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by fkwan
Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:05 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

on a more mundane level, that Szechaun Elvis sandwich sounds really wicked. What kind of chili garlic sauce do you put on it? Is it homemade or something you buy? Blueskighs Blue, It's that Vietnamese chili garlic stuff you can find in almost any market. I'm sorry, work is blocking all my attempts ...
by fkwan
Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:17 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 3, day 1 -- S day NOT! :)

Recovering from yesterday's horrible binge. Poochy stomach, swollen extremities. Walked one hour around the perimeter WITHOUT the pedometer, since I know it will only stress me out and show me how little I'm exercising. At least I walked for an hour; that's better than not walking at all. The good n...
by fkwan
Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:09 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Sixty Day Results!
Replies: 38
Views: 36269

Blue,

You are a real inspiration to me.

You keep on going, girl!

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by fkwan
Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:07 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Getting back on track.
Replies: 5
Views: 8968

I'm going through a similar hard time, so I know what it's like. All you can do is pick yourself up and start over.

Lotsa hugs,

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by fkwan
Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:03 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: It's been a month on the No-S
Replies: 14
Views: 21776

This diet might not help you if you do have very specific weightloss goals in mind within a certain time frame. But if you are anything like me and your previous dieting has left you confused, struggling, unhappy, feeling powerless and still overweight you might like to join me (and everyone else!)...
by fkwan
Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

fkwan, :cry: so sorry to hear about your second surrogate mother. you said you received word. Is she close by? Is there anyway that you can go visit her? It might do both of you a world of good, Blueskighs She's currently in another state with her daughter, the doctor, and daughter's family with tw...
by fkwan
Sat May 31, 2008 9:43 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 31. Severe Depression, First Binge.

Have I mentioned that I LOATHE S days???? Still trying to deal with the fact that no matter how well I behave, my body is not responding, and, according to the numbers, this entire month was a waste. Then..... I received word that my second "surrogate mother" (real mother died when I was 13 of a str...
by fkwan
Fri May 30, 2008 4:48 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Need some suggestions....
Replies: 6
Views: 10271

How about a salad to go with the fruit? If you have a cooler, presumably whatever protein you put in the salad (I'd use beans and nuts, but I guess chicken or whatever would be ok on ice) would stay cold and fresh.

PBJ on whole grain bread?

Pretzels if they have them?

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by fkwan
Fri May 30, 2008 4:44 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: I'm angry and frustrated and feel like crap! Waaaaah! :)
Replies: 19
Views: 24235

Re: I'm angry and frustrated and feel like crap! Waaaaah! :

I'm hoping it's horrible, menopausal water gain because I've been exercising like a fiend If it's any comfort, stepping up an exercise routine sometimes causes you to retain fluid, too. Are you at all sore? I find my scale weight goes up with arthritis flares, though I don't know the science behind...
by fkwan
Fri May 30, 2008 4:40 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 30. Temporary Defeat.

Weighed in. Gained two pounds. Back to 107. Time to hit the dandelion pills again. Whined about it. http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=41436 Will have to throw all my weight loss goals out the damn window. I do have a NEW goal, upping exercise calories by 25/day each week. Nevertheless......
by fkwan
Fri May 30, 2008 4:30 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: I'm angry and frustrated and feel like crap! Waaaaah! :)
Replies: 19
Views: 24235

Thanks, folks. :) If I exercised as much as Bright Angel, I would fall down dead. SEVEN days of weight training??? I suspect that the weight gain is due to weight training four days a week alternating with heavier weights. Actually, an hour to an hour and a half of walking at 3.5-3.8 mph is not much...
by fkwan
Fri May 30, 2008 2:52 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: I'm angry and frustrated and feel like crap! Waaaaah! :)
Replies: 19
Views: 24235

I'm angry and frustrated and feel like crap! Waaaaah! :)

Today was my weekly Weigh In. I GAINED TWO POUNDS. Back to 107. Almost as if I hadn't lost any weight this month at all. I'm not even going to record it in the signature; I'm hoping it's horrible, menopausal water gain because I've been exercising like a fiend and my calories have been in the proper...
by fkwan
Fri May 30, 2008 2:21 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Noel's Daily Check-In
Replies: 258
Views: 166995

KCCC: It does get to me. You know why? I now know I can't weigh more than about 118 (I'm 5'2") and have my work have much more than a niche market. Never mind that I'm not a fucking actress or something, but a writer. So yeah, I'm actually cutting down a bit more on what I'm eating. And I'm fucking...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 7:54 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: love it but gaining
Replies: 17
Views: 24865

Thanks, fkwan. Well, it's depressing, but at my current food intake and exercise levels I should reach my conservative goal weight (which is about 15 lbs more than my real goal) by November 2009. Crap. :( But then again maybe not. :) It took me one year to lose 47 pounds NOT on No S, i.e., conventi...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 6:21 pm
Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
Topic: Fancy digital pedometers
Replies: 4
Views: 12925

I have been using this pedometer for about a year. I have found it to be pretty accurate and convenient. Two suggestions: 1. if you clip it to your waist be sure to use the "leash", it tends to fall off at inopportune times (like when you pull pants down, then "splash", if you get my drift....) I'v...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 6:10 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: love it but gaining
Replies: 17
Views: 24865

I ran your stats through one of those online calculators that everybody thinks are too anorectic. :) f fkwan - can you pretty please include a link to one of those online calculators???? Thanx!!! :) http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm Has a bunch of calculators. I've found it to...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 6:03 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Ramblings
Replies: 167
Views: 189485

Sorry Rose, I forgot exactly what is wrong with your knees. Different wrongs have different treatments. Osteoarthritis? Rheumatoid? Knee injury? If a knee injury, definitely a visit to the doctor is in order. The terrible S-word (surgery) may be uttered. Have you been to physical therapy? Therapy wa...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 5:54 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: have I reached my 'happy' weight???
Replies: 30
Views: 32093

Yup, BP, I'm 5'0", just like Bright Angel. I also got run over 17 years ago and spent about a year and a half in a wheelchair, so I know what it's like to break something. Even so, I joined a "gimp gym" for wheelchair athletes and did weight training and laps every day in the chair. :) I weighed abo...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: love it but gaining
Replies: 17
Views: 24865

Re: thanks!

my typical breakfast is 2 pieces of wheat toast with honey and PB, two cups of coffee with milk and sug. lunch rice and beans with salsa and a little cheese dinner varies, but just looking at what you said I have very little leeway to sneak or cheat. What Rose said, plus stuff like, kill the sugar....
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 5:11 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: love it but gaining
Replies: 17
Views: 24865

Re: thanks!

the beauty of the diet to me is the freedom, but I think it can also be its pitfall. a lot to think about, I just can't decide what direction to go in. j That's what I've referred to as the "fine print". :cry: Just as there's no such thing as a free lunch, there's no such thing as a free diet. :) B...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 5:07 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: have I reached my 'happy' weight???
Replies: 30
Views: 32093

For the past two years, I've been exercising for about an hour every day, and have been eating approx 1400 average daily calories, and I still have not been able to drop my weight down to 105 and keep it there for more than a couple of days at at time. At this point, I'd also love to get to 110 and...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 4:55 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: have I reached my 'happy' weight???
Replies: 30
Views: 32093

Re: have I reached my 'happy' weight???

This is my story and it's rather long... I started NoS in March 07 and loved it because it gave me freedom from worrying about food and I had a history of not eating at all/eating a LOT. But even staying within the limits of NoS, I've yo-yo-ed a lot. First I lost about five pounds to go from 120 lb...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 4:49 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: love it but gaining
Replies: 17
Views: 24865

Hi Jenabees, I'm a vegan with rheumatoid arthritis. :) Obviously it's probably hard to burn a lot of calories with a back injury. Even if you're eating good stuff, it's amazing how you can undermine yourself with calorie dense stuff. A cup of beans is 300 calories. A really lovely piece of bread may...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 4:18 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 29. Headache and bloated blues

Tomorrow is the dreaded Weigh In and I already know I won't have lost another pound because I've got the damn bloats, plus a charming new kind of perimenopausal headache -- not a migraine, but a sinus job that doesn't respond to any kind of meds including Vicodin. Nothing. It's just bad enough to be...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 3:49 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Are you an IDIOT with Sweets on "S" days?
Replies: 10
Views: 15562

That's what's called....the fine print. :( :) That's why in order not to go nuts weighing and measuring absolutely everything or being an idiot, I have concluded it's safer to do without most calorie dense items. Fortunately, as a vegan (which I know you're not, but still), most of these are now off...
by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 3:09 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Blueskighs Check-In
Replies: 497
Views: 461783

Blue,

Less sugar and more raw foods probably helped your pearly whites as well.

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by fkwan
Thu May 29, 2008 3:08 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Noel's Daily Check-In
Replies: 258
Views: 166995

It's not just about food, resting. I'm not one of these food addict types, and I'm all good with difficult goals being, well, difficult. What I'm not okay with is the underlying message: "Women, nothing you can do can possibly be valuable unless 80% of the men who see your work will find the idea o...
by fkwan
Wed May 28, 2008 4:05 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 28

AM walk: 35 minutes. Last walk outside, becomes too hot by noon. Break walk #1: 19 minutes. Break walk #2: 27 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour 21 minutes. Gym: 25 minutes lower body and back weights. For some reason lats and hamstrings very weak. B: After throwing away too sweet fruit and cereal mix...
by fkwan
Wed May 28, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Noel's Daily Check-In
Replies: 258
Views: 166995

I also read an article that has me so angry I can hardly see straight. I'm a freelance writer and was checking out editorial policies for various women's mags. Several of them have policies against feature articles that have an overweight female. One of them actually went so far as to say that "I d...
by fkwan
Wed May 28, 2008 3:15 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Amazing!
Replies: 4
Views: 7108

Amazing!

Today I whirled an apple, cinnamon and three dates (three lousy dates, you know, the dried fruit from the Middle East) in my food processor to put on my multigrain kashi cereal.

The damn stuff was so sweet I had to throw it out.

Never would have dreamed such a day would come.

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by fkwan
Wed May 28, 2008 3:12 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: The 21(day) Club
Replies: 839
Views: 1255653

3 cheers! :P

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by fkwan
Wed May 28, 2008 3:12 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Observation
Replies: 10
Views: 12401

Yay Jilly -- I stopped myself in the middle of a binge but that was it!

Way to go! :P

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by fkwan
Tue May 27, 2008 10:04 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Please pray for me...
Replies: 22
Views: 26151

Prayers going your way; hang in there.

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by fkwan
Tue May 27, 2008 6:07 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: OrganicGal's Daily posts :)
Replies: 303
Views: 247922

If we take in more energy from food than our bodies burn, we will gain weight..... no matter whether we take it in only on S days, or take it in through our eating all week long. In short, we all have to work continually not to overeat on S days as well as on N days. It's depressing, but true. :) f
by fkwan
Tue May 27, 2008 4:52 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: OrganicGal's Daily posts :)
Replies: 303
Views: 247922

Thanks a lot Jill, I really appreciate your thoughts and words of encouragement. :) The good news is that I may have found a solution, a workable relatively easy solution to my problem. If it works out then I will have a lot less stress....and things will defintely be looking up. Please anyone who ...
by fkwan
Tue May 27, 2008 4:12 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 27. TG it's an N day again.

I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad to be back at work and on N days again. I can 't STAND eating at home late at night. Period. I put the sweets away in the freezer, but those blasted damned French fries and onion rings...I'll eat every one in front of my face. Hooray no scale to show th...
by fkwan
Tue May 27, 2008 4:05 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Sixty Day Results!
Replies: 38
Views: 36269

Moxie28 wrote:Congratulations Blueskighs! You are such an inspiration here! :D
I sure second that... :D


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by fkwan
Tue May 27, 2008 4:00 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: To Weigh or Not to Weigh......?
Replies: 13
Views: 23778

I was one of those everyday weighers until I decided to be a Little Braver and limit my scale browsing to once a week. I love it. I don't have to beat myself up and act like a total b**** to all and sundry every Monday anymore. :) I don't think I could abandon the scale completely, because I might s...
by fkwan
Tue May 27, 2008 3:14 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 26 -- had to make this an S day

I said I wasn't going to make Memorial Day an S day, but my schedule was shot to hell (ate at 2100) and there were French fries. :( Walk: 1 hour, 14 minutes. B: Multigrain kashi again, banana, pumpkin seeds, rice milk, rice protein. L: Popcorn. D: Homemade rye bread, faux beef brisket, barbecue and ...
by fkwan
Mon May 26, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: BrightAngel check-in
Replies: 692
Views: 731152

Anyone who thinks knowledge or common-sense gained from having good N days will change my S day eating behavior, should read what I'm copying from another thread and posting below. I need somehow to rework my S day food plans. Never, ever weigh on Monday. I never will again, even if I go back to da...
by fkwan
Mon May 26, 2008 4:59 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: BrightAngel check-in
Replies: 692
Views: 731152

However, feeling sick has not removed the desire for cookies from me. Many forum members here objected to my Thread which stated that I understand and acknowledge that I am Glutteonous. I have learned it takes a lot of Self-awareness for me to be able to make changes in my behavior. There is a REAS...
by fkwan
Mon May 26, 2008 1:44 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Resentment
Replies: 7
Views: 9524

I haven't given a rat's patootie about what anyone else was doing/thinking/feeling in that regard for about 10 years, but it is sure good to not have my own soul ragging me to death anymore. :)

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by fkwan
Mon May 26, 2008 1:42 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 25--S day

Walk around perimeter, 1 hour, 1 minute. B: I started to binge on about 10 vegan chocolate chip cookies, more than 1000 calories' worth in one bowl. I mashed them up and mixed them with soymilk. I took a few bites. I took the bowl and put the contents in the compost bin. I had a bowl of raisin bran...
by fkwan
Sun May 25, 2008 2:26 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Memorial Day
Replies: 23
Views: 25388

For the record, nothing I have seen in the posts on this board have indicated to me that people are using Memorial Day as an excuse to overindulge or mindlessly consume. But then, I suspect that those who do such things don't hang out on a message board that is about developing habits which facilit...
by fkwan
Sun May 25, 2008 12:26 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, Day 24--S Day

Lovely bimonthly Outing to the City, callooh callay. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2113/2519125205_68cb4dfa43.jpg Central Park Pond (c) fkwan 2008 Walk 1 hour, 8 minutes. B: Elvis sandwich without the bread: banana, peanut butter and flax all mashed up. Grew up on Jif. Now it's so horribly sweet an...
by fkwan
Sun May 25, 2008 12:04 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Blueskighs Check-In
Replies: 497
Views: 461783

DOES ANYBODY here watch the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson? I record it on DVR ... this guy is hysterical .. ok sometimes his humor is a bit blue, ok sometimes quite a bit of it is blue, and sometimes too much with the stoner jokes ... but I have to say that scottish guy just CRACKS ME UP!!!!!!...
by fkwan
Sun May 25, 2008 12:03 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Memorial Day
Replies: 23
Views: 25388

But f's description leaves me part sad, part horrified. I'm kinda old fashioned (ok, really old fashioned) so I think it's important to keep in mind the original meaning of the holiday. Blithe, Sorry if you misunderstood me. I think the original meaning has been obscured by all the shopping and sum...
by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 7:05 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Memorial Day
Replies: 23
Views: 25388

I completely forgot that Monday is another S day but probably will not use it as such. I hate most holidays because of the ads, sales, enforced frivolity, competition as to who can have the most relatives for dinner (Thanksgiving), the largest gifts and the best vacation. Shoot me up with sodium pe...
by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 7:03 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: 135 Goal Check-in
Replies: 126
Views: 99767

Now I've lost 4 lbs on No-S and 10 lbs total since January. Memorial Day weekend is almost here. I have a wedding to go to on Sat, then heading to the Poconos as soon as it's done. I can't wait to spend time with my sis, broinlaw and niece! So much fun. And getting Justin away from the computer wil...
by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 6:08 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Snacking rule
Replies: 14
Views: 19303

If dinner is late, move both breakfast and lunch ahead an hour.

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by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 6:04 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Another Sequela of No S: ASSERTIVENESS!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 5149

Another Sequela of No S: ASSERTIVENESS!!!

Went to our "employee appreciation day" today. It was my first test of No S, vegan values and nonaccumulation of needless inanimate objects, which, of course all organizations "give" to the employees as a "reward". I refused my object and suggested to the Nice HR Lady that she give it to a more dese...
by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Speed eating...
Replies: 7
Views: 10200

I think part of our speed eating or rushing through meals is due to the way we view not just the meals, but life in general. For many others, meal time is a time to relax and socialize with family and friends. For many of us it's something else on the "to do" list, to be completed quickly so we can...
by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 4:46 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: 100 pounds to lose group
Replies: 136
Views: 125992

Airen08 wrote:\D - 2 MorningStar Farms Corndogs and baked french fries with ketchup
Can I be you in my next life?

Amazing, she loses weight with this.... :) I would blimp up so bad people would bounce me on the sand and throw me up as a volleyball. Maybe my thyroid went to visit yours and stayed over. :)


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by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 4:42 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Memorial Day
Replies: 23
Views: 25388

N day for me, I have to work. :) Hate Memorial Day anyway -- my anathema The Drivers go absolutely bug screeching insane trying to kill each other on the freeway, plus there's zillions upon zillions of sale ads in the paper for mother-in-law to salivate over and the zillion radio and TV commercials ...
by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 4:39 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

BrightAngel wrote:Congratulations on being back at the top of your maintenance range. Image

I think 100 is going to be the end of my maintenance range. I don't want to have to lose 10 pounds over and over again anymore. :)


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by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 4:02 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Way to go Kwan! I am right there with you, somewhere in the last 10 pound range! Isn't NO SO GREAT? Blueskighs Most amazing thing I've ever experienced. No pain whatsoever. I've never been on a "diet" without deprivation before. Last night the spouse had one of his oatmeal raisin cookies (non-vegan...
by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Sixty Day Results!
Replies: 38
Views: 36269

Wonderful!!!!!!

heart heart heart

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by fkwan
Fri May 23, 2008 3:02 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 23. THE LAST TEN POUNDS.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2517777822_e305552e7a_m.jpg Weekly weigh-in: ta-da! 105! The final descent to the last ten pounds begins. AM walk: 47 minutes. Break walk #1: 22 minutes. Break walk #2: 30 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 39 minutes. Gym: 20 minutes, upper body graduated failure...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 10:54 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The New Third World and Other Terrible Things
Replies: 7
Views: 16336

The New Third World and Other Terrible Things

I have moved this topic to where it belongs. I find this fascinating. We're a little OT, bt that's OK. I just get very down because I think about how we're going to be married and we still haven't a place of our own. I just think about how bad that looks. Everybody who knows we live with his parents...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 9:11 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: 135 Goal Check-in
Replies: 126
Views: 99767

Seriously, pretty soon it's going to be an Established Thing that not only kids live at home, but extended families, like in other countries. Maybe even friends. The American Dream is a hallucination. An hallucination? Personally, after 17 years of living in the middle of nowhere with no friends or ...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 6:43 pm
Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
Topic: Fancy digital pedometers
Replies: 4
Views: 12925

Fancy digital pedometers

I just ordered one of those new fancy digital pedometers from amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HJ-112-Digital-Premium-Pedometer/dp/B0000U1OCI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1211470018&sr=8-1 I'll be walking a lot on my upcoming vacation and I wanted to see how much more vs. now (apparent...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 5:02 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: 135 Goal Check-in
Replies: 126
Views: 99767

I feel like a loser for living with my fiance's parents while others are doing so much better than us. I said last night "I can't wait for this to be over" and Justin said, "it's only gonna get harder". Wrong thing to say. I don't know how he can go through all these troubles and be so perfectly ha...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 3:49 pm
Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
Topic: Gone from HabitCal--for those who care
Replies: 1
Views: 8125

Gone from HabitCal--for those who care

Regret to say that I have abandoned my HabitCal for mobettah mother-in-law karma. Impossible to go through one day without wanting to scream or say filthy words in her presence. The endless hellish incarnations await. :)

No S, coffee glass ceiling, backrx and greentea are all doing well.


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by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 3:44 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 22

One more day until the big Weigh In. :) Another wave of depression. Still don't get it. Maybe it was the smell of cat barf left over in the car from my mother-in-law's Grrls in VirtualPrison Outing yesterday. But neither she nor the cats were in the car this morning. Is it the humidity? Is it menopa...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 3:08 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Is there life after snacks and sweets?
Replies: 27
Views: 30904

I found this to be an interesting thread. I suppose I should be ashamed to say it, with all my great relationships with people around me, and the many wonderful and interesting things I have, but............... Sweets and Snacks ARE my life. It takes a lot to admit something like that. Personally, ...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 1:07 am
Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
Topic: Audiodidact: using podcasts for foreign language learning
Replies: 6
Views: 19033

Ah, Reinhard, bitte, ich möchte ihre Stimme auf Deutsch hören. That's about all I can remember from my year of college German, which I took because I wanted to read Nietzsche and Rilke (strange bedfellows) in the original... :) TV and movies are another good way to learn--at least I can follow alo...
by fkwan
Thu May 22, 2008 12:51 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: The 21(day) Club
Replies: 839
Views: 1255653

Woot, 21 day club x2 !

Reinhard, i think this should be a sticky.....

MADE IT TO DAY 42!!!!!

The incarnation of me that can jump is doing so. :)


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by fkwan
Wed May 21, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Dumb it down for me a bit----(N days)
Replies: 31
Views: 34400

Nichole wrote: What's really helped me is my check-in with my good friend Blamey and I pretty much listen to whatever Reinhard, wosnes, and NoelFigart say. They make the most sense to me and give pretty good advice :).
I'll second that. My upper arms so heart Noel. :)


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by fkwan
Wed May 21, 2008 6:34 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Dumb it down for me a bit----(N days)
Replies: 31
Views: 34400

Two months ago half a pita (I assume you mean a large one) would be a bird portion for me as well. Now about a cup or so, or half a sandwich, is a meal. That's because if I eat more, I get so grossly full I can barely move. I let my stomach tell me when it's done. When it's full, I stop. I could NEV...
by fkwan
Wed May 21, 2008 6:22 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, Day 21 --21 day club x 2!!!

Physically feel absolutely wonderful...mentally, could use some work. :( Schedule out of whack today, have to leave early to pick up MIL's cats at vet. AM walk: 33 minutes. Break walk #1: 24 minutes. Break walk #2: 12 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 9 minutes. Gym: 17 minutes upper body weights, c...
by fkwan
Wed May 21, 2008 5:26 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: No S=No Scale
Replies: 129
Views: 112707

I hate the Reality of the fact that I cannot eat everything I want to eat all the time. That is what I feel frustrated by. That is what sometimes angers and disgusts me. The number on the scale just reminds me of that. This kind of hit me in the face. I don't think anybody can, at least no one I've...
by fkwan
Wed May 21, 2008 4:37 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Two Other Peculiar Sequelae of No S
Replies: 12
Views: 20719

Gosh, that is so weird that you said that. I was thinking about how yucky I felt this weekend and maybe it was the sugar!!!!!!! Whoa! :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: Resting A colleague of mine looked at me as if I were an idiot and said that there was a long history of correlation between sugar...
by fkwan
Wed May 21, 2008 4:19 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: The "My Pants Fell Down" Club.....
Replies: 60
Views: 87981

My elastic waist size 6 pants are becoming just a tad looser.

Oh, the thrill!!! :D

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by fkwan
Wed May 21, 2008 4:13 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Two Other Peculiar Sequelae of No S
Replies: 12
Views: 20719

I used to get ferocious migraines when I got up in the morning after a particularly vivid nightmare, or when exposed to my MIL's chemical feast (Brut and Lysol; yes, you read that right), or just in her general presence. This morning I was exposed to all three triggers and had no headache whatsoever...
by fkwan
Tue May 20, 2008 3:14 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, Day 20

Feeling better today. Gotta love them hormones, they jusst continue to surprise. Same conditions as yesterday and yet I don't want to murder anyone. :lol: No scale until Friday. AM walk: 41 minutes. Walk break #1: 17 minutes. Walk break #2: 31 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 29 minutes. Gym: Lower...
by fkwan
Tue May 20, 2008 3:04 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Noel's Daily Check-In
Replies: 258
Views: 166995

Noel:

(((hug))))

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by fkwan
Mon May 19, 2008 9:07 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: When will the torture end??? Aka: Menopause!
Replies: 22
Views: 54676

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHYEEOW

I know it's part of meno, but the anger and depression are driving me crazy. :) I wanted to kill all weekend because I was shut up in the place for two days with my mother-in-law, so I thought, good, it's almost MONDAY and I can get away (Monday is my Friday :lol: ). I got into work and I wanted to ...
by fkwan
Mon May 19, 2008 6:06 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: You know you are changing habits because....
Replies: 16
Views: 21822

Good for you! I think once you go on this program, you may go a little nuts the first 1 or 2 S weekends, but after that sanity creeps in and you may end up eating sweets and extra food, but not gorging yourself just because you can have it. For me it's really hard to weigh in on Saturday morning wi...
by fkwan
Mon May 19, 2008 5:55 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 19

Mind numbing, ass-kicking depression. First week of not weighing until Friday. :) AM walk: 36 minutes. Break walk #1: 20 minutes. Break walk #2: 30 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 26 minutes. Gym: upper body weights, 20 minutes. Only 25 push-ups today, but I keep reminding myself that isn't too ba...
by fkwan
Mon May 19, 2008 1:58 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 18--S day not really

Walk one hour around perimeter.

B: Raisin bran, flax, pea protein, raisins, soymilk.

L: Faux tuna salad on whole wheat; salad.

D: ONE SERVING of salad, faux deli meat on more whole wheat, jalapeño potato chips.

SUCCESS
by fkwan
Sat May 17, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Free at last, free at last, free at last...................
Replies: 9
Views: 14821

Congratulations. I look forward to the day it happens for me. BrightAngel, I never ever thought it could happen to me. Mind you, I'm writing about these things under maximum stress, the sort that would send me to the cookie box x 10 before. Friend of mine, an RN, told me way before I did No S that ...
by fkwan
Sat May 17, 2008 5:21 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 17, S day #1

I have no more desire to eat sweets unless I'm out and can get a commercial vegan one. That ain't gonna happen anytime soon. I'm stuck at home for two days this weekend so am not in the greatest of moods. I've also discovered that I dislike being around my MIL so much that I can't even eat. Walked 1...
by fkwan
Sat May 17, 2008 5:11 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Free at last, free at last, free at last...................
Replies: 9
Views: 14821

Free at last, free at last, free at last...................

Well. It finally happened. I got up all ready to eat the coffee chip ice cream I made last week with some vegan hot fudge sauce. The truth of the matter is that both the ice cream (my first attempt) and the sauce (likewise) tasted like utter crap and I didn't want to eat a bite of any of it. I poure...
by fkwan
Sat May 17, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Airen08-Good for you!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 18386

Airen, how did you lose SO MUCH weight in so short a time? Enquiring minds have to know!!!! :)


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by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 7:28 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Ramblings
Replies: 167
Views: 189485

those almond magnums look scrumptious. is it like ice cream or some kind of candy on a stick? If it tastes like marzipan I want a case. :)

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by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 7:26 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What are your hobbies?
Replies: 8
Views: 14734

I like to:

Photograph
Read (anything but especially murder mysteries)
Watch videos
Travel (but rarely do)
Eat (a great way to travel when you don't have the money) :)
Walk (it's more than exercise, it's meditation)

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by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 6:38 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Kelela's Check-In
Replies: 8
Views: 13078

Eat more at your meals. Seriously, I used to get weird hypoglycemic attacks between meals; not any more, not once since starting on No S. Magic food item: beans. They're a protein! They're a carb! They have a mood altering chemical in them similar to tryptophan! They're low fat! A half a cup of thos...
by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 4:01 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Study: sticking with any diet more important than what diet
Replies: 12
Views: 15616

LOL Dawn...I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Dr McDougall, his heart was in the right place, but I loved guacamole more. :lol:

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by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 4:00 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Finally... success!
Replies: 28
Views: 30704

Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You go girl! I have traditionally been a savory kind of person, between salty stuff and sweet stuff I always went to the salty, I never liked cake, most candy, gum, jelly on my bread or ice cream (I love sorbet, though), that changed upon my arrival to the U.S., so many ne...
by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 3:46 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: No S=No Scale
Replies: 129
Views: 112707

I swore if I broke my plateau I'd only weigh myself once a week, which for me is a big step. :) I did and I will.

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by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 3:29 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 16 OVER ANOTHER HUMP

Finally, finally, finally............. 106. Definitely. At a place where I know I won't go back up. No hot flashes or migraines since the beginning of this path. Thrilled to the gills. I wonder if shaking up the system with a day of intervals plus starting new thyroid meds had anything to do with it...
by fkwan
Fri May 16, 2008 3:19 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: all as one--commitment to change
Replies: 43
Views: 41873

Hi, hugs here from a fellow No S Buddhist. :) Isn't it wonderful? It's enlightenment for your body. :)

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by fkwan
Thu May 15, 2008 6:02 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 15

I'm still upset about my plateau, even though I shouldn't be. Day 13. I'm going to mix it up. AM walk: only 30 minutes, did not have time. Break walk: uphill interval walking, shaved 5 minutes off time to 15 minutes! Second break: 36 minutes, intervals inside building. Total walk time: 1 hour, 23 mi...
by fkwan
Thu May 15, 2008 1:42 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Noel's Daily Check-In
Replies: 258
Views: 166995

Noel,

You must have lived in Japan. :) How gorgeous!

Have you seen those little bento lunch boxes, American version? I think they're wonderful and almost got one except the portions would be a mouthful for me.

http://www.laptoplunches.com/

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by fkwan
Thu May 15, 2008 1:36 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Have any long-termers found...
Replies: 15
Views: 22948

Re: Have any long-termers found...

Moxie28 wrote: has anyone found their tastes becoming healthy and balanced- without feeling deprived?

:) Moxie
Well, I don't know about balanced, but I went definitely from vegetarian to vegan on no S.


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by fkwan
Wed May 14, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Trouble getting started?
Replies: 11
Views: 17736

Re: Trouble getting started?

Hi! I read about the No S diet about one month ago. I read the entire Web site than bought the book, which I am reading now. My brain tells me that this "diet" makes so much sense and seems to reasonable and easy to follow, yet I am having trouble. If you look at my calendar from mid April to now, ...
by fkwan
Wed May 14, 2008 10:06 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Sports
Replies: 4
Views: 8810

Can you have lunch before golf? :)

I have an apple and nuts on weekends before my big 2 hour lovely walk in the city.

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by fkwan
Wed May 14, 2008 10:01 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Dress Size vs. Scale Weight?
Replies: 14
Views: 25591

Anyone who can wear a 4 or a 6 shouldn't be overly worried about their weight. I have to say: That is SO WRONG :!: For people like me, who are working to maintain a very large weight loss, it is extremely important to closely moniter body size and weight. Perhaps you will begin to understand that i...
by fkwan
Wed May 14, 2008 6:16 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: kwan's check in
Replies: 167
Views: 133851

Month 2, day 14

A little less bloated, depressed and cranky today. :) Slept 8 hours, yay!!! AM walk: 16 minutes. Got to gym late. Break walk #1: 24 minutes. humid. Break walk #2: 28 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour 8 minutes. Elliptical trainer: 20 minutes@ 8.5 calories/min (170 calories, give or take). Gym: Upper ...