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~reneew

I was here years and years ago. I lost ver 40 pounds, then started to cheat and not stick with it. I gained a lot. Then 4 years ago I had a pulmonary embolism and freaked enough to start weight watchers. I was a point tracking saint! I lost 75 pounds. Then covid, weekends, cheating, and life ...

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I have discovered that I (for years and years) eat when I’m tired! I have hypothyroidism, so thats pretty much all the time. I think I got used to the food giving me energy. I’m trying to focus on KNOWING that, and knowing it will also wear off and what I really need is sleep. Drink water, have ...

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I’m a former noS eater from way back ten or so years ago. I always did well and lost weight… then would fall off track again, but was slowly decreasing. I love the whole idea of noS. It’s how my skinny parents, grandparents, and great grandparents ate.

Anyway, about 2.5 years ago I had a pulmonary ...

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Thank you for keeping it going this long. I wish there was an app! On the app, you could have the rules and explanation, a habitcaI, a journal, and a link to buy the book. Also maybe a link to the Facebook group (I found two, which is correct?). I’d be all over an app!

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So… doing Weight Watchers, I got down to 75 pounds total. Then, I started to get really seriously sick of the diet foods I had learned to eat. I was about ready to gag if I had to eat another egg or chicken breast. Slowly over the next year and a half have gained all of the WEIGHT WATCHER weight ...

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I just wanted to update everyone with whom I used to chat with on a daily basis. In Mach I injured my foot and was wearing a boot (should have been a cast because we found out later it was fractured) and in April I was on my hands and knees praying for God to help me once and for all to lose weight ...

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I just wanted to update everyone with whom I used to chat with on a daily basis. In March I injured my foot and was wearing a boot (should have been a cast because we found out later it was fractured) and in April I was on my hands and knees praying for God to help me once and for all to lose weight ...

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so in reality, the 3rd plate on Sdays is kind of my S and a controlled Sday really...

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Hm. Maybe I should do the 3 dishes (plates) on the weekend. I'd have a much better chance at success.

In answer to my plan, I have 2 plates of food a day. Brunch and dinner. I can't stand eating breakfast, I never really have and if I eat 3 plates a day, I gain weight fast. I don't know if it's ...

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Still more struggling with my cycle of failure-panic-extreme plan-fail-attempt a sane plan...

My current plan continues: 2 dishes of food (brunch and dinner) 7 days a week. Period. Nothing else. A simple sweet is ok since I'm not really a sweet lover but it has to be on my plate. It's sane. It ...

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Woah. That was quite harsh!
I see soooooo many similarities between Kathleen's thinking and my own. I have been here that long also and I think it's more of a strong will to not give up. Her strength and perseverance is what it's going to eventually take to beat this.

This noS chat group is meant ...

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I've lost 50 pounds twice in my life and although I was younger then, it all shrunk back in time. I've heard it may take 2 years and I think at was probably about right. Of course I've now gained it all back again after these years but it helps to think it will all shrink back to my age appropriate ...

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Haha joy of it... And mourning the loss... That's so right and I totally get it!
Today I was more tempted, (held firm) and I started thinking about habit and just cold turkey giving up snacking. And the feeling of it. To get to the point where it's not even debatable is my goal. Like going to ...

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Thank you! I didn't join team 2017. Im spineless right now. I think I remember commenting on it, but I cant find it now (probably right under my nose)
School has started and I have quit my teaching job in favor of getting my life back. The pay wasn't worth it and I need to get in shape. What I am ...

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Solid 2 great days.

Another good quote I just read here...

Put "maintenance and sanity" first, and you get weight loss as a bonus. Put weight loss first, and long term, you get neither.

that so is what I need to concentrate on right now!

~reneew

Thanks! Sometimes I think I'm typing to no one.

I was just looking at my noS history (on page 1 on this thread) which is quite bleak considering I'm higher now than when I started... but it reminds me that 5 years ago I had lost roughly 42 pounds (taking into account my terrible scale issues) and I ...

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Awwww. Thank you so much! It's true. I need much more positive self talk and doing that has helps in the past. Repeating my mantra. I'll start that again.

I, once again, caught myself in the panic lane of my revolving cycle... The one I've been repeating for 20 years... And was once again going to ...

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It's a sick cycle I'm on. Blow it, don't care, binge for days, stop and reality hits, panic, plan a severe plan like counting calories or eating one meal a day, fail over and over, then common sense kicks in and I realize that noS is sane and doable and if I can't actually do this, there's no way I ...

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Yet again, was way off track and panic hit... I'm gaining composure and sensibility. Back to noS. tracking on an app.

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Back on track and trying for 21...

July
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How are you doing? Come back!

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I think I'm just gong to go for the 21 day club again. It's a good way to jumpstart the habit, I certainly need to renew my expired membership, and I have 8 days good days done already... So why not!

21 days:
June
19- :mrgreen:
20- :mrgreen:
21- :mrgreen:
22- :mrgreen:
23- :mrgreen:
24- :wink:
25 ...

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Thank you skycat! It sure is a struggle to get going again. I remember when I was down 40 on noS thinking that it was odd to have a bad day. It seemed easy. I was in the habit. Sooo easy to fall ff the Avon when you're not vigilant.

I wrote this in reply to someone else and thought I'd remind ...

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I think hunger is good! Embrace it! Your body will adjust to the eating times and amounts soon enough. Also, if you don't let your body get hungry before meals, it has trouble telling you when you've had enough because it thinks you had enough in the first place!

~reneew

You have lost about 40 pounds on noS... Just do that again!!
Think of where you would have been if you'd kept going!!

Here goes week one of my final return...

6/19- :mrgreen: total success. Perfect! I was even on the treadmill for 30 minutes to make sure. Of course it was very difficult for me ...

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I'm a huge Pinterest fan and was wondering if there is any information on there about no S. I can't find any other than a person saving ideas that support it. It seems that people go there for information and this idea needs to be there. I'd post a link but have no idea how. Haha. Maybe someone has ...

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Me too! Thanks

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Me to! Ha!

I've update (grudgingly) my first post on this thread to show my Rollercoaster trend that I am going to now begin anew. I'm 5 below my heaviest. Pitiful. Here I go...

Day 1 of the rest of my life...

I did great today! Of course I suddenly wanted everything in sight. Even things I'd ...

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Well... Dang... I'm not doing so well... Trying to get my head on straight.

Vanilla is straight.

I'm reading the book... It's been 8 years I think

~reneew

I'm managing about 3-4 successful days a week and am down 15 from my highest. Which is about 5 down this round. At lest it's going in the right direction. I'm not going to quit this time. This is the plan. The only one that works for me.

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I e been keeping track of my weight and comparing things... When I eat one meal a day (dinner) I lose 2 pounds every day. From morning til morning. If I do 4 days in a row, I lose 8 pounds. So I feel empowered to lose weight fast by doing that, a guaranteed success. But looking back, I also lose 2 ...

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Well, now I want to see how much I will lose if I am able to do 21 days. I've done it many times before but it's been years and I'm back at max right now to prove it... I'm going for it!

Here's the link to the 21 day club: https://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=173&postdays=0&postorder=asc ...

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Still telling myself that other things will work, then I try them and fail. Why is it that I can go a week eating one meal a day when I know I will lose fast but I can't do even this.
Commit to the rest of the week perfect noS! As a matter of fact, I'm going to renew my membership in the 21 day ...

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Knowing this was my plan, struggling with weekends and probably only having maybe 2 successful days a week, I thought I needed guaranteed faster results. Of course. Again. Panic mode set in. For 7 days straight I was convinced that eating one meal a day in the evening was the thing to do. The ...

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I kind of fizzled February so I decided to be smart about what I gave up for lent this year. NoS completely wouldn't probably be doable but I need to work toward that, so I gave up snacks (eating between meals). I've bee successful for 10 days. I haven't needed more than a couple desserts but ...

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February :
It's the shortest month of the year! Do it!
1- :mrgreen: double good day 3 in a row
2- :mrgreen: double good plus treadmill
3- :mrgreen: double good
4- :wink: Sday
5- :wink: Sday terrible overboard snacking for super bowl. Ug
6- :oops:
7- :oops:
8- :mrgreen: I have strep again... My to ...

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You're right! Such a relief today was. Great success. I feel the need to track here where it can be read. I'm going to try To finish the month perfect vanilla.. Here goes...

Jan
23- :mrgreen:
24- :oops:
25- :mrgreen:
26- :oops:
27- :mrgreen:
28- :wink: but relatively tame s day
29- :wink: not too ...

~reneew

I guess my little motto has been staring me in the face the last 2 minutes. I had been doing well then Saturday came. I went to a Chinese buffet (always always a horrible idea) and ate too much. I had done fairly well last week but when faced with a scrumptious buffet... I cave. Big time. I did go ...

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I'm doing a bit better. The first week of the year was a total blow out. Holiday recovery is hard when my house is still full and we still have so many awesome high calorie treats around. It wasn't so much the sweets even, just the hordeorves and dip and snacks. I could have done it, but didn't well ...

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It's going fairly well..l Monday I blew with so many good leftovers and company still about. Tuesday was really good, today was good enough. I'm leaning to stick. The rules of vanilla and not frustrate myself trying to do it better than good.

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2017 plan:

I think what I've been feeling is panic. And a desperate scrapping for a plan that will guarantee results as fast as possible. I see that what I tried today didn't work for me so I need to do something else tomorrow... Day after day... Year after year. I'm generally a long term ...

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I really feel the need for a fresh start for 2017, and I don't want to lose my history here, so I'm going to bump it up until I get to a new page.

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I think what I'm feeling is panic. And a desperate scrapping for a plan that will guarantee results as fast as possible. I see that what I tried today didn't work for me so I need to do something else. I'm generally a long term thinker so this goes against my grain. I don't know why I do it. Looking ...

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I read a challenge by Maggie Mae I think it was and it was a challenge to stay on noS all year and not switch diets all year. She wrote a list of which diets she tried each month. The problem with me is that I don't try a different one each month, I try a different one every other day. I used to be ...

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I wish I could start a new page for the new year. i don't really want a new thread, but I want a fresh start. My hope for this Christmas is to maintain this weight because I never have through new years. I turn 50 in March, so I really want to get below a certain number by then. At least I have a ...

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Still maintaining a loss of 15.

What I need is a week of steady strong success... Starting tomorrow! Monday!

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My habitcal looks pitiful. I've been vacationing in Arizona, stressed at work, and just down right ignoring my plan... But I've managed to maintain. So Monday I got mad at myself and I've had 2 good days this week so far. This feel calm and sane... And I lose. Why do I continually forget that?

Go me!

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And I haven't had a successful day in a week. Good grief. At least I'm kind of maintaining... Ug

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My Saturday and Sunday were Good. They were basically what an S day should look like. Meals with a snack or two small snacks. Controlled and happy. I also stayed at the same weight from Friday morning to Monday morning so I'm very happy. I've Been "almost" having green days during the week. I need ...

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Thanks guys.
I've been on a rollercoaster again. I go up and down 5 pounds every darn week, just like before. I go up 5 every weekend and struggle to go back down again all week long. I take s days on the weekend. No longer. I am going to do noS 7 days a week and only make acceptions for true ...

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I'm down 15. Cool

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That's how it starts!

But seriously... For me it does. I'll be a saint and cave just once... then the slippery slope. I remember you mentioning the ring of fire once. I guess I'm not there yet. Haha. You're such a goal setter. Thanks for your wise words of encouragement once again.

~reneew

This s a copy of my first post here n my daily where I keep track...

Wink I record my best weight each month.

10/08 - 0 starting weight
11/08 - 15 - 20 down. honest. What am I doing? vanilla No S!
12/08 - 20 down, then I got over-confident, quit and it was Christmas time! I seem to always make ...

~reneew

I either make homemade pizza or get take and bake papa Murphy's because we are usually running around going to football games in the fall. It has worked in the past to make a small personal pizza. My problem is when I buy the big ones or my son brings them home from work. I think for a while I will ...

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Love pizza anytime myself. We have it Friday and I have to say I've been very good at not eating the pizza my son brings home from work every time he works. I told him to wrap it up tight and put his name on it. It works for me. Others may eat it but I don't. Making personal pizzas is the only thing ...

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I have a little motivational photo album haha. I need to dust that off and use it.

Yesterday was bad. I had seconds, and thirds, and fourths... On pizza. It's my downfall. I need to buy or make tiny personal ones or I basically consider the whole thing mine. family size. Family? What family? Haha

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Why did I leave? Why do I keep leaving? I'm stupid and impatient. That's all I can come up with. I've been here forever as you can see... Off and on. I ride a roller coaster, that's for sure. If anyone is interested in monthly weights and reasons for straying, see the first page of my daily check in ...

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4 excellent days! They weren't over restricted, I don't feel deprived at all, I feel successful and since Sunday night, I'm down 8 pounds already. If I tack on the 5 I was down prior, I'm down 13. Wow. Why in the heck did I ever stray? The next 3 days will be the test.

Be strong.

~reneew

I've been gong back and reading what I've previously written and seeing what my mental state was when it was working for me and when it wasn't. When I lost those 39 pounds, I was just steadily doing vanilla perfectly strict. So, obviously that's the plan. A couple months later I would skip a lunch ...

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Thank you for this post! How's it going?

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Even when I'm not losing, I don't feel insane.

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After realizing how much I had really lost before I have renewed faith in the long term and I'm not giving up. It's my daily plan. I just wish I could see a little bit of results.

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Two good enough days under my belt

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I just had a huge eye opener. On my very first page here where I have recorded my weight loss since the beginning when I started.. I was reading and noticed that I had lost a total of 34 which because of a broken scale was actually 39! Wow. That's a touch of motivation!

Go for 39 like I did ...

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I did it for a day.

I still believe it's what I should be doing so, here goes that!

Plan: noS with half of my plate being fruits and veggies, and record on your picture taking app.

(Sure wish Reinhard would come up with a cool app like that!)

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I'm mentally and emotionally bouncing all over the place. I know that part of my problem is that when I follow noS exactly, I don't really lose. I just read a post with someone having that same problem after 3 months with no weight loss and it popped in my head that she should try to have half of ...

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Keep thinking in an almost panic state. Then I want to fast til dinner, then I'll think I need to listen for hunger and stop at full. NoS is sane and when I follow it exactly, I do fine. Slow and steady. I just need to stick it out for a couple weeks to get the habit...

Do it

~reneew

Well, I've been successful maybe 2 day a week... Which has helped me to at least hold my weight. At least I'm not gaining. I feel a bit less panic... A bit more relaxed.

But... I need to do this!

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I've been kind of wish you washy with it. Almost making it p, then caving for a little seconds at dinner or sweets for an occasion in my head. Grrr... But I have maintained my 10 pound drop from week one. If only I could do that again. I'm a bit stressed with my daughter graduating and doing her ...

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Successful day # 2 in a row

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Haha that sounds encouraging haha

I do feel motivated today. Want a good week. Period. Hen I'll think about the weekend. For me e weekends really do blow any progress I make during the week. And the habit didn't carry over into the weekend like others say it will. I need a new mindset. One where I ...

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I had a successful day today!! Yay!! (Bout time)

I know this is sane and I've been insane around food for a long time again.
I feel good on noS. you know how when other say "I just can't eat because I'm worried" or "I'm too sick to eat"... Well, those moments are the ones that I turn to God for ...

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Only one successful day last week... Which proves only one thing. I am waaaaay out of habit and out of control. Get it back!

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S days have always been my problem. I feel great about where I'm at right now. I felt totally out of control. I feel that I've got one finger stopping the spin right now anyway...

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Definitely more than 10 pounds lost in a week. I'm down 13 since Sunday night. I know I need to factor in the morning/night weight and the fact that it was before and after a weekend, but I'm hoping and driven to hold steady to have a 10 pound loss Sunday night to Sunday night.

Driven, I said ...

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And another success today! And it's even a friday!
Day 3. Wow!

So tomorrow is going to be tough. I really really want to stick with it and allow one S per weekend day. I want to stay in control. I feel like this weekend could make or break it all for me...

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Successful day today! Woot woot.
I've thought about the problems with my weekends and it's always been my downfall. Even if I'm a saint all week, I do more damage on Saturday and Sunday than I do good Monday through Friday. So, instead of the noS book rules saying except on s-days... I'm going with ...

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Thanks you guys! It's helping! I did great today. I didn't eat too much either. I just kept telling myself " payout can do this..." I felt like the little engine that could.

I even walked on my treadmill... It's been a couple weeks...

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I've almost made it both Monday and today but got hungry and caved. What this shows me is that my stomach is used to frequent eatin and eating more when I do. Duh. So I'm going to focus on the and make sure I have enough on my plate when I eat so I can make it til dinner... THEN focus on not eating ...

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Oh man... I was like a pack an this weekend. Today was not really any better than yesterday. I'm at a new all time high. And it's honestly up 8 pounds since Tuesday morning. Yes it's evening, but still!! I so need to get on the bandwagon here... Full speed ahead tomorrow. I want a perfect week!

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Fairly cooperative rest of the week until today. It was a naughty free for all eat fest. I made homemade doughnuts for breakfast (I don't eat breakfast and haven't made doughnuts in several years) then felt sick until about 2... Ate a sandwich and some craisins, then for "dinner" had a huge bucket ...

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I totally agree with you. I have made that list many times and then it gets shoved in a drawer. I whole heartedly believed it and then it gets shoved to the back of my mind. I'm going to do exactly what you've said. Soon. My life is crazy right now.. Maybe this weekend. Thank you!

I had a perfect ...

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Im so glad to see that you guys still do the challenges every month! I started them years ago and did it every day for maybe 3-4 years. I lost 34 pounds then, but fell way off the wagon and am at an all time high. :( So keep it up people. Accountability is key! Im starting back but not ready to ...

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Looking back on my page one of record keeping here, I noticed that I lost 34 pounds doing noS. How could I have forgotten that?!?! That page is frustrating and encouranging all in one... but im keeping it. I also have everything written on calendars also. :shock: :? Yeah...

Lets do this Renee ...

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Impatience is my problem. I want it off now! And I seem to be an all-or-nothing thinker. I start out strong and if I blow it, I REALLY blow it. I have tried every one of my favorite diets, and also my not so favorites but ones that may have worked a little, in the past few months and I feel so ...

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Yeah I have several times... But thanks. I'm always up for new ideas... I think impatience is my problem

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Day 1 success

It's all down hill from here right?

The first step and all... Haha

And to make it official, I'm going to update my page 1 here with my progress.

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I still haven't been very committed... Well at least past 8:00am. Ha. But the last 3 days I've managed to almost do noS and I've lost 4 pounds. I say almost because I work mornings and although I eat a great small lunch at work, I come home and think I need to snack. I need to just stick to vanilla ...

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I've almost been doing it.

If I could remember to drink my flavored water in the afternoon, I'd be fine I think...

Tomorrow is a new day

~reneew

Wise words, thank you

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Well... Update. I remained out of control, got up to a terrible weight, then decided I needed to break my habit of eating all of the time so out of control so I tried to eat one meal a day. After the second day it actually got a lot easier but the weekend temptations threw me off. Over all I did ...

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Still out of control and on vacation. All time high weight. I'm pushing my restart button right now.

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Thanks so much everyone! I feel so completely out of control right now. I know if I keep on the path I am on, that I will balloon to an even greater weight. This is my largest ever. I am terribly frustrated at my total lack of control.

Tomorrow I restart vanilla. Record on my new app calendar

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I'm pretty hit or miss... Hard to commit. I play mental games with myself. They range from counting calories, to NoS, to listening for hunger, to fasting.... Why can't I just commit and do it already?

HEY new page!!

This may be a sign! New page, new commitment, new me!

Starting at ground zero ...

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Well if there's one thing I've learned is that if I have 3 plates a day I gain period. Maybe it's my hypothyroidism, maybe just because I'm not hungry till 11:00, maybe it's all mental... I don't know, but 2 has worked in the past and that's my goal right now.

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I've had 2 great days surrounded by miserable ones, but today was classic and I thought I'd mention it. I started out the day determined to make up for the overindulging all weekend so I vowed to not eat until dinner time. I never eat breakfast anyway, so 5 extra hours between the lost lunch and ...

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Thank you for posting! Very encouraging indeed.

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