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I rarely eat sweets. I found out when I gave them up that during the week for NoS that it was easier for me to avoid them completely than go back and forth on weekends. Since then I have figured out I can eat fruity sweets such as sherbet, but many others are ‘red light’ foods. There are just some ...

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Thank you automated. The maintenance quote from the NoS book is one I have always hung onto. Even though I have not gotten down to an ideal weight, I am so much better than before. Right now I am struggling to maintain so it is very apt.

I have an appointment for my hip this week. It has improved ...

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I remind myself when I overindulge that it was much worse prior to NoS. We all overindulge occasionally, but now it is with more moderation.

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I have been doing pretty well this week right up until I got home last night after grilling outside with my son and daughter-in-law for supper. I just went over the top with snacking. Discouraged.

Oh well it is a new day.

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Good luck Bluebell. Stick with it!

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I have not been reading this site lately but felt the need to get back on a stricter track. Reading posts helps. Your posts are thoughtful and relevant and helpful.. Thanks!

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Good luck. I highly recommend it as a long term plan. After 9 1/2 years of doing NoS, it has always gotten me through. The habits were instilled the first year and have helped me maintain a 45 pound loss. I get lazy. I have days and weeks of crazy eating (especially during the holidays). Yet the ...

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I am not posting much but I am visiting this site and reading and settling back in to better habits. I do appreciate this site.

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Thanks for the welcome!

I just finished my first week of stricter tracking of my behaviors. I have a list of a few things that are just red or green each day (or yellow on S days for my NoS tracking). I detest detailed logging, but I can do a checklist!

I technically was NoS compliant, but one of ...

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I am also back again for some support. Snacks were my weakness more than sweets, but I ate sweets because they were there. My whole family loves sweets, and sweet treats are a constant focus. I learned to abstain and/or make better choices. Our favorite ice cream shop has frozen bananas dipped in ...

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I started the NoS System 12/20/2010 after picking up the NoS Diet book on a sale rack while I was out Christmas shopping. I had a very successful first year. I lost 45 lbs and developed a whole new relationship with food. However, I stopped short of achieving a weight in the average range. I am ...

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It has been almost 3 weeks since I checked in. I am obviously lacking on my goal to check in weekly. I have been doing okay more than not and hopefully have at least maintained my weight which is the primary goal. After my 45 pound loss in 2011, I maintained pretty well for awhile. Then I started ...

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I would agree that dietary monitoring is effective. I used a nutrition app for maybe 6 months awhile back when I was getting off track. It taught me a lot but it took me more than 15 minutes a day. Of course, I tend to be a perfectionist about accuracy so there was a lot more weighing and measuring ...

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I continue to be lax about coming to this site at least weekly. I need to do that. It makes me accountable.

I weighed myself a couple days before the end of February instead of March first because we had company coming for a week. I knew that would disrupt normal eating and sleeping patterns and ...

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I definitely remember you Tobiasmom. I think we started around the same time. I started posting again not too long ago. I did not quit doing NoS, but I get lax when I do not post. Welcome back!

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Wow. You are ambitious. The website sounds like a lot of work.

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I got a bit off track the last couple weeks. I still had a lot of Green days and only a couple reds, but I quit tracking them regularly and was careless in my food choices. I also skipped posting on this forum which is an important part of staying on track. However, I think I have maintained enough ...

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Wow. It just took me a long time to figure out how to even get to my own check in.

I have spent the last couple days exercising in a pool to start the healing process for my hip. My appetite is back which led to an indulgent (although technically compliant) day yesterday.

Hopefully I can figure ...

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Ugh. House issues are always stressful! Hoping for the best.

Tracking food never works for me other than tracking green vs red or yellow. Tracking exercise does work for me. I think it is a matter of tracking something that makes me feel positive rather than negative.

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You are both right. It is about new habits that are taking place right now rather than the weight. I am amazed that I am not eating for comfort while being restricted by my hip issues.

The extra weight is a health factor so I do not want to ignore it; yet, it has become secondary. I think monthly ...

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I weighed myself today
My January goal was to be at what I consider my maintenance weight after my 45 pound loss in year one of NoS (2011). I have maintained for 8 years but have had some lapses. I also stopped short of a â€œnormalâ€ weight

I am 2.2 lbs below my maintenance weight. WooHoo!

Wow ...

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Swimming makes me ravenous too.

I have been told that as we get older we have a decreased sense of smell and that lack of smell can affect the appetite. Oolala, I know you and I are close in age. My sense smell has decreased, but so far my appetite has not.

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Thanks for the encouragement! I especially need it this week. I developed severe pain in my left hip and have hardly been able to walk since Sunday evening. It is a severe case of bursitis, and I have pretty much been housebound except for medical visits the last 3 days. However my week 4 of 2019 ...

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I think it is a personal choice. I try to weigh once a month.

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I occasionally have a little jam on my peanut butter toast and do no count it as a sweet. Generally it is from the farmerâ€™s market and just a little adds flavor without a lot of sweetness.

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I am finally feeling like my clothes are close to a normal fit. I wanted to be at my maintenance weight of the last 8 years by the time I weigh in on Feb 1. I do not think I am there yet but feel I will at least be close. I have achieved my goals this month by getting strict with myself on the basic ...

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Thanks oolala. Good to explore options. I definitely needed my two yellow days this week, and they happened to fall on Saturday and Sunday. We went to an appetizer party on Saturday and had friends over for food and football Sunday. I enjoyed it and ate what I wanted.

For week three, my other five ...

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Thanks idontknow. I have figured out the daily rings and have my calories goal set at 600 and exercise at 30. I started using it January 1 and have closed the rings every day except the first two when I was still figuring it out. I did not know about the monthly challenges. I will have to check that ...

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2019 Week 2

No S compliance. Six Green days. One yellow day.
I had one small S event. A friend wanted me to try a dark chocolate treat so I took a small square. Later I had a KIND bar with my supper that was maybe a bit of a sweet.

Glass ceiling: 4 Green days. Three red. I am experimenting with ...

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Hello Linda
I have been on the NoS routine 8 years now but I strayed from this site. Like you I have maintained a large weight loss (45 lbs). I am catching back up with the people on this site and noticed you lost significantly more weight the past year or two
Any words of wisdom on getting on the ...

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I am also a gadget person. It started with an early version of the Nike running watch that was huge and clunky. I used Nike.com a lot back then but it was more limited than what Olivia describes. I had a Garmin Vivoactive the last 4 years and really liked it. One of the fun things with Garmin was ...

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True oolala.
I did better this week getting things done. I have been altering, ironing, and hanging new drapes on a huge wall of windows and managed to get 2/3s done this week. Of course the chaos of taking old drapes and rods down and new up, my home is a mess. Oh well.

This is my first week of ...

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Thank you automatedeating. It is good to see you are still here!

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I know that New Years resolutions often go by the wayside within days so I try to make mine simple with an eye toward starting super small and building goals up as time goes on. For example my first goal for this year is to record compliance on three things by simply writing red or green every day ...

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I had to search for my thread because I have not posted since January. I still see some familiar names in the current postings though!

Recap of my story. I started No S on 12/20/2010. I was a nonstop evening snacker. I ate a fair number of sweets at that time, but they were not my primary weakness ...

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Obviously I have some catching up to do on my reading. Keep up the writing!

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Hello! You and I started around the same time so I always like to see how you are doing. The 2018 miles challenge is intriguing. Maybe I will join you in that. I have 3 miles so far. It is so bitterly cold here that I will not get a lot of mileage right now. I walked inside yesterday, but my ...

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Thanks everyone for your encouraging posts! I have also read and benefitted from all of your posts. Sometimes when I do not have time to post, I just read a few.

I did weigh today and was two pounds over my weight I have been maintaining. Considering the holiday eating I have done over the last ...

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I got very busy and fell away from posting but I am doing well. I have been with No S since late 2010, and I lost 45 lbs the first year.

To answer your question Oolala that was a loss of approximately 20% of my starting weight. This loss took me out of the obese BMI range, but I am still ...

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Oct 1. -47 lbs since No S beginning.

I decided to weigh one week after start of new plan just out of curiosity.
No loss but no gain this week. Maintenance is success!

This week was a bit off. Started and ended with semi indulgent S days. Was green the other days but was sick with a virus part of ...

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I do not know my body fat Oolala. That would be interesting to know. They say muscle decreases as you get older so that of course means more body fat if you stay the same weight. All the more reason to focus on those extra pounds as I age.

I do not really anticipate smaller meals. I just focus on ...

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Perfect! Stick with it!

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It has been a trying two weeks. My bronchitis just would not clear up and as the half marathon approached the forecast climbed into the 90s with heat indexes close to 100.

I figured I am old enough to know better than to do something that could make me sick all over again. I felt well enough on ...

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My cold turned into full blown bronchitis and sinus infection. I waited too long to go to the doctor and am still struggling to recover. Half-marathon in one week. I am resting and hoping for recovery.

Pretty much S all week. I consider sick days S days. When I am sick I eat when I am hungry. I ...

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I continued to struggle last week with disordered eating. It was a busy hectic week, and I really have no idea what I ate Thursday-Saturday. I think some of my No S habits are so ingrained that even when I do not do well, I still do way better than my pre No S days. I also managed to put my exercise ...

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Hi Oolala!
The snack I had at school was not a big problem until I turned it into a problem by continuing to break the rules as the day went on. The snack was close to lunch so I could have just counted it as part of my lunch and pared something off my planned lunch accordingly. Instead I compounded ...

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The idea is to define the meal in some way even though it may not be on a plate. I think the key is to have portions which you can look at and judge that it is a reasonable meal. In other words, assemble your meal and set it all in front of you, and you will know if it is excessive or not. Then eat ...

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My week deteriorated Wednesday. At work, we had a snack in class. One of the students brought one to me, and I took it. I was not even thinking. Once I had it, it would have been awkward not to eat it because the rule about snacks is that they are consumed in the classroom and not taken for later ...

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Sunday is an S day but was green.
4 miles running. Weights at gym.

Monday was green. I worked and ate pizza (small piece) and salad and mandarin oranges for lunch. Much better cafeteria food than Friday. My supper was rather large but within the rules.
No running or gym but fit walking in ...

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If I do a long run in the morning, I split my breakfast into a small part pre-run and the rest post run. I do the same thing any time exercise or something else interferes with my normal three meal schedule. I am pretty much Vanilla NoS, but I allow myself this small mod.

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If I get what you are saying correct, your plate was not full and it left you unsatisfied. Then I think it is okay to add to the meal and not call it a second. If the plate was full, then it is a RED.

I purposefully start with a small serving sometimes hoping it will satisfy, but if it does not ...

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I have the same problem for different reasons so I split my meals on some days. I might have a banana or a yogurt only early in the morning followed by a mid morning meal that is the rest of what I would have had for breakfast. Lunch would be late and then a normal filling supper.

This is a mod ...

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Thanks Oolala! A reminder of the options. Pointing out the obvious as a reminder is never a bad idea!. You are right that we know what we should do, but we do not always do it.

I bought a bunch of veggies (celery, peppers, grape tomatoes, etc ) to clean up and have ready on the run, but I never ...

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Writing everything down for this week was informative and would be a good thing to do occasionally. However, it is too time consuming to do all the time.

I had One S day, One Red day, Three Green days, and Two days that were Green with the exception an S treat.

I learned that advance meal ...

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Interesting observations.

I do believe that we should accept other people as they are and that we should not judge people for their obesity. There are certain people who have have low metabolisms that will always struggle. Then there are those people who struggle with being underweight. My mother ...

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I let stress really affect my eating in 2016 and probably gained 10-15 lbs. I avoided the scale, but I know how my clothes fit. I have lost that weight finally and am back maintaining my 45 lb loss from year one. I cannot offer much advice on stopping that spiral since I know all the advice and ...

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I think you have to decide to just let it all go and take it one day at a time in order to get the result you want. I quit keeping constant track of how many reds I have a long time ago. In my mind, I note that I had a red day, and I move on. However, this only works UNTIL I start gaining weight ...

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This will be my one week log of food. I will just edit with updates.

Sunday was an S day. Did not log food.

Monday:
BF: Greek yogurt pre-run (6.5 miles)
Boiled egg, small low sodium V8, one piece wheat toast with PB after run.
Lunch: Sandwich: turkey/roast beef/provolone/tomato/onion on wheat ...

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We have several similarities when it comes to the winding down of our careers and our "retirement."

We also had many transitions going on the year I left which left three of us doing the work of five because positions take forever to fill. This added to my burn out the final year.

I also ...

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I was sort of thinking along the same lines Oolala. I divide my breakfast sometimes so why not divide my supper? I am failing because I am truly hungry, and eating a more generous plate for dinner is not working. So make the more generous plate but save part of it.

I already log my exercise, but I ...

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Last week was busy. I think I had one yellow, two reds, and four greens. Saturday was an S day, but it was green.

Exercise continues to interfere with normal eating. I ran twenty miles this week, did weights twice, volleyball twice, and 105,000 steps on my watch. I am still feeling behind on half ...

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I worked in a helping profession in child welfare before retirement. Like teachers, it is exhausting to be constantly responsible for contributing to the well being of others. My initial plan was to stay until 60, but I left early. I had enough years to leave without any penalty. That last year I ...

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Haha Oolala! I have plenty reserves too!

Last week was great for exercise but not stellar for eating. I only had two greens. However, I had/helped host a 3 day camping weekend reunion that I took three S days for. It was wonderful.

The good thing is that the scale was only two pounds up on Monday ...

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Started my week well on Sunday with a 9 mile long run. Pace was not the greatest with more walk breaks than I strive for, but it was adequate. I ate a lot Sunday. I did not fuel enough after the run which led to snacking and overeating later. Oh well it was an S day.

Monday was fine for exercise ...

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Successful week.
NoS = One Yellow, Six green. The second Yellow day ended up being Green.
Exercise = Green times 7.

Met most exercise goals.
29 total miles.
15 miles at an average 12:30 pace.
Felt good about the improved pace.
14 miles untimed walking.
Weights 3 days; 30 minutes each.
Did ...

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I agree that my biggest failures come after resisting the day before. Fix yourself something yummy but NoS compliant tomorrow!

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One red day! Awesome!
Five pounds lost rather than five pounds gained? Also awesome!
I gained weight in 2016 after a traumatic year and am just now getting back down to the weight that I successfully maintained for 5-6 years which is 45 lbs less than I weighed prior to starting No S.
My mantra when ...

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Thanks oolala! You and I are of similar age, and I have read your posts since I started in late 2010. I am envious of your BMI because I got to 29 and got complacent. Now that I am in my 60s, I am feeling those extra pounds more than before. I need/want to get to a BMI of 24.9. Right now I am losing ...

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Today is day one for me of the new week.
Last week "score card":
No S: Two yellow/S days; one red; 4 green
Exercise: Green seven days.
Met weights goal (3 times for 30 minutes)
Met total mileage goal (28 mile goal; 31 completed)
Came close to pace goal. (Goal is to time at least half of my miles ...

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Finishing up Friday with GREEN times 2. Five miles today. (3 at 39:07; 2 entirely walking). Almost blew my NoS but grabbed grapes instead of ice cream to round out my supper. I was craving something sweet!

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Good for you!

I agree that the weight loss becomes a side benefit. The changes in our relationship with food is the primary benefit.

I enjoy food (in moderation) more than I ever enjoyed food before!

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Thursday was green for exercise and NoS. Walked 3.5 miles at a relaxed pace. Obviously exercise is good and Vanilla NoS is fairly consistent. The problem is often poor food choice. I am working on it.

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Thanks Merry! Our primary home only got some minor basement seepage, but we have an RV in a permanent spot in a recreational area which had to be relocated. Luckily we found a place fairly close and fairly inexpensive to take it. Now we are waiting for the water to go recede.

I ended up with a RED ...

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Monday
I forced myself to do 10 miles. I told myself I will not be able to say I am not motivated when the actual half-marathon day arrives. I made the distance the goal rather than the time. (First 7 miles pace average = 13:30. Last 3 miles I gave up and walked the whole time.). But I did it.
Also ...

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Hello Splandrea,
I am in my seventh year of No S. I started with a goal to get under 30 BMI. I lost 45 lbs in year one and accomplished that goal. I have a secondary goal to get under 25 BMI which is more elusive. I felt so much better after year one that I got lazy. I settled in with the basic No S ...

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I finished out last week feeling okay with where I was at given that I was feeling a little funky all week from post vacation tiredness. I did NOT manage to get my last couple of miles in as planned, but there was a decent reason. We were dealing with storm and flooding issues on Saturday. We were ...

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Hi Merry and oolala!
Posting did help the other day. I have been green since and have caught up on most of my weekly exercise goals. I did not get my long run in this week, and I walked more than ran; however, I only need 2.5 miles tomorrow to finish out the week making my total weekly miles goal ...

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Thanks for the comments Merry and oolala!

I obviously failed at my weekly posting, but I have not failed in tracking for myself. I had a huge challenge from July 1-16. I had three back to back trips with lots of driving and activity. It started with a 4 day camping trip, a quick night at home and ...

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Thanks for the comments Elyssa!

I really meant to start checking in every few days, but obviously that did not happen. I have been doing well with exercise, but temptations with summer foods and beverages have led to reds with NoS and Glass ceiling. It is mostly on the weekends. Unfortunately that ...

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Hello Everyone!
I have followed NoS since late 2010 but have not checked in for over a year. I lost 45 lbs on No S initially but have stayed in the overweight range (but not obese). After an especially rough year last year, my weight started creeping up. This year is better, and I am slowly ...

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Thanks Queenie for your comments. You are right, Lent is a stricter standard than no S so I was gauging two things. This week is the same. I did not do GREAT but not TERRIBLE either.

March 1-Green
2 Green
3 Green
4 Red but not a bad day. I was really busy and ate a very light breakfast and light ...

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I empathize with the dilemma about piling a plate high versus having seconds if the plate was small to begin with. I think we all have to judge on our own what constitutes having seconds and what does not. Tonight I took a modest portion of everything because a friend stopped by and ended up joining ...

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I am not doing very well on my goal of weekly check ins. Here is Feb 16-29.

Of the four S days I only used one on Sunday 2/21. I am so ingrained now against snacking and seconds that I just rarely do it. My S day treats are usually sweets which I gave up for Lent. However I did slip and eat two ...

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Just stopping by to cheer you on. It looks like you are figuring it out.

Just like you, I do not want it to be obvious that I am on a "diet." I no longer consider NO S a diet; it is just a way of eating. It is now natural to decline sweets without an explanation. If I am pressed to accept after ...

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I did not get around to posting on Saturday so my second week of weekly posting is 10 days.

Feb 6 to Feb 15
6-7 S days, 1 mild, 1 over the top
8-9 Two Red days, this included Mardi Gras on the 9th which was over the top.
10-15: Six Green Days. Even my S days ended up being green. For Lent I decided ...

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Thanks Quennie! I am retired, and we have started going South for two months at the beginning of the year. This is good for exercise opportunities, good for socialization but bad for food discipline. I feel like I am at least maintaining. My ailing family member is at least stable, but it is ...

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It looks like you are doing well. You have some great insights. We are close in age (I am coming up on 60 in April.) so I identify with many of your experiences and observations.

Good luck as you continue this No S journey The best thing for me has been the sanity. I enjoy food so much more than I ...

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Thanks Queenie!

January 16-31
There were 6 S days, 2 Red days, and 8 green days.
Overall food choices were maybe a little better. I made some strides on choosing chicken/fish/etc more and pork and beef less. I worked on adding more vegetables and had more salads than usual. The two red days were ...

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Obviously I have not been posting, but I am still following No S. I reviewed my history with myself and started the New Year with a renewed commitment to being stricter with the rules but remaining Vanilla with no mods and no extra rules.

Review:
Started 12/20/2010
Lost 45 lbs in 2011.
Maintained ...

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I crochet and I try to do it when I watch TV. I think it does help to keep me from snacking.

Recently we started doing jigsaw puzzles again, and I end up working on them during commercials or during a low point in the TV watching. We did puzzles as a family when I was growing up and occasionally ...

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Saturday
S day
Potluck an rolls bolle (2 hours) with friends.
Shopping at mall with daughter.
Green for exercise.

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Friday
Went to get a blood work for upcoming physical.
Spent the rest of the morning decluttering.
Volleyball 1 1/4 hours.
More decluttering in afternoon.
Crocheting and TV.
No diet soda.
Green for food and exercise.

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Very interesting ideas owendell. I have a charity place less than a mile from home so I accumulate things in a box and throw it in the car when it is full and drop it off. I call for larger items. The mailbox idea is new to me and intriguing. I would imagine that the horrible influx of unsolicited ...

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Thanks Linda. I am doing better since I started the positive tracking, even though yesterday was not so good.

Wednesday 12/2
Red for food and Green for exercise.
Ran errands and did Christmas shopping most of morning.
Worked on crocheting and some cleaning.
Did not eat out.
No diet soda.
45 ...

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Tuesday 12/1
Last night I woke up from coughing and was also very hungry.
I wanted a snack but settled for milk. Afterwards I thought about years past when I would have just eaten something without thinking.
Green for food and exercise.
No alcohol. No diet soda.
Two hours on phone calls and ...

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Thanks Linda. I did exercise today and hope everything will fall into place now that I am finally feeling like everything is healing/recovering!

Green day for food and exercise.
No diet soda.
At least I ate breakfast at home :roll:
Caught up on some paperwork. How can so much stuff accumulate ...

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Thanks for stopping by my thread. Hope your Thanksgiving was great. Your comment about having sisters came right as we were all 3 getting to spend some sister time with our younger sister and her husband being in the country for much of November. I am so thankful for family.

Your comment about how ...

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Sunday 11/29
Green Day (on an S Day)
I had no real desires for any "S" today so it is green.
No alcohol. No diet soda.
Fixed food at home for breakfast and lunch. (Carry out for supper)
Did some bill paying and other paperwork and some minor housework.
Lazy day. Getting over my cold.
Hip is ...

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Friday
Mild S day
Family remains in town, and we gather for at least one meal a day
I ate a small breakfast and lunch and a moderate supper.
Only S was a slice of homemade apple pie.
No dining out.
Green for exercise. Elliptical and walking.

Saturday
S day for food and exercise.
The only S ...

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Wednesday 11/25
Caught up on newspapers.
Ran errands most of morning.
Went to store with daughter after lunch.
Did 4 loads of laundry for a friend with a broken machine.
Green for food.
Fixed all meals at home.
Red for exercise. Coming down with a cold but this is really not an excuse ...

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