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Jen1974

Thanks Life (: You have really mastered your mod!! I think No S is the perfect foundation & love reading how different people use it to work for them!! I just was telling Kaali in her thread how show absolutely crushes Vanilla. She is my Vanilla hero (: I'm addicted to reading daily check in threads...

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BTW, you are my vanilla No S hero (: I love how well it works for you!! It is my dream in life to find a way to eat where I can't keep weight on LOL (: You have such a great positive attitude & I love how handle fails and you never seem to bring anything other than No S in your plan.

Jen1974

Happy Birthday!! I'm 42 & 40's don't feel much different to me at all (: Being active I think makes a huge difference!! I'm always moving & it sounds like you're the same way (:

I hope you have a great b-day!!!

Jen1974

In between giving up seconds for lent & reverting back to more my old style of No S both N & S days have been going great (: S days were pretty mild this weekend with only bigger dinners & dark chocolate as the S's. Last week my husband was out of town & so most of the nights I traded my glass ceili...

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I love what the No S book says about this.... "Punishment and restitution are actually bad and counterproductive. I don’t say this from some kind of mushy “love yourself,” “I’m okay, you’re okay” perspective. On the contrary, I say it because when you punish yourself or try to make amends for having...

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So Vanilla didn't end up working for me. My weight was going up even though I felt like I was having to try a lot harder. I tracked my N day meals for a couple days & realized I was lower in calories than when I counted calories. I was skipping the dark chocolate I had been including with my meals w...

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Losing a pound this time a year is a HUGE victory!! This is the time of year days are short, it's still cold & so many people put on weight (: Way to go!!!

Jen1974

No seconds on dessert is a huge No S victory!! I'm pretty good most of the time, but it's definitely a hard one to say no to sometimes & when I give in I'm never that happy about it later

Jen1974

Life is SO much better being married to your best friend!! I'm lucky to be married to mine too (:

Not sure if you are nursing but holy cow I was hungry when I did. More hungry than pregnant!! Making sure to increase my fat intake helped me (:

Jen1974

I can't do snacks on S days either!! Honestly I'd rather enjoy my bigger S day meals & sweets more than graze through my day. I enjoy the S events more that way

Jen1974

I have been trying to come up with what to give up for Lent this year. Last year I gave up snacks & sweets which is how I ended up finding No S 😊 This year I've decided to really focus on seconds. I think the concept of seconds is the hardest for me, not in that I go grab a second plate of f...

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I sure hope so Linda!! My mom was great, but my dad called women fat a lot & would make comments about girls on the beach that shouldn't be in bikinis. Holy cow hearing comments from you dad when you are a teenage girl is the quickest way to an eating disorder 🙄 But I think another big facto...

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TexArk wrote: "Grazing is for farm animals that need to be fattened up."

Love this!! Too funny

Jen1974

I was the same way after babies, with one even the amount he weighed didn't disappear, WTH?!?! It took me 4 months to really see progress & after my first I relaxed & enjoyed the first few months with my next 2 & tried not to worry about my prepregnancy clothes & I was so much happier & enjoyed my l...

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Love the name of that blog, total truth!! People talk about the naturally thin & I know hardly any of those people. The thinnest girls I know go to crazy extremes to get there. Thin just isn't worth it enough to me. I love food!!! And it feels great to see a low number on the scale but after the sho...

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It is frustrating when you feel like you're doing everything "right" but not seeing results. Even though No S is reasonable & a better way to live, it doesn't mean it's easy. I'm right there with you on feeling good about my choices but not seeing before Christmas numbers on the scale, but it always...

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Heliz I know what you mean about calorie counting for portion size. I think for quite a while I felt like I needed it to know what to eat (: I don't notice what others eat either, but holy cow am I a target for "aren't you eating breakfast yet", "don't you want one of _____", "don't you like the ___...

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Life without calorie counting is a lot better!! I've been a little frustrated seeing the numbers on the scale refuse to budge, but this time of year there's usually a lot more S events to manage. We have a cabin where friends come to stay & when people bring food there's a lot more pressure to eat!!...

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For me the rebellion I think comes from a sense of food entitlement, but it's a bit of self sabotage. I get tempted to push back & can convince myself I deserve to 🙄. But it's all pretty simple, follow the rules, weight goes down, rebel weight goes up. Completely my choice. Linda, you'll get...

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Baking is my nemesis too (:

It seems to be a common probem! Home baked goods are just so much better than anything you can buy

Jen1974

I'm 42 now, but was 41 when I started No S (:

I love the freedom of No S too!! It's funny how now when my friends talk about other diets, they sound really odd. Nothing off limits is an awesome way to live (:

Jen1974

Bluebell, you are normal; it is almost the rule rather than the exception to do that. There is a subtle way in which a part of ourselves thinks it has done penance for the "sin" and can therefore do it again, because all we have to do is feel bad about it. It's a habit, too. Isn't it great that bre...

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No but I should have :D , No S is the best!! Yep, I'm a 1974 baby Bluebell. You too? It took me until 41 to realize I needed a plan so I could act like a grown up around food LOL!! Or maybe the plan I needed was to learn how to revert back to being more of a kid around food again. I'm starting to th...

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I really liked this article & it reminded me of why No S is so great (:

https://healthyeater.com/goals-sometimes-enough

Jen1974

You're totally right Linda (: Calorie counting is the pits!! I've been loving how great it feels to be free of it!! After a weekend of 3 S days, I failed yesterday ): I made it to an 11 day streak though which is the best I've done since October so at least it's improvement (: It wasn't a huge fail ...

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Tons of great advice!! It worked for me a lot like Linda & it felt great to know a snack wasn't an option & quit arguing with myself over if I needed one or not!! I believe the best place to stop the binge restrict cycle is at restrict, but don't think that a snack is necessary to not feel restricte...

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I read some of my old posts. It was fun to see just how much good the No S habits did for me in 2016. The trend seems to be though that when I was motivated by weight loss everything went well but when I would shift towards maintenance or during times like Christmas & vacations old habits would some...

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:arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) 8) :mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: :oops: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) 8) :mrgreen: 21 22 23 24 8) 8) 27 28 :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: I'm joining. I haven't gone more than 6 days without a fail since last October :s...

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Exercise is my best habit. 2017 my goals are to have my eating habits as good as my exercise habits (: When my kids were small I woke up early to exercise. I love breakfast & my rule was that I couldn't eat breakfast until I exercised. Until I worked out before breakfast there were too many things t...

Jen1974

No S is about building habits (: Building, not starting off perfect at them!! Keep trying. It get easier!! Some days having a small fail is in reality a victory. Learning how to fail small on days that aren't normal is a pretty awesome habit too!!

Jen1974

My habits weren't quite strong enough for No S to make the holidays what I hoped they would be. I envisioned a very controlled holiday of enjoying all the great food without overdoing it or having any what the hell moments. I get sucked into thoughts that no food should be off limits so that I never...

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Thanks so much for taking the time to respond about the rental!! We want to do something, but just aren't secure what & it's nice to hear some of the pitfalls so we go into it prepared (: I've been around, I'm becoming more of a lurker, but might start up a new daily thread. I have gotten sloppy & p...

Jen1974

Hi Linda (:

I was wondering about the stressful parts of being a landlord. We've considered buying a rental as an investment, but I feel like my life has enough stress LOL!!

Jen1974

Mine is a sucessful fail story (: I made our annual Christmas cookies which are pretty much impossible to have around. My entire family can't stop eating those darn things, so I don't make them very often (: I've been trying to have a strict no second policy with sweets & other empty calorie type tr...

Jen1974

Pat yourself of the back big time!! For me, No S is learning to fail small. It's having a big fail & learning from it. It's navigating what is worth failing for & what is not. I manage a team & if they are stumbling the best thing I can do is build them back up. It's funny how our inner critics are ...

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Hope today is better! Bad days are the worst!!

Jen1974

Love your new goals & how good you sound!! I bet by taking an hour for yourself you'll find that the other 23 hours you do everything better!! At least thats how it seems to work for me (:

Jen1974

I think of small fails as a different kind of victory. Being on a diet that is too strict never ends well. By learning to fail small in the long run it brings much more success than an overly strict plan where minor infractions send me over the edge (: Good job on keeping it to just one cookie!!!

Jen1974

Oh, wow, so glad you found your dog! Well, Jen's mailbox is definitely workout-worthy! It really does make a huge difference to be consistently exercising. I try to get a minimum of 30 minutes in every day, I think it really helps, not just for the calories burned but because of how it lifts my moo...

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LOL about the mailbox (: I live at the bottom of the hill so it's all uphill to get there (: It's about a 20 minute walk, 30 if I go the long way, but it's extra so it's made it so I can have that little bit more when I need to guilt free (:

Jen1974

Can you space your meals out differently? That made a big difference to me!! Even now when I need to mess with my meal timing it can completely throw my day off. I can eat later in the morning but do best with no more than 5 hours between meals. Because I virtual plate I will eat berries before my m...

Jen1974

Eating too little is my surest path towards a weight I can't maintain. I don't think it's the worst thing to use looking better as a motivator to lose weight but going to far to get there might not be the path that leads to permanent success, at least it never worked for me!! And my advise to lose w...

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Stop beating yourself up! Days where you take your foot off the pedal & relax a bit are the reason that will make it so you can do this long term!! It's a lot easier to say no to cookies when you know you can have later so be proud that you didn't during the week and try to enjoy your S day (:

Jen1974

I'm similar too!! I do 7 days a week 3 meals (: Bigger meals (seconds) & sweets sometimes/special, but my definition of special isn't as big as others here (: I feel like I fit in best here too, although sometimes I feel like I'm not quite doing what everyone else is, but at least it's close & seems...

Jen1974

Congratulations Merry!! You have done what the majority of people can't do (: I always love seeing your posts!! You are so positive & nice to everyone & we're all really lucky to have you here!! Can't wait to hear about your continued success (:

Jen1974

I've gotten so much better with being able to have things around SLOWLY with No S over the past 10 months, but it's because I've gotten used to no seconds. I still can't say "have as much as you want". It's a very controled, have the 1 brownie & than NO SECONDS. I haven't been perfect, there was a n...

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Happy Birthday!!

Jen1974

I notice that the savings in buying non prepackaged foods are washed away when my family overeats them too!! We go things just as quickly that aren't prepackaged, just eating bigger servings at a time!!

Jen1974

I hear you on the getting behind & feeling like you will never catch up. December is the worst!! I feel like I'm treading water with bricks on my feet. I keep going under & coming up chocking on water (:

Jen1974

Just wanted to give a belated welcome back. I was traveling when you were first back & took some time to catch up on you. Love the story about your prayer & being lead back here. I ended up here after feeling frustrated with the example I was setting for my daughter with food. I was saying prayers a...

Jen1974

Things have really clicked into place for me. I used MFP to see what my N days were like & for the amount of moving I do in a day they just weren't big enough since I stared reading on the exercise bike & walking to the mailbox. It was silly of me not to realize that sooner (: I created a don't go b...

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I love your positive fail story!! Sounds like a sucessful fail LOL!!

Jen1974

You are doing so well!! Think how far you have come. I love when I hear you aren't having sodas. I mean that seems pretty huge when you used to not be able to give those up, right?!?! Move slowly & take each step as your body is ready. It will make the habits become long term instead of making your ...

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Thanks for stopping by Linda (: Yes, I'm one of the under 125s. I am 5'6" & was 119 before I left for a trip we took before Thanksgiving & that was my new low. I don't often post my weight because I don't like to compare & contrast. Do not worry at all about offending me!! I have to admit I roll my ...

Jen1974

I get really hungry late afternoon too, but never wake up that hungry so I do 10:00 breakfast & 3:00 lunch. Adding a 4th meal seems like a great option though if you like smaller meals. Before I ever heard of No S that was how I ate everyday. No snacks, but always 4 meals.

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Jen's tips for using No S to help with binges (: 1. Plan 3 awesome meals to look forward to. I think of food all the time too, so now I use that to be excited for what is next. I LOVE LOVE LOVE what I eat. 2. Start with bigger meals. Allow yourself to plan meals that seem too big. This teaches you t...

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I like it better when people are more chatty here too. And I'm tired of seeing people I like disappear. I always hope that they get the plan down & don't need to check in, but usually think they decide to try something different & don't want to admit it. I'd rather see them admit it & stay & talk ab...

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Sinnie, I remember those days (: As much as I loved my littles it felt really good when they were all asleep & I had time to have a grown up conversation with my husband. We did late dinner & had a glass of wine or 2 just the 2 of us after they were asleep. Not sure if you could wait & eat with your...

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I LOVE your posts. It would be so boring here without you!!! I just haven't had much to say these days (: I'm happy for you for losing the weight but hate seeing you have to eat so little 2 of your meals on N days to get there!! When I see that you have posted it's always my favorite days to read!! ...

Jen1974

I eat breakfast at 10:00 & lunch at 3:00 (we eat dinner late) which has worked so well for me!! Good luck!!

Jen1974

I can't get the whole link to be clickable 😕 Cutting & pasting is the only way to open it. It's an annoying article anyway LOL!!

Jen1974

Thanks Blessing. I've read your posts & am happy you've found such a good fit for you! We are actually similar in that we both do 3 meals all 7 days a week. I include dark chocolate some weeks in my meals & wouldn't consider it a fail if I had a dessert but "made room" for it on an N day, it's not r...

Jen1974

I read this article that drive me crazy. I decided to read it because I've been struggling to be happy with where I'm at instead of trying to improve. My face looks better when I don't get too skinny, but I would be happier with my stomach if I got a little thinner. It's a constant battle that drive...

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I a lot of times won't bake because I can't resist homemade treats. Or I choose something I don't like as much so I'm not as tempted. I've found when I don't even have one bite that I'm much more successful then when I try to have a little. Good luck!! I'm rooting for you 😊

Jen1974

I walk. Even a 10 minute walk can get rid of my desire to eat, especially when I want to eat for reasons other than hunger (it can even reduce my appetite enough for my next meal when I am hungry though). (: it's almost magical how many times I come back & no longer need to have whatever it was I wa...

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I really never get to the end of a meal without wishing I could have more. If I let my desires have control over me I would be heavy. Maybe some are fortunate enough that they don't have to try but a lot of us do. If you wait for it to be easy to make the right choice, it probably won't happen. You ...

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I fought PMS hunger ever since I started having PMS (: some months I would "win" but others would fail miserably. I started No S on the same path, trying to force myself into being happy with the normal amount of food but slowly I shifted into listening to what I needed. Some months it's not more th...

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Getting to the bottom of my goal range has been interesting. My goal was to weigh 118-121 range when I was "done", I weigh every day & normally it's about 3 lbs that I can fluctuate from day to day so that was the range I wanted to see each morning on the scale. I'm there, but keep seeing other peop...

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Welcome back Maggie Mae!! I missed seeing you around.

Jen1974

I am so with you on the chip bowl Merry!! And honestly if someone told me I could never again overdo it on the chip bowl I would be sad. But I have used No S to stop myself when I don't want to overdo it. I pull in the rule of no seconds. I decide to have an S of chips, put them on a plate, but in o...

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Hot Krispy Kreme are my NEMESIS!! And somehow if I start my morning off with one the rest of my day seems to not go as well. They start a domino effect & make me hungrier the entire day LOL!! Good job resisting them. I have S events starting Friday & ending Sunday. Friday night always feels like the...

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I have done the same thing, many many times!! The "what the hell". I think the best thing I did with No S is I started rating my fails. SF is a tiny oops. It won't make much difference at all. Fail is a bit bigger, but doesn't really set me back. Then there is Epic Fail. They are the ones on my cale...

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Linda, I haven't had much luck meeing grown up friends. All of my friends are college or high school. Moms at the school or in my neighborhood are polite, but tend to not include me. I'm quiet & people usually think of me as stuck up instead of quiet. I have to work really hard to give off the right...

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Anothe article that reminds me of why No S is best (:

http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/need-just- ... bb=disable

Jen1974

I'm an early morning workout person, with adding biking or walking to my day as I find time. Usually an afternoon walk with my dog, walking up to the mailbox before dinner and jumping on the bike once I've gotten my kids out the door in the morning to organize my day & check emails. I move a lot so ...

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LOVE this article on the BS that is dieting (: Love the No S way which DOES NOT feel like a diet at all but a way of life. Too bad so many are drawn to the false promises of fad diet!!

http://www.scarymommy.com/fad-dieting-i ... _source=FB

Jen1974

I run 4 1/2 miles or do 45 minutes on the elliptical 6 days a week. I lift weights 5 days a week. I walk my dog about 40 minutes a day & lately have been riding an exercise bike while I read, check email, or do other things that can be done while riding an exercise bike, usually about 40 minues a da...

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I have to comment on the breastfeeding. I agree, it made me STARVING, but I found that when I added in a lot of fat, my appetite calmed down & the baby weight fell off. I'm talking eggs, sausage, cheese for breakfast & bacon cheeseburgers for lunch, but I was really one of the ones that everyone tho...

Jen1974

LOVE you & your son walk/running to swimming lessons (:

I'm really seeing that it is all the little stuff, walks, steps, just moving that makes the biggest difference!!

Jen1974

You are not a robot LOL, fails are normal (: sometimes when my weight goes down I think my body needs a little maintenance time to adjust to the new lower weight (: maybe subconsciously you're taking that time 😊

Jen1974

Small fail last night & I realized today how much I love that I have learned how to have a small fail. It seems so normal to have a small fail occasionally, what doesn't seem normal is taking an oops & letting it completely derail you. I'm really happy that No S has taught me how to fail small (:

Jen1974

If you are gaining weight at the right pace & your doctor is happy with where you are at I wouldn't listen to what anyone else says!! But, if you are overly hungry between meals (not just feeling hungry because you "should" be) than I would think it's your body's way of telling you to eat bigger mea...

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Thanks Apprentice , I always love hearing from you (: Things have been going well on my end. I was reading about NEAT which are basically all the active non exercise calories we burn & have really been focusing on that which has made such a difference. I'm jumping on the exercise bike for a leisurel...

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I wanted to mention your having an N day to sort of make up for a fail. This was so me until I read what Reinhard said about it. Basically that by doing it that way, in the long run it doesn't work. I would get into the habit of thinking I could make up for a mistake later which lead to a bigger mis...

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i notice the exact same thing with me... especially if i eat only high glycemic food... if i combine it with protein and/or veggies, it is better... so yeah, pretzels... :D This is totally me too Kaalii!! I eat 1/2 bagel with scrambled eggs & cheese or 1/2 bagel with pizza sauce & mozzerella a lot ...

Jen1974

A week & 1/2 ago my family had football tickets & I decided to take a true S day, with no rules, because eating wasn't going to be anything close to normal that day. Boy did that not work for me LOL!! I do so much better with S days where I stick to N rules, but have S events. I don't even have to l...

Jen1974

You'll get there Linda!! Sometimes the harder I try, the less progress I make & some weeks are just better than others!! Tomorrow's a fresh start (:

Jen1974

I was the same way coming into No S. My N type days weren't really the problem. I had more of a problem with an N day where I couldn't live up my expectations & weekend days where I let go of my rules & tended to go overboard. Now I have Mon-Thu N days & Fri night-Sunday S days. S days are basically...

Jen1974

I've been noticing that for the last few months I have a lot more "fails" than when I started. Nothing major, just little oops', an extra glass of wine, a few chips in soup that I had planned to only have cheese in. Really small fails that I count as fails because if I do these small things EVERY da...

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I seemed to have had a woosh this week. It happens where I go along slowly losing the little big of weight I have left & then a big drop hits & seems to stay. I've read a lot about the woosh effect & although I KNOW that all it is weeks worth of smart choices all coming together, I can't help but th...

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I bet those pounds are gone for good (: Recycling pounds is a great term!! Real weight loss that actually sticks seems like that. The old "high" dissapears. Then a soon new "low" shows up & the same thing happens as that new low becomes the new normal (: I hope you love your new elliptical!

Jen1974

Rawcookie I love your story about the cookies!! That is totally me. Fresh baked goods are my weakness. When I bake I always LOVE LOVE LOVE what I make. Bananna bread, cookies, rice krispy treats, carrot cake, cinnamon rolls with icing, sugar cookies with powdered sugar icing. I have to be extra care...

Jen1974

I get migraines from nuts. There's nothing like a migraine to teach you not to eat something (: This week has felt awesome. Skipping the dark chocolate saves me about 100 calories a day I figure but I've actually been less hungry this week than I was last week, which is really strange. I wonder if i...

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I hope it worked for you Apprentice!! Things have been going decent enough for me. A few too many days that I consider fails in the month of September, but I'm fine with it because none of the fails have really been all that bad. Small things that didn't lead to anything bigger. I decided the dark c...

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One of my favorite things I've gotten from No S is my reaction to a day when I know I can't succeed. Wednesday this week I was just extra hungry & not in the mood to be strict about what I ate. I tried a bigger lunch, which helped get me through to dinner, but needed a bigger dinner to. For me the d...

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Automated, I'm not sure I'm the most heatlhy eater either, I will add raw veggies to my meals & have berries for breakfast, but salads only leave me feeling deprived so I try & avoid them (:

Jen1974

Holy cow, you crushed it Linda!! I'm trying to get more done in a day myself since my kids have gone back to school. Yesterday my daughter had an extra day off because she didn't need to be there for assessments & we went shopping. Today I'm so far behind because of it though ): Hope your reflux get...

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Apprentice, Dark chocolate does seem a bit taboo around here but it doesn't fall under my "sweet" category. My sweet category is more about things that work better for me being enjoyed only sometimes/special vs. daily. Most desserts are there, like brownies, cakes, cookies, things that are mostly em...

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Apprentice, I'm with you on the intuitive eating thing!! Bored, tired, stressed, sad, & annoyed can all feel like hunger to me and during meals intuitively I seem to think I need more than I do LOL!! I have found that I'm pretty good before a meal at knowing what is the right amount to have & that w...

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Thanks Kaalii (: Apprentice, I'm glad you like my blog!! With my kids home for summer & than catching up on work once they are back in school I haven't had time to post in a while but am hoping to do it more when I'm caught back up!! I'm so with you on the give in & binge!! That was always my patter...

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