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Sorry you're feeling low-motivation. Fasting always seems to mess with my body and mind in really negative ways! I hope you're feeling better soon. You know we're here

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Yay! Sounds like a good day to me

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Hey, at least it was only a 2-day detour--it's easy to get derailed for much more! Write down all the reasons why the diet wasn't helpful, and then you can read that the next time you are tempted to jump ship for the new/shiny/supposedly faster method! (I've never met a diet that kept the weight off...

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Hang in there, Tracey! Tomorrow is a new day

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You're off to a great start! Glad you decided to start a check-in

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Happy Anniversary!

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Thanks everyone

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Merry said: Aw, thanks! Your signature is one of my very favorite Pooh quotes! I used it in a blog once: http://www.hopeismyanchor.com/2008/01/from-despair-to-hope-and-rest.html Thanks so much for sharing this blog post! LOVE your blog! You are a wonderful writer! I have it bookmarked and will be v...

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Glad you found your way back, Octavia! I've been off the wagon for a while now. I was wanting to get back on track yesterday morning, but my son woke up very sick. I drove downtown to the urgent care at the children's hospital but it was jam packed and my son's sensory overload was in full swing wi...

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Welcome, Heather! I hope you have a great first week

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LOL, yes--"If I could moderate, I wouldn't be reading Your stupid magazine..." I stay with no-s because it teaches moderation. As I often say, I can lose with any diet--but I know as soon as I stop, I'll gain it all back and more as I have before. I'd rather lose slowly or even plateau than continue...

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Welcome! Love that you are finding a way to make No-S work while nursing

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Hi Merry, You had an amazing year habit wise. You really deserve to pat yourself on the back!! Definitely enjoy having your kids home and being at peace with yourself!! That's what's really important. You can decide later on if you want to try to "tweak" what your doing but there isn't any rush. Ho...

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Merry, Your posts are always so encouraging and uplifting. You have such a common sense attitude. Congrats on your success and peace of mind that you have found. Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season! Merry Christmas! Aw, thanks! Your signature is one of my very favorite Pooh quote...

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I'm behind in getting my 2-year update here! I feel like the last 2 months have been crazy busy with my mom visiting for 2 weeks and then Thanksgiving, getting a new roof put on (and having to call them back out 2 more times...), and all the paperwork that comes up this time of year with college, va...

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milliem wrote: So I'm back! At probably the worst time of year for new habits haha but every N day counts right?

No time like the present they say! I started at this time of year 2 years ago, so I think it's great!

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Amy, I'm so sorry for your loss.

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good for you, hang in there! We didn't develop bad eating habits overnight--it's not unreasonable to think we won't fix them overnight either.

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That's awesome!

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Welcome! Great first post--keep making discoveries and noting them

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2 years on no-s and I don't worry about sick days at all. Do what you need to do to get better, and get back on track with No-S when you are able. This is definitely just a small glitch in the road habit-wise, don't let it throw you off track. I hope you feel better soon!

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Great update, happy for you!

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I cannot bear to look at that scale and see a number above 220, and I have my monthly personal training with Kayla on Friday. You've got an overall downward trend going though. Stick with it, this might be a good, workable plan for you. Don't worry about the fluctuations (I do totally get not wanti...

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I like this but don't know how I'd apply it to, say, not eating that pound of chocolate! The steps to "not" doing something are not quite as purposeful as putting on your running clothes and shoes, stepping out the door etc... I need good ways to apply this though because I do go nuts on junk someti...

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Welcome! Give yourself time to hit your stride. The habit of eating meals helps us know what we should feel like--and when we mindlessly overeat, we remember how much that doesn't feel good! It helps us the next time. I wouldn't worry too much about what happens on a sick day, but I do find that if ...

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gingerpie wrote: â= I am so awesome.
ðŸ·= *sigh* I've done it again.

LOL, love these!

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LOL, well so much for goals! I DID enjoy the food, but wow, way too much! I think I won't ever be great at vacations/holidays, LOL!

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The other thing that's making an impression on me from my reading of The Hungry Brain is the finding that eating mostly unmanufactured foods seems to bring the weight set point of the body down; the body doesn't lower the metabolism as much eating the same number of reduced calories (meaning the ca...

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red red red red redÂ Can't even keep track. I who kept harping on how I needed to be in training for the holidays. Aack! I hear ya--my long Thanksgiving weekend was definitely not the moderate "enjoy but don't go all out" I thought it might be! It's like thinking that makes my eating habits backfir...

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I realized tonight I haven't been to my check-in for awhile, sorry for not responding sooner! My mom was here for a couple of weeks and I'm really not sure where November has gone! I'm maintaining still. October ended with 2 reds and one NWS day, 13 walking/workout days (mostly walking). Heading int...

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Hi Merry, I was reading your post of Oct 13th and this idea came to mind. https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains It's about a professional bicycle team but I think the idea applies to non-athletes as well. Hope you're doing well Thanks, that was a great article. Very helpful to think about 1% change...

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oolala53 wrote:"OF COURSE, I eat only at meals."

LOL, yes! A much better "of course!"

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Love your observations!

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Old habits are hard to break! Next time you accidentally have a snack, be ready for that "what's the point?" question. Many of us celebrate the victories we have on red days, such as not eating the whole bag but instead stopping when we remember, not letting the whole day go because of one mistake e...

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Thanks for the bump!

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I'm looking for some advice on how to build other habits in a slow, sane way that won't make me want to give up because it's so damn complicated. I waited a long time to really work on exercise for the same reasons--I didn't want it to backfire and make me want to give up (and possibly risk my No-S...

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Today was a bit difficult and technically a fail, but not too bad. Had a lot going on and dealing with a lot of negative emotions. Had the urge to eat all day. I resisted the urge, for the most part, all day. I did have one of those bite size peanut butter cups. But I stopped at one. And at dinner,...

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ironchef wrote:Oops, sorry, should have mentioned a bit of colourful language at the start!

LOL, it wasn't the language that got me--it was the VERY VISUAL, in a serving dish no less, representation of said language! GROSS!

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oolala53 wrote:I think, "Will this do it?" (It doesn't.) "Maybe if I just eat that, I'll be done. (I'm not.) Joyless!

Yes!

oolala53 wrote: I'm looking for something, but it isn't food.

and yes!

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vmsurbat wrote:
Yes, I've long thought that if common-for-us foods like cabbage, potatoes, apples, and tomatoes were just "being discovered", they'd be touted as superfoods, too.....

Exactly!

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ironchef wrote:Reminds me of this clip from The CheckOut. Essentially all of those old superfoods (like the trusty apple) turn out to have almost of the same benefits as a lot of the new ones, without the price tag.

Very entertaining but the 14 second-mark needs to come with a warning label--ew gross!!!

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Believing one is powerless over food has been shown to lead to more relapse than believing it is ultimately one's choice to eat or not to eat. I do think this is so important for us to realize. We're not powerless over food. And we're not powerless over the coercive people in our lives--we can choo...

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LOL, seriously! It's a revolving door of which foods are super-foods! I figure, if it's natural (grew that way as opposed to being processed), it's going to be much healthier than something that comes in a box and can sit on my shelf for a couple of years--it doesn't have to have the added label of ...

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lin47 wrote: What I didn't consciously acknowledge until recently is how much human psychology plays a part in weight loss. I

This is so true!

Welcome back, and I hope this time really is different for you. You sound ready to commit, and that's so much of the battle.

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Thank goodness it's an N day tomorrow! It feels like I need a 'reset' to normal habits. LOL, yes! I often feel that way on Sundays after a too-wild weekend--can't wait for the Monday reset! (My mom has been here for 2 weeks, and it's been fun--but I've had 3 red days and an additional NWS day for h...

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Good to see you here again!

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Today was one of my usual S days, and I was going to a friend's house. It made lunch on the later side for me, and I considered having a snack to "tide me over." Then it was like a light-bulb went off. Snacks are not satisfying and don't tide me over. They almost always leave me unsatisfied and want...

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ironchef wrote: To be honest, in my first trimester my diet was essentially â€œthings I can keep downâ€. ðŸ˜€

Yes!

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Surrender to the Sensible. That is what I have to keep reminding myself. NoS is Sensible. It's simple, but not always easy. And, so I too, start again. And I hope that we do a 2018 challege....I NEED that to help me stick to JUST ONE 'diet.' The 'diet' that I ate quite happily for many years growin...

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Interesting chart, Oolala!

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I feel your pain and dilemma! When I came back to No-S (after a previous failed attempt years prior), I had decided a few things: 1, I didn't need a diet. I needed a lifestyle change. I thought long and hard about what I was willing to change. I knew I could lose weight calorie counting or cutting o...

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Thanks, I've missed our monthly challenge the last month or two! It's nice to check in. I think this is what my month will look like. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is always a hard one food-wise because the family gathers then too, but I'm trying for an N day that day. I'm pretty sure the rest o...

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Welcome back! I remember you too :-). I try to survive as best I can, LOL! I do try to kind of "plan" on the extra days rather than just letting any day treats appear become spontaneous Red days. I try to really look forward to the special days I plan on so that I don't give in on the other days. (S...

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Do you get to get paid for all those days you don't use when you retire, or do you just lose them?

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I hope your No-S with mods/changes works. It's definitely worth it to consider whether altering a diet for medical reasons (like reflux) is needed. I noticed the week you had all red days and still lost weight, but slept well that week--this week I slept the best that I have in months (I changed a f...

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I'd eat two waffles with either PB and jelly or with syrup for a meal. Not often...but I'd do it.

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Interesting and sad article.

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Although, you know, I have a very old cookbook--from the 30's where the beginning of the book educates the modern young housewife on cooking from coal, wood, and even new-fangled electric stoves! :shock: It is set up in the form of a daily menu. I kid you not, but breakfast for hubby DID include eg...

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ironchef wrote: Squiggle (sticking a yoga pose): Mummy, look at me! Iâ€™m down with dog.

so cute!

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lpearlmom wrote:Yep I'm a fly lady fan too!

LOL, I'm a fly-lady flunkie!

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Still kicking butt. Saw 239 on the scale but not counting it yet. So happy! I started telling people about NoS on facebook. I can't help myself. A lot of people ask me if it's a scam, because it's too good to be true! THANK YOU REINHARD!!!!!!!!! Seriously from the bottom of my heart. I literally th...

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Happy Anniversary!

Praying tomorrow is a better day for your girls. (((Hugs)))

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Hi Linda, Sometime ago, in an effort to get focused and start some tasks that I'd been avoiding, I started setting a timer for 15 minutes and would work until the timer went off. The idea was that I'd work for 15 and if I really wanted to stop after that I could without guilt/ill feelings. It's ama...

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NOOOO, don't do it! I mean, food at the office more often. We should start a national movement of anti-office birthday cake. There's got to be SOME other way to celebrate. Just what I was thinking! Save food at offices for special occasions only! I work remotely, but in the office they actually hav...

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I think that random roving is not odd, if odd means unusual. It's pretty pervasive in our culture and one of the things that No S helps quash. For me it is way more annoying than true hunger, I guess because eating doesn't really take care of it. Odd more in the sense that it's nonsensical. It's ac...

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Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! As I thought through everything, I realized two things: 1, I don't think my goal to be out of the "obese" range is unreasonable. I don't even think my goal to get to a 25 BMI is unreasonable (but one thing at a time, LOL!) 2, If it's not unreasonable, what wil...

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I hear ya about the dessert plate. I just can't wrap my mind around how to put the different foods on one without it looking like a child's fare. But maybe child's fare would be enough for me. :shock: LOL, I've actually had that thought lately! When my kids were little, I would get together with a ...

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Allisonmeg wrote: I don't know what is right or wrong or how I should be feeling. I am just doing what gets me through the day.

Grief doesn't have right and wrongs when it comes to how we feel. Feelings just are, and they are all over the place. ((((Hugs)))

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Oooh, yummy! Thank you so much for the smoothie recipe (and other ideas). I think my lack of frozen fruits was the culprit for my crappy smoothie results. I'll be sure to give 'em another go when I have the next opportunity. :) They do make a difference! I do a cup of frozen mixed berries, 2/3 cup ...

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Wow, what you said about your 8 AM self resenting your 8 PM self struck a chord with me. You captured something that I feel in a lot of places in my life. Why am I stricken with guilt about a work chore while in the shower, or on the subway, when I cannot do it, but not at work? Why does it seem ea...

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I eat a fruit-yogurt smoothie, usually around 250 calories, and sometimes coffee with cream and sugar. I'd rather dinner be the larger meal since that's the one my family can usually eat together. But if not, sometimes lunch is my bigger meal with a lighter supper.

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Well, I've hit that mark...3 months of not really losing anything. Blah! But as I've been praying and thinking about it, one thing I've realized is that I think it's time for my portion sizes to decrease again. When I first went to medium plates, I was usually comfortably full and experienced hunger...

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Welcome!

Reinhard has info on the site about his "glass ceiling" approach, which you may be interested in reading. He also talks about alcohol in the book (worth reading!).

I hope you have a great first week!

Merry

Honestly, I wouldn't change anything about how you weigh unless you want to. I don't think daily weighing works for everyone (I do it because I find weekly weighing and monthly weighing actually discourage me MORE than daily--no big surprises with daily weighing and if I'm suddenly up or down 3 lbs....

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One other thing that popped into my head--how often do most folks weigh themselves on NoS? I usually weigh myself once a week (typically Saturdays, first thing in the morning)... would that be considered excessive? Not frequently enough? You'll find the whole gambit--I know someone on here who weig...

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I keep thinking about this but I honestly have no idea how to count a lot of things that I eat, LOL! (A bowl of cereal? A piece of fruit? Meals where I put little tidbits of several different things that I just feel hungry for?) And whether it's a palm or my whole hand... Sorry I'm not much help! Wh...

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Haha, anyhow, I'll certainly be giving this a full-fledged start on Monday! For you personally, do you find yourself utilizing the HabitCal? Or do you have a different way of logging/tracking your days? I'd love any tips or advice you can provide. I appreciate your time, Merry. Thank you so much! G...

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splandrea wrote:Just to note, for motivation if I need it later, my jeans are baggy and my son complemented me on noticeable loss.

WAHOOO!

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I'm glad you're on the mend. I hate being sick!

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So annoying that I keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Not huge mistakes but enough to keep me from feeling like I'm continuing to make headway. I do fine until after dinner. I mean really fine. Not much effort except for when I first arrive home from work. I arrive home hungry but I...

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I think 'only in the company of others" is genius because it offers a no-thought-needed way to eliminate food we don't need on a daily basis while allowing us to really enjoy those social occasions that are so important to us. My problem is that my husband is perfectly willing to pour a glass of wi...

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What's a Mad Greek veggie pita? Sounds yummy!

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I'm with you at the 30 bmi! SOOOO wanting to get into the 20's! (I actually had the same thought--I'd be thrilled with a 26, LOL! I guess it's all about perspective!) Let's spur each other on to a 29!

Orthodontia is no fun. Hang in there!

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I like the idea of thinking "I deserve to feel lighter/weigh less/take pressure off my knees" etc... I need to play around with that thought process! I think I'd reserve something like a pumpkin beer for S days, and try to come up with another way to unwind at the end of a long day. An herbal tea? A...

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Welcome! I'd think about it this way--what do you have to lose by trying it for several months? It's definitely casual, and it can definitely help with the food-thought-obsession struggle. Whether it would help you lose since you are so close to your goal weight is hard to predict, but it's certainl...

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(((Hugs)))

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I hate when I lose things--I hope your tote turns up!

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I agree, such a cute calendar with the red maple leaves!

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Welcome, Jen!

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Hope it was a great day!

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Welcome! I hope your first week goes well!

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Welcome, Gillian! Gotta celebrate all those successes and mini-miracles

. Great start!

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Congratulations! Great progress--keep up the commitment to those N-day habits

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SpiritSong wrote:
I just realized I started my HabitCal on September 1st when I started No S on September 15th. It took only two weeks for me to notice.

LOL! At least it's easy to fix--copy all the entries onto the right dates and then put "blank" squares over the first 2 weeks.

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Oh my goodness, Nettee, how scary! I'm so glad your son is recovering well--truly amazing all that he's been through (and wow, scary to think just 3 years ago they would have amputated his leg?!). How wonderful that he has had such good care.

No-S is here when you are ready again.

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Lilybug wrote: Even the "carb people" at work cheated on the cake. I couldn't believe it. I had to go by there table and say "those carbs are gonna kill ya, you know?" All in fun...

LOL!

I hope you like your new mattress!

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I LOVE the idea of being the cake cutter--pure brilliance! But otherwise, I'd walk around with a coffee or tea and chat with people. I actually find that people don't notice I'm not partaking as often as I would think they would, and I can just say, "It looks great, I'm just not hungry right now tha...

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I love being able to comfortably button pants. Way to go, Linda!

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Allisonmeg wrote: For this fall check-in, my goal is to No S [of course], be honest, and find something positive in each day. I want to look forward to coming to my blog each day and start getting stronger this season.

Great goals! I love that you and your hubby have daily tea dates

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