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3/14/10
brunch:
2 breakfast tacos
chips and salsa
coffee with cream

dinner:
pork loin
salad
peaches
grapes

30 min trail hike

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bacon and eggs

chicken breast sandwich
apple with peanut butter
grapes

spoon of peanut butter

roasted sweet potato
small filet mignon
grapes

popcorn

no exercise

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oatmeal

piece of quiche
left over potatoes
apple

roasted veggies
chicken breast
peaches & grapes
white wine

30 minute walk

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oatmeal

3 slices of leftover pizza
apple

2 chicken tacos
sliced peaches

handful of walnuts
swig of grape juice

Exercise: 80 minute walk

Today certainly wasn't a binge day, but it wasn't technically a green day either. I snacked in the evening and really felt like snacking the whole day. I think ...

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no bfast

lunch
other half of CS sandwich
the rest of the avocado chips
large apple

dinner
tortilla soup
canned peaches
2 glasses white wine

exercise: 80 minute walk

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I should clarify--I'm no longer nursing (as evidenced by the fact that wine is now a part of my dinners again). My daughter weaned herself. I am still lactating a partial supply though. It was well worth retaining this weight if it was indeed because of breastfeeding. I'm just anxious to move on to ...

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Yesterday was off the rails. I considered treating it as an S day because it was a kind of special occasion. We took the day off and went for an all day country drive looking at property. I didn't eat breakfast so pretty much worked on our bag of picnic food from 1pm right through bedtime. Easier to ...

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oatmeal

4 pieces of tuna roll
slice of quiche
apple

large serving roasted veggies
small serving of steak

no exercise (baby still sick with a cough)

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breakfast:
oatmeal and coffee

lunch:
2 beef fajita tacos
apple

dinner:
3 slices of veggie pizza
apple

no exercise today

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breakfast:
egg mcmuffin, hash browns, coffee

lunch:
chicken salad sandwich
avocado oil potato chips (too many)
large brownie

snack:
chocolate covered peanuts

dinner:
quiche
salad
2 glasses red wine

apple

sparkle

breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee

lunch:
2 beef fajitas with lettuce and cheese
apple

dinner:
small filet mignon
potatoes au gratin
salad
2 glasses red wine

I am swapping my S-day with today and had my sweet. Reese's.
no exercise

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I think I just have to keep being patient. Now that my daughter doesn't want to nurse any more, it's just a matter of time before I stop making milk. This is just one more aspect of parenthood that requires patience and persistence. This is ironic since I had to work so hard to create a milk supply ...

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breakfast:
english muffin with peanut butter
coffee

lunch:
1 fish taco, 1 pork taco, rice, beans
lemonade
apple

dinner:
fried tilapia in mandarin chile sauce
steamed rice

exercise:
80 minute walk with stroller

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I have been faithfully doing No-S since late January, and am at almost a month of all green/yellow days. I have exercised 5-6 times per week for at least 30 minutes each time. I have very moderate S days.

My problem is I'm not losing weight. In the past, the way I've been eating, I most definitely ...

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Wednesday March 3rd

breakfast:
oatmeal and coffee

lunch:
chicken sandwich
fries

dinner:
2 beef fajitas
2 glasses of wine

exercise: 1hr 20 min walk

Still feeling lousy but the weather was so nice, had to get out.

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bfast:
oatmeal
coffee
apple

lunch:
chicken breast
oven baked fries
mango

dinner:
pasta with basil pesto, chicken, fresh mozarella
orange

No exercise due to self and baby having bad cold and cough. I'm considering it an exempt day due to illness.

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The baby and I are both sick today, so it will be exempt for exercise but still stuck to No-S.

breakfast:
2 eggs
3 pcs bacon
100 cal. english muffin with no added sugar jam

lunch (eaten really late):
chicken breast with skin
oven baked sweet potato fries

dinner:
cornish pasty (homemade by my guy ...

sparkle

breakfast:
oatmeal with coffee
apple

lunch:
smoked turkey sandwich
chips
diet drink
chocolate chip cookie
beer

dinner:
homemade pizza
2 chocolate chip cookies
glass of red wine

exercise:
1 hour walk

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I know it is really hard to focus on being healthy when you have a job you hate (or relationship problems, or illness, or money problems...the list goes on). Just try to be kind to yourself. I always try to treat myself as well as I would treat other people and find that helps me avoid negative self ...

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what a weird food day...road trip to baby shower
bfast
oatmeal, coffee

2pm
5 or 6 hors d'ouevres
2 vodka drinks
1 piece cake

5pm
sliced beef sandwich
chips
handful m & ms

9pm
chicken breast with skin
tortilla chips, cheese
orange

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Hey Donnao
Just reading over your comments this week and wanted to say that it sounds like you are under stress of some sort and that it may be hard to think about food management under these circumstances. You mentioned you've taken Prozac in the past. Did you see a psychiatrist to get that ...

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breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with skim milk

lunch:
two big chicken tacos with cheddar, avocado,lettuce
canned peaches

dinner:
tuna steak
salad
rice pilaf
canned peaches

exercise:
55 minutes on EFX
5 minutes weightlifting (arms)

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Celebrated 21 consecutive days yesterday. Since January 17 have had just 3 red days. In that time I added in a Habitcal for exercise and have 16 days on plan so far. I won't say I've mastered No-S and daily exercise, but I have definitely learned to do them automatically.

No, I'm not really losing ...

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breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with skim milk

lunch:
taco (actually a tostada al pastor, but easier to call it a taco)
queso and chips

dinner:
4 bbq pork ribs
a few bites each of potato salad and cole slaw (was sharing with partner and baby, so not much to go around)
apple
1 glass of wine

exercise:
45 ...

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breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with skim milk

lunch:
vietnamese noodle bowl with pork
(not fried) spring roll with peanut sauce

dinner:
apple
fresh ravioli with olive oil and parmesan
salad with walnuts, dried cranberry, veggies, vinaigrette
the other (not fried) spring roll (no this wasn't on the ...

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breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with skim milk

lunch:
leftover pork roast
baked sweet potato drizzled with olive oil
large chocolate chip cookie (I opted out of sweets over this weekend and reserved it until the day of my choice during the week)

dinner:
potato leek soup
homemade bread
2 1/2 beers
1/2 of ...

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Breakfast:
oatmeal
coffee with skim milk

Lunch:
Wendy's BLT Salad
diet coke

Dinner:
pork roast
potatoes au gratin
salad
canned peaches
2 beers

Exercise:
1 mile run on treadmill
40 minutes on elliptical

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To anyone who is frustrated by the scale right now, I encourage you to take measurements. I have lost an inch in the bust and 1.5 inches in the waist (none in hips or thighs yet). I haven't lost a pound. I've been on habit for exercise for two weeks (my rule is 2 exempt days per week, and so far I ...

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Today (2/21)
Breakfast:
2 slices bacon
2 eggs
100 cal muffin with olivio and no sugar added jam

Lunch:
smoked turkey sandwich from Schlotsky's
chips
diet coke
2 slices of pineapple

Dinner:
large baked potato with chicken, cheese and bacon (pub food)
2 glasses white wine
2 slices pineapple ...

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Cassie--I can relate to how defeated you are feeling about this. I gained 18 lbs due to pregnancy and then another 6 or so in the 8 mos following that. I am at the highest weight of my life and it feels like walking around in someone else's body. I am also very busy with work and caring for an ...

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2/20
breakfast:
2 cup serving of oatmeal
coffee with skim milk, olivio, splenda

lunch:
small piece of steak
oven baked sweet potato fries
2 slices pineapple

dinner:
garlic/potato soup
WW fresh bread with cheddar cheese
pint of beer
3 slices pineapple

exercise:
55 minutes on elliptical (showed 715 ...

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I'm going to start journaling food and exercise so it might encourage me to make a few better food choices.

Yesterday (2/19)
breakfast:
2 cups (when uncooked) oatmeal with olivio spread and splenda
apple
coffee with skim milk

lunch: skipped it while out running errands, so came home starved at ...

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Thank you for the feedback. I have actually been doing No-S for 5 weeks, but I have 10 days with no red days. Just prior to starting it, I had gained a few lbs. True that maintaining is better than gaining.

I will start taking my measurements because part of this could be muscle. I do feel pretty ...

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I avoided weighing for a ten days and exercised every day while doing standard No-S the whole time. No change in weight. I plan to continue NoS, but I guess I will change the way I approach sweets on the weekend. Instead of having whatever I want (and however much), I will just have one defined ...

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Still having only green days and not really having a hard time sticking to it. My meals are substantial, balanced, and definitely not "diet." The biggest change in my life is skipping the sweets. And when I have sweets now on the weekend, they taste much more extreme, almost too sweet.

I went to ...

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I am on day 23 of doing this plan, and have had three red days, so can't claim 21 days of habit. I will do it this time though, because dammit, I won't let one bowl of Cheerios or a little piece of chocolate on a no-S day defeat me again!

I haven't lost any weight. Just continuing to hang out ...

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Warning in advance--this entry will probably be a snooze to anyone who hasn't had some of the same experiences--I'm writing it in part to have a record to look back on months from now when I've reached my first milestones.

I weighed 203.5 this morning, which is actually okay, since I weighed 205.5 ...

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I may not be checking in every day because quiet time at the computer is at a premium, but I wanted to stop lurking and introduce myself.

I am 43, own a small business that I've run from home since 2003, and in June of last year I had my first (and only) baby.

I'm 5'6". When I got pregnant I ...

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