Everyday Systems

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Well, I'm back at home and happy to be warm - not to mention breathing easier, too! I"ve been reading all your comments and as usual, you are all so on target. I started a pile (yup, right before I left the house for several days) of 'clothes to reconsider'. Some things don't fit, although some do b...

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Thank you all for your support. It means a lot. I'm in a bit of a pit of self loathing right now. I am trying to pack for a trip. It's cold where I'm going. I'm leaving my 80s and heading into the 20s and 30s. Maybe 40s if we're lucky. So I pull out my winter clothes. Or at least what I think are my...

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Just so you know - I might very well have done the same thing (weaseled out of the meeting the friend thing). I know this, because I have done it. More than once. I also find it perplexing that I find it so easy to 'judge' (for lack of a better word) others by their character, personality, integrity...

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I've read eat for heat - I'm much more aware of how food and drink affect my temperature. I notice the water guzzling, yogurt and granola bar for lunch eaters are always freezing. I'm talking wearing a fleece jacket with it's in the 80s cold. I usually have dinner leftovers - and someone commented o...

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I may not be eating the way I'd like to, but I am happy that I have been a bit more active. 'A bit' is all I am trying right now. A consistent bit that may eventually grow into a bit more. But I'm not even thinking about that. Just working on this bit. It isn't much but it feels good to be doing som...

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Kind of an emotional day... Feeling super down about my weight and wanting to do something extreme but realize that can't last very long. Need to be more reasonable but hopefully find an effective approach too. Yes, and yes. I feel like I've put so much of myself in mothering and have unfortunately...

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I haven't been here in a couple of weeks. It actually seems like longer. I feel like I've been drifting. Not doing much of anything definite. Not NoS. Not anything else. Those few pounds I lost over the summer? They're back. All that hope and enthusiasm I had back then. They're gone. Maybe I'm just ...

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Speaking of France - a friend (who, btw, has never heard of Nos) has recently moved to France. She mentioned there are signs everywhere cautioning people to avoid snacking - proclaiming that it is unhealthy and causes weight gain.

Interesting, no?

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Yes, it was :) However from the attention my family paid to it, you'd never have guessed. Our friends who were to meet us at dinner never made it. Not exactly a crashing success this year. I did get a totally amazing gift from my daughter which made up for quite a lot of it. (although not sure that ...

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Made it through the week! It's been a long, exhausting week. There was a get together after school, but I was just too tired to even think about it. I'm looking forward to sleeping in and spending time with some friends we hardly ever see this weekend. Lots to do this weekend, though. Got a work thi...

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Thanks, Linda.

Halfway through the week. I'm putting in a morning snack until I get used to this working stuff.

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One week of the new school year down, on to the second. It was a tough week. Everyone worked so hard. It's amazing how much gets done over the summer, but especially during those last few weeks. We had to create two classrooms out of other rooms and shuffle staff to make room for new staff over the ...

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I changed my scone plan. I stumbled on a recipe on pinterest for peaches and cream baked oatmeal. Sounds perfect! I can make it in the crock pot or at least mix it up the night before and bake it in the morning.

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I can relate to your mantra. It's certainly true for me. Like Linda, I remember the days when I could stick to a 'diet' to the letter, no matter how hard it was, or what it involved. Now, even thinking about it is damaging.

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You'll have to let me know how they turn out. The lemonade ones sound interesting, too. Long first day back at work, and I don't feel like I accomplished anything. I was right about being hungrier than when I'm home. I didn't take nearly enough lunch. However, looking forward to Indian tonight - and...

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It seems like a good idea to write down the S days for a while to see if they really are wild. FWIW, if I ate PB, I'd have PB&H any day and not consider it a 'fail'.

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Zucchini is usually easier than a houseplant. People usually have to beat it back and can't use/give away the zucchini fast enough.

Scones are easy. Mix 'em with fingers, pat the dough out, cut and bake

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I haven't made a big breakfast in a long time. I should do that this weekend. We've been sleeping in a lot lately though, so that's probably why. We usually just get croissants from the local bakery one day and have something small, if anything the other day. I did cook this morning though - eggs sc...

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That would be fun! I have to bake something for work breakfast next week. I am leaning toward strawberry scones. If I had zucchini I would probably have made zucchini muffins. How sad does a garden have to be not to have zucchini??? The week has gone well. Just days away from the start of school - s...

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I know the feeling! During the school year, I have so little energy left at the end of the day, I usually end up sleeping for an hour or so when I get home. I'm hoping this app will help me to accomplish something, no matter how small, every day so that over time it will add up.

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I use the Overdrive Media app and download library books and audiobooks to my iPad and Kindle. Sometimes I have to wait a while for popular books, but there is always something to read while I'm waiting.

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Your york minis always make me smile. I usually have a few chocolate chips - but maybe york would be a nice change

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Iron: Thank you!

Linda: Good to hear from you. I hope things are going well, and I look forward to reading your update when you feel ready to post. I always think your meals sound so good - we seem to like many of the same things.

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Someone on another thread post a link to a house organization app. I am a listmaker, so it works great for me. It has daily, weekly and long term lists. I added all the tasks I want to each list, and I can star them as I finish them. When they're done, I can delete the stars and start all over again...

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My weight is still coming down, but it has slowed. I'm okay with that. Between age and hypothyroidism, and after years of no loss, any loss is cause for celebration. It's especially good, since it is happening without unsustainable effort on my part. I haven't cut down on amounts, or cut out any foo...

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I haven't had biscuits and gravy in ages! No one else in my family likes it (I'll leave you to figure out what it sounds like to my British husband) I should make it before I'm back at work full-time. Much as I enjoy cottage cheese and fruit, no way would I pass up waffles and bacon for it! I'll bet...

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I have been working on two out of those three. I am not concerned about caffeine..but the other two....

I'm just breaking things up into manageable pieces.

Very tiny, manageable pieces.

Practically minuscule, really

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I had so much fun today - and no, I didn't play hooky from work! There were a lot of other staff at work today - about half dozen I hadn't seen in weeks. Every. Single. One. made a comment about how 'different' I looked. No one caught on to the weight loss - it isn't that noticeable. I think my face...

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I so agree. I find the words 'healthy' and 'clean' somewhere between meaningless and annoying. I'm not a fan of labeling either my food or myself. Been there, done that, not doing it anymore. I used to be a serious WAPFer. I still cook from scratch (mostly) with the best ingredients I can afford and...

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I love your leftover meal - frying up bits of leftover meat, potatoes and vegetables is one of my favorite things to eat

Never heard of the green onion cake before, though

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So true, Eschano :) thank you! It's a rather peaceful day today. We've had more than 24 hours of rain, which is rather odd in my part of the world. The teenager is working hard finishing up the last of his summer homework assignments, and I've been busy cleaning house and doing bits of work-work in ...

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Summer is flying by much too quickly! Soon it'll be back to work full-time again. One more week of part time. I had a couple of very interesting weeks lately. I had zero interest in eating. I got hungry, but I just didn't care, and when I did eat, I was full on very little food and had no problem st...

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Ding Ding Ding!!!

You are so right, Auto. This truly is the home of moderation - however we achieve it. It was something I felt in a fuzzy brained kinda way, but couldn't put into words. Thank you for finding the words and then sharing them with me

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oolala53 wrote: Eat well, move well: that's your perfect weight. Now enjoy the other hours of your day without thinking there's something else you should be doing to lose weight!

Love this so much.

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I was somewhere recently and overheard a conversation that included:

'If you want to lose weight, you HAVE to eat small meals every two hours, or your body goes into starvation mode and hangs on to every calorie'

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As far as IF goes, I have read that people's success or lack thereof, may have to do with how their fat reserves are stored, and whether the body can access them easily for energy while fasting. As in everything else, YMMV If something is wrong for me, it's wrong for me, no matter what results anyon...

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As you can see, I wholeheartedly agree with Julia

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I'm sorry things have not been going well. I hope you find your way.

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I hope the start of school brings helps. I didn't realize you were in SD. We were just there for vacation.

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It's a bit sad to see how long it's been since my last check-in. Not because of NoS, but because of the reason I dropped off the face of the earth. Something unpleasant happened at work and it affected every part of my life. I hate that someone else's immaturity and pettiness was able to throw my wh...

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Good insights. I had a talk with one of my kiddos the other day. I think of all kinds of errors I made raising him (from my viewpoint anyway). He had nothing but glowing things to say, which doesn't make me forget the mistakes I feel I made - but does help a little. I do sometimes remind myself that...

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Still keeping busy. A little tennis, a little swimming....a lot of organizing around the house. I don't know. Maybe I"m nuts, but I have a theory that if I get my surroundings in order, I'll be in a better place to get my insides in order. It can't hurt anyway. Most excellent dinner today. Quiche Lo...

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This is all so familiar to me. The reason I failed so spectacularly the past few weeks was totally and completely due to thoughts of restricting. All I have to do is think about it and I start to eat. I haven't really binged in years, and then I read posts about bite counting and next thing you know...

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I don't know where this week went! I've had family in from out of town, and it's certainly kept me busy. It's been fun, but I'm looking forward to a quiet afternoon. What's left of it, at least.

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I don't know where this week went! I've had family in from out of town, and it's certainly kept me busy. It's been fun, but I'm looking forward to a quiet afternoon. What's left of it, at least.

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I do eaton mess, too

Pavlova has become my July 4th 'usual' - with raspberries and blueberries on top of the cream - it's perfect

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Sounds totally worth it to me

Happy Anniversary!

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Nice attitude! I agree with you on the drinks. They are different. I had a great NoS success years ago with hot chocolate. Many would have considered it an 'S' but for me it was just what I needed to stick to the rules in every other instance, which led to overall success.

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Now I know that anytime I don't know what I want to eat, I should just come look at your thread. So many great sounding meals

My kids are very spread out, too. But in my case, they're so spread out that it's easier.

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We don't get much rain here...normally anyway, though this year is a bit unusual - so it's a nice change when it happens, but yes, people tend to avoid it more when it's uncommon. Goose does require winter weather, does it not? I can't imagine making one right now. Ick. So many things foods have the...

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Love the attitude

Also love the idea of a forest preserve. I hope it's as lovely as it sounds.

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It's still scary. I am not a spendthrift by nature. Not on myself anyway. I have always preferred to spend money on other people. It's tough spending money on myself. Even my husband thinks I don't spend enough on myself, so it must be true :) Another thing I've decided, based on personal experience...

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Oooo...flowers on the table. Nice idea!

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I agree. Some days you just need more food

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As usual, lots to think about from everyone!

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Heheheh. I decided not to comment on the food choice either. Eyes on my own plate, right?

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That is exactly what goes through my head. Meanwhile, I have a closet full of clothes I can't fit into - and very little that I can fit into that makes me feel good.

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I remember you - Welcome back

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I hear you on the self esteem thing. I never realized until recently how much of my self-esteem was tied up in how I looked and how little I think of myself - how little I feel I'm worth. It hurt when the sales lady the other day happily shared with me the information that they carried a nice range ...

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CG - thanks! Worthit - two out of three certainly ain't! I think that's the kind of thing I'm thinking. 'Getting' something, and getting it well and consistently. Then working on another. Things I already 'get': 1. I don't have food guilt. I don't feel guilty if I eat, even if I overeat. I may feel ...

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That sounds wonderful!

I had to take breakfast to work with me. I couldn't cope with eating a rushed breakfast before 6.30 and if even if I did, I was never able to eat enough that early in the morning to last for 6 hectic hours. I hope your new schedule works for you.

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Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts! The past few days have definitely been easier for me. I have to relate something that happened Saturday that I suppose could still trip me up on a dark day, but right now I'm okay with it. I saw an acquaintance on Saturday that I hadn't seen in a whi...

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I'm very exited about starting a 'new thing'! The quotes and sources are inspiring and the positive energy is powerful. My eating will likely be chaotic for a while. It always is after I"ve been restricting. But I think with all the positive energy and support here, it may not take as long this time...

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Wow. That gave me goosebumps! I love that quote.

Very exciting stuff going on here!

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Just after I wrote to you, I saw this: I understand the desperation to lose weight, but most people want to lose weight because they feel that their extra weight is keeping them from enjoying life to the fullest, but how does being a slave to a diet plan improve their quality of life? Where's the fr...

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So, so, so how I feel too, Linda. There are days I feel like I should just accept it and get on with my life. But I can't. I feel like I'm stuck in between, pulled between the two, and that is not a happy place to be. I agree - eat nice meals, a small dessert and go for a walk sounds like bliss. Now...

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I think that's a good strategy, Auto. I have been thinking along those lines myself. I think I will actually do it this time

CG. I finally had to admit I have to do four meals. I tried three, and I couldn't do it. The mid-afternoon one is small, but necessary for me.

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I think that's what this is about, really CG. It doesn't matter what I do. I don't lose. I just gain. The harder I try, the more I gain. And then, of course the more I gain, the worse I feel, so the harder I try. I've been trying to get to the bottom of it all this week. I think that is what it is a...

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That time of decompression is so necessary, isn't it? We did a full week here, and then hit the birthdays, so even though we've been out of school nearly three weeks, we're just starting to settle into a summer routine. Love the idea of a train trip. We've taken two in the past few years. I would ta...

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That post was a classic. Good call

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Now that I think about it, it's mostly about weight. Then the thoughts about weight eventually lead to 'dieting', what I eat, when, how, how not to...which leads to eating. It always ends with eating. After 40 years, it's a deeply ingrained habit.

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Thanks for your input, both of you. A different perspective is very helpful. You've given me a lot to think about. Maybe I can learn to stop chasing that perfect freedom and learn to accept - and maybe even cherish - the imperfect freedom I have, limited though it is. I just seem to be feeling down ...

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Also a feeling I know too well. I'm a bit late in life for that kind of thing, too and it concerns me. I'd like to have a boat again. I"m not sure if it qualifies as a yacht - even a mini one. I can't see it happening, though.

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I've just been around a lot of people lately. Different from the people I'm usually around. I saw one couple the other day. They sat in front of me, so I couldn't help but notice. She ate for three hours non-stop. All 'healthy' food. He ate a pretzel and drank a glass of wine. I couldn't help but th...

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I think you said somewhere that the miniyacht was more of a title rather than an actual thing - but I'd still like to hear about the miniyacht. What did you have in mind?

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let me know if you make the torte :) So. I'm thinkin' about not thinkn' about food or eating. I know people who don't. Ever. If they are hungry, they eat. If not, they don't. They don't even think about it. If you ask them, they get a blank look and get all confused and you have to explain since it'...

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I am with you on the 24/7 thing. I know it's not as bad now as it was in my dieting 20s and 30s, but it can still dominate my thoughts. I would so love to get to the point where I don't think about it all the time. I"m not sure I ever will.

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It's been a busy few days and I know I got totally 'off track' one or two of them. With birthdays and Father's Day, extra days off and trips out of town, it's easy to do. Things should settle down now.

Maybe.

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Been out of the loop here, and catching up a bit. It sounds like you've been through a lot lately. It's good to have this place to talk and share - and all the support from the people here. I am on FB - and I don't see that kind of thing at all. I used to know people like that, but I NoSed them out ...

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My tip for the week. If you want a really nice chocolate cake, give America's test kitchen's chocolate raspberry torte a try. A little extra trouble, but definitely worth it. We had two birthdays this past week, and I made it for one of them. I think it's going to be my standard birthday cake from n...

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It's funny, just yesterday I was saying to my husband how easily I could go back and live there - maybe even back to working at the OU. It was a good life we had, and I am sure that colors my memories of it. But I love how easy it was around the city on the redways - you could go anywhere on foot or...

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Further hijacking - reading old posts in the book thread - you said you worked in MK? I used to live there

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Grammy!!!!!! It's so good to 'see' you again! I just read The Invention of Wings a couple of weeks ago, and The Supremes a few months ago. I just finished Water for Elephants a couple of days ago, and Divergent today. I teach middle school and all the kids were reading Divergent so I thought it was ...

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I made crepes for lunch today. I had one with ham and cheese and another with peach butter. I think peach is my new favorite.

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Great idea on the reading thread!

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We do that most years now. It started with a trip to San Diego about five years ago. We did a few small gifts, including a 'beach' frame for a photo from our trip. My kids buy us gift cards for weekends away, and my in-laws pay our membership to a swim/tennis club for the summer for birthday/christm...

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I haven't watched them in ages, but I remember the Clara videos. My Italian grandmother would have been the same age. My grandmother didn't get old, but I could easily imagine her being like Clara if she had. I aspire to simple, good cooking - buying good ingredients and cooking them with love and c...

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I haven't done a challenge yet. I didn't realize you could set your own goals. I'm late getting started, but I'll jump in where I am and update to fill in my goals later when I've clarified them for myself.

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Maybe I'm an oddball, and feel free to totally ignore me, but the way I deal with a food I'm craving is to eat it. Whatever it is. Of course, I have been doing this for nearly 20 years, so I've had a lot of practice. The previous 20 years of restricting did nothing but reinforce those cravings - and...

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One thing I've noticed lately is how unpopular the idea of 'gluttony' is - or any suggestion that maybe, no matter how 'healthy' our food choices, maybe we just eat too darn much. I saw a conversation on bite counting on another forum. The OP was blasted -mostly by foolish, extreme examples of why i...

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I spent years struggling to get to the weight the charts said I 'should' weigh - hating myself, fearing food and feeling like a failure. One day I finally got wise and said 'enough'. Oddly enough, I lost weight. I guess it wasn't such a surprise, since dieting was what was making me gain weight. My ...

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We had ice cream here, too - with birthday cake (two birthdays this week - neither of them mine

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I like the sound of that sausage sandwich. I think I may put that on my grocery list

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We've gotten battered by hail several times already. When the last storm blew in a few days ago, I decided that was it. Whatever happened would just be. The first time we replaced plants, but I'm done with that. Luckily it wasn't as bad this time. I haven't done any yard work - or anything much for ...

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Ah, the long stretch to September. My husband still gets paid the last Friday of the month, but the school where I work now divides our salary into 24 installments. It's been a huge relief not having that loooong white knuckle last-week-of-the-month or paycheckless summer.

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I have crepes in the meal rotation again - more of the ham and cheese ones. They were really very good. I think there's a reason why it's a standard paring. They just go together. I think I've gotten my eating shocked back into 'normality'. I believe the words "I went clothes shopping' say it all :s...

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Love that book! It was the very first book I bought when I got my first Kindle

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I've bought three Kindle books lately - but I think those are the first I've bought in months. Usually I use the Overdrive app to check books out from the library. I have about three new ones, a new audio book that keeps me company while I work around the house (now that I don't have the daily hour ...

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On the same track again - I went shopping today and bought steak, a bag of small red, yellow and purple potatoes and asparagus :) That's for tomorrow. Today we were supposed to BBQ at the pool - but a thunderstorm rolled in. <sigh> My youngest is an old soul and is a bit of a worrier. I explained to...

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Yep, I made them. I'm pretty sure it took me less time than it would have to go to Costco. It was like fate. I usually only make them on Shrove Tuesday, but I always wonder why since they aren't that much trouble, really. We went out on Sunday and had them for lunch and they were so good!. I thought...

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And today was crepes, crepes, crepes :)I'm lookin' at you, Linda:) I made crepes for breakfast and dinner today. And I bought more things for fillings for another crepe breakfast tomorrow :) I'm not even putting my crepe pan away. It'll just live on top of the stove til I get tired of making them. T...

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