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D3

Failure

Hope springs eternal. Tomorrow is E1.

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D2 failure
I failed the Mexican Restuarant test. Was doing OK till my friend ordered the Fried Ice Cream (p.s. don't try to make this at home)

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D1 Success

Whew!

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Deb, It was four dismal days. I'm on it and doing the Mexican Resturant test tonight.

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Deb, I think 175 should be your goal weight...you look darling in your photo. I've found overeating makes me feel worse, too ...but I still did it all weekend, (Very stressful time :( ) Enjoy your son all you can and spend every available moment with him.) RE: Peaceful Warrior...I gave it to all my ...

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C9, C10, C11, C12 Dismal failure
:( aagh...Frito-Lay stock went up this weekend....this could have in no way counted as reasonable snacking - feel puffy and stressed...can't count visits to Jacksonville as Sdays because I do them pretty regularly and if I excuse them as Ses, they will offset any ...

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C8 Success sort of

I am proceeding w/thought instead of simply proceeding with my eating...did have a very snacky type early dinner-not all on one plate but eaten in one sitting could :oops: be classified as a meal. Getting acknowledgement from the man (R.) should give me the resolve to get to bed ...

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Dr. Mercola says that leptin is a hormone produced by the fat. He has a web site but I don't know how to do links...lots of interesting stuff about the extra fat actually being an organ that produces the hormone leptin, chich is the hormone that makes us crave food. My favorite is "it's my mother's ...

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C7 Success

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C6 Success
Whew!

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C5 Success

Only ate three times, did nibble my Wendy's french fries in the car on a quick supper break, but time was an issue. my,how we justify. Good thing was, didn't feel I had an option to eat when I got home late last night.

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deb wrote:I thank God for Reinhard's site every day, and every meal I eat, because it brought me back from "The Dead"...
Deb

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Deb, I thought you loved the Dead.

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I, too, have found using MY mind, instead of the the so-called expertise of the latest diet doctor (whose patients only have great success when they purchase his vitamins, snake oil, whatever.) to be very reassuring. If the diet is not intrinsic it won't truly be ours and we'll never be able to ...

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I think the reason we eat more is because the food industry has been putting more sugar in the food in order to stimulate our appetites so we will eat more. (Actually I read that in a book - maybe Fat Nation or something like that.) It is just like the tobacco industry putting nicotine and other ...

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harder to resist than good food, is good free food, or even worse, good food paid for in our workshop fees. I like the refreshments as a meal idea.

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Welcome, Judy, to our world of moderation and normalization. I'm a newbie, too and haven't mastered the habit of the NoS lifestyle, but it is so reasonable and logical (naturally coming from a computer guy's mind). I'm working on the assumption that someday I, too, will be reasonable and logical in ...

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C3 Sday
C4 Sday

Nothing lost, nothing gained (on the scales). Increasing awareness of marathon style eating preferences over plate method. Aware of standing in front of frig eating on Sdays. Aware of how I like to fix something, eat it, then fix something, eat it, etc. Deep desire to be free from ...

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well, now, maybe I could team up with my husband on this. He loves being economical. I'll ponder it.

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In the spirit of you shovelglovers, I'm vowing to set the timer for fourteen minutes and get on my exercise bike. Tomorrow.

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I'm not even thinking about shovelgloving, but for deep bellylaughs, it's the best. R., who took the stills? Does your wife think you're a nut? Since you went to the trouble to develop the site I wanted to tell you how much I've enjoyed it.
I wonder how people from a century ago would few us and ...

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Three weeks ago I tried the Metabolic typing diet, which says it is about chemistry...it was a very limited diet...nothing I could sustain for more then about six hours

whether it's chemistry or physics there is one thing I do know....it's not metaphysics...

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We've just legalized fireworks in Georgia, so I'm gonna' get some sparklers. It's really a long vacation weekend around here. I hadn't thought much about it (One day at a time for me) But, I'm going to try to have regular meals and I think that will keep me from oversnacking.

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TGIS!
This weekend I'm going to avoid triggers though, so Monday won't be too hard.

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C2 Success

Very challenging day, felt myself waver, but I held on. Even the hour I sat in the Saturn Dealership while my car was getting done and the popcorn machine was right there. I almost didn't go to get my oil changed because of that. But I need to be normal.
Dinner was strange, but all on ...

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I agree. Some of us are having an occasional drink of alcohol, which is absolutely wasted calories and metabolize in the body as sugar. The milk probably helps you sleep...wait it's soy milk, so I don't know.

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Glad you're keeping up your game night, whatever that is. Your friends will get used to seeing you not snack and they'll quit offering it to you. Good luck, dear. I think we feel motherly towards you because of the little girl picture.

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I'm so glad you enjoyed your b'day. I think it is important to continue our normal routines so I'm glad you're going out. If we're postponing our lives because of food, I think we're missing the point of NoS, which is to be normal eaters. Have fun.

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Eating is a easy as spending money. I picked up a mint at the attorney's office today but caught myself before I opened it and just dropped it in my purse. At least we're developing an awareness.

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C1 Success
I feel reinspired. I am not going to get on the computer when I get home. I've spent all day with you guys. I work late on Thursdays. I'll just go home, relax, read, watch tv, take a long bath. I've had my three squares, so I'm done. Thanks for support and the little shove to return.

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I'm interested to hear how you handle. I've been thinking about how I will do when I go to our fav - San Marcos. Would it look weird if I put a few chips on my plate? I'm not ready to put it to the test. Bravo and let me know.

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Ok, I think I've got it now. Forget about the img* thing and just doubleclick the little face where you want to place the emotion.

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yes, let's not get obsessed...I'm hoping to lose my food/diet/scale obsessions this year. good analysis...I'm going to start trying that (if I ever overindulge again :lol: )Being tired is always a trigger for me. And i'm realizing I become more tired when I don't eat regular meals. Thereby a vicious ...

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I eat on the go and out of the box (i'm not much of a cook.) I stay busy at work reading everyone's postings and that keeps me from eating. Hard to eat when you're typing, sides, that's kind of hypocritical. Of course, i could do my job. :roll:
I'm going to put my food on a paperplate right now. It ...

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Won't it be fun to go into your NoS weekend with 21 days in your check-in.

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gee, guess, I don't quite have it down yet.

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when i read how you didn't know how to do the little yellow faces, it made me realize, me neither. I figured I'd practice with this group 'cause they're so forgiving. :wink: Here's how - when you get to where you want an emoticon go to the Img* box and click it, then click the little face you choose ...

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I'm giving you a gentle warning...do it now, it will be about the skin in 20 years. My knees have a hard time carrying my fat self :oops: ( ooh, the F-word) around, but I've found quadriceps exercises really help. Knees, now, lower back in your forties. I'm feeling old, too and I hate it. I want to ...

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I personally think the late 30's, early 40's are one the peak times for a woman, such a learning curve and a really sexy time. So glad you're doing the Yoga...I was doing it, but had to switch to Pilates because of (temporary, I hope) back problems. I prefer to do video exercises at home because it ...

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Your kind words on my posting and your miracle, feeling good comments on yours are keeping me at bay till lunch. You are a role model. (Whoops, at first I spelled it roll was that a Freudian Slip.)

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One time I got very ill and was bedridden for several months, I was so happy not to gain weight. When I finally got out of my bathrobe, none of my clothes fit. My muscles had turned to fat and it works vice versa. BTW, the two times I lost significant weight, like 50 lbs, in five months, etc. I ...

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Wish I'd started this NoS lifestyle at 31. Wish I knew then what I know now. I promise dear, the aging accelerates expotentially as time goes by and the skin loses elasticity. Best of luck to you.
I love Canada, my daughter and I went to Quebec last year and had such a wonderful time. Next stop ...

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Today is C1. I am not giving up... even though I had some unsuccessful days, my weight is the same. I'm a scale slave. R. and the others have given me the support to attempt again. I wanted to be free from planning, but see I need to. I have planned out my three meals for the day and will check in ...

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Read French book, too. Bought two pounds of expensive leeks and made the worst broth in the world. Premise is correct, but couldn't drink that soup.

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Day B1 Failure

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Good plan. I think I will do that, too. I'm learning for my new friends. I like this ground up type of dieting...very revolutionary.

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Day 4 Unsuccessful

alas, was so pleased at my idea of substituting my meal for a snack I decided to do it Monday, too. It snowballed. Started eating easily accessible junk for energy. Lesson learned regular nutritious meals increase a sense of well being and curtail snacking. Today is B1.

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Fellows, there may be something to the day we weigh. I weighed myself Sunday, thought, gee, this is the magic diet I've been looking for, LOL,and proceeded to enjoy the day, thereby losing the ground I'd gained or lost on Friday. Maybe if I make MOnday my weigh day, i'll stay in check for the ...

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Hallelujah, sisters.

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I'm with you-looking forward to a little more structure...I kinda' hated the weekend coming up after my first day. But at least I didn't wait till Monday to start my diet (which of course would have caused the pre-diet binge).

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Jan Tz-
Oh, I've done the church and community thing and, quite frankly, now I wish I'd spent more time at home than out trying to save the town or serving on multiple church committees.
My new interest is going to be taking care of myself. I think it will only be brief lull before there are ...

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Kevin, envy your daytrip, that is one of my short-term dreams, a trip on Amtrack to DC and all the time I want at museums, the Archives, etc. I need to be an urban ranger there though, I guess.
Sounds like you're normalizing your eating. My husband is a Type I, and I know how it's a little trickier ...

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Day 3 some success

Harder than not stuffing, is the concept of it's OK to be normal on weekends. It's been decades of either dieting or not dieting.

Having to really work on trusting myself. Bad memories from when I tried the Fat is a Feminist Issue Diet which had explicit instructions to eat ...

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Good luck for the next twenty days. Your words of encouragement to myself and others are kind and well, encouraging. It's hard to manage your life when your taking care of others, but as a recent empty nester, it's a little sad to shop and see things at the grocery store your children used to love ...

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Day 2 some success

I guess, it's hard to guage success on an S day. Did observe some self-monitoring, not mindless eating. Had the popcorn for a meal. Other meals have been rather nutrious lately, so I felt justified. A little snacking, but more importantly, at several opportunities, I didn't.

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hey, it's the s day ...but i think is is like sometimes on S days...I need to review. I have fuzzy pink slippers, too. Yesterday did OK (make that very well), I think I may have been eating more nuts and seeds than all the squirrels in Georgia. Just giving up my healthy snacks may make a big ...

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Day 1 Success
That said, I'll go to bed. Thank you for your support. Have a nice weekend.

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feel free to use my posts in your book.(change the address, my town only has 900 people - so someone would figure it out)...why don't you do a study, a questionnaire of sorts of your regulars. I'll be a guiana pig and maybe my sister will, too.
But, remember, part of the fun of this is the ...

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DSL was going to be a long time coming to the woods - so I opted for satellite. It's not quite as good as DSL, but beats phone lines older than me for dial-up.
ten pounds - four weeks - perfect...the dietbook junkie in me loves those kind of stats. My husband is insulin dependent and it is a whole ...

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Good to know exercise is helpful, but not critical. I am doing spinal decompression therapy now for a herniated disc, hoping in the near future to be able to walk and resume Pilates - I do love an exercise I can do lying down (besides that- which at my size classifies as aerobic anyway). I love ...

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Halfway through day one...posts from my four supports are uplifting. Thank you all so much. So far, so good - I didn't really get a real breakfast, just a hunk of cheese to get out the door, and almost caved at 11:00, but remembered I could eat a good lunch soon... which I did - so I didn't need to ...

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Tomorrow will be day 1. Last week I did the Metabolic Typing diet online (for forty bucks) and got a list with about tweny foods I could eat and a thousand I could not eat. My doctor has told me to avoid grains because of my arthiritis, but he admits it's hard to do, so he said to add EFA capsules ...

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Alright Mr.spiralstares, I'm starting with you. As a Southern lady, I would never divulge my weight, (I'd lie anyway, like I do about my age and hair color.) Let's just say I'l like to take up about 30% less space. This diet appears so simple it is a relief.

I really buy into the idea that is a ...

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I've never enjoyed diet advice so much. I prefer to think of it as nutrition...but maybe I'm too much in the duality of being afraid to say the d word because of so many failures and feeling that I must be eating healthy to justify it. so I'll be new with you.

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