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naeman

Right now, I'm counting streaks. I want to get to a 66 day streak in all three N day habits before I see how much weight I have/haven't lost and see where I need to go from there. I'm hoping that even if No S isn't the thing that helps me lose weight, it's the thing that will give me a sane baseline ...

naeman

I've had a lot of similar problems to the ones you described.

I have tried splitting the habitcal tracking into separate habits, like you mentioned. So far I've enjoyed the shift in mindset that has come from it. If I mess up and have an ice cream bar at work, I mark it as either a snack or a sweet ...

naeman

I left because I had trouble sticking to the habits, and even when I did for a month or so I tended to maintain instead of lose.

I came back because nothing else has worked for me. I've been in a somewhat frantic state of feeling hopeful about a new diet, giving up after a week or two, and then ...

naeman

Back again for the umpteenth time it feels like! I left for the same old reason. I got discouraged when my S days were out of control and my weight didn't go down after a month or so. I'm back because other things didn't work, and at least No S gives me 5 days of mental peace. Maybe I can figure out ...

naeman

Been a bit since I posted! Mostly good days. I've been getting better about not binging on the weekends. I'm going to try to get better about posting here so I can keep track!

naeman

January 4: SUCCESS

Another good day! One day closer to chocolate.

naeman

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naeman

Thanks for the encouragement everybody! I'm still going strong and still looking forward to that weekend chocolate!

January 1st: S DAY
January 2nd: SUCCESS
January 3rd: SUCCESS

naeman

I'd love to join in this one year challenge as well! I also have a problem of getting discouraged and diet hopping.

naeman

Because of my disorder, I simply could not allow myself full S-days because they triggered severe binges. My mod for my binge-eating disorder is I have a special dessert every sunday after dinner and I only have full S days on holidays/special occasions. It works for me and I don't feel deprived ...

naeman

Well I've had a pretty rough holiday season! I fell off the wagon pretty hardcore. But I'm back and ready for another shot. It's more than a bit depressing to come to the end of another year of trying diets heavier than I've ever been in my life. I'm creeping closer to 300 pounds, which just doesn't ...

naeman

Woof! Another couple of rough days.

Tuesday: FAILURE
Wednesday: FAILURE

naeman

Yesterday was a failure for me. I don't feel too worried about it at the moment. I'm less interested with worrying about why it happened than I am with starting fresh again today.

Monday: FAILURE

naeman

Thursday: SUCCESS
Friday: SUCCESS
Saturday: S DAY
Sunday: S DAY

25 days and counting! I can see some signs of S days getting easier. My weekend was not nearly as wild as it usually is.

naeman

Excited for my first challenge! I just put 21 days under my belt yesterday, so now's a good time for a new goal. I've maintained my weight through November, which is pretty good for me, but I still need to make some changes if I'm going to start losing, I think.

I have two family birthdays in ...

naeman

21 days in the row as of yesterday! Glad to be part of the club. Now I'm off to start the December challenge.

naeman

Thanks! :D

Wednesday: SUCCESS

21 days and counting!

I'm excited to have it made it longer than I ever did before with No S. I know that I have a lot of work to do within the No S habits, but man it's good to know that the lifestyle is sustainable enough that I don't feel deprived after three ...

naeman

I experienced the same issue my first week of No S (I've only been on it for 3 weeks).

I ate around the same time of day as you. The one thing I did differently from you is that I didn't eat to a point of being full but not overfull. What I mean is, I made a plate and I cleaned the plate. I think ...

naeman

Still having some heavy N days, so room for improvement there. Just one more day to the club though!

Tuesday: SUCCESS

20 days and counting.

naeman

I know the evenings have been hard for you. Has there been anything that you've succeeded with on most N days so far? Like even if it's a red day, were your breakfasts and lunches better? Or even if you binged, did you manage to stay away from sweets?

Stick with it! One green day is definitely ...

naeman

Thanks!

Updates since last week: Thanksgiving was nice to not feel guilty. Of course I ate way too much, but at least I didn't have to feel horrible because of it. Then I had a good Friday followed by a couple of S days that weren't great. They weren't totally wild S days, though. Maybe 85% of what ...

naeman

Congratulations on feeling up to doing three N days this week! Having good N days has made me feel so much better about myself, even when the S days are hard. I'm sure the gradual pace you're starting at will help you build a strong habit so that you''ll really have those N days down once you start ...

naeman

I hope I'll be able to come back in a few months and say that I gained at first, but now I've lost!

I've been on No S for just a few weeks now. I did start out by going up, mostly because of Wild S days. I haven't really lost yet, but I've been hovering around my starting weight (with a pound or ...

naeman

Tuesday: SUCCESS

I'm pleased because when I look at only my N days, I'm starting to see a (slight) downward trend in my weight. I'm starting to get an intellectual idea of how much food I need to eat in a day to feel satisfied and still lose weight. I think the important thing in the future will be ...

naeman

Hi there! I haven't been on No S for too long, but I do identify with the feeling of sometimes being too rigid. I have some thoughts below that occurred to me. They might not apply to your situation, but this what my thought process.

I've had to work on some unrelated personal issues with Cognitive ...

naeman

Thanks!

Monday: SUCCESS

naeman

My Friday was a success! My S days were a little wild, like I had feared. Saturday was worse because I didn't have much food in the house when I woke up, so I had to go grocery shopping to get food. So I went out to eat and then went grocery shopping, which is what I tend to do. Went way overboard ...

naeman

'No S days feel better than this'. So maybe I am making progress!

I've only been at this for a couple of weeks, but I love that you had that thought! I think oolala53 is the one who said something about N days being worth it even when the S days are a little wild to start out. I still don't have ...

naeman

Welcome! I'm just starting my second successful week, so you're further along than I am. So true what you said about the last supper! Even though I haven't lost much weight yet, I'm sure I've stopped from gaining a few due to the cycle of disappointment, picking a new diet, and binging on a last ...

naeman

This is a great topic! I'm grateful for all of the people who reached out to me when I started posting here, and all of the encouragement I've continued to get. I'm thankful that a community like this exists, so I'll have some kind of accountability to look forward to every day.

I'm also thankful ...

naeman

The internet really feeds into that desire for speed.

That's so true! I know whenever I would visit Reddit after a failed diet attempt, I would always let myself be seduced by all the people who were posting about how they list 100 pounds in 10 months or something like that. I like your ...

naeman

Thanks! I think I'll make it, too. It's really nice to have felt at least partially in control of my eating in the last 7 days.

Thursday: SUCCESS

I even managed to stay away from the birthday celebrations at work. I'll have to do the same for the donuts today! Something I noticed today is that ...

naeman

Wednesday: SUCCESS

naeman

Tuesday: SUCCESS

Which puts me at 7 days so far. I haven't really lost any weight yet, but at this point I'm glad to have a plan for how I'm going to eat that's sustainable that at least gives me some measure of control. And then hopefully my S days and even my N day choices will start to change ...

naeman

Thanks for all the encouragement! I hope I do, too.

And I'm off to a decent start.

Monday: SUCCESS

naeman

I'm not on the computer as much on the weekends, so I didn't post my progress daily. However, I had another green day on Friday, even though we had donuts brought in to work. Then of course there were two S days after that. They were definitely heavy S days; not the kind of eating that would make me ...

naeman

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. Between the nice replies I've gotten and all of the inspiring stories that I've read on this board, I'm starting to enjoy coming back to post here, even if it wasn't a green day. Luckily, yesterday was a green day!

Thursday SUCCESS

naeman

Third time's the charm I guess! Had my first successful N day today. I'm a little nervous about the impending S days, but glad to finally get a win under my belt.

naeman

Thanks for the encouragement!

Day 2 - also a red day. The sweets got me again. I will say that in the past I've had problems with binging, and whenever I get off of a diet, I tend to binge the worst thinking "it will be okay, the next diet I start will finally work and I can just enjoy myself right ...

naeman

Yesterday was Day 1 - Had a rough day to start. Halloween candy and late night hunger got to me. Started again today, and all is well so far. Will check in again tomorrow.

naeman

I left No S because I severely overate on S days, and I ended up gaining weight on the plan. The more I tried to give myself rules or mods on the weekends, the worse I'd binge when I got off track.

I'm back because nothing else has worked even as well as this for me. At least I could have 5 days ...

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