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Thanks, Everyone! This certainly is a supportive and nice group of people. I will pop by once in awhile, since I plan to keep using my Habitcals!

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gk, that was so nice of you to stop by and check up on me. :)

I know many here will have a negative reaction to this statement, but here it is: I've started Weight Watchers (again).

One reason is that my best friend and I did it a few years ago and we both lost a lot of weight. Then we both fell ...

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r.jean,

Thanks for your thoughts. I donâ€™t mind at all anyone commenting on my posts or giving their opinionâ€¦as long as theyâ€™re not abusive! I agree with you, I think vanilla NoS is great and makes a lot of sense and has all kinds of good qualities. Â I followed it for a month with one red day ...

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Day 2 of my modified-beyond-recognition plan. Success; I didn't do anything crazy. I actually didn't manage to eat three meals mostly because I had to leave work in the middle of the day to get my son from school (he was sick), so I did more snacking than I'd planned. Here's what I had:

B: Coffee ...

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I think you have expressed what I am thinking;

no rigid rules to follow relaxes me, but leaning towards the basic concept of No S keeps me in line. It also cuts down on the whole anticipation of waiting for a certain time I can eat sweets or feeling like a failure if I have a snack at a certain ...

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Thanks, everyone, for the salad suggestions. That seems reasonable, to make the salad the main dish instead of trying to have it be a side that I'm resenting.

I have to confess, I've been doing absolutely horribly lately. I just kept gaining weight sticking to NoS, and it's so depressing. If my ...

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Haven't quite managed to improve the quality of the food. One issue is that a big plate of salad is healthy, especially if it's not loaded with croutons or whatever, but takes up a lot of space. Yes, it makes you feel full initially, but doesn't have staying power. I feel like it's a delicate ...

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Hey gk,

How are you doing? I agree that the number on the scale is not who you are. Think of your best friend (aside from your husband); if he or she gained 25 lbs, you'd still love him or her, right? Although you might feel bad that she's going through a rough time.

Lisa

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gk, I like the idea of the food magazine plate! It's true that the only time you'd see a heaping plate in print would be in an article about obesity!

I've been seeing a naturopath for several issues (sinus, fatigue), including weight loss. She liked the idea of NoS (I just saw her yesterday, hadn't ...

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Oh no, I'm so sorry about your Mom! I hope she recovers quickly. I can't believe she slept on the floor rather than call!

Getting back on track might help keep the stress in check. Hang in there!

Lisa

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Hey Anoulie,

You're right; I just need to drink less sweet coffee to get used to it! But I think I need to do it very gradually. If I don't like the taste of the coffee, I will just go back to my old ways. This morning I put two teaspoons of sugar in my coffee, dumped the 3rd packet into my palm ...

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Hi Anoulie,

Congrats on your green days!

Lisa

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Thtrchic & Gk, thanks for stopping by!

Yesterday's S day was not so bad. I did eat a number of treats (a big chocolate chip cookie, an extra croissant) and some big meals, but there was none of the methodical shoveling that makes me feel horrible in every way.

Today, back to the relatively easy N ...

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I too had a bad Friday. I decided to make it an S day due to 2 events, but it wasn't nearly as controlled as your admirable S day. Quite the opposite. I made Saturday an N day, and that went well. Today is another S day and I'm hoping I won't do anything stupid. It sounds like you recovered very ...

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Hi Gk,

I had a similar realization, that my S day meals are so large that I am preventing myself from losing weight. I've decided to try to cut down on the amount a bit (yes, it fit on a plate, but if you're eating high-calorie food, you shouldn't have a whole plateful of it).

Of course your ...

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If you plan in advance to take an S day on a Friday instead of Sunday, that seems fine. What would be problematic would be to decide, mid-day, to make a day an S day (especially if nothing unexpected happened).

I took an S day yesterday (Friday) because of two events, but I'm making today an N day ...

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An S-event is a great idea.

I am in a crappy mood, and wondering why I am so self-destructive.

Yesterday I bombed the S day. Even though my work luncheon was pretty blah in terms of the food, nonetheless I ate two desserts plus more other food than was necessary. Then when I got back to my desk I ...

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Thanks, r.jean! "monthly weigh-in," in and of itself, is such a good way to enforce the long-term view. I am terrified of giving up the daily weigh-in, though I see it doesn't add much. Maybe in time!

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I'm going to try it!

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Great job!!!

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Cheddar and avocado -- that's an interesting sandwich! Actually, one of my favorites is cottage cheese and avocado on rye. It looks a little gross but tastes great. I "invented" it in Israel when I was on a kibbutz that grew avocados. I'll have to try with other cheese; might be a bit less messy!

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It is so hard to remember that the daily fluctuations mean much less than the overall trend. With chips (unless they were unsalted) there's water retention. I also find that a large dose of carbs artificially inflates my weight. After a meal of pasta or pizza, even if it wasn't too much food, it's ...

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Hey, that doesn't sound bad at all! Thanskgiving was a long time ago. No one's perfect...

Have a great weekend!

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Today is the day of the office party and the restaurant reservations. It's kind of depressing how anxious I am about these things.

I still haven't made up my mind yet whether this is an S day. I know that this isn't the best policy, but it seems safer to start with "it's probably an S day" and ...

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Aaagh! Typed all kinds of stuff, including a thank-you to Milliem, and my system crashed.

The bottom line is that I may make tomorrow an S day, due to 2 events. And if I do, I will make Saturday an N day. I just don't want to have three S days in a row.

N days have all been fine (big meals, but ...

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Sigh. A bad S day yesterday. It started off OK and then I got stressed out about dumb stuff. I couldn't seem to find the motivation to curb the out-of-control eating. I just kept thinking that the next day was an N day and that I'd get it together then. I'm not even sure I would have been able to ...

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I have had a good S day. I had one treat, which was two small pieces of chocolate. Aside from that, I had seconds and snacks, but none of it was excessive. I ate when I was hungry.

The scale indicates a small weight loss, but more importantly, my jeans feel a tiny bit looser.

B: Piece of ...

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Welcome, Mack!

I am a returning No-S-er. I did well for quite awhile, but then stopped for a long time. Hard to remember why. Anyway, I'm back because this is a very workable, sensible, effective, human plan! It doesn't include so many elements of other diets that get really old after awhile.

You ...

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Success
B: Bacon, egg, & cheese on a croissant, apple
L: shake with unsweetened almond milk, whey, flax meal;
small salad; 1 egg; slice of raisin challah
D: Stuffed manicotti, brocolli rabe, small piece of breaded chicken, small piece of chicken parm sandwich

I added the shake because I did my ...

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Success.
I seem to have injured a disk in my back. I'm having a weird symptom in my leg. My doctor thought it sounded like a problem with L5, and I have to get an MRI. In the mean time, I am avoiding yoga class. I don't want to take up everyone's time with the instructor having to come up with ...

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Hey gk,

I am so glad you did the total body workout. That is awesome! And it's a great idea to focus on your success. There is still the rest of today to get back on track. There is no deadline!

I do a fairly tough workout with a trainer twice a week, and I credit that with making me look like I ...

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Gk,
Definitely don't let it get you down! If you get back on track right away, it will soon be an unimportant blip.

Lisa

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Success.
My meals are too carb-heavy, though, I think. I'm only eating 12-17% protein a day; surely that's not enough, particularly since I do strenuous exercise twice a week. It's so hard to fit the protein in for me. It's not that I dislike meat, but I really prefer to eat humanely raised ...

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Hey Ginmarie,
I count calories too, with the "MyFitnessPal" app. I was doing it before I went back on NoS, and I didn't see the harm in continuing. Because my "normal" tendency is to snack all day and not eat real meals, I also wanted to have a sense of how many calories a meal is. I honestly haven ...

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Thanks, GK! Boy, now that sounds like a bad idea for me (an S party)! Ha!

Everything is fine. You certainly do need to cultivate patience with this diet! There's a lot of "one step forward and two steps back" at first. Hopefully not forever.

I had a huge dinner last night (the last of the pot pie ...

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Aww, nachos aren't that terrible! Not something you'd want to eat every day, perhaps, but I can think of worse lunches! You stuck to the rules; that's what's important.

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I had a pretty good weekend. I did have 1/2 cup of ice cream last night as a sweet. I measured it. I have to admit, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. This might be because I wasn't actually craving it at the moment; I was having it more because I was "allowed to," and "time was running ...

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I compromised with myself last night by having one spoonful of the ice cream.

After last week's awful S day, my weight initially zoomed up past where it had started. Then as the N days unfolded during the week, it slipped back down to a lower point than the N days of the week before. I can easily ...

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AWESOME!!! Very inspiring. Thanks!

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Hi Lori!

Your post is full of truths. I've occasionally done that -- color a square green in advance -- and you're right. It hurts worse to change from green to red than from blank to red. And also true: amazing how much fun it is too see the green and how distressing the red. Gotta get back to the ...

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Sounds like a great plan! I am also committing to doing a short meditation (10 - 15 min) daily and exercise 5 times a week. I am so happy with the Habitcal -- it really does help.

Lisa

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That's great! I am envious of those who can fast. I've tried, but I always binge afterwards. But I think it's a really healthy thing to do

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Sounds like you're doing a great job! Keep up the good work!

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After the bacon egg cheese, I've also had:

Two cups of coffee with cream and sugar
an apple
An ounce of cheese
some green beans, sweet potato fries, and 1/8 cup of macadamia nuts (a strange lunch, but lunch all the same)
Some pork casserole...like a cross between shepherd's pie and pot pie, and ...

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Apparently I am technically challenged. I don't have my own blog or googlepage or whatever. I do have a Daily Checkin here, though.

How do I share my habitcal with someone? I don't necessarily need everyone to be able to see it, though I don't mind if they do, but there is one person who wants to ...

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I really like the idea of setting a three-weekend goal. It's funny: there can be some goals that are too big and will discourage you at the outset. On the other hand, having bigger expectations can make you do more. For example, if I decided to take a 45-minute walk, knowing it was going to be that ...

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Hey Janet,

Nice to see you here!

I do a Hatha yoga class once a week. I wish I did more than that, but one thing at a time, I guess!

Lisa

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Hey Janet,

Nice to see you here!

I do a Hatha yoga class once a week. I wish I did more than that, but one thing at a time, I guess!

Lisa

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More than two S days at a time, even if they are perfectly legit, seems like a bad idea to me! At least for someone who has trouble with S days to begin with.

Mid S-day checkin. So far I have had a yummy bacon egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast. I am supposed to meet up with my husband and kids ...

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Gk...do you think it's possible the binge was somehow triggered by focusing too much on chocolate ice cream? I'm asking because last week I binged after reading the thread on ongoing S day support. Of course, the binge was entirely my fault, but in the back of my mind, I was thinking some (false ...

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Thanks! Unfortunately it ended up being red. I realized that the third piece of pizza was really more in the realm of seconds than anything else. As much as I love pizza, it's not a great meal for me; I just want to eat too much of it! Well, I will press on and be more wary next time. I've gotten ...

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Also, just read this pertinent excerpt from a friend's Facebook post:

Once I received a piece of advice on exercise from a health expert that seemed very wise and I never forgot. He said it takes 21 straight days of exercising 30 minutes or more to create an exercise addiction but only 3 straight ...

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I love chocolate ice cream, too. New York Super Fudge chunk is my poison. I bought some last week but had a horrible binge S day, so though I ate it, it wasn't a good experience. Can't believe S day is upon us so soon; I am really hoping to enjoy some ice cream this weekend and not go overboard!

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Counting as green even though I haven't had dinner yet!

I wanted to mention the idea of plateaus. I haven't been on NoS long enough to have hit one, but when I do, I hope I will not be in the slightest bit upset. Because it's a GOOD sign.

Quoting someone on some other board for some other diet ...

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"jenga-like"

LOL!

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She's actually not going to lose 7 lbs in 7 days, either. At least, not 7 lbs of fat.

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I weigh myself everyday, which I think is a bad habit that I just can't get rid of right now. Just like I'm eating fairly large N day meals to convince myself I can make it to the next meal, I'm weighing myself daily to make sure the big meals aren't making me gain (they aren't)!

I'm hoping that a ...

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As I have learned the hard way, before you can lose weight you first need to stop gaining! And as I have also learned, the false lure of the Lose Weight Fast! diets inevitably leads to weight gain, after some amount of time has gone by and I just can't stand another second of deprivation and eating ...

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Success. Fairly uneventful day.
Breakfast: oatmeal with dried cherries and walnuts
Lunch: salad, 2 hard boiled eggs, english muffin, apple
Dinner: pork loin roast, sweet potato fries, green beans

Yes, a big lunch.
No, I do not keep kosher

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Hey 3-0-7 girl,

That's a nice way to think of it (a security blanket). I seem to be eating less on the whole on N days even with big meals, so it should really not worry me! It's just my impatient and obsessive personality.

I agree; it's nice to see someone else out there who celebrates the Jewish ...

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Forgot to keep adding this:

SW: 161.2
GW: 140
CW: 157.6

I'm sure there is a way to do a signature, but I am too lazy to figure out how to do it!

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Calling today a success , though I had to do some unplanned virtual plating. I would say I had a large plate of food, and not the ideal food, but I think I did OK (especially since I was starving!)

Actually, I hate it when that happens; when you have to use up one of your meals on stuff you don't ...

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Thanks!

My husband and I bought a Le Crueset dutch oven for Christmas, so I've been trying to use it as much as possible. Honestly, while the casserole was perfectly edible, it was the least exciting thing to come out of there (things that were great were bread pudding, cassoulet, chicken breasts ...

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Success. Because I take such interest in what people eat, here are today's meals:
B: oatmeal with walnuts and dried cherries
L: big salad, two hard boiled eggs
D: beef noodle casserole, cottage cheese, broccoli

The casserole was leftover, and there wasn't enough, hence the cottage cheese. I'm ...

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Hi Jean,

I had been thinking of giving myself a green day if I managed to have an S day that I was happy with. It would be a little more informative, looking back over the calendar, to see which S days were awful and which were OK. Or maybe not! Something to think about.

Lisa

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Thanks, r.jean! The Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Years stretch is so tough...you could even start it at Halloween. They're all about food! Though I wasn't back on NoS yet until Christmas. I think eating bigger meals on N days makes a lot of sense. If I feel hungry or insecure about making it to the ...

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Hi oolala,

I couldn't figure out what the 3-weekend thing was. I looked back through many of the older posts, but I didn't exactly see it...

I agree that non-judgmental awareness may be the key. I keep thinking of myself last weekend, sitting at the kitchen table and shoving cookie after cookie ...

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Thanks so much for the detail about your portion sizes.

I actually don't think it sounds like "so much" but that (some) others really seem to eat "so little." Also because you exercise significantly, you need to eat to maintain your muscle mass. I agree that a big breakfast that contains a good ...

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Thanks, Snapdragon. Feeling a little better after sticking to plan today. And it seems that I need to readjust my expectations of how long it will take for the excessive eating to go away. Realistically, why should something ive been doing for decades vanish in a few weeks or even months?
Lisa

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Bleah...a horrible, bad S day yesterday. I feel like I've not only undone all the work I did in the 6 N days preceding it, but even gained weight. I shouldn't have weighed myself this morning -- what's the point -- but I couldn't help it.

I'm not having a problem today sticking to the N day. It ...

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Sorry for the long delay in responding.

Thanks...I lost 30 lbs, but now I've gained 20 of it back. I need to put the breaks on! I guess I would eat too much of anything I liked that was supposedly a "free" food. I just can't handle the concept of moderation, although of course it's a goal of mine ...

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I am really glad to have found this thread. I am returning back to NoS after a long absence (I was just "franxious" before -- couldn't remember my password and my email address had changed; it was hopeless), and the main reason I stopped doing NoS was because of horrible S days that undid all the ...

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My coffee has three teaspoons of sugar and some cream. I wish I could get by with less sugar, but it doesn't seem like it's going to happen (I'm saying this because I recently went for three weeks without coffee. I thought for sure I'd need less sugar, but no dice.).

I was back to my old ways ...

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Hey, I hope you are doing better.

I like your check-ins because your good N day meals look like something I could live on! Some people seem to eat so low-calorie, insubstantial meals I think, "Well no wonder they're losing weight!" And it's scary, because I couldn't eat that lightly for more than a ...

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Finally made it to an S day! Whoo-hoo! Trying to enjoy the day but not freak out.

Yesterday I stuck to the letter of the law, but not the spirit. I packed up my breakfast, which was too large. I had had visions of eating it in a peaceful place while I got some paperwork done. As it turned out, my ...

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Counting today as a success, though it's slightly borderline. I had an extra cup of coffee, which is heading toward snack territory. I am not dinging myself because:

1. It is truly indeterminate in my mind;
2. It's only the first week and I don't want to discourage myself; and
3. The circumstances ...

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So far all is well. I've been having large meals, but they're not enormous.

Actually...I would like to try to stick to around 1600 calories a day, and I've been tracking my caloric intake on the MyFitnessPal app for months and months. It certainly hasn't helped me lose any weight, but I am now ...

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Today was OK. It's green, at least. But it wasn't a great day.

My usual way of eating is to eat lots of small snacks all day, with none that distinguish themselves as 'breakfast' or 'lunch' (dinner is fairly normal). It's hard to break this habit; I'm afraid of being hungry. At lunchtime, I started ...

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Two N days down. I did eat rather large meals, but not horribly large.
Tonight's dinner was a pan-fried dumpling and part of an order of curried chicken noodle soup. Hard to tell how much soup was a reasonable amount, but I ate half and brought the other half home. I feel like my eating is a little ...

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I decided to go back on No-S and started off yesterday with an absolutely dreadful S day, preceded by one just as dreadful (related to both Hannukah and Christmas). Even though today is Sunday, I didn't want to have three in a row...so I picked the one day that most of the world probably counts as ...

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I'm also returning to the fold! This is not the greatest time of year to start; too many sweets around on what should be N days. But I'm determined; and, thank goodness, tomorrow is Monday!

I'm really glad to see some recent posts. I reentered this site a couple of days ago and it saw some of my ...

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I'm also returning to the fold! This is not the greatest time of year to start; too many sweets around on what should be N days. But I'm determined; and, thank goodness, tomorrow is Monday!

I'm really glad to see some recent posts. I reentered this site a couple of days ago and it saw some of my ...

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