Everyday Systems

Big congrats on fitting into your old jeans - that's great!

I can only hope that one day No S will be as 'leisurely' for me as it seems to be for you. Monday to Thursdays are generally routine and fine but I start struggling Friday evenings and on my S days. Although the weekends are getting less frantic and more controlled. So hoping to follow your lead

sleepgirlzzzz, I suspect the longer you maintain your balance and consistency during the week, the easier the weekends will eventually become. You'll eventually find that 5 days of normal/healthy eating makes your body realize that on the 2 other days it just doesn't feel good to eat weird anymore, your system crashes and can literally make you feel ill.

It just takes time, which (hopefully!) we all have plenty left of. I suspect patience and consistency over time will do it!

MAY 3 DAY 121 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: fried eggs on turnip mashed w/butter/milk/maple syrup, apple
Dinner: mung bean sprouts, black bean soup, pilot biscuit, orange

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -18C, hiking with the dogs
Indoors : elliptical (1:30 pm), shugging (7:30 pm)



MAY 4 DAY 122 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: snickers
Lunch: cream cheese, rusks, apple
Dinner: cream cheese, rusks, pecans

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -15C, hiking with the dogs)



MAY 5 DAY 123 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: cream cheese, rusks, snickers
Lunch: potato, fried eggs
Dinner: black bean soup, pilot biscuit, orange

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -12C, hiking with the dogs)

Thanks for your encouragement and words of wisdom. I have found that since starting No S, I start feeling a bit ill after eating a lot of sweets much earlier than I would have in the past. So as you say, hopefully with time it will all fall into place.

Have a great week!

Wow! I can't believe those crazy cold temperatures! Here in California it is 80F and I am still finding excuses not to walk the dog. Shame on me, you are motivating me to stop the excuses!

milczar wrote:Wow! I can't believe those crazy cold temperatures!

milczar, I can truly only dream of living in a warm place such as California!

You do get used to the cold. (It's a 'dry' cold! ) The other morning it was -21C and to me, it was "warm", because the sun is shining, the sky is blue and there is no wind. So I walked the dogs in my "spring" jacket - an unlined cotton Woolrich special! And I was totally warm & comfortable.

I'm starting to think "temperature", like "fat", is an attitude you can adopt or dismiss at your convenience!!

MAY 6 DAY 124 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: pilot biscuit, butter, honey
Lunch: apple
Dinner: fish, duck fat, potato, butter; blueberries

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -11C, hiking with the dogs
Indoors : elliptical (7:30 pm), shugging (8:00 pm)



MAY 7 DAY 125 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: potato, eggs
Dinner: smoked oysters, pecans, apple, pilot biscuit, honey, butter

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -17C, hiking with the dogs
Indoors : elliptical (7:30 pm), shugging (5:30 pm)



MAY 8 DAY 126 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: pecans, apple, orange
Dinner: polenta, corn, salsa

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -23C, hiking with the dogs
Indoors : elliptical (7:45 pm), shugging (7:30 pm)



MAY 9 DAY 127 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: eggs, potato, butter
Lunch: orange
Dinner: gin & tonic, scallops

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -16C, hiking with the dogs
Indoors : elliptical (8:00 pm), shugging (8:30 pm)



MAY 10 DAY 128 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: green lentils, salsa
Dinner: smoked arctic char, capers, raw onion, lemon juice

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -19C, hiking with the dogs
Indoors : elliptical (7:30 pm), shugging (7:00 pm)



MAY 11 DAY 129 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: snickers
Lunch: cornmeal cranberry muffin, orange
Dinner: gin &tonic, smoked oysters, chick pea salad, orange

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -17C, hiking with the dogs



MAY 12 DAY 130 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: black plum clafouti (black plums, palm sugar, eggs, flour milk, spices, brandy)
Dinner: chickpea salad, snickers

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -14C, hiking with the dogs

Happy Mother's Day to all the fabulous mom's out there!! Including my own dear sweet mom who has been gone many years now.

I'm taking a break from posting, but not from No"S" or my workouts.

I'll check back from time to time to say "hi" and see how everyone is doing.

Keep the faith! No "S" really is the answer. Now what was the question??!!

Thanks for all your kindness, support, humour & encouragement. It sure does help.

Wow, I can't believe you have those temperatures in May. Does it ever get up to the 60s?

Stopping by to say Hi !

I know everybody gets busier in the summer months, I know I do.

I hope you are doing well, BS.

Hope you are doing well. i also went MIA for awhile. I hope you will be back and that things are going great with NoS

Stopping by to say Hi. I haven't been around as much myself and I have really missed the motivation. I feel so much better if I check in and stay accountable.

Hope you (and all reading) are doing well

Checking in after a 10 month hiatus & to catch up with some familiar names and their stories.

I relocated down to southern Canada (prairies) from the High Arctic and am reacquainting myself with all of my family, friends, and all the amenities readily available outside of the Arctic.

That being said, we've had the coldest winter here with record breaking snowfalls and weeks and weeks of -30C. Go figger ........

My kindest wishes to Strawberry Roan and her dear cowboy - hoping that happy trails are soon here again. MJ, I am catching up on your thread as well. And, of course, Patty's (aka Sweetness). And Jonas too.

This thread and the people on it are always a joy!

Welcome back!

Welcome back No BS!

Great to hear that your hiatus has included No S compliance. Hope the habits sustain you on the return to food, food everywhere.

Welcome back and greetings from sunny Cuernavaca!!! I'm sure the prairies of southern Canada have not been any better than Minnesota. All my Twin Cities friends have been complaining and suffering with the long, cold, snowy winter. We were there for one month of it, Dec. 18 to January 21 and it was colder than normal, but a month I can handle! I'm glad you can be a bit closer to civilization although I did enjoy vicariously experiencing your life way up there. Is this a permanant move?

Happy April!

Mmmm, your hamburger soup sounds fantastic. As we are heading into winter here in South Africa, I will have to give it a go!!

SOOO happy to see your return, thanks for the kind words.

I often have thought of you hiking around with your dogs and eating foods I have never heard of

While I am eating ... uh ... salad.