Everyday Systems

Yesterday (tue): B: 3 tbsp lowfat yogurt, coupla strawberries, muesli, banana, 4 oz OJ L: 2 chicken thighs, whole avocado, slice of lemon, carrot, tomato, apple D: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices of toast with jam, carrot, tomato, OJ, coupla blackberries, yogurt, tbsp almonds Today (wed): B: slice of lox...

For what it's worth, Lindt also makes a 99% cocoa bar that, for those who love that powerful dark chocolate flavour (like myself), is awesome. There's pretty much no sugar in it; it basically tastes like eating a block of solid unsweetened espresso. It even comes with tasting notes to warn you that ...

Well, this is about as hard as I expected it would be, but I've had a run of "green" days (see habitcal), so that's a good thing. I'll have to remember to ask Reinhard to add a link from habitcal back to the forums, I think that'd ease navigation. In other news, I just had my annual physical -- and ...

Here's a no-s habitcal for me:

http://everydaysystems.com/habitcal/vie ... &t=nosdiet

I've already marked today as red, because last night I snacked after dinner and I'm counting "today" from sundown last night. "Tomorrow" (starting at sundown tonight) will be better.

- Count days from sundown the night before, harking back to the whole Jewish thing: has the added bonus of focussing my attention at dinner time because it's the *beginning* and not the end of the day (most of my slipups come at dinner or later); then I mark that "day" as yay or nay when I leave wor...

Would you believe I'm back?

Major life upheavals since my last post: new kid (2nd), new job, new house.

Whatever, gotta get back on the horse. What I said at the beginning is still true: when I pay attention, I do well.

Today is DAY 1.

Ugh. More FAILUREs. Today is DAY 1 once again.

In better news, I am making sure I get in a daily walk (30min today and yesterday).

Well, it's been a crazy week. Various crises, work-related, familial and political, have thrown me off my game in the sleep and food departments. In particular, today is the only day this week that I'd be able to say has been an unmitigated SUCCESS . That's right, Monday thru Thursday were FAILURES ...

Thanks for the encouragment, Deb. Actually I feel like yesterday and today I've turned some kind of corner -- I actually had salad for lunch (duh, there's some vegetables I hadn't been eating -- letuce, radishes, celery), with some leftover chili and fruit for dessert -- and didn't feel hungry all a...

SUCCESS today (day 17). Managed to eat a single plate at a coworker's farewell lunch buffet. So far I'm not finding this "hard", per se, at least not from a willpower perspective. I am starting to get bored with fruit/veg. I really need to stick to that though, I think. Maybe a little more indulgen...

Hm, that thing you said earlier about hoovering down your food now -- is that still happening? Although I find I can cut through the late afternoon cravings with a clear drink, I'm finding I've started to do the Starvation Mode Shovel over the past couple of days, particularly at dinner (I'm roughly...

Still totally SUCCESS ful through today, day 16. Have also started walking partway to work (25-50 minutes, depending on the day's schedule). Hoping I can keep that up; it'll partially depend on the weather. Today (day 2 of keeping official track, though I've been doing it off and on for a while), I ...

Day 10: SUCCESS.

SUCCESS days 8 and 9. Today (day 9), in particular, was very interesting as it was Asara b'Tevet . Being a Jewish minor fast day, this means a really messed up eating schedule -- no food or water between dawn and dusk. Usually I pig out when I break the fast at sundown, but today I managed to keep ...

Continued SUCCESS through day 5 (Friday); plus I "succeeded" at my S-days this weekend. ;) In particular, I thought I'd list my litany of S's: * one small bowl crinkle cut potato chips Friday night * 5 "The Decadent" chocoloate chip cookies Friday and Sat. nights * maple syrup on my waffles Saturday...

Ha, thanks Deb. Actually I first encountered 'monkey mind' in a book about improvisation and life, which I highly recommend. It's called 'Free Play', and it's by Stephen Nachmanovitch.

Peace out cub scout,

Seth

Days 3 and 4 have been SUCCESS ful. I almost slipped at dinner tonight, and not even because I had a particular craving; I just happened to order a meal with which I usually order a soda. Happily, I caught myself and got juice instead. gratefuldeb67: about the salmon pate -- I didn't actually make i...

Hi mstevens, I'm also new here, so I was interested to see someone else on roughly the same schedule as me. :) Anyway, re. new food that takes three times as long etc.: for what it's worth, yeah, that's probably a mistake if you try to do it all the time -- except you're just starting out on somethi...

Thanks for the warm welcome, gratefuldeb67. I'm happy to report that today (day 2) was a SUCCESS : zero sweets, zero seconds, and the only snacks I had were herbal tea, a banana, a tangerine and two apples: no junk food! I also remembered this , which was where I got the original idea of allowing my...

A bit more about me and everyday systems: I find the regular 3x week martial arts thing functions well as my "shovelglove" equivalent, and I've done lots of urban-ranger-ing on previous attempts; I'd ramp that back up now too, but I've recently mangled an ankle (not at martial arts class, but simply...

A new year, a new beginning. A bit about me: I'm not new to the No-S diet thing, but I've been off the horse for a while and I wonder if posting here regularly will help. I'd say this is roughly my third or fourth attempt at it in about two years. Mostly, it's a matter of attention: if I pay attenti...