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TunaFishKid

Gotta love The Onion -

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"TunaFishKid" said:

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, my now defunct innards are not so happy, either, and I never did more than a brisk walk during my pregnancies, lol."

Well, actually, it kind of does! Not that you have that problem, Tuna, but that it may have happened to me anyway, so ...

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Just read about your accident. Hope the foot's feeling a little better today.

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Flashback....anybody else remember the "20 Minute Workout" on tv?

Did them every day! "They" said, if you have been jogging or exercising regularly before you became pregnant, you can continue doing so all through-out your pregnancy. And I did, but my now defunct innards are not thanking me ...

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How was the tuna sandwich?

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I had a tuna fish sandwich for lunch yesterday and it was absolutely delicious! I was unable to get in a fourth meal yesterday because I was busy all day, but it wasn't a problem. I did a little throat-clearing after dinner (a GERD symptom for me) but it wasn't too bad.

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Oolala, I've read a lot of your journal (but have a lot of catching up to do) and we have so much in common...except of course that you have been successful on No S, lol.

You're right about the desire to be good, or to be saved, and also about the brain anticipating. But you nailed it when you ...

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Why are you "tunafishkid"? I saw your name and it reminded me that is a great go-to meal for me in my attempts to avoid refined carbs. :)

Hi, automatedeating ! :) It's sort of a nickname my father gave me because I loved tuna fish sandwiches so much when I was a kid. When I discovered No S I was ...

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I'd forgotten Tamilee Webb. My first Buns of Steel workout was led by a very laid back guy with a beard, lol. (Ok...google says he was Greg Smithey.)

And I'm glad to know I'm not the only one trying to buy things I already have. Thank God for that feature on Amazon.

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LifeisaBlessing wrote:Bess Motta!

Omg, yes...Bess Motta! Love that big 80's hair.

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I'm back after weeks of diet obsession. Thank you oolala, Merry and miliem for your helpful suggestions. I just have a lot of stuff to work out, I guess. I'm pretty sure my dieting obsession is just my particular expression of anxiety. I also think that getting a handle on my dieting obsession will ...

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LOL! I've been MIA for a while, but when I read this I had to chime in.

Oolala, I'll see your Firm tapes and Zumba DVDs and raise you a Sweatin' to the Oldies tape and a couple of Buns of Steel tapes!

Omg, I have all those and more. Denise Austin, Callanetics, everything Jane Fonda, and that ...

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Man, when I fall, I fall. Two days ago I started reading the success stories on a certain diet doctor's website which I will not name, just in case anybody else might fall prey like I did. And then I went out to Trader Joe's and stocked up on all the "right" foods. Which, after only two days, left ...

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Could I have really turned a corner and left forty years of overeating/dieting behind for good? I'm almost afraid to say that out loud but I never felt this relaxed before. No S has always been hard and almost diet-like for me. This feels very different.

Okay. I guess I shouldn't have said it ...

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That one's really funny!
plz add some new stuff make some new intrusting categories.its a friendly advice otherwise its boring
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I don't know...I think this forum is plenty "intrusting" and my testosterone ...

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People like to help...especially those who love you. If you made a comment about your double chin, then your sister who suggested you slim down was not necessarily criticizing you, she was agreeing with you and (in her mind) supporting you.

As hard as it is, try to avoid discussing your appearance ...

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oolala53 wrote:Who knows what it means and what will happen? Enjoy!

Good advice. Stop analyzing and enjoy.

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I found some time ago that the more relaxed I was about my eating, the better things were. On the other hand, when I used to get upset about my out of control eating, I think I ate all the more.

This is so true. I guess some of us use food to soothe ourselves, even when what we're upset about is ...

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I'm in a good place right now. My N days haven't all been perfect, but the couple of slips I've had weren't a big deal and I just moved on. My eating is more relaxed than it ever was, and I'm feeling really well. My blood pressure is now on the low side of normal, and I haven't taken any medication ...

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Thanks so much for your continued support and encouragement, oolala. I really appreciate it. I didn't realize it until you mentioned it, but your assumption is correct - I'm not feeling rotten from my eating. Haha...that's awesome! Why don't I know things about myself before someone else points them ...

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It's been a couple of months since my last check-in. I haven't been NoS-ing, but I haven't been dieting, either, which in itself is a victory. Oolala, your post comparing dieting to religion was instrumental in helping me work things out.

My weight has remained weirdly stable this year. I was 169 ...

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Reinhard on between meal coffee -

I drink my coffee black (and
strong), usually, but that's mostly because I like it
that way. I don't pretend there's a huge health/weight
loss benefit in doing this, and when I do put
something in, it's something real. The amount of time
people obsess about the ...

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Wow, oolala... Not offensive in the least, and a lot to think about. Seriously, thanks. I only dropped in to say this so you wouldn't think I was offended.

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Thank you, oolala53 . You really seem to understand what's going on with me.

I've fantasized about all the purported advantages but the thought of my beloved cooked grains just makes me sad, so far. I don't rule it out, though.

Yes! When I realized at the end of last year that I was actually ...

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I don't even want to talk about it...actually went low carb for a couple of days. A day and a half, to be exact. The only result was a day of bingeing. Seriously, I should have gotten over this a looooooong time ago.

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oolala53 wrote:Be gentle with yourself over the past. And tough when the moments of choice come in the future. We usually do it the other way and it hasn't worked.

Whoa...gold in there. Thanks.

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Omg. I decided to read through my journal and found this, from 2009 (emphasis added) -

The most interesting thing I've noticed after my first week on No S is how good I feel. I must have been eating A LOT to feel so much better from just eliminating snacks, sweets and seconds. I haven't had any ...

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It is amazing to me that I am reading your posts for the first time and seeing myself quoted.

Unfortunately, I've seen that this whole topic continues to take an inordinate amount of my time, too, like you saw that diet talk/reading did. I still haven't found anything else quite as compelling. But ...

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lpearlmom , I'm glad you posted what you did, and I'm glad that I was able to read it before you edited it out. I should have responded earlier. I understand completely. As a matter of fact, I posted in my journal today that I was feeling jealous of my husband's success with low carb, even though I ...

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My husband and I just got back from a 4 day weekend trip to celebrate the Christening of a niece's new baby. My husband has been on a low carb diet for the past six weeks and has lost 16 pounds. He went off his diet over the weekend, mainly because we were eating out and eating at their home, and it ...

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I can't stand the sight of eggs, bacon, cheese, steak....anything remotely related to low carb dieting.

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Derek Walcott died last week. I never heard of him before learning of his death, but he was a poet who wrote this beautiful poem that made me think of how much the No S journey means for some people (like me) beyond weight loss.

Love After Love

The time will come
when, with elation
you will ...

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oolala53 wrote:That's his no S rule: no sugar-coating.

Lol! Another very good No S!

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I see four Amazon ads for yoga and stretching dvds, which I was browsing recently. So it would seem that the ads are based on your personal history.

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My sister, who knows I'm NoSing, just sent me this link -

http://lifespa.com/dangers-of-frequent-eating/

I did a study based on my book, The 3-Season Diet, in 2000. We had the group eat 3 meals a day with no snacks and measured weight loss and a host of psychological factors. Within two weeks ...

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Has anyone ever seen the tv show "My 600 Lb. Life?" It's about people having weight loss surgery. On an episode I watched recently, the surgeon was counseling a new patient on the necessity of losing weight before surgery. He told her to eat three meals a day, nothing else. She asked him if it was ...

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Doing really well. As of January 23 I had one red day (I popped a chocolate in my mouth on Jan 2 at 9pm. Don't know what I was thinking, lol), one non-weekend S day, and 14 straight green N days. And then my sister called and told me she was going to start doing paleo. And then I started surfing and ...

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Personally, I think the first chapter is great as is, and would absolutely buy the audio book if the rest of the chapters were of the same quality as the first.

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Just discovered this and it's great! I've listened to it every day this week and want more! I will definitely buy the audio book when it comes out.

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Thanks, kaalii. I'm afraid it has taken me a very long time to "get it." I've been a member of this forum since 2009, and I'm pretty sure I knew about No S before that...can't remember anymore. I guess some people are just slow learners, lol.

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I forgot to mention - No S cured my GERD. I started having acid reflux twenty years ago and it got so bad I ended up on proton pump inhibitors, and was told I'd have to take them forever. When I do No S, I have no reflux and need no medication, not even Tums. However, when I stop doing No S, or go ...

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My journal seems to have become more of an annual check-in... :lol:

I succumbed to the lure of dieting a few times this past year, but the diets never lasted more than a week or two at most, and afterwards I got back to fair approximation of No S each time. My most recent diet (low carb again ...

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jackn wrote:...the simple error of 'if it's good, more if better'...

I had a teacher in elementary school who called that "The Lottle Principle", as in "if a little is good, a lot'll be better." (That joke works better said aloud than in writing, lol.)

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I realize the OP hasn't posted since starting this thread back on January 22, but I had to reply in case anyone else has a similar problem and sees this thread.

In the past when I was on a very low carb diet or a very low calorie diet, I had insomnia. It was from being in ketosis. It's just a ...

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Thanks, Queenie.

Last two days have been good N days. It's nice to be back on No S. I forgot how good it feels to get hungry, and then satisfy that hunger with good food.

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Thanks, gingerpie.

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I'm still here. December was weird. I came down with a bad case of the flu on the 7th (despite having had a flu shot in November!). This was bad news, since the family Christmas is at our house every year, plus we were hosting a huge first birthday party for my grandson the day after Christmas!

A ...

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So apparently I'm not good at journalling, lol. Maybe there's a word for weekly check-ins. ;D

Loving No S! I had four S days this week! First there was Thanksgiving, and then on Friday we took a three day trip by car out to Pittsburgh for a christening and there were family gatherings and parties ...

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I've been on plan, despite having a bad cold and the house being turned upside down by remodeling. It's actually been easier with the cold, since I haven't had much of an appetite. I'm down another pound, to 186.

The amount of time I usually spend eating (between meals) or reading diet/nutrition ...

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Thanks for the kind words, osoniye , lpearlmom and RAWCOOKIE !

Taking another stab at journalling...

My weight this morning was 187.

Last night we had chili for dinner. I hate to make chili because I almost always end up with indigestion afterwards. Turns out it's because I eat too much . Last ...

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Oh, and I went on Amazon and bought Peg Bracken's "I Hate to Cook Book". I remember her commercials from the 70's...for frozen vegetables, or frozen meals, I think. I think I read her name here recently. Anyway, I thought a blast from the past would do me good and get me out of the "miracle foods ...

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Not doing too bad. I've had more green N days than red. I've lost three pounds. Doesn't sound like much, but at least it's a downward trend.

My husband is on board as well, which is great! He's a pretty good eater but really snacks all night long after dinner. Now his weight is up and he's ...

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Oy. So I'm back. I was very cocky back in December when I decided I'd "been really NoSing." :oops:

It didn't last long. I went back to dieting. I regained. At my last doctor's appointment I had high cholesterol and was classified pre-diabetic.

I do have some real dietary restrictions. I know ...

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I'm back. :) I left mainly because the diet talk was really triggering for me. I actually went on a CRAZY low calorie diet (which I will not mention) because of something I read here. It wasn't the fault of this forum, though. I was still looking for a magic pill and I'm sure I would have found that ...

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I nearly drove myself insane with intuitive eating. Am I hungry? Have I eaten enough? I never knew the answers and questioned every single bite of food I put in my mouth.

No S takes away all that insecurity and indecision. You eat your one plate of food. You finish it. If you're still hungry, then ...

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Dale wrote: However, speaking as a shorter, older woman, I believe that I can easily eat enough in three platefuls to maintain my weight, rather than lose it.

Have you tried it, and for how long? I'm not challenging you (honest!

), just inquiring.

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As I understand the book, the reason behind "No snacks, sweets or seconds except (sometimes) on days that begin with S" is because of the accounting. Lack of calorie/fat gram/carb gram accounting is the basis on which the No S premise is built.

I'm sorry to be sounding judgmental, I really am. But ...

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Over and over I have qualified my position about No S and calorie counting.

According to the No S book, they're mutually exclusive. No S is all about NOT being an accountant.

people who are well within the borders of obesity...
...especially short, older inactive females ....
frequently need ...

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IMO, that's the whole reason for No S! If you want to track calories, fat grams, carb grams, etc., there are a million places online to do that. No S is the ONLY place where you can be normal and completely ignore all the accounting and diet talk.

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Hi Pumpkin! It's nice to know there are other people out there facing the same struggles, isn't it? I'm glad something I said resonated with you. Best of luck to you.

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Congratulations on your success, and thank you for the advice in my journal (re: learning which posters to skip and which to read).

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Thank you for the kind words, Strawberry. The forum is great resource for communicating with other NoSers and for accountability. The problem for me is the diet talk. There's a thread going on right now in which the paleo diet, hcg, vegetarianism and the benefits of going grain-free are being ...

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It's so good to know there are others out there with the same problem. I'm still No-Sing, but trying not to visit the forum too often. Last week was really easy, NoS-wise, because I was on a cruise vacation and sick with a horrible cold almost the entire time, lol. So I basically stayed in my room ...

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I'm getting more and more clear that food is not my problem. Life is my problem! I need to keep honing my skills on life in between my meals; for me, food-healthy or not- has been the coverup, and I need to face it. Not really any more fun than facing down food has been, but what's the option? I'm ...

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Wow! I was reading oolala53's journal, and she said -

I'm getting more and more clear that food is not my problem. Life is my problem! I need to keep honing my skills on life in between my meals; for me, food-healthy or not- has been the coverup, and I need to face it. Not really any more fun ...

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Thanks for the wise words and the welcome, Kathleen.

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Thanks for the welcome, everybody. And welcome to you, Heddi.

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Was successful on Tuesday, not so much yesterday. We had friends over for dinner last night and I had two glasses of wine. I don't drink much at all, so those two glasses kind of loosened me up to the point where I reasoned that having a second helping and dessert was much healthier, mentally, than ...

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mimi wrote:..I reached my goal last week...my 40 pound loss...

Wow, congratulations! That's wonderful.

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LOL, oolala!

You're right about the media diet. I also need a diet diet. As soon as I start reading about or thinking about dieting, I'm in danger of backsliding. It's like an addiction.

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How kind you are, Mimi. Thanks.

I just had a bowl of Cheerios and a cup of tea for breakfast and was shocked when I realized that I wouldn't be eating again until lunch time. That's all the proof I need that I've been eating way too much.

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I'm reading this and feeling sad that I let it all get away from me. So many things have happened since I last posted in this journal. So much has changed. I have had major life changes and challenges.

Yet here I am, still trying to learn one of life's most basic skills - how to eat.

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Hi, everyone. I haven't been around in quite a while. I have been off dieting.

I think I've finally had enough.

I don't know if I have very much to add to the conversation right now, but I've been lurking and thought it would be a good idea to say hi.

So, "hi."

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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=7686468

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It also wasn't unusual for families to take a walk at night after dinner (weather permitting). Stop and visit neighbors and the kids played.

My own family's after dinner walk is another casualty of the exercise craze. My husband and I would like to walk after dinner, but he has two bad knees and ...

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Mom hung the laundry outside on a clothesline.

I remember my Mom teaching me to do the laundry with a wringer washer! I'd like to know the weight of all the wet clothes I lifted and put through the wringer - made easier, of course, by the adrenaline rushing through my system at the thought of ...

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I think you have to remember that you're truly not in control of your weight. You're only in control of what you do.

Oh, that's great! I'm going to put that on my fridge!

And July2010 , you did something great! For years I searched for the "magic pill", usually the perfect diet, that would melt ...

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I completely agree with the food aspect of the article, but not the exercise. People really did move around more back then. Kids walked to school, and Mom walked with them if they were little. Mom hung the laundry outside on a clothesline. Two-car families were rare, so she also walked to the ...

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And you know what else I noticed? People used to actually dress up to go to a lunch counter, heck I was recently at a funeral and nobody looked this good. Well, my husband and I did but we are "old school".
Thanks for the pic, looks like the Woolworths where I grew up.

Oh, don't get me started ...

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wosnes wrote: A friend of the family had the same problem -- only hers didn't fit in the dishwasher with two racks!

Holy cow!

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All our dishes are huge compared to earlier times, I have some china from my grandma, the cereal bowls are small, the tea cups appear almost miniature by today's huge mug standards and as said, the plates appear to be saucers compared to today's dnnerware.

I put one of my old coffee cups under my ...

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I had no idea dinner plates were getting larger until we bought new dishes last year. I'd had the same set of every day dishes for about twenty years. I finally got tired of looking at the same plates day in and day out so I bought a new set. Imagine my surprise when the new dinner plates didn't fit ...

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I haven't read this new book, but I'm familiar with Geneen Roth, and she's all about "intuitive eating" which is very different from No S. I tried it and drove myself crazy. You spend all your time asking yourself "Am I hungry?", and "Have I had enough to eat?". I had no idea! If I did, I wouldn't ...

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sheepish wrote:...I don't know exactly what is done to it in the US but, whatever it is, makes it taste of nothing to me...

Try organic whole milk. In "The Fat Fallacy" by Will Clower, he suggests a side-by-side taste comparison. I tried it and the difference is just astounding.

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Have you seen Reinhard's before-and-afters? He lost body fat and gained muscle, with only No S and shovelglove. I don't know offhand where the link is, but maybe somebody else does. If I find it later I'll post it.

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I got this in an email yesterday -

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health.
It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Australians, British ...

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/07/AR2010060704311.html

Takeaway quote: I suppose the real lesson here is to continuing to eat as healthful a diet as you can and to savor every mouthful, because you never know if it might be your last.

The death of K. Dun Gifford ...

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It is incredible to me that this No S Weight-Loss forum
which has such a history of kindness and acceptance
continues to express these
thinly disguised hateful, hurtful, and unkind insults against the obese.

You are quite right. There are very few people in this world (if any) who have said to ...

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RJLupin wrote: I think part of the problem is that we HAVE normalized bad eating behavior.

This makes it sound like all overweight people are sinful gluttons. It's not "bad eating behavior" that's the problem. It's bad food.

http://www.foodincmovie.com/

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reinhard wrote:"Eel, lamb and pork" can't really compete with Jesus Christ and the Apostles...

I must be in a silly mood today...that sentence really cracked me up.

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I don't know why I looked at that -- I knew it was going to make me angry.

That made me laugh out loud. I can't tell you how many times a day I say the same thing. I think I need to spend less time online. :lol:

I'm sick of "healthy" being the first adjective applied to food. Sick of it, I ...

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... trying to reach 30 Cooper "Aerobic" points per week.

Wow! Talk about a blast from the past! I read Dr. Cooper's "Aerobics" back in the mid-seventies. I haven't heard the term "aerobic points" in years and years. Thanks for the virtual time travel, lol.

For some good, cheap recipes, you ...

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I saw that, too, and thought "They can't even let chocolate Easter eggs alone!" Why must everything be "healthy" or "not healthy"? And, to make it worse, nobody really seems to have any idea what those mean anymore.

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Cortney, you must be the most organized person on the face of the earth! I can't imagine doing all you do every day. You won't believe the peace that No S will give regarding your weight, your food, and your family's food.

Welcome and best of luck to you!

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That's probably the best test of whether a diet plan is safe or not....asking, "Would I do this if I were pregnant?" With some of the diets I've been on in the past, like McDougall or Atkins, I would definitely have answered "no".

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When I hear someone say that fat people have no will power I always think "You have no idea what you're talking about." I had enough willpower to almost kill myself; what I was missing was the sense God gave an insect.

Now with No S, the sense/willpower ratio is reversed , and I'm eating in a ...

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I love the quote that goes, "if a glass of orange juice for breakfast or sugar in your tea are you biggest problems, then you don't really have a problem".

That was actually sort of the turning point in my switching to No S from years of lowcarbing on and off (more off than on , of course!). I ...

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I cut out coffee because it makes me eat more. It took me a while to realize that the constant gnawing feeling in my stomach was coffee acid and not really hunger. I actually discovered it by chance when I ran out of coffee one day and noticed I didn't have my usual growly, empty feeling.

(Full ...

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pirateman2k wrote:Paleo is the new Vegan.

That line really cracked me up, because I just watched THIS last night.

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I am really trying to incorporate Michael Pollan's "Food Rules" into my No-S menus.

Me, too. Okay, this is going to be a rant (and there's a connection to Food Rules .

I've mentioned it here before, but I'm sick and tired of hearing about healthy food: healthy food, healthy recipes, healthy ...

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