Everyday Systems

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My first Monday of summer vacation is nearly over. It's silly that all I could think of to do is clean, clean, clean. It's even sillier that I've never figured out how to clean without totally wrecking the place first. I'll try to pace myself eventually, but right now while I'm in the mood, I'm goin...

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Ugh. Feel like I'm having a relapse. Not the sore throat, but the tiredness/body aches. It's all meeting/work days this week. I came home today and fell asleep and didn't wake until 7. I can't believe I was that tired - or that anyone let me sleep that long! After this week I will probably only go i...

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Hey, I had that fantasy tonight. Sortof. I had a different diet plan (basically starvation) and I included a makeover and finished with a shopping spree in Italy, but essentially the same. Right after I passed a large window and saw myself in it.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130327144131.htm is a start. I also have been hearing recently, that the different fat storage patterns between men and women may make a difference in the ability to go long periods of time without eating - like with intermittent fasting. The claim is tha...

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Uh, oh. Sounds too familiar. Feel better soon!

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I know 'at my age' my body is *supposed* to put on a few pounds - like 10-15 pounds. Fat cells make estrogen and it's all part of the balancing act our bodies do to keep us healthy. I accept that and have changed my idea of what I should look like/weigh to accommodate this. It's the other 25 pounds ...

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Still not quite back to normal, but getting there. I did a bit more yard work than I should have yesterday and wasn't feeling too hot afterwards. Sort of international again, but leaning French. pain au chocolat (yes, again. At 6 am no less!) Baguette with bacon (Though, bacon isn't so French) Choco...

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Laughing at myself here.

At first I read you had a 'highly fictional budget'. I can tell you, that really threw me at first

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I notice what I feel like eating changes a lot with the seasons. In the past two weeks we've had two solid days of snow, a couple of days near 90 degrees, 3-4 days of of tornado sirens, several incidents of car denting, plant killing hail and flooding rain. So really, everything is fair game right n...

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Well. That was unpleasant.

So happy to be back among the living and able to eat again. I don't usually list my meals, but one day last week was kinda funny. Very 'International'

B: Pain au chocolat
L: caprese panini
D: Chicken Korma and accompaniments

No snacks or desserts

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Wait...wait...wait. They have leige waffles????

I was just looking up recipes the other day thinking about trying to make them.

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I can see how such concerns would push posting about food out of the way. Hope the surgery goes well

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cottage cheese and strawberries is one of my favorite breakfasts this time of year

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What??? People actually touch your food and comment on it?? Wow. Totally inappropriate.

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I totally agree! It's tough to comment, because people may think I'm talking about them. I'm not. I'm only talking about me. And I have flipped around so many times in what I eat. I think it's inevitable if you're paying any attention at all,and you've been around a few years. The last year or so I'...

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I totally agree! It's tough to comment, because people may think I'm talking about them. I'm not. I'm only talking about me. And I have flipped around so many times in what I eat. I think it's inevitable if you're paying any attention at all,and you've been around a few years. The last year or so I'...

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I lived in England for nearly 10 years. I also missed the mountains. And sunshine

. But now I miss rain and green and lots of other things. I wish I could live in both countries.

I like the expression 'S them up'

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It sounds reasonable to me, besides, I've heard you're supposed to take a day off between days of strength training and that it's on the rest days that your body does the muscle repair/building. I don't know if it's true - advice changes so much, but I've been hearing this for a while. I try to alte...

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Thank you! Doc says strep. Between that and three days of tornado warnings, it's not been a stellar week. I"m sure a lot of people think "I can't believe she's putting that in her body' when they look at my plate. Oddly enough, no one ever comments on it. They're probably so shocked they don't know ...

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Thank you again! I did find at least a partial answer to my teary day yesterday. I am not well. I haven't been sick in ages. I think the last time was November. But here it is, last (full) day of school. Great. If it was a regular day I'd have stayed home. I have a couple of things to take care of a...

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Thank you. I was afraid I was going to offend someone. I don't mean to. I was so fed up with so many things yesterday. My feelings are close to the surface right now and it feels like a lot of work to keep them from spilling out. I'm so tired of the knot in my stomach and the feeling that I'm failin...

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Oh, my, no! I don't mean you just drop 'em in it and let them sink or swim. I am not advocating that at all! In fact, I agree with you on the teaching skills thing. I think a big mistake many adults make with kids is that they forget we aren't born knowing how to do things. I have an adult ADD kid. ...

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In that Baader-Meinhof way things go, someone had Costco salmon for lunch at work today

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You two have great timing. As I logged in tonight, I was wondering how much longer before I 'disappear' for a while and that really the only thing that keeps me going is the people. So, thank you for your kind, and timely, words. We're in the last week of school and it's such a difficult time. I fee...

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Lovely!

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Something new to try

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I just do it myself. I never did like breadmaker bread for some reason. This isn't 'perfect' either, but it's convenient and easy. I let mine over-rise last night. OOps. It was good enough for sandwiches today - and my dipping in olive oil with my caprese salad at lunch :) I can't do that too often....

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What a time you've had lately! I have to say, I'm of the kinda mom who lets the consequences play out - within reason. I catch 'em when the consequences would be too great, but let them fail when the consequences are small, and sincerely mourn the loss with them. I feel like it's better to learn now...

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Cool

. I hope someday someone says something like that to me.

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Thanks for the tip. I may do that - my husband would love it

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We had a discussion a few months ago at work about giving up things for Lent. I said I don't 'do' food related things due to my previous history. It's something I'm only recently able to talk about - and not to just anyone. I've noticed the same thing about gravitating to certain people! Pretty much...

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My schedule is similar to yours - up about 5-5.30 and at my desk between 7 and 7.30. I have a cup of tea while I get ready and don't eat proper breakfast until about 8.30. That works well for me. We have 'snack time' at 10, but even though there is usually food everywhere, I am not too bothered beca...

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Sounds good. I've been thinking of grilled salmon - and I don't even like fish. Maybe next weekend.

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I use the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day method (ish). I've modified it a bit for us. When I keep up with it, I make enough for a couple of loaves and a large pizza each week. We ate all of it last night, so I've got another loaf rising. We had another hard working gardening weekend. There's so...

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I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. We spent it working around the house - mainly outdoors. I wore myself out, but it's nice to be worn out form physical work instead of mental work for a change! I am working on emptying the freezer - so we had soup for dinner and I made bread. I used to mak...

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'Bingeing is pointless.' I think I said words to that effect to myself at some point today. It wasn't really a binge - just a mid-morning snack, which I never eat, even though it's scheduled into my day and everyone else around me eats. Today I wanted it even though I wasn't even hungry. And I told ...

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You all make my three-geek household seem so peaceful. There's no football, pool parties or sleepovers, we seldom have houseguests - maybe once a year and no girls but me. We read, eat, cook, garden, do homework....watch Dr Who....stuff like that.

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It makes perfect sense to me, but I don't know if anyone else can make sense of it. But if they do...I really will be impressed

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A little hijack here. But your comment about chasing elusive numbers on the scale really hit home with me. I just wrote a loooong post about my own years of chasing elusive numbers on the scale even though I was not overweight - but just thought I should be at a lower weight. The decades of disorder...

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You sound far too much like me oh...about 30 years ago. This is so much better.

Except the baking thing. I've always enjoyed cooking/baking. I hope you bake that cake. If you do, let us know how it turns out!

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Ah...that word 'presume'. Maybe that's why I do enjoy your posts so much. There are others who don't hesitate to presume they know what, when and how much or how little - someone else should eat, based on what is right for them - and then share their criticism as if it was their business. I tend to ...

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Do you ever read something that just strikes a chord with you? in the diet-world, almost never. It happens more and more often though now that I follow more 'moderate' people. Today I read this: "We (most people at least) don't need to be on a quest for new diet ideas. We need better adherence to th...

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To tell you the truth, I"m feeling a bit anti-social - or something - myself. I get torn between wanting to have a little bit of camaraderie - the idea that someone, somewhere thinks at least somewhat like I do - and not wanting to constantly think about and analyse what and how I eat. I am expressi...

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I know what you mean CG. I don't do vanilla, so no N or S days for me, either. I'm not even sure I'd call what I do 'No S', but it's the closest thing out there.

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I am so thankful that my son has figured out how to organize his schoolwork himself. I don't know what I would do if I had to be on him all the time. He had three projects due last week, and one more this week and he got through them without any intervention from us. Most of them he had done well be...

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I've done the 'if X works, than 10xX must be better', and suffered the consequences. The hair loss, the lack of energy, the slowed metabolism, and the inevitable rebound weight gain on fewer calories than before. And that's just the effects that I could see. People forget that just because one can s...

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I've decided I'm not ready to go to monthly weigh-ins, so I've decided on Tuesday and Saturday. I was really surprised when I weighed this morning. I was down a little more than I expected. I am aiming for the minimum compliance required to see a positive change (however small), so maybe I've found ...

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That sounds like some of the menus my husband read aloud to me when he was reading Bond last year. Easy to see why junkie snacks wouldn't be tempting. Same with lots of the food in Europe. As far as it being more food than some people require, I took it to be about the quality and variety of the foo...

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I'm not a good one to ask - I really don't have complaints about teen years - so far anyway. All three of mine have been easy from what I hear from other parents. My biggest gripe is with the amount of homework my youngest has at this age. I think we're going to do something nice for the weekend but...

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I think the answer to your question varies from person to person. I almost never take an S-day. I concentrate on 3 meals daily (well generally 2 for me) and no snacks. I don't worry too much about sweets and seconds (one plate). I'm generally not a fan of over the top desserts, so if I want a treat...

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If S Days consist of months of weekend bingeing then, one Habit you are developing and sustaining is weekend bingeing. And BAM - there it is! That's what I finally figured out about myself. I was all about Vanilla a couple of years ago. Sure, it worked, as in I lost a few pounds, but I gained what ...

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Your 'style' sounds very like mine. I haven't mentioned it because it's not strictly, 'NoS' but it works for me. My style is more like my siggy line, no snacks or seconds, and 'small amounts of everything' or whatever it says (I can't see it right now, of course :) ) , so a few bites of a dessert is...

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That IS at lot all at once!

It just hit me today that my 'baby' will be 14 in a month!

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Yes, I felt so much better! I think I'm going to have to remember that. I think a lot of people are so much more likely to tough it out and tackle the 'shoulds' of the day rather than take time out that could turn the whole day around. Today was a good day, too. Nothing to do with eating, there was ...

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The bad attitude is losing its grip. Never underestimate the power of just sitting with and chatting about nothing with people who actually like you, even when you have a dozen other things you should be doing. Sometimes, it's just necessary.

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I much prefer movies 'in' - and the snuggling

I think we've been to one in the last two or three years.

Except for the drive-in. We do that at least once or twice a summer.

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My kid has no food issues. I've never had to 'control' his food in any way. He eats if he's hungry, doesn't eat if he's not and even when he was little, he would rather not eat than eat junk. He does eat when he gets home from school - because he's hungry. He's growing a lot, and even if his body is...

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I know that feeling too well. I have had to lower my expectations considerably. Doesn't help, though

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As you can see, I did survive Tuesday. I still have a bad attitude today - but I think based on the way some things are going it's legit, so I'm okay with that. I'll get over it :) Not much of a NoS nature to report. I've been overeating at meals for some reason. It lasted four days, but I think it'...

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Interesting possibilities.

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How can it only be Tuesday? I need this day to be over so that I can turn the page to a new day. I know there's no guarantee it will be better, but it will at least be different.

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Lots of yard work here, too

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Hello, first Monday in May!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I find this whole habit forming a whole lot easier when I have a set schedule, like I do when I'm working. I'd like to have a good framework in place before school finishes in three weeks.

C'mon May. Let's do this

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No problem - Hijack away

It was a topic I was interested in anyway, so not a total highjack

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Thank you Diligence

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I'm still trying to find a cleaning system that works for me. I figured out cooking, but cleaning? Not so much. Mostly I'm too tired when I get home. And then there is all the homework....

I'm so tired of the mess

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Is it 100 degrees where you are? We're back to sunshine, though it's still windy. Next week we're supposed to be in the upper 80s. I don't tolerate heat very well, so afternoon walks might be a thing of the past, very soon, so I'm enjoying it while I can. But evening walks have their own charms. Mor...

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Oooo...that sounds really good! I'm just tired of the agenda around food. I spent too many years chasing around the latest 'healthy' thing - only to be told later that it was actually not very healthy at all, and the thing I replaced (oops) really was. Not only do I refuse to label food as healthy o...

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Very interesting insights. I don't have a lot of time to comment right now, but I am following your thread with interest

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I weighed in this morning, and the result is that I am down 4 pounds this month. That was exactly what I was hoping for, so I'm feeling pretty good about that. Not feeling as 'onthevergeofillness' as I was yesterday, so even better!

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Personally, I just like trying new things. Yep. That's how I found it myself. It gets me in trouble at the store sometimes, though. There are always so many new and interesting things to try I have been known to get carried away and come home with things that looked interesting... but I have no ide...

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Great, Diligence - I hope you like it...and it likes you! Auto: That is a tough thing to do. I found it messes it my eating so much. And so much of the time the 'experts' they have an axe to grind or a supplement to flog, or they're just plain wrong. Because of my 'rebellion' against the 'experts', ...

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And fwiw - I don't eat any food for the health hype - and that includes forbidden rice. It's all 'blah, blah antioxidants' blah blah, longevity'. I eat it because it's tastes really good, and it looks pretty on my plate - especially BBQ chicken, snow peas and cauliflower

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I actually wrote a whole, long post in the 'younger self' thread, and a similar one last night about that blog entry. Obviously I deleted them :). The worst years span two decades for me - and though I'm much better now, they are still painful memories, and the effects still linger. I feel like I do...

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Maybe. In my mind I'm, if not still a size 5 a 12 at the very least. I catch sight of myself in a window and for a split second I don't recognize the woman in the glass. Maybe I just don't want to get used to her. I don't know.

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I read this tonight:
http://www.livingthenourishedlife.com/2 ... the-toilet

It sounded so much like my former self, too. I'm so glad I'm beyond that now.

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It's getting close! I do have to work quite a lot in the summer on tech support, but it's not the same as having to do all that and my classes as well. I'm glad I got my gardening time in yesterday. It's downright chilly today! I only put out a few things that can take the cold. We won't be safe fro...

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Oh, dear. That doesn't sound like fun at all. I just feel so terribly behind in every part of my life right now. I have felt like I have been 'white knuckling' it for so long. I look forward to being able to clean my house, spend more time cooking and maybe even go for some hikes, bike rides and ten...

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What grade? I teach middle school.

Counting the days

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I really panicked at first after being face to face with the dressing room mirror. My first thoughts went straight to hardcore dieting and exercise but then I calmed down and remembered that I was losing weight on vanilla nos and that's all I really need to do is go back to that. Easy peasy! Oh, I ...

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Yes. Yes I am

You, too?

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We're only talking about 2-3 pounds, but being my thyroid doc, he knows how tough it really is. Speaking of tough, it's been a rough week. Nothing particularly bad, just a lot going on. It's always like that this time of year so nothing to do but 'Hold tight and pretend it's a plan' 8) That's what I...

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Hi there. Another name I remember from my early days here. I"m trying to think of a favorite comfort food - maybe hot chocolate? Not packet stuff, not low-fat and not microwaved. Just milk, sugar and cocoa heated on the stove. A couple of people here did bite counting. I think it can be extreme, but...

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That happens to me with a couple of people on here Reflections on a four day weekend: (Yes, I had Good Friday and Easter Monday off. It was bliss) I've noticed it is far easier to wait until the next meal when I'm physically hungry than it is when I just 'feel like' eating something. That, of course...

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I need to live out of my freezer/pantry for a while. I usually do it earlier in the year, but put it off this year. Now it's so close now to the end of the school year I feel 'safe' emptying it.

How cool someone noticed your weight loss. I look forward to that day. Maybe this time it will happen.

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I definitely ate too much today, too, but at least it was good stuff: Croissant for breakfast, Eggs Benedict for lunch, hot cross buns for tea, and BBQ chicken with chipotle raspberry glaze, grilled artichokes and strawberry shortcake for dinner. Oh yeah, and a couple of chocolate mini eggs in betwe...

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Reflections on a Saturday.

Note to Self: Even on an 'S' day, it's silly to eat food you don't even like. It's even sillier to overeat food you don't even like.

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A little positivity for the day:

I had a doc appointment. He said 'Good job on the weight loss. Keep doing what you're doing' - or similar words to that effect

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The nutella was mixed in the waffles. It was the first time I've tried making these, but I'm softof catering to my youngest who is having a tough time eating due to new braces. The weather yesterday was certainly cold for mid-April, especially after all the upper 70s lately. The sun is out now and i...

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It was so nice this morning to wake to the sound of rain. It's turning to snow, now, but hopefully it won't stick around. I am no longer wishing for a snow day. We're so close to the end of the school year now I dislike the idea of adding snow days to the end. I did weigh myself, though I haven't pu...

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I'm coming into this conversation late - but your last few posts are so much like how I've been feeling. I'm very interested to see where your ideas take you

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After spending the majority of the day doing practically nothing, I must be at least somewhat rested up from this last week, since I'm beginning to feel like doing something. It was particularly stressful and exhausting. I don't say that to brag about how 'busy' or 'important' I am - I dislike havin...

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I visited your blog a couple of weeks ago and decided to try your method for myself. I wondered if that could be the missing piece that would get things moving for me. I haven't cut back nearly as much as you did, but even so, the results have been interesting. I'm going to write about them on my th...

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I got very interested in Bento a few years ago when my son was younger, but for myself, I tend to think of food as cold or hot - but not usually in between. The ideas on the website may spark some new ideas. I have three little bento boxes that I would like to use more often.

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Noel, do you heat your lunches, eat them cold/room temp? I have a couple of cute little bento boxes, but mostly I use round glass containers and heat them on a mini crock pot.

I'm very seasonal with my food - (not intentionally, it just happens) and cold food is starting to appeal more to me.

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Great reminder, nicely written

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I just read about the 'life eating project'. That is almost exactly how I've described it. I may have said 'life sucking project' I don't even have thousands of XPs, but the last few months of my life have been crazy trying to get everyone in my little world off of XP.

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I dropped in on your thread today. How well I remember that whole insurance shock when you move countries.

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Thanks for the welcome and comments! Things are going well despite some particularly trying circumstances. It really does help to head off mindless eating off by having a simple 'I don't snack' attitude. There is no thinking, bargaining, no vacillating - it's a simple 'no'. Or in the case of offered...

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Apparently, I just can't stay away - or here for that matter. Or maybe this is my yearly check-in. I don't think I have ever fully abandoned No S. I find I dislike snacking even more as time goes on. It seems everywhere I look people can't do anything or go anywhere without food. And no one I know (...

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