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BTW I did not gain just 10 lbs lol. I gained 35, but I wish I would've been practicing No S as weight does not come off easy for me. I unfortunately am one of those women whose weight stays on until I'm finished breastfeeding. But I've known many women who've not gained much weight during pregnancy ...

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Hi Lightening! I have two baby girls, 3 yrs and 17 months. My first pregnancy was a total surprise, and although I wouldn't have it any other way now at the time I did not want to be pregnant because of my weight. It's all been put into perspective now, but I was 165 lbs with a BMI of 26.5 and I ...

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Yay for a tame weekend! Happy it's monday!

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I'm trying to stick with the 14 min and be consistent with it jenji! I think I got 4 days in this week. Next week I'm aiming for 5. We live 30 minutes from the nearest gym, 10 minutes from Crossfit but that's such the cool thing to do right now and I veer away from anything cool ðŸ˜‚ Plus it's too ...

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Thanks Merry! I am better now, Wednesday and Thursday of last week I took sick days, managed to come back to No S on Friday, had a pretty tame weekend and Monday and Tuesday are green for this week too! Last night I went out with friends and had to virtual plate it, everyone ordered a lot of pupus ...

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Good trick oolala!! I have both of those so I could do that to keep those pesky cravings at bay on Mondays.

I had to take a sick day today unfortunately. My husband and I are both sick, it was crackers all day, anything to keep me from throwing up. I hate that more than anything. I also hate being ...

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You're right of course! I could have totally done an arm and core workout, but like Lilybug said - I'm an all or nothing kind of girl. I actually didn't even think about it. But I could've, should've...next time I will be on it!

Today was a successful Monday, following a pretty fun, tame weekend ...

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Yesssss a solid week...5 days of green on my habitcal. Whew. I feel so good about this, a huge sense of accomplishment and I love being back on track to solidify this habit. I wasn't able to do my 14 minutes of strength training at all this week due to a painful flare up of sciatica, that was ...

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Thanks for the support oolala and lilybug! I really appreciate it! Fun things can be stressful for sure. Especially when there are a lot of little humans involved :lol: and haha the kids were only allowed to drink from their own sippy cups, not Mommy's.

Thanks for the references to the prefrontal ...

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Well I'm embarrassed to say I didn't make it all the way through Friday on plan...it was a difficult day (but that's not really an excuse is it? a lot of days in our lives can be considered difficult). I made it almost all the way, it wasn't until well after dinner that I caved. Alcohol early in the ...

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oolala and larkspur I am loving the strength training for 14 minutes! It's so much less stressful than taking my kids to the gym, or trying to make it in time for a class. I feel like I get a decent workout too! When I take those 45 min classes at the gym I might get a little more strength training ...

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Yes! Today was a good day. I'm started my 14 minutes of strength workout today too

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oolala yes! I'm not so good at that either. My phone makes it easy, but not if I'm posting from my computer, which I usually am. And thank you! Monday was great, feels good to be back on track. Just my kids have been sick and now I'm starting to get a sore throat, urghh, I hope I can fight this off.

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Friday success. I'm ready for monday, it's going to be a full week of green, I can see it. Excited for the new week!

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Success

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That does make me feel better oolala!!! Thank you. And you kept at it and had great success

Here's to a great week!

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Thanks for the support always oolala and gingerpie! Imperfect progress is still progress, and even though I've fallen over the last month or so the habits I started to develop through No S have helped a lot. So it is progress! I'm glad to know gingerpie that you've had similar experiences. I'm ...

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Urgghh I have gotten so far off track from where I started. I told myself I had to do a solid year of vanilla No S before trying any mods. But just a little success my first couple of months and I got distracted by a shiny mod and then a new diet (the blood type diet). URgghhh I'm so mad at myself ...

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Today...some struggle moments...especially after wine ðŸ˜¬ðŸ˜¬ but I made it

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I'm back...success

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I'm going to be back to daily check ins tomorrow. Life has gotten away from me, huge house renovation, sick kids, my husband and I both working and switching off with the kids. I've had some green and some red days, I'd like to say with all the stress that at least I didn't have food to worry about ...

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Finally a couple of green days in a row...relief. And yes that's exactly right oolala! I just have to really want to do better when that future situation presents itself. I do really want to change my behavior, I just haven't been that successful in sticking to any one thing for a length of time. I ...

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Man oh man when I fall I fall hard...I made it almost all the way today. About 7 pm I gave in to cookies when my mom brought them over tonight. Here's to green tomorrow

I'm coming for ya green

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Urghhh...I fell off the wagon this past week trying yet again a different diet plan. And surprise - it started and crashed quite quickly. I seem to need the same lesson over and over again. But I'm back here now and ready for Monday tomorrow!!

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Friday success

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Yes here's to August!!!

Green week so far...

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And I just checked my habitcal - 3 red days for July. I really want August to be all green!

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And it's Monday, I'm back. The weekend felt a little more tame. Not totally tame, there was more snacking than I'd like, but it was better. I think this is because I've let up a little during the last week, I was definitely sticking to the No S rules, but I wasn't as restrictive food-wise. Before I ...

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Friday success! Here's to the weekend

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Skycat so true! It's so easy to slip into WTH, it'll all be easier tomorrow. NOT TRUE, it is never just magically easier tomorrow. But alcohol will make you think that

my kids drive me to want to drink more

Thursday success

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wednesday success. whew. It was hard because I had a couple drinks, wanted to add more to my food, but was able to keep it under control

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and splandrea yay for going to bed! That is tough to do sometimes, the transition to bedtime I put off a lot because it seems like so much to do when you're tired. Fridays and Mondays are hard

Tuesday success

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You're so on point oolala53, I will always want food. How do you conquer this? It must be just repeatedly doing it, daily, still wanting it but just accustomed to denying our desires. Not so much denying but putting off...must practice the habit? I can't wait to read the Judith Beck book I ordered ...

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Whew Friday success

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Wednesday was a good green day, today, Thursday - not so much. My husband and I went to an early movie tonight and he wanted sushi before it started (there is a great sushi place right next to the theatre conveniently). I had been thinking about how to get through the movie till dinner, and it ...

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Yes Merry! Not quite as fun, but effective. And entertaining for my one year old who thought rolling all over the couch cushions was so much fun. Double win. I'm sure you understand

Tuesday success

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Good thoughts indeed, oolala53 I definitely feel that hunger a couple of hours after a meal. But if I ride it out it goes away and I am able to make it just fine to the next meal. I can use that to help me power through it, that it is a change of gears. Bodies can learn, it's going to take some ...

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Whew I had three big plates of food today...I'm still full a couple of hours later. I hiked for about two hours this morning, when I do a lot of cardio in the morning I tend to be hungry all throughout the day so I tried to prevent going off track today, Friday, because I wanted to make it this week ...

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Thanks for the tip oolala! I saw that you mentioned Beck's book, The Diet Trap Solution, on a different thread and it got me interested in strategies or coping skills. I requested it from the library.

I get ridiculously proud of myself when I make it through an N day that seems particularly hard ...

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Wednesday success. Today I had to white-knuckle it a little. I'm determined to make it through this week. I got through with some orange juice and coconut water and right now, right before bed, I'm so happy I made it

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I had a couple of red days last week too but I was able to recover! You will be able to do it too 8) And definitely I read the NoS book a lot, a few minutes at a time, but I always find good new wisdom in there that helps get me through the day. Thanks for checking in with me, we can do the same for ...

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Hi Splandrea! Nice to meet you too :) Hmm let's see - I do think Habitcal has helped me a lot, but I'm a person who likes to see progress and Habitcal definitely provided that for me. Since I've done NoS in brief stints for the past few years I know it's hard to see progress on the scale. It's hard ...

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Yes! Practiced yesterday...felt so good and normal...

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lol I guess it fits into the saying 'there are those who have and those who will' :oops: Thanks for the support oolala :)

And I didn't conquer Friday like I wished I would, I slid into the weekend making Friday another red day...but I'm coming back on Monday with renewed vigor and enthusiasm!! I'm ...

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Thanks oolala! I will take any strategies to help, my local library is small but I can order from the state library. I too don't like to buy books if I can help it, I've bought too many that I haven't enjoyed or found useful.

I had my first red day yesterday :( It was bound to happen sometime ...

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Thanks oolala I'm looking up those books for my kindle tonight! I need a new book soon. And lol I totally agree on the baking/cooking of sweets, I'm not interested in making them myself, there are plenty of great places to find good desserts. Whenever I make sweets I eat the entire thing. Plus I ...

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Whew today was a little tough but I made it through - so easy to fall into the weekend mindset on a Friday. I have lurking binge thoughts from so many years of crazy crash dieting that I'm still trying to overcome. I read Kathryn Hansen's book a few years ago 'Brain over Binge' and that has been ...

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oolala53 which book about French women's habits was that? I'd like to read it. I haven't read any other book on French women or culture and I'm interested after reading Bringing up Bebe.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday SUCCESS.

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My first N day in awhile, whew, what a relief and pleasure to enjoy meals again. I had quite a few urges to snack but managed to overcome with some tea and coconut water. SUCCESS

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oolala I agree! I read a book not long ago called Bringing up Bebe. It was mostly about raising children the French way but discussed a little about how French women dealt with pregnancy. Most continued to eat their 3 meals a day for the entire pregnancy, while some would include the afternoon ...

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Success today. Even though I had a pretty heavy meal tonight when we went out with my husband's sister, it was still within the confines of No S. I love how this fits in so nicely socially. So I had a pretty big meal, but I skipped the chips beforehand and the ice cream after and I'll count that as ...

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Thanks for the encouragement oolala53 and Merry :) You are both very insightful and your gains help me and all of us newbies. It's a journey, and one I hope to be on for a long long time. Starting No S again this time my goal was to lose about 15 lbs before trying to get pregnant again, but after ...

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OMG with today I have 4 weeks of green on my habitcal!!!! I'm in new territory, this is the farthest I've taken No S. Lovin it...

I started listening to the podcasts today and for the first time realized that Reinhard really emphasizes the 'sometimes' on days that start with S. I didn't take that ...

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Honestly I can't believe that I made it today. There were quite a few times I was willing to give in. Probably because I was at work all day and I tend to want to snack to get through the boring bits. But I hung in there...I can do this!!!

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It is always worth it to wait!!! When I want to eat between meals I tell myself I'll have a bigger meal for lunch/dinner/breakfast so it'll satisfy my hunger then. But when I get there I find I don't need it and at the end of the day it is so satisfying. And it is a relief to be back to more ...

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That's right! I just reread that section in the book. It is a great analogy.

Oh boy and I thought Fridays were hard... mondays are hard too but I managed to white-knuckle my way through today

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Yes you are so right oolala53, S's aren't needed for the party! I will try to remember that tomorrow night at my cousin's wedding. I want to relax and enjoy the company and celebration over the food. As long as I don't get too tired, I have to be up at 3 am tomorrow morning for work. That's when I ...

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I'm glad to hear that you don't think acas bowls are an S oolala53 :) I tend to think of them as super sweet because I look forward to them like I would a bowl of ice cream, and unfortunately for me they are not very filling - they tend to cause some cravings. But with your outlook maybe I'll try ...

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Thanks oolala53!

Today was another green day :) I am planning to take an S morning tomorrow as my husband and I are going out by ourselves...it'll probably just end up being lunch but just in case we decide to get acai bowls or something sweet...we hardly ever get to go out so I'm planning to enjoy ...

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SUCCESS! Weekend was not bad, enjoyable, just a bit bordering on bingeing. It's definitely nice to relax the rules a bit. I did still do 3 meals so I think that tamed it

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Friday success, I'm so happy I made it! Friday's are the hardest, it's so easy to give in and slide into the weekend. I have some good treats planned, going to try stick to the 3 meals plus a couple of sweets. Fun but not crazy

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Wednesday and Thursday success. One more day till the week-end... yessss

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Took an S day Monday for Memorial Day, but it wasn't too bad. Weekend was ok, not bad in terms of bingeing on sweets. I'm going to aim for next weekend to have more structured meals with planned sweets that I can anticipate. I snacked a bit this weekend and found I didn't like it much. I was much ...

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It's Fri-yay SUCCESS! I'm about to go to bed, so happy to have 5 days in a row. Woohoo to the weekend

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Thursday success...1 more day to go until the weekend, tomorrow I hope to go out to enjoy a 1 plate dinner

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wow nettee so inspiring to read of your success!!

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nettee yes I love it! And a birthday lunch too - I'm at the point where I want to enjoy my life and my food and friends. No S is perfect for that!

Day 3 success! Just trying to think in blocks of 5 - 2 more days to go and I'll have had a good streak...

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welcome, kaia!

oh yes, i also find the daily (or almost daily) check in immensely valuable tool... i plan to do it for at least couple of years and then see if habitcal will sufice... i want to be sure that this amazing thing sticks... because it works, it just does, on so many levels...

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YES!! Day 1 success

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I've been lurking on these discussion boards on and off for a few years now and also had successful brief stints with No S. I always get lured away by the new shiny and popular paleo, low-carb, or ketogenic diets, fail with those because they are absolutely too much work and for the most part keep ...

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