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For years I didn't get on a scale and was happy if I could wear the same
size clothes, now I realise that the manufacturers have gradually been
making larger sizes bigger.Thankfully I am now back down one size and saving
my money for a spend later on .I am planning to visit the USA at Easter
hoping to meet people who I have got to know on the internet. I belong to 
an
internet group of Italian greyhound people. I originally got one 30 years
ago, because I was hoping to get like my dog. Nothing will make me tiny 
and
delicate like they are, so I'm trying for slim
Hana
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Sheats" <Diane_Design@...>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: [nosdiet] Useful movements for shovelglove!


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> Debbie, that's about the funniest "diet story" I've ever heard, and 
you
> definitely did the right thing. If the scale could make you that angry,
it
> didn't deserve to live. Hanging the corpse on the wall was an inspiration
> as well! (There's a little barbarism left in all of us.)
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> >It won't have the final word on my state of mind anymore! Not one 
more
peep
> >out of that torture machine :)
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> Absolutely! I'm sure I've mentioned already that I "threw off the 
tyranny
> of the scale" years ago. I went scale-free and happy for several 
years,
> losing weight slowly and keeping it off. I thought I had the problem
licked
> for good. Now I think the only thing I did wrong was not to substitute
> another more reliable measure. When I started regaining, I honestly
didn't
> realize it. I can't go into detail now about that time, but I think 
it
> would have been better if I'd done my weight loss with No S or something
> similar, because then you know when you go beyond the useful measures 
we
do
> use: plates, timeframes, and whatever habit of exercise we have committed
> to.
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> >Wow! You should all try this...I am totally stoked! So, if you 
people
think
> >I am crazy, you are probably right, no secret there, LOL!...
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> There are two scales still in my house, and they don't belong to me so 
I
> can't smash them, but I give them a wide berth and use them only
skeptically
> and sparingly. I know that neither one is accurate, and they don't 
agree
> with each other, so all I can get is a very general idea of my possible
> weight. If the average of three weighings on each scale goes down once 
in
a
> while, I'll know that I'm losing. =D To be more specific, a few weeks
ago
> I weighed more or less 206-7-8-9, and when I reported a 2 pound loss 
the
> other day, it was because I saw a consistent 204. But this morning I 
felt
> thinner, so I got curious and stepped on. I always recite my own "mantra"
> before doing that: "The number you see will not affect your attitude, 
or
you
> are not allowed to get on! Okay, I promise!" The first number I saw 
was
> 184. Hmm, time for a new battery! So I got on again and it was about
> 205--I think! The fact that I can't remember right now is probably 
proof
> that I am hardened to the torture device. I have overcome at last! 
=D
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> But the important thing is the NoS stickers I have put on every weekday
this
> month.
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> Diane
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