Everyday Systems

Aside from Thanksgiving as the Special Day, I've kept pretty well to my daily routine: No S, some kind of specific exercise (or minimally 10k steps), and an hour (half an hour minimum) of Latin -- which I guess is another personal tweak to the No S system. Mens sana in corpore sano, mehercle! Month ...

Sounds like you're on a roll! Two thumbs up to "real, normal meals with my family." Eating alone (snacking) is kissing cousins to drinking alone, I sometimes think; risky un-tethering from the social aspect.

Thanks, WIN. :) Tuesday Nov. 18 No S mostly but seconds on dinner; still catching up from a week of illness under-eating. Went out to lunch with baby girl (okay, grown-up baby girl) and she walked me over to the gym. This was my first day back since the Stomach Bug of Death and I kept the reps and t...

Sunday Nov 16
S-day: ate normally plus a brownie for dessert.
Longish walk in the morning; felt good but tiring as walks usually aren't.

Monday Nov 17
No S
Morning run with friend. We did intervals the first half, then walked the rest when my body decided running was all over for today.

Job well done! Nice work with observations and advance planning.

Just now reading about your fantastic lab results, Soprano. Very nice, very satisfying to have that solid scientific assurance you're doing the right thing for yourself. Encouraging!

Good going WINhappy!

Have not checked in and am still not really checking in. A nasty stomach bug swept through my school, thanks to the adorable little gremlins in the Lower School who are not yet able to refrain from putting their fingers in their noses and who went on to infect their older siblings in the Upper Schoo...

Great thoughts, Reinhard! Yes it's crazy expensive and I'm old enough now to be stingy ("In my day the moms gave out rice krispies' squares and those nasty red and white hard mints! Why do I have to pay for hershey's bars that should be a nickel each anyway?"), so that's a helpful motivator. So I bo...

Monday Nov 3 Almost no S: had a snack late in the evening because teenager was up and having one and I wanted to be companionable. Hmm, must re-think this logic. mid-length morning run with running group Other thing I know and yet re-discover constantly: if I plan exercise (other than walking) for l...

What plans do you have for getting through Candy Night and the morning after?

Thank you WINhappy! I see I have had my dates off by one this week. Thursday Oct 30 Almost No S: had seconds of quiche at dinner, and discovered (again) that the second piece wasn't nearly so nice as the first piece. Morning mid-length run before work with ladies' running group Now that all my child...

An old thread, but I hope that's okay. When I first decided to lose weight and fight back against osteopaenia, my husband (a distance runner) was my diet and exercise coach. He advised that I weigh myself at different times of day, every day, for a couple of weeks, and write down my weight. I was sh...

Thank you, Soprano and Amy.

Tuesday Oct 29
No S + long walk, leg day at gym

Wednesday Oct 30
No S + shorter walk, Pilates

Hello No S friends! I lost a decent amount of weight on No S many, many years ago (150 lbs to 115 lbs) and kept it off. Now in my post-menopausal state I have watched pounds creep back on. A few of those pounds are (I hope) muscle, as I took up weight training because of osteopaenia and I am definit...