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that's great, Blueskighs!

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Friday dinner was fish and chips! Got home too late from a play in the park with DD and friends to cook anything. Not the best choice for losing weight! (But I do buy "kiddies' meals" for both DD and myself - they are still so big I can only just finish mine and she doesn't quite get through hers - ...

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Thursday cont'd Dinner was baked chicken legs plus cape seed bread and butter, steamed corn and raw capsicum and carrot. Friday B: soaked oats as per usual L: 2 small wholemeal sandwiches with mayonnaise, chicken and tomato plus an apple. D: anyone's guess at this moment! (it's 3.30pm, am at work f...

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Wednesday B: soaked oats with mixed seeds and a teaspoon of honey. 2 milky coffees L: multigrain sandwich with avocado and boiled egg. Fresh strawberries. D: 2 x baked chicken legs (marinated in soy and honey), cape seed roll with avocado and salad of carrot, capsicum and tomato. Plain yoghurt. no ...

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Tuesday: No walking and won't get another chance to till thursday. B: oats - uncooked but soaked overnight in water with mixed seeds and a teaspoon of honey. 2 milky coffees. L: half an avocado with bread and a small apple. D: wholemeal spaghetti with homemade savoury mince (I can't, in all honesty,...

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Monday:
No walking - no time.

B: toast with butter and vegemite
L: multigrain sandwich with cheese, tuna and tomato.
D: Japanese gyoza (dumplings), tempura vegetables and steamed rice.

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welcome back from me too!

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thanks, Deb and Reinhard. Looking forward to posting again this time next year!

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Thursday and Friday were on plan. Can't remember what I ate. Didn't get a chance to walk on Friday though (rarely do). Have spent the weekend at a culture camp for DD (who is ethnically Chinese). It was held in our local Chinatown and nearly all meals were in Chinese restaurants. The food was great....

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Another chemical that often gets overlooked is the detergent we wash our dishes, cutlery and saucepans in. Detergent just wasn't used in our grandmothers' day...

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Wednesday: Walked (45 mins) B: optimized porridge + 2 milky coffees L: leftover fish and vegies on a wholegrain sandwich (toasted) D: carrot soup, toast with avocado and lemon pepper, small serving of ricotta and spinach parcels with fresh tomato. (The pasta was store-bought and I put chopped tomato...

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Tuesday:

Walked:
B: toast with butter and vegemite, 2 x milky coffee
L: sandwich and apple
D: fish with roast vegetables and steamed broccoli, natural yoghurt.

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Happy Birthday, Blue!

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whoops! should have read the guidelines before posting. I'm 51, female and v happy to have found NoS!

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and I've lost about 18 lbs all up...we're just coming out of winter and I haven't lost much over the last few months. Have found it difficult to stay on track over the last month in particular. But am looking forward to the warmer months and keeping on No S till I reach my goal weight (about 30lbs t...

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out of control s days as usual. sigh. My weight has held steady over the winter - not quite what I wanted, but hardly surprising. But today was an N Day and I'm back on track with No S - although no exercise today. I opted to have a coffee with friends instead. Monday: B: saos with peanut butter L: ...

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Thanks for the thread, Deb - all the replies have been really helpful to me too. I've also noticed that NoS is relatively easy on the days I exercise but it can easily go out the window on the days I don't. The exercise seems to both calm hunger and emotional stress.

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Am noticing two things since I started posting my daily food... - I'm eating/drinking a lot of dairy (especially drinking)...If I want to lose weight more quickly, I'm clearly going to have to cut back on that. - My wobbliest day is Thursday - I am always STARVING by a Thursday. Clearly, I'm going t...

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Tuesday: L:spinach and ricotta pasta bake D:Baked chicken and vegies (visitors with kids came over for dinner) Wednesday: 50 min walk B: oatmeal L: wholemeal sandwich - chinese pork, spinach and mayonnaise D: pasta, chicken, vegies, plain low-fat yoghurt Thursday: 50 min walk 2 breakfasts! Broke the...

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blueskighs, I only get to your blog very occasionally - I was so sad to read about Lola. That must have been terrible for you and your husband. But I was also delighted to read about the two new little kitties you have now. Aren't they just gorgeous! I'm sure they will be much loved little creatures...

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Can't remember Friday's meals, but I stayed on habit. Ate silly things on Saturday but Sunday was fine. Also shugged on Sunday. Monday: Exercise - 1.5 hr walk B: eggs, toast with butter and vegemite (yeast spread) L: pumpkin soup, one piece of toast, small serve of home-made fried rice with tofu and...

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Welcome back, Jean. Hope your arm improves over time. I had an accident some years ago and was told my wrist would never be the same again - it certainly took a long time to get better, but the difference between it and my other wrist is negligible now. In fact, I never think about it. Hope you see ...

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Happy Belated Birthday KCCC! - glad you had a lovely one.

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Hmmm...having said that - not so successful tonight. I was STARVING by 5pm and had to pack a picnic on our way to swimming class for DD. I ended up having something then to stave off the hunger (am not good with hunger - sigh) and then had more later. I justified it as virtual plating, but it amount...

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I like this new way of posting in - I've always been pretty good with the NoS days so haven't bothered in the past posting about those - just about my struggles with S days - but that was beginning to feel v negative. Now that I am recording my NoS days, it feels more positive and like I am acknowle...

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Wednesday's dinner was as described.

Thursday

50 Min Walk

B= optimised porridge
2 cups home made milky coffee (skim milk)
L = wholegrain sandwich with beef, tomato, spinach and mayonnaise (same as yesterday - I liked it!). Small apple and a mandarin.

No shuggging yet this week...

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Tuesday Walked 1 hour B: porridge, 2 milky coffees (half milk, half coffee) L: wholegrain sandwich made with leftover stirfry from Mon night. D: 3 small slices of pumpernickel bread with butter, garlic prawns with vegetables, small glass of plain low-fat yoghurt. Wednesday Walked 50 mins B: Porridge...

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Well, I was ok Thurs and Friday till Friday night and then had a glass of wine - Truly, I'm a one-glass-wonder...it just weakens my resolve around food. But back on track today. Exercise - Walked 1 hour. B= optimized porridge L= roll with ricotta cheese, corn and salmon D= noodles with a sauce made ...

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Disaster - Friends came over for dinner (a tradition where we share entrees and buy in take away main courses - usually Asian food) and we have a glass or two of wine (which I clearly can't do if I want to stay on track with eating sensibly). My virtual plating went out the window. Also we ate too l...

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Monday = [colo r=green]GREEN[/color] B=porridge L= toasted cheese and tomato sandwich plus green salad D = Fried rice (made with brown rice, flavoured tofu, egg and various vegetables, fried lightly in olive oil and garlic). Shugged and walked - [colo r=green]Green[/color] Tuesday = [co lor=red]RED...

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I used to eat as if I'd never see food again. Get it now, or it will be gone! And I think somewhere deep down, I was full of fear that there somehow wouldn't be "enough." And now...my feeling is more "Well, this is nice, but there will be nice food again." That's a great insight, KCCC, and one I am...

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Way too many S foods this weekend - ie too much chocolate both days...eating till I was feeling stuffed...not pleasant and not necessary - but at least I'm seeing it! Saturday I had, on top of my meals, organic chocolate (way, way too much) plus 2 glasses of wine, plus eating bits and pieces of the ...

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All green so far this week for exercise and food! yay. Am toying with the idea of logging in my meals each day, just to keep me really honest - and make me more aware of what I am really eating - but am not sure that I have the time to do that - nor the energy to make that commitment...sigh. But her...

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Blue, it's always when I start to achieve some success with diet, etc, that I "fall off the wagon". I've been noticing for a while that, while I hate being fat, I nevertheless feel comfortable being overweight. In a way, I'm invisible then. There's no unwanted advances, no competition with other wom...

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Fantastic! Well done.

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And this is from a post of Dawn's:

It has taken me 6 months to realize that my goal isn't really to weight X amount of pounds by X date. My new goal is to not even know how much I weigh because I am happy with how I look, how I feel, and what I am doing to look and feel this way!!!

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And finally, one Monday I woke up and said to myself that I just feel like I'm ready to let this excess weight go. Not "fight" to get rid of it, but just stop feeding and caring for all the excess weight.

This was from a post of CrazyCatLady's...

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It has taken me 6 months to realize that my goal isn't really to weight X amount of pounds by X date. My new goal is to not even know how much I weigh because I am happy with how I look, how I feel, and what I am doing to look and feel this way!!! I can really relate to that - and the comment about...

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A bug up your wahootie?? love it.

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First for the bad news.... Disastrous week - all red days for food and exercise - the first time ever since I started last November. That has coincided with lots of compliments over the weekend on my "new shape" (self sabotaging success?) and also my first week in my new job (I got a promotion). The...

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great - thanks v much - I'll try those suggestions. I enjoy cooking v much and one of the benefits of this site is the occasional suggestion re new ways to make tasty food.

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Manically busy again (sigh). Not a lot of sleep this week (or, rather, very irregular sleep) and not enough exercise. But I have been pretty regular with the shugging - 4 -5 times a week - and loving it. Put on some clothes this morning that I haven't worn since last winter - and they are v loose! w...

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I do something similar, but without the sweetener...I struggled a bit at first about whether it was "cheating", but I find the low fat, natural yoghurt so satisfying and filling that I now eat a small glassful once a day after a meal (about 100mls). I also think it's doing me good!

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I love all these links - both the Pollan and the frugal food links. Really interesting and educational for me!

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I meant to add my starting weight on this new thread - I weighed myself on friends' digital scales last night and I weighed 75 kg (at the end of the weekend, fully clothed with shoes, belt, etc). So that's my new starting point. Planning to reach 60 kg or thereabouts...

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I'm starting a new check-in under my email name - for two reasons: I think that will be less confusing for people, and, I think my practice of NoS is changing and becoming more solid and I'd like to honour that turning point with a fresh check-in. Having said that - had a really sensible, enjoyable ...

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Great stuff, Blue. Well done.

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After a diabolical work week - two nights of lots of work and not much sleep (didn't finish a conference paper till 4.30am Friday morning - oivey - but it was very satisfying doing it - and it went down v well, so that's a relief) - I have been catching up on the ZZZZs as Blueshighs recommended. 10 ...

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Not a great weekend - out of control eating both days. Not good. Back on track on Monday and today but, as usual, after a weekend where I've eaten too much, it's hard to get back into habit and my portions are too big. Ah well...just have to go easy with myself till I get through the next couple of ...

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There is a very strong correlation between obesity and low vitamin D levels - but the usual explanation given for it is that obese people don't exercise much and so aren't outside in the sun. http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/researchObesity.shtml But I did read an article somewhere once that posited t...

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Tiffany - 35.5 pounds - that's fantastic! well done.

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Hmmm - had a red day on Wednesday. My first uncontrolled one during the week really since I started last November. Although disappointing, it was also educational - I am really under pressure at work at the moment - I got up at 2am on Wednesday morning and worked through till my daughter woke at 7am...

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I walk 3-4 times a week (40-50 mins). I am trying to introduce shovelglove, but only do it twice a week at the moment.

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Not a great weekend. Stressful family stuff on Saturday that sent me into a binge. It was strange though because I was also conscious that I was breaking some firm habits this time and I could really have stopped myself if I had been stricter and more focussed - it was almost like the family stuff w...

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aaagh, ghastly S days - both evenings (it's Sun night here now)...totally out of control - nibble nibble nibble; eat eat eat. A bit of a stressful family weekend - visiting rellies, rowing siblings, the whole catastrophe ... hmmmm....Oh well, just keep on trucking and plan for better S days next wee...

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I have had the same problem, 12catcrazy. I used to have wholegrain toast and/or eggs in the morning but recently switched to porridge with dried fruit and mixed seeds (optimised oatmeal). But I'm finding I'm starving mid-morning, which I usen't to be on my old brekkie. This morning, following some o...

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I've just blabbed on about my story in a recent post, but I'll copy the relevant bits again here. :D I am not sure of my exact starting weight before NoS as I don't own scales but my doctor weighed me a while before I started at 183 lbs with a BMI of 30 (just over the border into obese - not somewhe...

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I love your humorous approach, Reinhard - it's part of what attracted me to this site in the first place.

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I didn't really have uncontrolled snacking on the weekend, but we had guests and I ate sweets and afternoon tea and all sorts of things that together came to much more than was wise. Chalk it up to experience. Try again next weekend. :D I have been shugging - sometimes as well as walking, sometimes ...

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an instructor advised us to cultivate an active hobby and a sedentary hobby.

What great advice! thanks.

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Boy, Betty. Can I relate to this thread. I think that during the work week it's all fight and flight for me. And it's this particular kind of stress, the one that comes from giving to others constantlyand not finding time to regenerate, that sends me to snackville. I think, subconsciously, that eati...

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Congratulations, Jamie. I really like the way you have adapted the s days. That's a clever way to make it work for you.

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I'm so sorry, too. Am thinking of you and your family.

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KCCC, that's such a coincidence about our children being the same age, just as we are. That's a great tactic for getting your son to read. Wouldn't work for us as DD still has some fears of being left alone and still isn't up to being left alone while she goes to sleep. Love your idea of boundaries ...

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Thanks everyone for all the good wishes and support - Amarbach, Betty, KCCC, BA, Gingercake, Blue, cvmom and Dawn. It's really appreciated. And big thanks to you too Reinhard (though I don't think I am quite as heroic as Henry V. Love the reference, though! :D ) Betty, I'm really looking forward to ...

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I know people post every now and again about the side benefits of NoS that they didn't expect. We've discovered a very unexpected one in our house from adapting the concept of the 14mins for shovelgloving to other uses... DD - aged 7.5 - is a bit of a reluctant reader but is required by her school t...

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Thought I'd report in that I'm about about 1/3 of the way along in my weightloss goals after being on NoS, fairly effortlessly (or it seems like it!) for the last 8 months. I'm 5'4" with a medium build and 51 yrs. I have always liked veggies and good breads and reasonably healthy foods, plus moderat...

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And I meant to add (I keep pressing the submit button too darn quickly) that yes...do hang in there, keep exercising and continue to live your life. No S is meant to be about finding a way of moderate eating and exercise that can be manageable within your own personal lifestyle. That's the point rea...

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You have a husband who is a dr. and takes you to Napa. You are so lucky! =)

As a single (but happy) mum juggling this fortnight's impossible budget, that made me laugh out loud.

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yes, I used that distinction myself tonight KCCC.

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Wow, fantastc - that's a great result for your commitment.

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All diets, including No S, require limits and controls of food.
In a perfect world, I could eat whatever I want, whenever I want to
and my body would adapt to a reasonable size.
But this is not a perfect world

Too true, BA. I hear ya, girl...

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Free of unconctrolled snacking, I mean (don't want to blow my good record on NoS because I start tweaking). I just don't want to emotionally overeat again on an S day - or to eat way too much just because I can... Also, I'd like to record 5 days a week of exercise in July. I have my 3-4 days walking...

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And me -I'd like to have a july of perfect N days and free of snacking on S days.

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Another good weekend. No uncontrolled snacking. I had 3 meals each day. My daughter and I had icecreams at the beach on Saturday as our treat. We always have a bit of a special dinner on Sat night. This time we followed our meal with fresh strawberries sprinkled with icing sugar plus nougat icecream...

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Do you add the dark, bitter kind to bolognese and chilli? I add a little bit of sugar to anything that I have added tinned tomato (e.g.bolognese when tomatoes are out of season). It just cuts that slightly sour/tinny taste of the tomatoes...

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I agree with Irish. For me, the point of NoS has been that it allows me to enjoy my food without counting calories, etc. Just watching my portions by sticking to the one plate rule. I too occasionally have excessive S days, but I'm still losing weight. The point, I think, is not to worry so much abo...

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My guess is that if you polled the shovelglove list it would be the reverse.

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Initially, on NoS, I deliberately switched to decaf coffee, but upped my tea intake. Now I find that my tea drinking has reduced without me thinking about it (which means my caffeine intake has gone down). And, I've stopped having milky decafs in the morning before I leave for work - that wasn't del...

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FWIW, I'm glad you are sticking around too, BA.

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HI KCCC, I've just discovered this - I love it. Just what I need to hear at the moment.

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Great stuff. Well done. And just for the record - I always enjoy reading your very positive, supportive posts. You make a great contribution to the board.

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Had a v good weekend this time - well, I was happy with it. I stuck to No S all weekend but shared 100g block of organic chocolate with someone on Saturday night (pre-planned - I know that's a lot of chocolate - but there was no emotional eating/binging) and I had sweetened yoghurt for dessert on Su...

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Wow, that doesn't sound like much food for a tall man whose also an athlete! No wonder you have lost so much in 3 weeks (but maybe I'm just jealous - I've a long way to go in my weight loss journey.

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also female - 51.

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Hmm, I didn't think I was imagining it...I found this article about sleeplessness being linked to obesity: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=305906&page=1 Obviously, its not an excuse to give up on healthy eating and exercise, but it makes it clear to me that it's also part of the equation to ge...

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Does anyone else really feel the affects on their weight of being stressed out or of not getting enough sleep? When my life is like that, then my weight loss is slow or I even gain weight (despite watching what I'm eating)...I'm pretty sure it's not my imagination (nor sneaky snacking! LOL)...

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Hi Rheba, Have had a lot of stress the last three weeks and figure that might have something to do with the small weight loss. .[/quote] My body works like that too...if I am very stressed or I am not getting enough sleep, then my body gains weight (and certainly doesn't lose it) without much of a c...

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Have had a successful No S week so far. I'm eating less meat and also my portions are smaller as I am being much more careful about fitting everything (fruit, yoghurt etc) onto the one plate with the rest of my meal. I walked Monday. No chance to do that yesterday but had my usual long walk this mor...

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I did snack on the weekend but not till Sunday evening - Saturday was ok. Sunday was ok till afternoon tea and beyond! But not soooo out of control that I feel bad about it.
Am back on No S today. The scales were kind on Saturday.

Walked this morning.

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Have had a good week food-wise. Stuck to NoS and really focussed on lots of veg and vegetarian or fish-based meals - although I think I am probably eating too much at mealtimes (surprise!). From reading the posts about 'fruit' on the general discussion list, I realise that I am adding a piece of fre...

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V interesting - and timely. I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I've already started to cut back on meat - we eat it at dinner, but alternate with fish, chicken and vegetarian meals. But our meals mostly revolve around some kind of 'flesh'. I'd like to go largely vego. My daughter hasn't bee...

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Well, so much for my resolve. Had a ghastly blow-out weekend with an extra day (long weekend here for the Queen's birthday). Back on track yesterday. Walked on Saturday and yesterday and will walk today. Am trying to work out why I find the weekends so hard - my snacking/bingeing on weekends is defi...

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Jaxhil,
that sounds delicious. Yum. Were the spinach and red onions cooked?
Wim

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woohoo mjn - way to go!
wim

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Haven't been exercising this week - used the excuse of the rain (which has been bucketing down - and how). Also ate too much on Monday and Tuesday (what really amounted to seconds). Am back on track foodwise now though. Had a good day yesterday and today is going ok. :) Am looking forward to the wee...

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Noel, you really are really pretty. And, as has been said, fabulous hair!
And don't worry about those grumps - shows you have backbone and personality. And that energy can be a powerful force for good and achievement - and hey, it's honest.

Wim

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I have to say, I don't have an opinion about low carb/high carb, but I also fit the 'sugar addict' description to a tee - and I have a really hard time on S days if I start eating sugary carbs - just can't stop. And it's interesting, but I too find that NoS gives me more energy and leaves my head mu...

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The weekend was good. I stuck to my resolve not to snack. I did allow myself dessert both days - tinned fruit and jelly on saturday night and icecream and milo on Sunday night. I was happy with that. If I can establish a no-snacking habit on weekends, I'll be thrilled. Yesterday wasn't that wonderfu...

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Noel, I do that (make my own chicken stock) and also occasionally have a cup of hot miso soup - same reasoning. It's warm, nutritious and can't be that different to milk or other caloric drink...
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