Everyday Systems

I decided to start my daily checks in today.

I love the No S Diet (hate to call it a diet), but I still find I'm obsessing about it as in the way of starting a new diet, that high you get. I hope this passes as what I found is that once the urge to keep eating passes after lunch/dinner I'm good..I hope those pass as well.

I love that eliminating the snacking is limiting the number of times I have to fight the tiger to keep him in his tank so to say.

So far so good, now if I could just stop obsessing!

Welcome, come on in the water's warm and the locals are friendly. We look forward to hearing all your No S adventures.

from one deb to another, welcome and good luck!

Welcome.

I find the daily check ins invaluable for not only tracking progress but getting to know other posters by reading their journals, seeing the different food choices and exercise options, etc.

I know that, for me, it keeps me accountable as I post the absolute truth and I have actually thought, Do I really want to post that on my check in?

So I swear my body is detoxing from giving up all the junk food for the last few days, my tongue has a coating and from detoxing in the past the same symptoms...a good thing...

All my 3 squares today were healthy choices. I'm looking forward to the weekend for something not so healthy.

Getting ready to hit the hay, tired today..did my elliptical and even was able to take a walk at lunch time to soak up some sun....

Night!

Definitely is getting a tad easier. I'm finding that I'm actually truly hungry when I eat and the food tastes great. I'm also finding that when I eat something that is not great I stop eating it and put it away.

Yesterday ate dinner before bingo and had a vita coca juice while everyone was eating.

...my friend is thinking of bypass surgery, so I'm trying to get her to visit the no s diet site.

Today was a good day, even though I'm not facing uncertainties at work with potential job losses.

I'm enjoying, enjoying my meals and so looking forward to my no S days.

Welcome deb and good luck! Sounds like you are doing great!!!!

So my saturday was an s day gone wild, but after posting and getting great feedback from people about expectations and how things work, my sunday was fantastic.

Today I start the week of N days.

Keeping my diet mentality at bay as much as possible..dieting for 30 years will take a long time to fix.

Great attitude about keeping the dieting mindset at bay. Food obsessors do well here. It eventually seems to lead us to no counting, weighing or over thinking things as long as we stay with 3 meals, no snacks, no sugar. Couldn't be simpler. The weekends could get crazy for a while but give yourself time and they will eventually settle down. You are doing great.

Sunday was what I consider a perfect S day and yesterday was great too...Funny thing I have been dieing for snowball cupcakes and for years I wouldn't buy them as I'm always dieting and watching what I eat.

So when I went grocery shopping I bought a package and put them up on the cupboard until my S days, and you know what the strangest thing I know they are there and I haven't given it one thought to eat them now with anticipation for the weekend.

So freeing, so great...I could in the past never have had that in my house, as I would have eaten them, but then again, I haven't bought them. Usually when I go grocery shopping I'm not at my weakest point so I could pass on those things.

I believe I am starting my 14th GREEN day.

I know I'm new and on the newbie high, but I'm hoping to be one that get's it right away, I beg for the latter.

Just by my giving up my eating anything after dinner will have a big impact on me as I could consume a whole days worth of calories in one evening.

It feels good to wake up knowing I didn't binge.

So am I on a high or fortunate, only time will tell.

Way to go! You're doing great! 

sophiasapientia thanks so much for the encouragement!

It is little over a month that I started No S and I feel saner than I have in a very long time. I have found that if I eat something because that is my only choice and if it is not what I really wanted, I have a slip..which I did the other day. So now I'm trying to make sure it is what I really want, like McDonald's happy meal, including and not excluding has been making a world of difference.

Living life is what life is about, not living just to eat and eat and eat.

Thanks for this site after a red day I was able to set myself free to start fresh.

That's it for now!

Had my first red day the other day, not bad, but still snacks at night. I believe I know why, my dinner was not planned and was unsatisfying. I'm learning to feed me what me wants . (I know not proper grammar, my intention )

My husband said to me last night what's going on usually you are starving by 6:00, I told him I try to wait now until 7:00 so I don't pig out later in the evening. It truly makes a difference eating a later dinner.

One of the great things about NoS is that it's so easy to pinpoint where the difficulties are, so it's much easier to figure out what to do differently!

You seem to be doing really well so far, well done!! Enjoy your S days

milliem wrote:One of the great things about NoS is that it's so easy to pinpoint where the difficulties are, so it's much easier to figure out what to do differently!

You seem to be doing really well so far, well done!! Enjoy your S days

Thanks so much for stopping by.

My S day yesterday was filled with the things I enjoy, plus I took the time to make some oatmeal cookies for my dessert after dinner...I can't believe I only ate two and was happy with that. Amazing at how freeing this all is. My binging has pretty much stopped during the week, and seems yesterday wasn't an S day gone wild....

Today another day of sane living.

I've been putting off dinner too. It helps. I also notice my kids eat better. Little do they know I'm switching their lives to no snacking without them noticing

Joyofsix wrote:I've been putting off dinner too. It helps. I also notice my kids eat better. Little do they know I'm switching their lives to no snacking without them noticing

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

deb, you're doing great. Not only with the weight loss but the mindset.

Congrats

Thanks Berry!

Saturday was a great S day, but Sunday not so great. Grazed all day, but I knew it was okay as Monday was around the corner. At least I can look and say, wow, my Saturday was good even with having a snack. I truly don't want to let binging take hold of me which can come from nowhere.

Friends dropped off dinner for us and it was fried potatoes...it was great but I really shouldn't eat them with my cholesterol levels being high and not able to take the meds. Of course this led to my eating more than I probably should have.

I'm thankfully it is Monday.

Monday/Tuesday were pretty good days, although it seems when I see my husband having a snack in the evening, my mind starts to wonder, then I tell myself, I can wait until the weekend if I want something extra during the day. Which usually works. If I do have some fruit with my lunch and dinner I fare better...and I can look forward to it, kind of like dessert, but good for you.

I know that I feel saner about the food, but now I'm starting to obsess about the scale not moving. I guess it would be nice if I stopped weighing myself everyday knowing it will change daily.

If I keep on jumping on the scale, I'll definitely end up with diet head.

Now what am I going to do to stop jumping on the scale...perhaps add a habit cal and allow myself the 1st of every month. mmmm, I'll give that a try..

Geeze, I'm truly giving in to my old habits on S days. I have actually gained almost all of the weight I lost in the beginning back.

I'm fearful that instead of hating my S days, they seem to bring comfort..I truly am worried about falling back into my old ways again.

Today is Monday, and I hope to perhaps start a 21 day challenge again, to be all green on my N days. I had 2 red's this month and over the top S days for the most part.

Still feeling sane, so that is good...

Maybe you need a ritual on your S-day to control it better?

My S day actually starts on Friday night, at the dessert/snack buffett at synagogue. But I've told myself two sweets only (the plates are tiny anyways, so two servings fills it), which is plenty, seeing how I'm still full from supper at that point. This is also my ritual--my start to my weekend.

Maybe you could schedule yourself a weekly something--like a trip to an ice cream store for a single scoop of ice cream--which both elevates food to a ritual, and gives you something to look forward to (a specific treat instead of an open-ended, two-day Baccanalia).

You might want to say one afternoon snack each day and seconds only with supper and only one sweet each day. That makes your weekends looser and more indulgent, without giving yourself too much room to blow out. And even if you do blow out, it's still not a failure day, because it's yellow anyways.

If you have any Achilles' heels, you might wait to tackle moderation on them later. I can't resist Blue Bell's pistacio ice cream, and I can eat a 1/2 gallon in a weekend, so I haven't bought any. I'll save that for later, when maybe my willpower is better (or, at least, I'll limit it to one gorging a calendar quarter. Nom, nom nom!).

What foods/behaviors make you feel out of control on the weekends? Maybe there's a pattern there that you can break, or you can find a way to moderate.

keriamon wrote: You might want to say one afternoon snack each day and seconds only with supper and only one sweet each day. That makes your weekends looser and more indulgent, without giving yourself too much room to blow out. And even if you do blow out, it's still not a failure day, because it's yellow anyways.

K, this sounds like something I can manage. I guess i didn't read things clear enough and just thought anything can be on the weekends. Thankfully I was able to get back on my normal 3 squares Monday.

Yesterday was a good day, sometimes I feel like why can't I just eat a snack, then I have to remind myself that I can just not today.

Sanity seems to help me realize I do feel so much better not. Binging does not make one feel good after it is over...it adds no value to one's life.

Here's to sanity.

I would recommend that you just stick with the plan as is and do not do any mods until you have been at it a little longer. I found that my S days naturally calmed down after awhile and now many of my S days could be called N days. I only indulge if something comes up that I want.

thanks r.jean...i would love to stick to my plan

r.jean wrote:I would recommend that you just stick with the plan as is and do not do any mods until you have been at it a little longer. I found that my S days naturally calmed down after awhile and now many of my S days could be called N days. I only indulge if something comes up that I want.

Same here, great advice. Just try to eat sanely and healthily at each meal, regardless the day of the week.

Had a red day yesterday. We went out to dinner with a couple, and truly I did not want to go.. I decided on my dinner and ate, and stopped pretty much with 3/4's left...then my mind said one more bite, oh you can just do an N day on weekend to make up for it, yada yada. I ate until it was gone...so what do I do when I get home I have some chocolate..not much 2 tiny squares and in bit a large bagel...I WAS not hungry.. I kept thinking okay, here ya go again...the diet head started picking on me. I know the inner dialogue one has with oneself can be really cruel. So I kept thinking just another diet, etc.

I know this is not true as I'm not gaining and for the most part I'm not in the diet head.

First month I had no red, Second month 3 red's, and of course not to mention the over the top S days.

So today I'll be working on forgiving myself, with the thoughts that August is fast approaching and I can work on a field of green.

(((Hugs)))

What you are going through is normal, and the important thing is that you are processing it and sticking with it. We all struggle at times. Eating out is always a challenge.

You will learn to accept the small reds without turning them into over the top reds.

Keep up the good work!

strawberry, joyofsix, r.jean - first thanks always for your encouragement!

yesterday i was back on track, went grocery shopping hungry (and i know better) and bought way too much food...good stuff, but stillllll two people can only eat so much. in part because i'm trying out a couple new recipes and by the time you buy the stuff...geeze...i always go back to the basics, easy to cook simple things. yup not one that like to cook or bake, too many directions to follow .

on aug 1 i'm challenging myself to not weigh in until sep 1, why because just like this morning i got on the scale..shouldn't have, but i know that in reality it fluctuates. after all my goal is to lose weight, regardless of how slow, it still is to lose weight sanely.

that's it for today..an S day that i have high hopes i don't go hog wild. i bought one snack for sometime today or i might just take a walk to dairy queen instead..or have some fruit seeing i bought soo darnnnn much...

ramble, ramble.

Yik, not sure I can handle how I am on my S day's...yesterday I was okay when we went to breakfast with some friends, then when my husband took his nap, I had my allowed chocolate treat. Then I ended up eating all of it, not just what I planned on eating....the, all hell broke lose, I ate some fresh made bread, A LOT of it as well as some cheese...ate so much during the afternoon, I passed on dinner, was stuffed like a turkey literally . In the evening I had a little popcorn and juice.

One loaf was raisin bread and the other called "Elephant Bread"...mmmm if I keep doing this I will be an elephant in no time.

These S days surely feel like my binge days prior to No S. Not sure if I can handle snacking...not snacking has helped me a lot during the weekdays...snacking surely sets me in a downward spiral,,,my caring cap comes off and my uncaring cap comes on. I have done this as far as I can remember..

Life stinks right now as I'm truly discouraged with not being able to handle snacks.

This too will pass. Most people who stick to No S report that the weekends eventually calm down. I know that mine did. The habits from the week gradually carry over to the weekend, and you start to enjoy S events and not S binges. For example, my only S event yesterday was a lucious piece of strawberry bundt cake with strawberry flavored frosting. It was heavenly. Today may or may not have an S event although we are planning for our favorite local pizza for supper. The pizza is a splurge but not an S event. I am more likely to splurge on my meal choices on the weekend but sometimes do not even have any snacks or sweets or seconds.

Deb....

Take a deep breath...in...out...and another...in...out. I'm on my third or fourth try at this plan. I wish I could say I'd stuck to it the first time, but I started struggling and gave up....now I'm back again after trying all sorts of other inadequate plans to lose weight. What you're going through is not unusual...you are learning something difficult...you're learning to maintain your weight before you lose it. I don't remember who said that originally, but that's exactly what you're doing. This is just not easy to do...but you CAN do it. Your old habits are pulling on you but they can be broken....one day at a time. You are doing the very hard work of figuring out what triggers your snacking and what makes you feel awful.

Tomorrow is a green day....my advice is to not think about anything except making tomorrow green. Don't think about the past and don't think about the future...don't even think about 21 days....just tomorrow. You can make tomorrow green. That's it. Just one day. It doesn't matter if you ate too much yesterday...just one day. One. You know you'll feel so much better if you do.

Hang in there Deb. This is a wonderful, simple, difficult road, but we can accomplish it together...

Hugs...janie

R.JEAN and DETERMINED, thanks for the encouragement...today i was going to take a day of rest from exercise and went for an hour walk. i always feel better when i get out there and move.

i'm looking forward to starting august off right will some green thanks for taking the time to check in.

deb

Yes, the start of a new month! Looking forward to building on my habit and hopefully after almost 2 months, my s days tame down. I tried not to overdo yesterday, but in the evening I feel into my binge mood.

But today is a new day.

Yesterday my husband was trying to convince me to start this new program with him, I told him I'm not interested in dieting anymore...I might look at some of the foods, but I'm NOT following a plan. He doesn't realize I have dieted since I could remember ALL my life...no more, can't do it..won't do it.is the temptation there, it was at first, but no, no, and no.

Here's to sane living and eventually sane S days.

8/1 was a sane day, and green to start the month. I always feel lighter in the morning when I don't binge and I can gauge how well I did by how I feel in the morning.

Started a 30 day no weighing...this will be a battle for sure, but if I can go a whole week with sold no s's, I can do one day at a time no scale.

8/2 was another sane day. When I was at work I thought, wow, I have not had a piece of hard candy at work since June 10, funny that one or two pieces of hard candy surely wake up the taste buds.

What I also have noticed, because I'm actually eating enough at a meal that I haven't had that urge to continue on, especially after lunch and dinner. Not sure what changed exactly, but I do know that not snacking in between meals is the main reason I have not had too many red days..the days I have red are usually because I ate what I didn't really want to eat, OR I had a snack that I shouldn't have.

Another thing I've done is eat dinner later in the evening between 6:30 and 7:30, this definitely curtails the night time binging..

I've decided to follow No S on either Saturday or Sunday, and as it says "except sometimes", I take that to the extreme. If I feel too deprived I'll back off.

p.s. yesterday DH told me that I was just following another diet, he is just upset because I won't consider his diet plan he just found on the internet...

I agree with you on the weighing thing. I avoided looking at my weight until I got my Wii Fit (about what I expected, but had not wanted to confront). I've used it everyday for a week, and I've let it weigh me so I can track my progress on a graph. But now I'm rethinking that, because my weight has been going up every day.

This looks really horrible, until you consider that my weight has gone up a total of one pound in one week. This is actually statistically insignificant, considering how much the body (especially a woman's) can vary on a daily basis (up to 2 pounds). And I can't always weigh at the same time every day, and things like having just eaten a meal or drinking a lot (and I drink a lot of green tea and water over the course of a day) make a difference.

Also, I'm walking, standing, and doing a lot of balance games, which really develop the leg muscles. Muscle actually weighs more than fat, but occupies less space. So it's possible to stay the same or even gain weight while slimming down.

I don't have to weigh every day and I think I'm not going to, because it just makes me feel bad when I see weight gain that I feel is undeserved. I think I'm going to go back to letting my clothes tell me if I'm slimmer and maybe only weigh once a month.

Hi Deb,
Just read over your thread and I think you have made a brilliant start to No S. You have identified where the challenges are and what you can do about them. Keep up the good work!

(just a thought - could you ask your husband to try your plan for a while and then you will look at his? I'm sure he will be successful on No S and then he won't want to go back to another diet plan )

Yesterday was an okay day, worked from home which is great we have the opportunity to do that..

Was really thinking in my head how I'm looking forward to the weekend so I can have something other than 3 squares.

I'm hoping a tamer weekend, as they are not meant for binging or all day eating. I will be very happy if I can manage the binges and just not have one, or have an all day perasnacking.

Off to work out on my elliptical and work.

I love when I get to work from home as well, I can get out for an hour walk instead of going into the basement to workout.

Yesterday I had a great steak for dinner and mashed potatoes and peas, with some mango.. I would have forced myself to eat chicken breast while my husband ate steak...I savored every bite of it. Can't do this too often as I have high cholesterol and not on any meds, can't take them. But then again, I hear trans fats are really what cause high cholesterol. So who knows these days.

Today is an S day and I'm hoping I can keep things under wrap a bit. I do have a sweet planned for breakfast and some carvel ice cream cake for my evening snack after dinner. With that said, we'll see how it goes..

I failed on not weighing in...I just couldn't do it...once a week might be more doable for me...oh well, that was one more pressure I didn't need, I need to deal with my habit building first.

Saturday started off good...this is not my typical normal/healthy meal..

Breakfast - cheese danish
Lunch - Medium popcorn at the show
Dinner - Shrimp with mixed veggies from our local Chinese place, and a shrimp egg roll
Dessert - ended up be Carvel ice cream cake, but of course I had 2 slices not happy about that..

Later I had 3 pieces of homemade raisin bread with olivio.

I could have passed on the 2nd piece of cake, and not had the raisin bread..but again. when I go for it I really am not thinking about the weight I need to loss...and actually think, I'm never going to change.

Hoping for a better day, maybe my Sunday might show a little improvement.

debrabuf wrote:
I could have passed on the 2nd piece of cake, and not had the raisin bread..but again. when I go for it I really am not thinking about the weight I need to loss...and actually think, I'm never going to change.

Hoping for a better day, maybe my Sunday might show a little improvement.

Don't lose hope! Think about the 5 N days out of 7 where you don't even HAVE cake, let alone a 2nd slice The point of NoS compared to regular 'diets' is that it is all about building sustainable habits without depriving yourself too much (which inevitably for many people leads to abandonment of the entire plan).

You may never stop eating cake on S days. Frankly, I'm pretty sure I never will - I love cake! But be sure that by sticking to NoS you will be able to slowly change the eating habits that you aren't happy with, even the S day ones. It won't all come at once though - focus on getting those N day habits down and comfortable and your mind in the right place, then you can start making changes to S days if they are making you unhappy.

*hugs*

Hope you are having a good Sunday

Trust me..if you stick with the rules, you will change. I used to be a permasnacker. I ate constantly. When I first started no s I still snacked on weekends. Now I rarely snack or have seconds, and my desserts are also moderate. I eat maybe one dessert each weekend day. Yesterday it was 2 warm chocolate chip cookies. Mmmm.

Sunday was a better day:

brunch: 2 eggs, summer squash, chicken sausage, piece raisin bread
dinner: salmon, green beans, corn on cob, summer squash
dessert: blueberry pie, unfortunately 2 pieces
drinks, tea, coffee, oj spritzer

definitely a more tame day....

That sounds like a great day. I love blueberry pie.

I think I'll start something like Reinhard suggested in his sample daily check in. Will be a success or fail, with what I ate and how I was feeling.

August (21 days, 1st round)
DAY 1 - SUCCESS
DAY 2 - SUCCESS
DAY 3 - SUCCESS
DAY 4 - SUCCESS
DAY 5 - SUCCESS
DAY 6 - S day
DAY 7 - S day

DAY 8 of 21- SUCCESS

Breakfast: scottish oatmeal/walnuts/cranraisins/.5 c. milk (yummy)
Lunch: Mixed greens with tuna and grapes (felt kind of stuffed)
Dinner: Steak/mashed potatoes/red pepper&onion/cherries

Exercise: 30 minutes elliptical

DAY 9 of 21 - SUCCESS

Breakfast - Mestemacher/PB, yogurt
Lunch - Mixed greens/romano cheese, 2 small peaches, V8 juice
Dinner - Roasted chicken breast, sweet potato, broccoli, cantolope

Drinks, coffee, tea, OJ spritzer

Exercise: 30 minutes elliptical

Yesterday was an okay day..I was feeling pretty fat yesterday...I hate those days because then the diet head comes in...although I'm totally enjoying eating enough at every meal to keep me satisfied until the next meal. One thing that happens when I feel like this, is it carries over until the next morning and I want to jump on the scale..but why, it will only cause me more distress, so I passed on the scale. I'm keeping a habitcal with green days for when I don't weigh myself. So far only once this month I jumped on.

As soon as the light comes up I'm out for a walk,,,I love the days I work from home as then I can walk instead of doing my elliptical.

DAY 10 of 21 - SUCCESS

Breakfast - 2 slices Mestemacher bread with tomato sauce and sprinkled with romano cheese, heated in micro for 30 secs. YUMMY...
Lunch - bowl of pasta with olivio/grated cheese, 1 peach JUST love pasta.
Dinner - grilled chicken thigh/leg, potato salad, roll, cherries - felt weird eating potato salad without freaking out about the mayo...

drinks; tea, coffee, diet green tea

Exercise: Walked 1 hour, about 3 miles

Yesterday was another okay day, I felt that my dinner was too much, but it was green..and I was satisfied...seems eating enough at each meal makes a world of difference for me..I don't need a snack, as I know I will eat plenty at my next meal.

I did weigh again this morning..that was like 5 days since last time..a habit hard to break, but working on it slowly but surely.

We are going to dinner with a some couples tonight..will be interesting what I eat as in the past I always would have what I should have...but I will let my tummy tell me what it wants. If it calls for healthy so be it, but I have a choice now, to eat what I want, really want...


DAY 11 of 21 - SUCCESS

Breakfast - 2 cups of chocolate cheerios/milk - had to think about this as it seemed a little sweet...but not a dessert or snack..so I'm good
Lunch - soup, 1/2 tuna sandwich, peach
Dinner - seafood stew, piece of brusceta, 1 fried shrimp, 1/2 ear corn, 1 piece garlic tip bread...


Exercise: Walked 1 hour, about 3 miles

Decided to change my screen name to NoSnacker...as if I don't snack I don't binge..amazing..snacks always lead to a binge for me.

DAY 12 of 21 - SUCCESS

Breakfast - Mestemacher/PB, yogurt
Lunch - Tim Hortons Turkey/bacon sandwich, 1/2 chicken soup, 1 peach
Dinner - Italian sausage/chicken sausage, 1/2 roll, potato salad, green peppers & onions.

Great evening with a few friends, enjoying a nice fire and good food.

Exercise: Elliptical 40 minutes, bumped up the resistance

Day 13 of 21 - "S" day gone wild

I had a terrible binge day...

I went to my friends house we had a great day:
* went on an hour bike ride (my hinny is paying for it today)
* she made a really healthy breakfast for her hubby and me,
* went to the Lewiston art show,
* stopped at a famous ice cream place for a small baby custard,
* went to the lake to gather rocks to use as garden markers
* came home made myself dinner as hubby ate already...

Then all hell broke lose as I allowed myself 2 of the new fiber one brownies...well it turned into the whole box (6 servings) as well as some chocolate cherrios later on (2+servings).

So I ended up binging...

Why would I do such a thing after such a great day is beyond me.

Could be I was not happy at all to a situation I came home to, was very discouraged and disappointed. Emotional eating I'm sure. During the week I have my boundaries regardless of what is going on. Hence my new screen name "No Snacker" if I don't snack I don't binge..end of story.

I'm surely no way near ready to give it up on weekends...for the most part.

Day 14 of 21 - "S" day kinda gone wild

Sunday was a tad better, I had squares, and then a couple bowls of dry chocolate cheerios in the evening, wasn't hungry just wanted to crunch to me that is a binge when eating and not hungry.

So a new week starts...how exciting..I know that I could feel this great on the weekends if and when I decide/feel like it is time to really change..I can feel it happening slowly, but it certainly brings on fear..like a sense of deprivation if I even think of putting some rules around my weekends...I guess a lot of damage caused by years of dieting..

Today is a new day!

DAY 15 of 21 - SUCCESS

Today was a good day, really feels good to eat and enjoy my meals without diet head...

Breakfast - 1 c. brown rice with 3/4 c. milk, 2 small peaches
Lunch - Red Leaf Lettuce salad, 1 banana
Dinner - 2 whole wheat tortilia's, fat-free refried beans, cheese, 1/2 banana, 1/2 c. OJ/Club soda spritzer

Exercise - elliptical 40 minutes.

Do you own the elliptical or go to the gym?

I just got my treadmill fixed, but I'd LOVE to get an elliptical......

tobiasmom wrote:Do you own the elliptical or go to the gym?

I just got my treadmill fixed, but I'd LOVE to get an elliptical......

Hi I have an elliptical...our basement is set up with a workout area. It is not a really nice one like at the gym, but serves it's purpose. I can't use a treadmill as the pounding hurts my back, so for low impact on the body what I have works great...

Deb

CONGRATULATIONS on your weight loss, NoSnacker! You are doing GREAT!!!

I had a bad night last night, let's said red..but that is okay only 1 so far as long as I'm counting my weekdays only .

Won't get into details, but I think most of my meals weren't exactly what I wanted, was disappointed in the taste. So what, that gives me the right to blow the night...mmmmm...I will make better choices today, ones that give me pleasure...plus my husband wasn't home not that it matters that he is, if it happens it happens and he won't even notice.

So on to brighter things today!

NoSRocks, thanks for the congrats...won't check as I know last night was not a good thing in anyway towards progress .

Hope you have a much better day today!!!

Day 1 of 21 - SUCCESS (started over, slipped yesterday)

Today was a much better day...in the face of seeing a box of chocolate covered toffee sitting on a desk that I see every time I go past it...thoughts race thru my head, just one, then a counter thought, but one will lead to another and is it worth it to get another red day..NOPE, so I thought okay if it is there Friday when I'm back in the office I'll take a couple pieces for the weekend...now that idea I like a lot better...

Breakfast - scottish oatmeal/walnuts/cranraisins/honey
Lunch - salad
Dinner - 2 shrimp egg rolls/half of my order of chicken/mixed veggies.

Drinks - tea, coffee, herbal tea, vita coco juice

Exercise - elliptical 30 minutes.

That's it for the night...just got back from a bible study now time to get ready for bed!

That's what's so great about this plan. We can have ANYTHING we want. We just might have to wait a few days for the sweets, but there's no deprivation! I bet they will taste even better on an S day!

You are doing great, your food choices sound so good, giving me some great ideas. Don't you just love eating food that you know is not only good but good for you?

I also think you will get to the point where if you want A piece of candy or a cookie or something, you will be able to eat it - regardless the day. You will enjoy it and realize that the calories in it were no different than the calories in an equivalent amount of fruit or whole grain bread or anything else.

You're doing great NoSnacker...it's hard to get back on plan after a red day, but you did it!

We're going to win this battle....we ARE...

determined

I realized after that other thread that you started that we started within about a month of each other.

So, hang in there! You can do it!! I too have trouble when I walk by a sweet or something that looks really good but we must solider on!! It is only a few more days until the weekend.

Don't worry about the S days too much yet, just get the N days down. Only focus on one thing at a time.

Day 2 of 21 - SUCCESS

Had another great day, my daughter and her family came over for dinner. Her husband is a contractor and put up a new shed door and front gutter on the house..

Breakfast - Egg salad sandwich (2 eggs/lite mayo)
Lunch - left over chicken and veggies
Dinner - Golash and cucumber salad

Drinks - tea, coffee, OJ spritzer, diet ice tea

Exercise - Walked 3 miles

My stupid self jumped on the scale this morning...weighed the same, well 2 oz more..could be from the white pasta we had, I normally buy whole wheat, but my daughter's family won't eat whole wheat, well the kids anyways...but that is okay, today no white flour...

Off to make my lunch and get my workout in before getting ready for work..life's little routines..gotta love them...

Day 3 of 21 - SUCCESS

Today seems like it will be a good day..a tad tired for some reason..but so glad the weekend was here...

OH, the candy I mentioned that was hear earlier in the week, well there was one piece left so I put it in a baggie for the weekend...at least I will get a taste of it .

Have my grandson's birthday this Sunday, so I'm sure I'll have cake, normally I pass because of diet head....

Breakfast - scottish oatmeal/walnuts/cranraisans/milk
Lunch - Salad and a fruit salad
Dinner - Fish Fry, moved to my 9 inch plate (1/2 the fish)...very yummy to eat guilt free..

Drinks; tea, coffee, herbal tea, water

Exercise - Elliptical 30 minutes

Ahhh, Saturday...so exciting...

I know I shouldn't have but I had 3 homemade cookies from the market for breakfast with my coffee..I was debating, do I want to give up a regular meal for a sweet...sure did..

Lunch and dinner will be healthy of course..and I bought a special dessert for tonight.

Sorry, I'm so good all week that I truly truly look forward to the little extra freedom.

Exercise - 3-1/2 mile walk. even added a few blocks of jogging at a slow pace.....very slow... I usually take Sunday off as a day of rest, but I like the walking/jogging thing so much I might just bypass the rest and do it

Hey, nothing to be sorry about at all.

The cookies sound great. Isn't it funny that if we say we are having a cookie or a brownie for breakfast it seems sinful but if we say we are having a donut or a cinnamon roll - that's breakfast food

And a grandson's birthday cake - heck, that's a celebration indeed. Enjoy.

Saturday was a complete blowout..I seem to really binge one day on the weekends..but plan on not binging today...all my work during the week and then what I do on the weekends is truly not helping me towards my goal of being healthy and losing weight...

Sunday, I do have a birthday party but plan on treating it as an weekday...I don't really need cake and it is not all it is cracked up to be...

I feel terrible today..why oh why do I do this to myself..one day I might figure it out..

I'm concerned that if I don't taper these binges on the weekends it will make it all the more harder over time to get back on my regular weekly regime..

NoSnacker...Man, can I relate to an awful Saturday! BUT, take a minute to look at all your green....all of it. You've had FAR more healthy, green days than binge days. Isn't that an accomplishment? An improvement? You can do this....yesterday was yesterday...today will be better & you are going to move on and chalk up more green days this week....and the next week...and the one after that. We're in this together & we CAN do this one day at a time...

Hang in there....

Determined

NoSnacker...Have you read the NoS book? Whenever I'm struggling I drag it out again & read a few chapters. It helps me to go back to the beginning & remember why this plan works for life...

Just a thought...

Hang in there...

Determined

determined wrote:NoSnacker...Have you read the NoS book? Whenever I'm struggling I drag it out again & read a few chapters. It helps me to go back to the beginning & remember why this plan works for life...

Just a thought...

Hang in there...

Determined

Thanks so much, I did buy the paperback book and will pick it up today and read some of it..I hightlighted a lot of good things..

Any you are right, all month I had 1 red and of course our yellows, but mostly green..and my exercise habitcal is all green except for Sundays, my day of rest..

Thanksssssss again..I need this..

NoSnacker wrote:
Any you are right, all month I had 1 red and of course our yellows, but mostly green..and my exercise habitcal is all green except for Sundays, my day of rest..

Thanksssssss again..I need this..

SEE....that's a GREAT sea of green!!! If you're anything like me, I look at the one "failure" and I seem to have amnesia about the victories!

I knew you were doing better than you thought you were....

Hugs...

Determined

determined wrote: SEE....that's a GREAT sea of green!!! If you're anything like me, I look at the one "failure" and I seem to have amnesia about the victories!

Thanks so much...and for the hug..

Yesterday was another bomb...saturday/sunday was terrible eating wise..

But today is my start of a new week...I wish I could just bit the bullet and do straight vanilla on the weekends..totally sucks..as I know I will not lose weight if I keep eating for 4 on the weekends..

Well here's to a new week...
deb

Why is American birthday cake so terrible? Sheet cake and the icing that goes with it really is disgusting!

Who me?....I agree!

Determined

I still love sheet cake and frosting. I wish I thought it was disgusting. But I don't think many foods are actually disgusting. I might not enjoy them, but disgusting for me is for worms or slimy things.

If my experience is any marker, bingeing on the weekends does not bleed into the weekdays. If anything, the weekdays become a respite. And though they may not make you weigh less quickly or even very slowly, wracking up week after successful week will bolster your pride. And you'll realize that you are eating reasonably most fo the time. So what if you're not perfect? it's not like alcohol, where one drink will send you over the edge. It's almost impossible to believe that you won't be better off with 6 months of green N days and wild S days than you would be a year ago, right? And don't despair that if you think like that, you are doomed to wild S days. It's not inevitable. You never know when something is going to crack. Keep up the green N days. There may be something else beyond the rules of normal habit change that is in the way, but don't be mad at yourself yet for not knowing it. In fact, try not to be mad at yourself at all.

Keep it up! You are doing great. I think it is going to take a while before the S days really start to straighten themselves out. Keep practicing those N-day habits and eventually it should ooze over into the weekend.

Hang in there!!!

What about cakes shaped like worms?

not disgusting. I'm hooked. oh, gosh, I didn't even plan that one.

Hooked.

Cute!

Who Me..did you make that worm...I know when I go fishing I can put a worm on a hook..now not so sure I could eat a cake shaped like one...the thought of the worm on the hook process to eating a cake shaped like one...I don't think I could...hooked too many of the real things..

Oolala thanks so much for the encouragement..I wish I would have checked the posts last night..I had a terrible night..but ya know today is a new day...last month I had 3 reds, so far this month only 2..so not too bad overall.

Naebird, thank you.....thank you..for all your support....we can all do this together...

Here's to a green day!!!!!

The spinning has been gone, but it stayed in mild form for more than a week, much longer than I expected. I thought I was completely over it on the weekend, but had some nausea most of the day yesterday. Maybe that's not related, as I have been experiencing it mildly off and on the past few months. Maybe my digestion is being affected by age, though I haven't heard of nausea as a symptom.

Sorry things are still troubling about your husband. Warmest wishes.

oolala53 wrote:Sorry things are still troubling about your husband. Warmest wishes.

Thanks Oolala...he goes for a scan today and to the doctor on Friday..hopefully it is all normal stuff happening...

I do think our appetites might change with age...I see seniors that eat very very little...I don't really see any obese seniors, rather rarely...what does that tell ya about being overweight...mmm something for me to think about.

I finally finished the night with a green...it was hard as I was hungry and normally I eat enough to not be hungry..so hormonal I bet, but then again...I'm post..

Have a great one!

Big cheers for the green! I have trouble at night, that is when i get my munchies. Great job on toughing it out even though you were a little hungry.

When I feel like I am starving right before bed I will sometimes have a little glass of V-8, yeah the sodium is ick, but it is filling and the calories aren't too bad.

I too have noticed how the elderly aren't generally obese. I think they just don't feel as hungry, I don't know. It is interesting to consider.

Stay strong!!

You are doing so great. As "deternined" said, focus on your successes and let the rest slide for the time being. As this style becomes a habit, it will get easier.

I've seen some elderly obese, although maybe they just had gray hair. And it's possible the obese ones died before they became elderly?

oolala53 wrote:I've seen some elderly obese, although maybe they just had gray hair. And it's possible the obese ones died before they became elderly?

oh i'm sure there are some obess ones...i think about the people at our church and there are some there..so i mis-stated .

naebird..thankssss..i'll keep in mind to drink..i do have an OJ spritzer everyday..i mixed .5 cup OJ with .5 cup club soda and a squirt of lime juice very tasty and mixing with the club soda lessons the sugar.

Pangelsue2 ahhh thankssssss...sometimes it surely is hard, but doable...

Hi! It is an interesting observation and one I never really thought about till now - I too notice that most elderly people aren't particularly obese, nor overweight come to think of it, although I suppose there are bound to be exceptions, but this seems to be the general trend, imo. Not meaning to come across as ageist but when I say elderly, I guess I'm thinking 'older' people as in 70s/80s category. I've even noticed my MIL who tended to have a plump figure has slimmed down quite a bit now she is in her 70s. I heard her comment a few times that "since she's got older, her appetite isn't what it used to be".

PS: Hope you're feeling better soon, oolala. Pangelsue: hi and hope you're okay this evening. Who Me?: hope Robb is doing okay too.

Sheet cake and icing?? I have to confess I have an attraction!!

Hows the nausea? Do you feel you have it under control? Are you sure you know what's causing it?

I only ask because I had the extremely bad fortune to contract hepatitis A a few years back. Any physical activity at all (climbing the stairs) made me feel horribly nauseous. I was so ill, but never ever suspected hepatitis.

mmmm last night was okay until later in the evening...i had some cereal, so it turned red.

today i had more protein for breakfast in hopes that it will help with hunger issues later in the day.

i also noticed that last month and this month around the same time i had 3 reds, not in a row but close..so now i'm really starting to believe hormonal in nature where i just want to eat..

so i'm hoping for today to be green..

went for a walk this morning...and stayed off the scale...i want to hang on to the 168 for now in my mind..

I'm the same, No Snacker! Now I like what I see on the scale at the moment, I don't want to spoil it by weighing for a bit. We;ll see how I goes!!!

Though Reinhard says a person should be able to tweak No S so that she loses weight without extra exercise, I think you should consider not weighing yourself until you either put an exercise plan--moderate, right, you don't have to turn into a marathoner or a body builder-- in place and use it consistenly for a few weeks (or add some, if you already have a program). You can't really plan to go for the long run and not have some consistent exercise in your life, so you might as well wait until you have the advantage of the kit and caboodle. Just MHO. I think the exercise and food components go so much hand-in-hand that it's hard to judge the value of one without the other, exceptions here on the board notwithstanding.

Also remember that it was more the publishing industry that pushed to call this a diet, I think. It's always been more of proposing one of the simplest ways possible to find livable guidelines for not overdoing it with food and not over- or underdoing it with exercise, guidelines that help make food and exercise serve our lives rather than the other way around. As Reinhard has said about his exercise plan, it's not about competing with body building or fat loss systems. What's the least one can do if one is willing to be consistent and be satisfied with moderate results?

NoSRocks wrote: I'm the same, No Snacker! Now I like what I see on the scale at the moment, I don't want to spoil it by weighing for a bit. We;ll see how I goes!!!

Yes...let's live in the glory of a number we can rest in for a while, well you know what I mean, not rest but rest mentally, enjoying it...

We could always draw up a number we want to be and place it over the where the number actually shows and see how that feels...just kidding..but hey maybe I'm not..

deb