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2/13 - Success! I'm still sick, but since I was well enough to go to work, then I suppose I was well enough for going without sweets, snacks, and seconds! LOL, as I mentioned in my last post, I didn't really have much of an appetite anyway. :P I am re-reading "Eating Less" and have listened to the C...

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MJ, for the 21 day challenge, you go for three weeks because the S-Days count as Success days.

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I'm in. I started back up on Feb. 1st and am still enjoying the honeymoon period. :D 2/14 - Success! 2/15 - S-Day 2/16 - Success! 2/17 - S-Day 2/18 - S-Day (holiday) 2/19 - Success! 2/20 - Success! 2/21 - Success! 2/22 - S-Day 2/23 - Fail Sorry, I'm out. :oops: But I just got into the 21 Day Club ba...

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Thank you, Amy. The good thing is that my appetite is down. I skipped breakfast today (except for coffee with milk and a half small glass of orange juice) and couldn't finish my lunch.

It sure makes No S'ing easy!

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2/8 - S-Day 2/9 - Success! 2/10 - S-Day 2/11 - Sick Day 2/12 - Sick Day Yep, not a lot of green, but I have a good excuse. Starting feeling sick on Saturday, and ended up taking Monday and Tuesday off from work, so there are two extra S-Days (sick). Darn it. I wanted to use my two NWS-Days on Valent...

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Congrats on your green week, your 30 lb. loss, and for being less than 10 lbs. away from your goal weight!!

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Go, MJ! Green into the weekend!!

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I don't worry too much about how much is on my plate (except I am trying to learn how much will make me satisfied but not stuffed). In fact, I am working on eating more for breakfast just to keep myself away from a morning snack.

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Congrats on the maintenance! If 95% of people gain their weight back, you are a part of an elite group.

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Congrats on your green and your walking!

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Go, Amy, go! The only way you let people (including yourself) down is if you stop trying.

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Happy Anniversary, and congrats on your continued success!

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2/7 - Success! And that is officially seven days back on the No S Diet! 8) Based on my negative calories this week (times I wanted to eat but didn't), snacks were definitely my main problem. I have not craved any sweets (but I also was not tempted with any at work this week, so we'll see how that go...

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Maybe I'll try adding some nuts to my breakfast then. The mornings are the worst "I wanna snack" time for me.

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No, I've just been having granola on my yogurt (and ignoring the sugar content). I figure it's okay since I don't put sugar in my coffee.

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Jonas Jonasson wrote:In my book it would be a sweet for NoS purposes.

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According to Livestrong.com, here is the difference between muesli and granola (at least in the U.S.): "Both granola and muesli contain a mixture of grains (such as oats), nuts, dried fruit and sometimes bran and wheat germ. Muesli may contain sugar and dried-milk solids, but it can be unsweetened. ...

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Today on Facebook, The Perfect 10 Diet posted this: "Health tip: P 10 is about eating real rich food and losing weight without going humgry. To delay hunger, here are some tips. Have a 1/2 to 1 serving of fat with each meal. Eat more raw food such salads, uncooked broccoli. Have some protein with ea...

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Congrats on all your green!

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Patty, congrats on the 8 pounds down! I have just re-started my journey, and I weigh in on the first of the month, so I have a while to wait before I can (hopefully) see a lower number. I will have to live vicariously through other people's success for now. Thanks!

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That sounds like a good sacrifice to make. A mother of twins who made the time to bake is not someone to be messed with!

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Amy, you have to get those failures under your belt so that you can succeed. Now put that red block under your feet so the green block is easier to reach!

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2/6 - Success! About a half hour before lunch, I had low blood sugar yawning, but hey, as long as I don't feel faint, it's all good. When I had my lunch, it tasted better because I was hungry, I finished it all (so I wasn't wasting my money eating garbage and then throwing out real food), and I ende...

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My plan is to stick with it this time, get results, and then in order to thank Reinhard, I will sing it from the mountains (or at least post about it on Facebook).

But for now, I've just let DH know so he would know not to buy me any snacks.

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And thank you, SpiritSong but you haven't seen me combing through the kitchen goodies cupboard 10 minutes ago willing to trade in my heroic green for a demeaning red for the price of a single piece of anything nice&sweet. So far I have been able to resist but only because there wasn't anything real...

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Thank you for sharing. Nice to feature someone who lost weight by EATING LESS. No magic pill. No magic exercise plan. No magic foods.

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2/5 - Success! My exercise has fallen to the wayside for the last couple of weeks, but I figure as long as I am having No S success, it is okay to just jump back on the wagon when I am able. Saturday sounds like a great day to get back on track! 8) Nothing in particular to report other than the morn...

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Jonas, way to go on skipping the popcorn! I love how No S teaches us not to ruin our appetites with junk. It is hard to enjoy a good dinner when you're not hungry, and the gnocchi in sage butter sounds delicious!

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Way to resist the bedtime call of a snack! Now you can be proud of yourself (plus you got a few more minutes of sleep) today!!

The red mark isn't as important as how you reacted to it.

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Hey, until it becomes second nature, you're going to have little slip ups. You did the right thing marking it red and moving on, and maybe your brain will remember "NO NO RED BAD!!" the next time you move in for a nibble.

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Congrats on your green week and 21 days on plan!

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Wow, I want one!

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I did the same thing. Lost weight while on plan 2010-2011, then went off plan and ended 2012 right back where I started. Now my goal for 2013 is to get back where I was when I stopped. If I had stayed on plan, I'd have two and a half years of weight loss to celebrate now and who knows how far I may ...

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2/4 - Success! I wanted something after dinner, but too bad, so sad, I couldn't have anything. :lol: It is actually nice to want something, because I feel like I am experiencing "negative" calories. I usually would be eating chips and salsa, but I'm not, so that's 200 calories (or whatever -- I was ...

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MJ, one of my problem times is betwen breakfast and lunch, so I know I need to pay special attention to my breakfast. Not the amount, but what I am eating. For example, if I have just carbs, I'll be hungry in a couple of hours and want to kill someone by lunch. So I am making sure I try to get some ...

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Good luck to you, MJ7910 ! I remember finishing my first 21-day run and how proud I was to post on the 21-day challenge thread. Reading other people's threads can really help (just make sure to avoid the ones that don't). Recently on other people's threads, I learned about the genie that grants thre...

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2/2 - Success! And it was quite the test because DH was going to pick up pizza for dinner after a meeting with a friend/client, and ended up not getting home until 8 pm! :shock: But I did not have a snack!! :D 2/3 - S-Day This morning I thought to myself, "Today is a weight loss day!" (because it is...

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Thanks for checking in, Amy3010 (I'm an Amy too) and No BS ! (I don't really have anything to add, but since I can't log in from home over the weekend -- my computer does not like this forum for some reason -- I didn't want you two to be ignored for two days.) :D I will say it is nice and easy to st...

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S-Day * I was supposed to be back before (see "This is Great - this is stupid - this is great" thread), but apparently wasn't ready yet. I'll save my whole story for when I have a testimonial ready (I have my 10/10/10 goals written down for easy reference), but in short, I used No S successfully in...

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Happy belated birthday, Reinhard!

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oolala53 wrote:SpiritSong, you and I should somehow merge...

But I'd rather split into two skinny people!

Just kidding. I'm not big enough for two people, unless it is me at my college weight and a six-year-old child.

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I gave up on No S until September because it just wasn't going well.

I have kept up my daily exercise habit with no problem.

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Nicole, you rock.

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I'm so glad you're back and glad you're committed. I am definitely committed because I have realized the stupidity of giving up on No S after it worked for me. So what if I never lost any more than the 15 or so pounds I lost. Does it make sense to drop No S and gain it all back just because I can't...

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If you were a recovering drug addict, would you keep heroin in the house? Exactly. No one tells an alchoholic to go hang out at a bar to prove s/he can handle temptation. In 2010, I was doing really well with No S, and my mom gave me a box of orange chocolate candy for Easter. I gave it to my husba...

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My problem is impatience and giving it only 70%. When I do it strictly vanilla 100% of the time I loose fast. Mods are just excuses to cheat. Yes, when I was thinking about it more this morning, I realized that before I make any mods, I should look at how well I am following vanilla No S. Impatienc...

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I just re-started No S, so I am in! 8/7 - Fail 8/8 - Success! 8/9 - Success! 8/10 - S-Day (I'm a Sriday/Faturday person) 8/11 - Success! 8/12 - S-Day 8/13 - Fail 8/14 - Success! 8/15 - Success! 8/16 - Success! 8/17 - S-Day 8/18 - Success! 8/19 - S-Day 8/20 - Special Day 8/21 - Fail 8/22 - Success! 8...

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Hello from just another "I did that, I got past that, oops, I'm back" person. Last year I posted how I lost weight with No S, impressed my NP, and gave her a copy of the book. Now a year later, I went back to see my NP and have re-gained all the weight back. Why? Because I gave up on No S. (But as a...

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I refuse to count my fitness DVDs because DH may find out what the total is (although I suppose he is free to count them himself at any time), but the last time I counted, the number was 106. I estimate that the dresser they are in will hold 150 DVD cases. Once I get beyond that, it will be time to ...

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I am reading this now and I think it may be the last book I ever need to buy on this topic. http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Less-Say-Goodbye-Overeating/dp/0091902479/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332958213&sr=1-1 I would try to explain why this book is so different, but it is hard to give you any inf...

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Congrats! I suppose I can forgive the lack of a 2011 "during" photo if we can have a 2012 "during" photo with the new baby.

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clarinetgal wrote:Oolala, The book is Eat Smart, Walk Strong by Leslie Sansone. It's very good!

I enjoyed this old thread today, and as I shopped the used book sale at BetterWorldBooks.com, I picked up this Leslie Sansone book (plus the other one she wrote about walking away the pounds).

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Okay, back AGAIN. For some reason, I just couldn't convince myself this summer that No S was the right thing to do. Now a new month is starting, and I want to stop backsliding and start making progress again! Today is an S-Day for me, so I get back on the No S wagon tomorrow. Again, I am not allowed...

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I am in. My goal is to re-establish the No S habit (fell off the wagon this summer and it took a while to convince myself that I wanted to climb back on) and exercise six days per week. 1 - :) 2 - S-Day 3 - :D 4 - :D 5 - :oops: 6 - 7 - S-Day I'm out. Need to get my mind straight first. Good luck to ...

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9/16 - S Day (No S and Exercise) (reminder - I take my Saturday S Day on Friday)

Tomorrow I start back with an N Day and exercise, so today is really sort of a fake (easy?) Day One.

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9/16 - S Day (No S and Exercise) (reminder - I take my Saturday S Day on Friday)

Tomorrow I start back with an N Day and exercise, so today is really sort of a fake (easy?) Day One.

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Yep, thats what happened to me yesterday! I was realizing Im going to have to eat less food to make furthur progress! I didnt eat enough food, and exercised hard, then my blood sugar felt wierd. I felt like I needed food! See, the problem seems to be "eat less" without slipping into "not enough." N...

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Okay, it has been a while since I updated this check in. After my "perfect" June, I really didn't see the need to keep this up. But I have fallen off the wagon for various reasons and it is time to get back on. Luckily I have only re-gained about 5 lbs. or so. :oops: I was getting discouraged due to...

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I can gain weight (from my stabilized area), but I can't lose it (from my stabilized area) ....(unless I'm under 800 calories per day for a very long time--something I've never been able to accomplish)...., This makes it VERY important for me to CONSISTENTLY keep my calorie averages down, Weekend b...

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Reporting in as a drop out of the challenge. I fell off the No S wagon for a couple of weeks, and now I am going to try a two week kick start program before I get back on. I weighed in this morning to (1) see how much damage I had done, and (2) to get a benchmark to see how my two week program works.

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My husband was already trying to cut down on soda, so he joined me on No S. As he is very overweight, I am motivated to keep No S because when I fall off the wagon, so does he.

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I think it sounds like a great idea too. I don't think this would change too much for me since my snacking on Friday (my Saturday) is with my co-workers (Breakfast Day), and my snacking on Sunday is generally done with my husband. I would have to see how I feel if DH is out on a Sunday, which means ...

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NoSRocks, SpiritSong, Ya, that is funny how we are all about the same weight..how tall are you's? How old? I'm 5'8" and 43 (with a post-menopausal bonus). I have done a slow climb over the last 20 years, 135 to 145, then to 155, etc. until I hit about 192 at my highest. :shock: So my goal is 135, b...

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Ha, it's funny how we're starting to all weigh the same! I got down to 169 at one point, settled in at about 171, and then went up to 173 after taking a break on the No S Diet while my air conditioning was out (if I wanted lemonade while my house was over 90 degrees, I was having lemonade!!). I am h...

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Ginny - Congrats on conquering that windmill, I mean, buffet!

Glad to hear the date went well. Give your honey another thank you kiss today.

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I am down 16 pounds since my last visit, which made her very happy since I have been either up or steady for ... um ... ever. I told her about No S, and gave her one of my two extra copies of the book to read. She thought it sounded like a great idea, and of course, she had some proof that it worked...

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LSW = Lowest Sustainable Weight

It is old (from 2003-2004), but I think it has important information, especially the list at the bottom.

http://www.skyhighway.com/~turtleway/Ar ... tions.html

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I'm in, but on a slightly different schedule. I am starting a six-week exercise rotation on Saturday, so my plan is to weigh in and take my measurements tomorrow morning. Then I am done until the end of the rotation, darn it! (Trying to emphasize this to myself.) Before, I officially weighed in once...

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It is clear that there is no health benefit, however, for me the benefit is something other than water to drink. For this reason, I do drink one a day (and occasionally two). I don't like tea and get nauseous from more than a tiny bit of coffee. That only leaves calorie heavy juice or milk (or regu...

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Some mornings I have peanut butter on two GG Bran Crispbreads. The crispbreads are almost pure fiber, so they are filling, and I like the crunch.

They are also good for getting the old system going, if you are in need of that.

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Perhaps you could just take a single bite of cake. accept a slim slice and then only eat one bite. (1) That's not following the rules of the No S Diet, and (2) OP said she couldn't stop at one bite. Better to just say no, thank you. We had fresh baked chocolate chip cookies at work today. I could h...

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Interesting study, although with older adults and no definitive explanation of the results (is there ever?).

http://www.buffalonews.com/life/health- ... 493438.ece

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I expand my birthday for treats at work (since I don't work on my birthday). My boss made me taco dip (which is so good I ask for it instead of cake) and I made it an S-Event. My other boss still owes me a chocolate/caramel/pecan tart, and when/if he brings that in, I will have another S-Event (even...

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Unfortunately one of the doctors in this practice is a wonderful baker and apparently brings in a cake just about every week. Give me strength! Are you afraid of spiders? Picture them crawling around inside the cake. Do you have a dog? Picture that the inside of the cake is really the doodoo from t...

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My co-worker offered me a cracker once (some special low-cal snack for me to try since she knew I am dieting) and I told her I wasn't allowed. She looked at me like I was crazy (after all, how is a 5 calorie cracker going to ruin my diet), but I don't care. It wasn't part of a meal, so I couldn't ha...

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I was doing so well that I stopped checking in daily. Now I have two failures in a row. Oh, well. I chose them, as opposed to feeling like I had no control over myself. 7/5/11 - Had ice cream with hot fudge after dinner. We bought it over the weekend and perhaps I should have thrown it out, but I di...

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Linguisticsgirl wrote:Love it! Being from the UK I am used to people indignantly insisting on the incorrectness of US spellings, funny to see someone apologising.

You mean apologizing. hee, hee

My (American) aunt lived in England for several years and the British spellcheck used to drive her crazy.

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Young recommends sticking with three meals a day and choosing healthy snacks (such as fruits and vegetables) rather than processed foods. "And keep your portions in check," she says. I'm all about fruits and vegetables being healthy, but has anyone else wondered if this mixed message is part of wha...

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I received chocolate from my mother and my husband on Easter. And finished it on July 1st! :shock: I think that proves No S has really cut down on my sugar intake. I think the candy would have lasted two weeks at the most pre-No S. :P Has anyone else found that snacks and/or sweets last a lot longer...

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6/30/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise) Well, there you go. I had a "perfect" month. Gained 2.5 lbs. :evil: Ha, ha. Although it was all green and yellow, it was far from perfect, so I do have things to work on. For No S Diet, I am going to work on eating less for dinner and drinking beer less often...

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6/28/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise) 6/29/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise) I had my monthly weigh in today and am up 2.5 lbs. :( Oh, well. I think I have lost all of my "free" weight and will now need to look more closely at the amount of food I am eating at my meals, especially dinner. It ma...

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Once I found out how few calories exercise burns off, I have had no problem separately how much I eat from how much I exercise.

Calories are the opposite of money (money is hard to accumulate and easy to burn).

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6/25/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise) 6/26/11 - S-Day (No S Diet) & Success (Exercise) 6/27/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise) 6/26 was my last "Waaaaah, I don't feel like finishing my workout" day. I had a talk with Miss Inner Child and told her we are completing our workouts from now on. I hav...

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I think I'll also re-read my No S book. I did so good right after reading it the first time. Maybe I just need a refresher course. :) I am currently re-reading my No S book again. Every time I read it, either something new or something I've known but haven't followed finally clicks in my brain. :D

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Smart solution!

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I didn't find any pants at the thrift store (so I will try JCPenney today), but I bought another pair of "skinny" jeans (i.e., they don't quite fit yet). I know it is a bit silly to buy jeans that don't fit, but they were only $4 ($3.56 plus I donated my $0.44 change) and looked brand new. I look fo...

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Most of my pants are too loose. I'm trying to decide if I should bite the bullet and buy new ones. My work pants are definitely too loose and I think it is time to replace them. I am going to check out the thrift store tonight and see if I can get lucky. No use spending a lot of money on pants I ho...

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6/23/11 - Success (No S Diet) & S-Day (Exercise) 6/24/11 - S-Day (No S Diet & Exercise) I am very excited today. If you saw the "My Pants Fell Down" thread, you know why. I am in my old jeans today. :D Now I have extra motivation for my "be extra good" week before my month end weigh in. We have brea...

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My pants didn't fall down, but I am wearing my former size jeans today!! My journey over the past year was tight 14, fitting 14, loose 14, and today I am wearing somewhat tight 12.

I look forward to wearing a somewhat tight 10 next year.

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leafy_greens wrote:Parents pacify their kids with food because food = love. My mom said she did it to me when I was a newborn because I was her first and when I cried she didn't know what to do other than feed me.

That's what I was thinking. People do it with their dogs too, which is why so many of them are obese.

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I am very sorry for your loss.

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6/22/11 - Success (No S Diet) & S-Day (Exercise) I somewhat cheated by adding some Chex Mix to my lunch, but the salad I had was not going to get me through the afternoon, so I considered it a virtual plating. :P I will have a couple extra exercise "S-Days" this week due to a concert and a rehearsal...

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6/20/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise)
6/21/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise)

I had trouble sleeping Monday night and thought about skipping my workout on Tuesday morning. But then I remembered I was having a "perfect" June and there was no way I was getting a red mark on my calendar!!

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6/18/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise)
6/19/11 - S-Day (No S Diet) & Success (Exercise)

Life is good. If I can get through June all yellow & green, I think I will start only tracking Red Days (as suggested in one of Reinhard's podcasts). No S has really become the new normal for me.

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Habit takes energy. In the beginning, habit takes mental energy, to remember to be "good". A person has a finite amount of mental energy to spend on being virtuous. Once you cross over the line from consciously "being good" to just having the habit, you aren't using as much energy on it day to day,...

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Julie - Sounds like an enjoyable "failure." Definitely better than an evening spent on the couch with a bag of chips.

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6/16/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise) 6/17/11 - S-Day (No S Diet & Exercise) Enjoying today's S-Day thoroughly. I take a Friday S-Day instead of Saturday because we have breakfast at work, and this morning's breakfast was wonderful! :D In fact, I think all I will have for lunch will be the small ...

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Luckily I don't have too many events in my life that could possibly qualify as S-Events, so I don't have trouble identifying them. Annual holiday party at work? S-Event Choir member's/co-worker's birthday? No Annual celebration dinner at church? S-Event Friend's wedding shower? Could have been S-Eve...

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6/15/11 - Success (No S Diet & Exercise) I actually made it through an entire workout! Woo hoo! Granted, it was an easy one, but hey, I did it. I think I will start back with a few of my one mile Leslie workouts and see if I can get back into the groove. Hopefully catching up on sleep and hydration ...

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It sounds a bit cliche but I do feel totally free! Today although Thursday is an S day fo me (Mums Birthday) but I feel totally different than normal , normally I would consider this a bad day and just write the whole day off and eat what I want, when in fact I Ive had a light breakfast and having ...

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Health tip that sound like the No S Diet

SpiritSong is back for 2013!

This is great! - This is stupid! - This is great!

Dropped off a book at the doctor's office this morning

Excellent article re: rate of weight loss, LSW

Reinhard tried to warn you re: diet soda!

I finished my Easter chocolate

Back in my old jeans!

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