just throw the sweets out. It's a really liberating feeling to let the junk food know who's bo...

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Gack! I've got advance notice of a potential failure situation, and I still can't figure out how to stop it. Ideas are welcome. Most of my office is away at a conference today and tomorrow. One of my coworkers who stayed behind said he had some cake at home, but didn't bring it because he didn't thi...

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I thought I was a confirmed grazer too, but after a couple of months of No-S'ing I've more or less forgotten all about having snacks. I highly recommend trying the plan just as written until you reach 21 straight days. If you fail, just start again; it took me three tries. You'd be amazed at what a ...

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I'm at Day 29 now and still on track. No-S feels like my normal way of living now. It was touch and go earlier in the week when I had to resist sweets for three days in a row at work (first a coworker brought in some brownies, then we had donuts left over from a meeting), but I made it. My weight wa...

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Thank you all for posting here. I really needed these reminders of how sensible No-S is. I just hit the 21-day mark last week and I feel solid in my No-S habits, but I'm also having a hard time with how slow my progress has been, given how much I have left to lose. I am progressing, but soooo slowly...

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Thanks, Kevin and Deb! The funny thing is, it doesn't feel all that tough, right now. I'm sure I'll hit a few more speedbumps, but right now I'm looking forward to continuing this thing. My favorite part is the way I don't want to binge on weekends anymore because I just don't have the room! Yay!

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I failed a couple of times (the last on day 20, agh!), but the third time was the charm! I am now a member of the 21-Day Club. It feels good up here! I have to admit that when I started this back in mid-January I was deeply skeptical. Since then: my portion sizes have decreased dramatically I've lea...

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Day C21, Thursday 3/08: SUCCESS Breakfast: black tea with milk, 2 soysage patties, 1 slice homebaked oatmeal bread with peanut butter and honey, half a grapefruit Lunch: chicken tikka masala (frozen from Whole Foods), handful cashews Dinner: cheese omelet, lima beans, strawberry yogurt Between meals...

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Day C20, Wednesday 3/07: SUCCESS Breakfast: black tea with milk, 2 soysage patties, 1 slice homebaked oatmeal bread with peanut butter and honey, half a grapefruit Lunch: tomato-red pepper soup, mesquite chicken breast baked with garlic vinaigrette, a pear Dinner: jambalaya, pineapple Between meals:...

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Thanks, Jan! The encouragement I've gotten from you and other No-S'ers has really helped.

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Oddly enough, the temptation to snack is less when I know it's out of the question. Exactly! The question, "Hmmmm... how about a snack?" still comes up, but it gets smacked down right away with "No, not until S-Day". The follow-ups, "Sweet or salty?" and "Let's see what I've got in the cupboard" an...

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I don't know if my old eating habits could technically be called binge eating, but there were certainly some episodes that I would call binges: eating an entire box of cookies or bag of chips was not that unusual for me. Since I started No-S in mid-January my habits have really changed for the bette...

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Day C19, Tuesday 3/06: SUCCESS Weird situation at lunch yesterday: I tried out a Peruvian chicken place I'd never been to before, but the food was wretched. After a few bites (part of a roast chicken leg, some rice and beans) I threw it away. Then I went down the road and got a beef patty at a Jamai...

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I had a horrible time with not getting enough fiber so I was miserable alot. I had the same problem even with the more moderate Zone diet, even though I was eating a fair amount of fruits and vegetables. I felt good otherwise when I was eating that way, but I found that to digest things properly I ...

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Hey, when we stop calling Reinhard our guru (and I do it as much as anyone) I'll be ready to condemn Atkins dieters and everyone else for their unhealthy attachment to their ways of eating. I think it's inevitable to feel strongly about something so personal and so basic.

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Day C18, Monday 3/05: SUCCESS Yesterday was weird. I didn't have lunch--I didn't feel especially hungry, and I kept putting it off--and suddenly I realized it was 4:30, time to leave work, and I was feeling lightheaded. So I went to Chipotle (the Evil Burrito Place) and had a chicken Burrito Bol (th...

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I do some virtual plating at almost every meal. I like a lot of variety, but I tend to eat tiny portions so I don't worry about it too much. I eat a lot of things like soup, yogurt, canned pineapple, and oatmeal that just don't play well with other foods on one single plate. I have a set of 4-oz (ha...

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Day C15, Friday 3/02: SUCCESS Breakfast: 4 links soysage, strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie Lunch: salmon cakes, mashed potatoes, peas Dinner: tuna-egg-salad sandwich, pineapple Between meals: water I was pretty hungry before lunch, and lunch was big. But dinner was relatively tiny, and it was ju...

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Along those lines, I am finding that making myself decide "so... what DO I want to do?" is a really healthy alternative to stuffing my face. That is SO true. Constant eating, and the excess bodyfat that goes with it, make a convenient excuse for not answering that question...for the afternoon, for ...

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Day C14, Thursday 3/01: SUCCESS

Breakfast: oatmeal with cinnamon and brown sugar, plain yogurt, 4 links soysage, black tea with milk
Lunch: mesquite chicken breast baked with garlic vinaigrette, broccoli rice, pineapple
Dinner: beef burrito
Between meals: water, plain tea

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That approach makes sense to me. I'm such a light drinker that the issue doesn't really come up. I'll have, maybe, one drink a week, and sometimes not even that. So when I was at a concert on a weeknight a few weeks ago and I got a voucher for a free cocktail, I went ahead and used it, and probably ...

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Here are a couple of things that have occurred to me over the month-plus I've been No-S'ing. They're thoughts that have probably been thought before, but I think every successful dieter has to reinvent the wheel to some extent so I'll just share my own discovery of these established truths here. 1) ...

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I get really stressed and eat a lot around my mom, too. It doesn't help that whenever I visit her it's usually a holiday and there's always a lot of cooking involved. We have this bizarre tendency to compete in that area.

Yay for a fresh start!

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Day C13, Wednesday 2/28: SUCCESS Breakfast: black tea with milk; strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie; 4 soysage links; 2 small slices homebaked pumpernickel bread, one with LF cheese and Marmite, one with butter and marmalade Lunch: small cheese sandwich, Italian wedding soup, carrot sticks Dinner:...

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Thanks, Janine! I do try to eat only things that taste good to me. I figure the advantage of No-S is that I can eat anything if the portions are small enough, so the best way to stick with it is to make sure everything is delicious

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Day C12, Tuesday 2/27: SUCCESS (with some sketchy stuff) Breakfast: cheese grits, half a grapefruit, tea with milk Lunch: mesquite chicken breast cutlet baked with garlic vinaigrette, tomato-red pepper soup, a pear, handful of cashews Dinner: Italian wedding soup, broccoli rice, carrot sticks Betwee...

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Day C11, Monday 2/26: SUCCESS (snatched from the jaws of failure) Breakfast: plain yogurt, 4 links soysage, half a grapefruit, plain tea Lunch: chicken and dumplings, a pear Dinner: beef empanada pie, a glass of milk, some pineapple Between meals: water I had to chuckle at myself yesterday. My own h...

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Yeah, mindfulness is a good way to get through S-days. My only rule for S-days is that anything I eat must taste delicious. No mindless face-stuffing. Case in point: I made some chocolate-chip cookies this past Saturday. I burned out on these cookies a long time ago and I never make them for myself,...

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Day C8, Friday 2/23: SUCCESS Breakfast: oatmeal with currants and (a bit of) maple syrup; 1/2 a grapefruit; 2 hardboiled eggs; black tea with milk Lunch: Indian potatoes and chickpeas; plain yogurt; a pear; handful of cashews Dinner: scallops with linguine Between meals: water Day C9, Saturday 2/24:...

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Thanks, Jan! I was going by the rules in the bulletin from my church, which said one meatless meal and no other solid food. Of course, just now in looking back at this, I realized that the chicken broth might not be considered meatless. It truly never occurred to me until just now. I'm sure some mea...

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Day C7, Thursday 2/22: SUCCESS Breakfast: 2 soysage patties, strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie, half a grapefruit, black tea with milk Lunch: pho Dinner: pesto tortellini, an apple Between meals: water, small glass of milk before yoga Nothing too eventful. Made it until after yoga without eating,...

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Here's my take on the low/no-carb diets. It's absolutely true that you can lose weight and stay thin while eating white rice, white bread, and other refined carbs. But I think that, for people who have trouble regulating their blood sugar (due to years of messed-up eating, genetics, or whatever reas...

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Day C6, Wednesday 2/21: SUCCESS (Ash Wednesday: partial fasting) Breakfast: big cup of mate with milk Lunch: mushroom-Swiss omelet, home fries, toast and jam Dinner: clear chicken broth Between meals: water This was my first time ever actually following the rules for Ash Wednesday: just one meal, no...

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I deal with the late-afternoon hungries by having a big cup of tea with plenty of milk. They've gotten a lot (the hungries) in the month that I've been No-S'ing.

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Day C5, Tuesday 2/20: SUCCESS Breakfast: (at Wendy's) sausage egg & cheese sandwich, hash browns w/ ketchup, yogurt & granola, 2% milk Lunch: roasted potatoes, garlic-yogurt sauce Dinner: pot roast, potato-celeriac puree Between meals: water, plain tea Breakfast was way too big. I didn't have lunch ...

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You can get real non-fruit-flavored yogurt in the US, a Greek brand called Total. It's really creamy and mild, at any level of fat content. I've become addicted to it. It's not cheap, but I've been making my own yogurt from the live cultures in it and it comes out equally good. If you want you can e...

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OK, fair enough.

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it's the fruit flavoring which is essentially jam. But that would imply that jam is off-limits, and I don't think that's the case, in small quantities at least. If you take a spoon and dig into a pot of jam, that's not right, but I don't think there's anything wrong with a teaspoon or two on your t...

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Hello there, Betty! I thought I was a grazer too, but I have to say after a month of trying to do this, I've learned that I can go six hours between meals without actually starving to death or even feeling any serious discomfort. I'm still tweaking meal sizes and times, and I haven't actually achiev...

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Overeating is what S-days are for. If you want to eat two lunches and two dinners on those days, then do that. If it makes you feel sick, you might not want to anymore. I'm far from an expert, but over the past month I've noticed that the difference between the way I feel on N-days (light, energetic...

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Day C4, Monday 2/19: S-DAY

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Day C3, Sunday 2/18: S-DAY One big indulgence early in the day, then not much eating at all after that as my stomach recovered. Silly me. Well, if I had naturally brilliant eating habits I wouldn't be in a position to have to diet in the first place. This way I'm relearning my limits. On the upside,...

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What is causing your struggle with S-days? Are you afraid to eat too much, or afraid that you won't get the treats you've been looking forward to, or is it something else?

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Day C2, Saturday 2/17: S-DAY

Nothing dramatic to report. Had an extended brunch in the morning, some afternoon tea with a few cookies, and cake at dinner.

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Day C1, Friday 2/16: SUCCESS Breakfast: plain yogurt, oatmeal with (a little) brown sugar and cinnamon, a clementine, tea with milk Lunch: chicken salad, tomato-red pepper soup, hummus and bread, a clementine, plain tea Dinner: chicken breast with mole sauce, refried beans, a small flour tortilla, c...

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Thanks, Deb! I can always use encouragement. I think what killed me Thursday was the feeling that "I have to eat this stuff NOW because it's not going to be here later". If I'd been more rational I would have realized there would have been nothing wrong with saving some chocolates for the weekend ju...

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Day B20, Thursday 2/15: FAILURE Just to make it official, here's yesterday's failure report: Breakfast: strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie, 2 soysage patties, tea Lunch: roast chicken, potatoes, hummus w/ bread, cucumber-onion salad Dinner: none, after late-afternoon eating Between meals: water; u...

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Afraid I failed today. We had a bunch of yummy food in the office from a project delivery celebration that I organized, and chocolates that a colleague brought in to celebrate the birth of his daughter. I was good at lunch and stuck to one plate while everybody else had seconds, and I didn't have an...

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Day B19, Wednesday 2/14: SUCCESS (partial S-DAY : Valentine's Day) Breakfast: 2 hardboiled eggs; oatmeal with (a bit of) brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon; 1 clementine; mate with milk Lunch: mesquite chicken breast cutlet, tomato-red pepper soup, a pear, a clementine, a few cashews Dinner: jambalay...

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Thanks, Jen. As of today I've lost a bit more than five pounds, but then given Reinhard's recent magical 10-pound loss, I'm not taking this for granted: I might have gained five, or lost twenty, or something! I wasn't snowed in at all yesterday. I was parked on an unplowed street, but I didn't let i...

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Wow, thanks, Reinhard! You are one understanding diet guru.

reinhard wrote:my wife got me a 10 POUND CHOCOLATE BAR from Trader Joe's for valentines day.

The question is, what happened when you picked it up and then stepped on the scale?

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I ask because I ate some (2) V-Day cookies a friend baked for me yesterday, but it was more because I was moping (my sweetie is in another state) than because I was actually celebrating. But it was a national holiday in the US. I hadn't planned to celebrate it, but when I found the cookies my friend...

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Hi Jen,

I just wanted to say I've really been enjoying your insightful checkins. You have a lot less to lose than I do, but I'm still inspired by the way you're doing this.

Flora

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Day B18, Tuesday 2/13: SUCCESS Breakfast: mushroom pot roast, grits Lunch: Amy's Indian saag paneer, a clementine, small cup applesauce, handful of cashews Dinner: mesquite chicken breast cutlet, potato-celeriac puree, an apple Between meals: water Breakfast of champions: pot roast and grits! I had ...

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Day B17, Monday 2/12: SUCCESS Breakfast: 2 hardboiled eggs, strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie, black tea w/ milk Lunch: mesquite chicken breast cutlet, tomato-red pepper soup, 1 pear, 1 clementine, a few cashews Dinner: mushroom pot roast on grits, a clementine Between meals: water Dinner didn't ...

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Day B14, Friday 2/09: SUCCESS Breakfast: 2 hardboiled eggs, 2 slices homebaked oat bread (one with butter and Marmite, one with peanut butter and honey), piece of fruit? can't remember. Lunch: Amy's Indian Mattar Paneer, a piece of fruit (can't quite remember which kind), handful cashews, glass of m...

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What you said, milczar.

Good thoughts from everybody else, too.

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Day B13, Thursday 2/08: SUCCESS (partial S-DAY : gave blood) Breakfast: 2 slices homebaked oatmeal bread, one topped with butter and Marmite, one with peanut butter and honey; strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie; tea (chai with honey, a little milk) Lunch: 2 tamales with dirty rice and black beans ...

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Jammin' Jan wrote:Instead, I gave the other cashier (the one who brought them) a long explanation of the no-s diet.

Jan, you're the No-S evangelist! Rock on!

Happy birthday to your daughter. Enjoy that cake.

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Day B12, Wednesday 2/07: SUCCESS Breakfast: cheese grits, half a grapefruit, a bit of green tea Lunch: pho Dinner: lima beans with sausage, baked sweet potato Between meals: water, green tea at midmorning I woke up ready to feel disgruntled with my lack of progress, then I weighed myself and found t...

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Day B11, Tuesday 2/06: SUCCESS Breakfast: cheese grits, half a grapefruit, black tea with milk Lunch: pad thai, jasmine tea Dinner: 1 cup Italian wedding soup, Trader Joe's multigrain fig bar, an apple, small glass of milk Between meals: water, small glass of milk before yoga class Breakfast and lun...

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Shamrockmommy, I can really sympathize with your cabin fever. I don't know how old your kids are, and I know you're probably pretty tired, but is there any way you could engage them in some active play indoors that would double as exercise for you? I know that I can't stand indoor, treadmill-type ex...

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Day B10, Monday 2/05: SUCCESS Breakfast: 3 small slices home-baked bread, chive cottage cheese, half a grapefruit, black tea with milk Lunch: Amy's stuffed shells, apple-peach sauce, glass milk, handful cashews Dinner: gnocchi with gorgonzola, 1 slice pear Between meals: water, plain tea at midmorni...

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Day B9, Sunday 2/04: S-DAY I was a bit more of an idiot yesterday, consciously loading up on things I'd missed over the course of the week and even adding some favorite binge foods to reward myself preemptively "just in case" I might miss them later in the week. Very bizarre thinking. The good news ...

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I began questioning the choices I'm making, and what I would do if I only had five months to live - which ended up in grabbing my coat and rushing out to get a big piece of cake before the store closed. Judy, I had a wry little chuckle because I SO know the feeling of being torn between committing ...

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Jan, a bit of a nosy question: are you taking S-days? I'm just wondering because for the past couple of weeks it looks like all your daily menus are pretty No-S.

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Day B8, Saturday 2/03: S-DAY Not too bad yesterday. I grazed a bit in the morning, had a biggish lunch, and a sweet with dinner. But overall I just can't seem to eat as much as I used to. Meals that would have been totally routine for me now make me feel stuffed and logy. I got a box of candy at the...

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JustAnnie wrote:OK, so I'm ignorant, but I have no idea what baba ganoug is??

It's a Middle-Eastern spread made with roasted eggplant and olive oil, the same kind of thing as hummus, that is usually eaten with pita bread. Also spelled baba ganouj or baba ganoush.

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Day B7, Friday 2/02: SUCCESS Breakfast: 3 small slices homebaked bread (just water, flour, salt, and yeast): one with butter and marmalade, one with LF cheese and Marmite, one with just cheddar cheese; strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie; a few peanuts; green tea Lunch: Indian chickpeas, brown rice...

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Congratulations, Deb! Both of you look great!

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Day B6, Thursday 2/01: SUCCESS Breakfast: plain yogurt, oatmeal with peanut butter, half a grapefruit, tea (Tazo chai with milk, a bit of honey) Lunch: roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, peas, tea (slightly sweetened) Dinner: (the theme: baby food) cheese grits, applesauce Between mea...

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reinhard wrote:No more than 3 meals but no less! Let the maximum be the minimum.

You do have a way with a catchy phrase, Reinhard

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What I would be interested in is what people get out of it ... For so many people, food = comfort. I've felt that way myself. I think some people feel so out of control in their eating, so far from achieving any health, physical activity or appearance goal that might motivate them to keep eating in...

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I don't plan so much as I keep track of what I have in the pantry and fridge: do I have milk on hand? Fruit, and is it "breakfast fruit" (grapefruit) or "lunch/dinner fruit" (apples, pears)? What are my protein options? Based on these things I make a rough plan for the day either the night before or...

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Day B5, Wednesday 1/31: SUCCESS Breakfast: 2-egg omelet filled with (drained) chive cottage cheese, half a grapefruit, tea with milk Lunch: 2 soft tacos (lengua; I know, I'm a freak), 1/2 cup apple-peach sauce Dinner: 1 cup Italian wedding soup, glass of milk Between meals: water, glass milk before ...

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I know breakfast is crucial for me. I feel best (and eat least overall) when I have a pretty substantial breakfast. I don't get hungry in the evening, either. It's a bit of a pain to get all that food together early in the morning, but I'm a morning person so it's not too, too painful.

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Day B4, Tuesday 1/30: SUCCESS Breakfast: strawberry-blueberry yogurt smoothie, oatmeal with peanut butter, freshly-squeezed orange juice Lunch: homemade split pea soup, mesquite chicken breast cutlet, Bosc pear, handful of cashews, plain tea Dinner: Indian chickpeas with brown rice, cottage cheese w...

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Thanks, Jan. In a way it's too bad I have to inflict every detail of my experience on everyone, because I'm mostly keeping these notes for myself. But I appreciate the encouragement. Don't worry, I'm not planning to quit, I'm just identifying and working through the problems just as you said. Someti...

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I don't know, I heard Jared has been putting some weight back on. That's not to say that sandwiches aren't a good thing to eat on a diet as long as they're working, just that in the long run she may want to change her food choices up a little.

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Day B3, Monday 1/29: SUCCESS (sort of) Breakfast: plain yogurt, oatmeal with peanut butter, freshly-squeezed orange juice, plain tea Lunch: (tiny) mesquite chicken breast cutlet, last of the homemade cream of broccoli soup, Bosc pear, handful of cashews Dinner: (oh the humanity, see comments) six st...

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jent wrote:Free chili and cornbread at Hard Times would have brought me to my knees.

Hi Jen,

Glad somebody understands!

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Day B1, Saturday 1/27: S-DAY And what an S-Day it was. I might not really be able to count this as a success, because I probably was an idiot. But I'll just chalk this up to S-Days being S-Days so N-Days won't. Day B2, Sunday 1/28: S-DAY This was a bit more moderate than Saturday, except for some le...

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Thanks, Reinhard. I'm not too fussed about this failure, and I'm far from wanting to quit. I'm trying to look at it as more of an opportunity for learning. I think I solved the yoga-class issue yesterday by drinking a small glass of milk beforehand. Now I just need to stock the fridge and the freeze...

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Day 11, Friday 1/26: FAILURE Bah. I'm posting early because I failed at lunchtime. Plus, I won't have Internet access over the weekend, so I won't be able to post tomorrow about today. Breakfast: plain yogurt, oatmeal with protein powder (bleah! I won't do that again) and cinnamon, half a grapefruit...

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To build on what Billy wrote, eating fewer calories is a great way to stay healthy and increase your lifespan. Digestion takes a huge toll on our bodies, and the less we have to digest, the better we do it and the better we feel.

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Day 10, Thursday 1/25: SUCCESS Breakfast: blueberry-strawberry yogurt smoothie; two slices oatmeal toast: one with LF cheese and Marmite, one with butter and marmalade; green tea; a few peanuts Lunch: mesquite chicken breast cutlet; 2 c. Italian wedding soup; an apple; a handful of cashews Dinner: t...

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Yeah, my biggest problem is scheduling meals around my evening yoga class. It used to be that I'd have a tiny bit of plain yogurt before class and then dinner afterward, but now I can't do that. If I eat first I feel all sluggish in class, and if I wait until afterward I feel shaky and weak. If my e...

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Day 9, Wednesday 1/24: SUCCESS Breakfast: plain yogurt, slice oatmeal bread (toasted) with PB and honey, half a grapefruit, tea (PG Tips) with milk Lunch: salmon cakes with mashed potatoes and peas, stray onion ring from a friend's plate, tea with creamer, no sugar (diner near work) Dinner: Punjabi ...

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As I head into my second week, I'm doing a bit more exercise than usual and I'm finding that most of the time I feel starved. I'm eating generous meals (details in my check-in thread), but I still have that sort of gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach, and my lizard brain is always sort of pokin...

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Day 8, Tuesday 1/23: SUCCESS Breakfast: 1 slice oatmeal bread with LF cheese, 2 links soysage, 1 cup Italian wedding soup (awwww, my first dinner-for-breakfast!) Lunch: mesquite chicken breast cutlet, homemade cream of celery soup, an apple, a few cashews Dinner: pimento olive omelet, 1 slice oatmea...

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Day 7, Monday 1/22: SUCCESS Breakfast: big slice of bread, half with cheese and Marmite, half with peanut butter and honey; clementine; a bit of trail mix; plain black tea Lunch (on the road): 2 slices leftover pizza; clementine; handful of trail mix Dinner: deviled eggs with tuna; Italian wedding s...

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