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Linz, congrats on the 3lbs. Great job!
When I was going to the meetings last year, the leader had one great tip that I loved. For every pound lost, give yourself a brightly-colored paperclip and then link 'em into a chain. You can have that as a visible marker of how many pounds you've lost. Hang 'em by your mirror or somewhere that will inspire you. Some people put theirs on the fridge to stave off late night binges! Mine are on my desk ('cause I tend to snack when BORED!).
Anyway, I can't wait to hear about the not-less than 20 pts thing, either! 
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My best friend is doing Weight Watchers in England... it's different there. There are no flex points. I think that the English version is the old version from America.
As for no one eating less than 20 points, maybe they recalibrated what makes one point? If you weigh 150 and under you're supposed to eat 20 points a day and the little book they give you the first week says not to eat less than your 20 points. I think it's back to that not starving yourself thing... maybe they've figured out that less than 1200 calories (my best guess to what 20 points is) makes people's metabolisms drop too low?
And congrats on the Weight Loss Linz!
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#51753 - 03/18/04 06:12 AM
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I'm just glad for any reason to tell myself I can't go below 20!!!! 
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#51840 - 03/18/04 10:06 AM
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Oh well! I'm a bit crap at sticking to 20 points exactly every day, but I go over as well as under so I figure it evens out.
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I'm going to be a bit crap about it, too, when I go back on... 'cause my dang breakfast alone is like 8 points (or more!).
ARGH.
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How do you do the IBS diet without eating bread/gluten?? I feel like the entire diet is based on starches of one kind or another and I'm not sure how to cut them out- Any advice??
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I have no idea how to cut out bread. Sorry. Already I've cut everything else out of my diet; if I cut out bread, I'd be eating nothing!
Sorry; you caught me at a bad time. I'm having sugar withdrawals, hating myself for letting hubby throw out Heather's Rice Krispy Treats! 
BTW, starches aren't your enemy; we need them, they're our friend. Why do you want to cut them out of your diet? Sugar, I can understand. (Although it's really tough to do!) But starches?
Did you read "The First Year"?
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I'm with you, Bev. Bread is my one staple food... the one thing that's always safe for me! I don't think it would be humanly possible for me to stop eating it. I'm also curious, what's wrong with starches? They're actually very healthy as long as they're low fat!
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I heart rice.
#51987 - 03/18/04 02:34 PM
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RICE, Rice, and more rice. That's how I do the IBS diet with no gluten! (And the hysterical thing is: I used to LOATHE rice before I started Heather's diet!)
There's a lot of gluten-free products out there that I'm just beginning to experiment with. I got some GF waffles that are pretty dang good! And there's breads and pastas, too. They're made with alternative grain sources (like RICE!).
I use the infamous Asian Rice Noodles a lot. Potatoes are yummy (I'm a huge fan! Of the sweet variety, too).
Rice is used to make rice crackers (they pretty much taste like that cardboard used to make shoeboxes, but after you've had a few, they're not too bad and then you forget the taste of "real" crackers- or maybe I'm just fooling myself. If I am, don't tell me! I have to believe I like these!)
I LOVE sushi, so that's a nice thing to eat. No gluten.
If you go to a HFS, they should have a nice array of GF foods. You can also go to celiac.com to learn about GF life. There are also sites like The Gluten Free Mall if you want to order stuff. There are many sites out there, those are just the ones I've been visting. I haven't had too much time to just sit and read about this stuff...
I'm just starting this GF thing, so I haven't experimented too too much, but I feel sooooo much better now that I'm not having the gluten! My skin is even getting really clear. Bizarre. It's a little scary to think of the toxins I must have been holding in and the nutrients I wasn't getting....
I'm going to try adapting some recipes to the alternate flours. May even start this weekend, if I can. May make some banana bread or something with some kind of cool flour. I figure what's the harm. It may turn out for crap, but at least I'll get a laugh! (If you want more predictable results than that, the celiac and GF sites have recipe collections and boards similar to -but not as good as!- this one.)
So forgive me if we've talked about this before, but are you celiac? I can't keep things straight at the end of the day. My CFS kicks my butt.
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