Liz46

Liz46 · Post by **Liz46** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:01 am

I'm so glad it's the start of a new N day! I told myself that I would behave on S days and not overdo it. Saturday was fantastic. I had popcorn for a snack, no sweets, no seconds. But yesterday, I found myself falling back into the old habit of searching the fridge and the cabinets and snacking at random. I'm glad to be back to a day of structure.

Liz46 · Post by **Liz46** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:50 pm

Yesterday was a good N day. I am only recently restarting No S, and right now I do feel I'm probably putting more on my plate than I need, but I'm using a reasonably sized plate, (8.5"). So, maybe I'm not doing too badly.

I went shopping yesterday for Lindt Truffles because there was a deal on them at our Walgreens plus I had 8 nice coupons. I took some to my mom and stored the rest in a hard to reach cabinet, not to be opened until this coming Saturday.

I didn't sleep great last night so took a short nap and woke up a few minutes ago craving chocolate. I was hungry to boot, since we had breakfast pretty early. So, instead of reaching for the chocolate, I decided to have an early lunch. It was a close call on breaking into the chocolate, but I'm glad I made the right decision.

As for filling my plate up too much, I am going to start gradually cutting back and getting my portions under control. In the next couple of weeks or at least by the end of the month, I want to be at the point where I'm pretty much serving up normal portions at each meal.

jw · Post by jw » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:36 pm

Lindt truffles! good for you on resisting! It's really hard for me to have something like that around -- my mind just keeps going there.

Glad you have come back to No S!

Liz46 · Post by **Liz46** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:20 pm

Thank you JW! It's nice to be back to something that makes sense. I am going to give No S a real run this time. No quitting after a couple of weeks!

The Lindt truffles are hard to resist, but I couldn't resist the deal. Aside from homemade candy, they're my absolute favorite. Thankfully, knowing I can eventually have one or two of them make them much easier to resist.

eschano · Post by **eschano** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:17 am

Well done on reisting the Lindt Truffles! Count down to the next S day - they'll be so deserved

Liz46 · Post by **Liz46** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:20 pm

Thank you eschano! I can hardly wait, but knowing the day is coming is helping!

It's been the start of a good week thus far!

Liz46 · Post by **Liz46** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:37 pm

The first few days of restarting this plan I really filled my plate full. But the past couple of days I decided to reduce my portions and I didn't starve to death between meals, like I thought I might. I am loving eating like a "normal" person for the first time in many years.

As for the chocolate. I did tweak my plan to include some chocolate on N days (some days), but nothing over 100 calories (not that I'm counting calories, well only in chocolate). I think this will make the N days much easier to bear for me, especially certain during certain times. We all have to find what works for us and that seems to be working for me. I hope to use this same strategy on S days, as well.

That being said, I'm eating healthier than I have in a very long time and I think I can live with this way of eating from here on.

automatedeating · Post by **automatedeating** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 12:57 am

Hi Liz,
Welcome back to NoS.

I know you can stick with it longer than a few weeks this time! We're all here to support you, too.

Liz46 · Post by **Liz46** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:26 am

automatedeating (love the name), Thank you very much for the support!