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carolejo

Hey! That's fantastic news about the weightloss and all.

Go you!

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carolejo

Hi ceu, deb, everyone, Well, I also did my Monday evening training run. I was jogging so SLOW that if I'd gone any slower I'd have been going backwards, but I did it. :D Yesterday was a success for NoS too. Today I'm not doing any training, but I am going to my aerobics class this evening so I'm not...

carolejo

And, I think SPRING might be in the air. I picked up my sledgehammer again just now for the first time in MONTHS and did a slow, but full 14 minute workout. It got the blood pumping and now my fingers are all toasty warm rather than icy cold like they were half an hour ago. I had forgotten how good ...

carolejo

Well, I was right! I kicked him out the door and HE kicked me all the way round when I was about ready to quit! :lol: First training run was Saturday morning before breakfast. Did a half Km jog, followed by a 4 minute rest, followed by another half K jog. I. Nearly. Died! But I didn't afterall and I...

carolejo

Hey! That's great news about the couple of days work a week. Still gives you plenty of time to promote your own business whilst providing some financial stability. Sounds like a good combo.

Hope Richard gets well again soon. It's no fun being sick!
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carolejo

I'll edit this post to indicate success or non-success later... Watch this place holder space

(dot dot dot.....)

Ooooh. I'm watching it! I'm watching it Deb, but it isn't moving!!

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carolejo

I think its a valid S...

....unless you get engaged every week!

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carolejo

Okay.. today was a success! Woo hoo!!! Ha! See? doing better already!!! One of the best things about life and doing the best you can with what you have is you're never more than a second away from improving your lot in some small way. Go Deb, with your hammer-swinging, dead-head-standing ways :lol:...

carolejo

Hi JB,

looks like you're back on the right road again. Great going!

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carolejo

Wow! Congratulations on your engagement. I sincerely wish you both a long and happy life together.

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carolejo

We-ell, it's not quite the marathon yet :wink: I'm gonna register to run the 10K and take it from there. The funny thing is, the boy S is really fired up about it all. I've never seen him so excited about exercise! :P I expect what will happen is that I'll kick his butt to get him out of the door in...

carolejo

Jinx has put it better and more succinctly than I could (I always was a talkative rambling sort of person!) so DITTO. Hope it all gets easier really soon. In the meantime try to be as kind to yourself as possible. Funking out is perfectly normal and reasonable response - but ultimately you don't wan...

carolejo

Hi Jan, well, you've mastered colourful language, quotes, talking BIG and all the other stuff on this board, so you'll lick the cash register into shape fairly soon too, I'm sure of it! I feel for you with your 'Nomadic wanderings'. I'm sure it will all settle down and once the grocery store job set...

carolejo

Overloaded yesterday's dinner plate (small bowl of minced lamb and boerenkoolstampot - Anglo-duch home cooking again :) ), ~200ml of joghurt and an avocado but it all fitted even though there was a bit of stacking and virtual plating going on, so I didn't feel like I did too bad really. I was a litt...

carolejo

My name isn't Reinhard :lol: , but I got a bit curious all the same. I have never used microworlds myself, but I had a quick look (googled microworlds and ran their flash demo). It looks very nifty and like it could be a really fun way to do lots of maths and science stuff. Their input language remi...

carolejo

Hi Jinx, welcome back for another round. If I started a new checkin every time I messed up, there'd be about a hundred of them by now! :lol: I really think it's NOT the 'sticking to NoS 100% right 100% of the time' that is the hard part. It's the keeping on going, keeping on coming back, even after ...

carolejo

No snacks (don't want to dissappoint Carole Jo ) for me today so that I can call day 5 a success tomorrow. :lol: :lol: :lol: JB, you could *NEVER* dissappoint. Not as long as you keep showing up and keep going regardless. I'm amused that you think me so fierce :twisted: and had a good chuckle when ...

carolejo

Sometimes I find Mondays to be hard, and sometimes they're a doddle and it's like my body WANTS to get back to eating properly and not sugary junk. I've noticed that for me, it's worse on the Monday if I eat the sugary stuff on the weekend in isolation. If I only eat the sugary stuff with other thin...

carolejo

Bet your dog will think all his christmasses have come at once, if you walk him a load more than you used to! One definate positive side-effect, I reckon. I did experiment with teaching my cat to walk on a lead, but although she tolerates and indulges me, she's not all that keen on going in the dire...

carolejo

Hi Mixel and welcome to NoS. I hope this plan brings some sanity and happiness to your relationship with food and that you manage to build a long term habit to help you lose weight and stay healthy for the rest of your life. did you find the daily checkin section yet? If you'd find it helpful, you c...

carolejo

Day 1 post holiday - SUCCESS. It was a hard fought one though. I REALLY wanted to eat lots of junk last night but managed to resist, so go me! :lol: I'm not going NEAR my scales or my tape measure for at least 2 weeks though. That'll give me 2 weeks to undo the damage I did in 1 week of unrestricted...

carolejo

Yay! Spring spring! *bounce* Bizzarely, by calendar also tells me that it's "la journee internationale de la francophonie" today (International Speakers of French Day) :lol: Sadly I can't write this post in French anymore as my French has been stomped on by my current efforts to learn some Dutch. Gl...

carolejo

Have you got a food processor / blender? Try a fruit and yoghurt smoothie - made with proper full fat yoghurt and none of that horrible low-fat low-cal stuff. It can be made thinner for easier drinking by putting some more fruit juice in it. If you want to make it more wholesome still, try to get so...

carolejo

Hi Lioness,

Get well soon! In the meantime, don't forget that Sick starts with an S anyway, so you don't even need to take a break from NoS, just do what you need to do in order to get well as quickly as possible.

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carolejo

YAY!!!

You're now officially my HERO of the week!

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carolejo

I'm BACK! I've been very naughty for the whole week of my holiday though! :lol: Oh well. Tomorrow is Monday again, so it'll be time to get back to it. I will try to skim through your posts as far as possible, but there's just been so much traffic on here recently, so sorry if I missed something. Hop...

carolejo

Hi Jordan, You definately won't waste away! This is all about getting to the balance point for your body. If you eat 3 sensible balanced platefuls of healthy food every single day, your body will eventually get to the weight it wants and needs to be, biologically. Be careful not to stint on your mea...

carolejo

I just wanted to chime in and say basically the same as Jan & ceu. Don't worry. Just pick yourself straight back up and carry on as before. The real trick to doing this for the rest of your life is being able to accept that yesterday wasn't perfect, but it has no bearing on the day before that, or t...

carolejo

It's not falling off that wagon, but getting back on, which matters... I just wanted to second this. Hey, I'm the QUEEN of falling off the waggon here! :lol: Get yourself back up there though. Today is a new day. Hell, the next meal is a new meal! You don't even have to wait till you get a new day ...

carolejo

Try making your own calefornia rolls. Then you can put whatever healthy yummy veggie goodness in them that you like!

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carolejo

Hi Jan,

Hope everything works out for you then with the tests and everything, and good luck today with your supermarket job interview.

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carolejo

BUSTED. :| Really rebelled and broke out of the diet yesterday afternoon. Man, I ate what counts as a mini-binge by today's standards!! Shortbread, chocolate, Yakitori sticks on the side with dinner... :roll: Not even a normal day's worth of junk by pre NoS standards though. Still, it's *definately*...

carolejo

And just think... That really nasty woman at the club you used to work for did you a huge favour! If she'd not booted you out, you would have never gone looking for somewhere else to do Yoga and never met Kim. If you ever bump into her again - be sure to thank her from the bottom of your heart. If n...

carolejo

Good on you for not giving in to temptation. And (at risk of becoming boring on the subject :wink:) I think you're absolutely right that the most important habit of all to build is to keep on showing up and keep on going, even if you don't behave perfectly the whole time. I also use the '21 days in ...

carolejo

If you make your popcorn fresh without any oil or anything (by putting it in a covered bowl in the microwave) and only add a little salt or so, it's not even unhealthy!!

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carolejo

Kind of bent the rules a bit last night, but I still think it was a SUCCESS. In our Dutch class, people often bring sweets & chocolate to share. To counteract this, I usually have some fruit with me to munch instead (I allow fruit as a small extra mini-meal on long days or if the alternative is cavi...

carolejo

lift with your LEGS, don't bend with your back. That goes for good shovelling technique too :) You might want to try a few days of doing 14 minutes with a broomstick, and really concentrate on the form of the movements, rather than how many / how heavy / how fast. Really imagine that you have a load...

carolejo

Oh yes. I will always take the stairs if at all possible. This was one of the first things I started doing for myself before I even found NoS and SG. It's one of the easiest things to incorporate into your day too, cos waiting for the elevator takes about the same amount of time as just going up und...

carolejo

I don't know if I'm a good example or not, but even from the start I've taken the attitude you mention that 'mistakes are just part of life, pick yourself up and keep on going'. Perhaps this is why I've only just managed my second run of 21 days solid 'on habit' despite doing this for more than 8 mo...

carolejo

Thanks Ceu! I'm pretty pleased about it all myself too. As you've probably gathered from reading some of the backlog of posts, I've been doing this for a fairly long time now, but am the queen of 'half essed' :wink: such a long spell of completely virtuous behaviour is unheard of for me. I'm excited...

carolejo

kind of another, more positive way of saying "you don't miss it till its gone".

Interesting 'food for thought' though.

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carolejo

Hi Mr T. If you're going to fail, try to 'fail safe' and go for some fruit instead. That's what I do if I'm about to go crazy and start eating everything in sight. As long as you pick yourself back up again straightaway each time, not much will go wrong. Good luck finding a strategy that works for y...

carolejo

Hot honey and lemon is definately allowed when you are sick. Sick days begin with S. Do what you have to do to feel better.

Get well soon Jan, and good luck with the interviews. I'll send good thoughts your way today.

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carolejo

Crudites - they're 'crude' cos they make you break wind a lot, perhaps?!!

Sorry about that.
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carolejo

Thanks Deb.

It's nice to be back again.

Yesterday was DAY 26 in a row of perfect NoS behaviour!

Yay!

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carolejo

Hey Opus,

Welcome to NoS. Don't forget, laughter is also healthy!

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carolejo

Hello Sunny person!

It's lookin' good here!!

Don't worry too much yet about what the portion size on your plates is. That will sort itself out over time if you concentrate on getting the basic structures in place. In the meantime, you're doing really well by the look of things.

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carolejo

I would say just concentrate on getting the basics down. 21 days isn't some magic number after which your habits are totally re-trained, just a long enough time to prove to yourself that you can do it and to have given it a lot of thought. It's definately taken me nearly 8 months to build my habits ...

carolejo

Travelling is going well so far. Yesterday was another SUCCESS! Despite not being at home.

So far I've also done my 'Lenten crunchies' every morning without fail too.

Yay!
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carolejo

So, yesterday the Netherlands, today and tomorrow I'm back in the UK office. Bleh. Oh well.

So far so good though.

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carolejo

Hi Deb, you could try this thing we do in aerobics class - without the Ab roller, lie on your back with your knees bent up, raise your upper body off the floor an inch with your hands by your sides, than alternately tap your left knee, right knee left knee and so on about 30 times before you let you...

carolejo

Did you know that Kraft Jacobs Suchard company is owned by PHILLIP MORRIS TABACCO...?

Just some 'food for thought'.
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carolejo

Oh, you could try the chickpea burger recipe I posted up. That's not got a lot of sodium in it, especially if you get dried chickpeas & kidney beans and soak them up yourself rather than using the canned ones.

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carolejo

Hi DebNY, It's funny you should say you notice a difference when the moon is full. My Mother is a primary school teacher and she always says the kids are crazier, more difficult to control and much more restless at full moon time! I think there are a lot of external rhythms that affect our lives, bu...

carolejo

Hi Ben, That is amazing. You've inspired me to get back off my lazy butt and pick the sledge back up. I mean it. I've been so idle recently I haven't done a consistent SG workout in about 6 weeks, even though I used to do that pretty much every day. Hmmm. I just realised what was missing from my lif...

carolejo

Yummy S days!

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carolejo

Hey Jan & Becky - that's funny cos I've been on a chickpea kick recently too! I posted a baked chickpea & sunflower seed burger recipe on my checkin too - it's vegan so you might be interested in trying that one out as well.

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carolejo

Hi Ceu, Welcome to NoS. This plan is *so* sensible and straightforward that you could actually use it as a refeeding plan for someone who had gotten seriously underweight as well. Provided you follow Reinhard's simple rules, stick to eating your proper meals and nothing extra during the week, there ...

carolejo

Thanks everyone! Chickpea burger recipe - 1 can chickpeas 1 can kidney beans 1 small carrot OR 1 small parsnip 1 small onion big handful of sunflower seeds 3 dessertspoonfuls of sesame seeds 1 peeled garlic clove handful of fresh herbs (coriander or basil work particularly well) a spoonful of veggie...

carolejo

I'm just pulling this back up out of the archives, because there are quite a lot of new people here and some have been asking about 'before and after pictures'. Well, as Kevin points out (and it has been discussed several times before too), there's no AFTER here. NoS is for the rest of your life and...

carolejo

There's no such thing as 'after' here. NoS is a plan for the rest of your life. After is for when you are dead. :lol: Afterall, how many of those 'slimmer of the month' type people actually regained all that weight and then SOME MORE over the next few years..? I'm betting quite a few. In fact, I kno...

carolejo

Good on you for 'failing safe' and opting for the raw veggies rather than some less healthy snack.

Sometimes it's just harder for some reason. Well done though. It looks like you're doing really well.

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carolejo

Hello Peoples! I've finally managed to do a second block 21 days straight on habit WITHOUT FALLING OFF THE WAGGON ONCE IN THAT WHOLE TIME!! This is a huge thing for me. I've been following this way of eating now for more than 7 months with much more success than failure, but for some reason can't se...

carolejo

Things start to 'blink' if that topic is popular and has lots of people visiting it.

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carolejo

Hey HG, your 'numbers' look a lot like mine!!

Don't worry too much. The main thing is to keep picking yourself up and carrying on.

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carolejo

Yesterday was a..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUCCESS!!!!!! :D So, 21 days on habit. Lets see how long I can keep this going. Nice breakfast of leftover chickpea burgers. Yummy. I'm gonna make those again. In fact, I think I might adopt them as a breakfast food option. T...

carolejo

Oh Jan. I'm sorry to hear about that. That grocery store job was just the perfect thing for you :( . Sadly as I had a falling out with matters of organised religion, I can't really pray for you in the conventional sense, but I will send good wishes and think of you positively. I do believe that ever...

carolejo

Thanks, oh shiny person! :) So far I've resisted the siren call of the freezer 8) I've just had a nice filling, healthy and extremely tasty dinner (homemade chickpea & sunflower seed burgers with baked sweet potato chips & steamed broccoli). It's coming up to 7pm for me and I'm normally in bed by ab...

carolejo

*AND* you get to learn how to use the bulletin board on the internet at the same time!

Bonus

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carolejo

So.... I'm 20 and two thirds days down, well fed (delish lunch about 3 hours ago - more sushi nori sheets with vinegar rice, an avocado and a couple of slices of cooked ham in them this time - Japanic wraps, I think I'll call them), generally happy, got too much work to justify feeling bored.... ......

carolejo

You're gonna LOVE IT! Just make sure you have something to LOOK AT while you're on it -- trust me on this! My blank white basement wall is sooooo boring! LOL life size poster of George Clooney, perhaps? :lol: Afternoon, you girls. Good luck with the move, Angel. Personally, I always found moving ba...

carolejo

Reinhard, I totally benefit from glass ceiling. I'm slightly less strict than you though in that I allow myself to break the 2 drink limit on 'special S days' only - that is to say, a normal weekend S day doesn't count, but for my birthday party, or wedding anniversary or somesuch I don't put a limi...

carolejo

yesterday was day 20 ON HABIT for NoS. And that means for the 20th time in a row I get to write that it was a SUCCESS! :D Did the second day's worth of 25 crunchies before getting out of bed this morning. My abs are really SO flimsy that I can actually feel the 25 crunchies working :lol: I'm hoping ...

carolejo

Hi Reinhard,

compared to a lot of other 'in my basement bulletin board servers' this one is pretty stable, actually.

Glad it's back up though.
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carolejo

w2bh, You're spot on. I'm aware that by having a treat on Friday I'm breaking the rules. I'm aware on so many levels that this isn't necessary! For me though, this is OK - even helpful(!) provided I'm careful only to make it one very small treat, like a small chocolate bar for dessert after dinner o...

carolejo

Nice one! An inch gone is always nice to see, even if it might be mostly just fluctuation. Who knows? Maybe when you get that tape measure back out in a couple of weeks it will still be gone! Maybe you'll have lost another half inch to go with it! 8) Glad to see it's going so well for you. You're do...

carolejo

Hey! That is so cool. I'm really really happy and glad for you

You'll be a full-on NoS poster-child in no time at this rate.
Great going.
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carolejo

Ellen, you crack me up!!

"Drive by posting"! As long as you don't go "postal" on us and turn it into a "drive by shooting" instead then it's all good.

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carolejo

I just had a contender for the yummiest lunch EVER. I had a couple of Nori sheets left over from my susi-making, so I cooked up a batch of nice sticky rice, added a little mild vinegar, a pinch of sugar and a twist of salt, then put that on the nori sheets with a little bit of wassabi paste and a da...

carolejo

I've only got one thing to say to that, so I'd better say it BIG:

YOU TOTALLY ROCK, DEB!

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carolejo

Hey, Green tea is actually really good for you (unless you totally swim in the stuff, but that's true of just about everything! :lol: ) I don't worry about lattes, as long as there's no syrup in them. Mind you, I don't generally consume more than one a day at most anyway. I also don't worry about dr...

carolejo

So, I didn't go off the rails last night and therefore yesterday was an official SUCCESS! 8) Thats day 19 down for this assault on the 21 days solid 'on habit'. I almost can't believe it. 2 more days and I'll be back in the 21 day club again. Now all I have to do is pick up that sledge again. C. ps:...

carolejo

D: Pizza (one plate, 4 squares)

Nothing wrong with that! It doesn't even merit the wonky face!

Looks like you're doing pretty well overall, Kid. I wouldn't worry about it so much.

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carolejo

Wow. I agree that lying 400 square feet of tiles is enough exercise for anyone in a day!

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carolejo

Yay! Great job on that successful day, Lou.

On willpower - some days I need a ton of it, and some days I just seem to breeze through with no problems. I wish I could spot some kind of pattern, but so far no luck on that one.

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carolejo

Hi and welcome to the board! Hope you like your assignment so much and it's so successful that you stick around afterwards too.

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carolejo

I'm with Deb on this one. A soy latte does not constitute a failure! No way, no how (unless you loaded it with extra flavoured syrup - then it's *definately* over the line :lol: ) For the record, Monday was also a success day. Don't worry about the little things. Just concentrate on getting the 3 me...

carolejo

Just a quick reminder that Sick days begin with S, so do all you can to feel better.

Generally, this is looking pretty damn good. You've far more days on habit than not and I reckon most of your 'funny stuff' is pretty borderline anyway.

Great going, and get well soon!
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carolejo

Hey Becky,

just thought I'd pop in here and cheer you on a bit. It's looking pretty good!

How's that 'clementine addiction' coming along then?

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carolejo

Instead of giving something up, I'm going to do something extra. I'm going to do 25 crunchies every morning for the next 40 days. 25 ab crunchies does sound like almost nothing. But I think it's a sustainable thing and it will take so little time that I almost won't notice it, whilst still build me ...

carolejo

Hey Lou! You just cross-posted with me. :lol: You're welcome, by the way. So many people FORGET that the most important factor in any eating plan is sustainability. I wish more people were able to realise it and honestly try to be sensible about it all. Starving yourself generally and / or gorging y...

carolejo

I told myself severely to stop being so daft. Of COURSE Pancakes on Pancake day are allowed. Shrove Tuesday does begin with an S, afterall. 8) So, I just had me a plate of French crepe-style pancakes with lemon juice and sugar. And they were yummy and definately S-Worthy. :D And of course just becau...

carolejo

My sister has always struggled to keep the credit card bills under control. She recently consolidated all the debts, paid them all off in full and then cut up all but one card. She wanted to have a credit card just for emergencies. To stop her using the card for anything other than dire emergencies,...

carolejo

a glass or two of wine, or a beer or two with dinner won't do you any harm. In fact, most studies say that people who consume a small amount of alcohol regularly are generally healthier and live longer. A bottle of wine or a 6-pack every night on the other hand would be pushing it too far though. I ...

carolejo

Wow! That's really great, M. You get the gold star for willpower this week.
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carolejo

OK. There was this TV advertising campaign in the late 80s when I was growing up for a company that makes lemon juice that comes in squeezy lemon-shaped containers. In the UK, the traditional thing to eat on Shrove Tuesday is thin crepe-style pancakes (made from a thin batter of egg, plain flour and...

carolejo

Sorry, hun, but you're just not fat enough, anymore!

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carolejo

I just realised it's PANCAKE DAY today. I just posted a question on the general board, cos I really want to have pancakes with lemon juice and sugar for my evening meal tonight.

Do you think this is allowed? Can I take this as a special S day or am I kidding myself?

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carolejo

It's Shrove Tuesday. Also known as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Faschingsdienstag, Carnival Tuesday, pancake day, jiff lemon day, etc etc. I almost missed it and didn't really plan it. BUT now I know it's Pancake day I *REALLY* want a couple of crepe-style pancakes with lemon and sugar on them for my ev...

carolejo

I don't think I'll EVER not want to eat sugar either! The biggest thing is though, that these sugar cravings do become more manageable in time, especially if you can say (convincingly and honestly) to yourself "If I really want it, I can eat as much of it as I like on the weekend". That's why, to pa...

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Today is Jiff Lemon Day (it makes sense if you're a Brit)