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Pangelsue2

Just popping to say hi. Have been browsing occasionally but not posting. Things have been OK. Dizziness is still dogging my steps and I have had several relapses since last was here. Balance is still also an issue. Had an MRI recently and all was stable and normal with it. Saw a neurologist last ...

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Happy birthday and glad you are feeling better.

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Hopefully, you are back on track. It sounds like you are "determined". Best of luck although luck has nothing to do with it, I guess.

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What a harrowing experience for your mother and how scary for your whole family. I wish her the best of luck. I love and totally understand her "old people" comment about staying in the home. For all of us over 65, the longer we can stay out of those places, the better for us. If they are necessary ...

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Good for you GK and good plan. You sound very positive and that is always a good plan.

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Good to hear from you again. I wish you the best of luck on this new journey.

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Hi Strawberry, nice to hear from you again. You will soon lose that holiday weight and feel your normal self again.

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Just popping in to say and enjoying your lovely pictures and recipes.

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Hi. Just browsing and thought I'd say hi. Hope the new thyroid medicine helps with the weight loss. You have your ups and downs but you always come back and continue the fight. That is the best that can be said about all of us. Hang in there.

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Loved your testimonial. Congratulations on feeling free from food obsession. You will reach your goals and it will be your diet not some diet imposed from without.

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Just browsing and see you are back. Nice to hear from you again. You are so right to come back before the lapse is large. Lifestyle changes can do that but it seems you are on top of it. Congrats.

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Thanks for the ideas Freegirl but the person who is addicted to eating in front of the TV is me, not him. My husband and I talked about it just this morning and we are going to work on eating in the sun room or kitchen from now on. He will be an extremely happy camper if we do. We already spend a ...

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Good day until after supper. Lunch and supper were too light, I think. Also didn't do enough during the day. Was taking a relaxer. Night before last, I thought I had lost my wedding ring and thirtieth anniversary ring (made with the diamond from DH's mother's ring). I always take both of them off ...

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There is nothing sweeter than success! Congratulations. It was hard work but I bet it is really worth it. Enjoy the day in that sweater. You earned it.

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Thanks, Snapdragon. So far it has been working for me too. I had another good day. I have been having 3 meals and 2 small snacks because I find I get shaky if the 3 meals get too far apart if I don't. I am happy with the progress.]
Also, no sugar today. That is a milestone for me.

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So sorry about the death of your father-in-law, Sweetness. It is so nice of all of you to help mom out with the cookies. At a time like that, family is everything. I think it would be rude not to at least enjoy a cookie or two. It is a ritual of sorts and those are so important when there has been a ...

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Thanks for the kind thoughts idon'tknow. I really appreciate them. I feel like I am moving in a good direction lately and it is mainly dogged determination and the support of all the people on these boards.

I had a good day yesterday. It is day 1 of my challenge accomplished.

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I am glad I am not the only one who can't have the yummy stuff in the house. I am so jealous of those of you who can.
Thanks too to Oolala for the honesty telling me to knock it off. At first I was taken back and then I laughed and knew that is exactly what I needed to hear.
My daughter stopped by ...

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You are so right and the stiff backbone thing was my undoing tonight. I did great all day and then caved and made dessert when my daughter stopped by for supper. I take full responsibility for the decision. It was an excuse. Dumb idea. I will do better tomorrow. My list of things to do instead of ...

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Thanks for the comments, guys. Wosnes, I have always admired your control and ability to eat healthy and avoid the unhealthy. You have been here a long time and done well. I too eat healthy about 50% of the time but if the nasty stuff is there, I eat it. I wish I were a more controlled person but 66 ...

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Another good idea. I used to knit. I don't really need anything but just buying a skein of yarn and knitting to give to charity or something would work.

I just placed a challenge (sort of placed it because I don't know how to do that. If someone else does, please help me out and set it up or tell ...

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Come on, guys, we know we shouldn't be doing Christmas baking. We know who we are really doing it for. I had a whole list of things I was going to make "for our friends and family" and after what Sweetness wrote to Tobiasmom recently, I am going to toss the list out. My family and friends are trying ...

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Sounds like many of us are in the same rut. Succeed, fail, start again. Idon'tknow hit the nail on the head, I think, when she said
Like you - I love my life, my girls, my job - but I'm struggling with managing it all and the one area where I allow myself to lose control is around food.

Many of ...

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Thanks, determined. The shoulder is a chronic thing. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. The other night it was bad, today pretty good. Thanks for asking. Aging is not for the faint of heart.

Brushing my teeth after supper would be a deterrent and I will give it a try. I sure can't hurt. Yesterday ...

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Sounds like you are doing really well. Congratulations. You seem more relaxed and in control. All good.

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Again, did well until at night and even the night was the best all week. Less snacking. Forward motion.

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Did really well until tonight again. I ought to move away from the TV earlier in the evening. I get sleepy and it is too early to go to bed. I get too lazy to do anything and eating is easy. I need to work on that.

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I can totally identify with the PMS thing. When I was younger, it consumed a good part of my life. Really sucks. I was always either heading into PMS or recovering from it. That doesn't even cover the periods themselves which were horrendous. Sympathy and hugs go out to you.
I can also identify with ...

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Did really well today until tonight. My shoulder really acted up and nothing seemed to take the edge off. So I covered it up with chocolate chips, cheese and crackers. To top it off, the sore shoulder was partly my fault. I worked too hard at computer stuff today and I knew I was overdoing it. But I ...

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If I had the answer to that question, I'd be doing it myself. I just know the motivation has to be personal. It can't be I "ought" or "should" do anything. It has to be I "will" do it followed by action. I have been looking for that yellow brick road for a whole lot of years. I hope you find it ...

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Taste buds were mostly back on Thanksgiving. A few things still taste a little weird, like apples. Glad it is almost over. I sure won't be eating any pine nuts again soon.

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I think your S day was a total success. When friends make something especially for us, it is polite to have some, I think. If it was a pot luck with tons of desserts and no one to care if we ate them or didn't, I would vote for an N day. I think this is something much more than simply dessert or any ...

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Glad you had a nice holiday. A plan is good. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The magazines, TV, the stores, and our friends all gang up on us during the holidays. I am always glad if I simply survive them. LOL. It's good you are being honest with yourself and not condemning. Blame the ...

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thanks for dropping by with the encouragement, determined. I think I am trying to head in the same direction you are going. It is not about past failures or future successes. It is about each and every decision taken one at a time. You inspired that decision and are helping me form it in my head ...

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I agree with Milliem. If we stand in the doorway and have failure quite visible in our rear view mirrors and can't see success because it is around a couple of corners or over a couple of hills, it is impossible to keep our eyes on the prize. So many of us here are really focused on that rear view ...

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Congrats on the anniversary and relatively sane T day weekend. You just inspired me with the idea to focus just on the positive. That will be my focus for the week.
Good luck with your Monday sanity.

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I agree chips are evil but it sounds like you are having a struggle with scheduling and stress. It might be helpful to have the occasional post here about what is going on in your life and how you are dealing with it. People here are very good at suggesting ways to overcome stress issues. We don't ...

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Thanks, determined. I hope they do too.

I have something really strange to tell. On the weekend, we had friends over and the dish we served had pine nuts on it. That was Saturday. On Monday, I was eating lunch and everything tasted really off. I ate celery, carrots, snow peas and a slice of ...

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Hi and welcome. Sounds like you are doing really well. Congratulations. I had to look up a few things you talked about. H3Orange sounded interesting as did haloumi. I consider myself a bit of a foodie but I had never heard of this cheese. What type of cheese would you compare the taste to?
Anyway ...

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You are are real No S powerhouse~ Congratulations and welcome. Keep up the good work. By the way, the chicken wing and drinks thing? Sounds good. Didn't overdo the food and maybe went one drink long on the beers. I admire your ability to serve sides only of chips. I hope one day to be able to do ...

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I love the phrase, with peace in my heart everything will follow. And yes, KCCC, I am looking for my path still. Both ideas fit in well with where I am heading right now. I am reading several positive thinking self-help books and more and more I am finding that first, my inner self has to be at ...

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Thanks for your great post on my thread. I am browsing here and getting lots of good ideas. I am glad you are finding your way too. Best of luck with your modified low carb eating.

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Thanks for leaving your kind words on my thread. I think I still have some issues to work through with the health developments and life style changes of the last year or so. I am dealing with varying amounts of courage, acceptance, fear, anger etc. We are also struggling financially because we were ...

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Calories good, no structure to the day. Also, no guilt. It might be down to change the image or change the action and I seem to be changing the image. I may be back, I may not.

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You are right about the cake. Thanks for the insight.

Today started off well and then went awry.

Breakfast- 2 eggs, 1 bacon, 1 toast and jelly.

Lunch- leftover chicken and rice and 2 little cookies (first mistake followed by others)
Grazing sort of day. Calories were probably ok but no structure ...

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Another possibly long quote from the book I love and have been leaving posts about here.

The subject is GUILT in all areas of our life but the example they give is food related:
"Say we are on a diet. We want to lost some weight. Chocolate cake is not on our diet. We eat the cake. We feel guilty ...

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Nice to hear you are doing well and busy.

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Day 4
Yesterday was a messed day for eating but it was sort of my fault.
Breakfast- I was going to have a half bowl of cereal and a piece of toast. I ate the half bowl of cereal and forgot to make the toast.

We went shopping. We had groceries to buy and lots of other stops to make all in the mall ...

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Hi and welcome back. I guess we missed each other when I was here last but I am so happy for you that your daughter is doing so well. Very pretty lady. When our kids are hurting, it is so hard to take good care of ourselves. It goes along with being a mother, I think. It is a good thing that you are ...

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Day 3
Breakfast- 2 eggs, toast, sausage

Lunch- 1/2 pork sandwich, pineapple and bananas

Snack- flax muffin

Dinner- Almond crusted chicken, rutabaga/potato mash and green beans. Also 4 gingersnaps with my DH's new cherry almond hummus. Wonderfully yummy.

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Sounds like you are doing very well. When trying to break habits of a lifetime, it would be strange if it was an easy task. It will take time. That is why some people here attack one of the S's at a time until they have it down. It seems like you are doing (and enjoying) eating only 3 meals a day ...

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Day 2
Breakfast- oatmeal with blueberries, toasted almonds. Yummy.

Lunch- Found out a good friend from work has been let go. A group of us went out to lunch to commiserate and cheer her up. She chose A&W ( I don't care for chain restaurants). I had a .99 coney dog and small fries and a root beer ...

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Welcome to No S. Best of luck to you.

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I agree. It isn't breakfast without a carb of some sort. Anytime I tried anything low carb, I just hated the breakfast eggs because there was no toast. Ah, those carbs.

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Day 1

Breakfast- Lender's bagel and peanut butter. Coffee. This is my Monday morning breakfast every week. I enjoy it, relax and then read for a while. I look so forward to this breakfast, I know it is good for me. I even dream about it on Sunday night. I eat Lender's "hole" wheat bagel and organic ...

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Still very much a work in progress, I'm afraid. Actually gained a couple of pounds this week and deserved them.
New thoughts found on the internet and going on my fridge:

Valid reasons to eat:
Food is necessary to maintain life.
Food is necessary to repair the body.
Food is the fuel the body runs ...

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It is so inspiring to read your posts for the last couple of weeks. I think you have turned a corner. Keep it up.

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Welcome back, Deb and best of luck.

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You are doing so well. Little by little good habits are replacing bad. That is moving in the right direction. Congratulations. The book is such exciting news. I am happy for you.

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Always hard to start again but you are doing it. All of life is lived in fits and starts, I think. We get in trouble when we expect it to be perfect and then give up when it isn't. Best of luck gk. You are always a success as long as you are trying.

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Wow, you just wrote the post we all would love to write. Congratulations to you and savor the rewards of all your hard work. You are an inspiration to so many on these boards.

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Sounds like November is off to a great start. Also glad Tobias is better and so are you. You came through that ordeal like a champ. Congratulate yourself. If could have gone a whole lot different but you made a lot of incredible choices. Take the time to pat yourself on the back for that.

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Hi Oolala,
Just catching up. So sorry to hear your trip wasn't all you hoped it would be. I have heard the terrain in Utah is gorgeous and someday I think you will take pride in having survived the rigorous parts of it. Hey, you are 58 and you did some awe inspiring physical things that many, many ...

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Welcome. Good luck.

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Another good day. Exercise, meditation, moderate eating. I made bread again and ate 2 pieces of that. One I intended to eat, the other unplanned. I may have the DH to slice it up and put it away. Just smells and looks too good.

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Monday was a mess but today was a very satisfactory day. Exercise, meditation and moderate eating. I am pleased with myself.

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Best of luck. Hope this time is the charm.

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Well, this is a weird one for me!! For some reason, I thought it was an N day today in which case it was a resounding failure. About an hour ago, I realized it was actually an S day in which case it was a resounding success. Intent is probably nine tenths of the law in this case. But really funny~

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Welcome and best of luck.

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Thanks for the information rjean. My next move however has to be finding a reservoir of hope that something can still be changed health wise. For a long time, I have been using whatever reserves of courage I could muster to just survive the stuff that was happening to me. That kept me very busy and ...

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Good thoughts everyone and thank you for the cyber hugs and support. I am so out of exercise at this point and my back and knees are so bad, that even getting on the floor would be major. I found a senior's exercise website with exercises that can be done while sitting in a chair. I am going to ...

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Soon you will be able to publish the first ever No S Haiku collection. Hang in there. Welcome to No S, Maybe it would be easier to start with one S at a time.

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3 days toward a new future. Congratulations and welcome.

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Wonderful news!! Deep breathe and thank God time. I am so happy for you and your family. Congrats to you too. Quite a feat, you know....pat yourself on the back.

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Yes, I am finding a solution to the dinner problem, Oolala but I am still working on the feeding myself well. I don't eat very healthy lunches and I know it is because I am only making the food for myself. I definitely need to work on that.

I looked up recumbent bikes on line, Who me, and the main ...

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We must have been on the same page, determined. I talked to the DH tonight about planning on eating together some days and not others. You gave me some good advice though and I am going to take it. There is nothing stopping me from sitting with him while he is eating. I could have some tea or ...

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You are an awe inspiring woman. Your posts are so encouraging to the rest of us. I am learning from you to notice my progress instead of my backsliding. Thanks and keep up the good work.

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Yesterday was good but not great. Did some sugar after lunch and it was because my balance was nasty yesterday. It was reactionary. I stopped because I realized that the cookies were not connected to the problem at all and they didn't make it any better. I was going to stop buying stuff like the ...

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Fresh tortillas are so wonderful. A friend of ours from Guatemala used to make them for us and I loved them. I have tried a number of times to make them myself but have failed miserably. She tells me it takes practice to get the dough right. Have you ever made them?

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Wonderful information from Sweetness. There isn't going to be a test and grades for this journey. It is just finding your way carefully and slowly enough that it works for you. We dieters listen to everyone's ideas but our own. We think we aren't capable of control so we won't know what's best. Most ...

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Welcome. I too never heard of pumpkin butter. Do you make it or buy it?

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I am so glad to hear Tobias is doing so much better. Hopefully that is just the beginning of the good news for him and for you.
Also, congratulations on your success. It shows that even under stress, it can be done and you demonstrated that for all of us.
Thanks and have a great day.

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Welcome and best wishes. Sounds like you are doing well and are a free thinker. Congrats on both. What does the PU stand for? Some form of exercise? Push ups? If that is the case, 500?????????????

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Thanks for coming to my board, guys. Really appreciate the support. It helps me stay focused.
No Snacker, I know what machine you are talking about on Biggest Loser, unfortunately, that will mess with my neck and shoulders. I have arthritis in more than my knees. According to my doctor, I should ...

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Way to go, woman!! I couldn't possibly agree more with all you said.
If you eat and binge, it won't help your son one bit unfortunately. Waiting for test results is really nasty, nasty business. I feel so bad for you. I can only imagine what you and your family are going through. Wish we could all ...

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Hugs to you for sure. There was some really good thinking in your post. It is so good to hear you will be researching your health conditions and finding out how best to take care of yourself. Very positive and remember backsliding can be helpful too if you think through how it happened.
Have a great ...

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Happy birthday to your son and congratulations on the "determined" decisions. I have had the experience of passing on food lately too and it is a really freeing experience. Also, once the decision is made to pass on whatever food that might be, it doesn't look as appealing as it did when we were ...

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Many of your positive thoughts to me and others have inspired me as well.
May you also have a good weekend and enjoy your pie.

I talked to my husband last night about the fact that because of bad knees and the dizziness, I can't move as much as I'd like to. He gave me a list of things I could ...

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Thank you No Snacker. You are always so supportive of all of us here on the boards. Really appreciate it.
By the way, Freegirl, I was whirling through my messages and missed yours totally. It is nice to know there are people out there who are going through the same challenges I am. I am hanging in ...

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Yes, the book is You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought. It is rather old so maybe that is why it isn't available on Kindle. It is written for people with massive challenges in their lives, everything from addictions to life threatening illnesses. It talks about how these challenges can ...

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Baby steps sounds good. Hugs to you.

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All my prayers are with your family. It is so hard to wait for test results. I read recently that generalized worry is fleeting and comes and goes. Heavy duty worrying brings a lawn chair and cooler and camps outs. There is no escaping that kind of worry. I have been through it recently too and know ...

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Way to stay alert and not panicky. It is really easy to start in with the bite here, the nibble there. I agree with the "sigh". If it was cigarettes, we could just give them up forever. Food has to be controlled. Not an task for the faint of heart. Someone new to the boards recently compared ...

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Thanks for not only giving us the idea for this plan but sharing your successes and failures with us too. It is as important to show us how to mark it and move on as it is to show us how to succeed.

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Thanks, determined. I think so too. It is movement in a forward direction.
Today was also a good day with the exception that one snack was spread out and unplanned so I don't feel it can be explained away as emotional eating. Just took a sample in a store and hadn't planned to and then finished the ...

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Hi and welcome. I like the way you make this work within the framework of your job and life. Best of luck.

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Howdy back at ya. Welcome and good luck.

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Thanks for the book reference. Actually, I think I started to read it at a friend's house once but didn't finish it before the weekend was over so I just never got around to it. I remember what I read fondly so I will probably look it up again.
Today was like the last 2 except that I had an extra ...

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Welcome and wow, thanks for the insights. I love the Matrix example and also comparing eating with having a job. Both require effort and a plan. Both need to happen but neither is a big deal. I really like that. Congratulations on your first 21 days. You are smart to shelve regulating the S days for ...

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Hi and thanks for stopping by my posts and leaving such a nice message. And no, you weren't complaining. You are, like me I think, a very realistic person. You can't pretend that all is well when it isn't. I have a sister who is just in denial about anything unpleasant in her life. When she has the ...

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