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RAWCOOKIE

Hi! It's probably not that helpful to compare ourselves, but I find that I feel 'hungrier' on S days when I kind of 'know' I'm allowed to have snacks (and eat differently, as you obviously do). My S days are moving more towards being 'heavy' N days - with foods that have more fat - even if that's ju...

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I know that sizes vary a great deal, but you know, when you are looking for clothes you go to 'your size' first....... I went to the Size 10, instead of the Size 12. I also bought some knickers (panties?) in the smaller size and they feel good too! My tops are generally two sizes larger than my bott...

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Sunday, and I've got apple slices and peanut butter for a mid-morning snack, and a green smoothie (apple, carrot, celery, spinach, banana, green powder mix) for lunch - the off to work with packed dinner of a carrot/raisin/peanut/chilli mayo wholewheat wrap, a gooseberry yoghurt - and two coconut ma...

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Thanks for dropping by. Yes, I enjoyed the fruit bread, toasted with a little bit (end of the jar!) of marmalade on -and a large cup of coffee - before leaving for work at 6.45am! I didn't do much outside my three meals today. I had a larger, sweeter breakfast than usual. I didn't snack mid-morning ...

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Friday SUCCESS

I am looking forward to Saturday breakfast; I have a lovely Early Grey and Apricot bread from a local bakery which looks divine!

RAWCOOKIE

Thanks for sharing that article. After over a year doing No S, I have lost that 'fear of hunger' - which I definitely had! I never allowed myself to get hungry before No S - I would get cranky, shaky, headachey, tired.......... it's all been 'reprogrammed' with No S. I'm actually sitting here right ...

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Well done for saving the ice-cream for the weekend - that kind of win is so empowering, isn't it?

I have found my appetite is smaller these days; since starting the No S system.

RAWCOOKIE

Hi Lisa - how're you doing? It's Thursday - only one more day to the weekend!

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Thursday SUCCESS tea-time was a test this evening - it was a strange meal - I had roast potatoes (just a smidgen of oil) with herbs, roast garlic, roast sweetcorn, kale chips, spicy ketchup. I had cut up and cooked two potatoes, but couldn't fit them all on my 9" plate, so left four pieces on the ov...

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Wednesday SUCCESS Today I bought a pair of jeans - a size smaller! Wow! I knew my current jeans were getting baggy, but I didn't think I'd really fit the next size down. I did - and comfortably! I felt celebratory today - several times I had food thoughts - ice-cream? no! Just one of the Extra Stron...

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Great!

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Yes, you're doing the daily blog right - this is YOUR thread - so you just keep doing 'reply' to add the next entry.

RAWCOOKIE

I don't know if this will help you or not, but I often have a cup of hot chocolate in the evening, around 9pm (especially if I'm doing a late shift at work) - I make it with cocoa and creamer, and a sprinkle of nutmeg (so no sugar beyond what's in the creamer) - that really soothes me and settles me...

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Tuesday SUCCESS I seem to be playing with hunger at the moment....... It's 12.20 (lunchtime) and I'm delaying lunch and sitting with the hunger feeling a bit longer. I have to work from 3-10pm today - so I've packed my stuffed pitta bread for 'dinner' at work and aware that I'll be late home...........

RAWCOOKIE

What kind of a fail was it? Only share if you want to. If you are really desperate in the afternoon, having a snack to tide you over (especially at the beginning) is not a big fail. The trick is not to throw in the towel and just give up for the day - eating everything and anything! Keep your 'fail'...

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I know you had a good S weekend - how did Monday go, Lisa?

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:D thanks! Monday SUCCESS I was really hungry when I got home from work at 7.15pm (lunch was 12.30) - I heated up the lentil & veg soup I'd made yesterday. After I'd eaten the soup, I didn't feel at all hungry anymore - and as it's already 8.30pm, I'm making do with a cup of tea before bed. This eas...

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How many other people regularly go over to the Podcast archive and re-listen to them? I'm often referring people back to them - so brilliant. I gave myself a revision class this afternoon and listened to the first three again. It reinforces my habit and keeps me on-track. I thoroughly recommend givi...

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Start again on Monday - Day 1 No S: Three meals - No Snacks, No Sweets, No Seconds. Aim for a 21-day streak of successes - three weeks of No S. If you mess up, mark it down as fail, and start again. Your brain will soon learn if you give it consistent feedback. There's no limit on how many times you...

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pat, pat - you're doing OK.

Good start with the Shovelglove!

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I don't know. I've just filled in my September HabitCal with greens and yellows for the month (I just go and change it if I have a FAIL). I've put in three extra yellow days because I'm going to be visiting my son and daughter-in-law - and it gives me a Silver medal for that. So - there's evidently ...

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One thing I have thought of lately, is trying to reboot my appetite to a two meal a day thing. ............... If I ate at 10 and 5 ... whooo that's a long time between evening meal and morning meal. Hmmm. I find that when I'm not having to get up and go to work, I feel quite comfortable having a m...

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Persistence brings rewards with No S. Focussing on the N day behaviours is definitely the way to go. Check out the Podcasts when you need some support - I still go there to top myself up with No S wisdom!

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That 'drop' in weight, isn't really a big drop: my weight went up about 2.5lbs after my S days, then back down by the end of the week. I just mentioned it to reassure people that after an Sweekend, weight can appear to go up (mostly water) - but a week of N days will bring it back down again. Saturd...

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Friday SUCCESS I find myself oddly without a plan for the weekend ............. which I think is OK. I did buy a crusty, seeded bread roll on the way home - to have for breakfast tomorrow - with marmalade! I have seen people eating nice-looking ice-cream cones.........I have a slight desire for one ...

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How was Friday? Saturday coming up - have a good one!

PS - did you see Reinhard's post on the General Discussion Forum - about having a RED day?

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Thank you for posting that (I'm not on facebook, so I didn't get double-exposure!) - I hope that any new No S people who are struggling with this do get to read this.

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Brilliant! Have a good Friday - the weekend is on it's way

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Thursday SUCCESS

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September is feeling like it's going to be a GOOD month! :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :oops: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :) :) :) 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrg...

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Yes, on HabitCal, you can choose STATS and load it for the month - and it gives you a percentage and a medal (if you've got one!). August was pretty good - only one RED day! This feels good :) :arrow: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops: :mrgre...

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I know, the stats are a bit complicated - I've experimented putting in one yellow, or one red to see what difference it makes.

Tuesday SUCCESS

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Brilliant! Go Lisa!

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Hi! Welcome to No S! A mid-afternoon pause for something definite to drink helps - be that tea, coffee, herbal, hot chocolate - just stopping and focussing on the drink is a good one to try. Also, make sure you eat enough for lunch. Before No S I used to have a snack at mid-morning, mid-afternoon, m...

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Monday SUCCESS

I'm getting quite excited about ending the month with just ONE red day, and no extra S days. (HabitCal gives me a Bronze medal for that, which seems a bit stingy, but, it's how the system works and it's fun!)

RAWCOOKIE

:lol: I think that, somewhere - probably in the book - Reinhard does recommend not telling anyone what you're doing. I keep quiet - but I live alone. The only people who 'know' are those I see often enough for them to have noticed my eating habits - and I've given them the basic principles - No Snac...

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Brilliant - welcome to the sane, relaxed world of normal eating

and you're right, a few red days are no big deal!

RAWCOOKIE

Just recently my S days have changed, in that I seem to be replacing Saturday lunch with something sweet/snacky, and maybe having a small snack after dinner (last night it was just about 25g peanuts). Also, my Saturday S day is the main one, and Sunday much lighter. This morning (Sunday) I also woke...

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some kind of anxiety I guess......... but, thanks for sharing it! I realised today that, although I am sticking to the three meals (even on S days now!) - I still look forward to every meal very much - it's never far from my mind!

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That's great - I hope that has encouraged you.

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Lisa!

Yay! Lovely to see you here

Today is an S day - enjoy!

RAWCOOKIE

Tracking appetite - that's an interesting way to use it - creative.

I've read David Kessler's book which opened my eyes to all that food science stuff - it's really immoral I think....... but knowing what's going on does help me resist it.

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:lol: I love their Irish accents too. I'd love to get their book. Friday SUCCESS Today started late, with breakfast not until 9am - so I didn't get hungry for lunch until gone 2pm, and dinner is going to be about 8.30pm. I reflected on how I used to have to eat every 3 hours! Now, I go a minimum of ...

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Sorry, Merry - no recipe! Basic ingredients will usually be: onion garlic lentils stock/water spices eg cumin, coriander, turmeric, ginger, garam masala, mint - whatever you like sometimes tomato (paste, passata, chopped, dried - whatever) salt & pepper sometimes a dash of something acid is needed -...

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Congrats on the green Thursday - it feels so good, doesn't it!? Thanks for the encouragement on my thread this evening - I did manage to avoid the biscuits and cakes - just had the cup of tea & chat. I also busied myself helping to wash-up. However, I'm home now and am enjoying a cup of hot chocolat...

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BTW, Barbara Rolls, a researcher on satiety, said that soup made eaters feel more satiety at that meal and ate less at the next meal compared to if they had eaten the same ingredients without their being in a broth, even if the people ate the food and separately drank a glass of water equivalent to...

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Good luck! Try to remember it's not all about the weight ........... well, you know what I'm trying to say..... you're doing great and your weight WILL go down eventually.

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Thursday SUCCESS! Is a challenge today because I have to go out this evening - so eating my dinner earlier than usual. There will be coffee and cookies afterwards, around 9pm. And I will have to wait for a lift home - so there'll be no escaping! I'll have a cup of tea probably......... wrap both my ...

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Yes, the tea was nice - and those spices have a sweet kind of edge to them too - cloves and star anise etc. Wednesday SUCCESS I watched some food prep videos today after discovering The Happy Pear - a couple of Irish chaps, twins. I want their recipe book now - lovely recipes. I made my beans on toa...

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Funny isn't it, how it's the 'junky' food we want at those times - my 'fill me up with happiness' food-jag is home-made oven fries with something like baked beans or veggie burgers - it's the fries - they just feel so BAD that they're GOOD! :wink: Anyway - back to the sanity of the N days - maybe yo...

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Go Mum! are you two competitive (in a mutually beneficial way, of course)? sounds like it's working well!

Good job on the green Monday

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Perfect-i-mundo!

3 meals

ace!

RAWCOOKIE

I can totally relate to this. It seems to happen when I'm on a roll with lots of green days. I'll post something kind of self-congratulatory on my thread...yeah, I've got this down. Then a big FAIL. I guess it keeps me from getting too complacent. Yes! I get this too! I'm now quite wary of celebrat...

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Yeah, it really IS! I used to be the one sitting there with a never-full stomach who'd be wondering if there was anything else to eat and feeling like a glutton! It still amazes me how much my appetite has changed - I've said this before, but 'I wouldn't have thought it possible' to change so much! ...

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My daughter commented the other day that it was the first time she's ever seen me eat a sandwich. It's true! But it's a fantastic step towards eating a real meal. This made me chuckle! Three meals a day - what heaven! One of my greatest joys when I started doing No S was to ALLOW myself to enjoy br...

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Monday SUCCESS Oh, today I was successful even having lunch with a couple of friends. There was a lovely bowl of lentil soup, and a big loaf of bread on the table between us. I had one slice of bread with some butter, and the soup. The others had a second slice of bread each. Then there was the offe...

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Hi Kaali - glad you are starting to feel a bit brighter now......... thanks for the support. The nut roast and stuff was on my 9" plate, my plum crumble didn't have any sugar in it - and I don't miss it. I'm glad I put some Good Food into my system before the day ended!

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Sunday - and another grey, rainy day. I went to Lidl on the bus this morning and stocked up on staples like lentils, oats, seeds, nuts, canned beans and stuff. Got some veggies and fruit. Also found myself buying some chocolate-caramel biscuits (pack of 6), and a pack of those chilli-flavoured rice ...

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My breakfasts are usually either - porridge with some dried fruit + nut or seeds (or overnight oats - same thing, but cold) - granola with berries + yoghurt - toast & peanut butter I usually eat breakfast around 6am and have lunch at about 12.30/1pm. Coffee at 9am, 11am ish - that gets me through OK.

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I recommend listening to the podcast "S days gone wild" (have you found the podcasts? go to Home and click on Podcasts -it's number 34) I've listened to it many times - it's so helpful, I think. S days can be very scary to begin with - but you've done really well with your N days and I anticipate th...

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I enjoyed eating a whole packet of biscuits (cookies) for 'lunch' today! I haven't done that for ages, but totally relished the freedom of it being an S day and knowing it was O.K.! I didn't have anything else to eat until my planned dinner meal - dessert is a little bit of lemon sorbet. It's a grey...

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.... I had to remind myself, "ONE PLATE", not "ONE PLATE OF LETTUCE". ......... But I think that's the nice part of the "No S Diet". Sometimes, you have "bigger" plates. I agree. I sometimes get a 'stay for lunch' invite at a friend's house and I'm now much more relaxed about it, as long as it all ...

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:twisted: enjoy that chocolate! I've eaten a whole packet of ginger cookies for lunch........................ I shall be laying down for most of the afternoon, with mugs of tea and a very thick book I'm reading! I'm post-menopausal, and I have to say, I am glad to be free of all that hormonal stuff ...

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....I humbly refer you to a previous post of yours in which you talked about reminding yourself that it's not about how low you can go but what you can sustain. Did I say that? That's pretty good! Thursday, Friday SUCCESS I am really looking forward to my weekend as I'm just starting 10 days break ...

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I 'discovered' the joys of cold herbal teas this year - can't think why it never occurred to me before!

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It's Wednesday morning, and I've just weighed myself. I found that I had a bit of disappointment when I saw I was 116.75 and the same as yesterday. How stupid is that? I am under 119lbs which was my aim. I saw 115lbs all last week, so the 116.75 seems like a 'dangerous' gain. It is much easier, seem...

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Tuesday SUCCESS Many times today, I felt close to EATING something! I had a coffee at 11am to enable myself to hold out until the clock struck midday for lunch (I actually ate lunch about 12.30pm), then in the afternoon, I really fancied the sweets someone had left in the staff cupboard - some stupi...

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Terrific!

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Monday SUCCESS

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Diet head is a hard one - but I go back to the No S book or listen to the podcasts to re-affirm the No S 'rules' for myself! I'm into my second year of doing No S now and my portion-sizes have just reduced gradually without any real thought or decision from me - I trust the same will happen for you....

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Great! I've experienced similar things recently - about quantities. I've also done exactly what you described - put a little more on my plate 'just in case' I need it - then not needed it. It's a powerful feeling, isn't it?!

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Brilliant! I'm so happy to read that you are now getting on OK with the NO S.

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Welcome, and good luck! It's a great system - post often and allow us to cheer you on!

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I agree, Merry! Oolala - you're welcome to quote me on the Spark No S team. Saturday was a lovely S day. My S days are pretty much three meals now - but I did have a snack bar mid-morning - but then a very light lunch. I squeezed a banana (!) into the mid-afternoon snack-gap. On the way home from wo...

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:lol: Thank goodness it's Saturday tomorrow - I really WANT some marmalade now! Friday SUCCESS I spent the morning (11-1) in a casual get-together with coffee, surrounded by little bowls of trail mix, and then servings of panettone (not sure of the spelling) going on around me - I DID not eat a THIN...

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This time last year, I wrote: Today we had a team meeting at work - and I took in a packet of Custard Creams (that's part of the deal with team meetings!). I brought the left-overs home with me and have put them in the cupboard for the weekend (if I want them). I bought myself a packet of crisps on ...

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one cup of cocoa does not a fail make

carry on!

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Wednesday was GREEN Thursday was RED Today was OK until just after my third meal when I felt I really wanted something. This is partly a reaction to having no fruit available. I have a habit of eating some fruit with most of my meals - so the lack of it left a 'space' that needed filling! I chose to...

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Exactly! Well said! I am 61 yrs old and spent most of my life fretting about feeling hungry after more than 2-3hrs without a 'healthy snack'! Jeez! Now, after a year on No S, I am quite comfortable with feeling a little hungry - it's a novel sensation for someone who never allowed herself to get hun...

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Tuesday SUCCESS

I have developed a pattern of taking a kind of 'breakfast' jar to work when I'm working late, so my last meal of the day is a jar of granola/berries/yoghurt - a nice, light meal that seems to satisfy my evening appetite needs. It's a new thing for me.......... and it's working!

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Monday SUCCESS

Today's proud event was getting held up for an hour on the way home, due to a road traffic accident. I stuck to my eating plan for dinner. I did add in a bottle of light lager - I needed something!

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I take a container to work with instant coffee and creamer mixed together so that I can 'just add water' to get a coffee. The creamer has glucose powder in it - but it doesn't really taste overly sweet. I don't count it personally. The Nescafe coffee sachets are much sweeter - but I still if a sligh...

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I had a GREEN week I was particularly proud of myself on Friday because I was in town for an hour after work - there was an event going on, and it was sunny, there was a festival vibe and lots of street food vendors etc. I really fancied an ice-cream, but I bought a cheese and pesto baguette for my ...

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Ha! The freezer is our friend

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Monday SUCCESS I ate very lightly today and was almost surprised. It was a first day back at work after a week off (holiday) and I could feel the desire to eat creeping in to cope with work stresses. I managed to hold it off. Today, Tuesday, I've got a cough and headache........ I really fancied toa...

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I have a jar of home-made marmalade that I look forward to every weekend :) (I didn't make it; I buy it from a local person who sells it on a little table outside her front door - you post the money through her letter-box) Sunday was a lovely, sane day. I enjoyed a croissant (with marmalade) for bre...

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I am! :arrow: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 11th - had four plain oatcakes abou...

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in my experience, those predictions hardly ever work!

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S day pleasures were a marmalade on my toast for breakfast. A coconut slice with my coffee after Park Run 5k this morning - sociable experience with fellow Park Runners. I had an ice-cream whilst waiting for the bus in the sunshine - that was a really pleasurable experience too. A small bar of choco...

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Friday SUCCESS End of the month and I'm pretty pleased with how it went. HabitCal gives me a Bronze medal for this: one red day, two extra S days. :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :mrgreen: :D :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D...

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The buffet picnic/party was a great success. I only took healthy things with me to share. Good rule of thumb 'don't take anything you don't want to bring home'! I saw two women struggling to put big gooey chocolatey gateaux back into containers - no-one really wanted them! I had a healthy meal - I w...

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Wednesday - I've taken today as an Extra S day because I'm joining in with a social outing/picnic this evening - I guess it will be kind of virtual plating - but I don't want to be thinking about it too much. I had breakfast and lunch today - No S until dinner-time! I'm taking celery & cheese, tomat...

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Thanks - I'm glad you understand/have had a similar experience. The river outing is not quite as adventurous as 'rafting' - we'll be on a kind of ferry-boat - but still not something I do every day of the week

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Awesome! Cleaning your teeth is an effective way to 'break the habit' of wanting sugar after a garlic/salt/fat (?) meal. Way to go!

Wishing you a SUCCESSFUL Tuesday

RAWCOOKIE

Thanks Merry

Monday SUCCESS

I had granola at 7am, and a sandwich & strawberries lunch at 3.30pm. It's 7pm now and I am tempted not to eat again today............... but even if I do, it'll only be the third plate of the day, so I'm posting my SUCCESS now!

RAWCOOKIE

great scales!

I love that you got positive confirmation that you're heading in the right direction. Weight loss isn't everything, but it sure helps!

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I respect your decision - and look forward to seeing an update, in about a month?
All the best..... and thanks for all the supportive comments you've given me, I appreciate that very much.
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Yay! Terrific!

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Thanks, Sonya - you're right! I've had pretty much an N day today! Feeling much better!

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