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Whosonfirst

6/28/21-Mon Will attempt a restart on NoS for the summer and beyond hopefully. I haven't gained or lost since my last posting, been kind of stuck in the 212 to 215 lbs. range. Today is my youngest grandson's 6th birthday. Motivation to try and stay healthy, with a better body composition. My saving ...

Whosonfirst

Wanted to thank Reinhard for posting his thoughts about No S on the internet! Over the past year and a half I've maintained a 30 lb weight loss (I'm 5'4'' female, 126 lb down from ~ 156) after losing it over the prior year. While I did do intermittent fasting which probably resulted in most of the ...

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I'm a little late, but a big congrats to hear of your success.

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I came across the mention of No S on a old Reddit thread. The thread was about habit building. I checked the website out and instantly clicked with the writing style and purchased the book, simply because I enjoyed the writing style and transparency of the fact that the key points are in the websit...

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Does this work for people who are obese? Does this work for people who have carb "addiction"? Does this work for people who are sedentary? Can you start by substituting some fruit or raw vegs for "regular" out-of-the-box(or bag) carbs? I realize fruit and vegs have carbs too. It's in your power to ...

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Very nice! When something is working, no need to change it. Good job.

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Thanks Octavia, Linda and Jen! I definitely think taking time off can sometimes be just as good as exercise. It's hard to remember that though. I have been busy! We did a 17 mile ride on the weekend. I wanted to do more, but we started out late and ran out of time. The past couple of days I have be...

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Looks like you're doing well on NoS and the glass ceiling. 5 out of 7 days is a great start.

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Welcome back. It doesn't seem to me that a piece of sugar free gum would qualify as a snack to give a red mark? I've worked a few times in Watertown, SD. Loved their art museum.

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Ellis, I'm sorry for that mistake. The only Ellis I've known was the guy in Die Hard. I'm not even sure what my bmi is, but you are the best judge of that.i think we are all somewhat dissatisfied with our body composition, but I just try to find small incremental improvements and keep the momentum g...

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So, time flies! :D I've lost another 0.6 kg (1.4 lbs). I guess the amount of weight loss stays a little bit the same every month. It's not much, but it's still progress. :wink: I had a few extra S days last month, and I really didn't hold back in the weekends. Vanilla No-S is definitely a lifestyle...

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[/quote] 9/4/20-Fri- Success -no mods today. Thanks for comments auto! 9/5-6-Sat-Sun: S Days -Did the Five Tibetans both days in afternoon. 9/7-Mon(Labor Day in the US)- S Day Did Five Tibetans, kettlebell and bwt. workout in garage-Two dog walks again(every day) ~1 mile each. 9/8-Tues- Success ;Mod...

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Thanks for stopping by, Whos! I shouldn't tell you this, but it only takes 10 minutes to mow my yard. :-) Sunday!, September 27 124.8 FBG: 83mg/dL (do you see this? see this? see this?) blessed lovely numbers I've had for 2 straight weeks! Ketones: 1.8mmol Yesterday I ate 110g of protein. Holy cow!...

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I'm eating a few more carbs than I want to as I've not got the mental energy to be creative at the moment. We are back and forth from the vets and our 14 year old collie is now receiving palliative care at home. We think he has a bladder tumour. His illness is impacting on our mental and physical h...

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Saturday, September 26 125.6 FBG: 78mg/dL (still too early to know for sure, but my FBG has been glorious for the past 2 weeks) Ketones: 2.0 Eating B: coffee w/collagen proteins and MCT oil L: (will be) salmon burger, salad, and avocado D: (will be) beef w/organ meats and sauerkraut I am so excited...

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Pinkhippie and auto, thank you for the kind words. She sailed thru it well. I had to sit at home looking at texts from the doc and nurses, which they did very well. And both called me to say it went well. Now we still don't have any definitive answers to what's wrong, or the next step. I asked her i...

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Octavia, How could I have forgotten about Eckhart for this outing? The outing was actually fun, and I'm very glad I carpooled with one of the girls, because she ended up with vertigo and couldn't drive herself safely. The only really bad thing was that I had that (small!) piece of cake and skyrocke...

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Thank you auto & Octavia. We're just having a quiet weekend before next week starts. I'm hoping for the best. The last two years have been something of a challenge, for her especially. Our dog Gus, even gives her extra attention, dogs seem to know when you're not feeling well.

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Hi whos, I am sorry to see that your wife is having health problems. I hope that her tests go well today. Thanks pinkhippie, they went pretty well and quickly which was a pleasant surprise. Surgery is next Tuesday, and then another procedure the following weeks. She's first person in our whole fami...

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This is a two-year-old thread, but it's such a pertinent topic for me that I will reply anyway and hope someone will read it. My eating problems were definitely formed in childhood experiences. My family always had the evening meal together in the formal dining room. There were four of us kids and ...

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ladybird30 wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:44 am
Such a lovely family photo, thanks for posting it.

Thank you @ladybird30. It was a great day and week for all of us. We live about 3000 miles apart.

Whosonfirst

Lovely Lovely Lovely! Thanks so much for this update. Thanks for kind words Auto, I missed your comments. I'm still learning how precious life is, especially with your loved ones. We have more health concerns this week and next. Besides the pandemic, the last two summers(years) have been a challenge.

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Haha my brother is literally the opposite of a go getter! I think he walks fast to get the walk over and done with. And to wait smugly for me and make "helpful" comments about how slow I am :roll: :lol: Well this week has been a disaster food-wise.. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday But the holi...

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Every S day I've had, I've become very depressed. I feel like no time has passed since my worst compulsive eating days. The act of eating more and at random intervals, which is supposed to make S days fun, is not making me happy. I feel like I am cheating! I've just had a string of 5 perfect N days...

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I've been very ill since last year and that's why the weight loss. I'm recovering now, getting back my strength and energy. No S habits will hopefully now help me to maintain my weight. Three healthful meals a day. Wow, I'm sorry for my previous comment on your weight loss. Glad to hear you're reco...

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GabbyGirl2 wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:55 pm
B - bagel with PB
L - tuna salad sandwich, carrot and raisin salad
D - bowl of chili w/cheese and sour cream, bagel, wine

5th N day, plus exercise.

Nice going! I just bought a bag of blueberry bagels.

Whosonfirst

Aww thanks whos and Octavia! WHat is so funny about that is the human mind. The first time I did a bike ride over 20 miles I was amazed at myself. Now, even though intellectually I know 24 miles is a long ride, it starts sounding like not a big deal and I want to aim for 30. I am excited for fall w...

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Ah, thanks so much, pink. I needed that reminder that it is a good result. This morning I weighed myself and the number had gone up again, leaving me feeling very disgruntled. I did a 10 mile walk yesterday! :roll: It is so hard to tell if No S is ‘working’ - though it is of course working in that ...

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All the links in both shovelglove bulletin boards appear to be dead.

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Saturday September 5 2020 Fun day, went and saw my dad and his wife, (from 10 feet away on benches on their porch... hopefully it won't get cold here for a while) Then got rid of a TON of stuff to the thrift store. Thankfully, we don't seem to have the donation trouble of waiting in long lines like...

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I remember feeling so overwhelmed with everything when my kids were little that I couldn't get started on much of anything. My mom really helped me out by telling me to just have one thing that I want to accomplish each day. It was wise advice and has helped me get centered many a times. Oh, the ot...

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I looked up the Pioppi Diet and it sounds like the Mediterranean Diet, which I would like to follow along with No S. I had quadruple bypass surgery in 2012 at the age of 58, so I should be following a healthier diet anyway. Maybe pick one and stick with that. Don't even bother looking up other diet...

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I have had the hardest time finding time to check in. Me & my husband went camping last week just the two of us which was so much fun!! Our spot was on a lake & we bought paddle boards to bring which was amazing. I have never paddle boarded much before & liked it even more than I thought I would!! ...

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minimizer wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:35 pm
Weight: 120
BMI: 22.7
Starting over this week with good habits.

Wow, congratulations. Great progress on weight and BMI!

Whosonfirst

Yes! Ended August 2020 with an 85% compliance (3 red days). Super proud. Meal planning and pre-plating being a big help. HOWEVER, eating the same meal more than 3 times in a week can lead to going off plan. Sometimes I go overboard with the meal prep... :roll: Good job, that number always worked we...

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automatedeating wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:31 pm
Good point about being mad if you don't get to eat; and kinda mad later if you do get to eat. Hmmmm.

Hangry

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I am having difficulty with not snacking. The seconds and sweet stuff I think I have down. The urges I have to snack are usually not because I'm really hungry; they fill a psychological need. I am going to keep working on it! I said elsewhere that I wanted to incorporate healthy snacks, but I keep ...

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9/4/20-Restarting my log, since I recommended a new member start one. My eating has been fairly good during the six months I've been absent. I've walked Gus, our rescue retriever mix twice every day, all year. This summer was a bit of a challenge for working out in our hot garage gym, but that keep...

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Hi Whos on first! you and your family look wonderful! So happy! Also, belated congratulations on 50 years of marriage! Thank you pinkhippie, it was a great week. My wife has been unable to travel the last four years, so my son's family came in to visit. It was the first time she's seen our youngest...

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GabbyGirl2 wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:28 pm
Whosonfirst - wow, only 7 pounds to go! I am 180 and goal weight is 155.

Well before NoS it was one time at 255-260, but probably around 225 when I first joined here. You can get there, one step at a time.

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GabbyGirl2 wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:05 pm
I think that worked. Thanks!

Now if I could only fix mine, LOL.

Whosonfirst

GabbyGirl2, I'm probably a bad person to tell you how to do this(since mine has been messed up for a couple years). But if you go back to your first message, and press the edit sign(I think it's a pencil/eraser), you should be able to go onto your top line, and retype the log title to GabbyGirl2, th...

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9/4/20-Restarting my log, since I recommended a new member start one. My eating has been fairly good during the six months I've been absent. I've walked Gus, our rescue retriever mix twice every day, all year. This summer was a bit of a challenge for working out in our hot garage gym, but that keeps...

Whosonfirst

I got up today like I do every day, expecting to have a "clean" day of whatever food plan or diet I am on at the moment. Usually I have failed halfway through the day. I started No S on Aug 7th, and have yet to have a clean N day. Not a single one. I can't even say I was all that hungry between mea...

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I've gotta tell you, folks ... I'm sticking to NoS during lockdown, but I felt a need to give myself some sort of break, so Friday is now spelled sFriday and Fridays are S days for me. I can handle living surrounded by people emphatically not following NoS for four days a week, but that fifth day s...

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Thursday, April 30! 15k+steps - check! Actually took both dogs on long walk and got over 20k today! So for April, I accomplished my goal except for one day. Eating B: coffee w/cream, 1 cutie L: chicken thighs D: yogurt w/berries (will have) decaf coffee w/cream ZivaMeditation AM - check PM - AND TO...

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These are grim times. I am here because the only way to do this is accept the food available in shops with gratitude and get on with it. Can anyone inspire me to start moving move. Love peace and safety to everyone. Anne x Hi MLW, I'm not around here much anymore, but wanted to commend you on the w...

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Feb. recap- 15 Success / 4 Fail = 15/19- 79% Success - Not a great month, dropped below my 80% goal. I only had 19 days because of a sick day back in early Feb. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...

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Thank you, Teammoney! Weight: 75.9 kg Eating B: carrot, cucumber; lentils, tofu, vegetables, potatoes, flaxseed oil L: pickled celery, cucumber; lentils, potatoes, fried egg, flaxseed oil, small slice of whole wheat bread with butter D: tomatoes; lentils, potatoes, vegetables, smoked mackerel with ...

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Monday, Feb 17 SOOOO glad it's an N Day. I went a little wild this weekend and I need to get stable again. Weight: 118.8 lbs FBG: 115 (gulp) Sleep Score: 81 Resting HR: 72 ZivaMeditation 6:11am AM - Check PM - Eating B: coffee w/half&half L: D: Moving Mobility work - Walk/jog - Yesterday was intere...

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The last few days have been highlighted by a lack of paying attention to what I have been stuffing in my pie hole. As my mother would say to me: Shame on you. I plan on my Super Slow workout this afternoon. Oh, I forgot. I spent an hour this morning digging my Mini Cooper out of the snow. That shou...

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I find myself at an interesting observational crossroads. I have been eating junk like I've not eaten in years. The triggers are exceedingly easy to identify: 1) sleep deprivation that lasted for weeks (no wonder I overate when my babies were little); 2) EXTREME stress. Initially, my appetite actua...

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Jan's recap 18 days - GREEN / 4 days- RED : 81.8% Success rate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/1/20-Sat(Daughter's bday)- S Day 2/2- Sun- Ground Hog Day! (SB Day too!) -It was great to see Andy R...

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Well, Thursday was a train wreck. I think the less substantial dinner I ate Wednesday, and the small breakfast I ate yesterday morning turned me into an eating machine. This morning I have taken in a plate of food, but added more calories. I had two eggs on an English muffin, yogurt with berries an...

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Thank you J and auto! I did have a fail today however on NoS. Not tragic but significant. I have a cold (not to the point where it calls for an S day though) and was using my 2.5 hours alone per week (once a week one of my toddlers is in preschool while the other one spends a few hours at my mother...

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Hi I’m back after what must be a 3 or 4 year gap. I don’t know why I left - maybe I thought the grass was greener in the land of other diets, maybe life’s events got in the way. Why have I come back? I’m sick of diets and non-diets. I’m sick of reading about the latest holy grail of eating- I’ve tr...

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I am too much wanting to have quick weight loss. I just turned 80. I gained 15 pounds in the last year and a half. Want so much to lose,but give up too easily. I have recently tried Oz new diet and the recipes and food recomended is awful to me. No wonder people can't continue. This NoS seems to be...

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Wednesday, December 25th, 2019 Weight: -1.6 ~ 44 to go Exercise: 1H walk Steps: 10,253 Thursday, December 26th, 2019 Weight: -2.2 ~ 43.4 to go Exercise: Orange Theory Steps: 11,109 Thoughts on food and life: Hmm, that darn scale finally moved down today. That is after two days of holiday meals and ...

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1/1/20- New Year's Day 1/2- Green -Walk 1/3- Green -Walk 1/4-5- S days - Walked both 1/6- Red -two short cold walks about .75-1.0 mile each-Both of my language studies going well. Guitar journey continues, and progress from day to day, even week to week seems slow. Then I see how easy some things h...

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Looks like you're doing a stupendous job with the walking. Also happy to hear the language learning is going well! Thank you for comments on both. Actually I have cut my walking about in half due to our retriever's been limping after our long walks(hip issues) and the rib situation. Daughter has hi...

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1/1/20- New Year's Day 1/2- Green -Walk 1/3- Green -Walk 1/4-5- S days - Walked both 1/6- Red -two short cold walks about .75-1.0 mile each-Both of my language studies going well. Guitar journey continues, and progress from day to day, even week to week seems slow. Then I see how easy some things ha...

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I'm with you on the working out! And my kids are now big enough I have some time to myself to exercise. My 2020 goals all involve more resistance training, mobility workouts, and just plain movement. I am so wonderfully pleased and happy for you about your wife's improvements. But Gus!!! And broken...

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Happy new year and hope you soon recover Jx Soprano; Iflytoohigh; Teammoney--Thanks for the kind words and Happy New Year to everyone. I'm excited to move forward into 2020, especially that my wife's health situation has improved dramatically, and my current situation is only a minor setback. This ...

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ladybird30 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 31, 2019 5:57 am
Happy New Year and all the best to you and your wife.

Thank you ladybird, On a happy note, she is doing well. Happy New Year.

Whosonfirst

Welcome Teammoney, Logging your progress on Daily or weekly Check In is key to success.

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12/30-Mon- Thought I better update my check-in since it's been a while. Anyone who's followed my check in knows I've used it mostly for logging my exercise routines while maintaining ~80% compliance on NoS. Both were humming along fine @80% until Friday the 13th(Dec) when I broke three ribs; a piano...

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Wow, welcome to the board. You're dealing with a LOT of stuff I can't even imagine. I hope NoS helps you to achieve some eating sanity.

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Day 1: 12/4/19 :mrgreen: Good Day. No issues in 3 meals 1 plate. Actually felt very good to eat 'normally.' Day 2: 12/5/19 :mrgreen: Good day. No issues 3/1. Dinner too much...at restaurant. Didn't finish...plate much bigger than home! Day 3: 12/6/19 :mrgreen: Good day. No issues 3/1. Dinner at hom...

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Tuesday, December 3 117.2 FBG: 101 Morning BP: 100/60 Resting HR: 66 Sleep Score: 89 Waist measurement: 28in (down from 33in at largest point) Eating B: 2 cups of bone broth, coffee w/half&half, hard-boiled eggs L: (will be) yogurt w/berries, walnuts D: (will be) leftover ham and kale & pumpkin see...

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oolala My husband is naturally slim. He does not overeat. He eats all things, but I have never seen him binge. He can even eat a few chips and stop. I just think we either have a body that has balanced hormones or we don't. I don't have balanced hormones. I don't want to have to explain to people w...

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Oh boy! I had a terrible time with them today. We had a breakfast at work today. I had already eaten, so I didn't even want to go in the room. I had so many people nagging me. I said "No thank you" as nicely as I could, but they wouldn't stop. Someone finally threatened to not leave until I went to...

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Auto, I have to agree with pinkhippie, Double WOW! Your knowledge of yogurt kind of blows me away. And your sabbatical sounds really cool. I knew you were smart, but WOW. And now I'm really hankering for some good yogurt.

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Whos I'm having some sort of impossible reaction to your -- named thread. No matter how many times I see it, I think "oh no what's wrong with the forum?" :roll: :lol: I really enjoy dark walks (morning or night) w/HappyHerder. So peaceful. And it is getting so cold here too! 32 degrees this morning...

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Just read your update from Sep 12, nice job! Inspiration for me. I'm about 20 pounds away from college weight, but I'm hoping to get there before I'm over the hill next year. I was at my goal weight about a year ago doing this other program, which was both easy and hard for me to maintain long term...

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30 lbs. in 7 months! That's great. If something's working don't mess with it. Congrats.

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Congrats on sticking to the yoga series, or giving it a good try. I'd like to add that to my routine at some point, mostly for improving my flexibility. I think yoga along with walking may be the ideal, low-impact movement system for anyone over 40-60. My opinion only.

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Hi Alene, Welcome and I hope you find some sanity to your eating habits here on NoS. My son's family just moved over to your state from Portland in August. Beautiful area.

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9/12/19-Thurs Okay I clearly need to get back on the horse. Was distracted most of summer with other health related things for wife. To appease my wife and daughter I made a doc visit to have some spots on my head and ear checked for skin cancer, all clear. And despite my crappy eating for a couple...

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A Big WOW auto! - I knew you started to cut out alcohol this past year, but didn't realize the level of your success. Congratulations on this major accomplishment. This is very inspirational.

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9/12/19-Thurs Okay I clearly need to get back on the horse. Was distracted most of summer with other health related things for wife. To appease my wife and daughter I made a doc visit to have some spots on my head and ear checked for skin cancer, all clear. And despite my crappy eating for a couple...

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9/12/19-Thurs Okay I clearly need to get back on the horse. Was distracted most of summer with other health related things for wife. To appease my wife and daughter I made a doc visit to have some spots on my head and ear checked for skin cancer, all clear. And despite my crappy eating for a couple ...

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Sorry for your loss. Sounds like you have been doing well.

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Great progress! keeping it simple does work after all. Stay the course.

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Welcome back NoSer, and congrats on losing a bowling ball!

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Hi Auto-No, Gabe is our 6 y.o. grandson. We've only ever had one dog at a time and each of them lived an average of 14 years. We've had two cats at a time, but we had to put Miggi, our last one down in the spring. I hope she gives the writing a try, she could use the mental diversion, or rather imme...

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Thank you Larkspur, well we are now waiting for the 2nd biopsy results of the tumor and lymph nodes on Thursday. Wishing they'd call before that. Pretty sobering to hear this news the first time. The hope is no chemo, just 30 days of radiation and estrogen blocker. Wife and I were sitting on deck sw...

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Monday, June 17 123.8 Eating B: coffee w/milk, latte L: copious amounts of broccoli, carrots, and some sort of costco yogurt dip coffee w/milk + brain octane oil (I noticed that since I stopped taking this is when the sugar cravings began to hit hard). My working hypothesis is that the ketones from...

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Thanks WhosOnFirst. Sorry to bring the real life to the forums. Free therapy and support. I really, hugely appreciate it! How do you deal with hunger, anxiety, and stress? I think these are all the reasons why I medicate with food (and booze to a lesser extent). I'm not sure I'm looking for "medita...

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Hi there, I'm trying to really commit to no s this time and was wondering what advice you can give if you're a long time no s Er? Like what helped you stay on course year after year after year.... :) From my viewpoint which may not be shared by everyone, the Number One way to make NoS work, or shou...

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Hi tessytwinkle, First of all, glad to see you back. Secondly, there is no bad eating when during a bereavement, other than not eating at all. I was at an older cousin's funeral last year, and she planned the whole wake menu after her funeral. It would have rivaled most weddings, including an open b...

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Sorry I missed this before. I'm glad your little girl is doing better.

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Big congrats on the 42 day mark-sans alcohol.

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Welcome and great start! Looking forward to your check-ins.

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Auto-Amazing the things we learn on here, like your attachment theory stuff. Yea, Gus would go along with me on the space station. Probably why I love those types of movies, just loved The Martian with Matt Damon. A few films before hand seem like they're not going to get much traction with me, and ...

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Oh, thank you for sharing!! It's really neat that you know yourself well enough to be able to recognize that you have loved this type of work, but you just don't anymore. I think I struggle with that idea that my interests and passions could change so much. This will be a summer of introspection, w...

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Thanks for the pointer. I have tried searching (for "intermittent", "fasting", and "intermittent fasting") but the search function keeps timing out. I will keep trying. -Steve Not to disparage our search function, but well...... Anyway check out lpearlmom's check-in and maybe a few others on here c...

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I was just thinking about meal timing and No S, but in a slightly different way. I left for a while to try intermittent fasting, back now but wondering if anyone has combined the two ideas before. I imagine some people eat 3 meals in 8 hours or less, so in effect they do 16 hours of fasting each da...

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I'll participate, need the extra motivation lately. 6/3- Fail 6/4- Fail- great start, looking like I started March or April challenge 6/5- Success 6/6- Success 6/7- Success 6/8-6/9- S Days 6/10-I'm suspending my participation for the rest of the week. Will resume next Monday. 6/30-Sun-just for the r...

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