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First red day of 2018. Went to book club, which is a NWS event for me (we have it every six weeks or so and the person whose book we're discussing brings a treat, and I decided last year, after struggling a lot with being the only one not partaking of things people had lovingly provided, to make boo...

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I love the quote, "have nothing in your home that you don't believe to be beautiful or know to be useful." William Morris said that, I also think it's a far more useful approach - I read Marie Kondo's book with the same thought in the back of my mind as Gingerpie - a lot of useful stuff in my house...

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I am also committed for the year, again.

My strategy at the moment is not to overthink it, in fact, try not to dwell on it too much, just fill my three plates generously and enjoy them and then move on. Keeping busy helps.

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Oh no! Hope you son is doing better, Maggie. Don't beat yourself up too hard over that cookie.

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Thanks!

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I'm still here, too, just very rarely feel like I have something worthwhile to post. Had a rough time from May - November, my father was battling stage 4 lung cancer and so I was flying back and forth between Belgium and Texas. Needless to say, international travel, jet lag, accompanying my parents ...

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Congratulations, Merry! It's a thrill to hit those important milestones - good for you!

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Well, if you're ever in Belgium be sure and let me know! I used to be a very active blogger and ended up meeting three fellow bloggers in person. It's fascinating - you know a heck of a lot about each other but at the same time in the real world you're strangers.

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I'm not a frequent poster but I am loyal to my Habitcal and mark it every morning - still chugging along here in the background on the One Year Challenge, despite grandiose imperfection!
I hope everyone else in hanging in there!

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BurtMacklin wrote: I recognize the feeling I'm having, I re-envision my goal, I remind myself of the fruits of the spirit, one of which is self control (my own religious thing, obviously) and I move on.

Yes, this, exactly! I just wrote this down on an index card. Thanks for sharing it!

Good luck, Burt!

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Happy Birthday, Linda!

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Merry, I'm sorry to hear you're having such a hard month, and my condolences on your family's loss.

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I have her book, too, and I agree with you - her ideas have a lot in common with the No-S approach. Her "plans" and "times" can almost be seen as a kind "as you go" approach to limiting eating the way we do on N days. It's interesting to see someone else's take on a very similar method. I guess that...

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I'm doing the same as Threewhales - marking my Habitcal every single day, good or bad, red or green. I had a great month in January, February was a lot redder

, so my goal is that March is at least better than February.

Well done TexArk!

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Had a rough week last week, but finally got a solid green day in yesterday. Going for green again today to finish out the month on a good note.

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LOL!

Kids say the cutest things - thanks for sharing!

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I totally agree - an S day during the week is a hard act to follow...but you did! Good job!

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Could you give me that talking to, too?

No-S is simple, but not always easy, as we all have learned over the years doing it. But when we stick to it, it works. Plain and simple. You've got this, Linda!

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Thanks, Tracey! Unfortunately yesterday (Wed) was red - boo! I did good all day and then went overboard after I got back from yoga class...

All the more reason to do well today...

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Tuesday = yellow (Valentine's Day) - I had two chocolate praline hearts with my husband when he got home from work! Also got two hours of walking in yesterday - it was beautiful outside.

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Monday = green

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Thanks, Linda! Hope you had a good weekend and everyone else here, as well. Off to a bright start this morning - let's go for fully green!

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Friday, green. Have a great S weekend, everyone!

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Thursday, green. I visited my friend who is dealing with Parkinsons and we walked 8 km together. Walking is something she does every single day, to maintain her fitness and it's doing her a lot of good. She was in great spirits yesterday.

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Thanks, Iron! Wednesday = green!

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I have saved many a green day during those difficult afternoon hours by having a V-8, something about the saltiness of it really helps me pull through til dinner.

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You're doing great on your exercise!

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Doing good - nice chunk of exercise you got in there, too!

Yes, finding a balance in saying no to things is difficult for me, too. But it's so important to figure out...

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Monday = green! Hope everyone has a great week!

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You're not alone in finding Fridays difficult! Something about that festive end-of-the week feeling... but it sounds like you didn't go overboard, so that's positive. Hang in there!

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Tracey, there is a lot of good, sensible advice in that book. And all of it works with No-S.

Friday = green! Hooray! Have a good weekend, everyone!

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Way to go! Well done!

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Great list of positive things that have been accomplished - thanks for posting that! It's so easy to get swept up with the feeling that nothing but catastrophic things are happening. I bumped into the article about taking care of yourself as an activist (she calls it being a "gentle warrior") - I th...

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2nd day of February - red

Luckily I was reminded on another thread just now of the Beck Diet and her concept of "No choice" - really need to get that book off the shelf and dust it off and refresh my memory...

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Thanks for doing the listing, Oolala!

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Double good - I love it! Well done!

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Sorry you were sick and had to miss so much of your exercise - I know what you mean about feeling achy when you've had to miss it. But well done on a golden month!

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Thanks, Merry!
First day of February - green!

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First month of this No-S year is in the bag - how did everyone do?

I had my best month since June last year, only three red days! That sets the bar high for February...

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last day of January = green!
On to a new month...

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I'm also trying to be optimistic like your husband and hope that the good that will come out of this will be this huge wake up call which will encourage us all to participate and contribute to change in our world, by taking action in our own part of the world and according to our ability. If we all ...

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Couldn't help thinking of Bubba from Forrest Gump when I read "Shrimp Etouffee"

Have a good day!

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LOL, Linda! You are a fun (and funny) mom!

Still coughing

...and yesterday was red

Went off the rails a bit after yoga class last night. Only my second red day this month, so I am determined not to have any more. Four more chances to get green in January, so let's go!

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Happy birthday, Liz!

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You're doing really well, good job!

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So happy to hear about you and your sister! It must feel like a heavy weight has been lifted from you to have reconciled with her. My best friend walked in one of the marches in Illinois and she felt similar to you - really energized and motivated to do more. I hope this positive vibe gets traction ...

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Thanks for stopping by my thread - I hope your Tuesday was green, too!

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Thanks, Rawcookie! Still coughing, though - I think that can stick around for quite a while...

Tue 24/1 = green

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Mon 23/1 = green

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Finally feeling back to normal (except for persistant cough) and gearing up for a great green week! Wishing everyone else the same!

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Welcome back, Liz! And congratulations on baby #5 - wow!

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Glad you're doing better - it's been a rough week, hasn't it?

Hope the march goes well and that you have a good weekend!

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Thanks, Linda! It's going slow, but it's going...

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Wasted a perfectly good weekend on the flu which turned into bronchitis, but am finally starting to feel better, and getting back to normal eating and sleeping habits. Now if only I could get rid of this incredibly annoying cough...

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Awesome! 5?

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Thanks Zippadee, she's doing well!

Friday = green, but I actually didn't feel much like eating anyway, caught the flu from my husband

Have a good weekend everyone!

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Almost two weeks in - how's everyone doing here?

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Thursday - yellow

I took an S event for a concert and nibbles afterwards to celebrate New Year's with three friends.

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Excellent - three green days in a row! Shall we make it four?

Have a great day!

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Thanks, Zippa! She was released from the hospital last night, so good news!

Yesterday was super frustrating for some reason, but I still managed to keep it green. Now just two more days to go this week.

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Thanks, Linda! I spoke to her briefly last night, she was in a lot of pain, but came through the surgery okay. It took them a long time because it was such a complicated break because of her osteoporosis.

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Wonderful advice here from Linda - including counting that stray Brazil nut as your breakfast! Hang in there Tessy - you can do it!

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Excellent reminder about being strict! And well done!

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Walking to meet them at school sounds like a win-win-win-win (good for you, for the girls, for the dog, and for the environment)!

I'm going to remind myself of what you just said about being strict with the rules being actually easier - thanks!

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Tuesday = green!

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Wow! That's quite a walking event! There is a 100 km event here that I've thought of doing over the years, but it starts on Friday night at 9 pm and you have until Saturday night at 9 pm to finish - so within 24 hours and walking through the night, which has always put me off doing it. Good luck wit...

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Probably if you made your own less sweet biscuits to have on the weekends, you'd retrain your palate to prefer them, and then the packaged biscuits would taste too sweet to you after a while. Might be worth a try! I haven't done all the Revolution videos, I've just been doing the one for the day on ...

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Well done on your swimming! It took me a while to build up to 20 laps, too, and then about half a year (of swimming about once a week) to get up to 40.

Hope you ended the day on a green note!

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Good start! Way to go!

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Thanks Zippadee, my sister-in-law's surgery last night went well and she had a good night afterwards. Hopefully I'll hear more today, but am just relieved to know it went well. Monday = RED :oops: I was fine all day until I went to book club, where I was planning on having an S-event, so I could par...

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Thanks for sharing that link, Minimizer, interesting how it dovetails with No-S so well. And I didn't know that about the liver supposed to be supplying us with in-between meal snacks, if we give it a chance! Fascinating!

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Great advice, thanks for posting this!

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Thanks for adding my thread to the list! I know that my biggest challenge is not to disappear from the forum when the going gets tough, and I think this year long commitment is going to help me not do that. Have a good Sunday, everyone!

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Woo hoo! Way to go!

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Thanks, guys! Had a kind of crazy S day yesterday, as we had company. Going to try to be a bit more reasonable today. Will be out of the house this afternoon, to visit my sister-in-law at the hospital, which helps.

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Keep focusing on what you did well, and give yourself time to tackle the most difficult moment. It's probably going to take some trial and error to find what works. Also, excellent Oolala advice for really difficult moments on a recent comment on this check in thread:https://everydaysystems.com/bb/v...

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Wordy or not, this is great advice!

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Wow, sounds like you had fabulous vacation! Must have been beautiful up there in Utah. I'm sure you'll be able to get back on track this week!

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I'm sorry to hear you're having to go through all this. It must be really hard to find an equilibrium with those meds. I hope you do!

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Congratulations to your son!

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Good job on not letting a few biscuits derail you from the rest of your day. I have some problem foods like that, too. Just better to get in the habit of not buying them and not having them around.

I do Yoga with Adriene, too! Are you doing her Revolution series this month?

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Thanks for compiling this, Oolala, I'd like to add my thread as well:

Amy https://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=11205

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Hi Rawcookie! I use Yoga with Adriene, too! Are you doing her Revolution series for January? Both Thursday and Friday were green! My first fully green week in a long time, which feels good. Friday's food: B: coconut yogurt, toast, kiwi, clementine L: salad with beans and red cabbage D: individual pi...

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Glad to hear it, Renee! And you're right - why frustrate ourselves trying to do it better than good?

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Gotta love those days where it just comes easy, though, right? Have a good one today!

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Good for you on getting your swimming in and don't be too harsh on yourself for a red day - it took me months to figure out how to eat around my yoga class and I'm sure you'll figure out what kind of breakfast you need to sustain you through swimming (which does seem to create extra hunger, in my op...

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Thanks, Tobiasmom! Wednesday = green! First time in a while I've had three solid green days in a row. B=toast, clementine, 2 figs L= pumpkin soup, pb&j sandwich D= 6 crackers with veg spread, 6 olives, clementine (split into two, half before yoga class, half after) Ex: yoga class Had a lot of stress...

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Yes, indeed, good advice, Oolala!

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Hooray! Well done! Sometimes the biggest victory is just getting that first day in the books.

Wishing you another green day!

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Yes, mushrooms are awesome, Tobiasmom! Tuesday = green B: crackers with veg spread, clementine L: pb&j sandwich, banana D: veg croquettes, salad, red cabbage, potatoes Ex: yoga + walking The stuff in the kitchen at my volunteer gig didn't even tempt me yesterday - maybe because a lot of it's been si...

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Yes, Zippadee, let's! Day 1 = green! B:pancakes with sliced banana, fig, walnuts L: pumpkin soup, hummus sandwich, clementine D: polenta, mushrooms, spinach, veg croquettes, salad Exercise: yoga Today will be a bit tricky as I have to navigate the kitchen at my volunteer work - there are lots of goo...

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same here - day 1 green
Now if only I could manage to make everyday like day 1!

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Oh no! I hope your daughter is okay!

Same here since the holidays - feeling bloated which is not a good feeling. Looking forward to some moderate meals...

Safe travels and wishing you many good green days on vacation!

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Happy New Year to you too, Merry! I love your baggie stashing idea...

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Welcome back! Very wise of you to focus on the habits, one day at a time. Hang in there!

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Thanks, Tobiasmom! It's so nice to see all the enthusiasm and some familiar faces on the board right now. My first S day of the year was okay - we went to my sister-in-law's and then my mother-in-law's and then home and was so tired went right to bed. Food was definitely not what I would eat at home...

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Good job on a great start!

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Hi Zippadee! I'm with you on this - great to see you again!

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Happy New Year to you, too, Linda! I like how you listed your benefits to keeping green, that is a really good idea. And also the necessity of having a really strict green day to be able to evaluate its worthiness. When I read that, I thought that it's also impossible to say to myself that No-S does...

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Same here, Tobiasmom! And I think you have a powerful motivation in wanting to get and stay off those meds that cause you so much trouble. You can do this!

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