Everyday Systems

princesspamf

Yesterday was a mixed bag. I did fine on eating...all green, but again a really full dinner plate...too full. I need to work on that. I know when I don't get enough protein at lunch, I'm really hungry by supper time and over compensate. However, I didn't exercise yesterday. Got home from work in the...

princesspamf

Hello, Mimi, It's nice to hear from you. Thanks for your kind words. I remember reading your postings in the summer and early fall and appreciating your determination! I have a brother/wife and a couple of nephews/families who live in Harrisonburg area. I grew up near Clifton Forge and went to Bridg...

princesspamf

I'm soon headed off to bed. Today was a successful day. My supper plate was really full, but over half of it was salad-a great salad, BTW. No snacking, no sweets--not even sweetener in my tea, and no seconds. Love coloring in that green square! My blisters are pretty bad...I think one may be infecte...

princesspamf

Saturday and Sunday went pretty well. Yellow days for eating; Exercised on Saturday, but simply didn't get to it Sunday. The blisters on my heels are worse than I had originally thought, so don't feel bad about giving them a day off. Will bike today in sandals and see if I can avoid making them wors...

princesspamf

I've had a green week also. Kind of neat to think about our being on opposite sides of the country but stepping each day into better health and habits!
Enjoy the weekend!
Pam

princesspamf

Another Green Day! I had a cup of hot tea at home this morning and breakfast at a staff meeting at work...good healthy stuff...one plate plus a cup of coffee. Lunch was a hamburger at Wendy's with a diet Coke and mandarin oranges instead of fires. Didn't even miss them. Homemade pizza...light on the...

princesspamf

Thursday was a hectic day. Actually this whole week has been hectic...I feel like I'm always catching up instead of being on top of things. The days haven't gone the way I planned...lots of changes to the work schedule...with both cancellations and add ins...other things have been hard...it has been...

princesspamf

Another successful day. Too filled and busy to be otherwise = ) ...by the time I got to supper, I was really hungry...everything tasted so good and was so satisfying. And my one plate was enough! I wasn't stuffed or overly full, but I was in my right mind and knew that it was enough. 20 or 30 minute...

princesspamf

Tuesday was an all green day! The NoS part was just a tad more difficult, but I felt that I had really set my mind...and posted that I had...so I was able to stick to it! The hardest of the three areas for me is No Seconds...I want to eat just a bit more...yikes! That's one reason I am overweight in...

princesspamf

Thanks, Kevin, for the welcome and the encouragement it gives.
Pam

princesspamf

Today went well. Eating went well...got in the exercise...a wonderfully green day all around.

I'm off to bed a little early...another area in my life that needs work...and looking toward a green tomorrow!

Pam

princesspamf

Okay, the trouble started when I stopped checking in each day. Had unexpected company and didn't take the time...then just didn't get back to it...then wasn't following my plan...then pretty much ditched the plan all together...then tried to get back in gear, but not doing the checking in...just cou...

princesspamf

I am climbing back on the wagon myself. Things went downhill when I quit checking in daily. Even if no one read it, just the process has value. But I'm more committed than ever to this being a lifestyle, not just a diet for the moment...so here we go again. Green days, here we come! Appreciate your ...

princesspamf

Week 9 went fine...all green until Friday evening, when we had company and I had dessert. I don't know if that was the trip wire, but the whole weekend was hard...ate too much, snacked too much, ate too many sweets.... I had been thrown off my "best laid plans" by a delightful and totally unexpected...

princesspamf

WooHoo!!! Yeah! Yahoodoodles! Celebrating with you!!!
Isn't it wonderful to have that sense that you can carry this on!
Enjoy your time with friends! You're making great choices!
Pam

princesspamf

Thanks, Janie, for your encouraging words. I appreciated the thoughts, especially about focusing on TODAY. It is so easy to use yesterday or tomorrow to get in the way of doing what I need to do today. In Sunday's sermon, the pastor quoted Calvin Coolidge as saying, "We can not do everything at once...

princesspamf

I don't know where that idiom came from, but it is 10:55 p.m. and I'm coloring in my greens and going to bed. If I don't I'm going to wait until one minute after midnight and eat the chocolate I bought on Wednesday to save for Saturday. Today has been really hard! Very tempted to just give in and ea...

princesspamf

This is my 8th week, so I'm not speaking from a vast amount of experience, but I know that the NoS habits are becoming fixed in my mind. Saturday it felt weird to help myself to some grapes on the counter mid morning when I'd only been having grapes with my meals during the week...but a good weird. ...

princesspamf

Through all the years of eating and trying not to eat, nothing I ever tried has changed my relationship with food as NoS has. It's amazing to me. I'm in my 8th week with the last 3 weeks plus the 4 days of this week with only one red square on my habitcal! And that was only a small choice off the pl...

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I am a teacher, but not in a traditional classroom. I work at a California Charter School that works with homeschooling families. (I homeschooled my own 4 over 19 years--whew...now looking forward to helping with the task with my grandchildren). There are 14 credentialed teachers plus 3 support staf...

princesspamf

Isn't it liberating when you realize that you can choose not to eat because you actually don't want to? What a mind-blowing concept! KCCC, this is so true and I can hardly believe that I am experiencing it. Me! I have watched other folks...seemed like always my thin friends = )...but now I feel tha...

princesspamf

Just barely...several times I leaned on the fence as far as I could (to use an old farmer and his cows analogy). But the fence held and somehow I got through. Last weekend was such an emotional downer for me that I knew I would have to take myself in hand and simply make myself move forward...even t...

princesspamf

Hi Pamela, This has been my first free moment since I read your post on Thursday evening. I soooo identify with the changing schedule throwing everything off. It was so frustrating for me when school started and life changed and too many shifts to keep my NoS and exercise commitments. Extremely frus...

princesspamf

Well, NoS was pretty much a success this week. On Thursday I had seconds for lunch and then again for supper. Definitely the old "diet head speak" reigning in my mind. Felt like I was able to let it go and do well again on Friday. However I haven't handled this weekend very well. Over eaten and snac...

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I agree with Bushranger. You did an awesome job of facing the challenge and devising a means of staying true to your commitment and still enjoying the event! It was a super way of handling it. On Monday night I taught two parent reading workshops that involved me from 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. with no break ...

princesspamf

Yes, I'm a teacher. I work in a California charter school working with homeschooling families. I went back to work last Tuesday and haven't had a free moment since--until today! Whew. In the midst of all the craziness, I have been very thankful that I started the NoS way of eating 5 weeks ago. In th...

princesspamf

Not only do we get to draw new cards, occasionally we get to put one in the discard pile!! And I'm a fan of "The Gambler", but you really made my day, Wosnes, with your signature quote: "That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed b...

princesspamf

Great quotes, BigE.

It is kind of a positive response to the "for want of a nail" poem where the kingdom is lost in the end. I told my children over and over that each thought and action was important. I need to remind myself!

I added the Aristotle quote to my quote files!

Thanks for sharing.
Pam

princesspamf

I'm so glad I read your post now-this morning before I went to work. I really like your phrase "drifting of the heart." Very much expresses where I don't want to be. I want to be clear and firm. I read in Luke 22 this morning where twice Jesus says to watch and pray not to enter into temptation. It ...

princesspamf

Today I felt like I got back on the right track! A successful NoS eating day, plus weights and scripture/devotions. I spent the day canning peaches, and it is was still very hot this evening, so between the two I talked myself out of walking. But that's just the way the day went...and I'll take my r...

princesspamf

Well it was my turn, I guess. Friday I did really well until our dinner company came...then I snacked, ate seconds and dessert (I hadn't made any...was just going to serve fruit...and guests brought some! No one forced my hand...I did it all by myself...kind of an "in for an inch, in for a mile thin...

princesspamf

NoS was a Success in all three areas! I'm really feeling in the groove with it. Again went to Costco and skipped the food samples and honestly didn't miss them! Weights were exempt. Scripture/Devotions were Green. Walking/Biking--my Farmer's Market plans got rearranged and I just never made it a pri...

princesspamf

I'm rejoicing with you!!
Pam

princesspamf

So, my company was coming for dinner and they told me earlier in the week that they would be bringing dessert. They arrived and, voila, a beautiful bowl of fresh peaches and strawberries (no sugar) plus sliced almonds and a little bit of coconut with mint leaves on top. M. said apologetically, "We h...

princesspamf

Day 23 was a NoS success! Weights were exempt and I got a green on my scripture/devotion time. However, I did not do my 20 min walk/bike. Just ran out of steam and didn't get it done. I weighed on Tuesday...had been two weeks and had lost 7 pounds! It will be interesting to see if I hold on to that ...

princesspamf

I wondered if today would be a bit of a battle...having had a indulgent weekend...not awful, but still indulgent. I struggled...made my one plate really full, but I made it through!! And the fullness was the wonderful tastes of summer...fresh tomatoes and cantaloupe and peaches. Glorious! I really e...

princesspamf

Yesterday was Day 21 NoS and Weights Exempt; Success in walking and Scripture/Devotions I had a new-to-me experience last evening. I was going to do some late shopping and decided that I would have a milkshake for supper from Jack In The Box--had a half off coupon. So when I went to order, I ordered...

princesspamf

Have a great day! And I will pray for you, too. It's not about what I can do, but what I allow God to do through me...my strength is limited, His knows no bounds. Too often I shut off the supply hose to His power and drain my own dry and then wonder what happened!! I'm a very slow learner!! With you...

princesspamf

Thanks for the encouragement!

I have a slight headache and was just thinking I would skip my walking this evening, but I sat down at the computer and read your post...so I will choose now to get up, put on my shoes and head out! Thanks for the boost!

Pam

princesspamf

Hello Name Twin! I want to encourage you to let yesterday be yesterday! The past, and it's choices, be the past. Today is an exempt day for NoS, so you can push aside all the guilt and shame and frustration and just enjoy the day, including eating. Tomorrow is a new chance to make a choice...and I a...

princesspamf

Home from cooking at camp for a week (for 110 on the weekend and about 70 for the week after--and yes, I had help). Actually been home a couple of days, but trying to catch up with my life. Youâ€™ll see below my report of success and failures; most of my failure was exercise relatedâ€”I worked in th...

princesspamf

Rats! I am using the habitcal in printed format and have separated the NoS into the three areas. Yesterday was a failure on the No Seconds! Not a big failure, but a failure none-the-less. Otherwise I did great--No Sweets, No Snacks and positive on the other three areas I'm tracking. The bummer of it...

princesspamf

I'm not quite headed for bed, so I suppose there's a chance that I could blow it, but I don't think so!! Day 10 has been a successful day all around...NoS was great in all three areas. Was out to dinner at a Thai restaurant tonight and ate totally appropriately and one plate's worth. No sweets has b...

princesspamf

Day 9 - SUCCESS! Yesterday went well. Really not tempted to stray. I know I'm eating more at each meal than I really should...sticking to one plate, but a full one...but I am really wanting to get my habits established. And I'm doing my scripture reading and 20 min. walk/bike every day consistently....

princesspamf

Well I guess I will take today as an S day. I thought I could keep to the NoS, but I've discovered that the Chinese Restaurant may be a one plate downfall...I suppose I could have gotten it all on one large plate...maybe...but then they brought out ice cream and little custard tarts (with candles fo...

princesspamf

Days 6 & 7 went fine. On Saturday: I enjoyed being free to taste the cream cheese icing that my friend was making...and I had an iced cupcake for dessert for lunch and some homemade ice cream for dessert for supper at a family gathering along with a second piece of corn on the cob. Other than the ad...

princesspamf

Yeah! Days 4-5 are SUCCESS all the way down my chart!!! I'm a living testimony that you can shop at Costco and NOT eat the samples! Didn't even look longingly at what I was "missing." For lunch I was at a Mexican restaurant with our company and I took a serving of chips and only ate those with my sm...

princesspamf

Happy trails! Enjoy your vacation! We'll look forward to your coming back.
Pam

princesspamf

Hi, Ari, I love the Mandino quote...will add it to my own list to read over several times in the coming weeks. A lot to think about! You're a week ahead of me, but I'm coming! Putting one foot in front of the other, Bushranger...I love your "doesn't matter how high the mountain is" quote. It's espec...

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I was reading various articles and posts on the AARP (okay, I admit, I'm 55--actually 4 days from 56) on their Fat 2 Fit web postings...wasn't really connecting with them, but someone mentioned a list of diets they had tried which included NoS. The name intrigued me and I googled it and here I am on...

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Yesterday, Day 3 was a successful NoS day! And successful with my 20 min. biking/walking and my scripture reading. However, it was my day for weight training and I lost my time slot in the morning and just didn't make it a priority before our overnight company arrived in early evening. So a Failure ...

princesspamf

thanks. I feel welcomed. It is a nice feeling!

I don't know about fun...but my adult sons say they describe me as eclectic! Hmm...I think that's a compliment...= )

Pam

princesspamf

I'm reading and soaking up all that has been said in this post thread and it resonates so strongly for me. I was a child of the alternative lifestyle of the 60's...vegetarian, not vegetarian, grow your own, dumpster diving, home birth, communal living and lots more I can't think of at the moment. (C...

princesspamf

I'm doing okay today. It is my third NoS day. It was my first time eating out at a restaurant. It was so different...usually I'm agonizing over what I want verses what I should eat and I waffle back and forth and no matter which way I go, I'm unhappy about it. Didn't happen this time. As I was drivi...

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"but it's not unusual for someone to have pretty large plates at the beginning because we have to learn to figure out how much we must eat in order to hold us till the next meal." I appreciate you saying that so I know it is not just me. I've been very worried about having enough--just started on Su...

princesspamf

Thanks for your encouragement on my daily check in. It is fun to know another Pam is out there walking the same path. I read your posts from the beginning and really appreciated what you said in the first one: "if I want to lose weight I'm going to have to change my attachment. I'm going to have to ...

princesspamf

Today was a successful day...green all the way through! Very satisfying to color in those squares. Went to my ladies dinner...got bold enough to share what I've started and they were very supportive. We had eaten dinner and I think folks were feeling awkward about getting out dessert, so I got it ou...

princesspamf

Okay, Day 1 was a great success! I actually started keeping track yesterday, but it was an S day so I'm counting my 21 days from today. (Do I include the upcoming S days in the count or 21 NoS days?) I've made a paper excel copy of the habitcal and adapted it for me...I divided up the three NoS so I...

princesspamf

I'm counting on the support of everyone on the site. I've spent several hours today reading and thinking. It's been good and encouraging. I'm looking forward to what the week holds as a NoS'er!
Thanks reneew and LA_Loser for your support. I feel it!
Pam

princesspamf

Okay, I just found this site yesterday and it really resonated with me. Life is so full and too complicated to add another complicated system, hence I start out for a few days fine and then can't even remember it, much less keep it up. This I can remember! Since today is an exempt day, I will start ...

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