Everyday Systems

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Grazing is the worst for me, mental wise. It was what I successfully kicked to the curb, thanks to NoS. The first year or two (or three?) on the weekends I grazed like a maniac. After several years of that, even my weekends are typically graze-free. I am much happier this way.

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Love the urban rangering!

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Tuesday, November 24

Eating
B: coffee w/cream
L: yogurt w/berries
D: nachos w/ground beef, cheese, guacamole
0 glasses of wine

Moving
2 walks - morning on my own (listen to a podcast) and afternoon with the boys on a nearby neighborhood trail.

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Happy Thanksgiving to you too April!

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Jen do you drive the RV in the snow?

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I also have loved reading about your house building and home making!

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Thank you Soprano, Alene, and Jen. This forum has sure been supportive of me in my lockdown family hiking efforts! :-) Monday, November 23 130.6 Eating B: coffee w/cream L: yogurt w/berries D: bear taco meat! (will be) 0 glasses of wine - fail - had 2 glasses fail - 2 brownies and popcorn Moving 1 h...

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90 second fitness sounds like the perfect workout for me.

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Hope you have so much fun in Sedona!!! Sounds wonderful, although it is sad that your mom can't be with you.

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Nice job on the hiking! You are my role model hiker mom.

How far do y'all usually go?

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Thanks Pinkie and Soprano! We are going to get through this. I have to say - each of the 3X that we've gone, he's been in a much nicer mood in the evening.

Sunday, November 22

Eating
B: coffee w/cream
L: yogurt w/berries, hot dog, cheetos
D: pizza
2 glasses of wine

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Well Pinkie yesterday's hike was much tougher!! Challenger made a few gem-like comments (some funny and some alarming): *going hiking fills me with emptiness *you are doing this to make me miserable *my chances of killing myself just went from 1 - 2% So luckily Sexy came along yesterday and that hel...

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Jen - thank you for your encouragement on the hiking!! Challenger did much better yesterday than the first day. It's funny because of course he's the most athletic in the family, and yet is dragging along with his hoody up, looking like he's about to die of exhaustion. I stop and wait for him at all...

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I hope that we can all embrace where we are at right now and let our fabulousness shine through because in the end conventional beauty standards are nothing more than a social construct.

YES!!!!

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You know, for whatever reason, I've never been much into the "green" or "red" days of NoS. I was just thinking about how some people really do well with that - looking for 80% compliance or something like that. I am just WAYYYYYY too SHADES of GRAY in my thinking to work that way. For me, there are ...

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You can sort it, Soprano! You've had such a challenging time - remember that our stress and sleep and other things like that also affect our blood glucose.

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NoS is so easy to use as a framework for almost all different kinds of eating patterns. I love that about it and I think that's why we can all be on this forum with lots of different approaches. NoS somehow (despite how simple it is on the surface) teaches us to respect that all of us are on a diffe...

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I'm glad you and your husband were able to talk together about your 17yo. That is tough stuff, and the biggest help for me in those times is finding a way to be on the same page with my husband. Otherwise it's a lonely place to be - worrying about a child and second-guessing every decision we make!

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Thanks Pinkie. All's well with my friend. She and I are polar opposites on the political spectrum but always have been able to have good discussions and respect each other. It was my fault for drinking and texting for sure, but luckily when I apologized the next day she quickly forgave me and we mov...

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Hang in there, flyingpig.....

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Maybe I should stick to doing what my body seems to like.

Yes Yes Yes!!!!

The story about your DH just about made me feel over.

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Thanks Soprano. I should have added that I think a mad Challenger is better than an apathetic Challenger.....so even if he's furious with me, that's something better than this apathy he's sinking into. Wednesday, November 18 Yesterday I got into a little bit of a text fight with a dear friend over C...

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For me, there is no question that what works best for me is tracking my meals. I know people often think that's so hard, but for me it has always been easy. I mean, it's just 3 meals, and they are usually pretty similar, so .... just works for me. Plus, I use my thread as a diary of sorts. It's far ...

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Oh I bet that's fun to be silly with the kids and jumping around. That kind of silly movement is therapeutic!!

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Wonderful that you got to walk!!

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I am a fan of any exercise you can stick with!

For me it always comes back to walks/hikes, and bodyweight stuff. I know the system you are talking about - the band guy - I was looking at that and seriously considered forking over the (significant) $$. But I talked myself out of it.

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Soprano, Jen, Pinkie - thank you for voicing these things. Sometimes we feel all alone in this COVID craziness, despite it being all anyone talks about... there are serious quality of life questions that we need to consider. Soprano, I felt really good to know that my parents have thought these thin...

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I love eggs on toast!

And tuna fish sandwiches!

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I might have missed this but did you decide what might have brought on the extra hungry days? PMS, extra exercise, stress, healing, etc.? Or just a mystery?

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Hope you have a good day, Alene, our last sort of free one before lockdown 2.0!

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Jen just wanted to thank you on your thread for your kind words about my visit to my parents last weekend. :-) For some reason, your comments (and Pinkie's) really touched my heart. I think I'm extra-sensitive right now! Also, you and Pinkie seem to be taking the same approach to paying attention to...

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Thanks Jen and Pinkie! Yes, we went on the trip and had a very nice visit with my parents. Both of them claim they are entirely at peace about COVID and if they die from it, they are at peace with that too and feel they have lived good lives. Wow. They both have living will/directive to NOT be put o...

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Friday, November 13 Heading down to Oregon to visit my parents and sister. I'm a little concerned that my parents will catch COVID from me and die. But they want us to come see them. I painted a gnome for my mom and I'll drop it off for her Christmas present. My sister got 1/2 a cow and so I will a...

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The herbal tea is a great idea for susbstitute for alcohol. I also like either decaf coffee w/cream or milk, and/or diet sprite. Sometimes maybe kombucha. I'm having "dry days" today through Sunday, since I'm visiting my family and for some reason it's actually easier to not drink when I'm staying s...

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Pinkie - do you think this is true hunger? I'm sensing you do, and I think you're pretty good at knowing when you're truly hungry since you always document when you feel full, satisfied, etc.......if true hunger is actually the case, then definitely eat. Just try to keep some structure to those meal...

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Thank you Linda! Hopefully we will all start to perk up a bit more. I'm taking my boys (well Creator for sure) and going to visit my parents and sister down in Oregon this weekend. They all want us to visit, but I'm concerned because we'll be staying in my parents' house. I certainly don't want to b...

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Wednesday, November 11 - Veteran's Day in the States

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Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: yogurt w/berries
D: pizza
3 glasses of wine

Moving
Taking the boys skating today

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Even toddlers in my state wear masks. Actually I have a great pic of my 11 year old wearing his mask as an "EYE" mask.

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Jen - sounds like you were NoS before NoS was cool.

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Thanks Alene! I'm in a funk again. I should reread my thread from 2020 because I feel like I have been somewhat regularly feeling down, avoiding my normal exercise, eating all the crap. I swear I'm a little depressed but fighting it tooth and nail. I have never in my life had this thought (which I h...

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Monday, Nov 9 Eating B: coffee w/milk L: yogurt w/berries D: steak, 3 mozarella sticks 3 glasses of wine ugh - late night fail of cheetos and doritos. I finally have gotten a bit more productive. I finished 2 videos in 2 days - that is excellent for me. I am still behind (I am perpetually behind on...

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LOL - I don't know what marmite or machta is. But I'm glad they help you!

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I'm also hoping to get back more in my normal groove!! I intended to make 5 videos last week and I made ...... 1.

Here's to a good week!!

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Saturday, Nov 7

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: ice cream
D: 3 pieces of pizza, Doritos, chocolate-covered almonds
3 glasses of wine

Moving
None.

Sunday, Nov 8

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: leftover pizza and some chips w/dip
D: ice cream, chocolate-covered almonds, doritos
3 glasses of wine

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well Alene - productivity isn't where it should be, but I did get a decent amount done yesterday. Octavia - I'm grateful, grateful, grateful for the opportunity to skate with my boys. Challenger looks forward to it, and he has had me worried about his mental health a little lately. I know that at an...

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That's pretty cool that you get to be a bridesmaid, though! Although the whole fitting easily into the dress thing of course sucks.

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Friday, Nov.6

I'm struggling to be productive. Well, I have been struggling. But I'm determined to start making more headway today.

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: yogurt w/berries
D: chicken curry
fail - ice cream

Moving
Skating with kids tonight

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Hi there! Glad to see you on the boards.

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We've been having to wear masks in our state for months and months - plus none of the kids get to go to school, probably for the rest of the year. I rip off my mask and hungrily breathe in fresh air every time I get outside. But lots of people wear masks even on walks and in their cars.

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Congratulations on the surgery!

You were brave!
Tonight Flowerpup is commiserating with you - I just got her home from surgery - she got spayed today.

She's miserable-looking.

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Yes, like Pinkie said - so glad you got to visit family before the new lockdown.

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Great update! Thanks for posting.

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Hey there - hope you start to feel better. And yes, keep putting one foot in front of another! I am convinced that I need to focus on what I can control and let go or accept what is out of my control, as a method to manage anxiety in these troubled times. Easier said than done.

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I've also had trouble with not being on my routine and my usual time of daily walks. It's frustrating to feel that I know what I want to do, and what I should be doing, but I can't seem to find the motivation. Very blah feeling.

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Seahawk fan here!

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April, really good insights you are having and I appreciate you sharing them. And I understand about how, by controlling our food (when we can't really control much else going on around us) can be tempting. What's interesting is that my normal "Way of Eating" is more restrictive than many (just due ...

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Hope your trip to see your parents was fun! I love hearing of your RV tales. I'm halfway convinced that's what my hubby and I should do.

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Hi Pinkie - I think I'm a bit behind on posts but I just wanted to encourage you about your back and your toe! That can't be fun, and like everyone else is saying, you are such a trooper!

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Pinkie - Challenger has been like this with both my husband and me since he was about 7 years old - it was quite unusual of him. On a good day, I say he was "precocious". :wink: Alene - my FBG has good days and bad days. Honestly, I haven't even been checking it this week so who knows where it's bee...

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Saturday, October 31!!! 126.8 FBG: 86mg/dL - whaddya know? That's perfectly normal. Alene - videos going overall REALLY well. And I love the work. I just love it. I am a little behind on my "quota", but I am not overly stressed about that. Some days I push really hard; other days (like today), it j...

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The nurse was a right old dragon :lol: :lol: :lol: Anyone want to join me in the International Campaign for Speculum Self-Insertion? Me! Me! Me! I am totally serious too, because every time they jam that horrid tool inside me it is agonizing. Then they crank it around, and mutter about my "tilted" ...

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I'm so sorry Octavia and flyingpig - I hope people's mental health doesn't go too far in the loo with all these lockdowns.... (see? I can use "loo" too!)

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Great update, Alene! I feel like over the past year I've gained some wonderful insights into this chapter of your life journey! I appreciate you so much. *No, I CANNOT believe the little mister is already 1 year old, but oh yes!!! can I believe he likes to push his chairs around. :-) *Your house is ...

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when I make choices that don’t feel right I’m learning from them by writing 1. What went wrong 2. Why it went wrong 3. What I can do it the future to make choices that feel better Sounds like a scientist! :-) You probably saw that Reinhard has posted a new podcast? He also posted the transcript so ...

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"S"-ing out - that should be a tried and true phrase on our threads.

But I totally get that....the times I feel the most physically unwell correspond to the times that I feel the need to indulge more. I'm pretty sure it's a mood-lifting-seeking behavior for myself.

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This was delightful! And so spot-on with discussion on our forum threads: we often complain of our "inner rebel" and our "inner perfectionist" - they sure sound a lot like Demogorgon and Asmodeus! Also your comment about how they feed off each other - we often notice that when our inner perfectionis...

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Terribly, Pinkie! This experiment was a giant fail! My morning blood glucoses have never been so high! What ended up happening is that I had to wait to eat all morning, which made me ravenous. I know that my "coffee w/milk or cream or whatever" might not look like a ton in the morning, but it is def...

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Oh, Pinkie, so sorry to hear about this. I hope that the recovery is quick. Hugs.....!

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Great update, TINABI!!! So fun to hear from you! Happy Halloween!

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Thursday, October 29

129.0
FBG: 106mg/dL

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
1 hr: 95mg/dL
L: yogurt w/berries
D: leftover ground beef w/cheese and guacamole and a few tortilla chips, 1/2 a banana

Moving
Quick walk planned before working on videos.

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Hope you doc visit went well, Sammy!

And that's AMAZING!!!!! about your new baby! Congrats congrats congrats congrats!

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Have a great day, Alene!

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Oh man I loved college!!

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Good day of tracking!

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Hi Soprano - yes, I've studied and use apple cider vinegar, although not always consistently. It does lower my blood sugar by a few points - nothing super notable though so I tend to stop remembering to take it. On the other hand, I use it generously on my salads and I love it. Wednesday, October 28...

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Pinkie - I just want to encourage you about your little reader. :-) Challenger couldn't even read until the END of 2nd grade! I'm serious! I spent all of kindergarten just trying to get that little stinker to hold his pencil properly. But oh how he listened! We read the Hobbit when he was 7, and fin...

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Soprano, yes the change is happening but SOOOOOOO slowly. Molasses slow. And at the same time that many are learning the truth about how common carbohydrate intolerance is, there is increasing pushback from the vegan community. So I'm not sure where we will all be in 10 years - if we end up with mea...

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Hi Soprano! This experiment is actually kind of growing on me. There's something about thinking to myself, "hmmm, I have plenty of energy for my body right now so I don't need to eat anything extra". Soprano, as far as the blood tests go: I asked Creator's doc, during his regular check-up, for the V...

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Pinkie - I'm going to really focus this week on letting myself actually get a bit hungry between meals. The blood sugar experiment is definitely an aid with this. Sunday, October 25 FBG: 98mg/dL Eating B: coffee w/milk, 1/3 of a banana, avocado on toast I didn't track specific times after my breakfa...

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Hi Soprano - I think maybe all of the above! You've had a rough go lately.

Definitely eating fun stuff makes me expect more fun stuff, and want to eat for "fun", not because I'm hungry.

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Welcome!

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I got a DQ blizzard last week and I super enjoyed it. However, at some point I noticed that my body was the tiniest bit queasy - like a way of saying "enough!". I threw the rest out and was extremely pleased with myself.

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Sorry you have to do some extra work today, Octavia. I know what you mean about normally looking forward to the freedom (wide open space) of Saturdays.

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Octavia, I know you are right, but it just seems like flyingpig's school is a CONSTANT source of temptations. I get frustrated with co-workers that are forever piling up junk in the break room and handing it out to teachers. It's like they WANT us to overeat?!

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Ideally we will occasionally have a "perfect" S Day, with special treats with important people, but not suffering the consequences of processed food.....

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Pinkie - What I'm noticing is HUNGER! I am starting to think that my weight gain during COVID is as simple as me never letting myself get hungry. I would drink creamy coffee all morning, and I think those calories added up! Back pre-COVID (ah yes, like you mentioned elsewhere it's like surreal and h...

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That yogurt meal sounds delish - from one yogurt lover to another. You've almost convinced me to try putting bran on my yogurt.

Wonderful that you are feeling great physically and emotionally.

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Great ideas and planning, Octavia! I adore soup. I wish the rest of my family liked it as much - they always complain they want something with more "substance".

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Octavia - I hope you take a personal day too! We should have a forum-wide "personal NoS day". :-) Jen - yeah, you'd think that I'd learn to stop fighting it when the low times come. But then again, I suppose if I stopped fighting it, I might stay in despair for all time? :roll: OK, so it's Friday! O...

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Nice run!

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Eggs in a hat!!!!

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Thursday, October 22 Weight: 129.8 FBG: 109mg/dL Thank you Pinkie and Alene. I am already really starting to feel better. I honestly think that I was fighting some sort of virus the past 10 days that made me inordinantly tired. I'm not sure if it was even food-related at all. But of course I really...

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I LOVE your idea to take a personal day! I think that's just what the doctor ordered!

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Wednesday, October 21

FBG: 112mg/dL

Eating
B: coffee w/milk
L: yogurt w/berries
D: beef salad bowl

Moving
2 walks

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Oolala, although I entirely agree that unrefined starches are fine in the context of an otherwise healthy metabolism, once the metabolism has been damaged (by processed foods or who knows what else in our modern culture), some people simply cannot tolerate the carbohydrates that they otherwise might...

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Thank you so much, Linda. I really need and appreciate the support.

I also didn't lose any weight when I stopped drinking.... who are these people that lose weight when they quit?

Indeed, I think I used/use wine to avoid nighttime snacking!!

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Thanks Soprano and Pinkie! I'm leaving November 6th and will return home by Nov. 15th. I'm in the planning stages, but first was the discussion with Sexy about kid transportation while I'm gone. He's on board, so I think this will work! Y'all, I just about had a cry-fest melt-down this morning. I mi...

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Hi everybody - thanks as always for the constant support this forum provides, especially when I am struggling. As I look back on 2020, I've really been struggling all year. January was rough because we got Flowerpup, and then HappyHerder bit her badly after one week. I had an anxiety attack that las...

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Wow - that toe infection sounds frustrating, painful, and inconvenient! Not sure if the abx are topical? I hope so, but if not, don't forget to up your probiotics or fermented foods for awhile! Yes, yes, Auto here to bug you about your intake of good bugs. :-) Hang in there with the wild schedule an...

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Yes, great gifts!! those well-made wooden toys are always the most pleasing to the touch for kids, too.

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