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8/1-Wed = Success Will focus on using my fruit mods this month to stay more in the GREEN . 8/2 -Thur = Success 8/3-Fri = Fail 8/6,7,8 = Success 8/9 = Fail 8/13, 14, 15-Heavy phys. labor throwing an old garden shed and misc. junk into a large dumpster. Very hot and humid last two days, drinking more...

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You are correct, weekends the rules are relaxed. And walking is The best exercise in my opinion. If you want to add something to walking, then rucking with a light backpack, or try heavy hands version. And you can always add hills to your walks.

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Scammers and spammers mucking it up on all the shovelglove threads. Kool.

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8/1-Wed = Success
Will focus on using my fruit mods this month to stay more in the GREEN.
8/2 -Thur = Success
8/3-Fri = Fail
8/6,7,8 = Success
8/9 = Fail

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Welcome back. I think falling off the wagon, and re-starting NoS is closer to the norm around here. So you have a lot of company.

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Hello Barbra, So you've been here on NoS for almost six years and have an astonishing 3 posts? You want to break your vicious cycle with sweets. Here's a crazy idea, try posting regularly, share your successes, fails, almost fails/successes, etc. Use the Habitcal and get into one of the 30 day chall...

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Hi worth! Great that youâ€™ll be joining me in September! Today was okay. Weight is up and I overdid it a bit. Not that it was so much food but that I just got a little overfull. Maybe this is as good as it gets. Maybe I should stop weighing so often. But last time I gave up the scale I blew up to ...

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Walk was early morning and breathing was difficult. Mid-afternoon would be no-go. 7/6/18-Friday = Fail Did a couple sets of full weight half pullups x 5, and inclined pushups x 8. Able to do a complete full wt. pullup again, but one reg. pushup is my limit at moment. Repaired shoulder was been sore ...

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7/5/18-Thur Guess it's time to start another month's log(five days late) Those of us living in the midwest, southern and eastern part of US have been in a record breaking heat wave. Our new pool is almost like bath water. Luckily it rained a little last night, first time in about a month. a.m.-2 Mil...

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Hi Adam, What's your definition of starch? And which cereals are you using? I'm partial to Cap'n Crunch. Thx.

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sharon227 wrote:This looks interesting: 7-minute workout with modifications http://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/well/ ... MINUTE.html

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I fixed the broken link in your post.

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6/20/18-Wed = Success Day's activ's- more weeding and play/swim in pool with grandkids. GD leaves for the beach for 15 days to visit other grandparents, so we had to get one last swim in prior. Like last summer, I have some cracked skin betw. toes(athlete's foot) and it's limited my walking. This is...

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Does the hoe work even if the ground is pretty dry and possibly hardened? Not as well in getting the deeper roots out, but it will cut them off just below the surface. To be honest, we've had a fair amount of rain this past month. Could you possibly water with the hose the night before, or even a f...

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6/18-Mon = Success 6/19-Tues = Fail Did some weeding in front flower beds for my activity today. This is usually my wife's job, but her back has been bothering her, so I did it with our new action hoe. I can't say enough good things about this thing. And I've pretty much avoided gardening duties exc...

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6/11/18-Mon- Trying to get my NoS back on track. Fortunately my activities, which are mostly phy. work related have helped me from gaining. a.m. Walked 3M saw a doe and took some pics at a wooded area next to little park where I walk. Have seen up to six there when I walked at dusk in the fall. Got ...

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Quayette, first I must apologize for not being a girl. But I will link a woman trainer I respect who uses kettlebell swings to tone her whole body. And 14 minutes daily should work. Swings, when learned properly should not stress your shoulders like shovelglove does. I've done moderately heavy swing...

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What a harrowing experience for you! Your poor neighbor. Are you doing ok? Thatâ€™s a very rough thing to witness. I'm okay. They had his memorial service today, and his dad, and brother in law both told me they were glad I found him and kept him alive a while longer. So others could use his organs...

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6/2/18-Sat Walked 2 miles, very hot and muggy. Did it more just to clear mind than for exercise. Finished connecting all plumbing on new pool. Re-position all legs on pool to make them plumb. Horrific storm last night washed away some of ground beneath a couple legs, so redid that after placing a br...

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I wouldn't worry about extra eating at a family wedding/holiday/Memorial day celebration. Don't use that exS eating as an excuse to another diet failure. Just move on to normal N days. Don't beat yourself up over these types of special weekends. People sometimes use temporary failure as a reason to ...

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Neighbors and family were all asking why he did it outside. I think we got our answer. I'm glad now to have given him cpr as he restarted breathing until the emt's took over. He was on life support until 1:00 p.m. which was roughly 6+ hours later, and he was able to donate his organs. He wanted to b...

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Glad your wifeâ€™s EKG was good. Good for her, getting checked. I hope she feels better. It is easier in summer to stay active, isnâ€™t it? First of all thanks Larkspur. Today makes me appreciate family and good health even more. I was sitting in our living room watching the futures market early on...

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Thanks oolala. Wife has been better since her scare. My summer looks to be full of "functional" exercise. I still have the debris from a garden shed to haul and throw into a large dumpster. Build a small deck for pool with ladder platform, and a few other small projects. The good thing in my case ab...

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Congrats on the new job. Your "plate" is certainly full. Don't be too tough on yourself.

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5/28-Mon-Memorial Day Walked 3 Miles 5/29-Tues = Success More leveling soil plot in hot sun-very humid. Yard work. Hung chinning bar back up in my garage gym. Place is still cluttered with daughter's belongings since her move. While I haven't been on a scale lately, I can tell my normal summer activ...

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Hi Larkspur - exercise and getting enough sleep will help both brain health and weight loss (I know many people say that exercise makes no difference to weight loss, but I disagree there). No snacking will help with weight loss, and probably therefore with brain health (reducing risk of diabetes an...

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Great refresher TexArk. Thanks for writing that.

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That's interesting on your goals for improved or sustained brain health? What is your goal on that one? I know my wife has worried about that, since her dad developed dementia. For a while, she became an avid puzzler, and now makes her own original cards to keep her brain occupied during retirement....

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5/11/18-Friday Phy Therapy this morning. Finished next week. I've been sticking to NoS about 50% most days. Weight is unchanged. My physical activities at the moment consist of clearing sod from a large area of my yard and leveling for a new pool for my grand kids. Seriously hard work using a hoe fo...

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Went in for a doctor visit the other day-- wanted to check my TSH due to some dry mouth and crazy heat spells at night. TSH was where it needed to be so I guess it is the perimeno fairy. Anyway, I am 10 lbs down from my highest weight, so that's something anyway. I have normal fasting sugars and my...

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beginagain wrote:It is amazing how much better I am feeling since getting serious about walking daily.

Great re-start to NoS and walking.

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Sounds like you're doing well, even with difficult circumstances. Under those conditions, I'd probably have caved into the milkshake.

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Welcome back idontknow! When I first saw your notice in my email, I thought someone was playing along with my handle on NoS. I Don't Know if you're familiar with the greatest comedy routine in history by Abbott and Costello. At any rate, good to see you back here. Whosonfirst.

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Hope the weather clears up so you can achieve your walking goal for the day! Thanks automatedeating. Mission accomplished. managed 3M with my waterproof hiking shoes. 4/1-Easter Sun, walked 2 M. Did at home PT Roast beef dinner with baby carrots and potatoes, tossed salad. 4/2-Mon. = Success Woke u...

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Glad to hear you got a call if it was job related. I've known the fun of looking for a new job in middle age, happened to me twice. One company bought out and moved to Mexico and the other relocated to Tennessee, which to the wife was only slightly closer than Mexico.

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Larkspur wrote:This weather! Bleh!

How have you been doing with your walks?

I mostly skip them with rain. Did take a long one after that last snow squall and footing was very slippy at places. Been using tree trimming and yard work as my extra activ's plus phy therapy at home, that takes a half hour.

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Hope the weather clears up so you can achieve your walking goal for the day! Thanks automatedeating. Mission accomplished. managed 3M with my waterproof hiking shoes. 4/1-Easter Sun, walked 2 M. Did at home PT Roast beef dinner with baby carrots and potatoes, tossed salad. 4/2-Mon. = Success Woke u...

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4/1-Easter Sun, walked 2 M. Did at home PT
Roast beef dinner with baby carrots and potatoes, tossed salad.

4/2-Mon. woke up to snow squall. Could barely see to end of our yard. Melting already. Walk later.

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You're doing great! 48-50 lbs. "ain't" no joke. Keep up the good work. Enjoy your daughters, you'll miss having them at home at some point. Even dad's miss them.

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We can use the translator if you want to post anyway.

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Good start and welcome. You say your plates are full, but you're hungry two hours after meals. What are you putting on your full plates? I've found that protein, and good fats hold me better than anything. If you drink milk, make it the full fat, and not skim. Cheeses are good, again, not the low-fa...

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Yesterday GREEN day meals: B Peppermint Tea, small black coffee, Small bowl of pineapple chunks and grapes Two scrambled eggs L Garden Salad with Chicken Breast on top, oil and lemon juice for dressing. Baked potato with butter and salt D Steak with caramelized onions, Roasted Carrots Followed by a...

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Whosonfirst : "Do you follow the DDP videos or just the book? I'm thinking of doing something similar." I really did not address this as thoroughly as I might have. I do like DDP. However, on Amazon there is a series called "Body by Yoga" and it seems to be a DDP "borrow". It is generally marketed ...

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Friday March 16, 2018 Success! Last week was all green. My first all green week in a few years. The weekend was a respectable yellow. I have been using the Bullworker for exercise. I still need to restart either the DDP or Man Flow Yoga. I feel better when I am stretched out. Well, see you later to...

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Doing a Sun Salutation every day is great, and low impact. After retiring I switched over to the Five Tibetan Rites first thing in the morning, which has some similarities to the SS's. The great thing about both routines is that you can add to the level of intensity as you progress and the cost is r...

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Thanks Larkspur, my clothes are getting a bit looser, but the weight seems to be locked down. I do need to eat more veggies, and I try to eat a tossed salad daily. Back in my mid-30's, I was a strict vegetarian for almost 2 years. Then at some picnic I had one hamburger and it was Wham, like a hit o...

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Not to congratulate you, but one measly Easter egg sounds like a lot of my Red days. Just so it doesn't become half a box of choc. eggs. You moved on and mark it as a fail, so you're on the right track.

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Big Congrats on 3000 days, quite the milestone! I hope Reinhard sends you a T-shirt, jk.

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Hi Anneke, what is a false start in your mind? Does that mean you make it through one day or only a half day and then have a fail? In the beginning I probably failed 50% of my days, so my Habitcal(calendar) was half red(fail) and half green(success). That was normal for me, so I looked at it as they...

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Am I making an attempt to fill up on other pleasurable or productive tasks? Am I liking life better? Maybe musing here counts as productive? At least I am not eating. Yikes! Last night I did further research on health consequences of obesity, and some of the things I discovered scared me big time. ...

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Wow, a big congrats Anne! 33 lbs. in six months is a big deal. Good luck with recommitting to NoS. Keep up the great work.

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3/7/18-Wed-Day 1 -reboot NoS with fruit mods. = Success . My mods today were an apple and sm. box of raisins with mid-afternoon coffee(milk-no sugar) I'm also scheduled for my phy therapy evaluation this afternoon for rebuilding my repaired shoulder. Ready to get this underway. Starting Wt-217 lbs. ...

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I thought we were talking post workout snack?; when an infusion of protein is usually a good thing. Carbs before workout(if heavy) and protein and some carbs afterwards give you a needed pickup. Heavy workouts right before bedtime are usually not a great sleep inducer.

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Over43 wrote:Yes, a glass of milk is OK. Whole milk while you are at it.

Or glass of chocolate Milk. you can feel the nutrients going right to tired muscles like an IV, lol.

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3/1/18-Thurs finally got my bump-sling removed yday after 6wks+1 day. Now onward to rehab for six weeks(prob). Started dr's specif rehab at home with door pulley and a few other free range moves. On a good note, my weight at surgeon's office scale which has been the heaviest by +4 lbs. over other di...

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Clever, thanks for putting the "Hi-Ho" song in my head reading your commentary.

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Sip, ahhhh! Just had my first sip of after dinner coffee. I too enjoyed the smell of coffee brewing in our home growing up, but didn't drink it much until starting to work after college. To be honest, it's an acquired taste that can be habit forming like nicotine. I've been trying more or less to li...

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Geez oolala, what is it with injuries to people approaching retirement age? I can relate, get well soon. As to your supplemental health insurance to Medicare A/B, I'd suggest using an independent insurance broker, who isn't pushing one plan over another. We lucked out with a great agent, who showed ...

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2/12-Mon Walked less than 1/2 mile yesterday, been raining or drizzling last 3 days so I've not walked my usual distances. Trying NoS this week with this mod-instead of sweet/salty snacks, I will modify to fruit when needed. How I've eaten most of my life, with good success. Appetite is still low, s...

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1/28-Sun wlkd 1.5 miles. very tired afterwards. overate at dinner and felt terrible. had a burger and a cup of clam chowder, no fries. 2/4-Sun walked every day since last report, usually 2M but 1.25-1.5 on two cold & very windy days. still eating very lightly but not strict noS yet. actually look a...

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Oolala, thx for well wishes. 1/28-Sun wlkd 1.5 miles. very tired afterwards. overate at dinner and felt terrible. had a burger and a cup of clam chowder, no fries. 2/5-Mon walked every day since last report, usually 2M but 1.25-1.5 on two cold & very windy days. still eating very lightly but not str...

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1/27-Sat-drs visit on wed. staples removed. wearing gunslinger thingie til 2/28 next visit. then start rehab. daily walks up to 3/4 mile. may up that today. appetite is blah. coffee tastes like crap but going cold turkey produced constant headaches. will try restarting nos monday. really miss playin...

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1/01/18-Happy New Year activ's for last week, since Dec. 24-walked 5 x 3 Miles in frigid conditions. Cold is tolerable except when it's been very windy. Biked a couple times as well but kept it short due to very windy on those days. Since Holidays are basically over(almost) I'll try to get my NoS b...

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On my side, it's not all shades of gray anymore. The color of the background of the posts changes alternately from light blue to white, and the borders are a grayish/ blue-green stripe on one edge. On the main discussion page, it's the columns on the right that alternate colors. Here, on reply, the...

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1/01/18-Happy New Year activ's for last week, since Dec. 24-walked 5 x 3 Miles in frigid conditions. Cold is tolerable except when it's been very windy. Biked a couple times as well but kept it short due to very windy on those days. Since Holidays are basically over(almost) I'll try to get my NoS ba...

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Hermonar wrote:I want to study about this story very much. It would be great for the guys to educate me.

Start here, and then about halfway down page, watch Reinhard's well done video. All you need to know.

http://shovelglove.com/

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Whew on the CT scan! Happy news. I think dr's scales vary. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I hope you don't have to give up your nice IPAs. My husband has one beer a day and it gives me great satisfaction to see him drink it. He works really hard and he benefits from the bottled relaxation ...

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Tiffansy wrote:No worries. I looked up urban rangering and I tend to do that a lot as I live in a very walkable village. More walking and less driving can't hurt.

So you're repeating word for word k1dub's reply from five months ago? Did you morph into Tiffansy?

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My weight seems to have plateaued but I'll get there. Plateaus can be regarded as opportunities to practice maintenance, at least that is what I tell myself. You are now down an amazing 40+ lbs and deserve a pat on the back for all the effort you have put in. Echo this comment. You're a success sto...

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Day 1 was a success ! Though I gotta say snacking was quite the temptation. There appears to be a mysterious teleporter in my house that randomly takes me to the kitchen several times a day... :wink: You know the cartoons where a pie's cooling off by an open window? And the FANTASTIC smells are waf...

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11/30-Thurs-Walked 2 miles. And took bike ride with grandson. While I almost never step on a scale any more, my doctors visits have made it a requirement. So I reported only a couple weeks ago, that I'd lost weight (3 lbs). So this past Monday, I visited another doctor, it was +4 lbs! So I'm putting...

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Thanks oolala. Not going anywhere. Just facing some health issues at the moment that makes my eating plan kind of secondary. Have one surgery next month, and possibly a second one depending on my latest tests. Hard to keep your head in the game. Glad to see others having success and/or getting start...

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Welcome Bob, It's good to see another male on here. Sounds like you're built like a powerlifter although you'd be underweight at 5'7" and 175. It's great to not worry about meals, and what you can't eat or should eat. Just eat on Reinhard's NoS plan and forget about it. As a long time sufferer with ...

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A great beginning.

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<r><QUOTE author="Whosonfirst"><s>[quote="Whosonfirst"]</s>11/16-Thur<br/> a.m. Dr. Visit-headed to orthopod on 11/27 to get ball rolling. MRI says I have one completely torn rotator cuff tendon, one partially torn, and two intact tendons. Plus moderate arthritic wear and tear. On top of this news, ...

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Glad to see you posting. I will have to google dance-fire performing. That has me intrigued. I'm imagining something that Hawaiian's do wearing grass skirts to tom-tom music.

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Sorry about all the body work needed. If you lead an active life, I guess there's going to be wear and tear. I hope it all goes really smoothly and you can plough ahead with minimal life disruption. Thanks Larkspur, believe it or not, I read an article this week about head transplants. So.... maybe...

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11/16-Thur a.m. Dr. Visit-headed to orthopod on 11/27 to get ball rolling. MRI says I have one completely torn rotator cuff tendon, one partially torn, and two intact tendons. Plus moderate arthritic wear and tear. On top of this news, I'm getting a CT scan next week to see what's up with my rib/lun...

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It's been two weeks now on No-S. I think the reason it works for me is it's so very simple. Not easy, but not complicated. Until starting this, I was deep in trying to completely accept my body, allow it to reach its natural weight, no food rules, reject diet mentality, etc. I had two expensive coa...

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I have a special dish I created. It is grits, topped with two eggs over easy, Nalley's chilli, salsa, grated cheese, and a dollop of sour cream. One bowl, it is filling. I have noticed, for me, I need to use food combinations to keep full. A low carb breakfast leaves me hungry a few hours later. Th...

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11/2/17-Thurs No S has been hit or miss the past couple of weeks, since returning from my west coast trip. Finished with my phy therapy for shoulder and awaiting an MRI scheduled for 11/11- first available one. What I thought was a blister on toe from walking looks now to be athlete's foot and has c...

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Turkey and stuffing(seriously). Spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna. Most cheeses(swiss, extra sharp, not cottage or ch-whizz.). Milkshakes(not very often).

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10/9-Mon = Success Back from 10 days in San Francisco bay area & Portland, Oregon visiting family. Snacking was kept pretty much under control, but meal sizes and irregular times were difficult to control. To be honest I didn't really try. Most days, stayed under 2 drink min. except first day in Or...

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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. Thank you Larkspur. I love it "out there". Been going for about 20 years. So while I'm there, perfect sunny fall weather. I ret...

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Years ago I tried the No S Diet for a few days and gave up. I'm the worst of the worst binge eaters. Late last night, desperate to change, I remembered the No S diet. Glad to see this site is still up and active! I just got done reading this article about binge eating. It sounds like the best solut...

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10/9-Mon = Success Back from 10 days in San Francisco bay area & Portland, Oregon visiting family. Snacking was kept pretty much under control, but meal sizes and irregular times were difficult to control. To be honest I didn't really try. Most days, stayed under 2 drink min. except first day in Or....

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Tell a little lie, "I've been diagnosed as pre-diabetic, and have to watch what I eat. Thanks, it looks delicious." And move on.

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It's Fall and time to start my 6th NoS blog. I am starting this week off with 3 of my kids' birthdays, but am not going yellow OR red for them. I sampled enough today (Sunday). I haven't NoS'd seriously for the last couple of months, but am ready to start again. I'll go slightly easier on myself ge...

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Thanks, might be just what I can use for a while to do something besides my walking until my shoulder gets sorted out.

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Welcome. I think if you stick to the No Snacking part of NoS with those meals, it should work okay. just my opinion though. Sorry to hear of all the stress at meal times. Probably the worst time to have any added stress from my limited experience with that. I hope it gets sorted out.

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sindyciaray wrote:I have seen full length hammers as light as six pounds i found this short post

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richardjews wrote:I just added a video link to the entry on the movements page. read my thoughts here

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I started no s a few months ago being totally fed up with counting points and spending a good deal of time thinking and trying to motivate myself to lose weight. I really liked no s although I still had a hard time following the simple rules. I guess I just gave up on trying altogether, because I j...

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Hi Crystal, Good to see you return. Yes, waffles and ice cream are still around here in the US. Mostly see them at fairs, but when my mother made chicken and waffles, we'd add the ice cream for a dessert. Good luck. Trace

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It seems we all could use a stirring half time speech from a coach to motivate us to stay the course, or Win One for the Gipper. For people not familiar with American Football, I'm referring to Knute Rockne's stirring half-time speech to his players at Notre Dame. Maybe we need Reinhard or Tony Robb...

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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... Yes I did two bike rides with grand kids, one in morning and one after school. Hope you made it outside. 9/7-Thurs= Success 9/8-Fri= Fail Bike riding last two days. Unfortunately, my ...

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Linda, I like your signature line tracking GD's in a row. I think the same way, but need to get my butt in gear. Trace

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So you started NoS when exactly? 8/29? Following vanilla NoS, using what modif's.? Hard to tell from a little pie. Don't look at this as a short term plan, take the long view. I think if someone weighs themself on a Friday, and then indulges somewhat on two S-days, and hops on a scale, it shouldn't ...

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Thanks all for the support, tough love, and insight. I can't believe I've been lurking here for five years! That was a big jolt of reality. Basically circling the drain for five years. On 8/18 I surrendered to No S. My problems have been perfection, impatience, and fear. Perfection - if I have a re...

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