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KAxelrod

Friday - N day. Failure

Sat. and Sunday - S days.

Monday - N day. Failure.

Not going well!

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Thursday - N day. Success. Although, I am tweaking a bit. (having large plate of salad, in addition to other food at dinner).

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Wednesday - I think I'll call it a failed N day. It could have been an S day if I decided it was going to be, but I didn't. I did a 20 mile training walk on the treadmill (marathon in a few weeks), and then I came home and ate, ate, ate. Oh well.

KAxelrod

Friday - N day. Success.

Saturday and Sunday. Totally out of control. But, I'm not worrying about S days yet. Just trying to get N days on track.

Monday - N day. Success,

Tuesday - N day. Success.

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Thursday - N day. Success. Despite a migraine aura this morning (and some successful meds make it not turn into a real migraine!), I stuck to it.

I'm traveling out of town tomorrow for a weekend gig. Friday will be a bit challenging, but I intend to keep it an N day.

I like doing my daily check ...

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Wednesday - N day. Success.

Yes, I remember what this repetitive success feels like. MUCH better than the past 6 weeks of out of control behavior!

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Tuesday - N day. Success.

I remember all fall how I would frequently enter this into my daily check in, and it seemed so boring. Then, I got WAY off track. It's nice to be boring. I'll be happy to enter "N day - Success" for every N day, and I promise not to say it's boring.

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Thanks, Kathleen. I read those words, and I thought they looked familiar. So, at this point I'm not even worrying about S days. Back to getting the N days right. I'll let the S days take care of themselves for awhile (that means no rules for now).

So - a delight to be back. Monday, Feb. 16. N Day ...

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Thank you all for your support and welcome backs. I gotta go to bed now - but first I get to go to Habit Cal and mark my day Green. Ah - it's nice to be back.

KAxelrod

Okay...here I am again.

I started No-S last September, and kept with it for 4 months. I loved it. Lurked on the boards, and posted some. Then at the end of December, I strayed. And in January, I reverted back to my old ways (what I'd call the S diet). Anyway...I managed to gain the weight back. A ...

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Tuesday - N day. Success.

Ah! It feels good to get even this far again. 2 green days in a row!

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Way too many "false" re-starts.

This time, it'll be a not false re-start. I'm going to go with vanilla - no mods, no changes. NO virtual plating, NO taking an apple after lunch, because it's "just" an apple. One day at a time, but I'd really like to get 21 days done. It feels so good to do this. It ...

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Oy, oy,oy....many days of not doing No-S. Or trying to do it, but then Sing at night. Anyway, here I am again. It's harder to do it than it was in September. But, I've had 2 success days in a row. I am back. I prefer the sanity of No-S, to my other way of eating (bingeing).

So - Tuesday, Jan. 27 ...

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Thursday - N day. Success.

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Well - I continued to have a giant "S" fest until today. And, today was a successful N day. Phew. That feels good. Now, I get to go mark my habit cal with a bunch of reds, and finally a green for today! This feels MUCH better than what I've been doing.

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From Dec. 27 until yesterday, I had a huge "S" fest. Bingeing, grazing, permasnacking, eating more sweets than I knew existed. Prior to that, I'd been doing No S for 4 months. I'm back. I just wanted to post this here, rather than in my daily check in, to make my re-commitment more public. I think ...

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Ugh, ugh, ugh...Dec. 27 until today was one big binge, permasnack, overindulgence. I went back to my old ways. But today, an S day, I'm back on track. Even though it is an S day. I'll allow myself some S's, but not an S feast with no control.

Nice to be back.

KAxelrod

Thanks, Debs.

Thursday - N day. Success. I even did a Blueskighs, peppermint stick variation (2 meals, instead of 3). I really didn't mean to, though. I just never got around to eating breakfast. By the time I had a moment to eat (and awareness of hunger), it was noon. So, I called it lunch. I won ...

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Wednesday - N day. Success.

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And, here's my 2 cents on No S and Marathons.

I've been "doing" marathons (combination of walk/race-walk/run), and No S. My training days are S days (even if they're not on a weekend). Sometimes, I do find that I'm hungrier for a few days after the long training or the marathon. I've managed to ...

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Yes, Janie - good work not eating the leftover food off your son's plate.

You know, I thought once my kids were older, I wouldn't need to do that anymore. At dinner, my 14 year old son left a portion of some sweet potato on his plate. Well - I knew I couldn't eat it, because I had already plated up ...

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At the risk of not being very original, Blue, I, too, love your blog on common sense. You have a great Blog. Thanks for putting the time and energy into it!

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Monday - N day. Success.

Tuesday - N day. Success.

Both days, I had more hunger during the day than usual. But, it felt sort of good. Although, tonight, it didn't feel so good to feel physical hunger one hour after what I thought was a good, sufficient dinner (roasted roots, and steak!. we never ...

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I just want to write to express my gratitude to Reinhard, and to all of you posters on this discussion board. I am always impressed by everyone's wisdom, and insight and sensitivity.

My father, who died last year at the age of 90, was obsessed with food, but never controlled by it. He LOVED ...

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Hey Debs -

Congrats on a reasonable expectation of success. 75% success is good, and, it sounds like your day today, which is not entirely a success, is still a good day. You had S events, but you did not turn the day into an all-out eating frenzy.

With the stress of getting your office having ...

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Just wanted to second "this is not easy." Yes - No S makes sense to me, and it's been really good for me. But it is not always easy.

For me, seeing that I really was looking FAT was the thing that motivated me to try harder. At other times, that knowledge has had the opposite effect and it has made ...

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Hi Anne -

One of the things I LOVE about No S is that you can have all those wonderful temptations (unless they are sweets) and restaurant lunches and restaurant dinners. Virtual plate, if you need to, but you can have anything you want (just one plate full at meals). You could make 1 of your NYC ...

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Great to hear about your YELLOW day. Sounds like we really have been struggling with the same things, and coming to the same solutions.

To continued success!!

Enjoy your N day tomorrow!

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So glad that my S day ramblings could be helpful to you, Janie.

So - Saturday went well. 3 regular meals. 1 snack between lunch and dinner. 1 sweet after dinner. and, finally, a huge bowl of popcorn at 10:00 p.m. or so. That popcorn felt a bit permasnacky. It was big, and lasted a long time. But so ...

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My thoughts are with you. I am so sorry.

Be easy on yourself. This is a very difficult time.

-Karen

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Hey Janie - Thanks for the message. I actually know those kids. Played at an Ann Arbor festival with them last spring. (well, we were both hired...They played in one hall, I played in another). They're great. Small world. I don't think they'd remember me, but probably if you say to their mom (who I ...

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Wow...Cukes instead of chocolate. Nice work, Debs! Seems like you're on a roll. A good roll. (not a Cinnabon, or anything like that).

Stay healthy. Keep up the amazing work.

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Thanks, Debs!

Friday - N day. Success.

Saturday and Sunday coming up. I'm looking forward to trying my new technique. Instead of being an idiot, and disregarding the "sometimes" in S days, I'll plan at most 2 snacks and 2 sweets on Saturday and the same on Sunday. *And 3 meals each day* I'm really ...

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Thursday - N day. Success.

And, Nautilus at the Y, and 1/2 hour of cardio. Yippee.

Friday should be no problem.

Saturday and Sunday - here's my plan. Each day: 3 meals, up to 2 PLANNED snacks and 2 PLANNED sweets. I know that seems like a lot, but it's MUCH less than my idiot S days. I would ...

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Wednesday - N day. Success. And, a solid one hour of elliptical. I've been treating all my walking as exercise, and it is. But I really need a more aerobic workout, if only for my mental state. So, I'm going to try to be better about fitting that in, even if I've walked three hours during the day ...

KAxelrod

Friday - N day. Success. (air travel, but kept it to 3 meals)

Saturday - S day. I wasn't a total idiot.

Sunday - S day. Marathon day. Once again - not a total idiot. Did Gu and other stuff like that throughout the marathon, but didn't totally pig out afterwards, like I usually do. (but even if I ...

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Thursday - N day. Success. At dinner, I allowed myself a big, full plate of salad (just greens), and then my plate of dinner, but I'm still counting it a success. I was doing this in September and October, when we had great greens from our CSA, and it felt like it still worked for me. Where the ...

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Arrgh...How very frustrating!

I can't speak to the issue of whether as a hypoglycemic you should be eating more, smaller meals daily. It definitely sounds like that might be the issue. And, if it is, I wouldn't want to convince you to stay on No S. Or maybe it would make sense to do No S, but with ...

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You are psychic, Noel. At the end of my last post, I was going to say that my impulse would be, once it "became" an S day, to go all out, and return to my binge/down the hatch/uncontrolled behaviors. And I was impressed with the fact that you were only talking about cookie bits. Lo and behold, I ...

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Debs - I loved going to your myspace page and hearing your music. Thanks. More later on music and dog walking and life.

For now...Tuesday - N day. Success. My dinner plate had some fuzzy real estate dealings. I didn't put the concord grapes and pomegranate on the plate, and if I had, it would be a ...

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Nice Going, Debs!

I'm finally finding time to look at all the posts, and there is so much to be inspired and motivated by. I'm going to try some No Way Jose, too. (Especially when it comes to getting on the scale - one of my biggest undoers of commitment when the results aren't what I want!)

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And, Noel...even though you just declared it a failure, what you did is an inspiration. I've struggled with the same thing a few times, and what you did is what I should do the next time I find myself in that situation.

So..mark it a failure. But know that it was an inspirational failure.

KAxelrod

I agree with folks that if it helps, feel free to do a food log. However, as someone who also obsesses about food, I find that with No S, it's better for me NOT to do a food journal. I did that with WW, and other programs. The nice thing about No S is that it changes my relationship with food, and ...

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Welcome orangemeg -

Yes...No S is very simple. And straightforward. I've tried many things before, and this makes the most sense. I plan to do it for life, and not call it a diet.

The forum is great. I've been lurking, appreciating other peoples' posts.

I am also very active (I race-walk ...

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Hi Debs - Yup, I'm a musician. (and also a dog-walker when I'm not off at gigs). I play folky stuff - improvised English and contra dance stuff. And you?

Today - Tuesday - N day. Success.

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Monday - N day. Success. Had to Virtual Plate my dinner, because I ate food from Trader Joe's, on the way to a gig. But, it would have fit on a plate. So, success today being more strict with my one plate meals.

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Yes, Debs. I guess planning S days isn't the same as worrying about them. And, I like the guideline of having no more than three S's per day.

So, I did a bit better today - Sunday (S day). Not an all out binge, but more than the 2 snacks and 2 sweets that I was going to allow myself. Next Saturday ...

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Wednesday - N day. Success. Challenging, but I did it.

Thursday - NWS. Fun.

Friday. N day. Success. Challenging, but I did it.

Saturday - S day. BIG IDIOT.

Okay..I know I'm not supposed to "worry" about the S days, but I really do binge uncontrollably on my S days. And, I don't like it. So, I'm ...

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Tuesday - N day. Success.

Thanks, Debs. Have a good week, and a great Thanksgiving. I'm hoping that soon, soon, soon, I'll have enough time to be on the boards a bit more, and read daily check ins of all you folks who have such wonderful, supportive posts!

KAxelrod

Saturday and Sunday - S days.

Monday - N day. Success.

And, I didn't fish anything out of the trash on any of those days, Debs and Blueskighs!

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Friday - N day. Success.

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Thursday - N day. Success.

Ah...much better than yesterday. And, I forgot to mention, along with all the excess eating yesterday, I found some chocolate cake in the trash (mind you, in a nice bakery box, in the trash). I fished it out and ate it. I had a feeling it was something my daughter bought ...

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Wednesday - N day. Failure.

A day to learn from. I was making a big pot of baked beans mid-day. I had a tiny taste of it, just for spicing/tasting purposes. And then, another tiny taste. Somehow, that led me to more snacking. An apple. And then, I knew I was going to mark it a RED day. So, instead ...

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Thanks, Blueskighs. Yup...marathon. (I race-walk and walk it, I don't run it). I still use it as an excuse to eat tons.

My S days are still out of control - marathon or not.

Monday - N day - Success.

Tuesday - N day - Success.

Both Monday and Tuesday, my one plate rule at dinner was a bit gray ...

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Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - N days. Success. (even challenging Friday, with traveling, and the Marathon expo)

Saturday - S day - Marathon. Ate lots!

Sunday - S day. Post-marathon. Ate lots again.

Looking forward to Monday N-day!!!

KAxelrod

Sat and Sunday - S day. I almost wasn't an idiot, but...alas, I'm still an idiot on S days.

Monday - N day. Success.

Tuesday - N day. Success.

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Friday - N day. Success.

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Wedn. N day - Success

Thursday - N day - Success

Friday (traveling to Ohio - N day - Success

Saturday and Sunday - S days, with a fair amount of idiotness going on, on my part. But, I expected these days to be very challenging for me.

Monday - Failure (I knew it was going to be hard). Was ...

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Monday - N day. Success.

Tuesday - N day. Success.

Thanks, Debs, for your words about S days.

I can't wait until my schedule frees up, next Wednesday, and I'll have time to post, and look at peoples' check-ins, and read all the threads....

KAxelrod

Thursday - N day Success.

Friday - planned NWS.

Saturday and Sunday - S days. Uggh. Still not liking the ways S days are going for me. More later on that. Got to go to bed, soon.

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Nice to hear from you, Janie. Congratulations on forgetting to eat a meal on Monday! I love your take on the impossibility of walking around for a month with a candy bar in your purse!

Once my schedule eases up in November, I'll get to look at every else's daily check-ins and have more time to ...

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Tuesday - N day. Success. It is twenty minutes past Midnight. I am so hungry. But, I'm done working, so I'll go to bed, and NOT gonna eat.

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Friday - N day. Success

Saturday and Sunday - S day. Nearly an idiot on both days.

Monday - N day. Success.

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Wednesday - N Day. Success.

Thursday - N Day. Success.

Yet, another challenging weekend coming up. But, I'm doing fine with the N days. So, I'll just let the S days happen, TRY not to be an idiot, and if I am, mark it and move on.

KAxelrod

Monday - N day. Success, despite a migraine that started in the evening and was untouched by my meds. Okay...I threw up dinner at 9:30 p.m. Darn it - that dinner shouldn't have to count as one of my 3 meals. Just kidding. (I hope nobody is reading this. I know it's Too Much Information). I know I ...

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Thank you, SassyInkPen, Kathleen, Blueskighs, for your words (and humor).

I guessit is about me being honest with myself and figuring out what works for me. I feel fine designating certain week days "S," but I think I have to "plan" it, rather than let it happen. I knew that being at that Expo with ...

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Oooh...I just skimmed the thread about Kathleen's modification about making failure-proof S days. I like that. If I use this modification, seems like a good way to avoid "failures" in the future. But, for now, seems like I should just go ahead and call that Friday a "failure" and turn the square RED ...

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THursday - N day. Success.

Friday - N day. Failure. Shucks. Was at the Marathon Expo with all the free samples, got REALLY hungry and caved. Then I treated the rest of the day as an S day. But, since I didn't start out calling it a NWS day, seems like it's gotta be an N day "failure."

Saturday and ...

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Okay...I think I know the answer to this, but I figured I'd check.

Friday, an N day, I was at an Expo for a marathon (the marathon was on Saturday, a definite S day!). I got too hungry, hadn't had lunch, and finally gave in to my hunger and started eating all the free samples. I then treated the ...

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Tuesday and Wednesday - N days. Success.

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Saturday and Sunday - S days. Uggh. I fall into mindless eating, bingeing, etc. ALL the old, bad habits. I'll give it a few more weeks, but it might be time to have a proactive plan for S days (2 snacks a day, 1 sweet a day...something like that). I know my focus should be on enjoying myself on S ...

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Friday - N Day. Success.

I'm losing weight (I get on the scale once a week), but I REALLY don't want to be controlled by that beast. I'd like to TRY to not get on the scale until Nov. 1. I like how I'm eating, I'm VERY physically active. I DON'T need the scale to tell me how I'm doing. I know that ...

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Congratulations, Blueskighs. You are an inspiration. I love your posts on the boards, I love your blog. I'm so pleased that you reached your goal. A few weeks ago I even got a few fresh figs (not so great in Massachusetts) to put on my lunch plate, because they looked SO nice on your plate. But, I ...

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I second everyone's good wishes. (I can give seconds on an N day, just can't take 'em!). Happy Birthday, Reinhard. Thanks for all you've given us. I hope you have seconds, snacks, and sweets today (if you want them). Next year, I'm celebrating your birthday as an S day.

KAxelrod

Thursday - N day. Success.

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Wednesday - N-Day. Success.

Did a 16 mile training walk today, but didn't fortify with GU during the walk. I feel really hungry now, and I probably should have snacked a bit on the walk. But, I can go to bed hungry. Just need to figure something out for my training days in the future. I don't think ...

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Thanks, Debs and Kathleen for your kind sympathy about my yeechy pre-colonoscopy drinking! Uggh. All over now. And, I did indeed count it as an S day.

Today - Tuesday. N-day. Success. And this, despite fighting my migraine aura late in the day. Usually I want pretzels, goldfish crackers, chicken ...

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Sunday - S day. Ok, but once again, a bit out of control at night. But 2 out of control days/week is much better than 7 out of control days.week.

Monday - N Day. Success. I am bending the rules a tiny bit. I had a huge plate of salad, along with dinner today. This seems to work okay for me. I'll ...

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Friday - managed an N day (didn't have the food they gave me post-colonoscopy)

Saturday - S day. A bit out of control, but not too bad.

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Thursday - Exception (yellow on the Habit Cal). Colonoscopy prep day. Breakfast and Lunch I was no-S. I had a soda, and now I'm drinking the gallon of uggh stuff. Might have some jello later. I guess it's almost a legitimate N day. But, I'll rack it up to an "S" day (sick/surgery). Tomorrow, too ...

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Wednesday - success!

Tomorrow is prep day for colonoscopy. Normal breakfast and lunch. Then only clear liquids. And, then, the dreaded gallon of yeechy drink at 5 p.m. I guess I'll consider it an S day, since I'm allowed popsicles and jello, along with clear liquids. But, not a fun S day. By Friday ...

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Dear Donut-throwing Deb -

First of all - thanks for the posts on my Daily check in.

It was you - wasn't it - who threw the donut out the window last week? I just spent a bit of time looking at your Daily Check in. I am SO impressed with your journey and commitment through this. You are an ...

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Monday - N day. Success.

Tuesday - N day. Success. I did a slight modification that I feel okay about. Did a 20-mile training walk today, and had 2 packets of "Gu" during the walk (what I eat on marathons). It is a Sweet and it is a Snack. (Seconds on Gu? No thanks) But, the calories seem really ...

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Hey Betty -

I can very much identify with your minor slip up, to the full-out binge. And the feeling terrible physically and spiritually.

But, so much of what I see with all these No-S veterans is about NOT having the guilt about it, forgiving, and moving on. It sounds like you are doing that ...

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By the way, Debs. Congratulations on throwing the donut out the window. It's an amazing thing to start to eat something you have eaten mindlessly before, realize you don't want it, and fling it out the window.

I love the support on this board. Even thought I've just started No S this month, and ...

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Well - as long as we're talking about S days and donuts....

I was in North Carolina this weekend, doing a college visit with my daughter who is a high school senior. On Saturday morning, I was driving into Asheville, and saw a Krispy Kreme donut store. My favorite place to eat multiple donuts. Well ...

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Thursday and Friday - successful N day.

Saturday - almost an idiot S day. Did a 10 mile training walk, but still didn't "deserve" all I gave myself.

Sunday - today. A total idiot S day. Ugh. Arrgh. Back into bingeing. It's bedtime now, so after I do my HabitCal I'll go upstairs. No more mindless ...

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Wednesday - SUCCESS. Yay. This is with a drive into Boston for a gig, and a late night drive back home. (2 hours each way) Normally, I would have snacked the whole time. This time, I drank water.

Now - some more challenges coming. Flying today (which is always a snacking challenge for me) and then ...

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Tuesday - Success. (and over 10 miles of walking/race walking today)!

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Monday - success. Nice to be back on N days. And, this was even a day with airplane travel, where I tend to eat a bunch, not out of hunger. Just did my 3 regular meals, and no S.

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Sunday. Marathon in St. Louis. Lots of eating, especially after the race. Due to flooding, marathon got cut from 26.2 miles to 10. Ate the rest of the day as if it was 26.2 miles. Not moderate at all! Felt frustrated and mad at the organizers that they stopped us at 10 miles. I ate a lot today ...

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Saturday. An Okay S-day. The Marathon is on Sunday, and I tend not to be very moderate leading up to the marathon. It'll be nice to go back on N-days. I wasn't very moderate.

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Friday. Successful N day. And, it was a traveling day (flew to St. Louis for Marathon on Sunday). I thought that might make it more challenging, because I eat constantly when in airports and on airplanes. But, I did it. No S.

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Successful N day. I like this repetition. As someone else posted on these boards, it's nice to be boring like this.l

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Successful N day. Although that was a pretty loaded plate at dinner. But, I had just shopped at the coop and had a bunch of fruit that I wanted to have, along with dinner.

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Successful N day.

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Successful N day.

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Happy Birthday. Great news about your experience with the torte. So different, and so nice.

I had a similar experience last night. We went out to the coop to get desserts and bring them home. I had a small portion of a hazelnut/meringue-type cake, and my husband had German Chocolate cake. It was ...

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Another nice S day. I wasn't an idiot, but I certainly indulged. Went out for dinner and had tons of Caesar salad and a mussel appetizer. And ate bites of everyone else's desserts, but didn't feel like getting my one.

Looking forward to N day tomorrow.

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My first S day. It was nice. Today I did a long training walk for my marathon next week, so I was hungry. Had seconds at dinner. And dessert. But I didn't binge, or pig out. I wasn't an idiot. It all felt good. It was a successful S day. I might even have some fruit later tonight.

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