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Kodama

Today, I have met my goal weight of 190 lbs!

I started this past February at 246 lbs, so that's 56 lbs lost!

A few weeks ago, I went to the hardware store to pick up some supplies for installing some fence posts. I went to pick up some 50 lb bags of cement. As I lifted and carried them to my cart ...

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I met all my goals.

A successful September, except for last nights bike accident...

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic ... 9329#69329

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I could've done without the bike accident I had last night. Really, I don't mind a nice boring (safe) ride home.

It was on the way home, about 3 blocks from my house, the bike's front wheel fell into a deep groove in the sidewalk (going downhill fast). My bike spun out into the street, I fell ...

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I just read your post Marc and you are right about coffee! I had some decaf after dinner last night with a little skim milk and pretended it was dessert lol. It def helped.

I have recently found that many of my favorite teas with a little milk has the same effect. It cuts the hunger for awhile ...

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Today, I weighed in at 194.2. According to the BMI charts, this places me, finally, at a 'Normal Weight'!

No longer obese, no longer overweight, I'm Normal. Which means, according to most of my friends here in America, that I'm 'skinny'.

Yup, here in America, overweight is the new normal, normal ...

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Wow, that is a great poem!

BrightAngel, could you please tell us who the author is? What was your source? Please, Please?

Where am I? I'm happy to report I'm mostly in Chapter 4, slip occassionaly to chapter 3, and I can see hints of Chapter 5 up ahead.

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Cold7Play7 wrote: When I skip seconds, my mom tells me to not get anorexic on her.

When I skip seconds...

Like having seconds is the norm?!? If you stop and think about it, that surely indicates an eating 'disorder'. But I guess that would be disrespectful to say to your mom.

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bluebunny! Dude! Could you consider narrowing your pics? I have to scroll way to the right to read eveyone's posts on this thread now!

And don't forget to celebrate your goal weight when you reach it! Don't keep resetting it lower and lower till you disappear!

:lol:

I'd say celebrate big time ...

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Way to Go, Robin!

Welcome!

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Congrats James!

Kinda cool and a little funny. James decides diet idea sounds good. Quietly adopts diet and loses incredible amount of weight in a year. Makes first post of 7 brief sentences sharing his great success.

James, man of action and few words, I salute you! :)

(but of course, feel free ...

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Follow the Money, Luke... it will lead you to the dark side... profit, capitalism, greed.

Snacks = Money.
More Snacks = More Money.
so... more 'studies' appear that show snacking is good .

Just take the Red Pill, Neo. Awaken to the world as it really is.

Ooops, I'm mixing up my movies...

(Sorry ...

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<insert the Darth Vader Theme Song>

(go ahead... da, da, daaa, dum de daa, dum de daa)

"Come to dark side...

dark chocolate!"

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I too have defeated the fear of the 'hunger monster'. Hunger is not a monster, it's not the end of the world, it can at times be helpful, even enjoyable.

And I'm still amazed that sometimes I get really hungry and then, without having eaten, the hunger... goes... away. It's like hunger is a little ...

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A recent favorite of mine is a yogurt poured on top of 1/2 to 3/4 cup of granola. Maybe a piece of fruit, usually not. (Lunch is usually my smallest meal.)

Do check out bentos! They are more work, but great fun! I love the careful selection and arrangement of healthy foods too.

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Marc, if you'll allow me to repeat what I posted earlier: Sounds like that program took ONE person who was exception, and tried to use him to discredit BMI. Typical. You don't use the fringe exceptions to discredit the what fits the vast majority.

But the guy in the show, they found he was healthy ...

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Well, it's hard to say what's right. I can just see that I have a ways to go, and the BMI # for me seems to agree.

I'm also very wary of any documentary. Just look at all the crap that's on some Nature channels or Discovery channels. UFO garbage and all that. Even the 'History' channel puts on lot ...

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<sigh> Sounds like that program took ONE person who was exception, and tried to use him to discredit BMI. Typical. You don't use the fringe exceptions to discredit the what fits the vast majority.

My current BMI is 25.6 which indicates I'm overweight, which I am. I still have the tire...

Unless I ...

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The guy in the film had the willpower to maintain intake of a certain calorie count, and he put in the effort to carefully choose foods to fill that count, and he chose fast foods to do it? That's just nuts! He could've chosen healthy real food to fill that calorie count!

Getting fit isn't just ...

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Goal #1: Lose 5 lbs (Which would be: 199.1-5= 194.1)
Goal #2: Better No S Compliance than Augusts 4 Red Days.
Goal #3: Five Days Exercise Per Full Week. (At least 15 min of Walk, Bike, or Yoga)

Sept 1: 199.0, Success , #1: Walk
Sept 2: 198.8, Exempt (my 44th B-day!), #2: Biked TO Yoga class ...

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Nichole! Great Job!

As for me:

August goal 1, 3 or fewer Red days. Failed, I got 4.

August goal 2, lose 6 lbs. Success! I'm going to be UNDER 200 for my birthday on Sept 2nd! WooHooooooo! I think it's been 20 years or so since I've been under 200!

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I found another good one from yet another ancient greek philosopher:

Democritus: â€œThrow moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.â€

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That's most often credited to Socrates, sometimes Aristotle. Though it's well accepted that the idea of moderation was widespread even in those times.

I love ancient greek philosophy. (I may not KNOW much of it, but I greatly admire the bits I do know...)

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As usual, excellent advice from 'Berry! Succinct too!

I'm so dang wordy sometimes...

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By George I think he's Got It!

To that South Beach Dieter, my thought is: "Then you are probably eating too much!"

I really enjoy hunger now. I swear it makes food taste better! Also, if I sit down to eat and I'm not hungry, I know somethings wrong!

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Hi Jason,

#1: Virtual Plate: Use your imagination to put the 6" sub on an imaginary plate. Fit's pretty good eh? I think so. Now the footlong... doh! it hangs over the edge! Ok, how about if I imagine it cut in half and placed side by side on a plate? hmmm, well, in my mind it fit's ok... but to me ...

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Exactly BrightAngel! Mini-meals, or having 4 or 5 meals is then the key. I've read here that more than 3 meals works for many people. It's cool that No S Diet accounts for this! 8)

Grazing... hmmm, I'd like to read more about that. On the one hand, it seems to fit with what some scientists tell us ...

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I don't snack. Well, I do on occasion, and then I call it a Failure day.

Now that I've been practicing the No S diet, I really don't understand snacking. If one eats enough at a meal, then a snack cannot be to satisfy hunger. So I guess that leaves snack for pure pleasure? Which I guess means it's ...

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Deb, cutting that much sugar from your habit sounds like a great idea. Now if only you can still enjoy the taste... hehe! am I right? :wink:

Hopefully you can. But if not, then maybe stick with your old 'recipe' but reduce from having 3 or 4 cups to 2 to 3?

Also, I know that most here don't like ...

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Wow! It sounds like you've made quite a discovery about how your body responds to carbs.

I'm very happy for you!

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What do we do when we have a No S Diet FAILURE day?

We "Mark it and move on."

Try not to let any post bother you too much. I know it's hard. I believe the overall balance of posts are quite nice and helpful.

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Well geez, thanks for pointing out my Failure yesterday renee! Gosh, I never claimed to be perfect...

Or, perhaps you meant the 200 lb hurdle? hehe!

Seriously though, thanks for noticing!

It's weird to start typing my weight with a 1 not a 2... a good weird though!

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I discovered Bentos a few months ago. It's really a lot of fun. And you are right, I don't have to eat asian foods. I still make a bento for myself now and again. It really encourages me to eat healthy food, in a proper portion. I don't dress it up too much, but I do like paying attention to color ...

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I am 6'2", 199 lbs. I know I have some weight left to lose, but I'm getting close.

Of course, it's difficult to tell from just a few lines of text, but it sounds to me like you might be near / at your ideal weight. You sound like you are active, and you report seeing increased tone in some areas. I ...

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Welcome Bunny! :)

My tip is to use the HabitCal: http://everydaysystems.com/habitcal/ . You don't have to use it forever, but think it's another great tool that will help get the No S Diet habits ingrained. Heck I still use a couple versions of it myself (but not the online tool). I really think ...

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Done...

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Welcome Josh!

â€œEverything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.â€

~Albert Einstein

So there you have it. The No S Diet would have been approved by Einstein!

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Um, yup, well... I'm the one who started that No S Diet team. As you can see it's so very active... NOT! :oops:

I started it after doing a search for a No S Diet team and not finding one. I see your friend Carol did find one! Dang! I wonder if teams can be merged! It seems the other team's leader ...

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Aug 12: SUCCESS BUT I am feeling a little frustrated today. I feel no different at all> My clothes are still as tight. I still feel chubby and horrid, despite the fact that I am not putting anywhere near as much rubbish in. I do feel though that this is a little psychological as I have been living ...

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Um, the pinch test is to measure Body Fat %

And BMI uses height and weight to calculate Body Mass Index.

They are 2 different metrics. Not methods to calculate the same metric.

BMI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index
Body Fat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage

But ...

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I had tried having V8 juice between meals and sometimes that works but I wondered what others do? Just ignore it? Does in between hunger usually dissapate after a little while on the program? I also find that I get pretty sleepy between lunch and dinner which is tricky if I need to drive!
Thanks ...

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I guess I'm kinda in a fog from hunger...

I thought he was maybe just mentally challenged AND generally offensive. I didn't put 2 and 2 together and recognize him as a troll.

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Congrats Marc! You've been working long and hard and achieved a psychologically significant weight.

I hope to join you soon!

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Congrats! And enjoy... him, your love together, your meal...

Enjoy Life!

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I had 3 red days in July. I lost 8.6 pounds, surpassing my goal of 6 lbs. My exercise program was good all month, so I'll skip monitoring that. All in all, July was a great month!

For August, I have an important goal of losing 6 lbs again, and if the last week of July is any indication, this will ...

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*** Last Week of July! ***

Let's all buckle down and end July with a GREAT WEEK!

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That was easy!

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Don't sweat it. Learning to control your S-days has to be done just as much as learning how to do the N-days. I think most people go through similar things when they are starting out too. And they learn a lot about food, dining, their relationship with food...

Keep at it, it's worth it!

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mimi wrote:Hey ya'll! I walked for 30 minutes this evening!

Go mimi GO!

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~reneew wrote:Quadopt and I are going to make a strong green come back for the rest of the month... just wanted you to know.

Can I join you two? Geez, I need to get back on the NoS Diet wagon!

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I do have reservations about the entire granola/energy bar and trailmix thing though. These are high energy foods aimed at people expending high energy, not for average day to day living. It's like how the guys on Tour de France consume those high energy bars and drinks. They NEED that level of ...

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Nichole wrote:I'm doing great! I have lost 5 lbs this month! I've past my goal of 140.

Everybody: don't give up!

WooHoooooo!
Congratulations Nichole!

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Indeed, Habitcal seems to be a powerful motivator.

Lil' confession: I stopped using the online habitcal, and started the method in my personal journal of the bound paper type...

However, I was marking "SUCCESS" or "FAILURE" with my black gel pen. Blaahhhh.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that ...

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Doing great! My primary goal: avoid inflaming knee pain, is going great! It seems that my plan of alternating biking and walking is doing the trick!

Another July goal of losing 6 pounds seems to be on track.

But I do have 2 RED days for NoS Diet. Hopefully I can keep that number of reds at 2.

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I bike commuted today, I'll take the long way home for Mimi, that should add an extra 20 minutes. Should be a great temperature for riding too! (upper 70's) I'll be thinking of you Mimi!

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Wow, magicman! I've really been impressed by both your progress and your positive attitude!

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I say, skip the OJ and eat the Orange! You get all the UNprocessed goodness, and fiber to boot!

Oh, but then I guess it would count as a snack...

That's wierd isn't it? OJ allowed, while oranges aren't?

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Oh yeah, I like those! I wear a size 10.5 shoe. For hand knit socks... hmmm, high quality wool yarn?... how about $15? We can negotiate. But hey, you first have to catch up on your sleep!

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No, I haven't recovered yet... I've noticed a definite plateau in my scale weight. Friday was a federal holiday for us as well, so 3 S-days really put a damper on my progress...

On the bright side, they were wonderful S-days! So I figure it's all good!

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Like Bushranger, I weigh and measure as well. Only I weigh daily, to input into a trending formula based spreadsheet. I measure my waist, hips and neck monthly. (Waist to Hip ratio is supposed to be an excellent health indicator).

With a properly done 'Trend Weight' (which is what I report here ...

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Also, setting goal weights and deadlines often has more of a damaging effect than positive. I find checking weight once in a while just to make sure I am on track is much better than being anal about it. Daily fluctuations in body weight make weighing yourself more than fortnightly completely ...

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I'm in. I think my weak spot is exercise and exercise moderation. If I was younger I'd bike to work every day, but it seems my knees are not up to that.

So I'm going to track my Weekday Biking and Walking in a simplified way, so I can keep track of how much I'm doing of each, and monitoring ...

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magicman,

You ask, s BF% accurate? Well unless we get the water dunk lab test version of body fat, it's quite true that the alternative measurement methods have inherent inaccuracies. I also wouldn't doubt that with more body fat on a person, the inaccuracy rises. So if you think your device is ...

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hee hee!

With the other thread about how snacking is ubiquitous with our kids, makes me wonder if that video might foreshadow a time in the future when our kids become senators.

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Is it a paradox? To enjoy your food more, eat less often!

Sounds strange, but it's true! mmm,mmm is it true!

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wosnes wrote:I like Mark Bittman, too.

I've never heard of Bittman so I looked him up. I see he has some cookbooks, and 'Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating". Is that the one you like?

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Big Food uses all the marketing psychological tricks to sell more of their 'food'. Child or Adult, we are all susceptible to their siren songs. Even the strongest will can be weakened or broken. So I DO blame Big Food Corporations and modern capitalism's never ending quest for larger profits and ...

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oooh, thanks for the link! I'm a big Pollan fan.

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Another Challenge, ~reneew? Heck yeah! Um, I mean yes please.

I'm pleased with this month. One Failure (hopefully no more). As I've said, I really enjoy eating this way.

Oh, um... I'm sure there must be some men's rings with emeralds. So... do I get one too? Just a small emerald, but lot's of ...

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Hi magicman! Yeah, while I was cleaning up the basement, I came across my old Tanita scale, that I thought was broken. The lens over the digital readout had cracked apart and a few pieces of the lens are gone. On a whim, I changed the batteries and it worked! I feel like such a dope! Oh well, at ...

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Moderation in all things, including moderation. - Petronius

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Hey Marc, at least you get to recover on an S day. So, your ship veered off course for an unplanned visit to Redwine Island... Should'nt ruin the whole voyage unless you stay on the Island too long, which I'm sure you won't. ( DON'T , if you need to have a friend tell you.)

Did you say chocolate ...

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Week 4, lost 1.7 pounds (very nice!)

Total weight loss 5.9 lbs.

This week, I've been making bento lunches: http://justbento.com/

I used a 2 cup square rubbermaid container for my bentos. It seems like it's less food than I'm used to eating for lunch. On friday, about 1/2 my bento was a mesclun ...

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hmmm, that's very interesting. Seems to make sense too. It sounds as if maybe there may be some benefits from alternating SG's.

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mimi wrote:No one should have the power to make us feel badly about ourselves.

This is something that has dawned on me recently.

Don't Give them this level of power. Don't Allow them to take it.

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Wow Jocelyn, you have quite the Success Record going on eh? Congrats!

Don't Break the Chain! http://snipurl.com/k9osz

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A tornado you say?

Likely story...

Fess up! You just wanted to binge!

All kidding aside, I'm glad you're ok!

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Good point Kathleen.

So we can add that we should also treat our food, and our dining... reverently. I like that! It fit's in with the Temple analogy.

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What's mesclun?

Mesclun (pronunciation: MESS-klunn) is a salad mix of assorted small, young salad leaves. The mix varies depending on the source, but it may include lettuces, spinach, arugula (rocket), Swiss chard, mustard greens, endive, dandelion, frisÃ©e, mizuna, oak leaf, mÃ¢che, radicchio ...

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There's been a few comments lately disparaging the concept of 'food only as fuel'. For the most part I'd agree. But the topic reminded me of an analogy that I tried to work out for myself many months ago:

We've all heard the phrase: "Treat your body as a temple." or some such. I think it has ...

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Thought I'd share my 'Summary Table' of my google doc weight loss spreadsheet. Goal weight of 190 is my best guess that I think I'll be happy with. Goal date of November 1 has special significance for me, very very special. The 2nd line: Weight Loss / Week is calculated from the last 30 days, so it ...

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Week 3, no FAILURES, lost 1.4 pounds (nice!)

Total weight loss 4.2 lbs.

I'm in the 21 Club! And today happens to be an S-day. We went out to the Mennonite Farmers Market first thing in the morning. I wanted to pick up just a few veggies for grilling. They had mini-pies! And one was Strawberry ...

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Twenty One days, No RED!. I've lost 4.2 lbs in those 21 days.

It seemed to come pretty easily for me. I really enjoy eating this way.

As to the No S Diet and Reinhard I'd like to say: WHERE WERE YOU 20 YEARS AGO!? hehe! Could've saved me 20 years of fattening up.

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Wow! Special Times... ENJOY!

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10 Things You Need To Know About Losing Weight
1. Don't Skip Meals
2. Use Smaller Plates
3. Count Your Calories
4. Don't Blame Your Metabolism
5. Protein Staves Off Hunger Pangs
6. Soup Keeps You Feeling Fuller For Longer
7. The Wider The Choice The More You Eat
8. Low Fat Dairy Helps You Excrete ...

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My mesclun will be ready to begin harvesting soon. Three small roma tomatos appeared today, my other tomatos all have flowers, my slicing and pickling cucumbers have flowers. Still waiting for flowers on my green beans and lima beans.

If I can just keep plant disease and critters at bay, I'm going ...

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CONGRATS STRAWBERRY!

(Does this count as a belated congratulations? heh! oh well)

ANOTHER success story! Wonderful to read!

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KCCC wrote:On Monday, a colleague returned from a trip, and brought me a huge bar of European dark chocolate with almonds - very thoughtful of her.

It has been sitting on the corner of my desk since then.

Way to go KCCC!

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Nice work...

Keep this up and in a few months, you will freak out looking at the chart history.

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Ok, if evidence is mounting that junk foods can be addictive, then isn't the usual prescribed solution to go cold turkey? An alcoholic can't taper down, he must cease! How to go about that is the tricky part, eh? It's only if one is NOT addicted to alcohol that one may enjoy it, in moderation ...

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Marc,

That sounds like a challenge for me to catch up! (and I know it was in jest) I'm not one for competition with others, I'd rather view it as we are all on the same team. And I'd bet you'd agree! :)

Next, I'd like to return a compliment and tell you that your progress and your weight goal ...

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To those who view crisps is such a dim light,

That'd be me... But I just want to clear up that I'm a big believer in individuals. As similar as we can be, we can also be VASTLY different, both in how our body works, and our minds (psychology) too.

When I give 'advice', it's from MY perspective ...

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I'm kinda with marc on this one.

Potato chips are not food. I classify them as another type of S that Reinhard didn't mention: starts with S, has four letters, rhymes with "fit", and I don't want any of THAT on my plate! :shock:

If I really want some, it can wait till an S-day. Even then, I'll ...

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So it seems that our genes determine our weight after all! Hmmmmm.....!

Although our genes may have some say in our bodies 'preferred' weight, genes do not account for the obesity epidemic. Which, if I recall from the No S Diet book, can roughly be said to have started in 1980. Genes, and ...

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Hi Betty, I've been married 22 years. In my experience, I cannot 'make' my wife do anything like dieting, it wouldn't be in my best health interests... :lol:

As much as we may love our better halves, I don't think it's wise to push them towards something as personal as weight loss. I think it's a ...

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My second week of No S went just fine. I'm losing about a pound a week. Seems like I've taken to No S like a duck to water.

It is sooooo nice seeing that my weight is continuing to decrease, AND I'm not spending all that time and energy tracking calorie intake. That was SUCH a drag.

I'm taking a ...

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I found it interesting that, basically those who store fat easily would be those who survive starvation periods. In essence, they are the ones who are evolutionarily superior (in times of scarcity). In the modern age of excess, this has flipped to become a detriment. Which way will the human race ...

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Not even a full week and i gotta say, this is a lot of fun! Thanks so much for kickin' it, renee!

It really makes it seem like we're all in this together!

Give it your all, everyone!

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(Apologies if this post is in the wrong section.)

I twanged my upper back today doing degraded beasts (Yes, those are all medical terms :lol: ). It might just go away by the end of the day.

If it doesn't and I feel it best to skip shuggin tomorrow, I suppose that would count as a Red, Failure day ...

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From Reinhard's video of flip the lever, it seems that the momentum of the swing is doing a lot of the work. Perhaps it's just the way it looks, or maybe that's what was intended.

Allowing this swing seems to make the exercise way too easy. So I've been experimenting with slowing way down with the ...

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He plans very well and actually meets his goals... can you imagine! :?

Yup, I do my best with my goals too, but if you look at my graph: http://i39.tinypic.com/2ujjmlh.png , I'll bet you can spot my little 'skiers ramp' toward the end of april... :lol:

Still, I'm kinda... shucks... kinda proud ...

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