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Not checking in regularly isn't working for me - I need to check in to keep on track.
The last month has been a disaster. I fall in a heap when I'm stressed and the good habits go out the window. But I am very concerned about my weight and some related health symptoms. So back on 3 meals tomorrow ...

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Yesterday, Sunday, was the first day I've broken the No Snacking rule I've set myself. I was at a birthday afternoon tea and drank champagne that weakened my resolve. I ended up snacking on lots of sweet stuff - the first time in a fortnight. Oh well. Back to no snacking today. I've been getting a ...

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Congratulations, Oolala - that's terrific about reaching your BMI. Well done on your persistence.

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I'm still plodding along. I've decided not to post every day, but to just check in now and then to report on how things are going.

I'm sticking with the "nothing between meals" mod. I've decided to break up the NoS approach because I think if I break it into smaller habit changes it will work ...

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Wednesday and Thursday both successful for steps.

I can't remember what I ate on Wednesday, but I know it was successful for NoS.

Thursday was another matter...I did fine till late at night when I had a glass of wine. That helped weaken my resolve and I snacked on bread and leftover green salad.

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Didn't end up shugging - I worked at the computer instead till v late...sigh...I should know better...I DO know better....

Tuesday:
10,000 steps

B: bacon, toast with butter and vegemite.
L: multigrain sandwich (tuna, sweet chilli sauce, lettuce and cucumber), green grapes, yoghurt
D: Chinese ...

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Am sticking to the 3 meals but am still having huge dinners...
Because I didn't get the opportunity to go for a walk, I didn't reach 10,000 steps either day. Am about to shug now (Tues night)

Monday
B: scrambled eggs with tomato
L: bread roll and two different dips left over from the picnic.
D ...

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Sunday - plenty of walking at a picnic.

B, L and D were fine (though I ate way too much again at dinner, but it's a NoS day, so no worries). No snacks, so I'm happy. Didn't feel like any sweets

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I'm thinking of trying out a mod to avoid weekend binging...I'd like to stick to no snacking as a permanent habit - ie just sticking with three meals even on weekends, but I can add dessert or seconds on S days. I'm hoping that might help me avoid the mindset of weekends being free-for-alls ...

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Friday: A DISASTER of a day.

I forgot to wear my pedometer. I'm not sure if I got to 10,000 steps, though I did go for a short walk, so possibly.

B: 2 eggs
L: bread roll with butter and vegemite. Trail mix with chocolate.
D: sausages, steamed root vegetables, cabbage and zucchinni. Masses of ...

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Thursday:

Steps.

B: scrambled eggs with mushroom, spinach and tomato. Toast with butter and vegemite.
L: two sandwiches with avocado, tomato, cheese and lettuce.
D: soy and honey chicken legs, salad, rice, corn, but I ate some crackers at the end of the meal because I was still hungry (I still am ...

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Wednesday:

I was very tired today. So slept for 2.5 hours when the baby did and we didn't go for a walk. I'm about to shug (when I get the next one off to bed), but that's all I'll manage today.

B: egg, bacon, toast, handful of trail mix
L: leftover beef stir-fry and veg, two nectarines
D: chicken ...

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Have a look at the recent testimonials - especially the "anonymous dad" one.

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That's a fabulous weight loss! Fantastic! Really. You so deserve a huge congratulations. Wow! Well done.

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Yes, hope you're feeling better tomorrow!
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Tuesday: Success
Exercise

B: tomato and mushroom omelette.
L: Large salad, similar to yesterday's. Bread roll.
D: Two sushi rolls.

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Am still thinking things through - I guess what I want is to settle down again into a sane pattern of eating and exercise that I can maintain for life...sound familiar?

The last few days have been reasonable as I settle back into the program. I had a few glasses of wine with a friend on Friday ...

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Thanks v much, Deb. Nice to see you here.

Ok, well I'm not quite on track yet...
Friday:
B: scrambled eggs with tomato, tea with milk
L: two salmon and avocado sushi rolls
D: Steamed fish and vegetables. Wine.
Late snack of leftover vegies....

Didn't make 10,000 steps - was pouring with rain. I'm ...

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Hang in there IDK. Don't drop the ball now (take it from me!). Think about the options if you aren't on NoS - there just aren't many sane ones. And you don't want to waste all the hard work you have already put in. You're on track, your mind/body is just rebelling a bit.
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Lovely photos, Reinhard.
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One thing I am resisting is falling back into the pattern of controlled weekdays and bingy weekends. I so don't want to go back to that. And I'm also a bit resisting facing up to the feelings of hunger and deprivation at the start of NoS. They're my two stumbling blocks at the moment...am still ...

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Thanks, everyone. Your support is wonderful.
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Good question, Oolala. I tend not to think about it as self-talk. I know that when I'm stressed and overwhelmed by work and family then I head straight to the sugary snacks. It's a calming thing - it feels almost biological, but it's largely about wanting to calm anxiety and also find comfort and ...

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I've posted to my daily check-in, but I wanted to acknowledge here that I'm returning...I completely fell off the wagon last year, so I'm back - hopefully having learned a few things from my past attempts!

It's nice to be back.

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Now I'm ready to start back, and I think it's time for a new thread. I completely fell off the wagon last year, so I'm here again - and hopefully I've learned a few things from my past attempts!

I've bought myself a pedometer and have been wearing it for the last few days - it's been a wake-up call ...

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I thought this article was interesting on the importance of sleep for maintaining a healthy weight. Something I'm constantly struggling with...

http://au.askmen.com/sports/health_500/ ... sleep.html

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Congratulations! Wonderful news.

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Thanks, IDK.

I think my phrase for this year is "letting go" - letting go of excess weight, of bad habits, of negative thoughts, of useless fears and counter-productive behaviours, of unhelpful people and situations, of outdated expectations and plans, of anything that no longer fits or holds me ...

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Well, I'm back! ... and starting again - the serial NoSer...

I just had a look back through previous posts. My word for the year was "painless" - my goal had been to end 2011 pain-free - and magically I have. Most obviously on a physical level but in other ways too. A year ago I was almost crippled ...

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Thank you, Sophiasapienta!

We've been home 3 months now. I adopted my littlest one on August 8. She's just gorgeous and luckily my 11-year-old is as smitten with her as I am. She's had quite a bit of catching up to do but is now starting to walk - has grown 7 cms and gained 3kgs in the time she's ...

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At last we have some news!
Our agency finally called us last night - We are delighted to announce that we have a little girl from China joining our family. She is 15 months old and is in foster care in Jiang Xi province. DD and I will travel to pick her up in 6 to 8 weeks time.
Couldn't be more ...

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Have been totally off track - again. The trip to Brussels went well. Was totally exhausting as predicted, but who cares - it was wonderful to visit Paris again and to have a little time in Brugges and Ghent.

Now I'm back at work, but life is about to take another u-turn. I'm adopting another child ...

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B: vegemite sandwich. coffees.
L: chicken, eggplant and salad wrap.
D: Thai takeaway with friends. 2 x red wine.

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Tuesday:
B: crackers with peanut butter. 2 coffess
L: sandwich with curried egg. Mandarin.
D: chicken noodle and vegetable soup, bread. Pear.

I haven't exercised yet, but I'm planning to shug and do exercises.

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Thanks, IDK, will do. :)

Meals weren't quite what I planned today, but not far off...

B: crackers with butter and vegemite - coffee.
L: sandwiches with mince (made last night)
D: chicken stirfry, quiche made without diary.

Floor exercises and shugged. Also walked a fair bit this morning on my ...

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That's true, Oolala

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Dinner on Friday was a savoury mince made with lots of vegetables.

Saturday was very restrained. I don't remember eating anything outside the 3 meals, except for a handful of crisps in the late afternoon. I also walked a lot as my car is in dock.

Sunday was a bit different - I was tied to the ...

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The rain cleared yesterday, so I ended up going for a 50 min walk, followed by shugging and floor exercises.

Dinner was pasta with a smoked salmon, dill, lemon and caper sauce. Yum (if I may say so myself... :) )

Today - Friday:
B: rice cakes with peanut butter - coffee
L: chicken sandwich on ...

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Count me in too. Starting today- 29 April - through to 31 July.

Vanilla NoS, but with the overall goal of being sugar free.
15 mins of shugging or floor exercises Monday to Friday.

I'll think about cardio - I can't commit to the urban ranger thingy as I'm pretty flat chat between work and ...

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Sending you hugs, KCCC. This is indeed a precious time. Waring, but irreplaceable. It's an important time for you with your sisters too, by the sounds of things. Glad you are finding solace in NoS and are looking after yourself.
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After an awful binge on Monday, have stayed on track the last two days.
I'll start tracking my food again.

B: scrambled egg, toast with vegemite, half a pear. coffee with lf milk.
L: chicken salad - leftover chicken, lettuce, cucumber, spanish onion, dill and homemade vinaigrette. 2 fuji persimmons ...

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Have been camping with friends over this long Easter weekend. Great fun but but too much food. Lots of exercise though. An 8.5 mile walk yesterday - slept like a log last night.

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Thursday was fine - stuck to NoS.
B: roll and coffee
L: chicken and salad sandwich and coffee
D: Chinese style meal at a friend's - rice, meat dishes and greens.

Friday:
B: toast and vegemite, coffee
L: pasta with chopped tomatoes
D: fish and chips, wine. Baking biscuits (cookies) for a camping ...

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No need to worry about exercise yesterday - spent 6 hours walking around our agricultural show with kids. Lots of fun.

B: Levtover fritatta. coffee
L: 2 tuna sandwiches with mayonnaise and lettuce.
D: roast lamb and vegetables at my brother's home. 2 glasses of wine.

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Tuesday: A more settled day today.
B: toast with vegemite. Coffee.
L: noodles with vegetables. Coffee
D: frittata made with frozen spinach, leftover ricotta and tuna that I defrosted thinking it was sausage. :) Also had a bread roll, banana and plain yoghurt. Wine x 2.

Exercise:
A walk to the shops ...

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I take lunch to work, so I generally take a roll with some sort of protein and salad, or leftovers that I warm up in the work microwave. I too don't want to spend money on take away lunches. No point. And I'm so busy at work that lunch is a bit of a non-event anyway. Am much more interested in ...

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Thanks Brightangel, ManOnWire and Who Me?. I enjoyed the articles posted. The one about Paul Rudnick is a hoot. It did remind me of a doco I saw recently though about a man who could tolerate enormous amounts of electricity running through his body - he was a freak of nature. I wonder if Rudnick is ...

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Wow, Debs, what an absolutely awful time of it you've had. Sounds like you are getting your health back on track now though. Errk, you poor old thing. Sending you hugs.
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Hmm...still not quite back on habit. I was doing fine, but we ended up staying at a friend's place for dinner and she baked us individual apple crumbles for dessert - very difficult to refuse without being very rude (but then again, that's probably an excuse on my part...)

B: rice cakes with peanut ...

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An interesting article...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magaz ... ted=2&_r=2

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Thanks Who Me? and KCCC. I really appreciate your kind support. It's not an easy time, but it's made much easier because of the friends we have (including our online friends).
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We had a beautiful service for Mum on Tuesday - really lovely. I think she would have approved! :)

DD is coping well. She went to her school camp and, despite all the anxiety beforehand, she had a marvellous time. It was a very good thing for her to do while we were all sad here and making the ...

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Great timing for me! A really useful article. I've heard it expressed differently in relation to giving up smoking - when I gave up umpteen million years ago, I was warned that 4 months in I'd get a burst of huge cravings again and then that would be the end of it. I don't know if it was the power ...

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Thanks, Roxie, on both counts.

My food intake is way off key at the moment. My NoS has gone out the window. Hauling myself back in to start again.

Try again tomorrow.

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Wow, over 70lbs - that's so great. Enjoy that holiday - and the swimming - you deserve it.

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I'm a bit all over the place at the moment. The weight gain wasn't permanent - must have been fluid retention.

Crazy day yesterday - so busy at work, plus DD needed an emergency dental appointment, I was meant to be helping my sister at the Church to work out the liturgy for Mum's funeral and then ...

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Hang in there IDK - your summer is coming along soon and that will make it so much easier to stay active and stick to habit. A few pounds gained over a cold winter is fine. You'll get there.
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KCCC and Noel,
I can really relate to the use of food as a support for writing - that's one of my BIG stumbling blocks. I don't have any great advice for getting around it, except that I now often use a big pot of weak green tea (or jasmine tea). I can drink buckets of the stuff and it's hot and ...

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Thanks very much, Amake and IDK. I appreciate your kind thoughts.

I've managed to gain weight over the last week (2kgs) - too much snacking in place of meals, but I think it must also at least partly be stress, and perhaps some fluid retention. I'm still sugar free.

No big deal, really. Will slot ...

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My very elderly mother passed away yesterday - peacefully and with all the family around her, which is what she would have wanted.

It's not been an easy week food-wise (or any-wise really). With my siblings, I've been sleeping in mum's room and living on vending machine coffee and sandwiches that ...

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Friday to Sunday were fine.

We had fish and chips and wine on Friday night and it was a bit rich for me.

Swam on Saturday. Sugar free weekend.

Monday:
B: 2 corn cakes with vegemite and marg. 2 coffees
L: roll with pressed chicken, cucumber, cherry tomatoes. Grapes.
D: still to come - planned meal ...

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Sugar definitely affects me - and it definitely triggers food binges. I've just read a very enlightening book called "Sweet Poison" by David Gillespie, which explains that it is the fructose in corn syrup and also in cane sugar that is the problem (rather than carbs in general).

I'd like to come ...

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Thursday:

B: egg, tomato, corn cake with avocado, coffee
L: leftover casserole on a bread roll
D: raw almonds, fish, salad vegetables (tomato, cucumber, avocado), rice crackers.

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Tuesday:
B: blueberries, cheese and ham roll, coffee
L: roll, ham, avocado, Asian salad (bought), grapes
D: rissoles, steamed vegies (potato, sweet potato, broccoli, carrot, corn). Fresh peach.

Wednesday:
B: egg, toast, marg, coffee
L: capeseed roll, avocado, ham. Green grapes.
D: stirfried tofu ...

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Had a good weekend. Sugar free - and that was surprisingly easy. It was a relief really not to binge or eat more than I wanted to. I did snack - on raw almonds. And I had wine with dinner (apparently fructose isn't a problem in wine because of the fermentation process).

Monday:
B: capeseed roll and ...

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Hi Debs,
nice to see you here. Yes, swimming seems to be really helping me. I'm gping agan in the morning with DD and her friends. It's the weightlessness - and being able to fully stretch out without anything hurting. Love that feeling.

You have a lovely weekend too.

B: sourdough toast with ...

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Thurs:

B: egg, cracker with avocado and cheese, coffee
L: capeseed roll with avocado,smoked salmon and lettuce.
D: sushi and miso soup

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Have been a bit off track lately...

Wed:
B:egg, corn cakes with marg, cherry tomatoes, coffees
L: capeseed roll, pesto, tuna, lettuce
D: Chinese homecooking at a friend's - meat and spinach dish, cucumber, rice, clear soup, omelette.
Snack: raw almonds.

Try again tomorrow.

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Haven't had a chance this week to post here. Have been all over the place - very very busy.

Am reading a book by David Gillespie called "Sweet Poison" which attributes the obesity problem to the spiralling use of fructose in our diets. He also thinks fructose may lie behind the increasing frequency ...

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Hi Debs,
Congratulations! I was hoping you would turn up soon. I've missed you. I came back to NoS at the end of last year and it was great to hear some old voices here, but yours was one that was definitely missing.
Well done on the weight loss - and your son is growing into a lovely looking young ...

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Friday:
B: forgot - was in too much of a hurry to get DD early to school...Later had coffee at a cafe with a friend.
L: Leftover chicken casserole - a very hefty helping as I was starving.
D: sausages with steamed potato, sweet potato, carrot, broccoli, green beans, plus homemade pesto. Rockmelon. 2 ...

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Have had computer problems this week. The screen on my mac went dead (it's been threatening to for a long time). Am on a replacement Toshiba at the moment until I can get a new Mac, but it's taking some getting used to!

This week has been up and down. I was ok Monday, Wednesday and Today, but I ...

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Saturday afternoon and evening were a bit disastrous...sigh....
Sunday was more restrained, but I fell into eating chocolate and crackers after dinner, just because my precious S day was fast disappearing...Silly...

Exercise was ok, though. I swam laps for 30 mins on Saturday and cleaned the house ...

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You're doing fantastically Noel.

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Thursday:

B: crackers with marg and vegemite. Fruit.
L: can't remember!
D: homemade quiche, fruit

Friday:

B: crackers with avocado and cheese
L: mixed salad with tuna, capeseed roll, rockmelon
D: rissoles with steamed potato and veg, nectarine.

Saturday:
B: egg, bacon, crackers with marg. LF ...

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I'm thinking of you too, KCCC. It sounds like the procedure will make a difference to your mother's future health, so it is great that it went well.
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Wednesday:

B: pesto on toast/cracker. Rockmelon.
L: chicken casserole, rice, fresh figs.
D: bacon and vegetable quiche (made with stock instead of milk). Slice of bread with avocado and dressing. Fruit.

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Tuesday::

B: On the run - capeseed roll, banana, coffee.
L: leftover chicken casserole with rice
D: steamed salmon, pasta with pesto sauce (made with basil from a friend's garden), fresh figs.

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Feeling great today - wierd hormones, that's for sure.

Monday:
B: 2 eggs and 1 slice of capeseed bread. Coffee with lf milk.
L: roast vegetable and lettuce baguette (bought)
D: chicken casserole, rice, rockmelon.

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My weekend days have been okay, but I've been hitting the sugar in the evenings. I'm really re-thinking sugar altogether.

I'm reasonably happy with my N-days and I'd like my S days to really just be a flow on of those with the occasional treat/dessert. Not quite there yet.

The stretches I've been ...

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Thanks for the links, KCCC. The idea is wonderful. It's so simple, but I can imagine it would be very effective.

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Amake,
I forgot to tell you what capeseed is ...

I just googled it and I think it is a type of bread that originated in Sth Africa. It's sold by a local specialist bakery here. It's basically wholemeal bread made with lots of different seeds and grains. I love the rolls because they are both nutty ...

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Friday:
B: capeseed roll, banana and coffee
L: chia roll, mayonnaise, turkey breast, tomato and lettuce
D: Baked lamb, potato, sweet potato, beetroot, parsnip, broccoli, gravy.

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Hi KCCC,
I'm very happy for you to post that to your thread - glad it might be of use. I'm finding the book very good. Enough to make me go out at lunchtime yesterday and buy the DVD of the TV series. I have watched two episodes so far and I'm finding it both moving and gripping (but I like that ...

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Hi Amake,
I wasn't sure what a paratha was either till I had one! It turns out to be a very thin Indian pancake. In this case, it was filled with a fine layer of ground and spiced lamb and then folded into a square like a handkerchief. It was a bit greasy but very tasty. I suspect a home-made one ...

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I'm one of those people who put on a stone as soon as they hit 40 - and then gained another one slowly but steadily in the decade after that. I do think peri-menopause is a very strange time for some of us re our weight. I know my mother was the same - put on stacks of weight around 4/50 (we have ...

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Thursday:

A better day emotionally - but still a little wobbly. Maybe hormones? Might try some vitamin B.

B: capeseed roll + blueberries. 1 x coffee.
L: lamb paratha and salad
D: chicken casserole, rice, corn, carrot, lettuce.

Woke up very sore today but managed to do quite a bit of walking at ...

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Wednesday:

Still tired - and still clinging on - not sure why. Am struggling with my mood a bit today...

B: 2 eggs, blackberries, 2 corn crackers with marg.
L: salmon wrap with lettuce. Almonds. Peach.
D: sausages, steamed potato, carrot, broccoli, raw tomato. Almonds.

Bit wobbly around the edges ...

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Tuesday:

B: bread roll, 2 figs. Coffee x 2
L: leftover noodles and chicken casserole.
D: tacos with all the trimmings (tomato, avocado, cucumber, cheese and lettuce). Probably a bigger plateful than I needed, but at least I didn't succumb to dessert...

Am overtired today and found NoS hard. Have ...

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Monday:

B: boiled egg, 2 corn cakes with margarine, coffee.
L: 4 x vita wheat crispbread, homos, artichoke heart, cucumber.
D: chicken leg casserole, noodles, fruit. 1 x wine.

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Congratulations on setting up your blog, BA!
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Congratulations on the website, BA. Well done.
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Wilder Sunday...

B: egg, croissants, rockmelon.
Morning tea - half a slice of mudcake. Skim milk latte.
Afternoon - chocolates
D: thick vegetable soup, grilled cheese on a bun, 2 glasses of wine. Bowl of chocolate icecream.
Snack. plain crackers.

Weighed yesterday - no weight lost lately. I'm ...

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My pleasure KCCC. And yes, it is funny the way science often backs up folk wisdom. It's a good thing. :)

Saturday = S day

B: egg, ham, corn cakes with marg. 2 milky coffees - s day treat.
L: wraps with smoked salmon and salad.
Treat: chocolate almonds
D: stir fry fish, vegetables and rice
Treat ...

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Thanks, KCCC.

The book is "Eight Steps to Happiness" the science of getting happy and how it can work for you" by Dr Anthony M Grant and Alison Leigh.

It's based on a TV series called "Making Australia Happy". The website for the series is at: http://makingaustraliahappy.abc.net.au/
That website ...

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Because I'm suddenly curious about plates (who'd a thunk it after all the time I've been hanging around NoS), I thought I'd bump this thread. I read it the first time, but I'm so maths challenged my eyes glazed over at the numbers the first time around.

I thought some of the newer members might ...

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Why, thank you, IDK. :)

Today:

B: boiled egg plus peach (on the run)
L: sourdough roll, salami, avocado, lettuce. 2 fresh figs (They're in season locally and very inexpensive at the moment. I bought 8 of them for about $3 today. Love them - am thinking of grilling them on Sat evening when my ...

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It did to me, Shamrock.

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Out of curiosity, I just measured our salad plates. They are 8.5" edge to edge, and the indented part is about 5.25"...

Now I'm on a mission - will take my trusty tape measure with me to the shopping centre next time and measure some plates.

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Amended stats:

Starting Weight 83kg (mid-Nov, 2010)
Current weight 80kg (9/2/11).
Goal weight 65kg (if I get below that, great - if not, so be it).
T-110; W- 97; B-109;A-35; T1-65.

Weight to lose - 15kgs or about 33lbs (that's still a lot!).

I'm setting myself 3 small goals of 5kgs each.

My ...

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