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9/ puffed wheat, applesauce with yogurt, sprouted wheat toast with butter 12:30/ bagel with cheese, fruit smoothie, 2 pecans *** got SO SLEEPY after lunch** 5/ soy latte 6:30/ pasta bolognese, piece of garlic bread, half a banana Swam/water jogged half an hour with my DH, which, let me say again, is...

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No, they want it on a school night. They always move it to Thursday before actual Halloween, I assume so the children will not be out too late wreaking havoc. It wigged me out the first year I moved here, twenty years ago :) B/ fruit smoothie, english muffin L/2 chicken wings, vegetarian chili, 2 bi...

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Hey, atta girl!

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Another vote for a report on whether it helps your reflux. Is this like a six hour window thing? After researching something Oolala mentioned, I have been trying to get up my courage for a Walter Longo style 5 day semi fast, but I haven't got there yet.

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Feel better, Ironchef!

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Of course I want to hear about your mod. I'll have fun speculating what it could be.

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Swimming was great :) I take my S's on Friday and Saturday-- Friday was fine. Saturday I had weird hunger at times I normally wouldn't. I'm thinking inadequate breakfast/sugar/drinking diet soda? I ate lots and often. This morning I had my usual apple/mango/banana/yogurt/flax smoothie and an English...

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So is this old crush single--?

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Gratz!

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Helpful link, thanks

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Oolala-- I think it's possible to hold two contrary ideas at the same time :) It's a tough but worthwhile topic and I respect your taking it on. I share your ambivalence. I read this as you suggesting we should be less tolerant of some unhealthy behaviors, versus people? I'm thinking you would agree...

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OK, Zumba yesterday (it's so fun, my heart rate really gets too high for a 51 year old-- have to remind myself to ease off.) And I get to go swimming with my DH today. Yesterday was Trick or Treat night. My town offsets Halloween to a school night to discourage disorderly behavior. The older part of...

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Thanks, ironchef! Yes, I'm quite sure she knows and is upset about it. So talking to her feels like poking a finger in a wound. But I am worried based on something she said that she's fallen for the line that overweight isn't harmful to health until it affects mobility, and the preponderance of evid...

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I have been on No S since March and have lost, let's see, about six pounds. So no dramatic weight loss here either (though like you I am sold on this lifestyle). Have you tried totting up calories for informational purposes? On the day I checked I had at least 2,000 calories, which for a 51 year old...

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Re the hardback books-- foo. I am guilty of wanting things to Look Nice, but an interesting home with actual people and not androids in it functions and reflects who they are. So Books, because you read. I guess you can always move the softcovers back after she's done <G>. I decorate in New Hampshir...

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I think I lose maybe at the rate of half a pound a week when I'm minding my habits. So that's going to be hard to see except over the long haul. I remind myself about all the other good things I get from No-S-- weight loss is lovely, but not for me the main reason I do this. I still have to figure o...

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So glad the site is back up. I was bereft! Thanks for the support, my dears! I still haven't worked out how to talk to her. She won't like it, and she's such a good, good kid-- I juuuust caaaan't cause her pain, and I'm uncertain whether it's going to be helpful anyway. We were joking at family dinn...

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Oh, good job with the offcuts (perfect term for those crunchy bits on the end that somehow seem harmless until after you've eaten them.)

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I hope the job situation improves. Eyes on the prize!

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I hope the decorator gets more fun. I am not happy when professionals try to sell me by pointing out flaws-- I much prefer ones like the make up artist who told me on my wedding day before she'd done a thing with me, "You look beautiful." (I'm sure I didn't, but it was so heartening.) When someone i...

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Yesterday I was a little hungry in the middle of the night, but I managed to get back to sleep by switching venues, rather than remaining next to my well-loved but heat-producing husband. My pants are a little loose. After about six months-- is it six?-- getting the three meals a day down, I am tryi...

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Two thoughts for you-- 1. Was just rereading the NoS book. And Reinhardt was making the point that it's pretty normal to fail dozens of times before succeeding. 2. Repeat of my pet theory. How often do we understand physical drives as emotional ones? When someone is unfaithful-- my wife/husband does...

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So sorry about the migraine. Sounds wretched. Glad you're feeling better.

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Good luck not getting sick! My youngest daughter and I felt super tired for one day but we seem to have kicked it off. My poor middle daughter home from college is still hacking. Gratz on the good sleep. It's the best, isn't it? Once in a while conditions are perfect and it's like sleeping in a fluf...

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I went off the PPIs because they gave me tummy aches, and because I had read not great things about long term use. I wonder if there are equal concerns with popping a tums on bad days. No doubt :) Sorry about the PMS! The menopause fairy decided to stay when I turned 51, in August. Hot flashes were ...

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Happy birthday! Sounds like you're doing really well.

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Well done, Crystal!

I love the travelogue aspect of this board-- Singapore, Australia, England-- would love to sample a mini-tiffin

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I've been having a fruit smoothie (3-4 servings fruit) and a bowl of cereal or piece of toast. My lunches are usually my biggest meal. I read somewhere that if you're used to eating breakfast, you do better metabolically when you keep having it, but if you don't usually eat it, that's okay too (base...

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That's a great quote on your profile. Yes, when I was a kid in the 70s, mothers limited sugar, soda was a treat, you could still "spoil your appetite" and pizza was an exotic dish you had to wait forty hungry enthralled minutes to have cooked for you at the pizza parlor. Now get those kids offa my l...

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Nice work!

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Feeling good about my No-Sing. Still fairly vanilla-- had an extra spoon of potato salad last night, but that's not too egregious. I was reading up on resistant starch and made my friend's fabulous potato salad, so a win all around :) Getting better with plating though that still needs some work. I ...

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LOL, to quote Ben Franklin, "I like a speckled axe best." What a lovely reflection, Gingerpie. I tend to be on board with that too. But I realize I'm lucky to be married to someone who seems to be happy with me the way I am. It would be a lot harder if the reflection I saw in his eyes was not enough...

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I'm sorry to hurt about the blister and the shoulder injury. I hope you recover easily and well.

DH was just out in Portland visiting friends. Beautiful part of the world.

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I find protein like chicken or hardboiled egg works, but I am trying ease off animal protein. I've had success with white beans and tomato with a little proscuitto, and with fruit smoothies that have a whole apple blended in. Pita pizzas made with whole wheat pita are good. Oatmeal is mixed for me. ...

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My brain was trying to pull all kinds of tricks to keep me from working out, and once I got started, it was barely a thing. No problem. Why am I so silly? Fairly N yesterday, though dinner at a Mexican restaurant is a little hard to calculate. No sweets, anyway. B-- whole wheat fruit-injected cereal...

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Water. Don't worry about it.

There. I have pronounced!

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Navi, I love this. Thanks for sharing.

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I don't have great words for you, but I am thinking of you and wishing for you to be circled with protection and comfort.

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Linda-- re ignoring the noise, wise advice. I get into certain worry patterns, and that is a familiar and well worn pattern. I have a few favorite themes my brain likes to fall into. Have to kick it out again. That was a great Garrison Keillor piece, thank you! This week I kinda had one of those mom...

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Good for you, Gingerpie!

I get a couple of Blue Apron meals a month. It has been a nice introduction for my daughter to cooking, and my husband and I get to try things I would not have the oomph to plan and shop for.

I was pretty Vanilla last week and low and behold, that was a good thing

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Well done. Hats off on the running. I do feel so much better when I start the day with exercise, so here's hoping I am motivated by your fine example!

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If this helps, Gingerpie-- I really believe that our bodies get used to releasing insulin at certain times. If you usually snack after your dinner, your pancreas may be doing its thing and releasing insulin which causes your cells to clamor for food. If you stop eating after dinner, I really think i...

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I do get some sort of not very obvious heartburn after eating. And too much fat does not go down well. But the greater discomfort is mental, when I let myself get lost in the Venn diagram of tasty/plant-based/satisfying/slimming. My lovely mom died when she was a little younger than I am now, so my ...

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Looks like a lovely food day.

Do you recommend the patties?

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Oohlala, I have been taking melatonin for a few months because hot flashes (oh joy!) wake me up frequently. I feel ya.

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I baked All The Things for the church bazaar last week. I chewed gum and sipped drinks and generally tried, but I still had too much of the wrong things and biliary pain (no gallbladder anymore, but I still sometimes get that) and realized I was just eating too much fat. It was enough to turn me Van...

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Lately I have discovered (rediscovered) eating beans. They are awesome for satiety. Also rejoicing that I continue not to think about food much between meals-- I used to routinely crave food at four but that has gotten almost miraculously easier. I have, however, been having one diet soda a day. Whi...

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What great, thought provoking responses. I am prediabetic. No, wait, I was NORMAL at my last check in-- high normal, but normal, so let's take a moment to celebrate that. And I can tell my insulin is better regulated, because I usually don't think about food between meals much-- which is awesome. Ho...

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Allison, if anybody deserves to have someone listen to them grieve, it's you. I have found therapy to be helpful even when I didn't think the therapist was that good. Even if you get six sessions now and six sessions in a year, it might help your healing which in turn will help you to be there for y...

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Ironchef, I have been letting my starter lapse. I like the chewy sourdough bread and because everything has to have health tacked onto it (gah!) I fancy it might be better because the long rise supposedly does something desirable to the gluten, what I am not sure. Buys it flowers maybe. Lilybug, I w...

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Yesterday, let's see-- ah yes: 7/ 2 small pieces french toast with butter and jam 1230/laaarge lunch of bagel with brie, nectarine, dried fruit (so sugary! so good!), some pecans and some peanut butter puffins 7/ (lunch lasted well, anyway)-- Blue Apron: pork chop with a shallot/mayo sauce, marinate...

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I find strength training really helpful! Have to talk myself into it, but it's good stuff.

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Sorry about the crappy day. Thank God nobody's hurt. I was thinking of you as I read this one: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170907143005.htm I feel like your diet is already plant based, so that may not help much. I read a book on reflux because of a perpetually red throat. I think ...

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So glad to hear your little boy is doing well with his cast. I hope you are taking good care of yourself too.

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Every so often I go into a mini tailspin over low-carb versus plant-based. Some people manage a lower-carb, plant based diet, though I am having trouble picturing that. I do feel like I might do better with weight loss and insulin resistance if I ease back on the carbs (though I have been very pleas...

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You can try it and see.

I'm sorry things are so stressful. Best wishes that they get easier.

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It got much, much better for me after a few weeks. I do use seltzer and juice or a milky coffee if I'm really having difficulties. My theory is that your body is primed to produce insulin at certain times. If you train it to understand that you don't need that insulin at say 3:30, you won't get the ...

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7/ Trader-Os, milk, mini Wegman's sticky bun 11/ homemade soy latte 1230/ lovely white beans with proscuitto and tomato, bread with butter and fig jam, nectarine, a few chips and salsa and a few pecans; seltzer with orange juice. Could have bagged the chips and salsa. I eat generous lunches! 5:30/ h...

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Good news on the house. I hope your liver biopsy also yields good results. I'm so sorry you're dealing with this-- the uncertainty must be really frustrating. Great news that there is no damage to the liver. Not advice (well, ok, it is a little bit advice, which I suspect you are already doing anywa...

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If you follow the American show "The Good Place" (highly recommended)-- the angel Michael muses, "It's just like people to take something wonderful and ruin it a little bit so they can have more of it."

Sugar free cake... noooooo....!

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So, my latest position in the dialectic (not sure I'm using that word right: I looked it up and am still not sure): do everything within reason to promote health and lose weight. I think for this week at least I will keep a habit cal. My NoS is a little different in that my weekends are not too diff...

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I'm glad you and your DH were able to talk about it. It is frustrating if you focus on it, and when you're having GERD it's hard not to focus. You have kept off a big chunk of weight which few people accomplish, so that's fabulous right there. I don't know if it's possible or helpful to shift focus ...

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I had some enzymes that were up and they went down again. No fatty liver in my case either. I did have gallbladder out with some residual biliary issues. My gastroenterologist was never particularly troubled by it. Best wishes for your next text results. 174 is great! (If it's okay to remark on some...

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Nice work!

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We're having such gorgeous weather today! Did you get out? I was at dr appts all day but I need to get out there...

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I wonder if it was me--? I've read that site, and I thought there was a lot of sense in it. But then I'm probably putting myself in an echo chamber :) I've been drawn to the no-diet approach since Jane Brody described how she lost 35 pounds a million years ago doing what was basically No-S, only wit...

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I was at the doctor's today and had a spot check of my a1c (measure of blood glucose over about 3 months). For the first time in years it was normal! I'm pretty thrilled. I dread blood sugar tests but I was so happy about this one. I think it really is because of the three meals regime of NoS, which...

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Oh Allison. I'm so sorry. I hope your little man heals up soon.

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Still plugging away, though I have been eating generous meals. Out of curiosity I totted up my calories today, kind of restraining myself in the way that one does when prepraing to do that, and I came up with an easy 2000. So not a surprise that this middle aged lady is not losing weight. I do love ...

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Keep us posted on the job possibility. A tough call if you like your current job, but it's nice to be wanted & in a position of strength.

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Had a moment of feeling angry with my beloved and wonderful family yesterday. Before the movie we stopped to visit my 85 year old MIL, two French boys in tow. Then we went to the new Luc Besson movie. And even though I had just served lunch, my husband gave my kids money for popcorn which his mom ha...

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I'm so sorry you're feeling so awful. It sounds like there are a lot of sad family revelations going on. And you sound frustrated about your weight. But you probably know your worth is not your weight, right? Hope you are able to get through this valley quickly and just drive on.

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So, checking in-- * We've had a French exchange student for the last couple of weeks. Interesting and a little dismaying to watch his physique and food habits compared to the American kids. I want a do-over with my kids. (Kidding! I think!) The French kids are mostly slim-- not "average", but rather...

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Gratz on the walking! Is your shoulder any better?

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I think this may be more about where you were at the moment than what they were saying--? Does that sound right? In other words, your sister said, "you're beautiful, you look fine," and another suggested a method to lose weight since you were feeling unhappy about your chin. People respond to stimul...

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Excellent advice, Oolala!

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So-- I'm a mom. A 25 year old son and two daughters, 21 and 15. I was commenting on some health aspect of some lunch item and I caught my daughters rolling their eyes at each other. I'm guessing it was because mom was gassing on about the nutritive/weight control properties of food, and they were fi...

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Seconding Oolala here. There is some emerging research that fewer meals may be better for diabetes/blood sugar control. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140515184424.htm It has to work "in vivo," so you are the best judge of your own physiology, but I wouldn't be scared off by fewer mea...

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Goodness, a month. I was in England/Scotland for two weeks (awesome), followed by stomach flu (not awesome), and now I am deep in summer activities, which include a lot more moving around in various ways so that's all good. I lost 5 pounds thanks to hiking/stomach flu, to BMI 30.6. So now I need to ...

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I get really hungry sometimes, although (interestingly) it will go away some times, so you could argue it's not "real," to which I would argue back: sure feels real. I drink coffee with creamers in it. I've done fruit juice and seltzer.

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I lost about 20-25 lb in my early forties and I didn't have any issues. But I lost it slowly and did quite a bit of weight training. I think Whosonfirst is right that age is a factor-- isn't it always? I remind myself it is a privilege to grow older that not everyone gets to share.

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Well-- not a very green month for me, I must admit! Onward and upward!

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Just saw Wonder Woman (which is great, by the way.) Inspired by the mid-life Amazonians who looked so strong and gorgeous! It was good for my 5'10" daughter as well-- a reminder that tall is a good thing :) So let's see if that helps me as I wind down the school year and work on getting in better sh...

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Cherries already! Yum!

I read that as "around my waist" and thought, yes, that would remind you not to fill the tummy too full, LOL.

Hope you're having a great spring.

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Posting mini-victories as my school year winds down: Last night and the one before I was still super munchy after I ate dinner. The desire for more food/bread-y things was really intense. I told myself I could have more if I really couldn't stand it after ten minutes. And both nights the urge went a...

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Very inspiring! Gratz!

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You're doing great, Skycat.

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This is not the topic of the forum but I have to take a moment to express my sadness for our British friends on the board. I am the mother of a teen and have been to many a teenybopper concert. Just horrible, horrible stuff.

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Yeah, accountability helps me too.

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Think of it as "carb cycling." Reset the thermostat.

Back on the true path

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Gratz on the walk and on the admirable exercise generally. I have a weenie 3 lb kettlebell somewhere and would do well to dig it out. You're a good role model!

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Lilybug, I think those urges to eat have a lot to do with insulin release. Your body is expecting food and reacts accordingly, and that leaves you with that miserable I'm munchy-but-not-hungry feeling. The regular meals do seem to help with that.

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Thanks, Ironchef! I have pretty good kids but every struggle they have is, of course, my fault entirely. Just to be clear about that, LOL. I'm NoSing, though imperfectly-- as in, yesterday I had to put off dinner until after 7, so more than a 7 hour stretch. I had some raspberries at 6 because I jus...

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Hi Burtmacklin! (another Parks and Rec fan? My kids got me hooked

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I too like the gentle discipline. I mess up a lot, but the background gentle restraint feels right to me.

Best wishes on your NoS journey.

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Gratz on the return of your spouse

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Had a lovely weekend and Mother's Day. There was much eating out, although the first meal I had a small fancy (and yummy) salad and a cup of soup with some appetizers, and the second, ridiculously huge meal I cut in half (other half is lunch today). So not binging or feeling bad, but not eating ligh...

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DH used to teach in the psych grad program at Chesnut Hill College-- the late 90s when he was a newly minted doctorate himself

Such a pretty area. We lived in Mt Airy, one neighborhood over.

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I enjoyed reading a bit about your background. That must put a special spin on things, being a food-and-health professional. I am deeply impressed by your exercise. I hope you don't get discouraged and that you keep posting. Looking at your menus, it looks like you're doing well to me, and I am not ...

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Oolala, it is kinda unhappy making if you let it be. I was able to lose 20 lbs about 7 years ago eating "clean" six days a week and working out pretty faithfully, calories probably similar to what I'm doing now (1700-1800 ish). I'm not really interested in eating less than that. I'd rather be fat. I...

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Thanks, Trace! I am about half a hour from Chocolate World myself :) I need to Get Back With It. I hurt my back gardening for too many hours straight and have been a bit feeble since then but I think I can manage a few sun salutations, especially in the morning before things start to hurt. Just whin...

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