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Success I was quite hungry this afternoon - I think my lunch was a bit small but I was fine waiting for supper time. There is a fireworks night event tomorrow and I am not certain how much temptation there will be. I believe it is a hog roast for supper which should be enough of a treat to keep me ...

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Ah yes, the hidden dangers of leftovers. It is easier to plan for the main event.

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That sounds like a good plan Rawcookie. I upset my husband just after my last post as he had gone out and bought an S day treat breakfast for us of sweet pastries. Maybe I should have gone with it. Anyway the scales have been kind and I am at an all time low of 12 st 1.5 lb this morning. Quite pleas...

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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. Hopefully it is out of my system for a bit. I hadn't done that since my restart. Will go for a no sugar some snacks day today I think. No scales this week so I have no idea how I am doing i...

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Success today despite thinking about the profiteroles in my fridge. An S event last night when I went out for supper which was a birthday present. Did fine the rest of the day though and had cheese instead of sweet pudding. The weekend starts tomorrow- I would loved to stick to no sweets but do wor...

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Success for today

Yesterday is a fail. I was fine until I started drinking wine in the evening and then I started on snacks, followed by seconds and sweets. A fun evening with friends though.

Glad I am back on it today.

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Hi Trace I am away at the moment but I will try to remember to look at the make when I get back. I have had it for years (probably 11 or 12 years) and it is from the UK, as am I. It is a digital scale. Perhaps the quarter pounds are a bit meaningless and where madness lies but I am very used to it a...

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Thanks Buns - you are so right, Success I am quite pleased that after a weekend of no discipline ( but no terrible excess) that I was back on plan today despite my holiday :-). I think I will need an S event supper tomorrow because a friend is coming for dinner and bringing pudding. If I can stick t...

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Success for Friday - a whole green week which looks good on the habit cal Leftovers for lunch yesterday which is always the best sort. I now weigh 12st 1.5lb so have lost 7.75 lb or just over my first half stone. Three weeks in so I will reach the magic 21 days that Is in the book. Great milestones...

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Thanks ModBod - great that you are getting back on it.

Success today. I was working at home unexpectedly which is often a trigger for snacking so I am pleased with that.

Texas hash for supper - yum!

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Thanks Rawcookie

Success on a Wednesday at last

I am now within half a lb of a half stone loss. Work today and Tomorrow so it should be straight forward enough to carry on to the weekend. Half term next week and a week off work so will be a bit harder but I intend to just keep going ...

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Cruised through today and the scales are looking promising this evening for a new low in the morning.

Now to see if I can keep it up on a Wednesday for the first time on this attempt...

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I had soup and toast for lunch and was quite hungry this afternoon. Pleased to have made it through to dinner though.

I was thinking about sweet things today, I blame the hot chocolate from yesterday

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Thank you Buns Success for Friday and a good non excessive weekend. I did have a hot Chocolate yesterday which is not in my planning but hey hi it could have been worse. Back on the case for 5 N days this week. Weight loss has been stalling as it does in week 2 but I weighed less this morning than l...

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Success for yesterday

There were some amazing looking brownies at work and I didn't touch them. Dinner seemed very filling - I think my stomach is shrinking! Of for a costa breakfast this morning.

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NWS day - it is my husband's birthday and we had a big lunch which was more than one plateful. No snacks or sweets though. Hit a new low weight this morning which is always good.

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I got through a tired and hungry afternoon with a trip to mini Tescos so am quite pleased.

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Pleased to be back on board after a slight wobbly Sunday. Pret A Manger for lunch for the first time in years. It was very good. I made a curry for supper. Yum!

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A good S day - just 2 S events. Feeling good.

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Well done - it is great when the 'low' sticks and becomes the normal. I imagine weight loss like walking down steps. Some steps are longer ( horizontally) than others but once you go down one it takes more effort to drop again (or more naughtiness to go back up). It is like your body gets used to th...

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First week results: 4.75 lb down in 5 days. Hooray! This is where I need to step back from the scales though - fluid weight gone and the slower losses begin. First S day today. I plan to go back to my maximum of 5 s events per day and still no sweets. Hope it is not too much restriction - we will se...

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Success

I cooked a nutritious early dinner tonight because I was hungry. So much better than snacking all evening before eating something processed.

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Success for Thursday

The scales are dropping like a stone this week despite Wednesday's wobble and yesterday's breakfast and fish and chips for supper. I sat in front of a bowl of Crisp's for an hour last night without cracking. Very proud of that one.

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Thanks Merry, you are right - so many times in the past I have thought the day is red so I 'might as well' eat everything in sight. Quite proud of not doing that yesterday

Costa tuna melt panini for breakfast - yummy and should keep me going, feeling a bit naughty though even though I don't need to!

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My Son had to bake tonight so I had a 5 min wobble and had a bit if mixture followed by a small amount of brownie this afternoon. It did not descend into a binge but I do have to count it as a failure but I won't colour it red. Otherwise another good Day and mostly I am feeling pleased. Back tomorro...

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Thank you, Merry. I do hope so. Got though today without too much problem. Just quite hungry before supper - but it was all the better for it.

The book is making so much logical sense.

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I am starting no S again after a 4 month break and at my highest ever non pregnant weight of 12st 9 1/4 lb. I have been very defeatist about everything but so pleased I am now doing something. I am looking forward to putting my rings back on and zipping up my coat with room to spare. I do hope I can...

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Just saving my old stats on here as I have started a new thread. Total madness set in since I last posted here but I am back again and determined. Here is the last signature update from my spring attempt: new start 11th April 2016 - start weight 11st 11lb 7th May - 4 weeks on habit :D - 11st 5lb 4th...

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Success

Feeling very positive this evening

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Here I am on my first morning of No S take 3. I have started a rereading of the book. I have weighed in. I have put two S days in the habit cal for the beginning of October and I am ready to go.

Back tonight for my first success

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A three course dinner but not sweets on Thursday so maybe a 8) s event day Success for Friday - a couple of afternoon nibbles ( literally two bites) and quite a big portion for supper 1lb up this morning on last week after that - just shows how good N days are. Family party today and Queens birthday...

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On a roll at the moment - resisted temptation this afternoon when the children had chips and leftovers.

Out to a restaurant tomorrow night. Suspect I will have more than one course but will aim to avoid any sweets.

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As part of my more veg goal I am replacing crisps at lunch Time with Salad.

Less filling but so much healthier and I can fill up on my sandwich

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I was quite hungry this afternoon but waited till supper without too much temptation. Small lunch because I didn't like what I chose - full plate is so much better.

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I was working on the stricter rules today and stopped myself at near nibble a couple of times. More veg too today...

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3 Ss today - 2 of them grapes. Good S day

Lovely evening and got the bbq and new patio furniture out -

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Hmmm 8 Ss today - had a wobble before dinner, a tricky time of day. First three Ss were very tiny though!

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Two S days ahead. Plan continue to stay off the sweets and count seconds and snack up to a max of 5. I do find this almost harder than N days - maybe because officially there are no rules but I know how crazy I can go and 5 Ss is quite generous.

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Official weigh in this morning and I have lost 1 lb in 4 weeks. Not spectacular but better than my gain when I went off plan earlier in the year. Also I know I have had quite a big wobble earlier this month. 1/2 stone off in total and 8 weeks on plan which is brilliant! Now for next month - goals ar...

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Thanks Merry - you are right. Better to keep at it over time.

I think I need to put more veg on my plate generally - maybe a positive tweak.

Success for today

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Success Official weigh in on Saturday. It's not going to be spectacular this month but I am expecting a bit of a loss. Much better than a large gain from not being on plan. I wonder if I should get a bit stricter with myself or if my slightly relaxed attitude is keeping me mostly on plan rather tha...

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Fail for Tuesday - children's left overs were just too tempting

Success for today

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Sunday was ok - probably lost count of nibbles but not a binge.

Success for a lovely sunny bank holiday Monday

I have been drinking a bit much this weekend - much more than normal. Time to have some dry days I think.

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3 Ss for Saturday - enjoyed them all purposefully!

Quite pleased with that. Travelling today, will see what I can do.

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A good day yesterday, nearly a success but I did have quite a lot of Indian takeaway which counts as seconds at dinner. Away for the weekend now and so far a few crisps as S event no 1.

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Success for Thursday

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Thank you - it is easy to forget how far I have come. Yeah think at peace is mostly true - fairly relaxed about it - I hope not too much.

Success for Tuesday and Wednesday. Feeling back in the swing.

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Weekend was ok, not much counting but no craziness

Success for today

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Now it is supposed to get easier because 21 days is long enough to start forming a habit. However, if - like me - you feel like you have been holding your breath for 21 days and can now relax then it is when it gets harder. Do another 21 days if it helps or stop counting if it doesn't. Get back on t...

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Success for Friday :D Fail for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday :oops: Glad I hung on by my fingernails yesterday as it gives me hope for next week. Really don't want to give up. By some miracle the scales are the same as last Saturday. A good week and maybe I will see a new drop? I got home from wo...

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Success

Quite a big lunch but that is allowed .....

Go again tomorrow.

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Hmm - quite a bit of tasting and a pudding but no craziness today at least. Back to N days tomorrow.

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Having failed "properly" a few times and knowing what that is like, I do let myself off the odd bite (usually by mistake/ eaten absent mindedly) or tasting while cooking in order to avoid a "what the hell" reaction.

I love Jen's multi coloured idea.

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5 Ss for Saturday.

I am at a cookery course today so not sure how much tasting I will be meant to do. Will aim to keep counting and play it by ear...

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Success for Friday A good week, 5 weeks in now. :D 1/2 a lb up from last Saturday. My first weekly gain :( But I suppose it is not much, was bound to happen some time and perhaps I can blame it on my crazyness last Sunday. this weekend I will go for the no sugar and up to 5 Ss per day plan. Will re...

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Success for Wednesday and Thursday.

Scales are not showing it though - never mind, the weight is not shooting up.

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Success for Monday and Tuesday. Really pleased that I got back on the wagon.

I still felt the effects of all the sugar yesterday but back to normal today.

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Oh dear - classic S day idiot behaviour today including 9 2 finger kit kats and 2 packets of crisps just before lunch. Feel bloated and guilty tonight. Maybe it was a post official weigh in blow out.

Moving on to Monday morning tomorrow though. A new week.

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Quite a lot of snacking throughout today. It is a Saturday but I don't like being out of control. Will aim for counting my Ss tomorrow.

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Reflecting on my first month this time round vs my last No S attempt - I think I am less of a perfectionist this time. This may not be a good thing as it means I forgive small slips which could turn into big slips over time. However I think the benefits outweigh the risk because the small slips are ...

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Official weigh in today and I have lost 6 lb over the last 4 weeks. :D A bit scales psycology going on in my head which goes to show that daily weighing is dangerous. see below. The main acheivment is that I have been doing No S and "eating like a normal person" for 4 weeks now :D :D It seems yester...

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Ticking along - weigh in tomorrow

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Well done for not letting the flapjack derail you for the rest of the day

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I can't claim a success for yesterday because we went out for a three course meal but I am claiming some successful moments because: Starter was tapas and I didn't go back for more from the table. The third course was cheese (luck but still!) and again no second helping although it was on the table ...

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Success

Two quite hearty meals today at lunch and supper. Usual breakfast. No fuss.

Happy Star Wars day to you all - May the 4th be with you

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Success Smooth sailing today. A colleague has gone on a vlcg and I am so glad I am not messing with that anymore. Only tried to use it to do the 5:2 but it made me feel weak and ill and in fact I never completed a day on it. So much more satisfied on no s and enjoying my tasty meals. I think that i...

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No May Day celebrations to be found but a good relaxing bank holiday and a success I even made rhubarb crumble for the family and kept a bit of sugar free stewed rhubarb for me which I put on my plate (in a little pot) while serving up my main course to have while everyone else had the crumble. 8) B...

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If I have time then fried or boiled egg with mushrooms and/or tomatoes and toast or bagel.

If I have less time then cheese, cracker, wheeabix and an apple.

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Yes - it feels much better to be doing something about it. I extrapolate forwards and see myself as a slim and healthy person. The scales going down rather than up as well as knowing I am not secretly binging all the time feels amazing well before I can see a difference in my figure.

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Seconds on Saturday: (eating out), and Snacks on Sunday. No sweets.

It is bank holiday Monday here tomorrow but I think I will count it as an N day as I don't have any particular plans. Wish I was going to a maypole dancing event - might Google it in a minute.

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I think having more food available doesn't help. Buffets or serving plates on the table would be a bit much for me. But also look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2csfg8#zt83b9q It was a bbc program about why different people gain weight and the 'feasters' were lacking in a hormone released by ...

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Success

Three weeks in and getting used to no S again. I have had to stop myself from absentmindedly nibbling fairly frequently so I haven't got the habits hard wired in yet.

Enjoying my meals and coping with the few hunger pangs.

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Success for Wednesday and Thursday. Ticking along nicely.

3 weeks of n days coming up tomorrow

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Success for Monday and Tuesday A few nibbles on a cracker before dinner last night but now I know what proper failure is I am not going to count it. Despite the “fence around the law”. Very stressful day at work yesterday and a trip with the children to the supermarket after school so lots of tempt...

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Thanks rawcookie - chocolate bar is still temptingly in the fridge. Saturday went to plan with 3 S events but today I have been snacking to excess. Nothing sweet though so hopefully no problems getting back in the saddle tomorrow.

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4 1/2 lbs down in 2 weeks

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Success for Thursday and Friday. Very tempted to snack on sweet things this afternoon but pleased to have resisted. 2 weeks in :) The weight loss has slowed down but I am going with the habit forming target and aiming to 'eat like a normal person' as exists in my imagination😇 Two S days ahe...

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A couple of mouthfuls of seconds with both lunch and dinner yesterday (Wednesday) but no catastrophic failure. Working today so more of a routine to my day. Hopefully will keep me on the straight and narrow.

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Success I have been thinking about the positives of coming back to the diet over starting first time. I am much more relaxed this time round over portion size - not so scared that I will be starving if I don't eat huge meals. Good day today although I was hungry for my supper which had to be quite ...

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That is one day more than my last restart. I had half a costa chai latte which could be seen as an S but I didn't know, didn't like it, didn't finish it and it was a drink which seems to count for less on this plan

Otherwise a spot on three meal day.

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Thanks Rawcookie Not a bad S day today either. Survived a children's party which is normally my nemisisis. I hade 3 S events - 2 of them fine and as yesterday. The other was a chocolate caramel wafer this afternoon when I was feeling stressed. I had planned to avoid Sweet Ss this weekend but on the ...

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Success for Friday

2 S events for Saturday. One lovely savoury cheese snack and then a slightly sweet seconds of fruit yoghurt after dinner.

Feeling positive on Sunday morning.

2.5 lb down this week Mon - Sat mornings

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I had two brilliant months on no S November to January this year.lost around half a stone. Then at the end of that time I finally made the 21 day club and didn't have something to strive for anymore so I started having failure days. Got re addicted to sugar and gained over a stone in 2 months with o...

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Success for Wednesday and Thursday. Getting on fine this week. A bit nervous about the weekend because I gave up after a week in March. Thinking back though it was the Monday evening when things went wrong. Perhaps I should keep off the sugar and just have a few savoury snacks this weekend.

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A good day today. An early supper but not really hungry before then. Managed not to eat anything from the petrol station on the way home.

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Back again on day 1. It's gone ok but a big supper that could be counted as seconds. Feeling motivated and starting again so have copied and pasted my signature here for my old stats and will make a new one. :-) 23.11.15: Start Weight: 11st 0.5lb 23.12.15: Weight: 10st 11.75 lb. 23.1.16: Weight: 10s...

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success for Friday. Very pleased to report a 4lb loss in the first 5 days back on plan.

Going for a 5 S event maximum on S days this weekend. Hit the 5 yesterday but no more and I was more aware of what I was choosing to treat myself with through the day. Go again today

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Thank you Wahine. Made it to page 2 of my diary, feels like an achievement in itself :) I have given myself an s day yesterday as I went to an event with nibbles in the evening. Should have planne better for it really. Today I am on track so far but a bit bored and so tempted to eat for entertainmen...

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Day 3

It hasn't been too difficult either. It is like a switch in my brain flicking from "don't care" to "going to make this happen"

The scales are responding too

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Success for today and yesterday :D Success First time in over a month. Really pleased to be back on the case. I have put on a scary amount of weight in the last month though :oops: Disappointed that this diet is like all the others and I have fallen of the wagon so badly but the main thing is drawin...

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Failure for Wednesday

Not catastrophic though- just picking at the children's early dinner

Here I go again for a successful day today l

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Success

Serious resisting of temptation this evening but I wanted my green square

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I did fine all through last week until Friday evening when I lost it. A repeat again this evening. I think not posting everyday has been a part of it. I am getting overconfident. Try again tomorrow

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Success Back on the plan after a slow slide into permasnacking over the weekend. It is strange I wake up on Saturday morning thinking I don't want any Ss and by the end of the weekend I am raiding the cupboards. Probably to do with sugar cravings working their way back in. A big supper of freezer fo...

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It is my official monthly weigh in this morning. I am pleased to report that I have lost another 2.75 lb so a total of 5.5 lb and am weighing 10st 9lb this morning.

Now I need some new goals. A completely green and yellow January would be a good start. Only 5 green days away....

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Woo hoo! I made it :D I have been no S ing for 2 months and have just completed my first 21 day run with no fails and no non weekend S days. The great thing is it just keeps getting easier - habit is key. I am enjoying my meals more, putting healthier food on my plate and (gradually) losing some wei...

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Breakfast sounds good. Having some regular, easy filling ideas is so helpful.

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Success Hooray I have made it to 21 days with no red or NWS days 8) Now I just need to think of something to post on the 21 day thread..... Was quite headachy today but there has been flu going round so I think it is more that than what I am eating. Avoided cake and childrens leftovers and had free...

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