Everyday Systems

carolejo

Hi Lou, Your response triggered a thought in my head. Maybe these people eating 'meager amounts of food and still not losing any weight' are still trying to "Diet" rather than to eat sustainably...? The human body is amazingly adaptive, and if you starve it long enough it will try to hang on to its ...

carolejo

hey Deb *sends HUGE HUGS*. Hang in there. You never know what's just around the corner. It's an odd thing. I feel quite powerless to help you, stuck over here on the other side of the ocean, but I still want to you know that I'm cheering for you, really hard. I know you're a winner and so I don't ha...

carolejo

Yay! 6/6. (Breakfast no seconds or sweets, nothing eaten between Brekkie & Lunch, Lunch no seconds or sweets, nothing eaten between Lunch & Dinner, Dinner with no seconds or sweets, nothing eaten until Breakfast the following day:- 6 mini-successes = 1 wholly sucessful day) :D Textbook SUCCESS with ...

carolejo

Some people do actually do that, but it wouldn't work for me. I go out running with the Hash House Harriers on Sunday afternoons and there's always snacks with our beers afterwards. I'd *never* be able to resist them!

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carolejo

thanks guys. You're the best! :D Back to normal monday goodness today. I'm in the office again, so there aren't very many opportunities for snacking as there's virtually no food here apart from the sandwiches and fruit I brought in with me *grin* So far so good. Breakfast & lunch have been successfu...

carolejo

Yeah. I'm a kind of 6pm on Friday to 6pm on Sunday person for my weekend. I am aware that technically this means I have 3 S days, but so far it hasn't caused me too many problems and it's easier for me to stick with it that way. On Friday evenings I only 'half S' anyway, in that I allow myself a sma...

carolejo

I like your resistance exercise plan, it sounds very do-able. Unfortunately, those kinds of exercises are frought with bad mental associations for me :roll: due to some particularly sadistic and unpleasant PE teachers from my youth! Probably it's about time I reclaimed them for myself, so perhaps I ...

carolejo

Awooooga! Thursday was a TOTAL SUCCESS. I had my 3 meals, and nothing more. Friday was a nice, planned S day but I didn't go too crazy. Ditto Saturday. Today I had green & blacks maya gold chocolate for breakfast :? :lol: but hey, you only live once. Yesterday I went to a great farmers market in tow...

carolejo

Cheryl - You cannot fail on an S day. It's official. Enjoy it and don't worry. They will settle down in time and in the meantime, anything better than 'pre NoS' is a success however you look at it. Don't start taking revenge on yourself because it will just end up backfiring. Don't worry about the s...

carolejo

I'd say stick with the 10 pounder but go much slower and put your hands much further apart on the handle so you don't have so much leverage. It's not a race to shovel as much as possible in the time allowed :) Pace yourself and build up to it, and it will feel like an oversized toy in no time! Good ...

carolejo

Sick begins with S. Sick days are S days. You can't fail on an S day.

Feel better soon!

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carolejo

That is just *too funny* Deb & Richard!

Now, play nice with each other, you kids.

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carolejo

Hi Lil Mouse!

Welcome to NoS. Hope it works out as well for you as it has for me, so far.

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carolejo

Deb is right, for what you want it to do, NoS should be a walk in the park for you

Welcome. Hope it's everything you need it to be.
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carolejo

Yeah... I eat more BK than I probably should (as much as once a week), but like Tricia, I either order the kids meal with OJ to drink, or I'll eat just the whopper with no fries or soda. It's one of the few places in Schiphol airport that serves edible food that is affordable and fast enough for you...

carolejo

carolejo- Avocados are the fruit of life! There is nothing anonymous about my passionate love for avocados! Nah. There's nothing anonymous about the rate at which they disappear round here either! :lol: How about a salad of fresh cherry tomatoes, avocado pieces, mini buffalo mozarella balls and bla...

carolejo

Sometimes, if I made or ate something particularly yummy, I will note it down in my checkin thread, but mostly I don't write down what I eat. I think this is because I already spend enough time thinking about food and there needs to be some room for other stuff in my life :lol: Interesting points th...

carolejo

Thanks Noskanse! It's like bulletin board karma, or something. Everyone was so helpful and kind when I started out, and in return I try to be as helpful and kind as I can be when new folk are here too. Afterall, it's a message worth getting hold of. 8) Yesterday was another textbook NoS day. That br...

carolejo

Oooh. I would *definately* buy a NoS plate and a NoS bowl if they came in the right sizes. That would be cool!

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carolejo

Hi Lou,

you don't actually need a sledge with a shorter handle - just hold the handle closer to the head of the hammer. That way, you can use more or less leverage, depending on how hard you want it to be.

Have fun!
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carolejo

celery sticks filled with peanut butter makes a nice crunchy lunch. Add a small sprig of grapes, couple of oatcakes and a little cheese and you're away.

....mmmm. Peanut butter!
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carolejo

I just looked back at my calendar with its little 'NoS' symbols scrawled all over it. If I count the weekends (which OF COURSE count :lol: ) and the friday 10th February, which was also a success for NoS, then I'm up to 12 successful days in a row so far, not the 8 I was counting before! :) Good sur...

carolejo

I can't speak directly from experience, but I imagine it will make it harder to form habits. However, the major habit you need to form is just "mealing" rather than snacking. You could try eating your meals when you are hungry, but putting a limit on, of, say "I will always leave at least 5 hours be...

carolejo

I like it that my arms look better defined and less 'flabby'. I'm losing my 'chicken fillet wings' too. How can it be unfeminine to have strong and healthy muscles? They're not bulky or bulgy at all, but the shape is definately good. My husband has also not complained at my new 'sculpted' arm and sh...

carolejo

Hi Maria, I had my own set of troubles with landscaping people, only the people I hired were definately crooks and did a terrible job of what they did! I'm glad they're sending you the plans. That something at least. Did they also do a good job of the bits they did finish? That's also something. Som...

carolejo

No. but then again, I hate the kind that has added sugar in it. The only peanut butter I like to eat is the kind which has 3 ingredients or less on the jar - peanuts (at least 95%), a little salt and some palm or peanut oil to 'fluidise' it a bit. There's a wholefood store I found in Amsterdam that ...

carolejo

A little light funny stuff yesterday - I ate an avocado with a little black pepper and balsamic vinegar on it before I went to my aerobics class. It's not a failure though as a small 'mini-meal' of fruit or veg is allowed on my version of things. I had planned for it too, so it would easily have fit...

carolejo

Welcome!
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carolejo

measuring sounds like a good plan. That's a much more reliable way of looking at things than a bathroom scale anyway. Scales are RUBBISH really.

Good job so far Sheepish. Glad you're off to a good start.
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carolejo

Hi Kirby, I'm glad you decided to post and say Hi. NoS is a great idea and this board is a very friendly and helpful place too. It seems to take a lot of people a while to accept things and view all their attempts positively. For what it's worth, I really believe anything about your eating habits / ...

carolejo

Unless you rember that the avocado is proof that god loves us, while salmon is just a tasty fish, then it all makes sense.

AMEN to that!

So... are you going to join me in Avocados anonymous then, cos I just can't seem to leave the blasted things alone these days

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carolejo

fantastic job there in NOT CAVING IN! :D Deliveries, eh. Sometimes I wonder how come this has always got to be such a nightmare, since most companies will only deliver during working hours and therefore (as most people are at work then) you have to take time off to get stuff delivered, so it ends up...

carolejo

Hey, can I just say, I got some really cool ads on my checkin! "make your own sushi" etc

Sometimes the ads are really worth it. It's pretty clever how google does this ad matching thing.

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carolejo

yummy sounding foods! I love japanese noodles.
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carolejo

Wow! 3 meals in a week!! That really would be tough, and *definately* unhealthy!

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carolejo

Hi Sheepish, glad you're here and not somewhere else instead. This really works and it will definately do what you want it to do - maintain and gradually decrease your weight again in a sane and healthy way. Your food intake looks pretty healthy and balanced on the whole, and you are right that your...

carolejo

Wow! If you think that's a long story, you should see me or Deb when we get going!

Nice to meet you, Lilzui. Good luck and welcome to NoS.
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carolejo

Glad to see you're off to a good start.
Welcome to NoS!
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carolejo

Thanks Guys. At the very real risk of my diet checkin becoming boring, yesterday was another TEXTBOOK success day with no funny stuff :D That makes 7 spot-on days. I'm a third of the way through my second ever block of 21 days straight. In 7 months, I've only managed 21 straight days on habit ONCE. ...

carolejo

Go Becky. Good job on picking yourself back up. That's what counts really. I'm also trying to do a 21 day straight - I've only managed that ONCE in a whole 7 months of doing this :lol: It's going well so far though. Hang in there... and lay off that cinnamon toast stuff! It's too yummy and you're ma...

carolejo

having never eaten 'nutritional yeast' I honestly don't know, Jan!
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carolejo

My husband is a marmite junkie. He says vegemite is a foul and disturbing substance, not fit to be called a foodstuff! :lol: :lol: I hope you like it a bit better than he does. I'm not qualified to comment, given that I really don't like ANY of the yeast extract spreads on my bread! I won't even let...

carolejo

Hi Angel. I suggest that you start by adding in some unrefined carbohydrates to your diet in small portions. Say, 1 slice of wholegrain bread with your meal in place of something else on you plate, or 1/2 a cup of cooked wholegrain brown rice. If you suddenly start eating a whole loaf of white bread...

carolejo

Hey Deb! Great job on not touching that chinese food till the morning! 8) The UK was alright, but I didn't get to see that much of it as I flew in at 10am, hired a car and drove straight to the office, had a 4 hour meeting, drove back to the airport and flew straight back to Amsterdam. It felt reall...

carolejo

Wow. Eating every 3 hours! I think that would drive me crazy to spend my whole day (pretty much) thinking about, planning, preparing and eating food!! How did you ever find any time to do anything else..?! :P Welcome to No S. This might not be quick, but it definately works. I'm down 20 lb in 6 mont...

carolejo

:lol: :lol: :lol: Deb, you crack me up! Weighed myself this morning. I'm now 2 lb below where I was before Christmas! Yay! :D Although it almost certainly isn't the lowest weight I've been during that time, it IS the lowest number I've seen on a scale since I stopped judo when I left grad school. So...

carolejo

I had similar qualms about Dutch apple syrup, which is a pure unrefined sugar beet syrup mixed with concentrated apple juice. I really like it, but decided that although it was unrefined (so contains lots of trace minerals and plenty of vitamins, including iron which is something I personally need t...

carolejo

yay Deb!

I'm so happy it's going well for you. It's always nice to be in the happy place for a change.

And down an INCH! That's FANTASTIC!!!!!

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carolejo

Swimming was fun, and so was the sushi-making. My rolls weren't very professional-looking - the fillings were definately off centre in the rice and the first few were rolled too loosely, but they got better with practice. fun to make and fun to eat too - unfortunately it's a very labour intensive wa...

carolejo

Score to date: :D 4 perfect N days! :D Even though I was travelling and yesterday was a very long day, here's what I ate: 1 croissant with a little butter and jam with 1 apple and a glass of OJ. A small chicken and mushroom pie 3 slices of italian style pizza with rocket on top. I drank 4 cups of te...

carolejo

I'm with Shameless and Deb on this one. I rarely, if ever, go back for SECOND helpings of my main meals anymore, even on the weekend. It just feels gross to stuff myself with so much food at once. My S days are quite 'heavy' though - I tend to eat quite a lot of sweets and snacky stuff. Even though ...

carolejo

Hey Deb,

Remember - don't eat too much HamBURPER helper and Garlic right before you get up close and personal with your clients!!

I'm glad you got a booking.

*sends positive thoughts and vibes to you*

love C. xxx

carolejo

Oh Deb!! Of course we drink our lagers COLD! It's the real ales that get served at between 8 and 12 degrees C (that's about 10 or 15 degrees below room temperature, so not even warm) :lol: Sadly I won't have time for any drinking - but I will be driving on the left of course. Becky - it's OK. I know...

carolejo

I also forgot to say that one of my classmates was handing round a HUGE bag of M&Ms yesterday during Dutch class. They all thought I was quite crazy when I took them, gave them a really good sniff (chocolate sure *smells* nice and that's not against the rules! :lol: ) and said (in Dutch) "Ah. M&Ms. ...

carolejo

Hope you're day is less stressful today, Cynthia.

Hang in there. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

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carolejo

Man, a lot sure goes on over here whilst I'm sleeping my life away in Europe :P That guy is a scumbag stupid sleezeball anyway and you don't wanna be working for any of those, so you're better off out of it. Scrubs, huh? I thought massage was a non-invasive procedure..? What does he think you'd be d...

carolejo

Hi Becky Good on you for quitting. I was lucky in that smoking never hooked me, but I've watched enough of my friends going through it to work out how hard it must be - plus, I can't even stop biting my nails, so stopping a habit with addictive chemicals involved would be really tough! 8) On the cle...

carolejo

Hi Deb. Hope your interview went well and you get lots of nice new clients and a ton of work and money and everything 8) So, score to date, 3 perfect N days :D No shovelglove though :? It seems I can only concentrate on one thing at once at the moment. I think I need to step up my rangering a bit to...

carolejo

Hi Kid, It's fine to post recipes. A lot of people do this on their checkin threads anyway. The point is that here you don't HAVE to eat certain things. There's no "special noS recipes for losing weight by eating nasty diet food" but I for one LOVE to see new ideas for things to cook and eat. There ...

carolejo

Haven't tried it yet. That's for Friday evening. I've got a good wassabi paste and will get some pickled ginger tomorrow from the store.

So, yesterday was another TEXTBOOK good day!

score now, 2 perfect days.

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carolejo

Any tips for nice ingredients to put in my first ever attempt at making California rolls...? I thought some cooked green asparagus would go well, as would roasted red pepper with the skin peeled off. Gerkins are a classic I suppose, and I could try a little rare beef - our local store does some grea...

carolejo

Yeah... That whole 'look at me, buy me things' trip makes me a little uneasy too. The current trend with some hip hop and rap music doesn't help much either. Case in point:- "my lovely lady lumps, check them out... give me all your money, honey"?! I don't even know who sings it and I don't wanna kno...

carolejo

I still reckon the greatest valentines day gift would be for me to come home tomorrow and find the house has been cleaned from top to bottom!

Hope you have a fun evening, anyway.
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carolejo

Thanks Becky! I can hear that strawberry cheesecake haagen daaz calling to me from the freezer.... but I ain't listenin'! :lol: S and I decided not to take today as an S day, cos he's got his Dutch course straight after work until nearly 11pm anyway, so I'll most likely be asleep by the time he gets...

carolejo

ROCKIN!

Score - one perfect NoS day.

Right. It's time for breakfast.

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carolejo

Get well soon, Maria!

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carolejo

Hi Deb,

I'll be your valentine friend too!

Happy Valentine's day.

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carolejo

Hi Cynthia, Hope whatever it is works out OK in the end. For the record, you're really doing very well and I too am impressed that you're still here! That really really is the hardest part, I think :) your past couple of days are also looking good. Focus on those sucesses and don't forget YOU CAN DO...

carolejo

Hi M,

Glad you found us. Hope NoS brings you peace and health. It's really about the sanest thing going.

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carolejo

So far so good. I've made it to lunch and eaten my 1 plate's worth of food (two rounds cheese and ham sandwiches, an apple and a clemantine).

Nothing else to report... except that I *really* don't feel like doing much work today!

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carolejo

So... On friday night "the committee" (carole and steve together :lol: ) had a meeting and decided that we need to renew our vows to NoS and re-commit properly. This means, no more random 'cheating' during the week! Starting today, I'm going for a full 5 days of proper nossing, no noshing, no joshin...

carolejo

If I *really* wanted to be contentious and shake this place up a bit, I *might* point out that Jesus was DEFINATELY NOT born in December!!! Christmas celebrations were moved by the very early christians to coincide with the midwinter festival of the pagans, to make it 'easier' for all concerned. By ...

carolejo

Hey Becky, it's lunch! It's not a snack, it's not a bowl of icecream.... Yes, it's not the most ideal nutritionally balanced stuff in the world, but it's not illegal 8) Maybe in 10 years time they'll discover some amazing new 'must have' vitamin that can only be found in deep fried cheese wontons (V...

carolejo

Hi Marie. Welcome to the NoS board. It sounds like this will be a very good match for what you want to do. It can take a little getting used to, NOT being on a diet but also not being able to eat EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING anytime! People here are very helpful and friendly and will chip in often with h...

carolejo

Well, the boy returned from his meal out feeling much more chipper and optimistic. Apparently what I said on the phone must have sunk in and he's happier about it all. Honestly, if he expended less time and energy on flapping and more on actually doing the stuff we have to do... :lol: Oh well. At le...

carolejo

Darn it! Came home and CAVED IN when I saw the cadburys caramel bars in the freezer that my sister brought over from England for my birthday!!! Only ate one bar though. Could have been worse, I know, but I really DO need to get some proper control back. Having a fairly pissy evening, actually. Came ...

carolejo

Well, a nice cup of proper tea and an apple I found lurking in the bottom of my laptop bag have tided me over for the time being. Disaster averted! That's even allowed within my own version of the NoS rules, so I can continue to feel virtuous about it all as well. I am wondering if I'm coming down w...

carolejo

Eee, I don't know what's the matter, but I'm *really* hungry and I only ate my (reasonable sized) lunch about 2 hours ago! It's at least 5 hours till dinnertime! No, I'm not thirsty - I've drunk about 3 large cups of water already. May have to go get some fruit from somewhere. Could be tricky as the...

carolejo

I used to collect the litter up on my way home from school sometimes as a kid. It just annoyed me to see it all lying around, choking up the grass verges. All this stuff, just tossed out of a car window by people who should really know better.

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carolejo

The Lyra-Cat (my small and furry baby) is fortunately not much of a plant-chewer, although she *did* like the peppermint I had growing on the windowsill for a while! Perhaps she just wanted minty-fresh cat-breath for a change :lol: As to the Special brownies - most of the decent coffeeshops have sto...

carolejo

Hey Becky! At least you had the nachos as dinner - there's nothing that says you have to eat healthy food ALL the time! :twisted: I slipped up yesterday for real and had a load of icecream at 10:30pm *bad carole!*. Still. That was yesterday. This is today. Keep on truckin! Hope you have a great day ...

carolejo

Yesterday I only scored 5/6. I sinned last night when I got back from my Dutch class by eating the last of the icecream left over from my birthday weekend. :? It was Ben and Jerry's New York super fudge chunk. Yummy - but not in any way NoS approved for N days!! :evil: There was about a quarter of a...

carolejo

What you need really is some kind of health robinson style water clock contraption that has a moveable arm. Once the water has run off it, the arm moves up and hits a gong, then you know that your 14 minutes is up...

That way you wouldn't have to stare at it all the time.
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carolejo

Good for you for staying honest and not quitting!

Afterall, today is another day.

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carolejo

Hi Maria, really, I would consider having an official small fourth meal in the afternoon if this is causing so much trouble. You'll probably be able to phase it back out again once your body has adjusted, but in the meantime, I think you should listen to your body on this one. I still sometimes have...

carolejo

.Hi Nic. It can be tough. I don't think there are any magic answers. Sometimes there's not even a noticeable trigger. Some days you just feel blue, for no real reason in particular! Know this though. You're working to change your stars. You're doing what you can in a small and sustainable way to cha...

carolejo

Good day yesterday. Aerobics class was really busy for some reason - we ended up sharing the steps, only it looked so funny I think I did more giggling than actual stepping :lol: Today I really didn't want to get out of bed though - in fact, I still feel like I'm sleepwalking for some reason! It mus...

carolejo

google ads on this page has also put a link to

http://www.delpozzo.com/clessidre.htm

Sadly, I don't think they're much more inexpensive though.
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carolejo

Hi Cynthia, just checking in on your checkin! 8) Hope you have a nice chilled out evening. If you find you can't actually make it all evening, consider having a 'controlled failure' and snacking on some fruit. It's sometimes better to fail safe in this way than to let yourself get so hungry that you...

carolejo

hee! Mine's also a 12 lb hammer with a hickory wood handle.

It weighs closer to 14 lb though if I put it on my bathroom scale.
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carolejo

Hey Annie,

sorry I wasn't around to welcome you before! Glad to see it seems to be going well for you so far though.

Hope you find NoS as sane, helpful and straightforward as I have.

All the best,
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carolejo

Greetings and a huge internet HUG to my all time favourite Nosser. Look after that stomach of yours, Deb. I'm sure you'll be feeling much better soon, but in the meantime I also wanted to let you know that I care about you and want you to succeed and to feel better. Chin up. Things are getting bette...

carolejo

Personally, I don't make any rules at all for the weekends. If I feel like stuffing myself with doughnuts and chocolate from dawn til dusk non-stop, then that's what I'll do. That said, in practise what happens is that I just don't feel a need for anywhere near as much sugary junk / salty snackfoods...

carolejo

OK. I can definately believe that eating all the time is likely to make you sluggish and tired... Just look at your average person after they've just eaten a big meal - most people just want to curl up in a cozy little ball and fall asleep, huh? Personally, I also find that if I eat a large lunch, I...

carolejo

So.... did you miss me? :lol: sorry guys. Haven't been around for a while - I had my 30th Birthday last Friday and have had a house full of guests and a big party since I was last here. I'm not going ANYWHERE NEAR a set of scales for quite a while now! :lol: I've not managed to catch up with how eve...

carolejo

Hi Jan, The best spaetzle can be made with 500g of plain white flour and 5 eggs, a little salt and a little water if necessary to make it the right thickness. mix until smooth. beat until it blows bubbles at you. Then just use it straightaway. This makes enough for 4 to 6 people, depending on whethe...

carolejo

Hi Jan, The best spaetzle can be made with 500g of plain white flour and 5 eggs, and a little water if necessary to make it the right thickness. mix until smooth. beat until it blows bubbles at you. Then just use it straightaway. This makes enough for 4 to 6 people, depending on whether it's a mainc...

carolejo

Hi M,

Don't worry about it too much for now. The brain can only cope with so many new habits being forged at once, it seems!

You are also right that the OJ was better for you than most of the things on offer.

Have a good day today,
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carolejo

As I said, in Ulm (where I lived on and off for about 2 years total) Spaetzle are virtually the national dish. Try layering the freshly made noodles in an oven dish with a nice strong grated cheese, baking the result in the oven until it's golden and bubbling, and serving it covered with onions that...

carolejo

Hi Michael,

congratulations, you're human just like the rest of us.

Nevermind. Today is another day. Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and keep going. You are quite right that 12 great days of eating well are not going to be cancelled out by one little mess-up!

You're doing great!
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