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Skelton

reneew, thanks for the PM. I got a notification in my email and so it's prompted me to come back to the thread. I'm grateful for that. Ok well to update. I actually went on BP medication and have had some x rays on my knee. Waiting for the results of that, but this past few days I've managed to be m...

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Thanks so much everyone. You can probably all guess that I've now spiralled back into binge mode. Even the thought of dieting seems to do that to me nowadays, I don't even need to start the actual food restriction, just contemplating it is enough. I'm sticking with No S. I will likely alter the prop...

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I've just read my post and I'm not sure I was even clear about what my dilemma is! I don't want to give up on No S. It's the only sane way of eating that I've found, after 35 years of diet/binge and trying every eating plan/fad diet out there. But I do need to lose some weight, quicker than No S is ...

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Got a situation going on with my doctor but I need to give some background first. I'm 15st 4lb - that's 215 pounds. 5'3" female with a very small frame. I "should" weigh around 120 pounds, although my own goal is closer to 140 pounds. I'm 51 years old, in perimenopause. I've been No S'ing on and off...

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I'm very much enjoying the series. First episode was perfectly timed for me, because I too was getting my 'diet head' back on. Every time I get the diet head on I start to binge AGAIN and it takes me several months to get back to some kind of normal. Good to see that our fellow No S'ers overseas are...

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Thanks for mentioning this. I saw it advertised yesterday evening and set the Sky + to record it. I've just watched the video clip on the link where he challenges the author of a strict diet book, it looks promising so far. Best quote in the clip "the more diets we undertake, the fatter we're gettin...

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I just wanted to check in. I read the boards most days but don't post much. So it's time to check in with an update since it's been almost a couple of months since my last one. I'm still doing a few days of No S then a few days of a diet then back to No S. I believe in No S but there's still that pu...

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Guys, I did it again. Decided I needed some fast weight loss and looked around for diet plans. Exactly the same as happened before. I felt deprived, I started to overeat and the overeating turned into a sugar binge every afternoon for almost a month. Fortunately I've only regained the weight that I'...

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Hi Gina I'm still quite new to No S, I started last summer. The problem about dieting that you describe is something that keeps happening with me. I'm doing No S great, then suddenly I get sucked into the diet/fast weight loss hype and go off No S. Each time it's happened I've started to overeat aga...

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I know what you mean. But I think the longer you do this, the more the habits during the week start to take over on the weekend. I simply kept to my N-day structure today and I feel much happier this evening. I hope so Amy! I didn't even want the food, it was just a case of 'well I can have it beca...

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Thanks Wosnes and Amy, I'll make it an S Event. I hadn't even thought of doing that. It doesn't happen this way too often, maybe once every 6 months or so. Usually at company dinners we're given a menu just like a restaurant so we can make our own choice about how many courses to eat and so on. But ...

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Friday went fine, yesterday was an S day and I was out for corporate business during the afternoon. I didn't overdo it, but I did enjoy my S day. Today, however is very interesting. It's an S day, and because of this, I've allowed myself to snack. Here's the thing - I've been in and out of the fridg...

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I need to attend a business dinner on Tuesday evening. The set menu consists of 5 courses. I feel like I can comfortably skip dessert in favour of the cheese course, but I will feel self conscious and will attract curious comments and questions on our table of six if I refuse all other courses excep...

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Thank you so much, Amy and MJ. Yesterday went ok. Wasn't strictly a green for success day, because I had to split my lunch into two servings. Had a hospital appointment in the afternoon so I had half my lunch at 11.30 am and the other half when I got back home, ravenous, at 5pm. Then I had dinner at...

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jasper wrote:First of the month weigh in as promised

start weight on 2/1/13 178.2
current weight 165.4 ( 3.6 pounds lost in Feb)

Reinhart, thank you

Congrats, Jasper. That's fantastic.

Skelton

Congrats on your 21 (+ 7 now!) days, MJ !
You did great with the work pizza.
Hope your legs soon cooperate better so you can do the running you want.

Skelton

i think the hard thing is not getting lured in by calorie counting. i used my fitness pal for a while and i got so used to calorie counting. yet i know what gets me off track is the unplanned treat. as soon as i do that, i go over my "calories" so there is no reason to track calories if i stick to ...

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I However, I slipped up and No S fell by the wayside. What caused me to slip up was the lure of a regular diet and quick weight loss . I was going on a cruise in December and wanted to lose weight, so I started to do what I call a regular diet. From experience I KNOW that 'going on a diet' is the b...

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I learned when I ate low carb that my cravings were under control, but it took me awhile to learn that it wasn't carbs per se that set off cravings; it was wheat that set me off. My husband was the same way. He couldn't eat just ONE dinner roll or 2 slices of sandwich bread. But we both do just fin...

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Gosh this 'daily' check in is turning into a 2 weekly check in :oops: I read the board nearly every day, but I keep forgetting to update on my own thread. I am a naturally disorganised person so I keep a list of regular routine tasks to do each evening, must add this one to it. Am going ok. Had a ba...

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That's the thing with cravings, I always feel that they are so strong that they'll overwhelm me if I don't give in to them. I need to fully accept that I'm in control, it's my hand that opens the fridge door or sweet packet, it's my hand that stuffs the food in my mouth. This is key. Nobody is forci...

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So, something I very much struggle with is cravings. (Not hunger, I mean those cravings that drive you to eat even when you're not that hungry). If I follow a low carb plan, it gets rid of my cravings, certainly for a while. But eventually I miss whatever - potatoes, bread, pasta, dessert - and fall...

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I'm still here. I've been away since Thursday evening and must admit that I decided to give myself S days during the trip. So I had 4 S days. But really, I didn't go crazy with my eating, I just had a couple of snacks and sweets, not vast amounts of food or out of control eating. And this is where I...

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Yesterday was such a messed up day, and I'm afraid it ended up a Fail. I had a work meeting in the morning that had been scheduled to last one hour. Well it turned out to be a FIVE HOUR meeting. We didn't break for lunch, so when it was over by 3pm I was : thirsty, very hungry, and very stressed bec...

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Hi there, Did you manage alright? Had the absolute same situation and was on my way to the shops when Kindergarten rang and I had to collect child2. Since I had something to do/no time to eat I sort of manage to sail around this. The price was a really big but hopefully compliant lunch. Stay strong...

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Didn't get back online yesterday. Day 7 SUCCESS :mrgreen: It's lunchtime right now where I am and I don't have a good feeling about today...I'm feeling cravings building up. I'm not sure what they're about but I do have to go to the shops soon and it's going to be hard to not give in to them. I was ...

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My weekend update. Saturday was an S day and I chose to stick to my 3 meals with no seconds but I did have some sweets in the evening. Sunday also an S day. I was out of the house all day in an environment which would normally be an excuse for an all day binge. For lunch, I chose mulligatawny soup t...

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Another thing in the Beck book is to "give yourself credit" I think not going crazy with the chocolate is worth celebrating! Have a great weekend! Hi snapdragon. I appreciate you pointing that out! It's so easy for us to be very hard on ourselves regarding our food. I picked up the book again yeste...

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I am going through the Beck book myself.....later they talk about response cards, they are priceless! They will help you through your boredom/ want to eat RIGHT NOW moments. Thanks snapdragon, I do need to get working through the book! I did eat some chocolate yesterday, so I have to register the d...

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Im just checking in because I'm struggling a bit today. It's lunchtime and I have about 40 minutes to wait until my lunch is ready to eat and in the meantime I don't want to be tempted to eat anything else. I'm not sure if I'm hungry, or if it's cravings, or bored, or perhaps I'm just thirsty. I'm d...

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Thanks eschano! I did have a brief thought about dieting after seeing a friend discussing her latest diet online, but I stopped that thought track when it started! Ok so today went well. No obsessing about food, or carbs, or constantly opening the fridge looking for something to eat. I'm clear heade...

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I'm restarting No S and although I'm not sure what format my Daily Check-In thread will evolve into, I wanted to make a start by posting today. I suspect my thread will turn into a journal, and that will be helpful to me, having my thoughts and experiences noted here. I started No S back in the summ...

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Thanks everyone, it's good to know I'm not a spectacular No S failure and that others have been there too. I think my fall off the wagon hit me hard because last week when I got a great run of greens, I felt amazing and very optimistic. So, I've had 3 Red days. Tuesday wasn't too bad, Wednesday I we...

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Anyway, the bad news. :oops: Yesterday, I get this urge for sweets. Which I gave in to. But I only ate a very tiny amount. It tasted too sweet and yucky. I threw it away into the bin. I was very proud of myself. But today...same again. And I'm in the sweets again and eating quite a lot. And snackin...

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Hi everyone, first post. A bit about me. I'm a 50 y/o female, need to lose about 70 pounds but I will be happy with 45-50 pounds. I started No S Tuesday 7 August, had green days right through the weekend and didn't go 'wild' on my S days but I did indulge a little. Green day Monday just past too. I ...

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Dear No S'ers, what would you do? advice needed please

Please help me to decide on strategy for a company dinner

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Can someone please talk to me about cravings

Skelton's Daily Check-In 2013

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Newbie needs some support please