Everyday Systems

mestahl

Tuesdays are far better than Mondays, imho of course. By Tuesday I have accepted that I am locked into the work week and I am traveling along nicely. Last night I made quite a meal for my hubby who had to skip dinner on Sunday evening (I always make an elaborate meal on Sundays). So I made chicken ...

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lpearlmom - something I've noticed, whenever I make a note of something that I want on my S days - I usually don't want it anymore :lol: . That is the true clincher there - my cravings are quite fleeting!

osoniye - Amen to that. Wonder if smelling the chocolate wrapper is getting too close to ...

mestahl

Oh mustloseweight,

You are not alone. My mother has joined Weight Watchers twice a year for the past 20 years. That is at least 40 times! She even had me going with her at some point. I don't know how your meetings were but the ones I attended were sooo boring. First off I don't find talking about ...

mestahl

I love my husband, I truly adore him and he is the most supportive and caring person I know.

BUT

I watched him eat a chocolate bar with hazelnuts last night and it was not easy. What I wanted was a sliver but I knew deep down that a sliver would never be enough and honestly I wasn't hungry. So I ...

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Hi bunsofaluminum (omg I love your name!) I have never ever lost weight as quickly as I did when I did low carb and I have never ever had the weird health problems including high blood pressure until I did low carb. I'm not even trying to lose weight at this point, I'm just trying to recover my ...

mestahl

Yesterday I rested. I tackled a reading project that I wanted to start a long time ago and I tried to eat three meals that made me feel good. I had to actively resist the urge to mow our lawn. I kept thinking what great exercise it would be when really it is better for me to wait until Wednesday ...

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Hi lpearlmom - Yes my Mom - the person I clean my house the most thoroughly up for. In hindsight I think her visit was a valuable lesson for me. I cannot do everything! I got myself all stressed out and worked up and really she barely even looked around. I'm glad someone understands :D , my husband ...

mestahl

Oy this week! I was so busy at work and then my mother called me last minute to say she was coming down with my step father. So, I spent the week running around like a crazy woman. I stuck to my No-sing but omg it was not easy when all I really wanted to do was cower in a corner with a chocolate ...

mestahl

Cedar, I've noticed that a handful of M&Ms (for example) will cause me to graze for the rest of the day while an eclair made beautifully is satisfying to both the eyes and palate. Thanks for stopping by

mestahl

Monday - Happy Memorial day! Today was my S day. As I previously stated - I switched Sunday to a N day because I knew somehow, I'd be eating chocolate. My husband and I did a few things around the house and then headed to a Memorial Day shindig at a local brewery. Beside the local brewery was a ...

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Cedar - Something I've also noticed - if I eat a bunch of low quality junk food then I really pay on S Days. So, I've concocted a plan that I will focus on quality not quantity on S days.

mestahl

Saturday and Sunday

Saturday was my first true S day of the week. I ended up eating a bunch of chocolate candy and an ice cream and feeling terribly ill.

Sunday I took as an N day. I needed to recover also I have Monday off for Memorial Day and I figured if I needed to, I could make Monday a S ...

mestahl

Thursday

Thursdays are my busiest days at work. I run around like a mad woman slinging books onto carts, messing about with paperwork, shelving books. By Thursday evenings I am ravenous. I've learned though that on Thursdays I need to eat a more satisfying lunch. Self care currently looks like an ...

mestahl

Today I noticed that my pants were looser. Thank goodness because omg those things were snug a week ago. Yesterday (Wednesday) was another green day. I've noticed a trend I never picked up on before - I eat while I cook. Now that I've noticed it, I have to remind myself to step away from the spoon ...

mestahl

Cedar - I counted it up a while back and I've been on a diet for nearly twenty years! That is just shocking. Thanks for the well wishes - it seems you are having just as much of an easy time as I am

Also, thanks for stopping by!

mestahl

Yesterday was another green day! My hubby and I talked about what sort of treat we'd like to have this weekend. I love to cook and I think I'm pretty good at it but while I was torturing myself during the year of no carbs, I stopped baking all together. It was hard and now I'm glad that I can go ...

mestahl

No S- Monday - Day 6

I stuck with my plain vanilla No S Today. I noticed that I like a heavy breakfast and a heavy dinner and a glass of milk when I get home from work to tide me over until dinner. Mondays are sort of my zombie days - I shuffle to and from work - slightly out of it. I don't know ...

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Hi osoniye!

Thank you so much for the encouragement, I can really use it. It seems this time around I'm not totally white knuckling the No S diet. I'm sure it has easier and harder times but right now I'm feeling good. Thanks for stopping by!

Hi Kaalii,
I like your name :D
Thanks for stopping ...

mestahl

Day 4 - Sunday was an N day for me. One thing I noticed - we were getting hungry while running errands on Sunday and normally I would have eaten a snack but instead we (my hubby and I) stopped and had a proper lunch. This makes way more sense than gobbling down a Kind bar and having lunch later. It ...

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Day 3 - This was actually an S day so I wanted to make sure I had a good day. As far as eating too much - it didn't really happen. I did have one snack - a handful of mixed nuts. Also, I ate a few marshmallows and half a chocolate bar. We had dinner out with a friend and I made a very poor choice ...

mestahl

Day 2 - Friday 5-20-2016

That was not as hard as I remember it being. I guess when you go a whole year without eating 20 grams of carbs or more - No S will feel like a piece of cake (hah).

Today, I was able to maintain all of my No S-ing without much difficulty. I know some days will be harder ...

mestahl

Well here I am - back after a billion years. You see I got super cocky, did No S for a while then discovered what a fantastic cook I was and started cooking all the things. I baked bread, I made dishes of lasagna, I made hundreds of gallon bags of olive oil and brown sugar granola. And then - I got ...

mestahl

So I'm back.

*takes a deep breath*

Somewhere between my husband's grandfather passing and holidays and our anniversary and getting our garden going I neglected my posting here. Posting is my form of accountability - my check-in.

As far as sticking to No S - I've tried but I feel I could do ...

mestahl

The hubby and I have been busy planning our garden this year and so I've been blissfully busy making plans and ordering supplies and consulting books about vegetables. The weekend was moderate thank goodness and the mountain of candy has been nearly conquered thanks to some judicious cleaning out on ...

mestahl

Yesterday was another good plain vanilla day. It was also date night and so I took my hubby out for his favorite thing in the whole wide world: wings.

If I could only recreate the joy in his face when they brought out that platter of 20 perfectly portioned and sauced to the max chicken wings. It ...

mestahl

Yesterday was far easier than Monday or Tuesday. Yesterday I felt good and I was plain vanilla all the way. Yesterday I tried to quiet the negative mean girl in my head that keeps yelling hey fatty all the time.

I exercised, I laughed with my husband over dinner. It was a good day thank goodness ...

mestahl

Thanks you guys - Yes Easter candy or any candy in bulk is viewed as a personal challenge to try and eat as much as I can. I'm also a sneak eater in some weird twisted way I think if no one sees me eating it then it doesn't count so I sneak food. I seem to have the worst time with those little ...

mestahl

You dear automated are 100% absolutely right - I'm such a bloody perfectionist - how many other things in my life have I let go or not completed because I couldn't do them perfectly?

Right now is really all that matters - this moment. I've let a lifetime of moments go past blaming others, blaming ...

mestahl

I have been seriously struggling with my N days since Easter. It just doesn't take much for me to derail and then I feel all sorts of guilt and anger.

Last night for example - my poor husband had to listen to me rant about the amount of candy we were given over Easter and Christmas and after I ...

mestahl

The title of this check-in should be : Why I tried a mod and then why and how it failed.

So I tried the sundown on Friday to Sundown on Sunday S day mod this weekend.

Not a good idea because I ate way more than I would have normally done. So yep - I need to stick to plain vanilla No S or I am ...

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Eschano - wise words as usual - thank you.

mestahl

Thank you automated and osoniye for your kind thoughts.

This is my husband's paternal grandfather so not my m-i-l's father.

The funeral isn't for a few weeks so I'm looking forward to getting back on track before I and sideswiped by the all encompassing dinner after funeral experience. Here in ...

mestahl

My husband's grandpa passed away last night.

It has been a whirlwind crazy week. I'm going on like 10 hours of sleep over the past two days. I'm very tired. I've had two unplanned cake experiences - I've had to deal with the desire to dive headfirst into a basket of candy.

I realize that things ...

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Automated - thanks for the suggestion! At Christmas it is wayyyy worse - she gives us two garbage bags full of candy and I told my husband that next year it is all going to be donated to a food pantry or shelter and I meant it.

I feel a bit silly being like this over candy but you wouldn't give an ...

mestahl

Back from the dredges of the candy landfill.

Some things I realized over the weekend:
1) My mother-in-law thinks she is being nice and thoughtful by giving us a trashbag full of cadbury eggs and my husband sees no problem with this so in that respect I am totally outnumbered.
2) If I don't ...

mestahl

Sounds like sugar withdrawl to me. Osoniye is right - stick with bigger meals and have a glass of milk if you are really feeling rotten. Herbal tea helps too - after a week in just hang in there it is about to get better for you.

mestahl

Yes - and she still gives him a stocking at Christmas with oh about half a trash bag full of candy. Normally I would have not stopped until I had the whole thing eaten down - I take a pile of candy as a binge challenge but thosew three lbs of jelly beans given to me have lasted 2 weeks in my house ...

mestahl

Yesterday was easy. By Wednesday I am a No S Champion - What snack? I don't don't need a snack! I could care less about sugar and seconds - no way. By Wednesday I am at the height of my No S powers and I have the S days in sight.

B - Cereal, Strawberries, Granola, Milk, Banana, and milky coffee.
L ...

mestahl

In terms of exercise I have had the hardest time of it. I don't move around very much at work and by the time I come home from work I'm just exhausted. Vicious cycle - no energy from lack of exercise - too tired to exercise. I've never been an athletic kind of person but I do like to move - I just ...

mestahl

Tuesday was far easier than Monday. It was cooler in my office but still sub-tropic style humid (to the point that the pages of books on my desk were curling up). I have two easy days of work left and then hello 4 day weekend!

B - Cereal, Granola, Milk, fresh strawberries, banana, milky coffee
L ...

mestahl

Please don't get discouraged - hang in there - it is a slow weight loss and I'm going to assume that you've started some diet in the past and for a while the weight zoomed off and then if you're like me you say hallelujah while eating a whole cake and then there goes the weight back on.

I try to ...

mestahl

You are doign so great - I totally missed that you were giving up coffee/soda for Lent - hats off to you for going without coffee, I've been drinking it everyday for at least ten years and I know I am addicted. How did you manage to quit?

Isn't it sooo great to be relieved to see Monday after a ...

mestahl

Yesterday was Monday and between the dismal heat that has set in at work and wearing tight work pants (until they can get my bigger size in) and it just being Monday I was in a funk. I came home - ravenous and had my Monday small glass of cold milk and tried to calm myself down.

B - Cereal, Banana ...

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Eschano - exactly - if you don't eat sweets all the time you do start to develop a more refined palate for lack of a better word. I have a theory and I don't know if I am correct about this but I think eat processed foods especially candy and cakes and basically any processed sweets really mucks ...

mestahl

This weekend I got on the scales and realized I'd lost almost 5 lbs. I was very happy. That is nearly a pound a week since I've started.

I had a very good weekend - a bit of the setback in the clothes department. I ordered pants for work - got them and they didn't fit - same size I was wearing but ...

mestahl

You know I'm so proud of myself I now have 2 pages on my thread and I didn't see your messages until now - thank you thank you thank you...really just when I get discouraged and I want to eat my weight in jelly beans one of you beautiful people say something that encourages me.

I am going to ...

mestahl

No - really - it can't be Friday can it? I've already set my S cap for a trip to a frozen yogurt place and finally those jelly beans sitting on top of my fridge trying to taunt me.

It was a nice week although I had a sort of a set back this morning when I was trying on some clothes for work ...

mestahl

Strawberry Roan - Doesn't it feel good though to be hungry enough to tear into your dinner? I used to eat a large snack when I got home from work and then an hour later eat dinner - so basically two dinners a night - no wonder I go so fat!

mestahl

GoT - My weekend pleasure - We go over to my mom-in-law's and watch it together and sometimes I bring a dessert and now thanks to No S - I can do that because Game of Thrones comes on Sundays. Definitley makes things much more enjoyable.

Boy I've been hungry this week - I don't know what's up with ...

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Eschano - do you know that they are making a tv series for the books? I was excited about this - as a person who is riveted by Game of Thrones on HBO - good adaptations can be made.

Merrykat if you are a lover of historical fiction please do yourself a favour and pick up Wolf Hall.

mestahl

I must start this daily check-in with a confession that I am in a frightfully good mood this morning. For one thing it was actually near day light when I got to work this morning and not actually the pitch black of night. Also I'm reading the most amazing book : Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I swear I ...

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Eschano - undoing years of habit (in this case diet head) is going to take time - althought with all this delightful moderation I am feeling less like a crazy woman.

Yesterday was Monday and thank goodness for that - Mondays find me coming down from my sugar high of the weekend - Mondays I'm the ...

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Eschano - Walkerlori - thank you for at least weighing in.

I thought about it some over the weekend and then like magic I opened up the No S book and read the chapter about habit. Really diet head for me a coping mecanism - I see it as positive self talk - damage control but really its mean ...

mestahl

Well its yet again another Friday. We've basically made it through 5 days of N-ing and now the S-ing starts tomorrow.

I am making yesterday a yellow day.

Here's why:

Breakfast and lunch were basically the same as always.

Dinner was taco night and I caught my sneaky self trying to "taste" more ...

mestahl

I had an easy day of it yesterday, thank goodness. The weather was so nice - dare I say even warm as we got into the 80s.

B : Cereal, milk, granola, banana, watered down cranberry juice, and milky coffee

L : sandwich, yogurt, and chips

D: baked chicken tenders, organic yukon gold oven fries ...

mestahl

Thank you Merrykat - The encouragement here has been so vital to my success - and as I write this I've just realized that I've been No S-ing for a month - feels very very good - best thing I've ever done for myself.

mestahl

Thank you Automated and Eschano - My dad was pretty upset when I spoke to him on Monday. He'd had Daisy the Golden Retriever for 9 years so of course its like losing a member of the family.

On to happier thoughts

Yesterday was an easy green day (don't you just looove those?)
B: My regular cereal ...

mestahl

Oh gosh I looovvvveee texas toast. Being a Southern girl I've often pondered how many things can I top with cornbread.

mestahl

Congrats on your first week success. I swear it gets easier - I was so obssessed with food and the idea I was going hungry for about 2 weeks and then it all normalized. You'll find after a bit your S days will look a lot like N days (except for the sweets).

Great job

mestahl

Boy was it Monday! Yesterday turned out to be a horrendous day. First off we took a bit of a financial blow and then my dad called me to tell me his dog died --- we didn't eat until around 7 and that was at a really awful bbq place. We NEVER eat out through the week but we had a meeting late and on ...

mestahl

It is not difficult at all - I liked this recipe a lot - I made the pudding part in a muffin pan as I like individual servings. I didn't have dates so I used prunes and I'm certain you could use raisins and have no problems.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/sticky-toffee-pudding

mestahl

Holy Cow - You are right Automatedeating - I am close to a month!

This weekend was really great :D

Not only did I not totally go "buck wild" as my momma would say - but I felt pretty darned good.

I'm finding that I'm not even thinking about seconds - I just automatically eat what's on my plate ...

mestahl

Yesterday (Friday) was a green day.

B - Cereal, milk, granola, banana, cranberry juice, milky coffee

L - My Friday treat : A delicious Chipotle chicken burrito

D - A pork chop, a healthy portion of homemade baked beans, and kale

Creamy coffee with a bit of Bailey's Irish Cream I did not add ...

mestahl

Automatedeating - I feel very official having a nickname now!

I love that quote and I'm going to post it on my fridge as a reminder.

Letting go of the need for self perfection has been sort of liberating. This week I've noticed I'm much less tense and more at ease and my overactive brain hasn't ...

mestahl

I have an addiction: it is to perfection. I've been thinking about it since I've started No S - I've pretty much tried to do everything perfectly (okay nnot the whole staying thin part of it). I'd sit down to write a poem or story and I'd stop before I could even finish it because it wasn't perfect ...

mestahl

We are having a blast of winter weather here in NC and it has left me cranky and tired tonight. I'm fed up with winter! Please remind me of this post when in July it is over 100 degrees and I have to mow the lawn.

It was a green day - a hard one

B - Normal cereal, granola, banana, glass of ...

mestahl

So this weekend I got on the scales and I'd gained some weight - not much but enough to really make me panic and go immediately into lock down mode where I start throwing out caloric strategies and equations.

And then I took a deep breath and had a lovely day with my man.

We bought a cake - we sat ...

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SO today is Friday and yet another green day

B I broke with tradition and had a banana, granola, greek yogurt parfait with whole milk plain yogurt. Milky coffee

L It was Chipotle day and so I had a chicken burrito with brown rice, pintos, chicken, salsa, guacamole, and lettuce

D I didn't sleep ...

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Hi alice2002, I totally agree with you. I had no idea how much food I was eating and not even thinking about it. I must have consumed about 400 extra calories while cooking alone! Now - I still catch myself ready to pop a chopped veggie for a salad in my mouth and I have to step away from the ...

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tobiasmom - thank you so much. One of the main reasons I decided that No S worked for me was that I didn't have to count a single thing and I could still make that loaf of bread at home. I'm sure you've been there - trying to decipher how many calories is in a slice of homemade pizza.

I'm really ...

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You are on a roll and look - here we are practically looking at the weekend. Way to go

mestahl

You are a total Gladiator!

Okay..I've been watching too much Scandal and now I'm all gladiator this and gladiator that but you - working from home and having an N day is a total feat - you go!

mestahl

Today is Thursday and as I only have to make a cup of tea and pull myself into bed with a book I thought I might check in before I got too sleepy.

It was a green day

B Cereal, Granola, Milk, Banana, Milky Coffee
L Sandwich, chips, orange, and yogurt (whole milk, plain)
D Pork chop, mashed potatoes ...

mestahl

I am relieved to know that all my heavy plating is normal. I swear I've noticed more about my body and what it is trying to tell me since I started No S-ing. Instead of constantly stuffing myself I'm starting to notice thirst and fatigue and cold ....all of my senses seem to have awakened.

Another ...

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For me - the dreaded 4 to 6pm period can be very rough. I've basically white knuckled it many times - Its after work and I'm hungry and I am alone and this is perfect binge conditions for me.

What helps me is a hot cup of tea - exercise can help - drinking tons of water - calling my mom - or ...

mestahl

My mom used to tell anyone that would listen that I was headstrong - she even read books about dealing with headstrong children :D While I was a handful and a half as a child - as an adult now I think she did a pretty good job of making sure I didn't turn out to be a dictator/criminal/psychopath. I ...

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Thanks guys :D

Today was a stressful day and thank God I am writing from the other end of it!

B - Usual granola, cereal, raisins, banana, milk, milky coffee
L - sandwich, chips,cottage cheese, and some almonds
D - Salad with red wine vinegar, homemade beef stroganoff with egg noodles.

Today ...

mestahl

working to make veggies part of our diet.

Hard to do this time of year but not impossible. I was so desperate for a Zucchini the other day I almost bought one but then I remembered how mushy and flavourless it would be right now.

In the summer we eat tons of them and they are delish - right now ...

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Thank you Eschano and Automatedeating - I needed some support today.

Today was hard.

I have a coworker who is suffering deeply from an illness and supervisors that are not being sensitive or caring towards her. It causes me a great deal of pain to see her so low, I pray that she will find some ...

mestahl

Happy S Day to you all!

I've decided to weigh myself every Saturday morning before I get my S days started. This morning I was 251.3 - I started at 255.6 two weeks ago. While I only lost a pound this week I'm awfully proud of it - I did very little exercise due to not feeling well but I stuck with ...

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Welcome back - coming from someone who lost weight with a traditional diet and then gained some of it back - maintenance is the hardest thing to do. You will have to share some of your No S Diet wisdom with us Newbies.

mestahl

I read a book called Walden On Wheels by Ken Ilgunas and while he didn't live out of an RV - he lived out of a van - it was a really great read. He also has a blog.

I've always been intrigued by people who can downsize. It is amazing what one can adapt to - given any situation.

mestahl

We are totally on the same page - I'm having ice cream on my S day - I want to splurge and go to one of those hispter gelato places.

Isn't it great to not exercise and to not feel guilty about it? I'm downright sassy about it.

mestahl

Another green day!

And look its Thursday - almost to the weekend - YAY

B - Usual cereal, dried fruit, granola, milk, coffee w/milk
L - a rare PB&J sandwich with chips and whole milk yogurt
D - homemade mac and cheese, collards, and a grilled pork chop

It was so hard not to eat cheese as I grating ...

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Automatedeating - oh about a million years ago I fancied myself a poet - I did write and publish some but not so much anymore - I got busy - its a name I had when I was writing - sort of a consolation that if I had to hold down a full time job at least I could write in the evenings.

mestahl

Oh yes -- Brevard! I attended college in Charlotte and fell in love with a boy and here I am - a city girl now. I guess that's the way it goes.

mestahl

Hang in there - I find everything (including my general dislike for my job) comes in cycles. You're a pro at this and have given so many people on this board so much encouragement and support.

You are definitely not the only person who is thrown for a loop with this time change nonsense. I don't ...

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Automatedeating - thank you for stopping by my thread!

We've had a pretty rough winter here in NC (like most of the US) - very cold and we even had some snow - deep snow. We got about 8 inches here in Charlotte.

But yeah, it is starting to get nice - my bradford pear trees are blooming and I've ...

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Feeling better today - I didn't realize how sick I was until I started taking antibiotics. Everything is just a bit easier and takes less effort.

Another green day

B - Cereal, granola, dried fruit, milk, and coffee
L - Sandwich, chips, cheese, and carrots
D - Three slices of homemade pizza and ...

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Welcome - I know what you mean about not being used to feeling hungry. I am working on my second week and it does get easier - I promise.

You are off to a great start!

mestahl

LAM - reading your lovely, supportive thoughts on this board.

Seeing the same number on the scale for the third time in a row made me immediately go into diethead.

I know what you mean - I try to over complicate things when really it always works itself out. I think you are doing great - way to ...

mestahl

Oh yum, I adore lasagna - thanks for sharing the recipe - skillet lasagne sounds like a much quicker way to get my meat, sauce, noodle, cheese fix than traditional lasagna

mestahl

First off I kept hearing about this LAM stuff and it took me a while to figure out what you clever people were talking about. Once I did and for the record LAM stands for Looking After Myself, I that LAM was worthy of noting on my Daily Check-In

So today was a success

It was definitley not an ...

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I was very proud of myself - thanks to the stellar advice given to me by you lovely people - I did not panic yesterday (on my N day) nor did I feel guilt - I hit the eliptical listened to the podcast on N days gone wild and felt better. I do think I'm going to put more emphasis on eating my three ...

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Sweetness I'm with you on the natural fats. I use real butter - real whole milk - real cream - whole milk yogurts and sour cream and extra virgin coconut oils and heck I even save the fat from my bacon and use that for collards and other greens. One of the reasons I love the No S diet it because I ...

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I admit to being a bit haughty and cocky heading into my S days. I had such a perfect week - it was much easier than I thought and I felt great.

That lasted oh maybe two hours on Saturday. I dug right in to breakfast which was a very large waffle with powdered sugar and strawberries and a quick ...

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You guys are so nice - really supportive. I've never seen such a supportive board - I feel comfortable here and I feel like we are all in this together. It makes a huge difference in my attitude. Thank you all so much.

Anyways - my last N day before my S weekend. Oy - I'm sort of nervous about the ...

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Sweetness, your meals sound absolutely delish - fresh blackberries with cream oh my goodness - I have a weakness for cream AND fruit.

I've never thought of putting apples in a smoothie but ya know - it totally works. I will keep that in mind whenever I have greens leftover.

mestahl

I really don't want to jinx myself but I stepped on the scales this morning and I was at 252.6! Now this is all probably due to water but a 3lb loss is a 3lb loss. And I'm feeling so good - I've not had heartburn at once.

W1D4 - Success except when I popped a noodle into my mouth while cooking and ...

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Snapdragon -Yes it is from netflix and it was quite good if you are in to long period pieces - the payoff is slow but once you get through maybe the first two episodes it becomes quite enjoyable.

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