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Strawberry Roan

Happy Sunday All, Beautiful day here (but severe storms might be on the way) :shock: Cleaned up some outdoor furniture, got out some planters, etc. but not the glass topped umbrella table set. It can wait a bit until the weather stabilizes. Had breakfast/lunch of Cheerios/2 pct milk/half banana/flax...

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Two pounds of real weight loss is great! (Let's just round up).... Hey, close to two pounds times 12 is almost 24 pounds in a year. Now wouldn't that be nice? Say as opposed to gaining 24 pounds in the next year. If you are doing right, you can't go wrong. You are probably losing body mass that does...

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Hey, Finn would be a COOL name indeed ! And, yes, salt is as Martha would say, a Good Thing... I am lucky to have very low blood pressure so the doctor said to eat all the salt I could handle. And all the cheese. Oh, wait, I made up that last part :oops: Dinner is a big salad with lots of fresh spin...

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BK Veggie Burgers are awesome :D I have not had onion rings as an adult - maybe one day I can let go of ole diet-head guilt and have one or some :) Thanks for inspiring me :!: I say go for the onion rings, a small order is only 179 calories (or so they say). Heck, put some flavored vinegar on a sal...

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Happy Friday All, No breakfast, shopped a lot :D , ate at Burger King which was great as I could have their veggie burger (along with onion rings and a Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper). It was yummy, very filling. I didn't even have a frappe or ice cream cone. honest :roll: Salad for dinner, exercise as plan...

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You are doing so great. Isn't it a good feeling at the end of the day to know that you have treated your body well - and enjoyed it?

Very proud of your progress.

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Thank you both so much. This board has the nicest people I have ever "met" on line. I mean that sincerely, such supportive posters, I am proud to call you friends. ChildoftheKing, I live in the SW part of the State, not too far from Branson. We ARE having some pretty weather, supposed to be even war...

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Turkey tacos sound good enough to gobble. Get it, gobble :D :D :D A little review, if you will - Just had a yummy lunch, a serving of New World Farms 100 pct natural, Chinese Stir Fry Vegetables, Brocoli florets, sugar snap peas, red bell peppers, onions and sweet baby corn (whole little corns, mini...

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:D Thanks for the kind words about our new little pink bundle. She is absolutely gorgeous, honest. And so smart, and funny and what wit 8) Happy Wednesday all, worked very hard today. Had a severe headache which is very rare. Ate as planned yesterday, yogurt with orange chunks, flax seed and cinnamo...

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Happy Monday All !! (Didn't eat the pie last night, forgot all about it) Guess what the Easter Bunny brought us? A beautiful, healthy great granddaughter. What a blessing. And even more reason to eat right and exercise - to try and live a long productive life with her (and her three cousins, my grea...

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Happy Easter Sunday All !! An absolutely gorgeous day here, beautiful church services and a LOT of food afterwards. I ate some homemade fresh green beans, a slice of baked sweet potato and some of the baked beans I took. That's it. Just sat and watched all the activity. Ate no dessert although there...

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I imagine by about August in the Midwest, I would be enjoying your sailboat with you, BS. So scooch on over, I'll bring the salad :D Happy Saturday All, Had Cheerios/a WHOLE banana :wink: /2pct milk, flax seed, cinnamon - for breakfast. My husband had three pieces of bacon, two fried eggs and a piec...

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Thanks Nosers :D I do love to work in the yard. We were blessed with a mild winter the past two years (Missouri), we had a severe drought last year but have been getting a bit of snow and rain lately so hopefully things will be better this Spring. I wish a lovely Spring/Summer/Fall to you all. BS, d...

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NO WAY !!! Happy Happy Birthday, my friend.

May your year be filled with dreams that all come true

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So true, if I don't exercise and get enough rest, well let's not go there :roll: Happy Thursday All, Just ate breakfast/lunch (it is 11:20). Made homemade waffles and ate two squares (I have the big four square waffle maker), nice hot butter and syrup and had two MorningStar Farms veggie sausage pat...

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Happy Wednesday All. FINALLY got the big trial over with. And we were victorious! Four years in the making. YAY :D I ate breakfast at 2 today, my yogurt, orange, cereal, flax seed combo. It was great. Ate my salad for dinner with half of a huge crisp bright red pepper. It was so sweet and so yummy. ...

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Uh, oh. I hope that Snickers wasn't my fault! :oops: I'll be more careful in the future, I promise!! :D I tell ya, that Snickers was written in the stars!! :lol: Everywhere I turned this past week, I tripped over "Snickers" references: comments, commercials, or people actually chomping on one. I la...

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Thanks BS, :D I have indeed rebounded and made an extra large salad tonight. I really missed it but could barely lift the spoon to eat my yogurt. Very busy at work, big trial tomorrow - got it all organized today so now I can relax and let the attorneys do the real work :roll: Didn't eat a bite unti...

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Happy Monday !

AARGH! How exhausted am I ? Very, very, very

Too tired to make and eat a salad - that's how exhausted.

Had my Special K sandwich for breakfast/lunch, am having lowfat vanilla yogurt with a sliced banana, flax seed and cinnamon for dinner.

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Way to Go !!! And yes, the beauty of eating normally is, well eating normally. Few people would say, What you are only eating one plate of food?????? As far as "how much food", the advice given earlier by Sweetness said it best. Assume you are not eating the food but walking by the plate of food in ...

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I too am a big No BS fan

..... Not only do I admire the dedication to a better, healthier lifestyle but I love being transported to such an amazing far away land.

Strawberry Roan

Happy Sunday ! Snowed in, no church - the day will seem very long. I always get my housework caught up before Sunday so the day is free. Will probably organize some clothes, jewelry, etc. Need to get together some stuff to donate to the local Ministerial Alliance thrift store. The farm looks beautif...

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Happy Saturday All. Had Honey Nut Cheerios, half a banana, 2pct milk, flax seed and cinnamon - for breakfast/lunch. Had a small baked sweet potato mid afternoon, plain. It was fine. Not the best tasting sweet potato ever but fine. My fault as I made it in the microwave! Didn't really want anything t...

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Actually it does sound good. I know the crispy skin of a turkey is yummy and a turkey is almost a duck and skin is covering fat so,

it does sound good

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As I sit here munching on my big salad and my two small slices of pizza piled high with more veggies, I must also ask,

Where does one get duck fat?

And why?

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I have, but currently am using ground flaxseed (keeping it in the fridge). The container doesn't last too long as I divide it and take half to work (my boss eats it on her cottage cheese every day). If I didn't use it a lot, I would grind it fresh.

Strawberry Roan

Happy Friday All ! Almost noon, we are eating breakfast/lunch. I made my husband sausage/egg/fried potatoes (I only make breakfasts on my days off - usually one "big" breakfast a week). I only wanted the fried potatoes so am eating a serving of those liberally sprinkled with flax seeds - along with ...

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Wow, look at those numbers. You have lost almost forty pounds since starting the weigh ins on here.

Amazing!

Congrats.

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That is very interesting, thanks oolala. I certainly agree with the assessment about exercise playing a crucial role.

One can lose weight and be skinny without exercise, to lose weight and be fit - I feel exercise is a must.

Luckily, I crave exercise.

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I hear ya, oolala :D So, here's the deal. I was going to just make a small salad, I started with some fresh flat spinach leaves, some curly endive, some red leaf lettuce, added half a cucumber, a handful of red seedless grapes, a cut up navel orange, a half dozen cherry tomatoes, some garlic cheese ...

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Thanks guys, I know how lucky I am to love my job (and my bosses, and my co-workers). We have a wonderful time. My bosses tell me all the time that they want a happy family and will do their part to keep it so. And, they hate it if I don't do lunch but I had a big project that I wanted to finish yes...

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Happy Wednesday All. What a busy, crazy, wacky day I had. Didn't eat a bite until about 3:00, then scarfed down one of the Special K flatbread thingies. Ate my salad for supper but was almost too tired to even do that. Was going to make either a veggie burger or a big, fat, hot buttered sweet potato...

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London, Paris, oh how exciting. I live in the Missouri Ozarks (but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else) :wink: I DO post everything I eat on my daily check in, down to a piece of peppermint candy should I eat one. It keeps me honest because even if nobody was reading it, lots of people could be. A...

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No Way!

That is great.

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Great news! Glad you enjoyed your weekend.

I agree with your assessment, it really can be that easy. We only make it difficult.

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Thank you so much No BS, wishing you a wonderful week as well. Always good to see you Oolala, your sane and sensible words have benefited not only me, but many others on this board. Thank you for your kind wishes for my husband and for your continued encouragement to me. And Happy Tuesday to all my ...

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Happy Monday! I feel great today, finally wore a pretty brown heathered v-neck pullover sweater to work that I had tried on several times but each time I could see a tiny bit of roll around the middle. That won't do :roll: . Well, today, for fun I put it on again as I was planning to wear a pair of ...

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Welcome back, Katie. I certainly will support you but not "beat you up". I have actually been here since 08, couldn't log into that account for some reason a few years ago so have a new date. I got so into the no snacks, no sweets, no seconds thing that I lost way too much weight (looked old, not he...

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Happy Sunday All, Didn't get to go to church due to my husband still recovering so I have been thrown off a bit. Just made breakfast/lunch (it is noon). I made him pancakes and bacon, I made me grilled California blend vegetables (frozen mix but I didn't microwave them, I cooked them (butter sprayed...

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Morning Kathleen, what you said is so true about the beauty of this board is the raw honesty we all can share here. We all wish you well on your journey, we each travel the same path - be it a search for less weight, better lifestyle, more knowledge and understanding of the whole health and exercise...

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To answer the question, S Days feel better because most people like to have a sense of control in their lives. I have never done the No S Days gone wild concept, just can't do it. It seems counter productive. I know Reinhard never implied that one should abandon all sensibilities and throw caution t...

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Oh Kathleen, my heart aches and breaks when I read your posts. I would like to just say, LET IT ALL GO, Wake up tomorrow morning and tell yourself, For today I will eat right - lean protein, lots and lots of fruits and vegetables, good fiber, whole grains, limit the snacks and sweets, exercise, drin...

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Let me add a CONGRATS to that. I am also a farmer, this morning I hefted two 65 pound bales of hay shoulder high (well, one at a time) :D and carried them across the pasture. My husband (who is recovering from a trip to the ER but doing okay) said, You didn't need to do that. Lots of people are will...

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Hi there, love reading what you are eating and the exercise you do.

I LOVE my XL Glider, feels like walking on water.

Strawberry Roan

Happy Saturday All !! Lots to do around here, Had HoneyNut Cheerios, 2pct milk and half a banana plus flax seeds for breakfast. Off to exercise, want to get in double today being I am off work. Did indeed get in a double dose of exercise, that felt great. Just had two big glasses of water and a bowl...

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Thank you so very much No BS. My husband and his daughter were team ropers for many years, until he introduced her to a good looking cowboy at a rodeo one night. :roll: Now she is happily married with two kids and rides for pleasure when she has the time. Horses are truly magical, aren't they? We ra...

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8) Had a bowl of the freshest, crispest, sweet yet tart, seedless green grapes for lunch. Made myself a small, yes truly a very small, salad about 3 as I was a bit queasy, probably nerves from yesterday/last night. Topped it with my new white rice garlic infused vinegar which was very good. Ended up...

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Thank you so much. My husband is a working cowboy, we own a horse ranch, so being in such pain is really hard on him. He WANTS to do it all and hates to have help. He is a stubborn one, but has such beautiful blue eyes, I tolerate him

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Happy Friday, seems like I missed all of yesterday. Spent the day and night with the husband who was in the ER (vascular issues). He is home now, they are scheduling a procedure in a week or so to help alleviate some of his pain - they are trying to avoid amputation of his left leg. All I ate yester...

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Happy Wednesday!

Had an orange and hot lemon probiotic tea for breakfast (about ten o'clock) and just had lunch, my leftover burrito and rice. I had salsa and sour cream at work so it was great!

Exercised after work, ate a giant salad for dinner, time to rest.

To your health, all

Strawberry Roan

Happy Tuesday All, another day almost gone. Seems like everybody is using their income tax refunds to get a divorce :shock: . (I work for a law firm). Busy, busy, busy. Ate Honey Nut Cheerios with sliced peaches for breakfast with green tea. Ate the end of the grilled chicken strips (3) for lunch wi...

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Now I am craving cheese crisps :roll: I used to make them and then while they were hot, roll them around a wooden spoon handle like little straws, for appetizers. Everybody loves them. They stay crisp not that it matters, they are eaten immediately. But then, what's not to love? :D Ate exactly as pl...

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Boy, ain't that the truth :D Have you ever just put shredded cheese in a non stick skillet and let it melt into a big ole crisp then flip it over and crisp the other side? Yummy, but one can really see the "fat" in it :roll: But, who the heck cares - it is a crunchy cheesy crispy delight! Happy Mond...

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Liz46 wrote:Wow! You are doing great! The beans and cornbread sound so good. That's one of our favorite meals. WTG with the exercise!

Thanks Liz.

Dinner will be as planned with the added bonus of steamed fresh cauliflower. Drizzled with melted cheddar cheese and fresh Italian herbs.

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Thanks Liz. I am having a great day, I don't treat the S days any differently from the N, just try to eat right and exercise every day.(With a treat or snack now and then if desired). But I love Sundays in general as I love going to church.

Hope you enjoy your S day as well.

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Wow, you are doing great !!!!

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Happy Sunday All ! Great day so far, church and fellowship with friends. Came home and ate the end of the beans and cornbread. Also had an orange. Then I hit the exercise room for Session One. About to repeat it all again. I love having time on my off days to double up on the exercise. :wink: Will h...

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Unless you have a medical condition that requires you to eat more often, embrace the hunger as a sign that your body is using up the food you have been giving it thus far in the day - and then enjoy your evening meal knowing that your body is ready to use it for fuel. :wink: I drink green tea all da...

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Thanks. You too! Happy Saturday all. 10:00 here, just ate an orange sprinkled with a lot of cinnamon, half a biscuit with a dab of butter and homemade jelly and am drinking a hot cup of green tea. Did 200 Ab Coasters, half an hour on the bike and glider. Will do the same this afternoon. Think I will...

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That is great news !!! The whole thing is really funny when one steps back and thinks about it. At the end of the day, we can each say that we ate good, healthy food and got some exercise - and enjoyed it. That is so... well....normal, isn't it? 8) No matter how many billions of dollars are thrown a...

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Happy Friday, Just ate breakfast/lunch. It is almost noon :roll: Made my husband waffles and bacon, I ate broccoli which had been sprayed with butter spray and crisped under the broiler along with a giant "garden fresh" tomato as they say. Half a plate full of broccoli and half a plate full of tomat...

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Welcome, as a fellow Child of the King, I love your screen name.

If I could offer any advice, it would be Don't Overthink It. Eat healthy meals, get some exercise, drink lots of water and get enough sleep.

You can't go wrong when you are doing right. Stay the course.

Strawberry Roan

Me too! Me too! Wishing you success.

Either way, you can't go wrong by doing right. If you are doing what you should be doing, you are on the right path!

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Morning All, Happy Thursday. Yes, the oranges really are good. I got 3pounds bags for $1.68, gotta love it. Just had breakfast, okay let's make it brunch as it is 11:30. Honey Nut Cheerios with 2pct milk and half a banana. It was fine. Already got in my exercise for the day but will do it again toni...

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Come on over! Would love to meet you all. We will make it a couple of meals. (or a really big plate).. haha Happy Wednesday, by the way. :wink: Was so busy at work, I didn't eat a bite until 1:00. Then I ate my breakfast yogurt, fresh orange chunks and Kashi. Drank some tea off and on during the day...

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Can you believe I read somewhere that someone said they had NEVER eaten a salad. No medical issues or anything, they just didn't like them

Blasphemy, I tell ya

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So good to see you all !!! NO BS, my husband is pretty adventurous - he would try to seal meat for sure. Me, not so much........... Same thing happened tonight with exercise, I almost fell asleep on the couch watching the 5:30 news, I was sooooooooo tired after work. BUT, I got up and went to the ex...

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Happy Monday All. Had a great day, ate Honey Nut Cheerios with 2pct milk and a banana for breakfast, my leftover spaghetti for lunch with one of those half rounds of bread thingys, toasted with butter and garlic salt. Had my huge salad for dinner and a small bowl of ham and beans with fresh from the...

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Thank you both. I did have a perfectly wonderful day. Good times with family, they ate shrimp and coleslaw and fries and I ate leftover spaghetti. They just roll their eyes at me :roll: We all loved the cheesecake. I managed to get in all my exercise before they came so that's good. I HATE to miss e...

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Thank you very much ! Today is my birthday :P I will be having homemade cheesecake with peanut butter mousse topping later. Had homemade biscuits, veggie sausage and scrambled eggs for breakfast/brunch. yummy. We are staying home today as the ground outside is still covered with ice and snow. Will g...

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Sorry about your sickness but glad you are doing better and some of the lost weight is still lost :D It is good to get positive reinforcement when we see people that we haven't seen for a while, isn't it? We are hard on ourselves because we are the ones that look in the mirror at ourselves naked so ...

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Thank you both. Happy Friday to my fellow journalers. For breakfast I had a homemade blueberry muffin crumbled into fatfree vanilla yogurt with half a sliced banana (my husband had the other half because he eats Cheerios with half a banana, no more no less - I always get the extra.) :roll: Already g...

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You are doing great, Amy.

I think it is great when we can recognize why we do certain things/eat certain things and not let one little slip derail everything we have accomplished thus far.

We just move onward.

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Thanks Amy :wink: Good to see you. Happy Thursday All, Had my breakfast, one normal sized pancake with a dab of margarine and a bit of syrup. It was fine. Would have eaten something else probably but was making them for the hubby (he had three and three slices of bacon) Yes, he is tall and thin. :ro...

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You are doing great! I agree, that frigid weather makes 14 degrees which we had last week seem like a tropical heat wave. :D I tried an elliptical at Sears once and it made me dizzy. Dizzier than I normally am, that is. I do an exercise bike with the handles that move back and forth, a Gazelle which...

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Good grief, I cannot imagine. I am still traumatized over the Little House on the Prairie book where the girls were out in the howling blizzard picking up straw that wagons had dropped for fuel for the cabin :shock: Back at work today and my desk was piled high (the boss didn't stay home yesterday i...

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You are doing G R E A T !!! What will power.

It truly is empowering to gain back control, isn't it?

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Morning all, Oh yeah, I love my salads. I usually toss in some kind of fruit as well like mandarin oranges or blueberries or cranberries, I told my husband that I would like my last meal to be a giant salad. Of course, it spoils me for eating any salad when we are out as they are just so, well, ordi...

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Hi MJ, true, we are all about the food. We were joking about that at a baby shower last week. People say, Come over for dinner we are having a huge pork roast, come over to bbq, we are having a big rack of ribs, come over for Thanksgiving, we have a 23 lb turkey. Nobody ever says, Come on by and we ...

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Thanks Kat and Amy. It does seem crazy that people are attached to food and drink non stop, doesn't it? I think it might be the security blanket of this millineum. ________________________________________________ Morning fellow Nosers :D Back at work, had a fresh orange cut into chunks, topped with ...

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Good to see you, r.jean. I, too, have come and gone from the boards but truly missed them when I was away. I am a daily scale stepper on-er. Too curious not to. Has it kept me from gaining ten pounds over my goal weight? No, but at least I know how much I am dealing with right now. That and posting ...

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Congratulations and welcome to the board.

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The biscuits and gravy were greeeaaatttttt.. (They make excellent frozen biscuits that you just put in the oven for twenty minutes or so, that way if you only want two or three, no need to make a whole batch. Not sure if you could get them or not where you are). They are better than my homemade ones...

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Hi Sinnie and No BS. Always good to have company stop by. And Happy Saturday All. I think my problem before was I was so into the three meals, nothing else that I wasn't eating enough at my meals and I couldn't see eating any differently on the weekends, I never grasped that part of this program. So...

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You are quite welcome. Happy Friday All, Had two scrambled eggs and two slices toast w/margarine and homemade grape jelly for breakfast. With hot lemon tea and coffee. Had Cheerios and the end of the strawberries for lunch, had a big salad and a few fried potato slices for dinner (made the hubby chi...

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Happy Thursday, Doing great, had linguini with olive oil and herbs last night, ate my yogurt/fresh strawberries/Kashi for a late breakfast and a veggie lasagna frozen meal and two pieces of garlic toast for lunch. It was all great. Got in my exercise as planned with a bit more. My boss came back fro...

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From an article on Hunger from About.com Preventive Eating Eating even though you arenâ€™t hungry to prevent feeling hungry later at an inconvenient time is called preventive eating. But hunger cannot be satisfied before it occurs. Think of it like this. If youâ€™re comfortable in a room, you wouldn...

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Hi - welcome to the boards! It is a wonderful community filled with great advice and great people. Very, very supportive as we are all on this journey together.

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Just back on the boards after a break and a I LOVED reading this thread. Please update us on Gloverton and your life in general. You have done so well, you should be very proud.

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If of thy mortal goods, thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one & from the dole, Buy Hyacinths to feed the soul" - Muslihuddin Sadi, 13th Century Persian Poet Isn't that so true? I love the flowers idea. My boss sent me a potted container of white hyac...

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Morning. I Love reading your daily check in. Transports me to a different place, love all the international posters on here. Some of the foods sound so exotic. Being from the Midwest (USA), grilled cheese and tomato soup is comfort food here so I am fascinated reading the menus. Keep up the good wor...

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So true.

(Bet you're still smiling about those twins)

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Thanks. :wink: Ate exactly as planned yesterday and got in all my exercise. Will probably eat almost exactly the same today as we do indeed have leftover pizza. I ate two slices so have four left. Add a huge salad and my meals are planned, my husband can fend for himself :D Last night I gave him a b...

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I LOVE reading your posts reneew

And isn't it true about the 18 pound bag of oranges? I have a friend on WW who said she has only lost 15.8 pounds so far. I said, just picture yourself carrying around a 15lb bag of potatoes all day, all night, everywhere you went. Wouldn't you get weary of it?

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Heck yeah, you are almost there !!!!

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I appreciate your honesty and courage in sharing your story. I am thankful for the decision that you made and glad that things are going so well.

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Happy Monday Fellow Journalers. The shower was amazing, huge affair. Took them four hours to open their presents! I ate lots of little different things, luckily there were fresh fruit and vegetable kabobs, etc. Only had one little cupcake and a couple tiny butter cookies. All was great. Didn't eat b...

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Morning all, Kittykat, Good to see you!! I know that many say to not weigh at all, not weigh every day, etc. but I have weighed every morning and every night since I was a teen (a very skinny teen, just a habit to weigh). It keeps me honest, although I realize that there is a LOT of fluctuation. Nob...

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Morning

Sounds like you are in a "good place" with this plan. Congrats on the upcoming marriage in your family, when is the wedding?

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