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Thank you Gemma! :) It was a pretty good dinner

Day 2: Tuesday: N Day: Failure

B: coffee & 1/2 & 1/2
croissant

L: 1/2 cheeseburger & a few fries

D: cheese & crackers
beer

Had seconds on the cheese & crackers from my first plate. I have no idea why. I wasn't even hungry. I really have to keep ...

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Day 1: Monday: N Day: Success!

B: Coffee & 1/2 & 1/2

L: Croissant
Morraccan lentil soup

D: Wine

Normally I would just throw in the towel because obviously this is a ridiculous day of eating. But I'm going to try to not focus on doing everything perfectly. I didn't have breakfast because I ate ...

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I have started and stopped No S so many times because I keep getting discouraged that I can't do it "perfectly." So then my thoughts start getting wacky and I start modifying or adding in diet rules and then I just give up.

But in reading over the Testimonials forum I was really encouraged by the ...

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Hi Kevin! Yes, it's interesting - when I was 115 a few months ago (well, February) I was actually smaller then when I weighed 108 for all those years. Ah, no rhyme or reason it seems...

So today I had a very light lunch - and I loved it! I felt more energized and tonight was really nicely hungry ...

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What I am realizing is that for me personally (and I know this does not apply to most) I really prefer eating very light during the day and then eating a more substantial meal in the evenings. My lunches have been such that I am not hungry at night and I don't like that feeling. I want to be hungry ...

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I really want to work on cleaning up my weekend eating- not to beat myself up with but because it's just plain depressing to sit around on a Saturday night eating too many cookies because I am lonely/bored and because it's "allowed." So I am going to go back to my orginal plan- meals everyday ...

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I just bought a scale and I'm rather enjoying weighing myself every day. I thought it would make me feel crazy & effect my mood but it's not. I feel like it's keeping me more in tune with what I'm really doing. For example - I am 2 pounds more today because I ate a lot last night. Plain and ...

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Thank you Kevin :D

So today I learned some interesting things. Last night I knew I needed to work on the book but was feeling really burned out and distraught because I'd had some bad feedback (all par for the course). I also was really tired. So instead of just giving myself the night off and ...

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Day 17: Tuesday

B: coffee & 1/2

L: The usual salad...

D: Lots o' M&M's (pms week, what can ya do?

)

And tomorrow is another day....

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Ok - so here is my little reminder to myself when I feel like I am not progressing fast enough.

I struggled with anorexia/bulimia/bingeing in high school & college. I was insane and obsessed about my body and food and was very, very unhappy. At the end of college, I joined OA which really helped me ...

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Tuesday: Day 16: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: Salad with cheddar, egg, peas, olives, tomatoes, croutons & lf bals vin

D: 2 pieces of pizza

I am feeling discouraged today which is ridiculous. I have only been doing this for 16 days- as well as only been on a consistant workout plan for 2.5 ...

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Tuesday: Day 15: Success!

GlC: Success! (None)

B: coffee & 1/2

L: Salad with cheddar, egg, peas, tomatoes, olives, croutons & lf bals vin

D: 2 pieces of pizza

Note to self: 2 pieces of pizza is just too much. These are NY style pieces I get and they are BIG. I can never decide which one I ...

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Monday: Day 14: Success!

GlC: Success! (None)

B: coffee & 1/2

L: lowfat cottage cheese & tortilla chips

D: goat cheese, avacado, watercress sandwich on 7grain bread
potato chips

Edited to add:

Last night this became a Failure . Neither of those meals were substantial enough and I ended up ...

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I echo what wosnes and some others said. I tried for YEARS to do vanilla NoS and just could not stick to it. I don't have a struggle with not snacking but as soon as I forbid sweets I binge on them. This time I have allowed myself to have sweets on NDays as long as they are decided on before the ...

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Sunday: Day 13 Success!

GlC: Success!

Again, not the most comfortable day food-wise but a success as is SDay.

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Oh, thank you both for the interest! The book is fiction and is set in the UCLA Greek system in the 1990's. It is called "Secrets of an Ex-Sorority Sister." I am having this group read it in 3 sections, giving me notes, making the final changes and then I will submit it to literary agents in the ...

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Yesterday, Thursday:
Day 10: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
pretzels

D: beer

That beer didn't sit right with me so I ended up going to bed early.

Tonight is an S-Event ! I am hosting the first of 3 Book Club meetings to workshop the novel I wrote. Tonight is section one ...

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Day 9: Success!
B: coffee & 1/2

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
chips

S: 1 piece cake

D: 2 pieces pizza

Today was my lovely co-worker/friend's engagement party so I had a piece of cake! I have no problem with that!

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Haha Kevin! Yeah, I have never been a breakfast eater even when I was much younger. Now, a weekend champagne brunch is something else entirely!

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Day 8: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: Salad with feta, avocado, croutons & low fat vinagrette

D: 2 pieces pizza

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Day 7: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: Wonderful parmesan, pine nut & avacado sandwich on seven grain- yum!
Pretzels

D: bagel w/lowfat cream cheese & salsa
triscuits

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Thank you for your kind words Noelfigart but I can assure you I am in no way falling prey to a diet mentality at all. I am actually feeling very at peace and not obsessing about eating in any way. When I am putting 'fail' it is not something I feel bad about nor am I treating myself harshly- it's ...

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Day 6: Fail

B: Frappucino

L: Bagel w/ lowfat cream cheese
cookies

D: personal pizza
4 triscuits w/ lowfat ccheese (one plate)

Failure because I'd planned on 2 cookies but had more.

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Day 5: Failure

B: Frappucino

L: 1 piece pizza
garlic roll with marinara

S: pumpkin latte

S: shared cheese plate

D: 2 p. pizza
2 garlic rolls with marinara

I know technically on nos there is no failure on weekends but I am trying to keep to meals all the time so for me, it's important to ...

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Day 4: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
pretzels

D: Beer

Met a friend after work and had some beers. When I got home I was too tired and just went to bed.

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Day 3: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
pretzels

D: bagel w/ lowfat cream cheese
2 pieces cheese
1/2 c. cottage cheese (all one plate)

Cheese, cheese, lots of cheese :) Oh well. Better then pounds of m&m's as I've been known to do.

I didn't have the opportunity to try my ...

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Thank you frugaltexan! :)

Day 2: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
bag o' pretzels

D: bagel with lowfat cream cheese & salsa
2 pieces cheese

*Am going out to meet a friend- will have one or two beers

My lunch is too big. I have been eating pretty much the same thing for a ...

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Day 1: Success!
B: Coffee & half-n-half

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
snack bag of chips

D: 1 piece pizza
4 pieces of cheese

Not the healthiest meals, but meals nonetheless!

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I keep coming back to NoS because there are so many things I love about it. But I keep leaving NoS because there are things that I just can't stick to. I have read (and I believe even Reinhard may have mentioned this) that if you can't do a food plan forever, you may as well not start. For me this ...

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Day 1: Success!

B: Coffee w/ half & half

L: Cheese sandwich, chips

D: 1 plate cheese and crackers

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New here & will be starting tomorrow-which will be S-day since Labor Day :)

Will be doing Vanilla No-S with the only change being probably only eating 2 meals a day as breakfast & I are not a good match.

Looking forward to it!

My weight today is 120.

My goal is 110 which I hope to reach whenever ...

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Day 1: 8/3, Monday: Success!

B: Coffee and 1/2&1/2

L: tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, olive oil, walnuts

D: steamed vegetables, butter, feta, 2 small pieces swiss cheese

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July did not go well for me as I was facing some health problems that forced me to change what I was eating. Now that I've adjusted, I am ready to focus on 3 meals on NDays with no seconds, no snacking. Everything that I am going to eat in front of me before I begin eating. SDays are Friday ...

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I'm in! I've had to alter my foods due to some health challenges so I needed a few weeks to adjust to that and learn to not feel deprived. But now am focusing back on 3 meals a day, no seconds, no snacking, within the restrictions of my health/food plan. For now, not going to worry about sweets as ...

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I had a Sick day today and probably will for another few days. I also need to make some dietary changes for health reasons. As a result I'm going to pause in my check-ins and pick-up on Monday. Just need to get well. Also will be joining August challenge. See you all then!

Probably will just start ...

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Great! So pleased there is going to be a challenge in August. I have come down with something so am probably going to have some Sick days this week. May not be able to keep up with posting but will re-commit for the next one to start fresh. Looking forward to it!

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Day 2: Tuesday, NDay: SUCCESS!
Alcohol hasn't been much of an issue so will just record with meals- not any sort of success or failure. I like keeping this check-in just for NoS.

B: coffee & 1/2

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
pretzels

D: crackers with cheese & salsa
2.5 beers

White-knuckle day ...

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Day 1: Monday, NDAY: SUCCESS!
Alcohol: Success

B: coffee & 1/2
croissant

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
chips

D: small bean & veg burrito
veg cassarole w/ cheese & salsa

I am feeling really proud :D I so wanted cookies or a beer or just something after dinner- but instead, since I'd decided I'd ...

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I know I'm late but I would like to join! I do a daily check-in that I'll keep for details but love the idea of being accountable here....in front of people :shock: :D

So I will start today & edit this post as I go along...

July 20th: NoS Success/Callanetics
July 21st: NoS Success/Callanetics ...

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Ok, so again after thinking things over, I've come up with a final modification. I do like having a difference between NDays & SDays as I think it gives something to strive for, a sort of order and then 2 days to not have to think about anything at all. As I said, I'm not sure I'm ready to give up ...

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These are all such great suggestions! Thank you everyone!

Printing now....

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Day 1: Thursday: Success!
Alchohol: Success

B: Coffee & 1/2
Croissant

L: 1/2 cheese sandwich
pretzels

D: 1/2 rice & cheese burrito
chips

I am liking my new plan so far (found I did not want any sweets today so not an isssue) but this was WAY too much food for me. Yuck. Oh well, all part of ...

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Deb, I am right there with you! In fact, I was going to ask a similar question tonight about how to stay on track with the horrible cravings that come along at this time (mine is for sugar). I'd love to hear any thoughts on how to deal with this! I also get so bloated I feel like I've gained tons of ...

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Haha! I work out early morning and sometimes when I am doing my Callanetics video (similar to Pilates) I find that I'm so tired I'm really just sort of flopping around

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Last night was a Failure , not necessarily epic by any means but still.
Alcohol was Exempt

I started to get really really disheartened. I then began thinking about what worked for me in the past. When I was younger (hs & college) I suffered from a pretty severe eating disorder. What cured it for ...

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Day 7; Wednesday NDay

Checking in after lunch because I'm tempted to eat more even though I'm done. Going to write down my food and get out of the office!!!

B:
Coffee & 1/2
1/2 mozzarella, basil, tomato baguette sand (Yum!! I was so happy eating this, so happy not to be dieting :D )
pasta salad ...

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Ok so continuation of today:

Day 6; Tuesday, NWS: Success!
Alcohol: Technically Failure

So tonight was fine. Didn't really go overboard.

D: chips, crackers, cheese, cookies
Wine

Didn't feel too full nor too drunk so all is well. Came home with bagged dinner that was given by company so will ...

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Today will be a NWS day. My work is hosting Philharmonic in the Park and I'm not really sure what is going on with dinner. Will do my best to keep to one plate- but I don't think that is how it is going to be served, may be in stages. Instead of sweating it I'm going to just call it NWS. Besides ...

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Thank you Midtown. A lot of this week is going to be Failure when it comes to drinking because I have a lot of events- I would like to be able to moderate it a little better in the future but for now, as long as I'm not feeling "drunk" I am ok. I am really focusing on spacing things out and eating ...

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Hi Midtownfg! I am really enjoying your check in. You are doing so well. I loved your alcohol monitoring system, I thought it looked so helpful, so I sort of stole it for my own check in

I hope that's ok!

Moxie

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Day 4
N Day: Success!
Alcohol: Technically Failure (similiar to yesterday, 3 beers but over a looooong time)

B: coffee & 1/2

L: 1 piece pizza
2 garlic rolls with marinara

D: 1 piece pizza
1 garlic roll with marinara

I like having Sunday as an N Day. Usually I just lay around and eat a lot of ...

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Day 3
S Day: Success!
Alcohol: Technically Failure

Well, today I was a bit of an idiot with the food. The problem was I was really really tired and wanted a nap but feared it would interfere with my sleeping tonight. So instead I ate a lot -which now will probably interfere with my sleep not to ...

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Day 2
N Day: Success!
Alcohol: Exempt

B: Coffee & 1/2
Croissant
Cottage Cheese
Banana

L: 1/2 Cheese Sandwich
Pretzels

D: 1/2 Huge Burrito
2 Bud Lites

Today was an N Day but I have decided in the future to make Fridays & Saturdays my S Days. It just works much better with my schedule and I ...

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"Nail those 3 meals down and all the arguments about carbs and good and bad foods etc becomes quite trivial in comparison."

Those words really hit me. They are so true! Must remember that!

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Thank you Bushranger, I am really going to try to hold on to that fact. I also know that when I was in my 20's and at a very happy weight I ate whatever I wanted - but just only at meals. I was not a dieter at all. Of course being in my late 30's now things are little different but that is why I've ...

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Day 1
N Day: Success!
Alcohol: Exempt

B: coffee and 1/2&1/2
*This happens a lot with me. There are many, many times when I don't feel like breakfast will sit right with me so I skip it. I will have to play it day by day. Tomorrow I will probably have breakfast as I had an early dinner. We shall ...

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After leaving NoS and flopping around to other diets (I don't know why) and becoming quite crazed (and gaining weight), I have returned :D. In looking back on times when I stuck to NoS I remember how at peace I was with food - not to mention I lost weight. And I felt great. So here goes try #10 or ...

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I have been back and forth with NoS & Intuitive Eating. I think Intuitive Eating is wonderful- but I think it's very difficult to get there if your eating is very chaotic and unbalanced (as mine is :lol: ). So now, I am committing to NoS until 7/1/09/. I'll reevaluate then. Breakfast is very ...

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Thank you Kathleen! You are so sweet. :D

Well, today was Day 1 and it was a Success.

B: coffee & 1/2&1/2
yogurt

L: cheese sandwich on baguette
3/4 cup broccoli & cheese soup

D: rice with indian vegetables
2 pieces ezekial with cashew/almond butter

This was a very, very hard day for me ...

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If I have something I think I 'should' have or futz with my meals to make them more 'weight-loss friendly" I will immediately want to overeat or binge. Right now I am only focusing on eating things I like.

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Hi Kathleen,

I agree. Having a stash is calming to me as well. I can absolutely see how a "failure" can help some people however, for me, the emotional fallout (ie bingeing) that I put myself through is not beneficial. It usually causes me just to give up. I really don't want to give up this time ...

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**I also just need to remind myself that the MOST important thing for me is to eat only things that I like on my N-Days (and S Days too of course). Not to eat things I think I SHOULD eat. That really, really gets me into trouble. I was just thinking about things to eat for breakfast and how I should ...

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Hi Kathleen,

Thank you so much for checking in! I have been reading over your posts and am just so impressed. There's so much inspiration there. I absolutely LOVE the earned NWS idea!

Moxie

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I have been gone for some time but am ready to dive in again. I truly believe in it's worth.

One of the things I struggled with before was that I NEVER allowed myself to have NWS days. Or if I did, I felt guilty. I constantly felt like I was white-knuckling and on the brink of a failure. And ...

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Yeah, on further thought, I have decided to take a little break. I'm just using NoS as another way to beat myself up at this point. I need to just step back for awhile, get some other things in order. Thank you to everyone on this board who's been such a help. One thing for sure I've learned is that ...

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Hi Blue,

Thank you so much for your kind words! You are always so supportive and I appreciate it so much.

Thank you!

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Day 1: Success

B: coffee & 1/2

L: Salad with cheese, garbanzos & bc dressing

D: 3 pieces Ezekial with almond butter

I'm relatively sure I can't do this. I already feel like such a failure, having to start over so many times. I have already gained back about 5 pounds that I lost. My life is a ...

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This is around my 4th start. But I am determined to start again.

21 Days here I come!

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Hi OG,

I came to your thread to thank you for leaving the kind words on my check-in and I'm so sorry to see that you're going through a tough time. Please know there are a lot of people sending you good thoughts.

Moxie

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Try,

This was a lovely post. Thank you so much for sharing. I'm in an emotional eating ongoing nightmare right now. Please know you've been an inspiration.

Moxie

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OG, congratulations on your 6 pounds!

So wonderful to be seen it can be done in a sane normal way without crazy deprivation. KUTGW!

Moxie

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Oh Blue, I'm so happy to hear Lola is feeling better. Please keep us posted on her progress.

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I have been doing NoS since May 12th. I have definitely noticed some big changes such as - feeling more comfortable with smaller meals and a HUGE decrease in the craving for sweets. This is the most unbelievable thing for me because I've always thought of myself as someone with an insatiable sweet ...

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Congratulations Jamie! Thank you so much for posting. You and I are the same height so it's great to see that it's working for us shorties as well. :D I have about 10 pounds to go to my goal and it's also a nice reminder that it doesn't happen overnight- not even in a few months. I love to hear when ...

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Hi Blue,

I am so sorry to hear about your kitty. I have 2 of my own and they are the lights of my life. I can only imagine what you and your husband are going through. I am sending you good thoughts.

Moxie

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Day 15: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: salad with cheese, garbanzos & bc dressing

D: 2 pieces of Ezekial with almond butter.

Feeling yuck and bloated tonight. Puffy. This may be because although I've been doing my Callanetics I haven't been doing cardio. I'm going to need to add that back in and ...

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Day 14: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: salad with cheese, garbanzo beans & bc dressing

D: 3 p. Ezekial bread with almond butter

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Day 13: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
trail mix

L: yogurt

D: curry vegetables & rice

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Day 12: S-Day Success!

B: coffee & creamer

L: Bottled frappucino
6 cookies

D:2 english muffins
2 veg sausages, lots of cheese

I'm finding now that unless I'm using sugar for emotional reasons (like I did this morning) that I rarely want it. Interesting.

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Hi Blue! :D Thank you for checking in! The agent search is chugging along. It's going to be a much longer process than I thought so now I'm just sort of in a groove, working it in between my job search stuff. In some ways, knowing I can't possibly get it done within my original time frame has freed ...

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Day 11: S-Day Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L/D: Huge cobb salad

Wow. I knew I could have dessert but opted not to because I was too full. Wow.

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Thank you sbay! :D Some days definitely are harder than others.

I'm a little behind in my check-ins...

Day 9: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: Huge salad with cheese & bc dressing

D: Beer

Day 10: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
1/2 piece white pizza
3 garlic rolls with marinara

L: Other 1/2 p. white ...

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Day 8: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: salad with cheese & bc dressing

D: 2 p. Ezekial bread, 1 p. wasa cracker
almond butter

Took everything I had to stick to the plan tonight! But I did!

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Day 7: Failure

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: 1 piece white pizza
3 garlic rolls with marinara sauce

D: ice cream
pieces of cheese

I'm very stressed out right now and definitely struggling with emotional eating. Wanting to just tune out from life. I'm still going to post though...I'm sure one day ...

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Day 6: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2

L: chicken with green beans & new potatoes

D: brie and rice crackers

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Day 5: S-Day Success!

B: bottled frappucino

L: Yogurt

D: wasa crackers, brie, mozarella, tomatoes, basil
3 cookies

Not very happy at all with that dinner - which is probably why I had 3 cookies.

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Day 3: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: spaghetti & meatballs

D: Beer

Again one of those days where I ate a huge late lunch and just wasn't hungry at all for dinner.

Day 4: S-Day Success!

L/D: Taco Bell cheese/ beef quesadilla
beef mexi melt
nachos
taco

This was sort of spread out ...

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Hi Blue!

Just checking in to say you're doing great & are such an inspiration!

Moxie

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Day 2: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: 1/4 of huge italian sub sandwich

D: spaghetti & meatballs

That's my check in for yesterday (Thursday). Today is Friday and I fear it's going to be a tough day. I literally got no sleep and am up about 3 hours earlier than normal. This concerns me ...

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Day 1: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: Salad with beans, cheese & bc dressing

D: Indian lentils with rice

I changed my mind and have just decided to record NoS here. I like this thread for me just being about that. It keeps it easier to manage. The other things I'll record elsewhere.

I was ...

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Hi Gail,

I also found in the beginning to really focus on the HABIT itself- rather than what I was eating and how much. I ate 3 big plates a day of whatever I wanted so I would have no feelings of deprivation whatsoever. As time went by I naturally began to make healthier choices and the weight ...

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Thank you Blue! :D I really am excited.

I am feeling a lot more relaxed around food and finally making some healthier choices. I haven't weighed myself because I don't want to be emotionally affected if the number isn't what I hoped- but I know I've lost weight. I can see it in the mirror. I have ...

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I found when I first started NoS that my meals were rather large and unhealthy. However, over time, as the "thrill" of eating former forbidden food wore off, and also as I learned to deal with my emotions better (as opposed to bingeing because that just wasn't an option on N-Days) food fell into it ...

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Day 21: Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: salad with cheese, beans & bc dressing

D: empenada

Yay! I made it 21 days with only one red square! I'm going to start another 21 days on Wednesday.

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Day 20: S-Day Success!

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: brownie
3 garlic rolls with butter

D: pistachios & beer
mini pb cups

Wow, I just realized that if I make it through Monday I will have 21 days on habit with only one failure. Wow! That makes me really proud of myself.

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Great, thank you everyone! I stocked up on vegies so we'll see how this week goes...obviously today being an S-day- not so good! But I'm going to focus on making better choices, without letting myself feel deprived.

Thanks again!

Moxie

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Yes, please do keep updating! It's so great to hear of successes!

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Thank you both for your kind words. It really does help so much.

Day 19: S- Day Success!

B: bottled frappucino
yogurt

L: 1 piece pizza, 3 garlic rolls and marinara sauce

D: chips & ranch dip, LOTS of ice cream
beer

The only reason this is a success is because there's no failure on S days ...

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Day 18: Success BUT BARELY...

B: coffee & 1/2
yogurt

L: salad with beans, cheese and ranch

D: chips & cheese
1 wasa with almond butter & apple butter

Time goes really slow when you're heartbroken. :( I felt like I was waiting around most of the night, hoping I would get tired so I could go to ...

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Oh, thank you Jill, Blue & Fkwan for checking in! Seriously your responses & support made my day. :D

I am feeling a little better and have gotten a lot of work done. I'll just keep walking through I suppose.

Fkwan - in answer to your question, my book is fiction and takes place in the UCLA ...

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