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~reneew

I know exactly how you feel! I lost 26 on noS, gained it back, lost the 26 again and gained it back AGAIN. Each time trying other plans that I was sure would be faster, and I eventually gained all the "lost" weight back. My problem is impatience and giving it only 70%. When I do it strictly vanilla ...

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I'm down 24 since March.

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good goin'!

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I am doing vanilla but listening to my body and waiting for my tum to grumble and when I do that, the "full" feeling actually works! I'm doing great! One day at a time.

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I read some great advice lately that really started me thinking... Give your best advice! :D This is my current favorite... Giving it 100% is way easier than 97% because that little "just this once" monster sneaks in there and creats a battle every time no matter if he wins that round or not!

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My months have been getting increasingly more red and not suprisingly, I'm not loosing as fast either. Since I started again... March had no reds, April had 1, May had 6, and June had 8 so this July I will reverse that trend and have less reds than the 8 that I did in June. I am also going to record...

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I am of course going to do my 7 days straight right off the bat because I am the challenger and I'd look like an idiot if I didn't... hahaha. :roll: I better! August 1 :oops: (I guess I start on the 2nd...) 2 :mrgreen: 3 :mrgreen: 4 :wink: Sday 5 :mrgreen: This was actually a green successful day! W...

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I challenge you to complete one PERFECT week (7 days, starting whichever day you want) sometime during the month! If you fail... you still have the rest of the month to complete it. If you get cocky... see how many perfect weeks you can do! -This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily acc...

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This can kind of be like a public habitcal. I color it that way.

I'm starting up a challenge for August. Hope to see you guys there! There were 19 of us this month. I imagine how many that is if we were all standing in my computer room! Wow! Accountability!

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I'm doing well!

I'm also contemplating a part-time job just to get out of the kitchen... the ironic part is that it would be working in a kitchen.

edit: I don't think it would help at all...

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Snapdragon ~ you were off to a good start... MJ7910 ~ sorry about your pooch. Doin' great considering everything Toosolid ~ pretty good! Jocelyn ~ how ya doin'? Oolala ~ keep counting plates! jenp ~ great work esp. on the weekends! Jan ~ I'm impressed as usual Over 43 ~ miss ya Sarahkay ~ you too Pa...

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Thanks for the encouragement. I tell others to stick with it because it does work. I give great advice... if only I could follow it myself! Anyway, back at it today. I shouldn't mess with it vanilla since I know it isn't a habit yet, but I really feel that I should wait for hunger before I eat. I th...

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So, I (again) decided that I wanted FAST results, so I reviewed all of my other favorite diets and decided to count fat grams. I started out with breakfast which I wasn't even hungry for, but I wanted to tame the urge which comes from eating so low fat. I didn't get hungry again until 2 and by then ...

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So sorry to hear what you're going through... praying for your guys!

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Oh, nosnacker-Debbie, I am so sorry that you are going through so much! My thoughts and prayers are with you and to him who can do all things. Keep your head around food through this. Give God your heart, not food.

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Why oh why... when I'm finally in control, feeling sane, and down 23 (since march) following at least a year of daily unsuccessfulness... do I feel so frustrated that I can't sleep at night because I'm trying to figure out which other plan to follow? I tried them all last year and they didn't work. ...

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You go girl!!!

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out of kitchen ~ out of sight!

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Out of sight ~ out of mind... out of mind ~ out of mouth! Hahaha!

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I think its helpful to re-read all of your posts and look for trends. I had huge ones and it really motivated me to stick to it. I graphed my weight out over the last several years and wrote what I was doing along side them and found very obvious trends of thought and frustration. I believe most of ...

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I too think that you should re-read all of your posts and look for trends. I had huge ones and it really motivated me to stick to it. I graphed my weight out over the last several years and wrote what I was doing along side them and found very obvious trends of thought and frustration. I believe mos...

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I don't want to tell you that your doctor is wrong or just following a current trend, but if I ate 4-6 times a day, I'd be fatter! I guess it depends how you handle food. I can't control myself very well, so opening that door 6 times a day would be a disaster for me anyway. I think that thin doctors...

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love you guys!

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I used to be the same way, and tend to slip into that insanity when I slip off NoS. This is the ONLY sane plan I have found. It's the way my skinny great grandparents ate and I think its the only "normal" for today's lifestyle. Listening to hunger is probably right too, but totally undoable for a f...

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Yea! You go girl!!! And remember that food tastes WAY better when you're hungry. What a reward for not snacking.

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The more the merrier!
I'm seeing a lot of success floating around here! Keep it up everyone!

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Doing vanilla with a few double good days thrown in when I feel strong. Concentrating on mild/sane weekends and fluids...

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The challenge for the month is to set a goal to beat and mine is obviosly going to be to do better than last month. I have been on a downward spilal. Company for the weekend, but left before the 4th, so I'm callling my "holiday" Monday the 1st since they were still here and I will treat the actual h...

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Go! Go! Go! Some of you are still doing great! Finish the month off with a grand run!!! Hope to see you up for the challenge for July where I will not bomb out so fast and hopefully get my computer back from the computer hospital!

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My Goal (challenge) for June was to reach 21 straight... June 1 :mrgreen: And day 1 for me. Good day considering I was surrounded by teen girls snacking. Walked over 10,000 steps before noon. Ha! Wiped by midnight. 2 :wink: Out of controll 3 :wink: no control. ug! 4 :mrgreen: :wink: little S event ...

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My months have been getting increasingly more red and not suprisingly, I'm not loosing as fast either. Since I started again... March had no reds, April had 1, May had 6, and June had 8 so this July I will reverse that trend and have less reds than the 8 that I did in June. I am also going to record...

~reneew

I challenge you to publicly set a goal to meet by the end of the month! This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. Think of this as your own little cheering section. - * Remember * to only post once at the top with your goal and edit that first post all month. It's easier...

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Hold out for the pleasure of hunger. love that! I've been thinking that for me overeating has a lot to do with impatience. If I could wait until I'm hungry or wait for mealtime, I'd be fine. I'm going to focus on patience. I also decided that instead of not tracking the days that I "don't do it" as...

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oolala53 wrote: Hold out for the pleasure of hunger.

love that!

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Still no computer, and it seems the lack of daily accountability hurts. This was June: Well, I'm off to a fresh start with day one on the first of the month. :roll: June 1 :mrgreen: And day 1 for me. Good day considering I was surrounded by teen girls snacking. Walked over 10,000 steps before noon. ...

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Experiencing major computer issues... I may need to take a break from here until I get the thing into the shop. I hate to use other people's computers and mine is very ill. I will be back and I will continue to track vanilla on my calendar.

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Well, I learned some things yesterday: 1. If I dress slob-like, I behave slob-like. It was raining and I FINALLY didn't need to really go anywhere except to taxi my kids around, so I wore loose sweats, no jewelery, and didn't do much with my hair... result? I didn't care about my eating either. I g...

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thanks for the reminder... I think I will

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Yea! Go Amy and Renee!

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Last chance to get 21 in this month!!!
If you've not done well... start now! It's not too late! You can do it. Saturday and yesterday were Sdays, so you're already on 3!

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My weekend went well, I do have to say! Saturday was almost like an N day and I was proud, and Sunday I remembered my icecream that I forgot to make Saturday. Then I started coming up with a couple of "special" S events, and put it to a stop before it got out of hand. Not too much damage done this w...

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Lets go nosnacker!!! Thanks Mimi for the timely advice! It really helps to know that this works for you. It really does! I've left before and I always gain. And I thought that if I switched to another stupid plan, I'd be doing it 7 days... and this works when I actually do it... so why not try to do...

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Today is Friday and I have been doing a lot of thinking (oh no!) and have decided that the weekends are really my isssue now. I totally open the flood gates on S days, binge off and on the whole time, and then have a very difficult time getting back on track. I have done this since I started here. ...

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Way to go! I struggle with additional diet mentality so often and end up gaining back what I've lost. Stay strong and vanilla

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start out very strict and take the S's very carefully on the S days. I started out right off the bat thinking that it was a free-for-all, and I'm sure I would have done better if I'd have been more careful. It's hard to reverse later.

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Nosnacker and Amy ~ there's still time to get 21 in!!!!

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concentrating on 21...

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Anger. I get mad and determined.

Also, I start with a short strict goal with a reward.

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I clocked over 14,000 steps by about 2:00 on Friday. Not too bad considering... Green day. Then totally off track and uncontrolled this weekend. Surrounded by 5 teen girls on a loooong road trip . Teens snack. I held out for as long as I could... I am concentrating on getting back on track. 21 strai...

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May 1 :mrgreen: mayday mayday! 2 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 21 straight!!! I can't believe it. I really can't believe how this habit took hold just by making myslef do it for a week or two. Why did I ever quit? 3 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: doing so well! Worried about the next 4 days. 4 :roll: decided to call it...

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I am driving my 14 year old daughter and 4 of 5 friends 2 1/2 hours away to Valleyfair amusement park on Friday. We'll spend the entire day there, then overnight at a hotel, then shop our way home Saturday. Either I'll get a migraine, eat all day, or feel extremely successful... we'll see. My plan i...

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I weigh daily on a little calendar. I only compare to the weeks before on the same day so I don't get too frustrated with the day-to-day. I also put a tiny happy face sticker on the day if i am successful on NOS. If not, I write what it was that made me fail so I can see a pattern and learn. It real...

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That's funny that you said "just do it" because I just wrote on your daily that I think the difference between our hubbies and us is that they just do it! That is the attitude that I've had since returning this time and I'm loosing. I went a year and a half barely able to do a day and now I have mos...

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Welcome back! I wrote a testimonial..really for my Husband who has done a fantastic job of observing No S rules and has a 30+ pound weight loss to show for it. My vision of us and food issues is kinda like Chicken Little meets GI Joe. He makes a goal and heads for it ...I make a goal and dance wild...

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If I don't see results for a time period, I start to get frustrated and impatient. That little color of green on the habitcal really is a fun boost to my incentive and the ONLY thing that saves me from a "whatever" streak is to try for a strict streak to get me going again otherwise I get stuck in t...

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I agree. I usually shoot for 3 days of 20 or 4 days of 15 minutes, but if I really start procrastinating, then I at least can make up for it and still keep on a roll.

That is, once I'm on a roll.

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I issued a 21 challenge for June. I hope you'll join me. I need a bit of strictness too to get it going and keep it going with the change in the household (4 kids out of school and SNACKING WITH FRIENDS ALL OF THE TIME!!!!) I also need to get off my butt and move. At times I've set a 15 minute minim...

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Well, for years I've tried to fill my plate half full with fruits and veggies, but it never worked. I re-painted it and let it dry for a day, and am now not heating my food on it in the microwave hoping that the paint will stay long enough for me to get used to my halfing it. So far it has been amaz...

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Well, I'm off to a fresh start with day one on the first of the month. :roll: June 1 :mrgreen: And day 1 for me. Good day considering I was surrounded by teen girls snacking. Walked over 10,000 steps before noon. Ha! Wiped by midnight. 2 :wink: Out of controll 3 :wink: no control. ug! 4 :mrgreen: :...

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It's the start of summer and I challenge you to reach 21 days straight! You can either start now, wait until the last 21 days (maybe not the best idea) or finish what you've already started. This is for anybody who needs encouragement and accountability. Think of this as your own little cheering se...

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Sounds very interesting. I could legally make a treat with just fruit. Hmm... http://www.yonanas.com/ Does anyone have one? Any input?

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This is the follow-up to my new plate idea: My new 8 1/2" plain white corelle plate with enamel flowers painted in a line down the center to divide the fruit and veggie half was a great success... for a while. Instead of having 2 chicken enchiladas like I did the other day, only one fit on the half,...

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I like the way that oolala said this: We have to make the decision not to eat when it's HARD to say no, not AFTER we've eaten and it's easy to swear off the food. Saying no when it's hard, repeated, as long as we are not eating too little, will change the pattern. And remember, food is one of the mo...

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We have to make the decision not to eat when it's HARD to say no, not AFTER we've eaten and it's easy to swear off the food. Saying no when it's hard, repeated, as long as we are not eating too little, will change the pattern. And remember, food is one of the most basic reinforcers you can find, so...

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And finally I said to myself yesterday, my body is what it is today and I'm in no race, rush to lose weight, when it happens great..but my focus is on habit and sanity. Yea! That sounds sane. A year will come either way. Trust me I have callings here and there by food..but I rather not have a red d...

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Whenever I say "I was thinking" in front of my Dad he says "see there you go again, that's the problem". That is so true when it comes to dieting! The more it's on the mind, the closer it gets to the mouth. Out of sight - out of mind is true for me. I always have problems with potato chips. Whenever...

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I'd get a smaller plate for lunch just to try it. I now eat on the smaller corelle plates for mostly all meals. "Normal" plates seem to big for me now. I switched over our family of 6 with no problem and I have 3 teens! The "normal" plates are on the top shelf if they want it, but usually don't. I a...

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Quotes I heard while driving. Authors unknown, I barely could remember what was said

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If you keep doing what you're doing, you're going to keep getting what you're getting.

If you don't make a concious commitment to the important, you're making an unconcious commitment to the unimportant.

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Can you think of a time in your life when you felt you were eating rather reasonably but without a lot of effort? Ummm... when I was 4? No, honestly, Good question. I think my life has been on and off control. Either I've felt in control for a long time or out of control. I tend to be tempted more ...

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Congratulations! Keep it up.

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There are many "regulars". I think women just like to chat.

Maybe they all just lost their weight and never came back. Bluebunny lost 90 and doesn't visit much. Look around on here, you'll find them. I suggest posting this under "general discussion" so it's seen better.

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Wow! How exciting. Let us know when you know for sure! Today is Tuesday!

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So, how are all of you pregnant ladies doing?

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Only 7 1/2 N days left! Keep going! Who's still with me?

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I drink all day. I take a 4 cup waterbottle full of ice and water with just a splash of unsweetened cranberry juice or orange juice. Too sweet and it's not as good. There is a thread here somewhere called orange2 O or something like. When I do this I don't get hungry.

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Paula Deen says in an interview that she lost 30 pounds eating what she likes but in moderation and allowing one day a week to eat whatever she wants. Hmmm... sounds familiar.

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True. I did normal S days this weekend. I had hoped to try for N, but my schedule threw me off Saturday with more tennis all day and then I had treats, but at least it wasn't over the top. :) I reminded myself that S days are what gets me through the N days! Shooting for normal sane vanilla... maybe...

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Go hikermom! Don't be too hard on yourself. Maybe you are trying to do too many things at once??? Just a thought. No snacker!!! You almost made a third round. Pick yourself up, brush off the crumbs and continue. Doesn't that one red stand out? Mine was bugging me, along with all the yellows so I dec...

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AND... kids sneeze on your food... nobody has washed their hands... and it really erks me when people are calmly able to eat one single plate of food! That really bugs me.

counting down... I have an "8" written on my hand.

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I'd wait for breakfast until you're hungry, then stick to the plain and simple rules. Your body will adjust. Really.

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6 months will pass whether you are dieting or not. Do you want to be thinner after 6 months or heavier? Love that! I am doing 10 days straight N days to boost this and to get back on track since I've had too many treats lately. We'll see how I do this weekend. Countdowns tend to motivate me. That's...

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So true, and if you get frustrated that you can't do it in 6 months... a year will also pass.

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I've made lists too, but I had more like 50 reasons.

I think I could stretch it out to 100. This time around I have some much better reasons to jump start me, and it seems to be going better than my other starts. Loss is incentive in itself. Keep it up Mimi!

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I am so-o-o happy with how my S-days have evened out. Sometimes I can hardly believe it's me. It takes much less food to fill me up than it used to and the gnawing desire to overeat with sweets is gone. I know it's the head work paying off for me. My S-days are not much different from my N-days. I ...

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When he started he didn't even know what a calorie was? I agree with much that he says and I do think that the simple numbers should be looked at, but I really wonder what someone who obviously never had a weight issue, could really know about the issue. I guess I hate to take advice from someone wh...

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Lets go ladies! We can do this. Dominate your appitite. I too plan on 21 days but i am going to try to give up my S days and events to be strict N for 10 days. Here I go :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: This is a post that encourages me to continue: I am so-o-o happy with how my S-days have evened out. Some...

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I remember back in my WW years, some people put the food that they would have eaten in a big baggie. That visual was a great reward for them. I didn't want to waste the food :roll: so I never tried it, and probably ended up eating it. I think I might try it some time... and keep it in the fridge so ...

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I took an S event today on dessert for my hubby's birthday. I feel like I'm tempted more and loosing control lately so I am going to try my darndest to go 10 days straight strict N. I've had too many treats in the past 5 days.

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motorin wrote:I convinced myself that Friday night should be an SDay. Then I commenced to eat a whole box of granola and 7 cookies...
Starting by S Day on Friday night seems dangerous.

Yep, dangerous! For me it's like sticking my foot in the door that's actually flood gates ready to burst.

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Graham wrote:drove 4 hours non-stop with NO SNACKS!

Wow!

I understand! Good job!

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My daughter's end-of-season track award meeting was at pizza ranch buffet last night. I struggled with what to do all day since I CAN NOT DO BUFFETS! I really can't. It's a definite binge just walking in a buffet resteraunt. I ate at home and I not eat a thing while there. There is hope! I did catch...

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Go rungirl! Anyone else up for a fresh start with her???

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Good luck on this vacation week! I totally understand! I get that weekend feeling with vacations too, but I also do when my 4 kids are out of school and I have only 2 weeks left of "normal"

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NoSnacker wrote: I won't even get into what I ate, absolutely absurd.

It's sick isn't it? Lets just say that I ate continually and at least 3 people's worth.

r.jean ~ there doesn't even seem to be a trigger when it's the weekend. It's just a free-for-all, continual chow.

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Terrible weekend. I took full advantage of the S I know that I really should keep working on the habit, but my weekends are over the top. I really wonder if in the beginning I had used the S days as minimal exceptions instead of a free for all, if I'd have been more successful. It's so hard to go ba...

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You two just saved me from a binge. Thank you!

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What about the cookies??? Oatmeal raisin. Two. Small. Alright, I've brushed my teeth and I'm calling it a delayed breakfast. The cookie recipe is a healthy one... and I did eat it all at the same time. It would definitely have all fit on a plate too. I should have eaten a fruit with it instead. I wi...

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I blew it already!!! I sat down to a nice bowl of soup for lunch. Then I added oyster crackers... that led to bold n' spicey chex mix which led to chips, then on to cookies! AHHHHH!!!!! Now I need to rein in the what the heck effect before I can even get a hold of my Sdays. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evi...

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Thanks for the encouragement!
This weekend I will treat as normal N days, except for no more than 3 S events each day.

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Happy anniversary!

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