Everyday Systems

That is quite an entry you made into this world!!! Clearly being a tough little fighter is in your genes!

Congrats on making it to 2013!!

Failure is such a harsh word - it carries so much psychological baggage and negates all the positive that comes from at least having the balls to try & the courage to set goals. Rather than "FAILURE", might I suggest the word "EXTRAVAGANT"?? Such as "My S-Day was a tad too EXTRAVAGANT for my liking,...

Wow!! Keep up the good work, jellybeans01!!

And congrats on your pregnancy! What a great year for you already!

oolala53 wrote:"Eat meals! Just real meals! You're making it way too complicated and perpetuating your own bondage to food!"

Fabulous advice!

Wowsers!! Most excellent progress! Congrats!

If we never failed how would we know success?

One day at a time …… one bite at a time. And you will get there!!

Congratulations on having the courage to stop gaining and to build a framework that will allow you to reach your goals!!

Have a great weekend! Enjoy!

Hi Amy3010: The only way I can make it from meal to meal is to heap my plate with whatever is going down that meal & to sit back & enjoy. I figure right now the habit is more important than the volume - once the habit is set then I will worry about tweaking my plates. The only other thing that keeps...

Just had to stop by & give you a big THANKS !! I finally got hit with a snack craving one night this week & I remembered your cheerful post about how you kept yourself busy cleaning out your craft area and doing a bunch of busy work with positive energy rather than "snacking mindlessly in the evenin...

Congrats on all your SUCCESS !!! You are definitely on a roll. I like reading your thread & food choices. I have discovered I am a totally unrepentant food voyeur so I am happily tiptoeing around this BB peeking into peoples' posts & enjoying their offerings! :wink: "I can' t believe it is 2013. I w...

JAN 25, DAY 23 – SUCCESS Breakfast: none, wasn’t hungry Lunch: scrambled eggs with butter & morels; unsweetened pineapple chunks in pineapple juice Dinner: red wine, homemade chili: hamburger, kidney beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, corn, onion, chili powder; thawed frozen strawberries, medjool date...

Hi Over43: Yes, I really do live in the Canadian Arctic. I live north of the 76th parallel, on Ellesmere Island. Hi Amy3010: There has been cold weather all over, it seems. Not only in Europe these days but also in southern Canada! Makes me very grateful for central heating, triple pane windows & h...

JAN 24, DAY 22 - SUCCESS Breakfast: green grapes Lunch: homemade chili: beef hamburger, kidney beans, tomato, corn, onion, mushrooms, chili powder Dinner: chana dal with butter, garlic/basil pesto, parmesan; and medjool dates for dessert Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS Outdoor...

gk, we have all been there & commiserate. I couldn't control myself or my appetite until I got rid of refined sugars, flour and industrial food products. Those triggers spiked my blood sugar like crazy & had me howling like some demented engorged wolf for MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE. The hardest thing ...

JAN 21, DAY 19 – SUCCESS JAN 22, DAY 20 - SUCCESS JAN 23, DAY 21 - SUCCESS So, my first 21-day cycle is up. These green habits and my peace of mind are starting to gel. My discoveries over the past three weeks: 1. I eat as much nutritionally dense food (no franken-foods or industrial food products...

Hi milliem!

Thanks so much for your encouraging words!

It's a lot of fun & I am learning a lot about myself doing this!

JAN 18, DAY 16 – SUCCESS JAN 19, DAY 17 – S DAY JAN 20, DAY 18 – S DAY For me, No “S†= No Stress No “S†has allowed me to put food in it’s proper place – food is not controlling me, I am controlling food. Thoughts of food no longer consume me, instead I consume food, on my three ful...

Wow saracatherine! Your test results are indicative that you sure are doing a lot of things well!! Kudos to you!

I suspect No "S" will be your path back to feeling strong and good about yourself, with the pounds or BMI goals/results secondary.

Cheers to your good health!!

Hi milliem: Had to drop in & say “hi†& check out your thread. I must say you have had me roaring with delight at your rapid fire narrative, challenging & busy professional & social life, & outrageously joyful food choices. Good on you with learning how to “run†again. That is a secret desire ...

Hi grothkat: Loved following your "trail" and reading your menus and daily food choices. I suspect I am an unapologetic food "voyeur". LOL!! And if I am checking out your food choices I am (happily) not obsessing over mine! You are very patient, very persistent & very detailed oriented in your journ...

Hi Sarah: Thanks for the tip on "True Lemon". I had not heard of it before but will try & source some on-line. It's too easy in the office to reflexively reach for a cookie or a muffin without "thinking". Your "True Lemon" would be a good idea at the office. Yorba Mate is good, too, in hot or cold w...

Hi HoeHanna!

Congrats on the weight loss! Good job! It is super when you see & feel the effects of your efforts in such a short period of time.

I totally agree with you that moving is also key. Good luck this week!!

When you choose "sweets, sugar and chocolate" as the healthy raw options they are, rather than the factory produced toxic industrial "franken-food" we've "improved" them into, really neat things start to happen. Not just psychologically but also physically, in your body. Here is a rich, gratifying, ...

Hi HoeHanna!

We are fellow newbies!! Even more hilarious we are both 5'6" and we are both in our fifties!! How cool is that?!??!!!

Hi inswsn - I had to pop by and check out your thread. You are one brave soul - snacks or no snacks!!! Your almost FIVE (count them!!) YEAR presence on this blog is awesome - particularly to another new kid on the block (being almost 54 I am hardly a "kid", lol!!) Ok, when I am jonesing for a snack ...

Had to stop by & say "hi", gk. Getting to know my neighbours. Closet cleaning binges are way more gratifying than food binges!!! Good on you for letting everything out of the closet!! LOL! If you love your "sweets", think about redefining "sugar" & "chocolate" into raw, unprocessed, healthy versions...

gk, for the time being, at least, it appears that I'm passionately in love with No "S", the smooth talking simply sexy hunk of good health & well being!!! LOL!!! Clearly No "S" means more to me than pseudo-sweets, sloppy seconds & sticky snacks!! What the last 15 days have revealed to me: 1/> Unlike...

inswsn, I see by your tagline that you are no stranger to success yourself!!

As a newbie, I am clearly in the honeymoon phase with No "S" but I am heartened by the ease of my past two weeks.

It gives me hope & a small but growing platform from which to build.

Another newbie here inspired by Reinhard’s brilliant simplicity & this vast archive of wonderful commentary! JAN 3, DAY 1 – SUCCESS JAN 4, DAY 2 – SUCCESS JAN 5, DAY 3 – S DAY JAN 6, DAY 4 – S DAY JAN 7, DAY 5 – SUCCESS JAN 8, DAY 6 – SUCCESS JAN 9, DAY 7 – SUCCESS JAN 10, DAY 8 – ...