Everyday Systems

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Oolala, many times I feel perfectly normal when my weight goes up, not bloated, but it's usually been after S-days, or when I overindulged. And lately, when I've overindulged, it was small-scale, just more than N Days. The last three days, for instance, were S days. I ate quite a bit more, but still...

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Oolala, I think you mean physically feel different when the weight goes up? Not for 1/4 lb, but I do feel a little bloated from the weekend weight, which is more. I'm thinking because of eating more sweets, retention of fluid. You say glycogen? Not sure what that feels like. Do you have to be at a n...

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3squares, what is Marmite? I keep seeing Mr. Bean dipping tree twigs in Marmite for his company, because he ran out of pretzels.

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I'm probably doing something hazardous, but I actually sometimes eat in the car. I put a dish towel over my lap. I can chew much more slowly on the freeway than when sitting at home. I could lie and say I always take things I can easily pick up with my fingers, but I spoon some things. Do you want ...

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Absolutely, Larkspur! Most important is habit and moderation, for peace with food. Conversely, for me, the weight removal instills my moderation and habit. I used to weigh myself less, but it didn't solidify my habits. Not enough motivation for me. I would experience wicked reflux and No S habits ha...

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Fri 3/31 Wt 138 1/4 B- out to eat. Shared a little. L-Late funeral luncheon. A lot of food. Doggie bagged a lot for sons. D- very light (happy I didn't have to cook) Lowest weight so far since the new year. It's a little lower than would normally happen today, as I skipped my sweet mod, and ate ligh...

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RAWCOOKIE wrote:I have to say that the food left in the cupboard is NOT 'help yourself' - it usually belongs to someone!

This is hilarious! I just saw an old episode of "Friends" where the whole focus was on Ross's anger, because someone ate his sandwich at work.

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This sounds interesting, Oolala, and I was curious to see if your blood pressure and cholesterol go down with this diet.

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Thurs 3/30 B-coffee w/cream L-paella; 1/2 clementine D-spag 2/meatball; 1/2 banana Tomorrow is the viewing/service of my husband's aunt. There is a luncheon at 2:30pm. Since dh is taking off the whole day for this, he asked if I wanted to go out to breakfast. My response was, "eat out twice in one d...

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Wed 3/29

B-coffee w/cream
L-ham salad sandwich; banana; nut/sweet trio
D-1/2 minute steak sandwich; pickle; chips; single Tastycake

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Larkspur, your intimidating friend reminds me of a woman (not the one I spoke about, previously) who had recently moved around the corner from me (this was years ago). I would walk everyday with my preschool children past her house, my usual trek. I saw her planting flowers one day, and commented on...

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3squaremeals wrote: I apologised and said I would make more of an effort. I wish I didn't back down so easily and try to please everyone.

You can keep saying you'll make an effort, but you don't have to do it. Maybe in time she'll get tired of you.

Your meals look delish!

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I was watching an old tv show last night and a lady was eating half a grapefruit for breakfast. That's definitely something that makes me think of dieting! I've only eaten it when on a diet plan that required it but I really enjoyed it. Need to buy some to eat just because I like it! That was my fi...

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Isn't that funny? Some people do pull out the iinnerds (sp?) of rolls but they'd rarely eat just the crust of a slice of bread. I do this with slice bread in the package, but not home made. I still like good sourdough or white flour artisan bread in restaurants, though they are the exception for me...

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I'm so sorry about your father! I hope and pray you find comfort in your loved ones.

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Lol, MaggieMae! I remember reading The Fat Fallacy, and thinking, oh boy, I eat that and that, etc... Just concern yourself with the French/No S habits, and read the chemicals as entertainment for now.

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Noni, sometimes those little extras can keep a person from jumping ship! Only you can tell which ones are expendable and when. I saw after a few years that I was using decaf stevia mochas as a crutch between meals, not a remedy for real hunger. Yes...the reinforcement of habits that we really don't...

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oolala53 wrote:Whatever we call it, it's moderation for us and so much better than how life used to be!

I concur!

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Tues 3/29 B-coffee w/cream L-corn beef; cabbage; piece of clementine; nuts; choc; cookie D-escarole and bean soup; lice of Ital bread; one piece of Tastycake The corn beef from over two weeks ago was still good. Salt, the great preserver! Now there is some ham salad left over for a sandwich, that ha...

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I've been thinking more about mods since trying Vanilla. Vanilla wasn't working for me & it made me wonder how many people give up because they think if they can't do vanilla than they are doing it wrong. Jen, I was one of those people you talked about, repeatedly trying Vanilla, eventually gaining...

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Yes, especially when there is a kitchen there, plenty of adults and kids, and everyone brings food, snacks and sweets to share.

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Oolala, Whenever my father prepared himself a sandwich on a Kaiser roll, he would pull out the bread from the middle and roll it into little balls, and say, "I'm getting rid of the "mig." Not sure where that word came from, I think he made it up. I pull it out also from rolls, but I don't ball it up...

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Mon 3/27 B-coffee w/cream L-one egg on buttered sourdough toast; 2 lg strawberries; 1/2 clementine; nuts; choc D-chicken thigh; sm baked potato; broc rabe; one strawberry; one Tastycake Out of curiosity, I wanted to have a ballpark calorie count of my sweet/nut trio. I looked at the nut mix that was...

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Sat 3/25 and Sun 3/26 I gained 2 lbs in one day. It probably was the sweet-tart candy my son brought home. I had a good handful of that. Also a little snacking and tasting, but nothing like my S-days used to be. I made a plan in my mind that I would go easy on Sunday. And I did. I had a Raisin Bran ...

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Sometimes I have had the desire to eat and eat and eat... Elizabeth, many of us have the same thoughts as TexArk. I imagine myself sitting down to an enormous feast of my favorite foods, all by myself (no sharing), but then reality hits me, and I know I wouldn't get very far without feeling sick to...

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Elizabeth50 wrote:Love it! 1955 blah hehe

I bet husbands everywhere wanted to murder the people who invented that.

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I don't know why so many want huge kitchens these days. I like a small, cozy kitchen. My husband, a carpenter, built these huge kitchens in the large-house craze, before everything fell apart some years ago. I got to see them. Wow! He said one of the owners told him, "I guess I have to get someone ...

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I love those sweet potato chips. Sometimes I get the Terra mixed veggie chips, too. I just read today, that they are no healthier than potato chips. No kidding. Potatoes are healthy, too, until they're fried.

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I did IE at different times, had a lot of the books, numerous website researching...I could usually tell when I was hungry, but I found it troublesome in my mind that I may not be hungry at mealtime when my family is eating. Eating times were left up in the air. With No S, I could eat with my family...

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I eat brown and white rice, because I like them both. Same with whole wheat bread, although I prefer to make white bread instead of buy it. Low fat foods are another story for me. If the fat is taken out of cookies, dairy, etc...I look at that as diet food, and I avoid it because I don't like it as ...

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I am still using the sweet mod, Noni. I'd go crazy on weekends if I didn't. That's been my past experience. I admire those who can control themselves on S days, while avoiding sweets altogether on N days. I hear you. Before the sweet mod, I never had more than two weekends in a row that wasn't a sw...

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Fri 3/24
Wt-140 3/4

B-coffee; two dried apricots
L-pizza slice; 1/2 orange; sweet trio, like yesterday
D-paella; salad; choc and a cookie

Baking day tomorrow.

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Don't know what happened, but repetition of post. Gotta write something or I'm trapped in this box for life.

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The first and last dinners looked the healthiest. The spam cracked me up, because we were just discussing it. Thanks for the memories, MaggieMae. I could remember some of those timely meals.

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The first and last dinners looked the healthiest. The spam cracked me up, because we were just discussing it. Thanks for the memories, MaggieMae. I could remember some of those timely meals.

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Oolala, must you give up savory foods that are processed on this regime? I'm assuming you live alone, so it must be difficult to cook whole foods for yourself. Of course, cooking a pile of them and eating them all week is doable, huh?

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I feel for you about the insomnia. I get that sometimes. I went through a period of a couple of months of it to greater degree, and didn't know why. I love crawling inbetween the sheets, but at that time it was the enemy. I took magnesium before bed. It helped at first (crazy dreams), then it stoppe...

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Did you say counted? I have to count??! In all my diets, I've never counted calories, either :P Netflix has Andy Griffin on it, and I watched that episode a year or two ago. Funny! That show makes me nostalgic. Thur 3/23 Wt 140 3/4 lbs B-one med Raisin Bran muffin L-leftover meatloaf and tater tots;...

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It was so much easier to resist the extra food and goodies when one is younger, and cares more for the way one looks. Now it's more concern with the health problems from excess weight when we get older. Because I'm home all the time, food/sweets are controlled by me as the main shopper. It must be d...

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That you Elizabeth. My SIL does beautiful crosswork, too. We do have a Walmart or 2 nearby. I really should get off my lazy butt and check it out.

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Wed 3/22 Wt-141 1/4 B-coffee L-corn beef and mashed potatoes (when is this food going to spoil?!); 1/2 orange; nuts; choc D-1/2 pork sammy/coleslaw; chips; 1/2 of a pickle slice (yuk); custard pie (last bit) I made homemade pickles from cukes in my garden last summer. One jar Imade from a certain re...

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When I was a kid, my mother would fry Spam in an oily pan till crispy and brown, then put it between Wonder bread. I think my love of salt came from that! How do they make it in the South? Elizabeth, no one here is judging you for your food choices, I can bet. For that you would have to go to those ...

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Will losing some weight help the thyroid work better? Or is that controlled some other way?

Yes! Normalcy is the best policy, but I'll bet if you stick it out with No S, even with your thyroid problems, you will lose weight.

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Bell peppers are full of nutrition. Should stay with you a couple of weeks

I also thought I ate a lot of veggies until I typed out what I ate.

What will you be telling us on those dates, Elizabeth?

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I remember a challenge at my church years ago, called the 15 lb weight loss club. I joined, but really only wanted to lose 10 lbs that wouldn't come off after my 4th child. You gave $15 to the kitty at the start. Then every week, on an evening, you all met together to exchange low-fat recipes and id...

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Looking at your accomplishments, as an older female, it wouldn't be a challenge, more like a massacre. But congratulations on a job well done!

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What a beautiful craft you have! Such talent! I wish I could do something to keep my hands busy. Are you able to do that while you watch TV?

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Was that a coconut cream pie? They are even better than coconut custard, and less fussy. Pecans sound delish with it! Tues 3/21 Wt- 142 B-coffee/cream L-chicken salad sandwich; 1/2 orange; nuts; choc; remainder of Izzi drink 6oz D-chicken noodle soup; small piece Ital bread; sm piece custard pie. Fi...

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I read somewhere (Readers Digest?) that Navy Seals are taught this type of breathing technique to fight panic. Be good to know if I ever go back to a Chinese Buffet restaurant.

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Hi Elizabeth, I just saw your post and smiled because I just wrote down that I had breakfast, on Monday. I do love to eat it on weekends, because it's a donut, or some other sweet. Sometimes Sun it's pancakes, but I'm not a pancake lover, so I only eat one. I think skipping breakfast came from doing...

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Mon 3/20 (yay, spring!) Wt- 141 1/2 B- sm bowl of cereal; 1/2 banana L-pizza slice, chips, 6oz Izzi drink; nuts; choc; D-Creamed sausage over a biscuit; kale; canned fruit; smallish piece cake I had a little Raisin Bran this morning. Less than 1/2 serving. But I'll never be able to eat enough of it;...

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Sat 3/18 Wt- 140 3/4 Sun 3/19 Wt 141 1/4 Weekend was quiet. No company. I had two desserts around, Mississippi mud pie and a coconut custard pie. Just ate one dessert after lunch and dinner, all weekend. Even though I have the sweet mod, most of my baking is done on Sat, and sometimes Sunday, if the...

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Oolala, is this cycling regime from Jason Fung? I recently viewed something recently online from him, and it sounded something like what your doing. It was for brain power. At least I think it was him.

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Ahh...Reuben sandwiches, my favorite. I have them every NY's Eve, and for company, too. Unless the sandwiches are restaurant big, I'd have a hard time just eating 1/2 of it. Doing great, Elizabeth!

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kyl77 wrote: I was reminded of looking at a man in a restaurant taking huge bites as he ate.

I need only to look across my table to see this.

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Fri 3/17 Wt- 141 1/2 B-coffee/cream L-chicken salad sandwich; 1/2 snack bag of sun chips; nuts; choc D-mac and cheese; peas; salad; 3 mini Rolos It was a red day, because I had seconds on salads. I didn't know what to do with the rest of the Sun Chips, so I broke them up and threw them into the sala...

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I also like to read about foreign foods. For instance, I know that toast and baked beans is not from America, because we would dump a lot of cheese on it...lol But what are pikelets? I remember distancing myself from an acquaintance who enlisted me as her "psychologist", spending collective hours on...

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Welcome to No S, Audrey! It's a good idea to start the Daily Check In right from the go. You will find a lot of helpful and encouraging people here.

The best to you in your No S journey!

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I enjoyed Anne Barone's Chick and Slim books, but eventually I gave them to the library. I kept thinking that if I died, my kids would see the boatload of diet books I kept. So I only keep the few I like to read more than once. Of course that would be the No S book, and another one I kept is Will Cl...

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Good job! No wild S days is fantastic! Keep up the good work, TexArk!

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Thank you, Elizabeth. I'm so grateful that my mother is still healthy and able to live alone; I know that's what she prefers for now.

Thur 3/16
Wt-141 1/2

B-coffee/cream
L-with Mom, we ate the corn beef, cabbage, and potatoes I brought; nuts; choc
D-spag and meatball; custard pie

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I have a shoulder that I fell on years ago that still bothers some, especially when I do lifting a weight a certain way with it. I really like stretching as the best exercise for me and my joints.

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Wed 3/15 Wt-142 B-coffee L-corn beef mixed with mashed potatoes; 1/2 orange; nuts; choc D-1/2 minute steak sand; chips; pickles; fruit; sm slice coconut custard pie. Gonna visit Mama tomorrow. I'll give her some of the pie. She used to taste test my food like a food critic. She's 91 y/o now, and lik...

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Elizabeth50 wrote:Sliver p.b. fudge

That reminds me...I have fudge in the freezer from Christmas. PB is my family's favorite. Do you make your own fudge?

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A reply window will come up with the whole message. Before and after the message you will see brackets. To quote only part of the message (or all of it, if you want to), make sure you leave those brackets in place before and at the end of the message By George! I think I've got it! Thanks Elizabeth...

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Tues 3/14 Wt-142 B-coffee L-1/2 of the leftover bagel sandwich; chips; 1/2 orange; nuts; choc D-Saus/green bean soup (it was a concoction); piece Ital bread; small slice coconut custard pie. The pie was pretty good. I fussed with the recipe, previously, but it's still not where I want it to be. More...

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Mon 3/13 Wt 142 3/4 B-oatmeal L-hoagie, chips, banana, nuts, choc. D-meatloaf, potato patties, salad, choc. Lunch was heavy laden, but it did fit on my 7.5" plate. I like chips and nuts as you can tell. I probably will have to do away with the chips at lunchtime someday soon. I'll wait till my weigh...

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Elizabeth- Wow, kids 20 years apart... it's like starting all over again! That's something about your grandmother and mother both being pregnant together. You don't see that too often, and yet I knew someone like that. My oldest is 35 and my youngest is 16, but I have kids in the middle. When my son...

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"I'm thrilled to say I was actually able to "hoist the sack" with both arms (separately) this morning." Good job, and quick work! I noticed that when I Hoist the Sack with both arms together first, then attempt to hoist it with single arms, my triceps are tired and I can't pull it off. If I hoist th...

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Sat 3/11 Wt- 141 3/4 Sun 3/12 Wt- 143 3/4 Big 2 lb jump because of Sat company. We had our annual corn beef and cabbage dinner. I Stuck to 3 meals, no seconds, but our dessert after dinner is like snacking, because we clean up and pow-wow a while. Then we bring out the desserts, not a few. Must try ...

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Elizabeth, I was going on thinking I was also 5' 2-1/2" for years. I guess that one time I thought I finally hit my BMI, I didn't...lol. I'm also rather sedentary, and resist exercise, even though it's stretching, something I enjoy. I'm a bad initiator. And they say stretching helps keep your height...

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Merry, So sorry about the sadness surrounding you. It is very tempting to stuff down sorrow with food. Hang in there, you're doing great.

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I still have this book, because I feel it was more entertaining than her second book, which I donated to the library. Author did a "recasting," as she called it, which seemed diet-y and unFrench-like. Her French Dr. put her on it for a couple days to initiate weight loss, and I suppose, a kind of cl...

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Elizabeth, I changed my plate size from a luncheon size 8 1/2" to a 7 1/2" like yours, since this past January. I have two plates; the other one is 7 1/4". I use them for all dinners except Sat pizza night, if we buy from a pizzeria. The pizza hangs over, so I go back to the 8 1/2" plate. Sometimes ...

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Elizabeth, no, of course I don't mind my strategy mentioned. I have gotten mine from Life is a Blessing. It became mine and your strategy became yours, because it may be similar, but I'll bet it's a little different, too. If my sweet mod stops working for me, I'll say so on my check-in, as this is a...

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Glad you back feels better! I have been very neglectful of my exercises this week. No matter how many red days you have, Elizabeth, don't give up No S! I've done that X2 and always my weight came back. This is a normal and healthy way to eat for life. I've always regretted the ground I lost - not on...

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Fri 3/10 Wt- 142 1/4 B-coffee L-pizza slice; chips; grapes; nuts; choc square D-1/2 egg, bacon and cheese bagel sandwich; grapes; chips; choc square I'm happy to be finally done with the pizza in the fridge. It was good, but eating it for most of my lunches was getting boring. And I can't seem to ea...

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Yep, the French would fat on our restaurant food, but I understand they have multiple courses at restaurants, just small portions of each. What is this talk about them eating lots of butter, cream on their food and wine and don't get fat? Do they really do this to their food, but just eat a lot smal...

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TexArk said, "I gain weight when I don't weigh. I can wear the same clothes for at least 25 lbs! So for me, the scales are more important at maintenance to keep me out of denial." Same here. A lot of my clothes are passed down from a sister or friend who are larger than me, or bought by my MIL, whic...

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Elizabeth, two of the Cadburys are caramel. So good!

Thur 3/9
Wt-143

B-coffee
L-pizza slice; 1/2 orange; chips; 2 prunes; nuts; choc square
D-spag w/a meatball; banana; cookie

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Oolala said,
"Noni, I meant to add that the cycling you mentioned from WW seems to parallel No S and S days, don't you think?"

Yes, I always thought so. But if one is an idiot on S-days...lol

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Wed 3/8 Wt-142 3/4 B-Sourdough slice w/ butter and jam L-egg salad sandwich; 1/2 orange; nuts; square of choc D-homemade hoagie; chips; 1/4 of a plum (serves me right for buying out of season); cookie Bought 3 of the large Cadbury milk choc bars, on sale for 3/$5 with a $2 coupon. I couldn't resist ...

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Tues 3/7
Wt-143 1/2

B- coffee
L-Pizza slice; 1/2 orange; nuts
D-Taco soup; bread slice; 1/2 orange; cookie

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Sorry about your muscle strain, Elizabeth. It's good to rest it. Sometimes I'll do some gentle stretching when a muscle hurts. Some days I want to eat everything in sight and feel sorry for myself, knowing the consequences. I'll drink hot tea, come on these boards to distract me and find encourageme...

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JJJPK said, "So many of my friends eat like all the time and they're super skinny." Are you sure they always eat like that? I have a slender daughter who can eat a large amount of food for her small size when she's out, but when she's home, she picks at only a little food here and there, not eating ...

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Mon 3/6 Wt- 143 1/2 B-1/2 cream donut; coffee L-pizza slice; few chips; nuts; cookie D-Chili pie; salad; sliver of sweet potato pie; two choc cookies (small) I made the choc cookies, because I like controlling the size. I made bigger cookies for the rest of the family, and small ones for me. I froze...

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Thanks, Elizabeth! Sat/Sun I stuck to 3 meals, very light snacking, and had my fair, but moderate share of sweets. S-days are under more control, because I know if I want to I can have a little sweet on N-days. Sat 3/4 Wt-143 3/4 Sun 3/5 Wt- 142 3/4 Sunday's weight was unusual in that it's the first...

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I've taken note of your age, and I find that as I also get older I need more drastic measures, because I still need to lose weight. That's why I went to even smaller plates. I remember some years ago reading about people on WW that would cycle their calories during the week. The total weekly point c...

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Fri 3/3 Wt-143 3/4 B-sm bowl oatmeal mixed w/dried fruit; coffee L-1/2 egg salad sandwich; fries; 1/2 orange; nuts; cookie D-1/2 large red pepper stuffed w/lamb etc...; salad; fruit; sm slice lem meringue pie. 3rd day for LM pie, and happy to report that it didn't have a metallic taste. Using all gl...

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Oolala, do you have to count calories on this low-cal diet? And is it a 3-meal structure? I have an older ex-runner friend whose knees are sometimes braced up. Whenever she e-mails me, she always includes a report on how her knees having been feeling lately, what supplements are working or not worki...

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Elizabeth said: "I'll be glad when I finally have the strength to do the "hoist the sack" move. I couldn't even budge the sledge with that one. But one of these days it'll happen!" I know what you mean. I do it with a 2-hand hold. Much easier, and switched hand positions for the "2nd side." The top ...

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Shovelglove is great! I normally do stretching, but when I watch TV, I often throw in shovelglove. I keep a card with the exercises on it near the TV, and the hammer in the corner. Just a glance at the card, will do it without much interruption of a program. Before you know it, the 14 minutes are pa...

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Elizabeth- adding a sweet is still No S, just with an added mod. If at any time I feel it's not working, I'll drop it, at least for the time being. But so far, so good. I'll always appreciate Vanilla, as it has taught me I could go without sweets for days in a row. Sometimes, especially when first s...

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Thanks for commenting Elizabeth! I was able to go all "vanilla" up to now, but my S-days never got under control, even after years of it. It's sort of an experiment to see if adding the sweet, or at least knowing I can, will reduce the cravings on S days. Problem is, I haven't had many normal weeken...

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Good job, Merry!

Yes, we could lose weight quicker, and most of us have, but then... *boiiiing*...and it's back again.

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Wed 3/1 Wt-144.8 B-1/2 banana; coffee L-( I should post everything down as I eat it, or I'll forget, like now) D-1/2 minute steak sandwich, few chips; mac salad; sm slice lem meringue pie. I could have eaten the whole steak sandwich, but I know I'd want a piece of pie, so i saved it for another meal...

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Tues 2/28
Wt- 145

B-one bread slice with butter and jam
L-turkey sandwich; 1/2 banana; nuts; cookie
D-baked ziti; salad; 1/2 banana; thin slice choc cake

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Good attitude, Elizabeth! Your removal of the accursed calorie counting and scale are setting you free, indeed, as they have been a burden to you. Isn't it also freeing to stop snacking? I'm so relieved to no longer dig into the fridge, freezer or cabinets to feed the snack-monster, because of habit...

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Another month of small plate and sweet mod. :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 01 02 03 8) 8) 06 07 08 09 10 8) 8) 13 14 15 16 17 8) 8) 20 21 22 23 24 8) 8) 27 28 29 30 :cry: Day 17: No St. Patty's Day overeating, just seconds on salad. Day 23: Visiting a relative. Ate some cashews. Day 31: Ate a little more t...

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