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You care for pets of people on active military duty?

That's awesome!

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No S is the first "diet" I've ever followed. I have always been slim, but over the past few years I've noticed that my eating habits have gotten a bit sloppy. I have a physically active job, and very good impulse control. We have free snacks *everywhere* at work, and my rule for myself has always be...

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What the procedure for reporting spam?

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Yeah... Gets you to buy more books that way, huh?

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Thanks for all the nice feedback, y'all!

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Whoop Hoooo!

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Just wondering how you're doing?

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What's a smilie?

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I should also mention that I did the pants-taking-off stunt in the back yard.

I'm feeling very pleased with myself.

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I know I'm an oddball, but I'm not measuring or weighing of anything like that, because I want this to work in the long-term. I have a bit of an obsessive streak, and if I start fretting over numbers, I won't actually be doing something that's good for me. This is not to tell anyone else how to beha...

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Well, today it happened. I was able to take off a pair of my non-stretchy jeans without actually unbuttoning or unzipping them, I've been hitching up my jeans for the past week, because I couldn't find my belt. I swear, I walk like a cowboy. I must look like an idiot at work. While I'm not actually ...

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Sounds great!

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Nice to meet you!

What are you taking all those supplements for? (Or is that too personal a question?)

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You knew I was joking, right?

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I *hate* that they said that eating organic food is elitist.

He's an arrogant blowhard. She's serving up heart attack on a plate. Bad all the way around.

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Did you really eat a plate's worth of crackers and potato chips?

Could you have "virtually plated" and made that *part* of a better lunch?

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Every time we use the toilet, our weight fluctuates.

Just sayin' ...

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I like to think that they've reached a place in their lives where they don't need the support of a forum like this.

Perhaps those who knew them could drop them a private message?

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Sweets are usually pretty fatty. I couldn't eat them for months. Ditto cheese.

I'm not suggesting that you have hepatitis. I'm just saying that prolonged nausea is something to take seriously.

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Interesting...

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Regarding my thrilling adventures with hepatitis: I was sick as hell, carsick (which I'd never been before or since), and working like crazy. I went to my doctor, and she ordered a lot of blood tests. I think she was as surprised as I was when I tested positive for hep A. I really wouldn't wish this...

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Another interesting discussion.

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I'm sure either size is fine! As long as your plate isn't over-loaded, you'll be okay.

If your personal dinner tomorrow looked something like this, you might be over-doing things a wee bit.

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Wednesday Breakfast -- espresso, two slices of home made bread Elevenses -- egg and cheese bagel, coffee Lunch -- leftover lentil soup, a mango Dinner -- home made mac-and-cheese, with green beans from the garden I should probably say something about elevenses. I work a very physical job. I do manu...

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We have a list of the worst and the best conventional foods and try to spend our organic dollars on the dirty dozen or so fruits and vegetables I think that's a very wise approach. Have you read at all about large-scale strawberry farming? It's HORRIBLE. I would rather never eat another strawberry ...

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Hows the nausea? Do you feel you have it under control? Are you sure you know what's causing it? I only ask because I had the extremely bad fortune to contract hepatitis A a few years back. Any physical activity at all (climbing the stairs) made me feel horribly nauseous. I was so ill, but never eve...

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I hope that the No S system gives you some peace of mind, and helps calm the desperation. It really is a way to quiet the negative internal chatter and just live moderately. I would also advise against any counting or obsessing. Slow down. Stick to the simple structure of this system. It worked for ...

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I just went into the kitchen and measured our plates. Turns out we don't have a single dinner plate larger than 9".

What's "normal" to your mind?

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Each new day is an opportunity to succeed! Don't beat yourself up too much.

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Tuesday

Breakfast -- two boiled eggs, 1/2 plum, 1/4 mango, latte
Lunch -- leftover salad, lentil soup, plums
Dinner -- pasta with mushrooms, green beans, glass of wine

I met up with a lady who was over burdened with fruit from her plum tree, and picked a couple of pounds. Tomorrow we make jam!

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Is this really appropriate for a diet site?

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I like plain yogurt, a little bit of jam, and a whole lot of wheat germ.

Not so good when the yogurt goes moldy, like it was this morning. Bleh.

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Oh gosh, I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

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You rawk!!!

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Trawling through old posts...found this thought provoking.

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I bet I'd look cute dressed as a cat-burglar. And you know, black is very slimming!

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I'll be right over, No Snacker!

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I don't see how water would hinder absorption of nutrients.

Doesn't this come back to the American disconnect with food? We're obsessed with "nutrients" but clueless about food. My svelte European relatives always have water on the dinner table.

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Lentils?

That's freakin' hilarious!!!

(For the record, I had a mixed salad and lentil soup for dinner last night. It was lovely.)

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I only ever last about a week on Spark. I always hear how great it is, but the constant number juggling drives me insane.

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I think the use of bio-engineered crops (which don't provide forage for bees), massive use of agro-chemicals, and parasites are more likely to blame than cell towers. Also, consider that commercial beekeepers from all over the United States move their colonies thousands of miles evey year, pollinate...

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I think this makes a lot of sense.

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Amen to that!

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Hooked.

Cute!

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Monday Breakfast -- latte, bread and jam, a bowl of cereal Lunch -- leftover chick peas (can I say how great fresh garbanzos are?), polenta, and pickled radishes. Dinner -- mixed green salad, lentil soup, diluted fruit juice Note to self: When you eat pickled radishes for lunch, make time to actuall...

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I'd never heard of Monster Munch, so I looked it up.

Have you see this?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... Munch.html

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All of your (as-yet-unmet) friends here in No S-ville are wishing you the very best.

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Whooo Hooo!

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What about cakes shaped like worms?

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Well, hot diggetty dog! Will you look at that!

(I wonder if this works on my iphone?)

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Okay, but don't you still need to scroll all the way to the bottom? Am I missing something?

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Why is American birthday cake so terrible? Sheet cake and the icing that goes with it really is disgusting!

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I am trying to find a way to avoid having to scroll all the way to the bottom of each page.

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Saturday Breakfast -- latte, boiled eggs and home made bread Lunch -- leftover mac and cheese, and green beans, latte Dinner -- pasta and veggie Snacking -- six cranberry oatmeal cookies Sunday Breakfast -- latte, home made bread, home made jam, nectarines Lunch -- leftover pasta and a pinto bean a...

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I'm doing that. Maybe I'm not phrasing this query correctly.

Once I'm in a post, can I jump ahead to the part I haven't read yet?

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I've never owned a scale!

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Would it be possible to "tweak" the forum, so that it "remembers" where we left off reading in a particular thread. Much as I love reading what people have to say, I do not enjoy scrolling down, down, down to find where I left off reading. (This gets particularly mind-numbing on daily check ins.) I ...

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We'll miss you! But of course, we understand your choices.

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I started no - s in April, and shortly thereafter, I was weighed at the doctor's office. It was my highest weight to date. Now almost six months later, I've become curious about my weight. I've clearly lost a little bit of mass, but don't really know the numbers. That's just fine with me. I don't ha...

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Sugar, by itself, is not an evil food. A heaping teaspoon contains fewer than 25 calories.

Personally, I'm very suspicious of artificial foods, and so I have no use for sugar substitutes.

This is just my opinion. I try to eat simple food as much as possible.

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I'm secretly hoping that they got stung so badly that they had to go to the hospital.

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I've been really busy, and have not been recording my meals. But I've been on-track, so that's good. Here's a semi-food-related story (the food being honey): This spring, I set up a beehive at a friend's house. She had the space, and I was willing to do the work. On Wednesday, some idiot broke into ...

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Nice to "meet" you. Sounds like you've got a good plan, and are doing well.

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Somehow I hadn't read this thread before, and so belatedly I'm saying "whoo hoo!!!!! you go, girl!!!"

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My goal is to give myself enough time for a proper breakfast. If I don't do that, I get off track for the rest of the day. August 20: A nice Saturday, regular meals, and three cranberry oatmeal cookies. Okay, it was six by the time I went to bed. So what? I ate heathy home-cooked meals otherwise. Au...

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Nicely done!!!

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I think there's been some discussion about how to handle things when cooking goes wrong.

I seem to recall that people agreed that it was okay to eat something else to replace inedible food.

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That's it....I'm doing it!!! Boy, oh, boy! With all of you on this board with yummy recipes...I'm never leaving my kitchen!!! Hard to imagine that as a positive sentiment on most diet discussion boards! Wednesday Breakfast -- latte, banana Elevenses -- coffe, banana Lunch -- black bean burrito, nec...

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Funny, when I take my bike out after a long time of not riding, I'm the one that's creaky, not the bike!

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It's easy! It's fun! Do it!

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Two dozen donuts at work on Tuesday.

Beer and tequila after work on Monday.

Gosh, I said, no thank you. Besides, I can't drink and drive. Not possible, for me!

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Home made pizza dough, audiobooks and a happy child. What could be better?

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Making jam is easy! You need the right stockpots, and you *must* be scrupulous about food-safety. There a loads of instructions online. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5272/5885344280_2b48d792d7.jpg Here's my tutorial on making Meyer lemon marmalade: http://howsrobb.blogspot.com/2010/07/bittersweet.h...

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Tuesday

Breakfast -- home baked bread, latte
Elevenses -- coffee
Lunch -- bean soup, bread
Dinner -- multigrain tempeh, spinach with walnuts, latte

Tonight was knitting night. I had a barely-sweet anise soda, freshly made. Rather odd, but nice.

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I love reading your writing. You always make me smile.

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Hang in there!

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Three pounds isn't a disaster. Three pounds is just three pounds. This is *not* a crash-diet. This is a way of improving eating habits, which will help manage over-eating. Many folks on the forum have given themselves the challenge of not weighing themselves for 30 days, to try to break the obsessio...

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Monday

Breakfast -- latte, two slices of bread with jam (all home made)
Elevenses -- a plum and a small avocado
Lunch -- salad, "Peruvian" beans
Dinner -- latte, white pizza (home made crust)

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I don't have issues with binge eating, so perhaps I'm not the person to be answering this. (Or maybe I am!) I do not give myself permission to go insane on S days. I have normal meals at normal times, and perhaps I'll have a snack or a special dessert. I no longer keep snack food at home, which help...

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Wowie! Sounds like you're doing wonderfully.

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I've forgotten to check in for a few days. Thursday was a red day because I had to pick my incoming intern up at the airport, got home at 1am, and was STUPIDLY HUNGRY. I had a couple of slices of bread, which counts as a snack. Friday was fine. Saturday was nice. We went to a couple of estate sales....

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Just like clearing all the junkfood out of the cupboards takes temptation out of easy reach, putting the scale into deep storage reduces the temptation to obsess on the numbers. I challenge everyone to stash the scale wherever you stick Xmas ornaments (or whatever is analogous). Put it somewhere tha...

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How's everyone doing?

(I'm doing great, because I still don't own a scale.)

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A suggestion and a question: I'll bet that no teenager wants to be caught dead on a "tricycle." Maybe she would be more motivated, if you didn't use that word. Robb just says "trike," which sounds a bit more bad-ass. Perhaps you guys could find a local BMW trail and go cycling as a family? Or you co...

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The reason I was asking was because I was curious if she was a good candidate for adaptive sports. We live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where there are several groups dedicated to providing exciting recreational opportunities for people with disabilities. I wonder if your daughter could manage ada...

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Robb and I were talking about the changes in my eating habits, and he told me that merely by not eating sweets when I don't eat sweets, he's been able to lose enough weight to fit into pants that he couldn't a month ago. Anyone else have a significant other participating in No S? How's it going? (Al...

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Tuesday Robb's Birthday Breakfast -- latte, banana Elevenses -- coffe, Italian bread Lunch -- avocado on Italian bread, nectarine Dinner -- delicious Burmese food, five cookies Turns out I was allergic to the tiny amount of peppers in my salad. My food allergies really are a nightmare. Wednesday Br...

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Hang in here! You're doing great!

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Do you ever go cycling? The Bay Trail is great. No traffic, and almost all flat.

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Holy Scmoley!!!!

I sure hope you're on the mend, soon. Nausea and dizziness get old FAST!

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Cleaned the shop which needed to be done since the taxidermist has moved out for the season.

Now *that's* not something one reads every day!

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Wow, that's fantastic. Thank you for sharing your successes!

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I had to tell Robb, because he was trained by his mother to show love with food. I had to tell him No More Treats. Moms everywhere: Stop It. Show love with actions, not with junky fatty food. We still laugh about the time Robb's mom wanted to do something extra-special for us when we were visiting, ...

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I'm in the SF Bay Area. The rivers are low at this time of year (of course), but they're lovely. The boat rental place did something really clever. They handed out mesh onion bags, and asked you to pack out your trash, and please pick up any trash you saw. When you got back, they traded the trashbag...

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Sounds awesome!

We just did a five-mile kayaking jaunt down the Russian River.

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If it isn't too much to ask, may I inquire about your daughter's abilities and age?

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I'm still so pleased with how the weekend went.

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Good for you! You conquered the fake pink cake!

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