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Oh my! Hang on tight! Post ,post,post..get our thoughts and reread what you wrote the next day. (I always find insight when I reread what I wrote.) How we moms like to think we can "make it all OK" no matter how old our kids!! How easy it would be to turn to food for comfort..DON'T do it! Write seve...

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Well, WHO, here is the thing: The meds I'm taking at night are for pain in my arm/shoulder that I am trying to avoid taking at all. I think I am getting closer to not needing them :D Yoga class today made a big improvement and I think a little ice/heat at bedtime will do the trick. You are right, of...

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Every time I look at that slug pic, I shutter..I love it!! :wink: The freedom that comes with retirement is hard to get used to, Pagelsue2, I agree! We winter in FL and i think I am on a 4 month vacation with cocktails at 5..dinner out at 6...breakfast out with friends..lunch with "the girls"...It i...

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I thought this needed a bump but also wanted to say I am inspired by the challenges everyone is attempting! I hope I am green enough at the end of this month to attempt an exercise challenge next month! Good luck to all of us!

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What I Learned in my return-to-noS-first 21 days: 1. posting here is very helpful, especially if I go back and reread entries every so often. 2. the monthly challenge is a good thing 3. I need to work on only getting to vanilla before I start worrying about the details of what is on my plate. 4. ba...

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Y-E-S IT WILL

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I will keep you posted on those floating S-days, r,jean ! Today is a nice quiet day after a crazy weekend of kids, grandkid, and many people in and out of the house. All fun but tiring and, even though the eating wasn't "bad", I ate a lot of red meat and white bread.. not my regular fare. Turned thi...

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Sounds like a great idea here, Blithe! I will be following closely!

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You are right, of course, r.jean ! I did go for a walk and that helped get me back on track for the rest of the day/night. I am going to count yesterday as an S day and do an N day today. i have been thinking of using the modification of floating my S days since I am retired and weekends don't reall...

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Kevin..see if you can get a group rate! I'm in!!

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This is one of those crazy days...a failure for sure on the no S front but a success in other ways. My college age granddaughter is leaving campus today and came over with friends for lunch with us and to store some things here for the summer. It is always nice to spend time with her and meet her fr...

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Reneew, I am in the same boat as you! Why doesn't this weight come off as quickly as it goes back on?? I really need to go back and read everything I wrote and people wrote to me so I can get a grip on this again! I could kick myself for getting complacent! I know...and you do too..we just gotta bit...

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I am trying to climb on the wagon again too! I am going to begin on Monday as I am just finishing up a "21" and like to evaluate what I've done and where I've gone wrong and what I've done right! Unless I see something I'm missing, I too am aiming for "vanilla" with the modification of taking my S d...

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I agree..sleep is important! So what we need is a sunny environment..not too hot, not too cold...where we have no stress or reason not to get a good night's sleep.. Know where to find that? Neither do I!!

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I just remembered this after reading Blithe Morning's comments about no one getting fat from ketchup... One of my kids' favorite books was a tale of a pig family where the piglets put ketchup on all their food. One day Momma decided to serve nothing but Ketchup... ketchup soup, ketchup sandwiches, k...

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Wow! Doesn't a sunny day just change the way we look at life!! What a gift! B=toast w/cheese and a bit of jelly//melon L=a cold pastai (left over!)sandwich/carrot sticks//1/2 banana D=chicken fajita/green beans/green salad//a few almonds night (10:30) needed to take some pain meds so had a few graha...

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iwas just reading the Jamie Oliver conversation and then came here. My first thought was that I remember that not too long ago school's wanted to call ketchup a serving of veggies! I dont think it would be wise to do that, but a little ketchup is a good thing. Waaaaay long ago, I understand folks wo...

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Is there anyone out there who doesn't want to snack more when it is gloomy out? :shock: I felt the same way..today was our first sunny day in forever and I got so much done and never thought of grazing through the frig! I'm going outside and soak up some rays (in my sweat shirt!) and try to remember...

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I do the same thing!! :shock: I have been thinking about that too and I believe that it may have something to do with me not being a very good "rule follower"..or I follow so far(knitting a mitten/following a exercise plan/) and then think,"that looks/feels pretty good and I can do that.. I'm sure I...

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The best laid plans... or, I guess they were't very well "laid" if i couldn't keep them!! Went to make rice for dinner last evening..no rice! what?? I always have rice around (apparently not!!) :cry: It was cold and raining and I was in old sweats and didn't want to be seen in public so I changed th...

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I understand..and applaud your efforts to make healthy eating a habit! Wish I would have done that at your age

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Dear WHO ..How are you?? I wanted you to know that the pic. of the slug you posted to me has been a great inspiration..I don.t want to be that guy!! Just got around to reading about YOU am glad I did. Love your pics and your posts. Glad to see the bees are alive and well in CA. Sorry to hear your al...

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DANDY!! It is so nice to see you here!! I decided that since I was starting over, I would give myself a new topic line and hope my ol' friends would see the name and visit! I will have to catch up on your "doings!" I have changed my check-in from evenings to mornings because..always something..I ap...

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I remember when Bob Green first appeared on Oprah years ago. Oprah had signed a "contract" dealing with her eating and then,during the course of her contracted diet she won a very special award..don't remember what..and she called Bob and asked him if she could have a glass of champagne after the ce...

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Thank you for the ideas... I am hitting Amazon later today. I have a gift card to use that is just calling to me

Please keep the good reads coming! I really like to read all year!

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LOVE that story..I am picturing it now!!!

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just sending along

! I am so proud of you for hanging in there through "thick and thin"..and your getting thinner in the process!!

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I had to laugh at your scale "adventure".. you know, I did the same thing.. used a broken down old scale.. knowing it was probably off by several pounds and knowing it would give me different weights if I just got on and off several times in a row. If I didn't like the info the scale gave me, I woul...

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IDK y ou are correct..go to the head of my cheering section!! I do need to get out of the kitchen after dinner and that strategy did work for me before! I not only got out of the kitchen..I got out of the house last evening and got in a very nice walk. The flowering trees are in bloom here as well ...

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RENEEW I'm really looking forward to a May Challenge. I know I need to be responsible for myself but YOU do such a great job leading a cheering section! YOU are just what I need right now.. (talk about putting pressure on you.. sorry!!..but it is true!!)

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Hi IDK ..yep, I'm still here and still need help! I believe western PA will soon be named the newest rain forest area. We are having daily downpours and I am realizing how much sunshine means to me and my well-being. I AM trying but ..what can I say..it is hard staying on a wagon when the road is bu...

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Well Book Folk ..I just reread all the messages here and was amazed at all the good books we talked about and I read because of it! Summer is just around the corner..or so we all hope..and I am ready for more of your great suggestions. I can't say that I read anything this winter worth suggesting to...

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I hope Water for Elephants is as good as the book! anyone see it yet?
did anyone hear a film was being made of The Help?? I think The Time Traveler's Wife made a lot more sense if you read the book before seeing it.. isn't that usually the case?

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Oh my..maybe it is a spring thing but it seems there are several of us returning! We can all be proud we took that first step back!

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When I was woking and had a house and kids and a hubby and two dogs ..all wanting my atttention..I had a small poster on the frig where I could see it easily and often: Normal Day, Make Me Aware Of The Treasure That You Are" Always holds true, doesn't it!?

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Oh my Deb! What a mess!! Seems you have done all the right things to get your life back on track. Who would have thought that a track meet could lead to so many problems!! I had the TV on today while I was unpacking suitcases and Dr. Oz was doing one of his crazy show-and-tells. (I don't care for Dr...

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IDK, I just read the last page of your check-ins and I think you are doing a great job! I am inspired! You can't imagine what I would have been writing about eating over the same time period..and I have no job stress or any other reason to have walked away from a plan that I know works!! You've got ...

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Yikes! That slug pic sure made me sit up and pay attention!! I need to look at it often for encouragement. Thanks Who ! KCCC and IDK ..glad you are still around. I just wandered off on some detour to nowhere and kinda wandered back. OMG, IDK ..is this as wise as we get???? I thought i could turn int...

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I have turned into a slug! Do I need encouragement...a "talking to"..?? Both?? Neither?? I am right back where I started oh-so-long ago..except now I'm older..no wiser..maybe dumber!!! Heeellllppppp mmmeee! (also cannot seem to wrap my head around my signature statement..as you've probably noticed!)

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I know how you are feeling.. both my babies were two weeks late!! Stay well rested and enjoy these last couple days of freedom as much as possible!

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I got on this site just to see if that baby had arrived yet! Best wishes!! i'll be checking back again in a few days.

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Dear dear KCCC..i haven't looked at this site in a log time and I am so very sorry to read of your troubles. It is wonderful that you are taking the time to post..you don't know how many people you are helping! My thoughts and heart are with you all. This is a time when "positions" in the family cha...

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Always enjoy keeping track of you

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Reneew.. Oh my! I am so sorry to read of your misfortune. Keep up your wonderful spirit. Your children are learning how to face and conquer whatever life throws at them.. (even if they don't lose weight in the process.) My heart is with you...

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How wonderful that you are not turning to food! You really are thinking about food in a very healthy way...which probably means you are not thinking about food!

Hope the housing situation resolves itself soon and you can move on (literally and figuratively). Yeah for you!!!

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oola..... School beginning so soon?!? :cry: i was a teacher too and finally had to say to myself, "This is just a job.. not my life." How sad that it must come to that but it often does. Do your best..walk away..shut that door and move on to what you really want to do with the rest of your day. I th...

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We are finally H-O-M-E!!! What a trip!! We put almost 7,000 miles between "begin here" and "home at last"! We went west making stops to visit friends and family and see a few things we had missed on previous trips... Arches NP.. Bill Cody's grave (don't ask who needed to see this!!).. replayed a few...

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Things(read food issues) are still A-OK!! we are now in Twin Falls idaho..having driven from CA today.. on our way to take granddaughter to MT. Should arrive tomorrow afternoon. I cannot tell you how much all your suggestions have helped! i am carrying THE book with me but never have opened it. have...

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Woo HOO :D ..I AM doing this! So far, so good.. thanks to all the suggestions! i am now in CA... did Lodi wine country today.. have seen some of the most beautiful scenery on earth this last week! I gotta tell you, the eating part of this trip has been easy! I am wearing my bracelet to remind me to ...

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Thanks Oolala..just what I needed to hear! You are right, of course! I am going to do my best to ..well...do my best!

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LOL ! I'm seeing Bill, Ellie, and Willie sittin' on the porch during a hot summer evening and just rockin' and talkin"! I'm sure they will come in handy! We are ta-da p acked up!! No major shouting.. even went out for dinner in a peaceful mode!! Life is good! I am still wearing my bracelet..journal ...

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I am almost teary eyed after reading all your posts. I can't say thank you enough!! isn't it strange that in a moment of crisis we can't think (or at least I can't) for myself. Of course taking the book makes sense :roll: ..and I DO have logos printed out and am going to put one in my eyeglass case....

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I think a glass of wine..yoga..another glass of wine :wink: But then, i don't work anymore..so what do i know!?! :shock: Really, I remember Friday nights being especially hard for me too. I never did come up with anything that even came close to being satisfying..it seemed I just needed to do someth...

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Just read The Wife. Looooved it!! What a great author! Thanks for suggesting it ,Scrybil!. I'm going to just give myself time to think about it before I begin another. I will let you know what I pack for the trip cross country.

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Try this; wash your jeans and tops in hot water and put them in the dryer..see what happens! (You don't want to wear them baggy and this might tighten then up a bit!) If the jeans shrink in length..make ae cuff and turn them into capris! Try adding a chain belt to some of those tops. Also..this is a...

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posters: I really need a bit of help here!

I just went a little crazy and am having trouble reining myself in... please keep tabs on me for a few days! thanks....

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Mannnnn.... this is NOT good! How, I ask you HOW, can I know what works for me and yet.. just plain NOT do it when I decide that I am just going to log off and be on my own while traveling??? So, for the record, I am still packing up the place..not even really gone..just getting in the travel mode.....

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As I've mentioned, I like to rethink and adjust my plan every 21 days and ..ta da..today is the day! I haven't lost any weight to speak of these 21 days but I have gotten clothes in a size smaller and I have had people say ,"you've lost weight!" I think it is the exercise that I did on a regular bas...

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Maybe it will be just the two of us discussing books! I do like the idea of a book club so I hope others think it will work too.
I will be doing some posting while I am gone. I think I need the help of all my no-S friends to keep my head on straight!

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What a nice day! Got a haircut I really like! (':) Had a relaxing pedicure and now have "To Eros Is Human" painted toes :D :D Visited friends .(':) Fixed an easy dinner :) (ham steak, black beans and rice, tossed salad, white wine) .. and I am still downstairs and no :evil: is trying to get me into...

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THANK YOU, OOLALA for always supporting me to be my very best self

..and if that support means I need a kick in the pants..wel..I guess..thank you for that too!!

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this is the first time I have joined THE CHALLENGE and it really made a difference for me. I am surprised at that..I really didn't think a public posting would shame me

into doing what I said I would do!! I am going for July and hoping it works again!!

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Oh, how I loved The Time Traveler's Wife ]IDK ! I too thought about it for weeks!! I think I will reread it this Sept. i got all my Amazon books and now must decide where to start and what to take on our month away from home. (':idea:') I think we should start a new thread and call it "NO-S Book Clu...

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I can relate to this! In my case, it would be the disappointment of not having the fun day I had planned. IF I had planned to wash all the windows and it rained...mmm.. I don't think I would have the same reaction. I would probably smile and pull out a book to read.. or do some other chore. This is ...

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Good ol' paper! I am making a paper record too because I will be gone for about a month and am not sure when i will have the computer available or the inclination to use it! Hope your weigh-in issues are resolving themselves. Remember that weight can fluctuate so much that maybe averaging a few days...

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I think YOU are a "poster child" for healthy eating. You found what works ..even while pregnant.. and you just do it! !! Maybe those who are so rigid are still finding their way. YOU, on the other hand, have found your path and you stay on it! I hope you don't leave..I think you are and will continu...

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Estes Park!! I love Estes Park!!! I actually have a friend from our winter retreat that summers in Estes Park..every year!! Lucky Duck!!
I'm going to be looking for you to share any eating-words-of-wisdom you have gleaned while traveling.

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I see good habits forming and that is what this is all about! Your menus look like "normal people" eating.. not someone with food issues! Good for you!!

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Hi Scrib... You've had a hard week or so! You know, your son might be feeling anxious about being away at any university..and away from his family. It might not all be not going to choice #1. I think you will still have "the boys' over on vacations and your son will be bringing guys home for weekend...

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KEEEP ON GOIN'!!

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Thank you IDK and Scrib for your encouraging words! I am always amazed that a fairly intelligent, been-around-the-block-a time-or -two adult (me :shock: !!) can act like I know nothing about anythng and let my emotional eating take over! It seems to me that being tired has a lot to do with it and I ...

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Oolala: You are thinking along the same lines I am...try some sprints at what ever I am doing and that will help. I did have a trainer a couple times a week about 10 years ago. I worked with her for about two months. (It was a rough emotional time for me, parents and aunt all needing special attent...

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Well..the house didn't burn down and I didn't go downstairs last evening! I was up at 6:15 and am still woking my way through my last mug of coffee before I fix some cream-of-wheat for myself. I feel fine..no aches or pains..a tribute to yoga stretches AM and PM I think! OOlala ..the 4 min. does loo...

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Look at all the days you have been on vacation and done a wonderful job! I forgot about the roads out there! Having 2 teenage boys agreeing with hubby that backing down a mountain "path" in a Suburban is an OK thing.. happened more than once and I know what you mean!! I hate to tell you, but things ...

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Idon't know , I did see that movie and I'm glad you mentioned it! Now my "mental movie" of the book is a bit more authentic! I am ready to begin a new book tonight,,I usually like to let a book "settle" into my mind a few days when I've really enjoyed it. I'm going to see what I have in my stash si...

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There is nothing like having your personal geologist when traveling, is there? We also loved Denver and surrounding areas....we haven't been there in years..think our 40 year old son was 17 and it was the first year he could help with the driving. I'm sure there are many changes in the city but the ...

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Thank you for the picture!! You look very healthy, happy, and pregnant!! All good!!

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good luck with the :evil: whispering in your ear tomorrow! Now that you have identified the problem, maybe it will be easier to ignore him (I KNOW :evil: is a HIM!!). Maybe a nice cup of milky tea?? Maybe plan a dinner that will take no time to prepare once you do get home? This time that :evil: doe...

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My,my,my :shock: ... To think you don't have all the answers!! To think you are not living in a 1950s sit-com home where there is no strife and every day is sunny! I think most of us (women) here have the same thoughts and trials as you. How , and I do mean this, wonderful that you voiced those feel...

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AAhhh, Scribll , you are so kind. Right now, feel almost my age! :cry: I went for a 40min. walk-like-you-mean-it walk this morning and then decided to pull weeds and trim trees for two hours. Ate lunch and thought I'd hit the local mall and then the grocery store. Four hours later, I was lugging gro...

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Monday evening I didn't need the yogurt drink to get me to lunch! I went to yoga class and just had time to get home and change for lunch out w/friend: White PIZZA dinner: Italian wedding soup/fruit salad/bread stick/2glasses wine A good day! OOlala: I checked out the Tabata protocol and I'm not su...

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I'm in too! I've learned that having "floating" break days for exercise is a big help to me. IF I exercise on my S-days..I am much better at not eating everything in sight. I am going to keep that up. I will be traveling most of July and think I will use this challenge to stick with three meals a da...

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Oh..Love Whole Food stores.. also Trader Joe's.... neither in my little town :cry: Fresh cherries! Are they from Flathead Lake in Mt.? I swear, those are the best cherries i have ever eaten. The Mt. Rainers are as big as apricots and sooo sweet! I love the west and can hardly wait to get there in a ...

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OMG.. I could have written your post!! Probably most of the folks posting could have written that post.. in fact, most of us probably did with just a few minor changes!! Most of us have that diet mentality and just can't let it go. Go back and reread posts from people who seems to have it all togeth...

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thank you oolala for the info. I have NOT heard of that. Is it the same as t-tapp (or something like that..that, as you can tell, I have also NOT heard of!! :D Guess I'm stuck in a little la-la land.... anyhow, yes, thanks, I am going to check that out.. sounds like just what I need! Monday morning ...

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ya know, I am just not a planner! :cry: ..or I AM a planner and then I don't carry through w/ those plans :shock: either way, my planned Sunday menu didn't happen! B; well, I hd already had that when i posted :roll: L: whole wheat,grainy toasted pita w lots of veggies (including avocado) and feta d....

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wosnes, could you explain what "prime" is..I've never heard of it. I was going to say PM me but maybe others here would benefit from knowing about it too! Thanks

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How Saturday really played out: b. 1/2 banana l. pita w/salmon and salad snack:2 slicse swiss cheese/drinkable goat milk yogurt (from farmer's market yum!!) d.crackers with fresh goat cheese and hot pepper jelly/BBQ ribs/1 small redskin potato (not very hungry so didn't eat much) snack: 4 Dove dark ...

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Books ordered and at least one should arrive in a few days :D . Just finished Tracy Chevilier's Remarkable Creatures . This is a very interesting book. Two friends gave me copies and hubby and I ended up reading it at the same time. At dinner a few nights ago, I mentioned to him that I wondered how ...

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seeing lots of green and smiles on everyone's charts!! How great!! The month is whizzing by and we are almost THERE..success!!

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You will LOVE that marinade, I'm sure!! I decided to use Friday as an S day as I was making hubby some dip from hummus, sour cream, a little hot sauce, and chopped up cold fried peppers (all left overs) to have on some left over crusty Italian bread...as a starter for dinner. So we had a nice glass ...

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Glad you quit lurking and joined the fun :D Good for you for kicking the soda habit! I never was much of a soda drinker but, every so often I MUST have a Coke..not Pepsi..only regular ol' Coke! I buy the little cans and that is all I need and then i can move on. Did you ever try "S.Pellegrino sparkl...

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Friday check in! :D Feeling much more myself today..really think I had a touch of something yesterday.. am pleased to say I didn't turn to food to solve a non-food problem.. and didn't "reward" myself today for being good yesterday!! For me, this is a giant step!! :D :D :D MY DAY of EATING I usually...

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IDK ..I also loved getting lost in a book as a child!! My favorite place then was my bedroom with the door closed so my brothers couldn't bother me! I loved to visit the huge Carnegie library in the Oakland section of Pgh. on a Saturday morning... I can't believe my parents let me get on a bus and ...

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Well Scrib , at least we are well rested! :wink: i actually stayed in the living room until 9pm last evening...and then :evil: I started thinking about a little snack..so i took myself upstairs where :evil: is much quieter! tonight, I'm upstairs at 7pm...I am just tired today and see no reason to fi...

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That is so funny KCCC, I always feel veggie deprived when we travel! I make a big pot of veggie soup as soon as we get home and both of us eat it for at least one meal a day for two or three days! Remember to drink lots of water..that food is probably saltier than you make at home! Hope the weather ...

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somewhere I "lost" a lovely post for this site!! Wonder where I sent it? anyhow..I gave IDK advice about her poor feet (soak in cool water and then get them up on the couch while you lie on the floor...and read a book!) I also said I love to read by an open fire in the winter..so that I can see the ...

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My feet hurt just thinking about your adventure! Oh dear!! I don't think I have worn heels since I retired! (I wonder if I even own any.) Did you give your poor tootsies a soaking in cool water..and then a liedown on the floor with your feet up on a chair or couch?? i can't imagine wearing anything ...

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scrib ..you said you messed up in the 11th hour.. I messe up my exercise on day 21 (and I kinda do a 21 day and re-evaluate thinggy). are we not ready for success?? I don't know, but..I just may keep myself upstairs in the evenings until I figure it out because I know this is a head game and :D is ...

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