Julie's Daily Check-In

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:44 pm

Tomorrow is my birthday, so of course it will be an S day. But my point is... my present to myself is that I"m going to try to get control over my eating habits this year. I have realized that it is not my food selection that causes me to be fat, it is the frequency and the out-of-control amounts that I have been eating my whole adult life. I have been stalking this website for more than a year, just getting up my nerve to make a commitment. This will be a seroius life change for me.
I would like to initially lose 15 pounds so that I can get out of the "obese" category and into the merely "overweight" category. Here we go.

gk · Post by gk » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:26 pm

Congrats on taking that step to make some major changes. Best of luck to you!

And Happy Birthday! What a wonderful gift you are giving yourself.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:54 pm

Thank you, GK, for the nice comment. I appreciate it. I really don't want to fail at this.

tobiasmom · Post by **tobiasmom** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:00 am

Happy Birthday, Julie!! And welcome!

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:58 pm

Made it through Day #1! My danger hours are 4-6 pm. I kept busy and away. What do you all do during your danger hours?

gk · Post by gk » Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:04 am

juliek wrote:My danger hours are 4-6 pm. I kept busy and away. What do you all do during your danger hours?

Those hours are tough for me, too. My kids always have a snack after school, around 4:00, so it would always make me crave a snack and I'd usually give into that craving.

I've had ALOT of luck by switching my lunch to 1:30 or 2:00. I make myself take about 30 minutes to eat my meal, so I feel full and aware of all the food I'm eating. Then, by the time 4:00 rolls around I'm still somewhat full from my lunch and have more willpower to wait until dinner. (I tend to be more hungry in the afternoon, so I have better luck with waiting longer between my breakfast and lunch.)

Hope that helps. Hang in there!

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:05 pm

Well, the day went fine until 5:00ish. I was preparing a casserole supper for dinner and indulged in a few potato chips while in the kitchen. The good news is that I didn't continue my usual pattern of grabbing sweets along with the salty goodness. I stopped. That in itself is something. But...I still feel like a blew the day. Fail.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:05 am

Success!

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:02 pm

Avoided cake at work today. No snacks until dinner prep was going on. I need to figure something out for this time of the day.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:32 pm

This was a lovely S Day! I thought I'd feel like eating all day, but I really haven't. I had a bit of leftover birthday cake and a few cheese crackers for a snack. Surprising. Good.

Blithe Morning · Post by **Blithe Morning** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:01 am

juliek wrote:Avoided cake at work today. No snacks until dinner prep was going on. I need to figure something out for this time of the day.

Try gum.

gk · Post by gk » Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:47 am

Blithe Morning wrote:
juliek wrote:Avoided cake at work today. No snacks until dinner prep was going on. I need to figure something out for this time of the day.
Try gum.

Or down a glass of water and then pop in the gum.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:50 pm

Thanks for the ideas. I'm about to leave work to go home. Danger hours ahead! I will have some water and then pop in some gum as I cook dinner. So far today has been a successful No-S Day. If I make it until dinner time, I'm in great shape.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:56 pm

Success. Sort of. An extra bit of fruit salad at dinner, but I don't believe that fruit salad is what made me fat. So I'm calling it a success.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:56 am

SUCCESS again! This seems do-able. I'm less hungry than I was last week.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:05 pm

I am enjoying my S Day. Applie fritter French toast for breakfast. For lunch, 1/2 piece of pizza, one more piece of French toast, and a brownie. I'm not as ravenous as I would have expected. I think my body has become accustomed to getting fed less often. Sweet.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:35 pm

Success

I actually looked forward to my N day today.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:20 pm

Failed on Tuesday. Darn cheese nips.

determined · Post by **determined** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:23 pm

juliek wrote:Well, the day went fine until 5:00ish. I was preparing a casserole supper for dinner and indulged in a few potato chips while in the kitchen. The good news is that I didn't continue my usual pattern of grabbing sweets along with the salty goodness. I stopped. That in itself is something. But...I still feel like a blew the day. Fail.

Okay...so that was technically a red fail....BUT....you stopped your normal pattern of eating so that's a victory!!!

And cheese nips are actually evil....truly evil.

I ask everyone who is new if they've read the NoS book. I think I've read it 5 times and get something new out of it every time I pick it up. It's a great book to have on your bedside table.

It's nice to have you here....much success to you!

janie

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:37 pm

Happy Thanksgiving. We are so lucky that our presenting problem is that we have too much food around to eat. I'm donating money to a local and a worldwide hunger relief organization as a way to honor my new respect for food. And I'm LOVING my S Day today. No guilt.

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:10 am

Fell off the No-S wagon after Thanksgiving weekend. Climbing back on tomorrow.

gk · Post by gk » Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:23 pm

juliek wrote:Fell off the No-S wagon after Thanksgiving weekend. Climbing back on tomorrow.

Happens to me every time. You'll get back at it. Good luck!

determined · Post by **determined** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:24 pm

julie...This time of year is so difficult. There are so many yummies out there waiting to trip us up! I hope you've been able to get up, brush off the crumbs from Thanksgiving and keep going. You can do this!

janie

juliek · Post by **juliek** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:59 pm

December was one long busy party. I only appear to have gained one pound, but I'm back and getting NO-S serious again.

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:14 pm

If you only gained one pound, you did something right!

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