Everyday Systems

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no w fail: no good reason. You'd think I be tired of writing in red but apparently I'm not ready for too much green yet. Maybe St. Patrick's say will bring out the green in me.

Glass Ceiling success

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People bring in "treats" and just leave them on a table where I spend the bulk of my time. Very frustrating. Honestly, I just had to white-knuckle-it until my "habit" was to not eat as opposed to eat mindlessly. Occasionally, I would outright say, "put that away, I don't want to eat it." It was alwa...

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I really need to work on accepting that I'm not meant to be skin and bones..I'm a healthy normal weight and trying to push it lower only ever results in bingeing and higher weight. Not exactly my situation but I too am working through the idea that this may be "it" and "it" is okay. The slow but pe...

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No-s fail day of travel: I could have no-essed my way through it but I didn't

Glass ceiling fail:

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No- s: success
Glass ceiling: success

I've been reminding myself that just because I want something doesn't mean I have to have it. Sometimes I sound like a child

Hopefully, I get past this stage soon.[/quote]

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No-s: success
Glass Ceiling: success - it really is so much easier with nothing in the house. My husband is on board (more or less) so it's been much easier to keep temptation at bay.

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Hey Linda, it's always good to hear from you. :D Yesterday no-s: s-day Not remarkable either way. Glass ceiling: success Nothing in the house so no temptation. I've been meditating for 5-10 minutes in the morning and I've added a 10 minute stretching routine in the evening. I think it really is help...

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s-day yesterday. Did a bit more "picking than usual but otherwise just a day.

Glass Ceiling was a success

Hope you all have a nice day.

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Perhas you could order a "fancy" non-alcholic drink ( Shirley Temple springs to mind but there are others) or get the ingredients to make your own. You try new recipes all the time so it shouldn't be too glaringly obvious.

Hope you have a nice time.

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Same goals as forever: total compliance with no-s glass ceiling of: no more than1 drink per night on weekends and 0 drinks on work nights. Last night (Friday) counted as a "weekend" as far as glass ceiling goes because I don't work the next day and it was a Success . - I had 1/2 glass of wine but pr...

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when you permagraze, you really DON'T KNOW how much you're overeating!

I hear ya! I wish my mind was as good at "seeing" what I don't want to see as it is in hiding what I don't want to know

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How annoyed would I make everyone if I said I wasn't taking any S days till I reached my -15 lb goal? I'm third in line with "not annoyed at all" but certainly curious about why you think you need to do that. I also noticed this: I do notice more anxiety without my nightly glass of wine And I'm won...

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I'm going to come back to daily accountability for a few months. Sadly, I'm still struggling with nighttime snacks. Everything else is going great though. I've added morning meditation and evening stretching o my routine and love it. Now . . . For the ladt hurdle.

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I do have a friend who managed to quit smoking despite succumbing to WTH for years. She told herself that she wouldn't even try to quit ever again if she gave in even once. It's a big, risky ultimatum to give yourself, but it did work in her situation. I supose it's a way to determine if you really...

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Hi Sonya, Things are going well. I joined this year's weight loss challenge at work in the hopes of kick starting my motivation and finally get past the evening snack habit. It does seem to be getting me moving in the right direction again so that's a good thing. The way the challenge is run this ye...

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Just stoped in to say "hey". I still lurk sometimes but don't post much any more. It seems like you have hit your stide with no-s. Best of luck to you in February.

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I'm very sorry to hear about your troubles. I dont really have any suggestions; just offering symapathy. I suppose you've tried a pre-bed relaxation routine/habit? Something you do every single night that signals to your brain that it is time to sleep. Once I'm in bed I count backwards from 100. (th...

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Congrats walker. You always inspire me to keep at my own training. It's great to see you doing so well. I'm "only" going to do 19 miles of the rachel carson trail challange (near Pittsburgh, PA) this year because that's what my daughter wants to do (she's only 12 so an adult will have to stay with h...

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So glad you'r feeling better! Now, time to get back at it! 👍

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Nice to see you again. ☺

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Oh, how the mind tortures us. Yes, indeed how it does! :roll: I believe myself to be quite coordinated but my kids have given me strict instructions to never dance or give the appearance that I might dance in public. So sad. But I fear that I too am no longer moving with as much grace as I imagine ...

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I'm in again.

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N day today - back to it!

I'm with ya on that

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Did you swim?

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Heather, I hope the doctor's appointment yields some good news. Do let us know how your doing. Good luck.

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Hi Linda, family issues can be so tricky. I hope your trip to Hawaii goes well. The train trip sounds awsome. I've been wanting to take a trip like that for years but it has never worked out.

I need to get back on track today as well. We can do it "together". Good luck

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Hey Sonya, just stopping by to say hi. I'm sorry to hear you are feeling icky again. - hope you have a nice week.

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Hi Noel, I'm feelin' your lack of motivation. I train for endurance hikes and I'm getting older not younger so the training hikes absolutely must happen. Sometimes I go purely on discipline not motivation. When that happens I accept any (and I mean a.n.y.) effort to be "good enough" for today. I kno...

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I'm back from our little trip. All in all, not bad in terms of no-s. We aren't a family that stops at every food vendor for a snack or a taste so it's pretty easy to no-s it through a vacation. Some things I did notice that I'd like to work on. 1) Sooooo many things look or sound better than they ac...

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How does your tummy feel? Do you really, really want it or do you just want it because it's there? Or, do you want it because it's nice to feel like a kid again with treats that Mom made. Or, do you want it because everyone else gets to have a piece so you want one too? Once you know why you want it...

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I don't feel the slightest bit satiated. Can you identify why not? I'm just guessing but I suspect you're trying to use food for an emotional purpose rather than a physiological one. Some common reasons for eating are stress, anger, or bordom but food can be used for many different resons. It might...

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Congratulations! A victory hard won

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I find that keeping busy is a great way to avoid eating. Try to choose work that is not compatible with eating or if that isn't possible make a point to only eat at your table - never, for example, at the computer. Good luck.

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Yesterday - success my plan for the week is to take no more than 2 s-days. Possibly today because it is my birthday and there might be ice cream with dinner. (It isn't my favorite dessert but my husband thinks it is.😉) And Thursday for Thanksgiving. It wont be huge because we are taking a sh...

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oolala, Sorry for high-jacking your thread. I'll try to make it as short as my long-winded self can make it. Linda, No offense taken. :) I tend to think of guilt as wake up call. I rarely experience it but if I do, I think it is an indication that there is something a bit "off" about my own behavior...

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Hi Linda, I don't have a lot of friends either. Just a few that have stuck with me forever. Perhaps your friend didn't know what to say and came off as being awkward. I'm sure, if she noticed the dog then she noticed you as well. Anyway, you know how much you have achieved and that's the important t...

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Linda, I don't disagree. Humans clearly need struggle to overcome. Hence the space program, climbing the Himalayas, and an endless list of humanitarian efforts. And, it is good for us to stuggle as individuals. It helps us to grow and mature into responsible adults. We definitely will find something...

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I've been noticing recently that I often eat to overfull. Did I always do that or is it a new thing? I'm not sure. I don't plan to address it just yet. First I need to continue to work on cleaning up my evening snack habit. Baby steps are the way to success.

Happy weekend!

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Sure you can. Welcome back.😊

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I wear almost the same thing every day just because I'd rather have a decent retirement 15 years from now than a new pair of shoes today. I'm also pretty lazy and having 5 work outfits really cuts down on decision making energy. . . Call me crazy . . .

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Ah, poor middle class angst me.

I hear ya. I often think a similar thing when I listen to myself talk.

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👍way to go!

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At the top of this page, click on " discussion home". Then scroll down. It will be one of the options to open. I think the second one down but I'm not sure about that. 😊

Have a nice day.

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I do. Nothing on weeknights and no more than one on weekend nights. I feel waaaaay better and totally recommend it.

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Way to start a streak! 🙋

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You are absolutely in the right place. You are right that it won't be easy but it is totally achievable and sustainable. This is a great group of folks and I think you'll like it here. Welcome.

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fail not too bad though. Still working on those evening chips. To be clear, although I'm still failing regularly, the amount I'm eating now compared to 1 year ago is infinitesimal. Recently I realized we are only six weeks away from New Year's. I had made a 1 year commitment to no-s on Jan. 1, 2015...

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Hello and welcome. I have to admit your post is a bit like a puzzle and I'm trying to figure out where you live by what you said. I think you should give us one hilariously cryptic hint each week until we figure it out :wink: In any case, this is a very supportive board and I think you'll like it he...

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Is sleep snacking what it sounds like? I can't imagine. . . when I sleep I just sleep-sleep.

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Sounds great! It really feels good when things start to come together doesn't it?

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Anybody else out there think they just try to do too much? I must have been acting a bit off the deep end the last few days because dh asked me if I needed a weekend away - just me :? I don't really. I do, however, want to think less about food in all its permeations. And to that end, this is my pla...

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That's a great idea. I sometimes get so focused on what I haven't accomplished that I forget to pat myself on the back for what I have!

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I often eat when I'm tired. Adequate sleep is definite necessity in my book. Have a nice day!

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Last night's crockpot soup is not a keeper. :cry: I did however make enough to have leftovers tonight. :? The irony is not lost on me . . . Yesterday: fail I should have gone to bed earlier. I'm 1/2 sick and don't have much left in the way of stern self-talk. Guess I'll switch over to kindly self-ta...

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Thanks everyone for helping me through my snit. I'm over it now and moving on.
I've got 1 super quick healthy and satisfying meal in my rotation. Today I'm trying out #2.

Yesterday was a fail but today issuing to be asuccess. I can feel it.

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Good luck! It's always fun to hear what mischief you're up to

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Just dust yourself off and back at it today

No worries right?

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Oolala, I'm sure I'll figure out how to make it all come together in the end. I did it last year - although last year was somewhat different because last year we didn't eat together so often. But I'm finding that eating together is invaluable in terms of maintaining a nice relationship with the kids...

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Millium, Thanks for checking in. I'm really just whining :roll: I do just have to figure out a schedule -then stick to it, which is the hard part. The reason I'm so whiny is that I've had to adjust my schedule about a kazillion times and I'd really like to be the one that everyone else has to adjust...

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Enjoy your busy-ness. It's a great time of life

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rawcookie, The dinners themselves are not the problem. They are actually quite nice. e all sit down at the same time and have real conversations about how they day went etc. The problem is that I don't have time to fit in my exercise after I cook. Therefore, I haven't been exercising as much. It's r...

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Hi KCCC, I fail a lot because there is food in the house that temps me - a lot less than there used to be but it is there non-the-less. Sometimes, I consider getting rid of all of it but it occurred to me that I'd have the same problem that you're describing. I'm fine if I'm not tempted but I'd not ...

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Yes, just remember that just because people bring holiday food around everyday, it doesn't mean you have to eat it everyday. Stay flexible in your thinking and you may find that traveling no-s isn't as bad as you are imaging right now. It sounds like you have a good idea of what you are going to nee...

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The more I think about it the more I think, "determination isn't so much a thing as discipline is a thing." I mean, determination, like its cousin motivation, comes and goes but it's discipline that keeps up on track through thick and thin - as it were.

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mmmmm butter. My friend!

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Ohh, the over protective mom. :roll: now I understand. My daughter, age 15, went out to dinner a month or so ago with a group of friends. The over protective mom had to drive - apparently, the dad who was originally going to drive didn't have the right kind of car - I kid you not. Then she escorted ...

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Hi guys, Thanks for the support. I'll just have to reevaluate -again :? My exercise routine has dropped (not stopped though) due to a change in my household routine which has changed. It's disturbing to think that my weight hinges so precipitously on the edge between gaining and loosing. It disappoi...

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They are completely "adorbs", cookie. A great motivator.

Day 12 a success I've been doing great with the challenge but I have a sneaky feeling that I'm gaining. I'll stick with the habit building because I think it's the best course of action but I am not happy.

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Sounds like your doing great and that you have found the right path for you! Congratulations.

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It feels nice doesn't it? To know that the activities of the day don't control your food choices? You control your food choices.

Congratulations on a fine victory.

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Linda, the sleepover story cracked me up

maybe the Mom meant she wanted to meet you and her daughter thought she meant hangout? It's hard to imagine she really wants to hang out with a stranger. A politic phone call might do the trick.

Hope you have a nice day.

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Hi reneew, have you tried making a list of why you want to establish new habits? Feel better, have more energy etc. Then refer to it several times a day. Especially right before you enter a risky time of day. (For example, in the car before you arrive home from work) Another idea is to remind yourse...

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Cookie, you are absolutely rockin' it

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Congratulations on your pound lost. It really is very motivating isn't it?

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Aah yes, Halloween dregs - the curse of us all

tomorrow is another day. Good luck.

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Good to see ya and hope we new guarders are as much help as the old guard were

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I'm a big fan of whole milk. Well, really, I'm a big fan of raw whole milk but that's really hard to find in suburbia. Unfortunately, I fell Victim to the idea of " milk fat is bad for you" and raised my kids on 2% and skim so now they don't like the taste of whole. So sad. :cry: Coincidentally, I'v...

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Day 11: success it was tempting to break my glass ceiling this evening but I held firm in my resolve.

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I also agree with oolala regarding the need to establish firm meal times/habits. A few things that helped me are, in no particular order: 1) ready my breakfast the night before. In my case I have oatmeal every workday so the night before I put out my bowl with oatmeal and nuts. (no milk yet :) I cov...

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Day 10: success if I keep this up, I'll finally make my 21 Day challenge. It does seem to be getting easier. Several things seem to have coalesced to make things so much more doable: My glass ceiling is firmly in place so alcohol related eating is gone; I'm finally willing to struggle and be ok with...

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Welcome back.

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Good luck on the scale

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Hi Orlan, It always helps me to understand how folks are defining the words they use. I'm wondering what you meant by made myself eat only meals, Do you mean you ate three substantial satisfying meals or do you mean you ate only the bare minimum possible to get through the day? Or, do you mean somet...

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Butterfly, I've tried a million times as well. I've been no-sing for well over a year and I've never made a 21 day streak yet. I look at it this way: If I try I might succeed but if I don't try I'm certainly not going to succeed. Good luck

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Linda, less time on a device is one of my goals so I'm definitely feeling like I need to stick with one or the other. I waste way too much time as it is. Well, I'm giving SP a 21 Day trial and then I'm sure I'll know what I want to do. Day 9: success For some reason it just got easy(er). There were ...

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congratulations on another no-s success. My worst time of the day is after dinner so I can rarely call it early.
Sorry to hear about the job. Life is such a mystery sometimes.

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Hi Linda, I hope you feel better after a good solid n-Day and some sleep. The evening out probably tapped into your anxieties about money and eating moderatly. Sounds like the evening really pushed your buttons. I bet there was lots of talk about what everybody was doing and all the various ways the...

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I'm not sure I can handle both SP and this message board. I just don't have that much to say.

Who am I kidding? I could yap all day.

Have a nice day everybody.

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Hi. I'm glad you found us. I can totally related to the stress about you Mum. Mine is in a nursing home and the process can be overwhelming. No- s Can help you through it by providing structure around your food choices but it doesn't add stress by adding on too many rules. Just work on focusing on a...

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I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure my family would tell you I'm type PITA - pain in the a- well you get the idea

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Mmmmm, Marmite. One of the foods which have made British cuisine famous.

glad you got your crumpets.

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Great job! Wow! One week already? Time flies. Distracting is a great strategy to use. I especially like it because it means I'm really living my life. Not just eating my way through it.

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The ability to throw food away without guilt is one of my secret joys in life

Wait till the first time you can actually spit food out of your mouth because you realized you put it in the without thinking! It. Will. Blow. You. Away.

Congratulations on a victory of the first magnitude!

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Congratulations! It sounds like you're doing better. Nice

it is amazing when you realize the way this works isn't it?

Enjoy your craft show. What sort of craft to you do?

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Hey Linda, I never go on FB anymore. Mostly because I never got anything relevant out of it. Not because anything unpleasant happened. When I did go on it felt like it just sucked my time. Once in a great while someone would post a link to music or an article, which I liked because I felt like it ga...

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Linda, Yes, my habits have improved 10 fold since I started but I still have a few edges I need to tighten up. So far this month has been great for me and I'm really feeling optimistic. I'm marking today green a ad early but I'm pretty confident it will hold through the night. Edit: and it did. 7- D...

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success Stayed up a little later than usual so I was feeling legitimately hungry by the time I went to bed but I was able to remind myself that I wanted to feel successful more than I want to feel full. I think I've been having a bit of emotional/psychological hunger going on because I'll think, "I...

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You're doing great taco! It's a hard thing to Chang but you are on your way.

The bloating might be caused by what you're eating not necessarily how much. I Know some foods bother me a lot more than others. Just something to keep in mind . . . Hope you feel better soon.

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I eat way less than I did a year ago and Iv still eat to over-full. I can't imagine how much I was eating. I must have been stuffed all the time!

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It was a huge help for me when I was able to relagate sweets (and chips) to the "not real food" catagory. Now I'm able to just toss leftover sweets in the garbage because "they aren't real food." It saves me a lot of will power/decision making later on that's for sure.

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