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131.4lbs Weekend was a success. I restarted N days after dinner on Sunday - quite easy to do. I didn't eat particularly well at the weekend - but I'm not worrying about S days at the moment. I'm aiming for consistent N days Success today B - smoothie, egg, toast L - brie and cranberry sandwich, frui...

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Hi Shannah, I'm glad No S is still working for you. I have missed reading your check-in thread and am pleased to know you are still going strong. Good luck with the journaling, the weight loss and I hope your back improves soon.

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130.4lbs Friday B - toast/fruit L - pb on toast/yogurt/fruit D - fried rice with pork (A day where the cupboards were a bit empty at the end of the week!) Pleased with the weight loss this week. I've decided to try switching S days around a bit and start them on Friday after dinner. N days will then...

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I like this a lot. When I first started No S and I was walking past food at work I would say to myself 'I don't eat those during the week'. It was very helpful at reinforcing the right mindset. I like 'No thank you' better though - very polite. Thank you for this

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If Miss Hartshorne was in a film, would she be played by Katherine Hepburne?

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Thanks funfuture - I was determined to get back on track this week and I have managed to do it. V pleased with myself at the moment.

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B - egg/toast/fruit
L - sandwich/fruit/yogurt
D - spag bol

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132.2lbs B - grapes/egg/toast L - sandwich/cheese/fruit/yogurt D - salmon with sun dried tomato couscous Success today. Very difficult day at work and lots still to do. Sticking to No S gives me more energy to cope with the busy days. Sugar seems to drain me and make me more tired. Need to remember ...

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132.4lbs Success B - grapes/porridge L - sandwich/fruit/yogurt D - tuna and pasta bake/slice of cheese and onion bread A good day where I achieved a lot. I'm in danger of being overwhelmed at work though. High levels of staff absence and no admin support are not a good combination. I need to remembe...

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Wow! The video is very scary - I can't believe how easily and quickly the water takes the cars. They look like toys! I've been watching about the floods on the news here - so much damage and disruption. I'm glad you're ok

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Success today.
B - grapes, porridge
L - ham/tomato sandwich/yogurt/satsumas
D - roast beef/oven chips/onion rings/peas/bread

A long day - breakfast at 7, lunch at 1pm, dinner at 8.15. Lots of chocolates at the meeting this afternoon, but I just passed them on to the next person.

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Ok - enough of the whining and whingeing. When I really looked at my habitcal I was shocked to realise that I haven't been following the rules consistently for quite a while. Today is a fresh start - vanilla No S for 21 days is my goal.

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Not sure if I am posting this in the right place, but is the ebook version of No S only available in the US? I've looked in the usual ebook stockists in the UK, but can't find it. Because of copyright I can't download it from US sites.
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Thank you Oolala and KCCC. I will definitely check out the podcasts. I know that when I first started No S the mantra of 'I don't eat... on N days' really helped me to maintain the habits so some postiive self-talk would be helpful. Oolala - I think your post about willpower on the main board is ver...

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Thanks Oolala - if only I'd been able to apply those awesome life skills on Wednesday and Thursday.... :roll: 131.4lbs This week has been very difficult. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday have all been failures. I have been overwhelmed at work this week and that leads to negative self-talk. I think I h...

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133.2lbs Success today. It's a good job because I can't keep on eating and putting on weight. I am tired and overwhelmed at the moment and I know eating well helps me to cope with all the demands on my time. I need to remember my one word resolution - attention. While driving home I had the urge to ...

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2 wild S days and an 'epic fail' today. My weight is rising. I don't feel good, healthy, light, or happy after 3 days of non-stop eating. I need to give attention to my eating habits. I need to make a good packed lunch which satisfies me. That is my goal for tomorrow.

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Thanks Oolala - that really made me giggle. And now I know - your biscuits are similar to our scones. I was reading KCCC's thread where she has just posted a recipe for 'biscuits' and had sort of come to that conclusion - but your link has confirmed it. I love the comments about Oreos (which I hate ...

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I'm not sure what American biscuits are like - I imagine they are similar to what we call a dumpling, but I'm probably wrong. People have tried to explain them to me, but I just can't grasp it. 130.6lbs. Success today, even though it was biscuit (cookie) day at work. I just handed them out and didn'...

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Wow! Your holiday location sounds idyllic - you sound as if you have had a lovely time. I love the way your Christmas eating is summer food - apart from Christmas pudding!

Good luck with the next 21 days

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Hi Oolala. Yep - I suppose I do mean 'cookies'. There were chocolate fingers, chocolate chip shortbread, and jaffa cakes (don't know if you have those in the US - they're a bit odd, but more-ish). Not sure what Bisquick products are, but a voiceover workshop sounds fantastic. You do some really inte...

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Success. My weight is slowly creeping down as I am back into the routines and on my feet all day. I was surrounded by biscuits at tonight's meeting, but resisted well.

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Thank you Oolala and KCCC. And thank you both for your help and support over the course of the last 8 months - it is one of the reasons I have kept coming back and haven't given up. 131lbs today - success. Canteen lunch today, so more than I normally would have eaten, but that is useful on the first...

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Success today. It was a relief to go back to N days - like putting on an old comfortable pair of jeans. I liked the lack of pressure today - the rules were simple and easy to follow.
Back to work tomorrow.

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Hi Sharpie, I always pack my lunch the night before. When I first started No S I used to make sure it would all fit on one plate and then just pack it separately - I tend to have a sandwich, yogurt and fruit. I have a very busy job and I don't always get to eat my lunch in one sitting. At times I ac...

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131.8lbs - which means I've gained about 3 and a half pounds over the holidays. I'm not too worried - I have eaten a lot and done very little exercise over the holidays, so I think once I get back to 'normal life' I will lose it quickly. 2010 has been a good year in many ways, and No S has made a bi...

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I finally got round to watching Avatar yesterday. I quite liked it, but it really reminded me of a cartoon film my kids used to watch called 'Ferngully'.

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130.4lbs I think I'm going to give up making 'eating plans' during the holidays! :D Both girls were out yesterday so my husband and I decided to go out for a pub lunch. The food was fantastic - we shared a starter (mushrooms with bacon and chilli), then I had smoked haddock risotto - absolutely perf...

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I'd like to recommend the 'phases of No S' sticky at the top of this board. I found this really useful when I first started - it helped me get some perspective on the length of time it takes to embed the habits. It's a good 'virtual measuring stick'.

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129.6lbs Lovely day yesterday - shopping with the youngest girl for party dresses. It's her first big NYE party and she is very excited and determined to be glamorous :D. I also bought some new clothes - shopping feels good because of No S, and although November and December have been difficult mont...

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130.2lbs Yesterday was fine - far too much to eat and drink, but a lovely meal and nice to see all the girls together. We came home with lots more chocolate and a breadmaker! I'm looking forward to getting to grips with the breadmaker - I have been thinking about getting one for a while. As for the ...

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I may be going off at a bit of a tangent here - but there have been lots of adverts for ww on tv the last few days. It reminded me of previous years when I would think: 'I have to eat all this food before January 2nd because my diet starts then and I won't be able to eat it.' And then a few days aft...

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130lbs I've had 2 lovely family days. One was just us and my dad, the other was just us. I have done very little - lazed around - ate, drank, read, crocheted, watched tv together. It has been lovely. We are going to the in-laws today. I love my mil and fil, but find my bil and his wife a little tryi...

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128.2lbs Yesterday was technically a failure - I had a slice of bread and butter while preparing dinner. However, I didn't go on and eat other things and I had one slice less than I was going to with dinner so I am quite pleased - small steps of progress. I do find bread irresistible. I know that wh...

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Thanks, KCCC - sound and wise advice - as ever

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Tuesday was a success - 3 meals felt easy and natural.
One day at a time

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128.2lbs Back to N day habits today - it is such a relief to resist sugar and snacks. I have enjoyed being restrained today and I am looking forward to being hungry for dinner. B - greek yogurt, fruit, toast and fig conserve L - cheese and ham roll, 2 satsumas, yogurt D (planned) chips, beef, veg, b...

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Hi funfuture - well done on resisting the chocolate. I hope things are resolved with your job very soon. That must be very frustrating - and very worrying.

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Oh dear - I just reread the post I made last Saturday and nearly felt too ashamed to post today! Plan?? What plan?? I have failed every day this week. The habit of eating to excess every day in the last week of term was stronger than the No S habits I've tried to build. So no more big plans. One day...

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Ok - just realised I'm panicking. I know next week will be hard because the last week of term is filled with food. I know that on Tuesday I'm going to be offered cake at a meeting because a colleague is leaving. I know that on Friday there will be mince pies and chocolates as it's the last day of te...

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2 more failure days. No longer clinging on by my fingertips - I've fallen off... it doesn't feel nice, though. Over the weekend I will try to keep the 3 meal structure with one treat per day.

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127.4lbs Failure yesterday - but a different sort of failure. I left home at 7.15am and got back at 9.30pm - a long long day. Dinner was fast food in the car, and when I got home I had a cup of tea and some chocolate. So 2 types of failures this week - one where I beat myself up and eat everything i...

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127.8lbs Success today. Success with the paper too. My colleagues were amazed when they arrived and saw my clear desk. They just laughed when they saw the box under the desk, but I spent my 15 minutes sorting the paper in the box and was amazed at how much I achieved in that time. And my desk was cl...

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Well done!

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127.8lbs Yesteday was a failure - a complete disaster in food terms but a breakthrough in understanding my reasons for failing. I hate to get things wrong - I know that's unreasonable - everyone messes up from time to time, but it makes me feel useless and then the chatter inside my head starts: you...

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Hi Shannah - Well done on the successes you've had over the last couple of weeks - especially because it's been hard for you and you've still stuck to the habits. This is a difficult time of year and I too feel like I've been clinging on by my fingertips. Do you keep a habitcal? If so, can you gauge...

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126.6lbs Successes all week. After Monday it was fairly easy to stick to the habits - it just felt like normal life. And as I've posted so many times before - I feel so much better when I'm following the habits: I have energy, I'm less tired, and I have that feeling of 'lightness'. I have eaten a lo...

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Success - was given a biscuit during my meeting today. I tucked it away for later and didn't eat it. V proud of myself!

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Hi Sisromy, Having spent some time in France, I think that you need to stick to the traditional way of eating which you describe. Otherwise I think social and cultural pressures will make you feel deprived and you will not be able to stick to the plan. I think you're right - your plates are smaller ...

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Success today

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Hi Funfuture - thank you so much for your post. I don't mind at all and it was just what I needed to hear. It has spurred me on today and made me feel so much more positive about my approach to No S. Every time I looked at the biscuits and sweets I'm surrounded with at work, I thought about your pos...

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Success so far. Change in my sandwich was good. Not as hungry today and had to eat a bit later because of an issue at lunchtime. I think I will cope with waiting for dinner today.

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My failure to check-in this week reflects my noS failures. I've been finding it hard to stick to the rules throughout November and have had several failures. I want to eat constantly - not from hunger but from a need for satisfaction. This may be partly a reaction to having the bar removed from my m...

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Irish whiskey - voice improving. Are the two things connected??

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Thanks for your encouragement funfuture

129.2lbs. Success yesterday - but it was hard. I'm like Dory from Finding Nemo - just keep swimming.....

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129.2lbs Monday was a fail - TOM led to an unproductive day at work with chocolate binge. I haven't done that for ages - other fail days have just been one thing I shouldn't have eaten - not a binge, but yesterday I just craved chocolate. I'm just going to mark it and move on and not let one day der...

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Everyone is different - I was just saying what works for me

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I'm completely with TexArk on this one - I need the accountability too.

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Yep - Thursday was a fail because I couldn't delay eating chocolate until the weekend. Chocolate has not tasted good with the bar in my mouth so I couldn't wait to see how it tasted now the bar has gone. Friday - was a planned S day for husband's birthday. We had planned a meal out at our favourite ...

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127.2lbs Success so far.... I've been to the orthodontist and he's removed the trans-palatal bar from my mouth! It was very unexpected and feels so nice. I can speak clearly again! The girls brought some chocolates home from the shop - I'm not sure if I'll be able to resist now there is no bar acros...

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Firstly - take heart from the positives - you didn't succumb to more food, so well done :) You are obviously not well and the constant pain is wearing you down. Everyone has days like those - (well, I know I do!). I don't know if there's anything you can do about your situation - maybe you just need...

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Successful day - hungry though. And I really don't like the cold, wet, dark nights we are having.

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Had my lightest ever Monday weigh-in yesterday! It's strange because I think I'm not doing well, but I keep losing weight. I think it shows how my habits have changed - a failure no longer leads to an all day binge and S days are obviously more contained than they feel.

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Well done! Knew you could do it

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I'm a teacher too and I started with 4 meals. I found it very difficult to go from lunch to dinner without eating. After a while I cut it down to 3 by increasing the amount of fat in my lunch. Teaching is a very physical activity and you may find you continue to need that 'mini-meal' at the end of t...

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127.2lbs Failure yesterday - not massive and caused by bad planning. I mixed up the timings when I was preparing dinner so I ended up eating bits of the meal in separate sections - I ate much more than I would have done if I'd just had one plate. And of course, I then thought 'well, a bit of chocola...

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127.8lbs Success yesterday and I'm pleased with my weight going down. I'm going to add some S day rules this weekend - one S event per day. I hate grazing, but do it because I feel 'entitled' so I'm going to add some structure and that way I should be able to avoid the hike in weight on Monday. I ha...

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Hi KCCC and congratulations on getting into crow - I find that so hard but it is one of my yoga goals along with an elegant headstand :D I've been reading your thread and sympathising/empathising from afar. A couple of years ago I had a year like yours - lots of awful things seemed to happen daily. ...

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Success yesterday. Evening meals seem to getting later and later - I'm so hungry by the time I get home that my eyes hurt! I probably need to push lunch back slightly - easier some days than others

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Hi jd. Bad luck on the failure at dinner - but what were your successes yesterday? When you first start no S you need to make sure you acknowledge where you are building habits as well as where you have failed. So you failed at dinner - but you succeeded at breakfast and lunch - well done. And when ...

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129.6lbs Haven't posted since Saturday, but didn't realise! The weekend was 'wilder' than I wanted it to be - I did exactly what I didn't want to do and grazed. :roll: I was in 'don't care' mode. Yesterday was technically a failure. While I was eating lunch a colleague offered me a cookie that she h...

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Good luck! I look forward to reading your check-ins to see how you're getting on

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128.4lbs I have a nice Saturday planned - yoga this morning. Hairdresser this afternoon and bonfire party with my family this evening. Tomorrow will be step in the morning and catching up with jobs at home and work. I'm not going to graze because it makes me feel sick. I've just posted on the genera...

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I think you are right, Oolala - I had braces (and an inter palatal bar) fitted on my teeth this year and this made it very difficult to eat for a while. I had to eat small mouthfuls and chewing was very slow. This meant I knew when I was full and I got really bored with eating because it took so lon...

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Thanks Sienna - a pedicure is not a bad idea at all

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I'm now back to where I was a week ago - very pleased because I feel like I'm back on track.

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Thanks KCCC - I always appreciate your support :D 128.6lbs Weight is falling quickly which just proves that the increase was due to bloating from overeating. I promised myself a reward for my first week back on track but I'm not sure what to have. I could have an ebook, but I'm struggling to find ti...

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Success - weight going back down daily

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Success today and yesterday. Definitely hungrier during the day, but bearable from lunch to dinner.

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Hi Shannah - well done on following your rules in October and well done on the weight loss. Keep up the good work

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131.6lbs My weight has crept up a bit further - but this is a Monday weight which is always higher - after a weekend away with a lot of lovely food. I have been thinking about why my weight is creeping up and why I am finding it difficult to keep to the habits. I'm partly repeating what I've already...

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129.6lbs Yesterday was a failure and as a result my weight is up. We had a fantastic day in London - I love spending time with my girls and my niece. We did a lot of walking, talking, laughing and shopping - no museum unfortunately - but lots of interesting things to look at. We walked to Westminste...

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128.4lbs Successes Tuesday and Wednesday. It is not easy though. At one point during the last few months I didn't have to think about No S. I felt the habits were ingrained and had become automatic. I didn't think about picking while cooking, or a biscuit with a cup of tea. Now though - it's hard. I...

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He is beautiful - I'm sure you will enjoy him and he will be grateful to have you as his owners. Good luck with the training

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128.8lbs I'm calling yesterday a success - even though I couldn't be as vanilla as I wanted to be. I went to visit my dad - he had made a chocolate chip cookie cake which he wanted me to try. I had just one bite - luckily there wasn't a lot and the girls wanted to eat most of it. In the afternoon ev...

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129.6lbs No longer losing weight - unsurprisingly. The last few days have taken their toll and I'm back to where I was. This means I have stayed the same for most of October. But I know why - too many NWS days, too many failures. Friday was a big failure - 2 cakes and ice cream. I slept 14 hours on ...

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I can't answer your question but someone on the No S diet general discussion board probably can. I would repost your question there - and good luck

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You are not a failure - you just need to approach this in a way that will work for you - as lots of other people have said. It's hard, but to quote KCCC from another thread - you can do hard things

Good luck with the babysteps - we'll all be cheering you on

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127.8lbs Failure today. Cake this morning - bought for me by a colleague to say thank you for something. It would have been rude not to eat it at the time. And then it was a small step to cake this afternoon - I met up with a friend I haven't seen for weeks and we had cake and coffee. I have lost we...

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Well done, Shannah - great news about your weight

You've worked really hard on your mods and deserve to have success.

Have a good weekend - enjoy the restaurant - whatever you decide to do about dessert!

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128.2lbs

Success today. Still tired, still hungry, but know that I am grumpy when I eat sugar. My mood has improved over the week as I've got back on track.

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Thank you Shannah - you are very good at cheering me on

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Yesterday was a success even though I forgot to take my lunch to work. I thought I was going to have to turn to the stash of biscuits, but went to the shop instead and bought proper food.

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Oh dear. Monday and Tuesday both failures - I am falling off this wagon big time. And after such a long time when I've done so well. So - why am I breaking the rules? I'm tired - so so tired. I'm nearly at half term but I have been working flat out for the last 6 weeks. The days are long, busy and I...

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I had this problem when I first started No S. By 5pm if I hadn't eaten I was shaking and grumpy. Like Too Solid, initially I saved part of my lunch to eat as a mini meal in the afternoon. Then Oolala suggested I increase the amount of fat in my lunch. This was an enormous help (thanks Oolala :D ). I...

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I realised after I wrote my last post that I was kidding myself. So my weight is no longer moving downwards - could that be because this week I've had a failure and 2 NWS events???? I'll stick to strict vanilla next week and see what happens.

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129.4lbs NWS event on Tuesday (birthday cake). Failure Wednesday - too easy to carry on the habit of cake from Tuesday. Why can I cement a bad habit in 2 days, when it takes such a long time to forge good habits??? So frustrating. Back on track Thursday and today, but just about to go out for a meal...

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Hi Shannah - you are right - it's not easy. But I'll let you know if I have any success. 128.8lbs Another successful week. The next week has challenges: daughter's 16th birthday - weekend barbecues, meal out during the week, cake... I think I will call her birthday an S event and just have cake, rat...

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Hi Shannah - thank you for your kind words. It was actually you, KCCC and a few others who inspired me to review the month in this way. I really love reading other people's reviews/thoughts/resolutions - and once I had started my own I realised it was a really useful way of clearing my thoughts. As ...

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129.4lbs Another Saturday check-in and I'm still under 130. I'm very pleased about this as I had a NWS day during the week. This was more of a NWS event than a whole day - I had 1 piece of cake after a buffet lunch - really not excessive :). Review of September Positives: Starting weight: 134lbs End...

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129.8lbs

Still under 130 after the weekend! Hurrah!!!

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A lovely weekend - I ate no shop-bought sweets. I made a lemon drizzle cake (which was lovely), some chocolate chip cookies (which the girls ate) and a chocolate mousse for after Sunday dinner (absolutely divine). All of these were much tastier and more satisfying than anything I could have bought. ...

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Well done on making a decision to move forwards and good luck with going back to vanilla. You know you can do vanilla because of your experiences in the summer. So good luck and wherever you decide to post you'll get lots of support

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