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Shannon,

sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving ... except for that flu bug

keep getting better

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Jayhawk, I know 3 meals on S days works great for some folks, but I have never wanted to have that structure on my S days. It took me about 5 months before I really WANTED to stop overdoing it on my S days ... and the past month or so my S days have been great ... (I am in the 9th month now) looks l...

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Nichole, I guess the only thing is if you wanted to be super buff! :D But I just want to be slim and toned ... I did si6 and my husband did p90 a few years ago ... did you like p90x? i didn't like si6 ... i think it was so intense i started secreting cortisol ate like crazy and didn't get any good r...

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Reinhard, thanks for popping in! Hopefully this "version" is not hubris but sheer necessity :D I have been struggling to get my three meals in for about 2 to 3 months and been toying with this idea in the back of my mind, but since I cut down on my cardio it is only made more apparent. I understand ...

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November "medals" Gold NO S Diet with 1 N day Gold Moving Meditation .... this is so funny, my goal is to do my blend of deep breathing/stretch/yoga/oxycize series that I do for about 20 minutes a minimum of 5 times a week, I had to play with what I called it until I got to what it meant/was for me ...

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I think you are on to something and what ever meal you DO skip, it has to be a PLUS for not living to eat. I love your idea and I hope your experiment works. Marie, thank you so much for your support, I am planning to "skip" breakfast ... probably just move my mixed grains and eggs to later and add...

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This diet is forgiving.

Renew,

I love that about NO S too ... at a minimum, twice a week, we are completely "forgiven"!

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A few things about me: I'm a 35 year-old woman, small and thin, but with very chaotic eating habits, and feeling terrible about it. I am French and I have been living in the US for a few years now. The No-S Diet is very similar to the way I used to eat in France. In that respect, Reinhard Engels is...

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What I noticed then was that my appetite just dropped off. I didn't always eat 3 meals and I never snacked, but I did have treats when I met up with friends, etc. I just never thought that much about food and I didn't worry about it. I really did end up eating to live rather than living to eat. Fun...

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Becky, thank you for so abundantly sharing your No S experience. When I first started on NO S I always looked for your posts and found them very supportive, sane and inspiring! Your "story" is very important. You will inspire many more people by posting your testimonial here. It will be nice to have...

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I asked her how that works and she says it's such a habit she doesn't even think about it. (Sound familiar?) 3aday, i really appreciate your sharing this. My husband is by habit a two meal a day eater too and I often modify to that on the weekends ... as we have been married over ten years I am sur...

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Debs,

best wishes on your fresh commitment!

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Bright Angel,

thank you for understanding,

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DECEMBER EXPERIMENT - P E P P E R M I N T S T R I P E D N O S I am going to experiment for the month of December with giving myself the "option" of two or three meals on N days. I am going to initially limit this "experiment" to the month of December and then evaluate to see how I am doing. After 8...

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3aday, If I could send you a piece of our delcious chai pumpkin pie I would gladly do so! IT WAS YUMMY! And our handsome brothers, the little kitties, thank you for your kind compliments. I have to say I am quite partial and think they are just the "best looking litte boys" :D and my goodness, they ...

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I have recently been have a problem with squeezing in three meals every N day. I am pretty sure that it is because I have made the decision to cut WAY BACK on my cardio exercise. I am doing a good full body but fairly short (30-35 minutes) weight session three times a week and I top that off with a ...

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It was difficult having left over pumpkin pie around and not eat it but I will eat some tomorrow Saturday so knowing that helped. Marie, hear!hear! I went through the exact same thing and YAY US for keeping our Friday green and boy that "guilt-free" pumpkin pie was good this morning for breakfast! ...

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Rpm,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!
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Hey guys, just want to give you an update on the outcome of my yesteday. Ahhh .... satisfaction, it was safely green. After my monavie/coffee "breakfast" and my greens and turkey meatloaf lunch, I had scrambled eggs and whole grain toast for "dinner" at about 9:00pm. Honestly it took me that long to...

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I have been clinging to my eating and morning exercising routines and I am convinced it saved me further problems! Rose, what a great post! It is wonderful how sticking with your habits for eating and exercise have held you in good stead. I am sorry to hear about your rough year. I think you also m...

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I work at gym and everyone was groaning about how "bad" they were yesterday. Noel, sometimes when I hear this I think of it as a kind of "political correctness" like people believe they are SUPPOSED to make these comments because these are the comments that are socially appropriate and socially "ex...

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Thankful that Thanksgiving was about being thankful, not about points, portions, or pounds. Resting, It IS really nice to get things into proper focus. I swear this was probably my best Thanksgiving ever for the same reason, my mind was on totally OTHER things than obessing, fussing, over such numb...

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Thanks guys for the feedback. I ended up having my 8 ounce glass with a tall cafe misto for "breakfast" at 11:00 and then about 1:30 I had some turkey meatloaf and greens. We didn't get to our greens yesterday, so it was like GOT TO HAVE MY GREENS today :D then another cafe misto. I am starting to f...

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Mommymcgee02,

Welcome! I love the NO S Diet and the NO S Diet book. Reading the book was a HUGE help for me in motivating me and getting me started,

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Made a fun post to my blog ... MY FIRST NO S DIET THANSGIVING ... www.nosdiet.blogspot.com photos of it all ... not surprisingly today I am NOT hungry ... started a thread on the general discussion and mulling over my strategies for getting through the day without triggering the overeating from over...

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So how do people handle N days when they are not hungry? I did pretty good yesterday ... in that I properly stuffed myself according to holiday tradition ... you can see it all at my MY FIRST NO S DIET THANKSGIVING post at www.nosdiet.blogspot.com But, unsurprisingly I am not too hungry right now, i...

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Day 249 NWS DAY

SUCCESS

Managed to thoroughly enjoy Thanksgiving, YAY!

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On that track, your comment about shorter bursts of intensive exercise rather than walking rang a bell - in Japan I used to ride 15 mins to the station and back 2 or 3 times a week. I would take back roads and ride as fast as I could. I would always arrive absolutely puffed but totally exhilarated....

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Susy Allison,

Happy Thanksgiving, you are doing great!

You're weekly check-in is good idea ...

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3aday,

good to hear from you,

EVERYONE HAVE A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE THANKSGIVING ... and for goodness sakes, ENJOY all the goodies!

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Usually the failure occurs because I have broken down and had one late afternoon snack (that's my most difficult time), or one small sweet after dinner. tmb22, are you rebelling? :D you say "Reinhard considers these failures" - perhaps you don't and that is why you continue to "practice" them .. so...

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Gingercake, there were three or four months on NO S (3-4-5-6) that my weight pretty much didn't budge ... my suggestion ... really ... just keep your N days green ... and as far as weighing or not weighing ... really ... if you keep your N days green it will level out ... if you are eating too much ...

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Day 248 SUCCESS tonight we made cornbread for stuffing and completely from scratch pumpkin pies ... they are in the fridge chilling ... and as I crumbled the cornbread I realized why and how No S works ... if today had not been an N day and my habits were not solid, we would not have ended up with s...

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KCCC,

this is something I am very familiar with ...

but my favorite refrain USED TO BE:

Can't work, too busy eating!

Doesn't it ALWAYS feel great to get that stuff done?
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Reinhard,

I think it does prove my fairly "low expectations" for success on the No S diet in terms of actual weight loss, glad to be proved WRONG!

Funfuture,

thank you and good to hear from you,

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what this diet has done the MOST for me is to help me relearn the feelings of hungry and full.

ditto for me! somewhat ironic, isn't it?

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Marie, I didn't watch Boston Legal last night. We just finished season 4 on DVD and didn't tape 5 so we are just going to wait ... but glad to hear it was funny, something to look forward to :D What is Fios? Apples are good. I forget how much I enjoy them! And yes, I find a place to put them on my p...

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Turtledove,

driving 900 miles is a looooooooooong way! have a safe road trip and a very Happy Thanksgiving!

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Glassesgirl79,

WELCOME and Congratulations on your SUCCESS,

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snuck my lunch in my purse in lieu of snacking

Cool idea,

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Burgher,

I did my weights today too! YAY US!

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Resting,

YES! May we all have many FABU S DAYS to come!

Day 246

SUCCESS

I am tired I am going to bed. I had such a productive day now I am completely ZONKED!

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Shannon,

WELCOME!

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Hey BrightAngel, just want to add my 2 cents if you don't mind ... This has helped me to keep my calories at maintenance level and ...in general...avoid grazing. I would like to improve this, but for now it seems to be the best I can do. first of all, I think this is great! this seems like this has ...

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It doesn't matter how much he likes what he's eating, when he's done, he's done. I am learning from watching him.

KCCC,
And how terribly wonderful that you are aware enough to allow him to stop! This makes a win/win for the both of you!

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Connorcream,

thank you

and know this too ... i always love the measured wisdom in your posts!!!!!!!!!

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Irish!

so good to hear from you and have missed you!

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I love this one:

LET'S NOT MAKE THIS MORE COMPLICATED THAN NECESSARY!

I use this all the time for anything that I am trying to make more difficult than it has to be

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Day 245 SUCCESS today i had my N day breakfast .... mixed grains and scrambled eggs ... it was what I was "craving" YUMMY ... my caramel machiato, turkey meatloaf from JIMBOS more YUMMY, kale,chard and spinach sauteed with garlic and red pepper flakes (we learned the red pepper flakes in greens from...

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Flipturn,

YOU TOO!

we made our shopping list today, I don't think I have EVER been this EXCITED about Thanksgiving, TRULY!

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Scaisse, for the most part my husband is enormously patient and supportive, but after ten years of watching my "food stuff" sometimes he does not immediately "jump on the bandwagon" when I try something new. When I first started NO S I did try to explain it to him, but I think it mostly went in one ...

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Kathleen , Linda , Habtualrunner , KCCC , Gingercake , BrightAngel , Oolala , Resting and Connorcream THANK YOU [/size][/b] I was thinking this weekend as tomorrow approaches ... 8 months of no snacking, no sweets and no seconds on N days ... wow... that is really kind of amazing! This has so far b...

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just how bad can S days get and have it be true that I'm on the road to reasonably permanent blissful moderation? my experience is the S days get better when you keep the N days green, that being said, I am just finishing my eighth month and it was not really until the fifth month that they started...

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DAY 244

SUCCESS

... beautiful and fun S day ... YAY!
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trimom42,

WELCOME! Sounds like you have a great grasp of the principles.

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Resting, no one has asked me how I have done it yet. I just mostly get compliments that I look really good. BUT when they ask .. :D YES, growing up DOES feel fantastic! Might ponder on how to "frame that" in an inviting way ... hmmmmmmmm.... something to mull on. Day 243 SUCCESS have posted EIGHT MO...

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Just completing eight months on the No S Diet ... all right the "official" calendar date is Monday, but who wants to weigh-in on MONDAY? :P My eight month results are posted at my blog at www.nosdiet.blogspot.com ... my original maintenance goal was 124.5 pounds. It is possible I may change that now...

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KCCC, excellent thread! One of my favorite things to do is schedule an "ENDLESS JOURNAL" session. Most of the times when I sit down to "journal" I have very little time and feel rushed, but when things mount and lots of little stuff is going on I set aside unterrupted time to write in my journal unt...

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Heya Flipturn, good to hear from you! I really related to your being sad about being back from vacation. I had a vacation earlier this year and felt hugely sad about it ending and we didn't even go anywhere! It is interesting, I have found "sad" to be one of the most difficult emotions to embrace, i...

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Freckles, I have binge eating disorder, pernicious for years. I am just completing eight months on the No S diet and have 21 plus years of sobriety from alcohol. Although people often think anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and just plain old overeating are the "same thing" my experience is they are n...

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I fished it out and ate it. Has anyone heard of Claim Jumper's the restaurant with ridiculously huge portions especially their desserts? A few years ago, I had one that I threw away and then got back into the garbage to fish it out. Standing there in the kitchen, I thought "Oh my gosh, if my husban...

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Jerrylee, sounds like you are doing great. The amazing thing about the No S diet, is the flexibility and adaptability also seem to "bleed"into other parts of your life, you might be amazed to find yourself coming up with a very satisfying balance with exercise and your new job as you go along, Blues...

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but it is this freedom that is allowing me to grow up. Resting, pulled this quote from your comment on Habitualrunner's thread ... you are on a streak! Very wise one! I love that ... it is the freedom that is finally allowing me to "grow up" too! Thank you for posting this astute observation, Blues...

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Growing up is satisfying.

Resting,

WHO KNEW? and I absolutely agree!

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Kathleen,

I love your story and your "names" for the diet. What great success in a short amount of time. Very glad you are here,

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Is this urge to start shrinking portions a normal "next phase" of the learning curve on this thing, or am I just being paranoid and making too many rules? Alanajuliana Actually, I think the answer to your questions are yes and yes. The urge to start shrinking portions is normal and the urge to forc...

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"Hunger is the best seasoning" This is very hard, and I sometimes wonder if I'll be able to keep it up long term. I hope I can. Just being honest, here. Oh, it will definitely get easier ... because apparently our appetites CAN be retrained ... we just need to have the will and perseverance to do it...

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But I didn't run out to the DQ for comfort, so I guess that's progress.

Turtledove, yes, I would say that is PHENOMENAL progress!

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its hell being old

yup, saturday before last i was doing squats and there went my back, could hardly LAUGH that night much less walk ...
glad it all healed rather quickly

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Yesterday makes 6 weeks (42 days=2x21) back on habit.

Why is this easier this time?

Resting,

that is FANTASTIC! I am so glad it is easier ... I think we get so much internal growth and insight in the process, and then there's just the good ole "habit" thing ...

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Gads it was good.

Those are the BEST meals!

Blue

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we were kind of discouraged from doing so in order to lose weight faster. Resting, in the beginning I thought there is NO WAY I will take NWS days ... why I will never lose weight ... but now I honestly couldn't live without them :D in a way it is nice to lose weight more slowly, people don't seem ...

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Marie, I do eat kind of "healthy" :oops: but its what I enjoy these days and my husband eats very much but not exactly as me ... although we both go for "real whole grain breads" brown rice ... etc. Eating really does affect the way I feel emotionally and function mentally, fresh unprocessed whole f...

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But also kind of exciting....it would be so nice to unravel this emotional eating business and lay it to rest. Funfuture, it is exciting. although it does kind of throw a big huge bucket on emotional eating once and for all ... It is hard to explain the course but it is so neat ... do they still ha...

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TOO MUCH ... I NEED more personal time than I'm getting KCCC, sometimes easier said than done but I support you in getting what you need ASAP! I am having to lower certain expectations and get more rest, maybe just face that I really am human. One day I got something in the mail and I was so angry ...

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Kathleen, that is great news and CONGRATULATIONS on all that GREEN ! Day 241 SUCCESS Decided will take Thanksgiving Day and the Monday after oops didn't realize that is December ..... hmm... well I'll take that day off anyway since my husband is on vacation and have 4 NWS days in December. Checked m...

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Funfuture,

If I remember correctly I loved the first month, sometime in the second month they got into "the safety layer" and that kind of "undid" me, it was REALLY powerful ... and obviously very helpful, I can say that now on the other side

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GEEZ, as much as I like to pick and poke on the weekends and NWS days, I JUST LOVE not snacking on N Days! I can't even tell you how effective that one single change has been in making my work days more productive and successful. AND being productive FEELS SO GOOD! Much better than spending too much...

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Floridagirl, Welcome! How's it going these past few days? That is wonderful both you and your sister are doing this and can understand and support one another. I've been nosing for almost eight months and have found it to be life changing and transformative ... whoops! now I am being redundant :D Lo...

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Me, I'm planning Thanksgiving and following monday as NWS days, my husband's taking that monday off and working half a day friday. I understand about the Wednesday thing, I was actually considering taking the Wednesday before cause he has off a half day and we'll be cooking. For me four NWS/S days i...

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just keep beating the same drum. Resting, that would be me :D beating the same drum! I guess I am kind of like that. I REALLY like to keep things as simple as possile in this complicated world we live in and ANYTHING that helps me do that I cling to ... so ... ndaygreen! ndaygreen! ndaygreen! very ...

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Marie, I think its ok if we slip off on occasion and discuss other things! I used to not ever watch tv, I used to not even have one for years. But have to admit I love DVR and netflix - so cool they have tv series DVD. THat is what has happened to me, I am just enjoying these shows better than movie...

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For me, deciding ahead of time works to isolate that choice. Well put KCCC, I find thats helpful to me too. And, although at the begining of the month I eye my calendar and map at my S days, if I have extras then I know that if my husband takes an unplanned vacation day or some such event that's sp...

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Happy Cooker, love your dream! Do others find themselves indulging in sweets or snacks mostly because they can, not because they're dying to? One of the things that I am starting to find that I enjoy most about S days is simply the lack of structure. I guess I am learning I like to pick throughout t...

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Em,

Great intro and WELCOME!

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Scaissie,

Welcome back! and yes get the book, it is really MOTIVATING!

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I went into this diet thinking S Days could follow the Intuitive Eating approach of "unconditional permisison to eat." I thought that a lowered amount of food on N Days would keep me from really overeating on S Days. That did work for a time. Kathleen, first of all DON'T PANIC! in periods where I h...

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Debbie,

welcome back!

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Having Dinner ready and waiting would solve ALL your problems. Sld, have to agree with Alanajuliana! The crockpot is a great idea, also cooking in quanitity for weekends for week day meals, I keep a mental arsenal of "intelligent dietary defaults" ... Reinhard's phrase ... meaning meals that are fa...

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Day 239 SUCCESS really looking forward to an NWS day for Thanksgiving. We are planning "the works" turkey, gravy, dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, greens and homemade pumpkin pie. YUM YUM! This is probably the first time in my adult life I am looking forward to Thanksgiving with such plea...

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Karen,

you are doing great! and a marathon! WOW! that is tuff! way to go,

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a handy dandy yogurt maker I got with green stamps. Hah. Wow! I remember green stamps! :D We have Bones season 3 in our queue too! I figure it will be a few weeks but we are just getting to end of season 1 so hopefully it will sync up fairly close. We have refrained from watching season 4, even tho...

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Turtledove,

if you're planning a special event with friends in advance, why not make an NWS day or S-event?

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Mime,

love your attitude,

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Janie, my S days got more "wild" the third and fourth month on No S, I think I may have actually gained a little weight which I quickly lost again. It is kind of an interesting phenomenon but sounds like you are doing the right thing. ....I need to figure out what to do differently...I'm just plain ...

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Funfuture, Congratulatoins on your 21 days today! Shrink Youself is kind of amazing, after all the therapy, 12 step work, WHATEVER I did on my eating stuff, Shrink Yourself really "cut to the bone". I think its because they really focus specifically and only on emotional eating. Let me know how it g...

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Janie, I completed a three month online program www.shrinkyouself.com right BEFORE I stumbled on the NO S book at Barnes and Noble. It addresses MANY issues why we overeat, including the one you describe. I like to mention it cause it was so helpful to me and as time goes on I suspect that it has mo...

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I'm SURE I had too much sugar, but I get the sense that I'll iron things out as the weeks go by. Alanajuliana, I am SURE there are many weekends I had to much sugar, but it is AMAZING how keeping your N day greens balances it all out over time and does a "whammy" on your palate ... CONGRATULATIONS ...

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Does cooking your own meals help a lot, cause I was thinking about learning to cook.

Matt,

I would give that an emphatic "thumbs up" ... for me cooking, preparing my own meals helps a lot.

Also WELCOME ... and I suspect yes, this could work very well for you,

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Habitualrunner, I actually think those are pretty "helpful" S's ... I use no sneaking as a guideline too... also I have found that if I too get TOO MUCH of the treats in the house sometimes I get a little crazy ... I actually over time have started to "plan" minimal treats. I found that if I "plan" ...

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