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If you're just starting out, it's very common to have wild S days, especially after a history of diets . I had reached the point where I was sticking to it easily on N days, and S days were no longer wild. I lost a little weight, but not a lot. It didn't bother me too much, though. I'm hypothyroid, ...

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So. I'm supposed to be working, and instead out of the blue, I thought - ' It's been a long time since I looked in at the NoS forum.' So I did. I even remembered my password. I can't believe it's been two years since I was last here. It certainly doesn't seem that long. Many things have changed in m...

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Yes, we lived there until 05.

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Yep - that's the series I was thinking of, thanks! They're slightly strange books - but with a main character like that, what else could it be? :) No, I"m not tiny by any means. I just don't recall ever thinking of the seats as small. We all have our pet peeves though - and I have many....Do you go ...

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How could I forget Agatha Raisin. I didn't like her at first, but she really grew on me.

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Reading previous posts has given me some ideas :) I have mostly been going through Amazon's free ebooks. Luckily some of my favorite authors are available - like dickens and Wodehouse. Headed to the library today and hoping to come home with a stack of books. FWIW, I got tired of The Plum after a ha...

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We put them throughout our house when they first came out, hoping they'd last longer. This has not been the case at all. They've been very disappointing. All that and, if one breaks, mercury, too.

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Great post, Grammy

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Hi there

. Didn't recognize your new check-in name at first. Glad to see you're back and back at it!

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LOL. I keep going back for chocs, too! I think I'm done now.

I haven't done much with salad dressing. I'm still hung up on balsamic vinegar. One of these days maybe I'll want to move on to something else

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Just reading about tuna with greek yogurt. We avoid soy, and even if we didn't my family doesn't like mayo, so I don't bother making it. For the few things we eat that normally use mayo, I just use greek yogurt, too. I buy full-fat and also use it in place of sour cream or, mixed with milk, instead ...

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I have been known to spread butter on cheese. When I get a craving for that, I know I need more fat :) I don't really do any other nuts than macadamia anymore. We don't need the Omega 6. The other day I melted some dark chocolate (80%) and stirred in chopped macadamia nuts, unsweetened coconut, come...

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Enjoyed reading your progress! Congrats on your success

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Just checking on you. How are things?

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Time has slipped by for me again. Doing well, though. Spring is here, and that makes so many things easier.

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It's rather odd, but lately my biggest problem is that I'm not hungry. I just haven't felt like eating in several days. I suppose to some that would sound like a 'good' thing, but it's not working so well for me. What had been working was eating three big meals of whatever I felt like eating - and n...

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Congratulations!

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Another week has gone by - a week filled with work and family, fun times and quiet times - and as always, lots of good food: from our croissant breakfasts to chocolate filled crepes, with a lot of other good stuff in between :). I've settled into a routine with NoS that fits me very well. I'm no lon...

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Glad you liked it! I made some muffins the other day that were a bit dense - next time I'm going to try adding yogurt to see if it helps.

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It's good to 'see' you, too :) I'm going to have to spend some time on your thread catching up. I'm at home today taking advantage of the day off to do some cleaning and cooking, and hoping to spend some time later taking advantage of the nice weather to get out in the sunshine. The week has gone we...

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Just catching up on 'old' posts and have to say I love bento. I got one for my son and wish I had one, too :) On biscuits: I made biscuits the other night and they were by far the best I've ever made. The only difference was I used (full fat, Fage) yogurt thinned with whole milk instead of buttermil...

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Starla, it's great to come back to the board and find such good news from you. Congratulations on your success and more of the same in 2011!

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Time can be so deceptive - it can't possibly be nearly seven months since I was last here. I'm glad there are still so many familiar faces...er...names

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This is an interesting topic. A year ago, I would have said no - but now I know better. I'm not talking about chemicals in our food that we have to get out of our systems, like caffeine. Nor am I talking about cravings driven my malnutrition from years of dieting. But how the body uses certain foods...

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Since I'm here ....:) I don't know how long it's been since I was here last. I suppose I could look, but now that I'm writing I'd rather just keep going :) May was manic as usual, made more so by unexpected company at the end of the month. June is always a busy time for us - two birthdays and then f...

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Aww...I just saw this post. I haven't checked in for ages. Are you here?

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Today marks six months for me. The scale may be down only 8 pounds, but the clothes in my closet tell a different story. I'm down two sizes, so methinks the scale lies :) It feels like a crossroad to me. Where S days were likened with removing the training wheels, where I am now feels like I've adde...

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I am one of those who doesn't lose weight while BFing. In fact, if I didn't eat enough I would actually gain weight. I discovered that a surprisingly high percentage of women don't lose weight while BFing. It's not easy being patient, but I figured that wasn't my 'job' at the time - taking care of m...

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I know your exercise makes you feel better so I hope you find your way back to it. Maybe with the days getting longer and spring lurking it will help you with your motivation.

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Congrats on the three pounds!

Have a good S day today

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I think that is the way to go and I wish you the best.

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Let me know how it goes, k? I've got to mix up some more dough this weekend so it will be ready during the week. It'll take... what? Five minutes? :) Yesterday was a very good day. It's starting to feel like spring here. Not the weather, but the feeling, which helps make it a good day, but we had fu...

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Kathleen wrote:Someday, I hope he decides to stop the ineffective approach of "eat less, exercise more".

Kathleen

Totally ineffective. I know it seems logical until you really think about it. I'm so glad I left that world behind.

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Thank you. The situation is better today, but the after-effects linger. I decided to mark today as a failure even though I wasn't feeling well. I definitely crossed the line between taking care of myself on a 'sick' day - and being an idiot.

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I'm glad you made it - skin of teeth or not. Success is success!

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Thanks everyone. I think I'm lucky it happened in the car, which gave me time before I got home and did something dumb:) And it would have been dumb - eating wouldn't have helped in any way. I think the whole situation has gotten to me physically, too. I'm feeling lousy today, so decided to take the...

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thanks, I'll look into that.

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What a freaky few days this has been. I found myself wanting to just chuck the whole thing and go home and eat something. It was such a ridiculous thought I had to think about why that even occurred to me, however briefly. Is No S a hardship? Is it difficult? Is it restrictive or a struggle in any w...

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Oh, no! I hope it's not too bad. Take care of yourself - not just the injury, but whatever is going on with the eating thing, too.

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It's good to hear from you - and good to hear you're doing well :). Sounds like a lovely life you have going on, and I hope we see you back here regularly soon! Thanks for messaging me, since I don't read the General discussions very often these days - gotta leave room for other things in life. It's...

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It's a sunny Monday and after all that good food over the weekend, it's nice to be back to the N days. Although most of the things I made don't need to be limited to the S days. We did manage to fit in that popcorn and movie, and we even managed to take a snowy walk to the grocery store. I ended up ...

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Sorry your cold got you! Hope it goes away fast. Ah, the British 'Sunday Roast'. My husband's family always has a roast on Sunday, and we used to, but I usually want to do something else with my Sunday besides cooking. Not that you could tell from my weekend! I was supposed to be making a pork roast...

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as some kind system to actually interrupt surfing, game playing, etc on the computer? Something that actually interrupts the activity after an hour or so with a reminder something like 'you've been on the computer X number of minutes, perhaps you should take a break - or actually have a life' :) or ...

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I think it's both, really. Dieting leads to, if not eating disorders, disordered eating. All that emphasis on 'good/bad' foods, guilt, deprivation lead to things like hoarding food, secret eating, dreams and obsessions about food, binges - so many awful consequences. Physically, they damage the meta...

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It's been snowing all weekend, and still is. I suppose if I'm going to spend a weekend mostly in the kitchen, that's as good a time as any. I'm tired of it though. I've bottled kombucha, made hot dog buns to go with our grass-fed hot dogs, made ice cream, soaked and dehydrated granola, made yogurt (...

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How much we have in common, I see :). We married in England and lived there for nearly 10 years - until our son was nearly five. We're coming up on five years in the US. My husband and son both lost their accents very quickly and my car nearly says more 'English' words than my husband. (It says 'the...

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Sounds good to me : ) I like Cream of Wheat, too, but I don't eat it often cuz no one else in my family likes it (they're English and just don't 'get it. That's okay, I don't 'get' Wheatabix :) ) I also like fried potatoes. Fried 'fauxtatoes' don't do it, do they? :) Yesterday I really wanted - don'...

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Well, I did have the focaccia. Olive oil, locally grown tomato and mozzarella I picked up last time we went to the farm....worth waiting til nearly 3 pm for

Too bad the fungus gnats killed my basil...

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Like Kevin, I don't find hunger a problem anymore, and I used to get headachy and shaky if I went a few hours without food. Today I didn't get lunch until nearly 3, and it wasn't a big deal. I was very hungry at about 10, but it went away and didn't return until I actually started fixing lunch. If I...

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As a long time IEer myself, I have been reading some of your recent comments and the thing that struck me was - rats, I can't find it now - but about wanting to eat and feel full. IE did serve me well. It got me off the 'diet roller-coaster' I lost the weight I'd gained from dieting and more than a ...

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I haven't really thought about since then. I just figure my body needed to adjust a bit from eating tiny amounts all day long to three big meals. The first week I was hungry - even light headed some afternoons. But things settled fairly quickly - surprisingly quickly - and it's hard to express - but...

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You're right - whatever works. I find it helpful to browse here or at least poke around on the internet in the afternoon during that long gap between lunch and dinner. I also agree with the idea of not worrying about vegetables, etc for now. If you've dieted for a while before, it's natural to want ...

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Hi Barb and welcome

I didn't think it looked like a lot of food either. I eat a lot at meal times, myself

I figure the more I can eat the better off I'll be.

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I"m sorry to hear you've been going through a rough patch. Anything we can do to help, besides cheer from afar?

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I know what you mean about exercise and a cold. I felt like I was getting one all week, and though it never turned into anything, I didn't do much at all.

My S days are pretty variable. One week they'll be very sensible - and the next - total chaos

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have you ever tried 'baked oatmeal'? I use this as a basis, but instead of pumpkin use chopped apple, dried cranberries, pecans - whatever :) http://spaininiowa.blogspot.com/2009/11/baked-pumpkin-pie-oatmeal.html I am seriously thinking of 'pizza for one' tomorrow for lunch. I could make it for dinn...

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I mentioned this in another post, but I didn't lose anything for a good two weeks. Hopefully it won't be much longer before you see some success you can measure to encourage you.

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I didn't lose anything the first two weeks, then started losing at a steady rate since then. For me it has nothing to do with eating less - I eat much more now than I did before, and it's fairly high fat. (obviously I don't subscribe to the 'calories in/calories out/fat will make you fat theories).

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One of the first things we bought when we moved to the US was an ice cream maker so we could make it 'our way' :) I freeze the cookie dough the same way :) Love foccacia. I made it a few weeks ago, but not lately. As far as time goes - I know a lady who is my idol. Her name is Vicky. She works full-...

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Not at all! I'm enjoying your comments:) I almost made ice cream tonight. I got as far as mixing it all up, but now I'm too tired to mess with it. I came home from work and made yogurt and bread and tended to all my dairy cultures, cleaned out the refrigerator, helped the kid with homework and fixed...

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These are especially good brownies, too. The way I look at it, one of these days I'll run across these in the freezer and they'll be a nice surprise

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You mentioned 2 carbs on a plate reminded me. I've been baking bread lately - and it's good :). I do have to wonder if all this extra bread could be the reason I've stalled the last few weeks. I filled in my habitcal for three months with success as the default. Now the only way I would need to do a...

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The same thought occurred to me as to Joel. That is a lot of sugar, not just in the first meal, but in all of them, especially for someone who's pre-diabetic. You may need a fourth meal, but I'd revamp the meals first to eliminate sugar - including sugary/carby bars - add more natural fats and good ...

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I've got slightly more than half of them sitting there in the kitchen going stale. They are gonna have to go in the freezer soon!

Even without eating more than two brownies, I managed to have an 'S days gone wild' kinda weekend. Bummer.

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Friday was a bit tough, since I had the day off so it felt like an S day, but I was determined not to cave in. I even baked brownies and didn't even have a taste, which I thought was quite an accomplishment - and they were great with lunch today :) It's been a good day here. We worked around the hou...

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I've been using this method to bake all of our bread for several weeks now. I've tweaked it a bit here and there to suit me and probably will continue to do so for a while yet, but for the most part, I"m very happy with it

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I just realised I've completed three rounds of 21s now. Took me three tries to do the first one

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One more reason to love Julia

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It would be nice if that day was tomorrow. I could use some success about now.

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It was a pretty good weekend. I kept very busy - shopping and visiting family on Saturday, then busy around the house Sunday. I baked bread, and fixed a big dinner with chocolate souffles and cream for dessert. No weight loss this past week, but it tends to do that. Stay the same for a week or two -...

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I totally agree - Better is BETTER

I have been at this five months and lost 8 pounds - and I think that is pretty great - so to me your loss is fantastic - Congratulations!

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Love it when the butter drips down through the holes in the crumpets

Yesterday I had a chocolate HobNob with tea. So simple - but it was so perfect

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I don't think there is any reason to buy new, smaller plates or bowls. It is not necessary - having a large bowl doesn't mean you have to fill it to the top . Fill it with what you think you need, eat as much as you need and stop eating. Over time you'll get the hang of filling it with the 'right' (...

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A few weeks ago I added what might be another 'mod'. I have been at this long enough (five months) to have settled in enough that I just don't care to do anything else, and I can't see myself ever doing anything else. I've been living with this mod for a month and it's working well enough I feel con...

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It seems to me there is much common ground, not to mention common sense, between NoS and IE.

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organic valley has added a grass-fed butter to their line. It is more expensive than Kerry Gold, at least here.

We go through 8-10 pounds of Kerry Gold a month.

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All my research would disagree with you. It is very much about what they eat.

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Green! Green! Green! Green!

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One of the big problems with corn is that nearly all the corn in the US is genetically modified and should be avoided. But it's in nearly everything - so it's tough to do. Same with soy. Cattle that eat the right food for them produce healthier food (meat and dairy) for us. Grass-fed beef is healthi...

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I agree with the others - if it 'feels like' a sweet, freeze it for the weekend. If not, have it as part of a meal.

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The month is nearly over, and looking at my habitcal, I see one red splotch in a sea of green and yellow. It's so easy now to stick to, green is the default. That one red splotch doesn't really bother me. I didn't make a connection at the time. But the red day was the birthday of my little sister wh...

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Thank you

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Thank you

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I don't cook any of those recipes anymore. I didn't use that many to begin with, and living in England cured me of it since you can't get that kind of soup there. But some people I know use a white sauce, or just cream in place of the soup, depending on the recipe. Instead of bouillon, I make chicke...

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Mmmm..Indian :) We're a British/American family and we certainly like Indian and true British food ie, pasties, pork pies, roast beef and yorkshire pudding, cottage pie, etc, but I don't happen to like Jamie Oliver, so I won't be buying his book regardless :) it's good to hear the word spreading thr...

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Cool

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I'm down a size, which I think is significant. Due to my ..ahem..age and the fact that I'm hypothyroid and that the weight I have to lose is from taking steroids, I think it's even more so.

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Hello to you, too :) Wow, that's one of my old days, isn't it? I"m still eating a lot, though. Kombucha is a fizzy, probiotic drink made from tea. I made it for a while before we left England, but didn't keep it up through the move. You can buy it here, but it gets expensive, so I started making it ...

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My thoughts on the chocolate: I agree with you. I have a square of dark choc after dinner on N days quite frequently. I've read of many others here who do the same.

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I do

(bet that didn't surprise you at all

) We've been getting it for about 6 or 7 years now.

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Glad to see all you new 'faces'

. Good luck - and have fun

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Thompsons - I think that may very well be true about being more difficult for women. But I find I am enjoying the feeling of saying, even if just to myself, 'No thanks, I don't eat between meals'. And Wosnes - I agree - it's certainly not only our culture that offers food/drink to be hospitable. Sha...

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It is a common thing. I still eat far more at meal time than I used to in my pre-No S days - but less than I did the first month. Along with that, you've got post-diet deprivation to deal with. Hopefully it will level out before too long.

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I gained weight at first - I'm not sure how much, but enough my jeans felt tight. That was very upsetting and if you look you'll find my post where I whined about it here :) But I kept at it. After a few weeks, it all fell into place. It was like breaking through the clouds. My hunger diminished, my...

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A very green week for me - and so far not a stupid Saturday

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Uh huh. A few years ago my husband and I were at my son's swimming lessons. There was this family there at the same time. Next to the mom was a canvas bag spilling over with bags of various snacks that the children dipped into the entire time they were there. The mom was very morbidly obese and the ...

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I agree with simply saying 'No thanks, I'm not hungry' , and dropping it. Though someone always seems to say 'you're so 'good' or I wish I had that kind of willpower - I'm always hungry' or something like that. The candy bars in the desk drawer reminded me of a bit some comedian did years ago. I don...

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I've been listening to the podcasts this week. I wish I'd done it sooner. Good stuff, Reinhard. Thanks

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Lots of fat - not so heavy on the simple carbs works for me.

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