Everyday Systems

Blah and blah, sniffle, snork, ah-choo. I'm posting this on Wednesday because I can actually think and see today. Monday and Tuesday were the last two days of the (first) 21-day adventure. I took those as exempt days (sick days). I somehow managed to be at work Monday and Tuesday (not claiming those...

S-days are wonderful. I find that I don't overdo them on Saturday, but tend toward a bit of entropy on Sunday. This Sunday, I was also starting in on a cold which always seems to make me want sweets and tea.

No sweets. No snacks. No seconds. I did have a big take-out lunch today with the office staff around 12:45, but found I couldn't eat the whole lunch. Even so, supper came right on time as I was getting hungry again at 6 pm. (Thanks to DH who made supper again.) We all went out to see Tim Burton's Al...

Three square meals, no sweets, no snacks, no seconds: a successful N-Day. I see many people post what they have eaten that day. Here's mine. (Warning: I lack the ability to stick with this kind of reporting.) am: oatmeal squares cereal poured over with milk shaken with a scoop of sf whey protein pow...

Definitely NOT a surface-to-air missle, this RocketGal is intergalactic. Maybe I will discover a galaxy where diets and eating plans do not exist because we don't need them to correct our poor habits?!

Thanks for the words of encouragement. You may see that by the time Monday was over, things changed for me. But it's still OK. I have to learn how to do this diet such that it works correctly for me. Otherwise I'm going to associate it with deprivation rather than a disciplined and appropriate way o...

First, I need to update my Monday evening. Around 11 am I was trembling blood-sugar crashing, headache impending, clammy-browed starving. So hungry I couldn't sleep. So I had a 4th meal at 11:00 pm: leftover pizza and milk with protein powder. I learned that I can't do a light dinner after doing a c...

Planet8 wrote:It was a giant plate, but I didn't finish it, and didn't have a we'll-pretend-its-not-dessert yogurt.

I'm enjoying your posts, Planet8. I'm a newbie, too. I really love your "we'll-pretend-its-not-dessert yogurt" idea. I will have to try that on soup days.

Today there were temptations. And one snarl. And yet, it was a green-light day: I met the the three No-S requirements. Temptations: At work we have a monthly birthday party the first day of the month. I did not even wander in to the lounge. Instead, I did my work, got some good news to enjoy, and th...

Saturdays are nice. (Sundays, too.) And I'm finding that although I can enjoy whatever I like to eat, I never felt frenzied about it. I was busy with Saturday stuff: laundry, home repair, ironing patches onto the girls' Scouts vests, cleaning. The habits from the No-S days are carrying over, even th...

I am new to No-S and found your log to be very helpful. What I learned from you is that it's always OK to come back and that No-S is working. I also learned that it's not going to be fast or always easy and that there will be frustrations. All of these things seem to be very normal and we just work ...

These two days I was really busy at work and hosting coworkers from out-of-town for a series of interviews. So that meant that I was eating out for each meal those two days. No-S days are so easy when I'm busy, and even easier when somebody else does the cooking. I was finding myself unable to finis...

Weight is down 2.0 pounds since the diet started seven days ago. That's pretty awesome for having done what feels like not much. Oh - and a cold is hitting hard. I didn't really eat supper tonight - just tea and cookies. So this will have to be an exempt S-day where S is short for sick. But the rest...

But once I got past 4 pm and 9 pm - no problem. Funny how the grueling hungry sensation goes away on its own...only needing to wait for it to pass after about 20 minutes. Hot tea in the evening is my best friend so far. I wish I had a great tool for late afternoon. Instead, I just try to keep busy. ...

Day 5: A sweet S-day, Sunday. The strange thing about how Day 5 happened is that looking forward to it, I was really excited about how I could eat whatever I wanted. And simply KNOWING that I could made it really not that big of a deal. Day 6: Monday. Three meals. No sweets. No seconds. No snacks. I...

All I can say is: awesome. It was a fun food day, once I got used to the fact that I could do what I want with my meals and snacks. So I lived it up - I had regular meals, but as much as I wanted. For snacks, I enjoyed couple of small cookies, a few bites of ice cream. L and I made cherry cheesecake...

Day 3. Still keeping it together. Man. That stretch between lunch and dinner was harder on Day 3 than on Day 2. But still easier than Day 1. I get through it with decaf coffee and water and saving my busiest work for that time, or set myself on errands at work. Trying to distract my focus elsewhere....

Day 2 went well. Better than the first day. Easier. I didn't find myself dying to eat this afternoon, but still that evening herbal tea is a big help. And thank you to the wonderful distraction of the Winter Olympics. I did have a double-take moment when I reached for the M&Ms on the counter when I ...

Day 1. OK! Tea has helped a lot. Hardest between lunch and dinner. A little adjustment required for dinner-to-bedtime. Looking forward to Day 2 - but will need a bit more lunch, maybe?