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Tuesday SUCCESS phew! today was a 'fence around the law/habit' kind of day; I had my granola, berries & almond milk at 6.20am before work - then just HAD TO eat my lunch at 11am! I was worried that I would be starving later in the day, but I wasn't! I had a hot chocolate drink mid-afternoon (just co...

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Good luck! It's been quite in 'interesting' month for me too!

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Thanks Sonja - it's mostly because I have to get my shopping done before my working weekends - not many opportunities come my way to eat randomly/spontaneously at work. This weekend just gone, I did run out of 'treats' by Sunday evening at work - and really wished I had some cookies. Lesson learnt -...

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I agree with LifeisaBlessing. I am barely 5'3" and have lost 10lbs in about 15 months doing No S (not counting calories, but 'calorie aware'). I changed to a 9" plate at some point, and my appetite has reduced over time. I went through a period of feeling quite sad that I had to accept that I didn't...

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Why do I like NoS? Because it is the most sane way to eat. Because I don't have to obsess and wrestle with 'can I eat this or that?' throughout the day. I know that between meals, food is not an option (when I'm sticking to it!!!) and so all that angst and internal-debate goes away. Because I reall...

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Hiya - I answered your question about my progress over on my thread. (briefly: 1st cut out snacks; 2nd reduce fat; 3rd smaller portion sizes)

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Thanks Merry!

Friday SUCCESS

and 'treats' planned and purchased for Saturday and Sunday - both long work-shift days. I'm planning my extras to go with my meals now, instead of being in-between meals. Wish me luck!

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The first thing was getting rid of snacking. I used to eat three meals, and at least three snacks a day. I managed to cut the snacks out within two weeks of starting No S. It was easier than I anticipated. The second thing was probably lowering the fat content of my meals - I eat a mainly plant-base...

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Well, I've started the week with two FAILURES and whilst I'm a bit disappointed about my transgressions, I also feel happy that these reds are really, really small events. On Monday, I started coughing a bit, so I bought a bag of cough-sweets 'in case' I got a tickly throat on the bus. But whilst at...

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Hiya Sonja! Yes, thanks - I enjoyed an almond croissant with coffee on Saturday morning as I travelled on the bus to Park Run (a 5k run). My weekend treats were crisps, chocolate, shortbread, flapjack................... but I ate them instead of, not as well as, meals. I stopped snacking after lunch...

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You've done really well with your commitment to exercise.

I hope you enjoy your chocolate - I'm having quite a snacky Saturday - but did go for a 5k run this morning - and am happily chilling out for the remainder of the day.

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Wednesday FAILURE I was hungry today - but stuck to my three meals. My dinner was kind of disappointing - and I ended up going back and finishing off a bag of plain tacos - so it was kind of 'seconds' really. That's three red days for November already - what IS going on with me? I think part of it i...

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Tuesday SUCCESS

phew!

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Thanks for sharing that. I had quite a chocolatey Sweekend, and on Monday I was really hungry about two hours after my breakfast (overnight oats with raspberries & yog). That led to a snack mid-morning - which I managed to 'keep' to a small orange and few peanuts. But I carried on snacking later :ro...

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Monday FAILURE I felt so hungry after work today - mid-morning, and had an orange with some peanuts. That then led onto some cookies with coffee before lunch. And nibbling on peanuts later in the day too! It felt like a chaotic day food-wise, not really sure why. I had lunch with a friend, perhaps I...

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Friday SUCCESS

with moderate treats lined up for the weekend

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It would be very hard to have a party without going S-wards! So, as you are hosting the party, I'd advise you to declare it an extra S day and enjoy yourselves (whilst remembering it is not permission to go crazy! just have a bit of everything)

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You've had a great week! Well done!

I hope that the fireworks are not rained off - it's been raining for the past 24 hrs here in Cornwall! Our fireworks are on Saturday night and I'm planning to have a veggie-burger and some mulled wine or spiced cider!

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Wednesday SUCCESS Today I went into a couple of larger shops that I don't often go into. One was a garden centre, with a gift shop area, which was filled to the gunwales with shiny, sparkly, colourful, things for Xmas - including 50% off items, and 3 for 2 offers........... I found myself almost tra...

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Yes, I think it's because they sit there all unattended and sort of don't belong to anyone ................ I basically sneak eat, bit by bit, from the edges of the abandoned party-food! doh! I need to be prepared with a strategy for unattended left-overs! (usually 'it's an N day' works - but not th...

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I've held out against candy and sweets but it's a struggle I've just spent an hour or so reading on-line info about nutrition, addiction, stress, cortisol, insulin, meal-spacing, carb-addiction. I didn't manage to hold out against a big bag of left-over candies at work yesterday - felt so fed up wi...

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Well, darn it - after faring so well on the day itself, I succumbed to the lure of left-over sweeties at work the following day!!!!

Tuesday FAILURE

At home today - did alright!
Wednesday SUCCESS

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kaalii wrote: AND this makes it 21 days on the habit!!
my first one was at the beginning of doing noS and havent been able to make it again until now!!
yesss!! this feels good!

Excellent! Well done Kaalii!

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Thank you :D Monday SUCCESS Today is Hallowe-en - with the associated sweets, treats, cakes, unhealthy snack foods abounding! I had to 'endure' the sight of 10 people eating CRAP food before I could end my shift today. I was listening to a podcast about insulin resistance yesterday, and could see so...

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Excellent - thanks Kaalii! :arrow: :arrow: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :oops: :mrgreen: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :oops: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D ha! that was a good start, eh? left-ov...

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Oh dear. A proper bingy S day yesterday - all sorts of chocolate and crisps all day so that I felt quite sick. That experience of actually feeling sick after chocolate/crisps etc has proved to be quite a restrainer for me now. I guess it's because we are off those things for 5 days, our bodies actu...

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I'm so sad to hear about your cousin's death during what should have been routine surgery...............

I'm glad to hear you have your grandson to help take your mind off it a bit.

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Sunday This week I decided to buy only 'alternative' things as treats: dairy-free dark chocolate; gluten/dairy/egg-free cookies, potato-free snacks (lentil-based)! hahaha! Well, it pretty much worked actually. I ate all my treats yesterday, except for four of the cookies (9 in the pack) which I enjo...

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Congratulations!

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Interesting dialogue going on here - thanks. Keep going!

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This is my post from 30th October 2015 - I love to go back 12 months to get perspective on how much progress I've made. ..... I know it's not wise to get excited about scale readings - but I weigh pretty much every morning to take the power out of it - and this morning I saw 8stone 8.75lbs. That is ...

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Thank you both for your supportive comments - you're right; in the grand scale of things, it's nothing to worry about.

Friday SUCCESS

I had three meals. I was hungry at times, but I held out!

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Wednesday FAILURE A buffet party at work, which I thought I'd prepared my strategy for, ended up with me eating left-over cake and Pringles :? Thursday FAILURE Yesterday's fail kind of leaked over into today - I ate half my packed dinner mid-afternoon, and also snitched another handful of left-over ...

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Tuesday SUCCESS

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so true! keep busy!

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nice Sweekend... overate a bit on saturday... but nothing horrendous... just that pain of being too full that hurts more now that im not used to it. It's interesting, isn't it? I sometimes feel quite 'sad' that I can't eat as much as I used to! I even stopped half-way through my banana at lunch-tim...

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The chocolate had the strongest 'pull' - I didn't eat it all in one go, but it was all gone by Sunday lunch-time. The cookies were, more-or-less, eaten as planned - two at a time over the weekend. There is 90g of Bombay Mix still in the bag - so I ate 160g over the weekend. I was out of the house (a...

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Friday SUCCESS I've got more 'weekend' food in my cupboard than usual. I am aware of them, but I don't feel drawn to them. It's a bit of a test for myself really - it doesn't matter if I eat it all - but I'm going to aim to be 'moderate' which will mean having quite a lot of it left on Monday mornin...

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Wednesday SUCCESS Thursday SUCCESS Thursday was unusual for me: I had a slow start to the day, and decided to leave breakfast and wait for lunch. So I only had two meals on Thursday - it was fine. I am finding that my appestat is now programmed to give me an 'eat' signal at the same times every day ...

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well done!

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Yes, me too! On S days, if I eat high glycemic food I feel 'hungry' a couple of hours' later. I've noticed these on N days too if I choose certain kinds of bread. No wonder I used to 'have to' snack every 2-3 hrs before No S.

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Thanks. Today was FAIL . I'm not sure why; it might be due to malted wheat bread I've had recently - I suspect 'malted' might involve sugar because I've felt like snacking a couple of hours' after eating some. Lesson learned! I didn't have any huge snack - this afternoon I had a friend with me and a...

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I've really enjoyed my weekend & having a couple of days off work. I've been eating three meals a day at the weekends now - and the 'snacks' are getting smaller and less sugary! This week I bought a small packet of gluten/dairy/egg free ginger cookies and was able to eat just two at a time. I had tw...

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Thursday and Friday both SUCCESSFUL looking forward to a lovely S weekend - I've got some nice food (not all sweet!) to enjoy - like some Cheatin' Rashers for a fake bacon sandwich on Saturday lunch-time! Some gorgeous organic malted wheat bread - toast & marmalade on Sunday! Banana pancakes on Satu...

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Tuesday and Wednesday both GREEN! SUCCESSES I had dressed my wound to give firm pressure and complete protection. Last night I got the courage to uncover my finger and inspect it; it looks clean (thank heavens, as it was with secateurs that were covered in garden stuff). The laceration was closed, s...

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Monday SUCCESS Today I had a real victory for The Habit: I cut my finger quite badly in the garden (cut myself with the secateurs - chop, chop!) and really felt the pull to comfort myself with something sweet (there is some chocolate left over from the weekend). It was like my brain was really squir...

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Sounds good for Wk 2.

At the weekends, I find that once I allow myself to snack, it can end up being snacks all day - it seems to upset my metabolism and I feel 'hungry' all day! I do better if I stick to three meals and plan the 'sweets' and 'extras' as part of the meal-events.

Keep going.

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Sunday I enjoyed banana pancakes with dark chocolate grated in the mix this morning - I cooked enough for 2 people - so I had my serving, then I had seconds :wink: oh yeah! I'm off to work at midday - back tomorrow morning - so I've packed my lunch, dinner & breakfast. The only extra thing for S day...

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Well done! I hope you had a wonderful day!

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Saturday, and I managed to stick to my plan of only eating once at work today - just lunch-time. Then I waited until dinner-time at home to eat again.

I was also very moderate with my sweets, snacks & seconds.

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Your slip-up was small - well done for stopping. If I feel really 'snacky' on a week-day, I head back to the kettle for another coffee or tea. Better to over-do that, than eat anything. The thing that you 'get' gradually is that it's the habit/rule of not 'eating' between meals that's important (not...

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Hi osoniye.... Why not switch your S days to your days off? It is a mod, but I think it would be a reasonable one. I thought about this at the beginning, but knew that I'd be inclined to just make my "s" days non stop munching since I'd be at home or other places where I would have access to food. ...

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Thank you! Friday SUCCESS I have my S-weekend planned and a couple of nice treats lined up. I will be at work over the weekend. I often find that my S days are a bit more chaotic when I'm at work because having snack-food in my bag tends to be attractive! Also, I find that once I start snacking - li...

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I hadn't thought about how long I'd carry on tracking - I think probably forever! Thursday was a brilliantly SUCCESSFUL day! I did my shopping after work, and was able to practice moderation in my food selection. So cool when it works 8) I ended up with 7.5 hrs between lunch & dinner - and I was fin...

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I'm in the UK too

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Hi, I don't know if I can help. If you have time, you might find it helpful to read my first posts (and the first posts of others too - which will help you share those 'beginners' feelings - we all have them, in different ways.) 1) I have settled into a routine of weighing every morning, recording t...

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You know the 'carrot & stick' thing about getting people to do what you want? Well, I've realised that I'm definitely a 'carrot' person. Oh my goodness, does my psychology love the 'carrot'! I love the little green face on the HabitCal - it motivates me! A little green face! It's like a 'star chart'...

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I find those little green squares ridiculously motivating!

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Day 17: Thursday Fail Success Have to give this a fail - because of the giant green tea latte that I had in the afternoon that at 300+ calories I could just not justify as not a snack and not a sweet. However, I have to give myself a success - because I resisted my typical urge to "what the hell" i...

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Tuesday and Wednesday both SUCCESS

Today I got a gold star: firstly I went to an art viewing and had a glass of sparkling wine and did not take any of the very nibbly nibbles. Then I went to a cool cafe with my friend, and only had coffee - even when offered 'cake?'

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thanks 8) Monday SUCCESS I was really hungry when I was supporting people to cook their evening meals between 4.30-6pm........... very glad I had a veggie curry just waiting to be re-heated when I got home. I also made myself a frozen banana, cocoa & vanilla 'dessert'. The fruit-based dessert seems ...

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Thanks for your comment on my thread - about the cookie love! re dark chocolate - I don't allow myself any chocolate, however dark, on N days. I don't binge on dark chocolate, that's for sure. I like Divine dark chocolate (I think it's 70% - not sure) - but I agree with Apprentice, 80%+ is a bit too...

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Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.

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Cool! We seem to have a lot in common food-wise. I had four chocolate-chip cookies for Saturday's 'breakfast' - sugar, fat, flour - :twisted: Just wrote a long blog about it. Toast and marmalade was on my plan. The cookies tripped me up! And, yes, even sugar-free, fat-free cakes are still 'cakes' ac...

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8) you're welcome! This morning, Saturday morning (quite early - before 7am!) I came down, made my coffee, got my packed lunch ready for the day........... and sampled the cookies I'd chosen yesterday. I know that sugar is a big thing for me, and it's incredible that I now go 5 days every week witho...

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Yes please, also new and would love to join you. How does it work? Do I make a little calendar like yours and come back each day? Thanks Yes, that's the idea - you come back each day and edit the grid. If you click 'quote' on this post - then delete everything above this - then 'submit' you will ha...

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Totally! Thanks for kicking us off again! :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops: :oops: :mrgr...

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Welcome! This is the most sane way of handling eating that I have come across in my 61 yrs! I hope you get a grip of it and enjoy it too. Read the posts on these boards - go over and listen to/read the podcasts - get the book - and post here every day for support and encouragement. That's my advice!...

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Thanks for your comments - and I totally agree with you about the way it's almost like they want us to be fat! I didn't have a really robust plan when I went into the shop after work today, and wandered around looking at all the stuff - took me ages to select the least damaging 'treats' for the week...

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September is feeling like it's going to be a GOOD month! :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :oops: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :) :) :) 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mr...

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Tuesday SUCCESS I used my 9" plate this evening - I'd made a cauliflower cheese, potatoes, peas & carrot - and I could only get 3/4 of what I'd prepared onto the plate (without it overflowing!). I did have a peach for 'dessert'. I've settled into a routine where I almost always have fruit with my me...

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Well done with the no-sugar life - it's great, if you can do it. Actually, I went out to a proper English Afternoon Tea with my son & daughter-in-law recently, and I was sorely tempted to have the 'savoury afternoon tea' instead of the usual cake, scones & jam one. This weekend I managed to S-tuff m...

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I reckon you're on the right track - small tweaks are a good way to go. My meals are getting steadily smaller - I'm almost disappointed by how little I really need to eat!

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But I have been having pain in my right knee. I went to the Orthopaedic the other day and they told me I have arthritis. They gave me exercises and told me to lose weight. So I started no-s again. Every extra pound translates to 4 pounds of pressure on the knee. Pain is a good motivator, better tha...

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Monday SUCCESS I put on just over 2lb after the Sweekend. If I wasn't a seasoned No S-er I'd be freaked out by that! But experience tells me that two N days will see the scale go back down. Although I have just eaten quite a large bowl of pasta - it was a 'normal' serving size, but more than my usua...

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Hi! Nice to see you back. I do the negative tracking thing with the HabitCal - it does mean that I forget to update the HabitCal though!

I hope you have a good week.

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I feel like I've eaten quite a lot this weekend, but I haven't really......... weight will be up a bit because I've eaten bread and pastry items, which always makes me heavier for a while. Also trying to drink more water each day - it's not something I find easy to do. I've just roughed out a Breakf...

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Saturday - home after three days' away visiting family and amazed to find I am the same weight as I was on the morning I left (Wednesday)! However, I didn't like the chaotic pattern of eating........ and my body felt very out-of-sorts digestively! Glad to be home to the relative calm of a self-contr...

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Hopefully you'll see the scale go down again on Tuesday and Wednesday. My weight always goes up 2-3lbs after a weekend, but over time, the highest weight, on Monday morning, is now lower than the lowest weight was before - so the overall trend is downwards. Try not to panic.

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Tuesday SUCCESS

Wednesday - off to visit son & daughter-in-law for a couple of days & taking them as NWS days (but will stick to No Seconds for sure!), and be mindful of portion-sizes. With snacks I will take a moderate amount, if I want to.

I'll report back on Saturday!

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Monday SUCCESS

I was hungry quite a lot today......... but just had my three meals. I did have a hot chocolate mid-morning, instead of a cup of coffee. That helped.

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it's quite scary really, isn't it? sinister even!

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That is good No S behaviour - well done!

Have a great Sweekend!

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That's terrific. Hooray for freezers, eh? I've just remembered I have some coconut macaroons in my ice-box from last week - I'd forgotten them!!!! I hope you have a great time camping.

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really!?!?! I was wondering what the US size equivalent was! wow! and I'm not skinny by any means! Friday was SUCCESS Saturday is interesting - I enjoyed marmalade on toast for breakfast. I have a lentil soup in the slow-cooker and a bread roll to enjoy. I am planning to make a raw strawberry and ap...

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I hope you feel better soon.
hug x

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You've had a good first week. The chai was fine by the way.

I know there are other people who move their S days to Friday and Saturday, instead of Saturday and Sunday - for similar reasons. As long as you make a rule and stick to it, it should be possible to establish a robust habit.

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Ah, the one chocolate last Monday WAS worth it - it was really good - but I could totally have lived without it too!

I agree that apples are filling - they are just not as crave-able as salted peanuts (for me)

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I also agree that a feeling of hunger is a poor indicator for most people. Sticking to an eating regime that works for you sounds healthy to me.

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Thursday SUCCESS

I finished my eating for the day with a nice cup of coffee. Not the best thing to drink in the evening, but it stops me even thinking about eating anything else.

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My red days are usually similar to that - very small transgressions, but I count them as red because I know they are breaking the habit.

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So true - apples don't have the same numbing, chemically sedating effect I guess?!

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Tuesday FAILURE I had a great day - but stuck my hand in the peanut jar after dinner. I can't figure out why - I'd had a perfectly fine dinner and felt 'full'. The only thing I can think of was that I'd had an appraisal at work and maybe I 'needed' to crunch and smash something with my teeth?!?! If ...

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