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Wow Octavia you have come a long way. My losses have been slow too and certainly at points the scales have gone up down up around a certain weight and then headed down again. The best thing is in 7 months I've learnt to eat normally without bingeing and feel I've got everything under control without...

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Tuesday and Wednesday It seems like all willpower has deserted me at the moment.... so much chocolate involved in the last two days. Having said that, today was.... Thursday Or beige if you want to describe what I ate.. Breakfast: weetabix and a banana Lunch: chicken sandwich and a little orange Di...

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I'm sorry for your loss, I know you are not feeling it as such now but keep a watchful eye on yourself, you never know how you may react even a year down the line.

Hugs

Jx

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lpearlmom wrote:Welp, weight is up a bit. Iâ€™m struggling, struggling, struggling but I donâ€™t want to give up now that Iâ€™m in the home stretch. I will think of something.

That's raised an interesting question in my mind...

What exactly are you giving up, isn't this a way of eating for life?

Jx

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If I have oats for breakfast or lunch hot or cold I make them half water half milk add some kind of fruit, fresh berries, mango, peach, figs or stewed apple, some plain full fat yoghurt, ground flaxseed, honey, cinnamon and ginger. A real feast and I love it :) Jx That is a feast! I like your addit...

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Something that I have come to truly realise this last year or so is that making changes to make our life better is not always easy and even when we decide to commit may not be possible. But what we can change is our attitude to a situation and our thought processes about it. Therein lies true peace....

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Sounds like you are really making this a part of your life now.

Jx

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Great news re the weight moving again, don't push it too much

Jx

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Sorry to hear you are having a bad time at work, it will pass!

Jx

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It's a great feeling when someone notices and comments on your loss.

Jx

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I have also had another skim read over the No S book which has been good. My 2 focuses for now are: Stick to the No S habits- don't worry about what I eat at those 3 meals or whether everything is wholegrain, unprocessed etc. This means I won't be recording what I eat so I can't overanalyze everyth...

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I've recently been having salads with a handful of mixed nuts and some unpasteurised cheese. I've really enjoyed it but not sure it will hit the spot during cold winter months.. Jx Yikes, good point. What will I do in winter when I crave warm foods? I'll have to find a "winter work lunch" default. ...

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Re the herbal tea, I struggle with that but found a yogi classic tea with cinnamon cardamon and ginger. You have to leave it a while to brew but I love it now, a real comfort drink.

Jx

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Next June will be here before you know it, hope things improve in the meantime.

An alternative is to look for a job now that you could continue for a few years into retirement....

Jx

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Not at all pathetic well done on getting up and moving

Jx

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Why would I want to put that in my body when I can have food that tastes really good. I always use full fat and full sugar (when it's an S Day) no fat or sugar substitutes. Jx Perhaps slightly off the point, but as a reward for passing up the commercial ice cream on the weekend, I bought a small po...

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I've recently been having salads with a handful of mixed nuts and some unpasteurised cheese. I've really enjoyed it but not sure it will hit the spot during cold winter months..

Jx

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I don't think swapping S days is a bad thing

For this to be for life it has to fit in with life.

Jx

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Strong hormone driven cravings are difficult, sometimes planning in advance how you are going to deal with them helps.

If that involves eating something sweet the fact it was a planned action can stop it turning into a mental fail and thus it doesn't spiral outmof control.

Jx

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A belated happy birthday

Great that you were able to enjoy your day with food you wanted. It's so important not to feel you are missing out.

So pleased you went to bed feeling positive and in control.

Jx

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I've noticed my urges to eat are increasing a little and I think it is something to do with the turn of the season, it's turning cold in the UK now..

Jx

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I think the point about not accepting this way of eating earlier in life is really valid. I wish I could talk to my 20+ self and encourage her to adopt these habits but unfortunately all I can hope is these posts might help another youngster :) Re the sweet things, I think I had done the work around...

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Great idea re focusing on being moderate. I don't think there is anything wrong with making the odd adjustment as long as moderate is the default position.

Sorry to hear you have been stressed hope all sorted now

Jx

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Hope all is well with you Worth it?

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If I have oats for breakfast or lunch hot or cold I make them half water half milk add some kind of fruit, fresh berries, mango, peach, figs or stewed apple, some plain full fat yoghurt, ground flaxseed, honey, cinnamon and ginger. A real feast and I love it

Jx

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Belated happy birthday

Jx

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Interesting day on Wednesday I was on a course at a local hotel they are renowned for putting out nice cakes and pastries at coffee break. In the past I've been ok about ignoring them but this week one caught my eye so I thought blow it I'll have it. I ate it and really tasted it as sometimes things...

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It's a difficult one, it has obviously worked for someone and will have for others. I would strongly recommend having it as part of a meal too. I'd say try it and when the habit is established try missing one day a week just for the hell of it. Then if you can do that miss another. :) For me losing ...

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I'm good thanks. Work has got really busy and I'm concerned about the impact of stress on weightloss. Dark nights drawing in leave less time for good walks too.

Still on plan though

Thanks for popping in

Jx

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When I'm eating at friends or relatives I find it interesting what their normal portions are compared to their weight......

Not many that serve large portions are slim

Jx

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So pleased to read of your downward trend. Re drinking, with life's stresses there are times I go over the top and then regret it the next day. If I make a plan and commitment in advance not to drink too much or say alternate with water I do much better :) But some nights you really just need it...â...

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Well done Worth & Linda on your dry September

Jx

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You did really well with the leftover food. I hate food waste and have to remind myself that it is just as wasteful to eat leftovers if I'm not hungry as it is to bin it :) Re exercise I have found it easier not to set a routine... That way I can't fail and give up on it. I fit a good walk or 30 min...

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Well done getting back on track. You obviously have the habits well ingrained. Going through all that without a drink is fabulous. Give your self a pat on the back

Jx

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Sounds like you have s good plan, good luck

Jx

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Pleased to hear you had a great weekend. Well done on running average.

Jx

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Good luck with the new job.

Jx

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I think it is really important to have your s days, just the act of giving yourself permission to indulge will help long term. It's when things are forbidden that we crave and then binge

Jx

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Thanks, Cedar. I needed that encouragement today! Friday scale was up 0.2 lbs, which was OK. But it showed up another pound and a half today, even though I followed all the No S rules yesterday! I haven't been feeling well, so I had seconds of fried rice Friday night, but decided to swap my S/No S ...

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Reached my 3rd mini goal this week, a week after a week's holiday and 2 days of 16hr fasting.

Really pleased with how embedded my nos habits are. I don't feel any temptation for cakes at work anymore.

Keep going everyone, it might be slow but persistence pays.

Jx

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Wow, well done you, great to read posts like these. My journey is similar to yours, I'll post a yearly update when I get there. :) I've learned so much from these boards and about myself whilst following NoS wish I'd found it years ago. Good luck for your second year. It's great to know it can work Jx

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some good news there

Hope your depression lifts, think positive and remind yourself how far you have come.

Jx

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So sorry to hear you have had a bad time, sounds like you have learnt a lot and know how to progress. Be gentle on yourself. NoS is a great tool but take it slowly and perhaps use the habitcal to help you see how well you are doing, I'm sure you'll crack it this time

Jx

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I'm not a Dr. Oz fan, but an article in today's Parade Sunday magazine has some interesting thoughts from him that are definitely related to the NoS philosophy: "New studies suggest that when you eat matters for your health, longevity and even weight loss," Oz says. The average American eats pretty...

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Sorry to hear of your troubles Linda.

Your eating past satiety signals is probably down to stress, sometimes even when we think we have a handle on things it can come back to bite us...

I'm sure you'll turn things around soon, sending good thoughts your way

Jx

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Somehow I do reasonably well earlier in the day and overeat in the evening. Not sure how to conquer this. It is Saturday and I had a tea party with my girls. All might have been well if I'd have stopped then but no, I ate more cookies, then I ate supper of course, though I tried to cut back. Ending...

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Thank you

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Hi Imogen! Sorry I didnâ€™t get back to you - great to hear from you, and hope youâ€™re well. Will pop by your thread later to say hi. Havenâ€™t checked in for a while - have been busy, but just trogging along with No S. Mostly doing OK, but a summer cold has descended and I had my first Big Fail d...

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Thanks Linda. I enjoy my food so much more when I'm truly hungry. It's great how Nos relaxes you into that. Whenever I've been on other diets because of the restrictions on how much or what I could eat I always wanted to eat more and never felt satisfied. With intuitive eating I was never sure if I ...

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Sorry to hear you are still in pain and about the teenage fighting!

Hope you have a good trip, sometimes the ones we don't look forward to are the best

Great news re the 5lbs. Hold the faith

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It's great to read posts like this. Congratulations

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Yeah... I think I need to bite the bullet and upgrade. I've tried to a couple of times, and the thing that got me stuck was habitcal login (everything else worked). But I'm not sure how many people are still using the habitcal (have to stare at the logs a bit). I may just have to retire it.. It is ...

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Sorry to hear about your back, hope you soon recover

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Had to post this today, I've been feeling a little stressed and down over a few things of late but unlike in the past have not used food to cope so I'm really pleased with that. I've pretty much got down to weighing once a week but just sometimes I hop on the scales a day early, which I did today. 1...

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reinhard wrote:Hmmm. It's not immediately clear to me how to enable moderation in this ancient version of phpbb... stay tuned!

You know an upgrade would be really good

I've been using a phone recently to access the forum and it is really difficult

Jx

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Still maintaining but seem to have dropped more lbs. Now weighing about 155.5 so feel sure my set point has now been lowered. Interesting how all that works. I stayed at 160 for months and months and then started losing again and then stayed at 158 for awhile. My eating is the same, I think. I have...

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Thanks all for stopping by, it's appreciated

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I want to thank everyone for their warm welcomes! Honestly Iâ€™ve had such a rough couple of days... and just coming here to report and reading what you guys have written is making me tear up! Iâ€™m off to a rough start! But you havenâ€™t seen the last of me! Apparently this NoS thing is really sim...

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automatedeating wrote:Hehe Soprano I think you meant WorthIt but I totally loved your post.

Ooops sorry yes

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My mind is free of all that thanks to NoS

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That's a great testimonial, well done and thanks for posting

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Hey Auto, I've not been on for a while so have missed the threads about IF and disordered eating. I agree with most of what has been said, don't stop posting, members can choose not to read about IF they wish. I had my doubts about IF until Ipearlmom kindly explained it and led me to some relevant w...

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Sorry to hear you had a bad day. Your story of the Chinese meal reminded me of when we were younger we ordered Indian takeaway. Hubby went to pick it up, got there and they appeared to have lost the order! He rang to let me know and I don't know why but I just asked where he was to which he replied ...

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Glad youâ€™re still around. Your trip sounds fun! Thanks, it was great to spend time with my sister, we had some laughs and made lots of memories. Weight still very slowly going down so I'm happy. I've started adding some fasting periods and haven't found them too difficult. I'm feeling pretty rela...

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I don't mind deleting spam posts or if you can set to moderate first posts I'll let the legit ones through and delete spam.

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Thank you auto! I meant that despite a huge dinner I still had an empty stomach and was awake for ages. Today is not a great start. I have mastitis and need to get medicines for it but feeling so sad for myself (ðŸ™ˆ) that I just want chocolate. It doesnâ€™t help that there is no proper breakfast i...

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Hiya, howâ€™s it going soprano? I'm good thanks,. Just been away for a week with my sister. We had a great time and walked miles. Most days we only had a couple of meals but did consume some wine, she wanted to do a gin tasting too which was interesting. I never weigh straight after a holiday but t...

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You've definitely got a point, Linda. Outright uncooperativeness would get old. Like babies, it's a good thing the French environment is metaphorically so cute. One of the first books that influenced me to keep looking for non-calorie counting ways to adjust my eating was a book called The Fat Fall...

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Great to have you back, fantastic that you came back with no gain

Onwards and upwards, bet you lose well when you get back in the groove

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Hi Soprano, Hi. Upon reading your response, this time I can actually sense how you may be feeling. ðŸ˜ For whatever reason, your original post made me want to assert my personal boundaries in a way that was FIERCE. Iâ€™ll need to do some thinking about why I responded the way I did when typically, ...

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Worth please accept my full and genuine apologies my post was not intended to hurt in any way. You are of course correct it is difficult to convey full meaning with words alone and possibly responding as I did to a single post meant I read it out of context too. I'm sorry you have not had success wi...

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Great to read of your continued success, thanks for posting.

Sorry to hear you have been ill, hope you have a full sustained recovery

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I made it and my mum noticed that I ate a lot less so I explained NoS to her. She said it sounds healthy but wouldnâ€™t work for her which is unsurprising given her disordered and obsessive eating patterns. (Years and years of calorie counting) She is a good example of someone who got tiny with cal...

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Ok Hope this doesn't seem to harsh but in the hope it makes you think :) Fasting to eat a big meal later doesn't make sense. Using food as a reward is something you need to leave behind. Food should be used to satisfy hunger and your bodies needs. Fasting should be done for health reasons with a nic...

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Not shameful to write about your alcohol habits. However I would be slightly worried if you can't manage without, purely from concerns over addiction. I like a drink and still overdo it on occasion to the extent I make myself ill but I don't have any trouble not drinking on a normal day. I wish you ...

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Hi Soprano - your sister's results are unfortunately typical. I am convinced that practising maintenance and permanent habits on the way down has a better chance of leading to permanent weight loss. I absolutely agree. She still has that deprivation/ treat mentality. We are going away together soon...

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My sister has been following slimming world. She's done really well getting to goal. Two weeks after reaching goal she's put 5lbs on!

It won't be all fat I'm sure but just typical of what dieting the traditional way does

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You have to be realistic and put it in perspective. That on its own will have very little impact just carry on and you'll be fine

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Well-done, plenty of support here!

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Habitcal is great, I used it in the beginning but had a few special days and holiday would definitely have been yellow. I never think of calories anymore, what a relief that is. Apart from the rules I don't limit any food group, eat whatever I want cooked as I want. However I do eat good food, organ...

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I brought my son up on water and milk and his teeth really benefitted. Stick to your guns your kids will thank you when they are older. They will also soon learn you mean it and stop whining

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Great to hear from you and sounds like the holiday did you a lot of good. I'm not sure forcing two snacks is a good idea, whilst I understand your concerns about compulsion and disordered eating I would have thought only having them if you are hungry would be more of a normal reaction, some days you...

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Don't beat yourself up, it only takes one green day and you are back on track

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Have a fabulous holiday ðŸ˜€

Jx

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Great news well done, those goals on the way are what keep us going

Jx

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Why not try 3 small meals a day for a week, perhaps your body is going through some hormonal adjustment and needs a little more, when you then return to IF it might kickstart it in to losing again?

You've done so well and the end is in sight, try and relax into it, easier said than done I know

Jx

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Do make sure you have satisfying meals whilst establishing the habit. You can address meal composition later...

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Difficult one: Give them tap juice :) Perhaps one snack a day if they are with other kids? I think children might need to eat more regularly than adults as they are constantly on the go and growing. More important to develop the habit as they get older so they carry it into adulthood I wouldn't stre...

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Well done

Jx

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This is interesting and not something I'd heard about but does sound feasible

https://www.theswitchplan.co.uk/the-whoosh-effect/

It actually explains a lot about my weight loss patterns now and in the past.

Just keep going....

Jx

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I've tried it but really struggled to lose weight and in fact my weight increased. However I think the years I spent reading about it and trying it have helped me with emotional and binge eating. I just feel I need a little structure to my eating which nos gives me. I also found it difficult to reco...

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Seems like you have developed a good attitude to binging, some random thoughts re the cause: 1. Time of the month looming 2. Are you eating enough during your eating window 3. Do you feel you are depriving yourself of anything 4. What are you binging on, perhaps lacking something in your diet You'll...

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Hi everyone, My problem, however, is liquid calories. I normally drink 2 glasses of wine, or 1 large glass, in the evening, and I am kind of addicted to these Starbucks doubleshot espressos, with 140 calories each. I also like whole milk lattes. I drink 3-4 doubleshot espressos each day, and all th...

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You'll make it, we are all cheering you on

Well done on day 1

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Panic attacks are horrible, especially when driving!

I bet your sister's life isn't as perfect as it seems.

It's your life , live it and enjoy it, perfection is not a prerequisite to happiness....

Well done on the loss

Jx

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It's the pluggin away that will get you where you want to be

Good luck

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Congratulations on your success and thanks for sharing your story. It's encouraging to us all

Jx

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