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Grammy G

How about you soup chefs starting a SOUP topic and writing out your fav.soups? Winter is coming and who couldn't use a new soup recipe or two??I tend to throw what I have at hand into the soup pot and then make up a name for it and, depending on what spice and herbs I've used, I even make up a count...

Grammy G

One of my favorite things is the support from everyone on this site! When my friend told me about this plan, I laughed! But had to eat crow (but only one plate!) when I actually tried it. This is a great place to see that every problem that might be faced by a newbie has been faced and addressed by ...

Grammy G

I just read through all your entries..do you remember you welcomed me when I started this journey at about the same time as you? I think we have faced some of the same problems. That whole idea of seeing food as the enemy..how great to let that go! I'm sorry your week is going slowly, but you are al...

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OMG it is WEDNESDAY!! This week is whipping by. I can see that I am not having as much of a problem with food as I am with exercise. I am charting myself at 15 minutes which is nothing, but I want it to be 15 minutes of serious workout...I think I will have to worry about that next week and be happy...

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This has to be an Sday for all of us!!! Let's raise our glasses for a toast tonight! Thanks for taking the time to share your ideas that are changing our lives and uniting this community!!

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Grammy G

FRIDAY :D :D wonderful Friday!!! i will not be checking in until Tuesday. This cold..cough is a bummer but I managed not to eat anything extra yesterday and used my gocery shopping as my 15 min. of exercise. I'm going to be aware of the "success breeds failure" syndrome that has been my downfall bef...

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A thank you to Debs for checking my progress! Please continue. I went back to the beginning of this and read everything I wrote and all the comments..all very helpful. I find myself wanting to put rules to S days. I know I shouldn't worry about S days until I have the N days down pat...but..it is ha...

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dear Deb, You need to know how much your posts have helped me.. and I'm sure others! I really take lessons from everyone who posts ups-and-downs. Especially this one from you. None of us is perfect and life is not a TV drama. As I read the replies to your post( and could add my, "yep, been there mys...

Grammy G

I did it! ! :) I didn't use my sore throat as an excuse to graze on goodies the entire day! I didn't reward myself for not grazing all day with a big plate of cookies in the evening!! :) :) I didn't reward yesterday's success by having a sweet roll for breakfast!! :) :) :) I just plain DID IT!!! :D...

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Noel, I too can walk to the grocery store...wine shop(!)...bank...and ta da ..a Joanne Fabric! My problem is my eyes are often bigger than my backpack and I am stuck with too much to reasonable carry home (a quick call to a hubby fills the bill) but .. instead of making two smaller trips on two diff...

Grammy G

:) Here I am on my second Tuesday of noS! A weekend of birthday cake and wurst! A Monday of leftover wurst and pork and kruat (sent the leftover cake away) and still lost 2 pounds!! :D Woke up this morning w/sore throat. Guess a cold will be my added challenge for awhile! I've lined up my herbal tea...

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Oliviamanda, I still love sweet rolls too..but they have to be more than "a pretty face" now. Like you, my chocolate tastes have changed (is it a more mature palate now?) .. I could never keep Almond Joy bars around or Heath bars...neither of which the kids ate so I couldn't say i was buying those t...

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It was so great to read all the entries here to see what a supportive community this is! Someone mentioned Dr. Phil and that got ME to thinking: (yep, I even tried his plan to lose weight!!) that the one thing I "got" from him was...basically what we are trying to do.... Be mindful of what you eat.....

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:lol: :lol: I have posted: JUST FOR DECORATION on my frig!! How perfect!! Thank you!! That "little" triumph seeed pretty big to me! STOPPING and questioning why you were eating something!! WOW!! I remember, years ago, (while on aWW program) buying a beautiful sweet roll as i walked home from somewhe...

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KCCC...You can put your crock pot on a cord with a timer such as you would use for turning your lights on and off if you were on vacation. How wonderful it is to come home after a long day away and open the door to the smell of dinner! My oven also has a timer and I would put a frozen meatloaf or be...

Grammy G

You are so right, this second batch is better than the first! I am going to try the corning ware with my next batch..I can't find my broiler pan--never use it--and have been putting water into a lasagna pan instead. I looked at your bread again..beautiful! We just had batch two with soup for dinner....

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:D Looks like a good first week so far. Today should be (ahum) apiece of cake!! Which I will, naturally, save for tomorrow! Going to yoga class this morning and will walk to the grocery store to pick up some salmon for dinner (it is only 1/2 mile away...why do i always drive???). Grandkids from ages...

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Noel..you are so wise!! I just have to reprogram my thoughts about food and that is what this 21 days of posting is all about, isn't it?? I am now beginning Thursday with a mind that is starting to see food in a different light! My treats yesterday were coffee from Kenya and a glass of my fav. wine ...

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Welcome Archie44!! I am in the over 65 group but thought I'd open the topic to those just beginning the 60s journey. You'd think we would have learned by now, wouldn't you! This plan seems like common sense..something I thought I possessed, but apparently not when it comes to food!! My problems are ...

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Oh my..as they say.."a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"..so grammy..granny..gerty..what differene does it make...the important thing is that YOU took the time to offer support :D thanks for that! Also..I have put away the platter and graduated to "dinner" plates and my husband is trying ...

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oh dear :( ..so i went out for lunch with friends and ended up with only a small serving of fish and a very small serving of perogie ( a kind of potato dumpling). No veggies..no fruit...no food until dinner! then I really overate at dinner and so am stuffed to the gills! I'm not sure how to correct ...

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I made a loaf of bread this afternoon and we ate it at dinner. It was a little underdone (I forgot to 'slash" the top of the loaf before i put it in the oven and I thnk I let too much of the steam out... and heat too ..when I opened the oven door to do my slashing.) I read a section in the book that...

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Thank you to Kwonset, Sporfancier, and dandelion for your support! I made it through this day and am looking forward to tomorrow...because I can eat again at breakfast!! Eating breakfast is going to be a new thing for me. I am used to night time eating and then not being hungry in the AM. I am prepa...

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OK Blithe Morning, I got the dough mixed and into the frig..just a day later than my plan! (That's pretty good) I will be baking tomorrow!! WooWoo!! I will let you know the results. Thanks for your help!!

Grammy G

Sunday came and went..an S day.. so enjoy! right???

Tomorrow is my serious..keep track of this and that day....I don't think it is going to be that hard. Am I missing something???

Grammy G

thanks for the support, Noel! I have been reading a lot of your blogs..things to think about..things to laugh about..and helpful information...plus..I LOVE the presentation of the foods. It has always been important to me to "make a pretty plate" and I appreciate when others do that for me. I will r...

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who starts an eating plan on a weekend..especially a plan that has free S days! actually i have been reading (and commenting) on posts on the site for awhile and just got the book a day or two ago and have been "playing" with the system for the last three days. so now i am ready to jump in with both...

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I added my comment to the website. I asked my friend, who introduced me to this plan, how she found out about you and she told me she saw nothing when she searched "diet" and in desperation for something that seemed reasonable, she googled "no diet" and you popped into the picture. She has been a fa...

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What fun! I just read THE BOOK and a lot of helpful info on this site. I decided today(yesterday) was the day to begin. I was so hungry by dinner time! I was plating dinner for my husband and myself. Remembering that I needed to fit everything onto one plate and remembering nothing more to eat until...

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Get the book. Give it to your Mom to read. It is so reasonable that I don't see how she can be anything but proud of you for taking charge of this important part of your life! :D (Moms sometimes have a hard time letting their chicks grow up... no matter how old those chicks are!!) Stand your ground....

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Before I begin this adventure, can you tell me what you use for a container in the frig? I'm having a problem finding something large enough. Do you just not put a tight lid on so it isn't airtight? Am I making this more complicated than it needs to be? (the story of my life!!) Thanks for your help!...

Grammy G

Don't believe it that we "older" ladies like to get up early!! Not this one anyway! I love listening to the schoolbuses go past in the morning as I snuggle under the covers! And then..I get to get up and drink coffee all morning and read the paper... these are the advantages of growing older, if you...

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I just got this book and would love to hear how the bread that you store in the frig and made daily (?) for two weeks or so tastes. Did the flavor change as the dough aged? Did it really work as the book said it would? Your loaf looks lovely!! Any Advice??

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I just read your entries from the first to the last and it was like reading a novel! I have been where you are going and I wish you well. i think your "deal" with coffee is no deal at all! we need to rethink our " diet" mentality that has us second guessing every spoonful of everything we eat.. ther...

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Thanks for the over 60 reply! I think the unscheduled retirement life has really done me in and I must take charge of my eating habits. This seems like a reasonable plan and I know it will work. I have shared the info with several friends who are also seeing this as a life-style they could live coul...

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I am just about to begin this journey and would appreciate knowing other "oldies" are "newbies" at this. I am not a computer whiz but am a whiz at try every diet out there . A friend told me about the no-s about two years ago--I laughted and made fun of her and the concept. she lost 20 pounds and I ...

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