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Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.

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Post by Who Me? » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:38 am

Wouldn't that be funny?

I suspect it's the way-too-beautiful xmas cookies that are making me crave cookies.

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Post by thtrchic » Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:16 pm

That does seem more likely. :)

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Post by oolala53 » Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:46 pm

I think persimmon trees are so lovely! They are interesting all year. I lucked out on getting some of the fruit passed on to me this Christmas.
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Post by Who Me? » Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:54 pm

Friday

Breakfast -- latte and a persimmon
Elevenses -- a banana and a persimmon
Lunch -- a cheese sandwich and a persimmon
Dinner -- pasta and brussel sprouts, two slices of stolen


Two notes:

1. I start my "weekend" on Friday night, and end it before dinner on Sunday.
2. Even though I told the folks at the deli counter that I couldn't have tomatoes or peppers on my sandwich, they put on hot pepper relish, which resulted in an *awesome* allergic reaction. Good thing I didn't have any thingn important to do that afternoon at work.

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Post by Who Me? » Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:02 am

I already don't remember what we cooked and ate on Saturday, except that we made a beautiful bittersweet chocolate *sourdough* cake for New Year's Dinner. Sourdough cake? Who knew?

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Sunday

Breakfast -- something like a vegetarian eggs benedict on home baked sourdough bread, latte
Lunch -- bean and veggie burritos
Dinner -- green beans with almonds, and a slice of cake

We visited some neighbors who are keeping chickens, to look at their set-up. We brought over some of our bees' honey and some fruit from our trees, and came home with eggs!

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And I made some persimmon-ginger preserves. Sooooo tasty, that after I made the first batch, I started a second.

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Post by oolala53 » Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:25 am

That cake looks and sounds fantastic. Can we have the recipe? though our starter won't be near as vintage as yours. And everything else looks beautiful, too.
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Post by thtrchic » Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:47 am

That cake does look amazing! I love the idea of chocolate sourdough cake.

I'm also realizing that I don't think I've ever actually had a persimmon. I'm thinking I'll get and try one. Stupid question, but do you eat the whole thing or do you peel it?

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Post by oolala53 » Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:51 am

I ate the peel on mine.
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Post by Who Me? » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:41 pm

I cut the skins off my persimmons. Want some?

Recipe links can be found on my blog:

http://howsrobb.blogspot.com/2012/01/20 ... start.html

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Post by thtrchic » Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:39 pm

Sure, if you feel like giving a couple away, I'll happily take them and try them out.

And thanks for posting the cake recipe!

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Post by gk » Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:44 am

The pics of the fruit did nothing for me. The cake?? I'm drooling. :P Someday I hope to crave fruit like you always do!

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Post by Who Me? » Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:10 am

Monday

Breakfast -- latte, home baked bread, with butter and home made jam
Elevenses -- a banana and some pineapple guavas (foraged from where I work)
Lunch -- cheese sandwich, a persimmon
Dinner -- devilled eggs, carrots, celery, apples, bread and cheese

That cake went in the freezer.

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Post by oolala53 » Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:49 pm

Excellent place for cake. Probably would taste pretty good very cold...but we won't go there.
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Post by Who Me? » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:51 pm

Tuesday

Breakfast -- latte, bread butter and jam
Elevenses -- a banana
Lunch -- a cheese and spinach omelet, a slice of bread, an apple
Dinner -- rice pilaf, spinach, pineapple guavas


I had a break in the middle of my work day, so I went cycling for an hour. I also walked about 1/2 an hour.

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Post by Who Me? » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:39 pm

Wednesday

Breakfast -- latte, a slice of bread butter and jam
Elevenses -- a slice of bread butter and jam
Lunch -- a cheese sandwich
Dinner -- cream of leek and mushroom soup, dome crackers

I'm trying to walk in my lunch hours. I'm feeling that while I'm on my feet all day, I'm not really getting exercise.

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Post by Who Me? » Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:53 am

Thursday

Blearrrrrrrrrgh..... Nauseous.

I've been queasy for the last three days. Urrrrgh.

Fine, if boring eating day. Got all my work done, went home and fell promptly asleep. No exercise. Too barfy-feeling

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Post by NoSRocks » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:05 am

Sorry to hear you're feeling under the weather - hope you feel better soon.

Your photos are absolutely beautiful btw. As always :)
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Post by gk » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:09 pm

Hope you feel better soon.
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Post by Who Me? » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:00 pm

Bleaeaeaerrrrrrgh.... Still nauseous.

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Post by gk » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:39 pm

Ok, let's try to put a positive spin on this.....

You may be green in the face, but at least that's keeping your No S calendar green, right? No?

I tried. :wink: Hang in there!
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Post by Who Me? » Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:47 am

You're the best!

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Post by Who Me? » Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:37 pm

Friday

Breakfast -- latte, to nauseous to eat anything
Elevenses -- nothing
Lunch -- wandered around Trader Joes, and bought some rather strange food, based on the criteria "this doesn't make me want to puke." Bread, cheese, about six dried dates.
Dinner -- red lentil soup, home baked bread, a slice of chocolate cake.



I start S days on Friday night, with one bit of dessert. And I have very moderate weekends.

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Post by oolala53 » Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:30 pm

Did the Trader Joe's lunch settle your stomach?
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Post by Who Me? » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:15 am

I think it was neutral. Didn't make things better or worse.

I don't love nausea, but after I had the bad luck of contracting hepatitis a, a few years back, I can put up with a lot. I was sick as a dog, horribly nauseous for almost four months. The odd thing was that I gained weigh during that time because *any* physical activity made me violently ill.

A few days of thinking I'm going to puke? Not so bad, after all.

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Post by Who Me? » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:09 pm

Saturday

Breakfast -- latte, bread and jam
Lunch -- a small cheese and veggie sandwich
Snack -- a slice of coffee cake, latte
Dinner -- pasta and green beans, half a beer, juice

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Post by Who Me? » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:28 am

Sunday

Breakfast -- latte, a poached egg, a slice of bread, a persimmon, a pineapple guava
Lunch -- veggie sushi and coffee
Snack -- a cookie
Dinner -- a green salad, leftover pasta with a mushroom sauce, green beans, chocolate cake

I potted up a bunch of cuttings that a friend had given me. Went for an easy five mile bike ride, and went to an estate sale where we found some antique lamps.

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Post by determined » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:52 pm

What an awful experience the hepatitis must have been!
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Post by Who Me? » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:56 pm

Monday

Breakfast -- latte, two poached eggs, slice of bread
Elevenses -- nothing
Lunch -- leftovers from dinner, an orange from a coworker's tree
Dinner -- pasta and artichoke hearts, slice of bread with cheese, a banana


Hepatitis is, indeed, dreadful. I was lucky enough to get hep-a which doesn't do permanent liver damage. There's a vaccine for hep-a and hep-b, now. How I wish I'd had it.

Also... The transmission route for hepatitis? Disgusting.

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Post by Who Me? » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:30 pm

Tuesday -- I can't really remember, but it was fine.

Wednesday

Breakfast -- latte, bread butter and jam
Lunch -- cheese sandwich, clementine
Dinner -- two glasses of wine, polenta, spinach and mushroom sculpture, a tiny pastry with merangue, and teeny tiny scoops of ice cream, coffee

Tonight was opening night for the current show at our theater. I was invited to the pre show dinner. Also in attendance were Nancy Pelosi, and several former and current Bay Area mayors. And quite a few secret service agents.

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Post by Who Me? » Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:26 pm

Saturday

Breakfast -- latte, a small piece of coffee cake, a mandarin orange
Lunch -- a cheese and veggie sandwich, an apple
Dinner -- vegetables and broiled tofu over coconut rice


This week has been fine, food wise. I've been fighting a cold.

I made another batch of persimmon ginger preserves, and took a handspinning class.

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Post by Littlebat » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:52 pm

Persimmon ginger preserves sounds delicious!
And you are a veggie? Me, too. Been a vegan 15 months.

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Post by Who Me? » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:11 am

Ive been a vegetarian for decades, but I'm not a vegan.

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Post by Who Me? » Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:33 am

I had a draggy headcold for a week, and have been eating reasonably well, but not perfectly. I'm realizing dinner needs to happen earlier, because I get hungry to the point of melting down. And that's unseemly in a grown woman.

I've been trying to walk at least half a hour at lunch. Doing okay with that.

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Post by determined » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:47 am

I hate those head colds...

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Post by Who Me? » Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:46 am

I've been letting things slide a bit, and I'm okay with that. I made my intern a cake for her birthday, and had a slice. I ate a cookie at lunch today. I've been eating a good deal of cheese. All fine, because I'm NOTICING what I'm doing.

I know I could use more actual exercise. I'm on my feet all day, but I'm not in fantastic cardio-vascular health.

I seem to have stopped eating breakfast in the early morning, but I'm still having "elevenses" Interesting.


Friday

Breakfast -- latte
Elevenses -- a small coffee a toasted bagel with some cheese
Lunch -- bread, avocado, cheese, an orange
Dinner -- home made mac-and-cheese, sauteed chard, a cookie

I did not do shots of whiskey with my co-workers after work, nor did I partake of their beer. I honestly don't know how they manage to drive home after work. This sort of thing goes on ALL THE TIME, and I mostly just ignore it. I'd really like to challenge people to a Sober October, or something, because I truly believe that a lot of the folks I work with and care about are alcoholics. But as you can imagine, my suggestions on this subject have fallen on deaf ears.

(This was an especially cheesy day. Good gracious!)

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Post by gk » Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:17 am

Who Me? wrote:This sort of thing goes on ALL THE TIME, and I mostly just ignore it. I'd really like to challenge people to a Sober October, or something, because I truly believe that a lot of the folks I work with and care about are alcoholics. But as you can imagine, my suggestions on this subject have fallen on deaf ears.
I know where you're coming from....had the same situation with my husband actually. You're right....suggestions are definately ignored unless they're ready. And you know what? The impossible happened. He actually decided to have a "sober month" this summer (with his parents actually, as they were hitting it hard as well). IT WORKED. After years and YEARS of drinking that much, it actually worked. He sees how much excess he was drinking now and doesn't want to return to those habits. Took only one month for him to change his ways.

It's been 6 months now and he's in the habit of having 1-2 drinks per day.....one alcoholic and one Busch NA, which I've been told by more than one person that you can't tell the difference. And when he goes out, he alternates beer with non-alcoholic beverages.

Sorry to go on and on about this on your thread. It just brought me back to how I was frustrated with the whole situation. Maybe you could sneak in some Busch NA and see if they notice the difference. Or maybe you could tell them you just don't think they could go 30 days without alcohol. You know......that reverse psychology stuff. :wink:
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Post by Who Me? » Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:32 am

I'm really impressed by your husband.

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Post by Who Me? » Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:03 am

Coworkers who don't stay home when sick and share their colds are no friends of mine.

Also, I ate a few cookies.

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Post by milliem » Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:52 am

Who Me? wrote:Coworkers who don't stay home when sick and share their colds are no friends of mine.

Also, I ate a few cookies.
Ugh it sucks doesn't it? There's loads of pressure where I work to come in no matter what and battle through. Colds and sickness then just fly around the department for weeks!

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Post by Who Me? » Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:58 pm

Tuesday

Breakfast -- latte
Elevenses -- rice cakes and cheese, a banana
Lunch -- bread, avocado and cheese, a grapefruit
Dinner -- squash ravioli, sauted spinach, a few crackers with peanut butter, an orange
Later -- a pear soda

Chugging along. Doing fine, if not brilliantly.

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Post by Pangelsue2 » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:33 pm

Just popping in to say and enjoying your lovely pictures and recipes.
I'm baaaack.

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Post by Who Me? » Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:52 pm

Tuesday

Breakfast -- coffee, half a bagel, an orange
Lunch -- lentils and rice, half a mango, a banana, an orange
Dinner -- home made vegetable fried rice

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Post by Who Me? » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:22 am

I took a long break from posting. Frankly, all the religious talk on this forum was wearing me down. The way so many posters on this forum assumed that everyone else shared their faith was making me very tense.

I'm still eating reasonably well. Still growing some of my own food. Still keeping bees.

And I've added chickens to my life. We got baby chicks in the mail, and they're about half-way to laying age.

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Post by milliem » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:51 am

Nice to see you back Who Me, that chick is adorable!

I'm not religious at all either but whatever helps someone else is their business, to each their own and all that :) I never noticed anyone forcing their religion on others but then again I tend to skim over the religious parts of posts :)

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Post by BeingGreen » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:13 pm

I loved seeing your chick this morning! Glad to see you posting again. I'm not religious either. I find it easier just to live by the golden rule and am teaching my kids to do the same. I'm turned off by prosletyzing here too, except when it comes from No S zealots :D

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Post by Who Me? » Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:03 am

Just swinging by....

I really need to work on the exercise part of my life.

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Post by Who Me? » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:29 pm

Howdy y'all. I'm still trying to eat well. Enjoying our backyard garden. Our chickens have started laying wee beginner eggs.

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Post by Who Me? » Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:11 am

I'm staying away from documenting every meal I eat. It was making me a bit crazy. I'm staying focused.

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Post by Who Me? » Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:18 am

I've been doing a bit more cycling, because I'm gearing up for my annual fundraising ride. I ride to raise money for a local organization that provides recreational opportunities for people with disabilities.

I've been doing ten mike rides, which is not a big deal for "serious" cyclists. But I'm out of practice, so a lot of shorter rides are better than nothing.

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Post by r.jean » Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:48 am

Good to see you around. Hope all is well! Sounds like exercise is going well!
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