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Rest of last week went ok. Today was hard because after the weekend plus i was home with sick child. i made it through the day and then sat at dinner and just kept on eating! Think I need to get up from the table and get a coffee or something after my one plate.

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Majorca! There's some motivation

I am trying to work out what your dog is doing in the photo. How did she get her ears like that?

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Yay a green day. Had to really tell myself i could do it though. So many impulses to eat!

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Fail today. I struggled through the late afternoon until dinnertime. Then i cheated at dinner having extra pieces of bread after i should have finished. Then two biscuits in the evening out on a visit. Oh well. Probably thirsty at dinner I think that was the problem.

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Breastfeeding makes you REALLY hungry, so. I think four meals is a good plan. I know you know, but don't forget to drink heaps of fluids between meals if you are not snacking.

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I spent pretty much all weekend eating stuff because I was "allowed". Oh well. Research shows that the difference between people who are gaining weight and people who aren't is actually weekday eating as everyone overeats on the weekends. So here's to a good week coming up. Today ok so far.

I am ...

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I bought silver boots instead of green. On sale :)
Thursday was all clear, friday i am not sure how to mark it. I went out for dinner and had antipasti and half a plate sized pizza. Theoretically could have all fit on one plate but morally probably a fail.
Today is an S day and i am going crazy on ...

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Day 7 of take two. Hurray! A whole week. I need to reward myself. I think with some nice boots to wear with trousers. I am sick of wearing red doc martins to work. Maybe i can get something a bit more lightweight and a bit more green.

Some of these n days are hard. I have to reming myself that i ...

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That's an interesting idea eating totally to hunger in the weekends. What if you have a wave of hunger and then by the time you get to food it is gone? Do you still eat? It doesn' t sound like you are eating very much.

i might try it next weekend. Monday night now.

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Day 5 of take 2. An N day.
Veges: baby spinach, broccoli sprouts, red cabbage,cucumber, carrot
Hmm think I need to revise the plate size bit

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Day 4 of take 2. An s day.
Veges ate spinach times two, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, mushrooms
Sweets: honey, ice cream , caramel sauce

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You're committed now! Fantastic. Dogs bond to whoever walks then the most so you'll have a creature who adores you too

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Autoeating it is fantastic to see you still going strong

You always seem to be improving your entire life which is fab.
I have picked up the old thread as instructed....
Good luck with the dog walking!

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Ok then I'll use the old check-in! Learning from history and all that!

So day three of take 2 is an s day. I feel absolutely stuffed after a social dinner. Veges today capsicum, tomato, spinach, cucumber and i don't know if I should count chilli beans.

Auto you asked about running with my sister ...

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Day 2 of take 2.

Well i stuck to it but not the healthiest dinner. Friday night takeaways with no veges. Oh well.

Veges today - one capsicum, and the lettuce in my burger....

I sat at morning tea and refused lemon tart because "I'm not supposed to be eating between meals" probably made me seem ...

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Hi Skelton, thanks for your encouragement. I hope I'm back for good too.

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I can't remember now why I stopped doing NoS but I am back today. Silly me, imagine where I would be now if I had kept going since january! Oh well I am here now.

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Love your 5 month testimonial there.

Progressing your whole life step by step in the right direction for 5 whole months is pretty fantastic.

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Yeah. Stupid scales!

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I stupidly weighed myself today and have gained weight since i started. Thoughts going through my head of mods, fasts etc etc I am trying to just let them flow through and not let any of them stick! If anything seems like a truly brilliant idea i might add it to my list of possible new habits. I ...

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Yes it's nice not to eat by rules like low fat low starch etc eh?

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Realised i have a similar breakfast to you so i want to brag about mine too. Homemade thick yoghurt, berries and also often nuts or sunflower seeds. I use frozen berries and the cheapest here are boysenberries or blackberries. I get them out the night before and they defrost and seep into the ...

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Eschano i have just been reading through the last few posts and your testimonial page. Fantastic

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Success today. Fierce hunger for an hour before dinner though. I think it might be good to treat myself to something nice to drink for this time. I don't really want to set up an alcohol habit and I also want to avoid artificial sweeteners. Perhaps i could learn to like soda water and lemon?? Maybe ...

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It is really good being hungry at meal times. I miss it on the weekends...

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"Middle eager"? Lol So, eager in moderation? :P I am 45 which according to the guardian online is not considered middleaged in the US anyway.

Anyway, i hope your mcl doesn't end up all whiny and demanding. But it does sound good, listening to your body. I am starting to think more and more that I ...

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I have decided to make yesterday a red day, partly because I am tempted to ignore my transgression so I can keep on adding to my "run". I had a taste of cake mixture. So, back to day 1 today.

I don't mean i had a taste of cake mixture on purpose to have a red day. I mean i was going to ignore it ...

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NoS in trundling along. I think my dinners are too big. I still wasn't hungry by breakfast time.

Meditation. If I get interrupted in the middle i am super-annoyed. Far more agitated than when I started. I bet Gandhi wasn't like that. Reliving hurt feelings from 1986 probably not really the point ...

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There's a retirement plan: "crazy walking lady"!

Re the structured eating on the weekends, I notice so much now how I'm always ruining my dinner on the weekends by snacking. Then I'm annoyed.

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Yay! I have done my first 21 days. It is getting easier, mainly because I have started eating a lot at meals.

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Your s day eating seems so structured! So little snacking. Has it seeped in from the NoS days? Are you doing it on purpose? Does it just come naturally?

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Day 21 today! Hurray! Could not say I have exactly mastered it yet. This week will be my first week with 5 NoS days in a row. First there was christmas, then my wedding anniversary, then our 4 day hike, then my son's birthday.

Anyway, tomorrow I am going to add in meditation, something that I often ...

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Did you watch movies and eat movie food all the time from lunch to dinner? jealous!

Be interested to see what you decide with the electronics in the end.

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I saw a pod of four orca swimming in the bay today

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Hope your weekend went well nosnacker

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Look after yourself. I hope things improve.

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Hmm, maybe not enough sleep?...

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Getting close to the 21 day mark now. But very low mood today. Sigh.

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Thanks for your advice about the snacks nosnacker. Got through the night.

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Hamburger for breakfast! I need to try that

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Success today. Hanging in there. Snacks are calling me.

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Actually no i'm not a teacher although that would be awesome. Just everybody here takes summer holidays because of christmas and summer at the same time

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I loved the post about your kids demanding your attention!

I hope weighing yourself less goes well. It sounds like you really want your focus to be on your behaviours not your weight, so it makes sense to measure it less.

Food definitely acts as a tranquiliser for me. Unfortunately for the people ...

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Back at work now after summer holidays. Exhausted! So glad I didn't start anything else new except the eating. Sustaining the NoS so far though because it needs less attention rather than more!

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Thanks for the info oolala. After my rave on your thread. Really, i'd like to be like Judith Rodin and move on to other things! It drives me crazy how much time i spend thinking about food etc. this should be how NoS works i'm hoping. I put these simple rules in place and then train myself not to ...

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Saturday S day. Thought i would try posting my food. No promises i will keep it up though.

B fruit bread and honey, smoothie - yoghurt, berries, spinach, banana, cocoa
Snack: licked the bowl from the brownies. Made brownies, just like an american! -batch made 24 one inch pieces
L: fruit bread and ...

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For a lot of people, it's about recognising and interrupting the habitual thought loops, rather than deep psyche stuff. There is a free online programme called moodgym which i remember being really helpful although I have to confess I didn't finish the whole thing (should have used the NoS system ...

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Hi there. Hope you are doing OK today.

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Zaftig! What a great word. i had to look it up. Yiddish. i will have to drop it into conversation.

I definitely feel like too much of my brain space has been taken up by weight and nutrition issues all through my life when I could have been out saving the world. It is really difficult to change a ...

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That work stuff sounds really stressful. Be kind to yourself. Treat yourself to something non food that brings your stress down. Bath? Reading? Comedy? I hope you get to spend more time with your daughter and her baby.

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The weekend! Planning to do some baking

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I am not sure i get it. You are worried you might not stick to noS some time in the future? You are worried you like NoS and other people don't like it? You are doing fantastically at the moment. Can you channel your worry in to contingency planning? Sorry, too many questions...

I do understand ...

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Success yesterday and so far today ( we are about to have our evening meal on Friday. Monday is my son's twelfth birthday so yet another s day.

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Well i thought i'd have to change the name of the thread some time

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Auto, inspired by you I have a list of various things applying to all areas of my life that I would like to ply the NoS system to. i'm keeping it aside and i am planning to add in one thing at a time. First I have to get more used to this eating thing though!

Love your posts.

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I think that is great that you could put the treats away for later. Maybe gently remind him some time about your weekday rules, but not when he has just brought stuff home?

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Back to normal N day eating today. Thank goodness.

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NoSOB was my favourite!

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Great. Soon you will be able to abbreviate to NoS, NoSOB, NoSp, NoEK and we will all know what you mean.

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i hope you and your household feel better. Very impressive chart you have there.

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Sorry to hear you still aren't feeling too good. Hope it improves.

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Thanks for all your support oolala!

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Another green day yesterday. Yay!

So three green days in a row. And now i have.. Six s days in a row! Today (friday) is my 21st wedding anniversary and we are going out to a very nice restaurant. Then on sunday we are starting a four day hike so chocolate and trail mix will be essential.

So I ...

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Yay for the happy food experiences.

It drives me crazy how much it costs for the whole family to buy lunch when we are out. Well done for packing lunch! Maybe you should start carrying a thermos of coffee around?

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Good to have your husband's support. Here's to new habits in the new year

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Rose Bowl is some american football thing right? Known only in. The movies in my part of the world. Board games i do know. We played Risk and settlers of catan on NYE. Got beaten by the 11 y old in both. I won Talisman the night before though...

Anyway happy new year. No eggs on New Years day after ...

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Another success day yesterday. I notice i have started piling up my plate to avoid getting hungry later...oh well I will deal with that problem when i get to the 21 days.

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Impressive sensibleness at your party!

Happy New year!

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I like to be hungry for the meal, but not so hungry for two hours beforehand that i can barely talk to anyone...I think I have noticed the same thing automatedeating, that the high sugar high starch foods can have an effect over a couple of days. Worth it sometimes though!

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Yeah, I think metformin has an appetite effect separate from the blood sugar effect.

Love eggs. I am looking after my friend's chickens while she is away oh holiday. The eggs make it so worth it.

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Yay! A successful noS day yesterday. I didn't even get hungry, although def would have snacked if I didn't have a rule.

Happy new Year everyone! posted 0920 on new years day, local time.

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You guys are sweet. In my book nutella is closer to icing than peanut butte and honey on porridge is closer to syrup on pancakes. So they didn't meet my own standars and neither are part of what I normally eat.

Oolala I don't think there is a way to change the posting times from Greenwich mean time ...

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Damn. I didn't realise until after lunch that i have already failed twice on the no sugar today. Honey on my porridge (yes it is mid-summer here...) and then a nutella sandwich at lunch. Back to day zero. All part of the learning process.

Yep it is a state school. I still don't really understand ...

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So much interesting stuff! I found I wasn't sleeping so well when I read the ipad in bed at night. So now i have books on the go on the ipad but I have print books on my bedside table.

Oolala, my 15 y old has chosen "english with shakespeare" for next year, mainly because he wants to be in a class ...

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In the past, I have tried writing stream of consciousness about what i am actually telling myself when i have the urge to eat. It showed me what was really going on in my head AND gave me something to do apart from eating.

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I know a decent amount of regular exercise has helped my mood and my sleep quite a bit.

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Thanks nosnacker. Well I started my run again on friday after my slip up on thursday. So today (monday) would be day 4. I ate too much sugar and not enough veges over the weekend. It didn't make me feel very well. Silly silly.

I have to decide ahead whether new years eve should be an s day or not ...

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Yep christmas day was definitely an s day! I am in new zealand so the time zone is ahead. Like right now it is 5.35 pm on friday....

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Putting the treats straight in the freezer is a great idea. I hadn't thought of that.

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Interesting! If i have read this right, you won't be using electronics at all monday to thursday, so you won't be posting anything?

Just for interest, our system is that the kids have to do their jobs before they can have their screen time. They are allowed up to an hour on weekdays and two hours ...

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I am not counting yesterday as a complete success. I did pretty well. Just I didn't fill up my plate for lunch and then eat it. I ate the nuts straight out of their container on the table. So i will start my run again today. Hopefully i can get to 8 this time

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Congrats on the BMI

I can see these systems would be good for keeping up an at home exercise programme- something I have always found very hard to do.

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Well i definitely noticed "last meal syndrome" as christmas day drew to a close. I was really full but had to have one last helping of pavlova/chocolates/steamed pudding because I wouldn't be able to help with the leftovers the next day. Silly!

Anyway a relief not to make any decisions about snacks ...

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Oh ok i can see the habitcal now. I quite like my paper calendar because i walk past it twenty times a day. But i might get some colours for it.

Anyway i made it clean through xmas eve but it was QUITE HARD!

Merry Christmas.

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I should do a search for the colour coding system I guess. I have just been putting ticks and crosses and Ss on my calendar. You know yourself and what you need to do, but it does seem a bit mean to yourself to do red Ss I think.

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Ha ha 5 days, 5 years - practically the same!

Congrats on the 4 year anniversary oolala.

Anyway it is going well for me so far. I feel like I have more brainspace to think about other things already.

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It seems like a good idea to review, plan for next time but forgive and move on. Good for you.

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Thanks nosnacker! Well saturday and sunday were fine. Party, family lunch etc and I enjoyed the guilt free social eating! Monday here now and i'm hoping to stick to the three meals a day for the two days before xmas. Even though i am home on leave and relatives staying, kids, treats everywhere etc

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Hope it goes well!

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Well I have done two whole days of no S and now it is Saturday. I like the idea of the system - it fits in really well with other people, you don't have to make a fuss about anything, plus it ought to work. I'll have to see how it goes.

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