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Friday SUCCESS

A green week! Hooray! It's been a while since I had a solid, No S week!

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Wednesday and Thursday SUCCESS

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Tuesday SUCCESS

1st day back at work - 10 hr shift, 1 hr travel in each direction - and I stayed on habit! Phew!

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Monday SUCCESS

Back to normality - hooray!

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Oh lor' looks like today will be another NSW day - my good friend has invited me to join her and her family this afternoon for a 'Prosecco Cream Tea' as it's her birthday. I've just made more 'treats' for the weekend (both are in the freezer now) - oh, roll on Saturday! Two medjool dates cut in half...

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Well done, Noel, for taking care of yourself like this.
hugs xxx

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You are so kind, Sonja! It's true, it IS a big life-change for me. Thursday SUCCESS I ate well today - I'm not at work, so I cooked myself a veg & Quorn curry at lunch-time, with a mini-naan bread. Then I baked some chickpea/corn/sweet potato burgers for dinner, with a big serving of salad, then som...

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Tuesday I was visiting my son & daughter-in-law, and I basically ate three meals, except for three cookies I ate before dinner (because I had to wait until 8.30m to eat and I did get too hungry!) I decided to call it a NWS :) day. Wednesday started well, with just breakfast and lunch. But when I was...

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Monday SUCCESS

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I had a carboholic weekend and it's nice to get back to normality!

I am currently relishing my plain oatmeal - with dates and walnuts.

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oolala53 wrote: I posted partly so you wouldn't have to be alone, Gill!

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Friday SUCCESS

and looking forward to SATURDAY!! Cheese on toast for breakfast - for starters! Eating more calorific foods are part of my S-day treats. I haven't got any 'sweet' things lined up - perhaps I'll make some sort of cookie.

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I was going to say that I wasn't sure what you meant by 'tried to make it an s event but.......' then realised perhaps you meant 'a single s event' on your daughter's birthday? I hope you all had a happy day with her - what a lovely age!

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Just noticed that little exchange about THM - and agree with your observation that it seems to provide women with a reason to mess about baking and making special food. Seems to me, from what I've seen, that they have a lot of 'substitute' food items that need to be purchased, not least, their own b...

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Thank you for the good wishes everyone - it has surprised me to feel so very emotional about having a grandchild - I'm sure I shall cry when I see him! I still often get a little surge of desire to eat when I feel light-hearted. Food used to "puncuate" the day all day. Sounds like you might want to ...

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Wednesday A REAL FAIL! I think this has been brewing since Monday - the resistance was less yesterday, and today it gave way completely! This was evening meal redness - I had seconds, then I had frozen yoghurt, then I had some oatmeal cookies with my coffee. I'm so excited because I am going to go a...

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You are so right TexArt - we know the difference!

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Tuesday FAILURE

I didn't eat much today, but I chose to eat some things I hadn't planned, and at the wrong time! It feels more like an orange than a red

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Monday SUCCESS

I nearly failed (slightly) on Monday - someone gave me a heart-shaped shortbread biscuit at about 8pm. It was so cute - so emotionally-loaded! I took one small nibble of it - it was not good at all - I threw it away! Phew!

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https://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=11297

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This was where I was at the end of March 2016 I've been following the No S diet for about 10 months now: this has regulated my weight (reducing it very slowly) and my appetite. What I am finding now is that when, at the weekend, I introduce baked goods, sweets, chocolate, cookies into my day - then ...

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Well, how about that? I was the last person to post on this thread, over a year ago! I love all the podcasts, but this one is great for reinforcing the benefits of S days. I really hope that anyone who has problems with S days comes over to listen to this one again. I've stuck to Saturday/Sunday S d...

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It was nice to have an S day after a 7-day stretch of work, and a 5k run this morning! I had a bar of hazelnut chocolate after my run (eaten on the bus journey home) - the cool thing was that the high nut content meant that the protein:carb ratio was 1:5 which was within the standard I've adopted fo...

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April is Easter time - but it falls on a Sunday, so that's cool! Sat 1st :) Sun 2nd :) :mrgreen: :oops: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :) :) :mrgreen: :) :oops: :mrgreen: 8) :) :) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :) :) :mrgreen: :oops: :oops: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :) :) oh dear, my month ...

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Well said, Larkspur - I saw a talk on the internet somewhere recently which showed how 'slim people' had an area of their brain which lit up when they'd eaten enough; the same thing just did not happen in the brains of 'overweight people' - they just didn't seem to have the regulating mechanism that...

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I've never been a binge eater - but I was what I call a 'chaotic' eater - and I certainly thought about food ALL the time and ate every 2 hrs or so.

I like the feeling of 'control' that No S gives me. And I like not thinking about food ALL the time!

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Yes, the possibility of going back to old ways is ever-present; I feel I have to be quite emotionally and mentally strong to keep 'on habit'. I have to say that the food left in the cupboard is NOT 'help yourself' - it usually belongs to someone! :oops: Thursday SUCCESS my evening meal was a big veg...

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one more day! let it be GREEN!

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Tuesday FAILURE This was such a small fail - but it was a habit-fail, so I'm not ignoring it! I broke the very edge off a specially tasty cheese and ate it between meals. Wednesday SUCCESS No, we don't have any food provided for us at work - we have to bring all our food in from home each day - but ...

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Sunday was sane until the evening at work, when I indulged in a few chocolates, a handful of savoury rice-crackers - nothing terrible. Evening meal was a big, very green, mixed salad with some cheese added to it. Monday SUCCESS I didn't get home for lunch until 2pm, but I waited! evening meal: veggi...

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Hiya! Keeping the habit of not snacking, not having seconds, not having sweets - this is a healthy way to live. I reduced my plate to 9" quite early on in the game - and my portions are now much more conservative - however, I didn't ever eat less than I felt I needed. I'm currently experimenting wit...

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Friday SUCCESS

Saturday - a nice, sane, S day

evening meal: lentil bolognese with steamed kale, grated cheddar; soya fruit yoghurt.

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I agree, Kaalii, No S system of having some sugar at the weekends works for me over 90% of the time - I'm aiming to stick with it!

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Thursday FAILURE After a good day, I went and ate 100g dark chocolate in the evening whilst watching a DVD. I think this was partly because I'd bought the chocolate (for the Sweekend!), partly because I'd been reading about going 'cold turkey' on all sugar. Perverse, I know, but that's how it often ...

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Wednesday SUCCESS

I took a risk today and ate my lunch early - at 11.30am. It was OK - I lasted until dinner time at work at 6pm.

my lowish-carb meal was: butter beans in smoky tomato sauce; peanuts; soya yoghurt and berries.

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Tuesday SUCCESS

I deserve a super-green today because I had to battle hard to keep the 'fence around the law'! But I did it - and that feels good!

This evening's low-carb meal was raw cauliflower with a peanut 'satay' style sauce/dip, and a pear.

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I hope your skin cancer removal operation is 100% successful and that your healing goes smoothly.

love & hugs
Gill x

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Nice S days to start you off! Staying off sweets M-F has a huge impact - you can lessen the pain by making sure you eat enough for your three meals (and try not to count or restrict you calories - being satisfied with your meals whilst you are establishing the No S habit is worth going through the t...

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Hi! Audrey - thanks! Monday FAILURE I was really tired this evening, long shift at work, haven't slept well for a couple of nights. After dinner, I really 'wanted' something else, so I had a couple of raw truffles (dates, nuts, cocoa), then an Alpro soya dessert. So not too 'bad' but was definitely ...

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You know what? You were right, it was an S day. Your S day eating will change over time. Have you planned what you're going to eat for your three meals on Monday? (actually, it's probably Monday already where you are!)

Steady as you go - it's so worth it.

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Nice Sunday too! Not a low-carb day, but a good day. Snack moderate, and enjoyed. I'm off to work this afternoon - overnighter - I've packed some oatcakes, some walnut pate and vegan cheese, pickle, radishes, green pepper strips - that's my dinner tonight. I've got a couple of raw truffles to eat, a...

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Nice Saturday - good food, good 'snacks'

low-carb evening meal curry - all veggies and lentils, followed with two small pots of strawberry coconut yoghurt (sweet - but not starchy carbs - so an S day treat!)

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TexArk wrote:And yes, I did let my rational brain be in control. I had a small soup and large salad, and fresh fruit in place of the muffin. My friend took hers home. I am afraid I would have eaten mine in the car!

BRILLIANT! WELL DONE!

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Thank you - I'm enjoying eating and preparing nice food at the moment (I go through phases!) Friday SUCCESS This evening I didn't have a low-carb meal - it was a Spanish Chickpea stew which had new potatoes in it, and I had a mini-naan on the side. The reason for this was that I had a big breakfast ...

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Strictly speaking? Meeting with a friend for lunch at some place is NOT an S day kind of special occasion. And a muffin is not lunch food. If it was me, and I really wanted to have the muffin experience, I would do as you were contemplating - take it home and have it on Saturday. Friends often want ...

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Thursday SUCCESS

tonight's low-carb meal was tofu 'quiche' with steamed broccoli and carrots, spicy mayo - then some berries and soya/coconut yoghurt.

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Wednesday SUCCESS

Wednesday's low-carb meal was a spinach & green pepper tofu 'quiche' with fried mushrooms and some black olives; + soy & coconut yoghurt with tinned manarins and a few walnuts

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Tuesday SUCCESS

Tuesday's low-carb dinner was a salad jar: hummus, chickpeas, avocado, tomato, celery, mixed salad leaves, vegan cheeze

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There is very little chance of me ever visiting the States - but it's a nice idea!

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If it helps, on my emotional days, I add some tacos to my lunch-box, and/or a few dates filled with peanut butter and cocoa powder! A hot chocolate drink (made with just cocoa and creamer - which has a little sugar, but not much) really helps see me through too - a sprinkle of nutmeg makes it specia...

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Monday SUCCESS The impetus came from joining a site called Darebee.com which is about strength-training, and the diet suggested www.darebee.com/mealplans/modern-hero-diet.html suggested has a pattern of three meals a day, at least one of which is low-carb. I've kind of taken what I wanted from it an...

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Sunday

A lovely S day with moderate treats

My low-carb dinner was homemade hummous, radishes, cucumber, celery; berries, pear, soured cream, a few walnuts.

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Having a bit of leisure time on my hands today - I went back and read the first few pages of my check-in thread here. I read about so many different challenges people have on No S and am so amazed that this system just 'clicked' with my brain and totally works for me. Here's what I posted 13 days in...

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I've been having my evening meal as the low-carb one. No, I am not feeling hungry afterwards at all; it seems to be suiting me well - I'm not feeling as hungry in the morning, or the next day. This may be because I am eating more fat/protein with my evening meal, where before, those calories must ha...

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Phew - that was a close call! Well done!

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Friday SUCCESS

Today's low-carb meal was a lovely vegetable curry (carrot, green pepper, mushroom, broccoli, spinach, peanuts, black beans), pineapple and soured cream.

I have a bar of chocolate for the Sweekend - haven't had chocolate in a while. This is 56% with orange oil - nice.

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Thursday SUCCESS

My low-carb dinner was a salad jar with quinoa, black beans, cucumber, avocado, green leaves, chilli dressing + a peanut-butter 'muffin' (made with flax and PNB), plus raspberries with soya yoghurt. Yes, a big meal! - it would all fit on one plate though (messy but possible)

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Tuesday SUCCESS

my low-carb dinner was the other half of the tofu quiche, eaten cold with a salad

Wednesday SUCCESS

my low-carb dinner was stir-fried veggies with smoked tofu, and mango

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Monday SUCCESS Tonight's low-carb meal was a carrot soup and some peanut butter muffins (made with flax seeds and peanut butter!) They were a very new experience for me - very rich-tasting as they're mostly peanut butter inflated by flax and baking powder - quite fascinating! https://lowcarb-vegan.n...

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Sunday was lovely too!

Dinner was my low-carb one: spinach & red pepper tofu 'quiche' (basically tofu baked with veggies into a slice-able quiche-like thing), with a load of steamed Brussels Sprouts, and a pear.

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nettee wrote: I hit a new LWTD this week of 11st 8lb exactly. So a pound down over the last month. Slow but consistently going in the right direction

WOO HOO!

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Saturday was lovely - I had a slice of a very nice home-made carrot cake at coffee-time, and a hazelnut flavoured coffee. It had been 5 hrs since breakfast and I really enjoyed it! My lower-carb dinner today was a quinoa curry (very nice) and some frozen berries with plain soya yoghurt + a dash of c...

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HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY!!!!

glad to hear you had some cake

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Sorry, I was trying to be funny - perhaps I wasn't? I really hope I didn't offend you.

How are you doing?

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I don't have a problem with eating carbs - but I do notice a difference when I eat bread, potato, pastry, pasta, rice. If I'm cutting out those carbs from one of my three meals a day, then I'm reducing overall (refined) carbs by a third. Also, when buying packaged foods (with nutritional info on) I ...

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Success for Tuesday and My son's birthday dinner for this evening Funny how the decision to go yellow made me nibble after the meal was over.... Yes, it is like, once we give ourselves 'permission' to deviate from The Habit, our brain takes full advantage of the freedom! It takes a lot of will-powe...

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Vegetarian low-carb recipes tend to depend heavily on eggs and dairy. I'm doing vegan low-carb dinners. I am only excluding bread, pastry, pasta, rice. I'm not going to totally exclude carbs in pulses, corn, fruit (but will avoid bananas and dried fruits). Last night I had sweet potato mashed with s...

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It's a wheat/baked/carb thing.......... I'm just embarking on a low-carb dinner experiment (cutting out the bread, pasta, noodles, rice, potato).

Enjoy that coffee and stay strong!

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The junk-food free island sounds very desirable! I wonder if we'd crave those things if we didn't see them all around us? Probably not!

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Wednesday SUCCESS

First day of having a low-carb dinner (deliberately) - feels OK, but I'm wanting a nice coffee to finish the evening off!

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That's hilarious! And, actually, it describes pretty well the hamster-wheel that a lot of people are endlessly running around!!!!!

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Thought I'd kick March's thread off, seeing as I have the time free today to sit at the computer and drink tea! (My weeks go Mon - Sun) :arrow: :arrow: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8) 8) ...

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Prodigalsun wrote:...had donuts at the movies on Saturday with my daughters (2, both daughters and donuts consumed).

you ate your daughters?!?!?!?

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Congratulations on a sane weekend! Enjoy your recumbent bike and book - could be a lot worse!

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Yup, I totally agree - if I eat sugar, it throws me off whack too. I've been inspired by listening to a podcast by Stephan Guyenet about the neurobiology underpinning the craving for rewarding foods etc http://sigmanutrition.com/episode166/ and I have his book The Hungry Brain on my wish-list for pa...

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I actually chose not to have anything sweet on Saturday - no chocolate, no cookies etc. I did have some marmalade on my breakfast toast, and I did have a hot chocolate drink with some fruit syrup in it at bed-time, but during the day I had nuts and some savoury snacks instead. I had a bag of savoury...

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Same thing happened me with baking I did last Friday - and I was similarly disappointed with myself. Never mind - keep going!

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Friday morning, and I really fancied a second bowl of granola - but I didn't Friday SUCCESS This was a good success because I was really hungry at lunch, and really hungry at dinner - ending the day with a hot chocolate and the promise of marmalade on my Saturday breakfast toast! (6.30am bus to catc...

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Thursday SUCCESS

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Well done! I also find that an 'excess' on one day, can make the next day harder to rein in! You're awesome!

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Good job!

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Wednesday SUCCESS

I haven't worked it out yet, but, yes, I probably would have some kind of plant-based fat/protein with the low-carb meal. (lunch yesterday, for example, was raw cauliflower with a peanut satay dip)

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Thanks for that first link - I'll have a good read of all those later today.

The second link? takes me to a page about a child-killer? I think maybe the link isn't working it the way you intended, or am I missing something?

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Excellent - that sounds like a very positive result. I read someone's Secret of Success on Spark People yesterday about carb-cycling - it was a helpful blog about the principles of it. I'm considering making some changes in March - mostly around having a carb-free meal at least once a day (that is, ...

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Excellent resolve there - stay firm 'NO SWEETS'

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Darn it - cookies again! Tuesday FAILURE These cookies had been ignored by me in the team meeting at 11am. But I couldn't resist them at 9pm at work when I put the kettle on........... darn it! Here's a cute blog from Stephan Guyenet - here he showcases waffles as a model example of high-reward food...

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Brilliant! Good parenting of your 'hungry' inner child!

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I think for me, carbs tends to override that switch Oh, yes! Of course! Thanks for putting that into words - so the switch is there, but for some of us carbs/sugar disables it - that is such a helpful way to think about it! Heliz: Interesting that meat can do that too (I don't eat meat, but I can i...

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Great week! Well done!

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You're welcome! Great week!

I am just at the pondering stage of starting strength-training - shovel-glove just doesn't appeal to me..... I did try it, but didn't sustain it.

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Oh, I love you all, I really do! I am 62, and only discovered No S in 2015 - so glad I did. Before that I was constantly victim to different ways of trying to curb my intake. I've never been really overweight, but was getting tubby with the years and sliding up a size. No S has truly saved me from m...

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TexArk wrote: What I want to avoid is eating between meals. I would like fasting between meals to be a permanent habit.

S days with desserts and seconds at meal-times, and no snacking, seem to work well - good luck!

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heliz wrote:Today was a little , and a little .

So not a complete win, but also not a complete loss.

I've found these 'little fail's' are more likely to appear in my weeks these days - rather than large fails of the past! It's progress - and that's good.

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Major victory - well done!

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Oh, right, it's a Friday FAILURE again! It's my Friday baking for the weekend. Three Friday's in a row now, I've baked some goodies for the weekend (because I'm usually out the door early on a Saturday and I want to take some with me!) - but each Friday I've lost out to the temptation to have a coup...

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FAIL: after dinner, had two bites of what my daughter didn't finish on her plate, and then ate 6 satsumas. Need to stay out of the kitchen after dinner! :lol: I don't know why, but that made me laugh! Probably because I know that after-dinner thing so well - I could really 'see' you doing that........

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Hooray! Well done! Now all you have to do is have successful Day 1 x 30 days

You know you can

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Thursday SUCCESS

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Well done for binning the cookies that were 'pushed' at you! It's very empowering to throw them in the bin, isn't it?!

Have a great week.

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