Everyday Systems

thtrchic

12 pounds is awesome!! You should be really proud of the changes you're making and all the weight you're dropping!

Julie

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SUCCESS Today! It was hard this afternoon, but I just kept saying no to myself.

B - cereal with milk
L (out, with a friend) - piece of pizza with spinach from the "fancy" italian cafe/bakery
D - greek yogurt with walnuts, banana, and touch of honey, piece of buttered oatnut toast

Julie

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That's an excellent question. Funny that I said it and then had to think about it to answer. I guess the "click" of really staying on track, eating well, exercising some, and then consequently losing weight.

And, thanks.

julie

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Thanks, Lisa. I appreciate it. I am feeling pretty down about my lack of control right now. I've consistently been having several red days a month. The "failure" part is usually limited to a small part of the day and I usually bounce back quickly, which is a major improvement from a year ago, but it...

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Tuesday, FAILURE. CRASH AND BURN! I let emotional eating and PMS win. I was completely aware as I was making the decision and just let it be. Even now, I'm sorting of contemplating candy. Stopping would be much wiser. I'm thinking posting now might help to call it a day. B - greek yogurt with banana...

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Monday, SUCCESS! Although my dinner has not left me feeling full. Hopefully my body will use this opportunity to burn some fat. :) B- small bowl of cereal with milk L - salami sandwich on homemade roll, grapes D - salad of mixed greens, carrots, olives, mozzarella cheese, and a little fried chicken ...

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Hang in there, Jean! You can do it!

julie

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Sunday, S-DAY. Doing pretty well. Overall, I'm definitely happy with my weekend eating. B - larger bowl of cereal with milk L - taco salad (1/2 of a restaurant bought one) with tortilla chips, last of the mint meltaways S - 2 bite chocolate dipped macaroon D - about a dozen wheat thins, about an oun...

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Playing is so much more fun than the dreaded "exercise." Thanks for making that great point!

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Here's hoping I do something with it, Jean. Saturday, S-DAY. In control, but with a couple S's. B - homemade banana strawberry smoothie, piece of multigrain toast with butter and cream cheese L - pb&j, chips, grapes S - 2 Fannie Mae Mint Meltaways (a favorite treat from my childhood -- I brought 3 b...

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Friday, SUCCESS! Although I didn't eat any fruits or veggies. :( B - small+ bowl of cereal with milk L - (take out) 2 (grass fed, local farm) beef sliders, 10 freshly made (like from actual potatoes cut up this morning) tater tots with ketchup D - medium bowl of cereal and milk I'd planned the tilap...

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Thursday, SUCCESS with an S event. I'd call the day lime green -- green with a little yellow mixed in. :) B - medium bowl of cereal with milk L - about 2 oz mozzarella, large handful of wheat thins, strawberries S - few sips of prosecco and very thin piece of truly wonderful homemade cake celebratin...

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Wednesday, SUCCESS! Discovered that a friend and her friend happened to be seeing the same play I was tonight so I decided to join them for dinner first. The beauty of this plan is shifts in plan like this don't have to mess everything up. It was actually eaten on multiple small plates because that'...

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I went on vacation and managed to lose track of tracking. For some reason, I let that just stop me from tracking period. I'm still plodding along, though. Maybe I'll just pick up with this week and keep going from there. Unless you start another thread, in which case I can re-start over there.

Julie

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Tuesday, SUCCESS! B - cereal with milk L - grilled cheese (mozzarella on 3 seed oat bread), more of the leftover potato salad, grapes D - large hunk of bread with butter and bit of garlic olive oil, salad with lettuce, carrots, craisins and bit of goat cheese in oil and vinegar, few bites of pesto c...

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What if you kept a second habitcal where you track your success at catching and stopping failures? So, if you mess up and eat something off your plan early in the day, but then cut that off and don't let it take over the day you succeed for the day in that dimension and call it green in your second ...

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Monday, S-DAY. Not too out of control. B - lf greek yogurt with honey (too much), banana, and walnuts L - the rest of the pizza from yesterday S - chocolate chip cookie, banana cream pudding with slices of banana and nilla wafers (wow, this was good!) D - wheat thins with cream cheese, olives, straw...

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I've had to learn the lesson about S day breakfasts the hard way too. I've found that for me starting the day with sweets and/or snacky breakfast leads me to an entirely messed up day. Now that I know this, I (almost always) eat one of my regular breakfasts even on weekends and it's really made a di...

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Sunday, S-DAY. But S free. That's the first time I've done that and I'm feeling good about it. B - lowfat (this was a mistake -- in the future I'll be the regular) greek yogurt with honey, banana, and walnuts L - 3 slices thin crust homemade whole wheat "white" pizza -- potato, rosemary, mozzarella,...

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Saturday, S-DAY. Not totally unreasonable, but a lot of food. B - cereal with milk L (at a picnic with friends, eaten over time) - smallish servings of pasta salad with feta and olives, lemon dill potato salad, chips with guacamole, largish servings of doritos and fruit salad, 1 small spanikopita, 2...

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Thanks! And today, Friday, was a SUCCESS! B - cereal with milk L - smallish salami sandwich on crusty bread, 1/2 serving potato chips, bunch of baby carrots, banana D - largish piece of foccacia with cheese, tomatoes, and a little oil, orange I'm making some food for a picnic tomorrow -- I put toget...

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With the beginning of the month comes another weigh-in. I'm about 2.5 pounds heavier than last month, 2 heavier than the beginning of the year, and exactly the same as the same time last year. I am holding steady on measurements from the last couple months and overall 3 inches smaller than this same...

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Congratulations on another good months loss!

thtrchic

Thursday, SUCCESS! B - cereal with milk L - hunk of bread (4 oz) with cream cheese, olive oil chips, banana D - flounder stuffed with crab (frozen from Trader Joe's), small piece of bread (1 oz) with bit of butter, 6-7 olives, half plate of salad of lettuce, carrots, goat cheese with light catalina ...

thtrchic

I'm sorry to hear you've had such a hard first half of the year. It sounds like it really has been challenging. I'm glad to see you back again. And, yes, I'm sure you can do it!

Julie

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Thanks, Jean. I feel good about it -- at least habit-wise. Today was a SUCCESS! B - cereal with milk L -peanut butter and homemade jam on grainy bread, olive oil potato chips, apple D - 1/2 plate of salad of lettuce, carrots, few walnuts, craisins, crumbled goat cheese in light honey mustard dressin...

thtrchic

I'm back from vacation and ready to face real life. I did ok No-S wise while I was gone, but not brilliantly. I'm calling yesterday a fail day as I was snacking without sufficient cause. Of the other five weekdays -- three I called NWS days and two straight successes. I wasn't over the top on those ...

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Thanks, SkyKitty! I'm feeling really good about handling things right now. But I'm heading on vacation for a week starting tomorrow -- we'll see how well I can manage with totally changed circumstances. Today, Tuesday, SUCCESS! We had a staff pizza party for lunch today and I feel pretty good about ...

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Monday, SUCCESS!

B - cereal with milk
L - salami with mayo on small baguette, almost 1/2 cup potato salad, baby carrots, cherries
D - leftover 1/3 of last night's pizza, apple

Julie

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It was actual pieces of corn on the top, Oolala. It was definitely good and I agree a sane failure. Today, S-DAY, quite a bit less good than yesterday, but not disastrous. Brunch - (out, with friends) about 1/3 of a crab and cheddar omelette, 2 pieces buttered toast, some home fries with sour cream,...

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It was SpiritSong. Usually I don't think that's enough to justify it, but for whatever reason, this time I do. Yesterday was a pretty solid S Day. I ate as normal on my own, had a slightly big dinner with a little group, and then a fairly small treat with a friend. All in all it was one I feel good ...

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Friday, Failure. I don't feel bad about it and don't regret it, though. It was just one of those days. The technology problem re-surfaced, which set my day off wrong, but I mostly held it together. I did have a largish handful of m&m's mid-afternoon, which was slightly stupid. Then I went out with p...

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Thursday, NWS/SUCCESS! It's opening night of the show and I'll be having a NWS event for dinner. But I did not allow that to slide earlier into the day and have been successful with that, which is more than I can say for other recent events. I've also noticed a new pattern in my lunch eating. Tradit...

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Oolala, just want to add my condolences to the mix. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Julie

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Wednesday (it's Wednesday, right?), SUCCESS. Another long and stressful day at work dealing with technology problems. I stayed on track, but coming home late and exhausted I just can't handle cooking or exercise. But I'm not snacking or eating sweets and that's the real deal. B - greek yogurt with b...

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Hang in there, Roxy! I know you can do it. Do you generally start your S days with a "regular" N day type breakfast? I've learned that doing that has made a huge difference for me. Still I'm eating quite a bit of sweets on weekends, but so much less and with so much more ease than when I was startin...

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Thanks so much, Roxy. That is very flattering and incredibly inspiring for me. I'm definitely trying here and am feeling like I've started to make some real changes in the last few months. I'm not really seeing it on the scale much, but I feel like I will as I go a while longer. I did just do the re...

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Tuesday, SUCCESS! I didn't get my veggies in and didn't eat the most nutritious dinner, but it's still a definite success for me today. We're having major IT problems at work which led to a long and stressful day. Dinner was much delayed and my instinct was definitely to go for the chocolate while w...

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Monday, SUCCESS! B - large bowl of cereal with milk L - spinach and feta pie, greek yogurt with touch of sugar D - hunk of bread with hummus, banana, peach, 2 crackers with cheese, small handful of almonds (about 10) Walked a bunch today, but none was measured. My feet are really tired despite weari...

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Sunday, S-DAY. Another not too bad one. B - cereal with milk L (out, with a friend) - half a 3 egg cheddar, avocado, and bacon omelette, 2 pieces buttered sourdough toast, most of the serving of home fries S - piece of pecan pie D (at book group) - 1 large chicken enchilada (homemade and so good), m...

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Saturday, S-DAY. Not too bad. B - cereal with milk S - few nibbles of samples while shopping the farmers market L - individual thin pepperoni pizza, 1/2 dark chocolate kit kat bar, few bites of fresh bread with butter (pulled off loaf to sample while fresh), strawberries S - about 1/4 cup chocolaty ...

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Friday, SUCCESS! I did eat dinner as planned last night, but was really just feeling off and really, really tired so decided to push the exercise for the week back a day -- today I'm doing yesterday's and tomorrow I'll do today's. B - large serving of greek yogurt with bit of sugar plus sliced banan...

thtrchic

Yuck. I'm sorry you're sick again. Hope you're feeling better soon!

thtrchic

Personally, I consider it a sweet. But its really up to the individual to figure out what's best for them and how these things will work out for them. If it might lead you to other treats, I'd strongly suggest staying away from it during the week.

Julie

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Thursday, SUCCESS! B - large bowl of cereal with milk L - (out with several board members, essentially my boss(es)) 1/2 really wonderful fried chicken sandwich, 1.5 small lobster roll "sliders," some fries, some homemade chips, glass of white wine D - TBD -- my stomach is feeling kind of unsettled a...

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Wednesday, SUCCESS! My admission: I just don't like exercising. It doesn't seem I ever will. I have to do it anyway. B - cereal with milk, 2 bites of banana L - salami and cheese with mayo on roll, carrots, peach D (making it now) - mushroomy cream of mushroom soup, hunk of bread with butter, banana...

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Haha. Nope, theatre it is.

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Tuesday, SUCCESS!

B - oatmeal with nuts, banana, and a little milk and sugar
L - salami and cheddar sandwich on a roll with mayo, carrots, strawberries
D - leftover chicken and orzo, 2 small plums

Did 20 minutes of resistance work this morning and am about to go out for a walk.

Julie

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Monday, SUCCESS. Although I didn't meet my vegetable quota. B - cereal with milk L - peanut butter and jam on 12 grain bread, strawberries D - herbed chicken (with rosemary that I grew myself :) ) and garlick-y orzo, banana chips Did the WATP 2 mile video with a little extra upper body work. I reall...

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Sunday, S-DAY. The complete opposite of yesterday. Ate a ridiculous amount of food -- some nice S's, some total crap. And I feel lousy for it. This is by far the worst I've been about eating in a very, very long time. Which I guess is good news in the larger scheme of things -- just not for today. B...

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Ended up realizing I wasn't hungry after dinner and didn't really wanted dessert -- just the taste of it. So I had 2 bites of the brownie and called it done. This is the least S's I've ever had on an S day. But I don't feel at all deprived -- just comfortable. This is kind of nice -- and knowing I'l...

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Saturday, S-DAY. Solid. B - oatmeal with pecans and almonds plus bit of butter and sugar L - 1/2 small greek wrap, about 1/2 ounce each of salami and cheese, olive oil potato chips, coconut date rolls D - 1/2 an Amy's cheese pizza S (planned) - bakery brownie with scoop of good vanilla ice cream No ...

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Friday, SUCCESS! I really like when I feel good about what I did. B - smaller bowl of greek yogurt with walnuts, bananas, and bit of honey, piece of buttered 12 grain toast L - leftover cheeseburger on bread, few chips (about 1/3 serving again, maybe slightly less even), apple D - (at a friend's) ro...

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The more check-ins the better for me, so here goes here too! My goal for June is Vanilla No-S with the new guideline of two servings each of fruits and veggies each weekday. Plus 30 minutes of exercise each weekday (currently it's 3 days cardio with 2 days resistance mixed with a little light cardio...

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Another thought if you do want to find a way to make No-S work is to allow virtual plating in situations like this. Have the few crackers with a little cheese pre-cooking to keep you from feeling sick, but when you ultimately plate your food make sure you're leaving a little "hole" for where they co...

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Congratulations, Grammy! Great work!

Julie

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Thursday, SUCCESS! Even got my veggies in. B - greek yogurt with bit of honey, sliced bananas, walnuts, piece of buttered 12 grain toast L - peanut butter and jam sandwich on 12 grain bread, carrots (planned an apple too, but just wasn't hungry when I finished the rest) D - large green salad with av...

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That's the beauty of Leslie -- she'll walk with all of us anytime we want!

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Wednesday, SUCCESS. B - greek yogurt with touch of honey, sliced banana, walnuts L - leftover cheeseburger on bread, few chips (about 1/3 serving), 2 medium carrots, 2 small plums D - grilled cheese (2 slices cheddar on 12 grain bread), olives, coconut date rolls I only got 1 serving of veggies in t...

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Tuesday - SUCCESS! I tend to really struggle on Tuesdays for some reason. I'll watch out for that tomorrow since it'll be kind of Tuesday-like after yesterday being a holiday. B - slightly large bowl of cereal with sliced banana and milk L - the rest of the olive and mushroom pizza I made last night...

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Who Me -- Unbuttered. So not SO bad. And sure.

Julie

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Monday. Somewhere between NWS day and a failure. I haven't entirely decided which. I wasn't planning on doing anything but regular N day so am leaning towards failure, but it was somewhat holiday/vacation inspired. I ended up going to the movies and having movie snacks. It was in the spirit of day o...

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Sunday, S- DAY. Had a major treat for dinner, but no other S's today. Feel good about the day and the weekend overall. I'm not taking tomorrow as an S-DAY. I want to for the sake of an excuse, but I don't have any food related plans so it'd be just that -- an excuse. B - biscuits with butter and my ...

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Saturday, S-DAY. Doing well. I'm letting myself be hungry. That's not something I do too often on S Days, but I think a tiny bit of weekend restriction might not be such a bad thing. I'll make that my sometimes for now. :) B - oatmeal with pecans and almonds plus some milk and brown sugar L - 2 home...

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Friday, SUCCESS. Although not over yet, I think I can call it. Yay for getting back on track and having a majority successful week. :) B - cereal with milk L - leftover salmon patty with risotto, 2 small kiwis D (planned, in process) - egg sandwich (1 fried egg, about an ounce of cheese on 2 slices ...

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Thursday, SUCCESS! I'm feeling so much better! B - oatmeal with pecans and almonds plus a little sugar and milk L - leftover chicken with mole and brown rice, apple D (planned) - salmon patty, risotto (from a box), cherries Did 30 minutes of exercise -- half walking and half upper body weights. Julie

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I'm here. I had a couple of very rocky days, but am back on track and glad for the challenge.

Julie

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Yuck, I'm sorry you're still sick. I hope taking the day off to get some rest helped some.

thtrchic

Thanks! And congrats on staying strong!

Julie

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Wednesday, SUCCESS! I'm back on track and feeling so much better to be back in control. B - cereal with milk L - peanut butter sandwich, (unsalted) potato chips, strawberries D - (planned) 1/2 chicken breast with quick mole sauce, brown rice, cherries And got my exercise in this morning. 30 minutes ...

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Thanks, guys! I'm taking back control. I decided last night that today would start with exercise -- no matter what. I put out clothes and ipod last night to make it one step easier. And I went out and did it -- 30 minutes walking/jogging combo. I'm ready to eat according to plan today too. I'll be b...

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I don't know what's happened, but I've suddenly lost all control. It was another giant disaster of a day. I had two (TWO!) pieces of cake during the day plus just came home and had cookies and donut holes for dinner. All habits and lessons and willpower have suddenly fallen away. I did eat my ok din...

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Ended up being a bit more than chocolate for me too. It's the craziest I've been with food in as long as I can remember too. But I've gotten myself back on track with dinner as planned.

I think I'm all the way on the tracks and should be ok to move forward. I hope you're doing the same.

Julie

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Ok, so somehow I've let myself fall into a constant eating of chocolate day. I've been ridiculous and have eaten practically to the point of feeling sick. I have to cut it out now and get back on track for the day (and life).

I figured recording it here was the first step.

thtrchic

It seems like those "last straw" kind of things tend to be things that otherwise sound silly. Somehow in the moment, they always seem so huge, though.

I'm really glad to hear you're feeling better -- at least on that front. I hope the medicine is helping with the rest.

Julie

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Yeah, it can be pretty chilly there. It's beautiful, though. S-DAY. Not quite as good as yesterday, but not totally insane. And luckily no matter what I can't fail on an S Day. :) B - started with a few bites of cinnamon roll until I decided it wasn't very good and wasn't worth it, then a bit later,...

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Saturday, S-DAY. With treats, but definitely in control. The perfect kind of S Day. B - cereal with milk and sliced banana L - (out with a friend) half a small french dip sandwich, half a chicken with avocado and cheese sandwich, home fried potatoes (like the hash browns that are chunks of potato), ...

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That's awesome, Jean! Congrats on your great work paying off!

Julie

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It's rolled oats baked up with some brown sugar, milk, an egg, some spices (nutmeg, vanilla type things). I added some mashed up banana and walnuts. The banana mostly so I could use less sugar and butter. Applesauce would have been even better for that probably. Any fruits and nuts can be added. I o...

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Friday, SUCCESS! Yay for a fully green week! B - cereal with milk L (out with a friend) - about 2/3 of a muffulleta sandwich, small salad of greens with vinaigrette dressing D - small portion of baked oatmeal, sliced banana I also had a glass of white wine mid-afternoon at a meeting with a board mem...

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I'm glad to hear you got antibiotics. That should definitely help! I'm jealous of all the fresh fruit and veggies you have from your garden. I'm just starting to get a bit into gardening. All in containers, though. I moved to California a year and a half ago and am still getting used to the wonderfu...

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For the official record, exercise complete. And now, an hour later, I am hungry, but it's almost 8:30 and I think I can just push through sans milk.

Julie

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Thursday, SUCCESS! I'm also finally starting to feel better. Still battling some, but am so much better today. Finally. B - (out, with a colleague) bagel with cream cheese, 12 oz orange juice L - (take out) fairly large cheeseburger on bun, french fries with ketchup D - small peach, last of the stra...

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Wednesday, SUCCESS. Still sick, but better than yesterday. B - cereal with milk L - baked oatmeal made with banana and walnuts, about a cup of mixed strawberries and cherries, small handful of cashews, 1/2 handful of potato chips (craving salt like crazy today) D - nachos (the salt thing again), wat...

thtrchic

Sorry you're still not feeling better. I've had a lousy cold for more than a week now too. It sucks, doesn't it?

Julie

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Tuesday, SUCCESS. I stayed home sick from work today and feel a little better, but still not very good. I'm taking a sick day on exercise too -- I'm feeling pretty woozy and just need to stay still. B - malt-o-meal with brown sugar, milk, and tiny bit of butter L - 2 leftover pork ribs with bbq sauc...

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I did pretty much just that -- took a 10 minute rest in the middle. It's kind of ridiculous, but that's what being sick can do. I got it done, though, and it felt good to push my body a little.

I also decided I didn't really need the almonds with dinner and have skipped that.

Julie

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Great work! Keep it up!

Julie

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Monday, SUCCESS. Even though I'm now actually feeling worse. Blech. B - cereal with milk L - tuna fish with miracle whip, water crackers, potato chips D - carrot raisin muffin, peach, dozen cherries, dozen almonds, latte Walked about 20 minutes urban ranger style. I'm so, so wiped out from this cold...

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Ooh, I like the decaf mocha idea, oolala. I've added cocoa to my shopping list to have for the future. I've had a good S-DAY, although not what I'd call a reasonable dinner. I ended up snacking instead. B - big serving of greek yogurt with touch of honey, chopped walnuts, sliced banana L - 3 homemad...

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Thanks, guys. I'm still feeling rather blah, but went to a wine tasting today anyway. If I'd been asked to go this morning, I would have said no, but since it had been set for a week I went. I also went to the farmers market since it isn't any harder than the grocery store and I needed fresh produce...

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Friday, SUCCESS. I'm really not feeling well, though. I came home from work early and have been resting and laying in a hot shower. I'm not sure I can physically make exercise happen tonight. I think I need to take a sick day on that front. Even though this isn't quite how it works, I'll make it up ...

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Congrats! Sounds like you're doing great!

Julie

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Thursday, SUCCESS! My favorite feeling! B - oatmeal with a little brown sugar and milk, piece of buttered rye toast L - macaroni and cheese (the kraft kind from a box) with a bit of tuna, orange strawberry banana smoothie (the real kind with no added sugar or gross syrups or anything) D - lean pocke...

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Thanks, Jean. That is really helpful to hear!

And I did just finish my exercise -- I pushed pretty hard actually and it feels good, but a little exhausting.

Julie

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So, obviously I'm still struggling with a couple of red days a month, but I really do feel so much more in control than I did six months ago. I am now doing a good job of containing these "failures" and getting right back on track. I also can see that they're almost always happening when I'm either ...

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Thanks, Jean. It did feel good. Sadly, that habit kind of fell apart today and it's been a failure day. I'll do better tomorrow. That's really all I can say.

Julie

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Im back from my trip and entirely pleased with how I did No-S wise during it. As planned, I took one NWS day. That was Thursday, the first day. And it was for good things eaten as part of a group -- not mindless snacking or "because I could." I kept Friday and Monday on track. Had a sweet snack (a p...

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Wednesday, SUCCESS! I had a moment this afternoon where I felt like just chucking this for the week after Monday's NWS day, yesterdays failure and leading into tomorrow through Monday's vacation. But then I came to my senses, remembered my goals, and held strong. And I feel great for it! B - small s...

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Tuesday, FAILURE. Grrrrr.... I'm kind of annoyed with myself. It was dumb. The reason is totally exhaustion, but that's not an excuse. It was feeling insanely bad, but as I look at it now I realize it was only medium bad so that's something at least. And I'm not letting myself snack tonight like I w...

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