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gratefuldeb67

after having a slice of pizza and a large eggplant parmesean hero last night for dinner, my weight is now 279 lbs... up nearly three pounds from yesterday... further evidence of how i just don't do well when ordering out food instead of cooking for myself... i have got to turn this trend around IMME...

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enjoying my S days off but looking forward to monday and restarting AGAIN... it's been a horrible month, due to a highly stressful situation at work... fortunately i've left that job now and can regroup and restart... i've gained back all i've lost again, and i'm up to 276.2... my exercise has gone ...

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thanks tobiasmom! good luck to you! we CAN do this!

gratefuldeb67

have gotten back on track thankfully... been really trying...
yesterday and today were both good and i've dropped a few pounds already in response to it...
i'll just have to keep vigilant for a while... these bad habits are really harder to break than i thought they'd be...

gratefuldeb67

ughhh!! three days of failures in a row, and yesterday's was pretty bad... i ate an entire bag of terra chips, and had some cheese and fruit around bedtime, actually eating it sitting in my bed! then i woke up and found i'm right back up to 275.8 again!! not surprised at all by the gain... i don't w...

gratefuldeb67

you're not "terrible" ... it's the habits that are bad and they're hard to break! it takes a lot of practice and expect to have some slip ups, maybe even a lot of them... just don't beat yourself up and keep getting back up again!
you can do this!

gratefuldeb67

hi mo, i just wanted to drop by and thank you for your encouragement! i read a few posts back here and i also want to say good job on getting back into the swing of things! and i am sorry to hear about your ill family member overseas... i hope all will be well! lots of hugs and love! xxx

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mo, you were right! thankfully most of that water weight has dropped now... i went up to 275.8, and a few days later i was 273.2... what a relief! my body is extremely salt sensitive and i seem to retain water a lot... i'll have to figure out how to get around this... chinese food usually will make ...

gratefuldeb67

thanks mo, i hope so! i guess i really have to wait till the weekend because i am still retaining...
hugs and thanks!

gratefuldeb67

thank you guys! i appreciate it! i'm sad to say though, that since this weekend, i got my period and my weight has gone up 4 lbs! :( i am completely gutted! i know it's probably temporary, but nevertheless it feels HORRIBLE to take so long to lose weight only to have it pile on because of some water...

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ok i weighed myself yesterday and after a pretty moderate week with a few days of exercise, and only a few small technical failures, like last night eating about a cup of unsweetened apple sauce after dinner because i wanted something sweet (not the end of the world!) i've gone down to 271.6... i'm ...

gratefuldeb67

that's such a small slip... don't beat yourself up!
if it were me, i would have had a whole pie!

relax tonight and restart tomorrow!

gratefuldeb67

actually mercury just went direct after several weeks of being retrograde, but it seems there is something in the air! i had a horrible day sunday... i'm sorry you had such a bad day mollie! relax and tomorrow is a new day... don't beat yourself up about having a bad day...
hugs!

gratefuldeb67

not that i even like soda, but i thought maybe if there were people here trying to quit that habit, i would mention the fermented and very healthy beverage kombucha... it's fizzy... it has probiotics... it's tasty... but there are only 30 calories for 8 ounces... i'm thinking, unless you have four b...

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good for you!

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aww thanks mollie!

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had a good day yesterday... success for exercise and no sweets or snacks... i did, however end up eating two meals in one long sitting again, because of the way the day worked out... i'm not gonna beat myself up though... i can see my weight shifting in a downward direction already, so i'm very glad...

gratefuldeb67

yes, definitely it's not always easy to get 100% right away... i'm usually somewhere in between a 70 and 80 percent good day...
expect a few "false starts" but don't let it deter you from trying again (and again and again) if necessary, and don't psych yourself out

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thanks mollie!

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hey renee! good luck getting back on the wagon! i just restarted again after totally going awol for a few years... you can do it! don't try to add or modify the rules and just stick with vanilla NoS consistently and you will lose weight and feel sane! that's worth a lot! i'll try to keep checking in...

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yesterday was a very borderline day, but i'm erring on calling it a success... just my portions were pretty big and i ended up eating both lunch and dinner in the same sitting because it was a very busy day and i didn't have time during work, so it really felt like i was breaking the "no seconds" ru...

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thanks eschano! you're very nice! :) well, yesterday was a failure, so false #1... i could have had a good day but i screwed up by forgetting to take a water bottle with me to work... i was very thirsty and not feeling well, while on the road, and out of desperation i ended up stopping and getting a...

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ok, i've taken a few detours the last few months which have gotten me pretty much NOWHERE!... i haven't been tracking NoS at all... that's it!! i'm done completely with ANY kind of "diet" diet, even if it's "healthy"... i'm back to NoS for good and will post daily as well as keep my habit cal... i n...

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just wanted to take a moment to wish our NoS founder and friend a wonderful birthday! have a great day reinhard!

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thanks aspencer and ironchef! well, the job ended less than 2 weeks after it started :( oh well... i have two interviews set up for tomorrow, so hopefully i'll be earning again soon... i went up to settle my son into the dorms last week and spent two days driving and eating fast food... but surprisi...

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thanks eschano! i appreciate your support! well, i've been totally off habit for a few weeks and have had a pretty bad month so far... i don't want to blame my failures on this but i was sick for about 10 days and then went on antibiotics for a week... so i have a lot of sick days, but even after i ...

gratefuldeb67

thanks a lot eschano! good luck refocusing too!
you were right, i've lost again and am now only one pound away from my previous low weight... what a relief!
this week is off to a pretty good start...

gratefuldeb67

wow, i had a terrible week this week... really i need to get serious again... i gained back about half of what i lost as well, since i restarted :( glad it's the weekend, but come monday i'm gonna be very strict about the rules... just posting because i don't want to let myself just have a bad week ...

gratefuldeb67

thanks a lot ironchef! that's what i'm trying to focus on, or i'll do my own head in...
have a great week!

gratefuldeb67

last week i wasn't too good on NoS or exercise... i gained then i lost, then i gained and lost for several days in a row... anyway, i'm now glad to be on a new week! i wanted to post to keep myself honest and not start getting into a bad habit of having a bad week and then just letting snowball... f...

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thanks a lot eschano and r.jean!

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latest update, and weekly weigh in... i'm down 6 lbs since restarting!! yay!!! i have had some failure days too, but the failures weren't terrible... i just want to be honest about it, and mention it, especially when it's something like snacking, which is easy to say "i'm virturally plating this" an...

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thanks a lot leafygreens! no, i've never been able to be perfect on NoS... but even being only 75% successful doing NoS, is a LOT better than not doing it at all... i gained so much weight this year by just being totally unaccountable about, pretty much all "S's"... it's just a great way to stay on ...

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thanks so much diana! glad you're still here too! good luck getting back into the NoS swing!

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well, had a very overindulgent S day on july fourth... not that happy about it... i don't know why it's ingrained in my head that i'll "enjoy" myself if i overdo eating, because i never do and i always regret it... also, gained back 2 lbs of the 4 i lost in the first week back on habit, as well as g...

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have a great week mo!!

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thanks a lot mo!!

have a great week!!

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thanks so much mo!! (((((((( hugs ))))))))

gratefuldeb67

so my weight this morning was 269.6 lbs...
i've lost 2.4 lbs since re-starting last saturday, and that's including two S days and an additional non weekend S day at a restaurant...
i'm really happy!! i feel so much more in control again and my motivation and willpower are back!!
yay NoS!!

gratefuldeb67

oolala you can give me advice anytime! i really appreciate what you wrote! reinhard! thank you so much! i'm really happy to be back and things are going pretty well :) i'll make sure that richie comes to visit you during the year at harvard! that's great you'll be there! yes, there are definitely re...

gratefuldeb67

thanks mo!! :) just updating... i think i'll be doing that on friday evenings, as a weekly summary thing... so, this week i had 2 s days, followed by two successful n days, and a non weekend s day yesterday, my son's high school graduation... i was pretty good at the restaurant and though i did have...

gratefuldeb67

so far i've got 5 good days since restarting, with only 2 extremely minor breaks in the rules, so i'm gonna let them all count towards the 21 day challenge...
feeling really great and much more in control again!
so happy to be back on NoS!

gratefuldeb67

thanks so much eschano! i appreciate your support and encouragement!

so far things are off to a great start!

gratefuldeb67

thanks so much guys! i'm glad to be back! so far, i've had two very reasonable s days and a good N day, with only one very small infraction, and it was on an s day... i had a few containers of jello i think, late at night... other than that i am happy to say that i even managed and felt good about h...

gratefuldeb67

thanks tobiasmom and habit!

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oh thank you very much elegant! i'll look thru the posts and see if i can find it... i really appreciate it! yes, my son richie is now 18 and an amazing guy! he's gonna be attending harvard this fall and i'm so incredibly proud of him! i look forward to getting to know you and wish you the best of l...

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thanks earl!

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hi reinhard! i haven't been on here at all for years and i made a beeline to your thread to see you haven't posted any updates since january 2013! lol...
where are you and how are you?
how is your family doing?
hope all is well!

gratefuldeb67

starting my new log for 2014... i'm thinking of posting my success/failure updates before going to bed, because my old habit of eating at bedtime has reared it's ugly head big time this year and it's totally out of control... that's the only time i "snack"... i don't know why i'm doing this, but i w...

gratefuldeb67

hi reinhard and all NoS'sers here! i am back after years of being totally awol... unfortunately, the reason i'm back is that i've had a really bad year as far as old terrible habits taking hold again and i've put on nearly 40 lbs since last september :( i'm now at my highest weight in my adult life ...

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thank you!

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thanks for the help links reinhard! i was able to clear up the problem

gratefuldeb67

ugh, yes i think you're right reinhard! it is probably a virus! grrrr....
thanks so much! i'm so excited to be doing it again and will try and post monthly updates

gratefuldeb67

btw... @ reinhard if you are reading this... what's up with the underlined words in my text body that then lead to links on advertisements? i didn't actually put those in myself and i'm not too happy with having my post altered like that automatically... what is that? i've been away for a while... m...

gratefuldeb67

hi everyone! i just wanted to officially announce that, after years of not doing it, i'm doing shovelglove again! started last friday, and i have had 4 successes so far... i just added a shovelglove calender to my habitcals and my approach to this will be 3 days on, and one day off, schedule... firs...

gratefuldeb67

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear reinhard, happy birthday to you!
enjoy your special day my friend!
all the best from me and richie!
may you swing your shovelglove another 40 years!

gratefuldeb67

ok, so not weighing hasn't been very good for me actually... i had a feeling i was gaining, so i checked today, and i'm now 241.4 lbs... going back to daily weigh ins, which is what i have been used to for some time now... maybe trying to break the scale habit, is just too much for me... i was feeli...

gratefuldeb67

thank you jw and lpearlmom!
so nice to hear from you both!

gratefuldeb67

just checking in to say how much i am enjoying not stepping on the scale every day, and feeling so motivated to do my best!
looking forward to a lot of green days on my habit cals

gratefuldeb67

hi everyone! i haven't really been posting much on my "2011" check in anyway, and i want a new start, so i've created a new check in thread and here's my first post... i've decided that for the next 2 months i am not going to weigh myself... i'm currently 239 lbs and my waist measurement is 42 inche...

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way to go vicki!!!

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ok so now we're into july and i wanted to report on how i did in june... i had a really great month!! :D i didn't have many failures for exercise or NoS, though there were a few and a few legitimate non weekend S days... otherwise i had a very successful month... i really had to work at it though, a...

gratefuldeb67

wow!! congratulations!! you look great and special congrats for maintaining your loss!!

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if you really need some food in the mid afternoon, like that little veggie snack and milk, then have it... just don't randomly snack all day... many people include a very small fourth meal, instead of having three... the key is not to graze and mindlessly snack whenever you have the impulse to... go...

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i think a bunch of people on here, including myself include friday evenings as part of the S days... i think keeping moderation in mind throughout the week, including S days is what your main focus should be... S days were never intended to be free-for-all's.. enjoy them, but just be moderate :) goo...

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thanks mo

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i had a great week!! i had only one missed N day for exercise, and the rest was all green... and i had a perfect green week for NoS!!! even passed up fast food when i was really kinda hungry and didn't have any night time eating episodes... i'm very happy to report i'm down 2 lbs since last week!! w...

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fantastic wosnes! congrats

gratefuldeb67

just bumping my thread up so it doesn't get totally lost... may was pretty much a complete failure because i was sick the whole month... but luckily, even though i have a huge messy bunch of yellow and red days for exercise and NoS, i am happy, and very relieved to say i really didn't gain... i'm al...

gratefuldeb67

well, i don't think you should obsess over numbers but i do think you should weigh just to see if your feelings actually match up with any remarkable gain or not... often i can eat a very salty meal and be very puffed up and gain anywhere between 3 and 4 lbs even in one day, but that often will go r...

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welcome back merry!! xx

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congratulations sinnie

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that's great! congratulations!

gratefuldeb67

oh, and for heartburn, it's good to have about a liter of water a day with a few tsps of apple cider vinegar mixed in...

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i had bad IBS which lasted for about a year... it was awful... i cured myself by eating cultured foods and introducing raw virgin coconut oil into my diet... i highly recommend going and buying some kefir... yogurt is ok, but kefir is much more effective at restoring the healthy balance of bacteria ...

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haha funny post!!
i agree with you... i hate that term and it's very much perpetuating a falsehood that this is a virtuous and non harmful eating habit...

gratefuldeb67

thanks rene! that's just what i am going to do... what else can we really do anyway?

deb x

gratefuldeb67

Blithe Morning wrote: Drinking during business hours is indicative of a more serious problem than being rude. If she's your CPA, you need to find a different one. If she's drinking to the point where she is insulting customers that is a huge red flag to me. Huge.

totally agree...

gratefuldeb67

wow!! i cannot believe how rude and mindless it was of them to say that to you... totally inappropriate and aggressive on her/his (?) part... i say get another accountant!! don't worry, you just keep at it and don't get discouraged... i would be so hurt if someone said that to me, i feel like giving...

gratefuldeb67

well, as soon as i posted i'm back on track, i had a night time eating thing happen again... last night... twice... i am going to try to be much more mindful and focus my efforts on this... frustrated and upset with myself...

gratefuldeb67

ps... what's "Stella" ?
stella beer?
are you tracking your drinking too?

gratefuldeb67

hi NoBS

i just skimmed thru your posts and wanted to congratulate you on your very successful four months and 15 lbs lost! that's fabulous!
i like the menus you have posted as well... giving me some ideas for incorporating into my own...
keep it up you're doing great!
deb x

gratefuldeb67

thanks NoBS! that's nice of you... i am feeling better now... i got back on track since i last posted and have been feeling less stressed... not sure if richie is going to harvard or not, but he is applying there... our trip was just to visit and take the tour... he's in 11th grade now and his colle...

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thanks amy, you're so sweet... xxx

gratefuldeb67

so upset with myself now... i had a great day yesterday and did exercise, had very good and healthy food, and even managed to put away half of the food i cooked myself for dinner... but by middle of the night, i ended up eating the leftovers instead of just having some water and going back to sleep....

gratefuldeb67

really over sweeted yesterday... this isn't normal for me... i bought a large bag of chocolate covered goji candies and pretty much ate them all in one evening... i was upset about something and i guess i grabbed for sweets to "deal" with it... not happy about that at all... also, didn't exercise......

gratefuldeb67

just bumping up my thread... not the best week ever but still managed to lose 2 lbs of the 5 i gained the week we went up to harvard... really having a hard time keeping myself from rebelling against my better instincts to not eat junk food recently and haven't been exercising as much as i'd like......

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thanks amy!
yes i am very proud

good luck to your son on his first year in college and to you on that big change!

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thanks oolala...

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went on a trip up to visit colleges with my son in cambridge this week... although i could have done much worse, i really didn't do very well in terms of eating moderately... somehow with all the fast food stops on the way up and indulging at restaurants for three days, i still managed to only gain ...

gratefuldeb67

this is such wonderful news!!! congrats NoSRocks!!!

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just bumping up my thread so it doesn't get too lost... nothing remarkable or new to report...

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congrats on your excellent start! keep it up

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thanks NoBS

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thanks berry and oolala... xo

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thanks oolala and NoBS...

just bumping my thread up now and reporting that i have lost another pound and inch from my waist this month!

gratefuldeb67

ps... the uk kitchen guys are still at it in the off topic section...

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here's another one reinhard... not sure NoS is what they need... more like NoseS... lol

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic ... 770#130770

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just shave a little off with a carrot peeler and you will be fine...

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http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=9277

go get em rein...

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