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Lilybug

I've fallen away (again) from no S. Just eating too much and I think I'm at the highest I've ever been (186).

Spring is bringing me back to life some, but I just feel like crap- overweight and unattractive- weak and sluggish.

I'm going to commit to 2 meals no snack today.

Its hard not to get ...

Lilybug

Thanks, Oolala,

I'm feeling much better now, mainly from getting up and moving. Cleaning the house has helped a lot! I actually came across on Youtube some videos of this woman cleaning her house with tips, etc. It showed her cleaning at an increased speed while she overdubbed how she cleans ...

Lilybug

I agree about the thrift stores, Oolala! We have a "high end" one here and it makes me wonder why I would ever buy full price stuff when often, the tags are still on the clothes I buy at the thrift shop.

Well, FAILURE on Thursday and Friday. The weekend wasn't any better. I felt so depressed and ...

Lilybug

I'm doing pretty well this week. I'm sticking to my meals, except for a hot chocolate with soy milk a couple of times. Hopefully I'll need that less as I go on. Last night, it wasn't for hunger, but for comfort.

I feel so much better since I am wearing the larger size I bought. I'm not happy going ...

Lilybug

Geez! I hope it heals very soon. Watch that shovel glove if you're standing on that foot. Better to be safe than sorry.

Sending healing vibes!

Lilybug

Oh my goodness! I hope you're ok! Do you think your blood sugar/pressure got too high after the hot bath?

I know I've felt light headed after a hot bath and chocolate sometimes makes my heart race.

Lilybug

Congratulations! I can see how staying to most of the esses, even on the weekend, could be helpful. Snacking has been the worst of the esses, for me.

Lilybug

thanks, Merry :)

Saturday I had a smoothie for breakfast and a few baked chips to finish out the bag :roll:

For lunch I ate a veggie burger and fried eggplant wrap (soon good) with some salad. If every meal could be that satisfying I think I wouldn't be "looking" for something to eat so much.

I ...

Lilybug

I've been back for a while, but not keeping up with my Red and Green days, really.

This week was pretty good, but with pretty large portions and not the perfect choices health wise. But that isn't what I'm aiming for in the beginning at least. The good thing is, I made it through an almost green ...

Lilybug

Thank you all for the responses. I have taken them all to heart. It makes so much sense. I suspect, as you say, that my beating myself up about it does make it worse. The rest of the week has been green, although my meals have been large enough.

Even with my whining, I do see that I'm less ...

Lilybug

I've been back (lurking, not posting) for a month. I've def been snacking less, but my plates are fuller- been here before.

This weekend, I had a pretty big S day- birthday for brother went out family style, then awesome cake after -even though we were already stuffed. The next S day (Sunday) I got ...

Lilybug

Finally feeling better cold wise but work has been a bear and I'm physically exhausted. A lot of it has to do with me being out of shape. The plate guy (I work in graphics for a printing plant) is out and I've been working that dept this week plus my regular job what has to go. 10 hr days and will ...

Lilybug

Happy birthday! Thanks for all that you do ðŸŽ‰

Lilybug

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That's great!!!

Lilybug

Do you mind sharing the name of the cookbook? I like to cook but sometimes the ingredients list gets $$$

I agree, trying to lose weight sucksðŸ˜¡

Lilybug

Ugh that stinks!
And the lack of sleep makes it all the harder to deal with.

I hope you get some rest tonite and I hope you find your tote.

Lilybug

At least you get to tumble into a new bed for rest to recover from the day.
Exactly! :)

I ate absentmindedly yesterday. Hope sick days are s days, too.

Just didn't have any energy to figure out something and didn't feel like going to the store.

soup for lunch then dinner was crackers and cheese ...

Lilybug

What I usually do when in this situation is, get a piece of cake, get a fork, make a BIG DEAL about the cake (ie-Oh YUM! This is looks SO DELICIOUS!!!! What is that? Is this chocolate? My favorite! I LOVE SWEETS! You guys went out of your way... etc etc etc!!!"). Then, I mush the fork around on my ...

Lilybug

Thanks Oohlala!

My weekend was a bit too essey, but had a great time at an octoberfest. Those pumpkin ales are too delicious and bratwurst- yum. The next day I pay for it, though ðŸ˜”

The good news is I love my bed!!! So excited about that ðŸ™ŒðŸ»

Bad news is, I'm sick with a cold and it's going ...

Lilybug

Feeling really good today. My week was all green!!! Even though there wer donuts twice this week at work and cake and ice cream. I painlessly passed them all up, except for a little nervousness about them being there. I realized I really didn't want them at all! I'm shocked at this, in fact.

Today ...

Lilybug

I would definitely had to eat some of that carrot cake, and not just because carrot cake is my favorite, but because I baked it! I have to know if it was truly good or not or how good it was!

Happy weekend!

Lilybug

IMHO, the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte is waaay too sweet. I would just order the latte and add cinnamon and nutmeg if they have it and sweeten it to my liking. I bought one once and ended up using it for creamer fro my coffee.

Your weight loss is great!

The pushing a wheelchair around is a ...

Lilybug

Woo hoo! It ain't easy being green, but it feels sooo good!

Bonus that you were able to stay green even with the sciatica breakout. I often throw the baby out with the bath water. Perfectionism is my nemesis- I get nothing done perfectly, and nothing done period.

Have a great weekend!

Lilybug

I'm so sorry you're going through this! Poor little guy. Thank god he's ok. The body does have an amazing ability to heal. Especially when you're young.

Make sure you take care of yourself as well. I'm sure you've been in emergency mode, just doing the next thing that has to be done.

Please keep ...

Lilybug

Working sure gets in the way of a lot of stuff. If I could just go back to bed after a night of being awake and not have to be anywhere in the morning, life would be so different! 'Course I'd be living in a hovel...

Right?!! I have to be careful to not get to daydreaming too hard of retirement. I ...

Lilybug

Wow! That's great!

I would love to hear what is working for you. Just vanilla?

Lilybug

Argh! Wine is so inviting! Lol

Personally, I would find a way to uninvite if I really didn't want them to go.

Maybe something like " I'm so sorry! My husband/mom/kid reminded me that it's a family vacation. Can we do it on the next trip and make it a friends trip?"

But that's me. I'm a bit ...

Lilybug

Thanks for all the ideas. It's funny how we are all so used to coming up with things to say about why we won't be eating sweets. As you say, probably nobody cares and if they do then they have the problEm.

I am still not sure what I will decide to do.

It's been a rough week. My husband and I live ...

Lilybug

There is a person retiring where I work, and on Friday, we are going to have cake and ice cream for him.

I was able to pass the donuts on Tuesday ðŸ™ŒðŸ» but I'm not sure how to handle this.

I suppose my choices are:

1) Don't eat the cake

2) Eat the cake and mark a red

3) Take a piece of cake ...

Lilybug

The Moroccan stew sounds delicious. Your meals look so moderate. I love how you post them. Even when you have a red day or s day.

The pumpkin granola bark would be endangered in my house!

Lilybug

Thanks againâ¤ï¸

I can't believe I managed to keep an N day today because I had a crash and burn down in the dumps day. Stuff with my husband, etc.

I hope tomorrow is better.

Lilybug

Thank you, Linda. I'm marking it and moving on. I'll try to remember that overeating doesn't bring joy. I think a lot of it is being tired. I make poor choices when I'm tired.

Thanks for the comment about the tempurpedic, too! I'm so nervous about spending the money. I tend to question all my ...

Lilybug

Not a great s day. Too much snacking on crackers and cheese and ice cream. It would be ok if I were hungry or even craving them. Just on auto pilot of previous behaviors.

My back is hurting and I'm tired from not sleeping well. So much that I bought a mattress - a tempurpedic ðŸ™€. I hope it helps ...

Lilybug

Yesterday I had 3 meals and just a dessert for dinner. Still, my weight is up today.

I'm feeling nervous and tense today. My body aches from cleaning frenzy yesterday and my mattress sucks. :(

Seriously considering looking at Tempur-pedics today and buying on zero interest. I bought 2 mattresses ...

Lilybug

The good news is that I have stuck to NoS, and today at the meal I really felt in control and calm around all the food. I ate the foods I really fancied and was able to leave several options which would have drawn me in previously. Even after everyone had left, in the past I would have taken that ...

Lilybug

I enjoy exercise but it's harder at this weight. I love to backpack with my family but our most recent trip over Labor Day was pretty challenging for me with this extra poundage. I like to feel I'm among others who are working on No S and trying to manage in our world of overabundance (which ends ...

Lilybug

I'm happy to say though that I don't think what I ate was really excessive like my binges of years ago - but I was really shooting for a green week. I'll take 4 green days, last week was only 2. Next week I'll have 5 I know it.

Those pesky friends! LOL I know what you mean :)

Its great process ...

Lilybug

Red day on Friday.

My sister and I went to eat sushi and since we're tight wads we just got 2 rolls to share, which wasn't enough for me.

When I got home I had a bran muffin I'd made and frozen last weekend. And a scoop of ice cream :oops: The usual "I'll just call this one of my S days", etc ...

Lilybug

Still green. My bloating is better. Those s days need to be calmed down. I can't believe how big my stomach has gotten!

Tonight I'm going to a concert/recording session- American Folk type of music. I'm excited. I rarely go anywhere anymore. Its like life got hard so I just stayed home and hid away ...

Lilybug

Good for you for waiting!

I find it weird how afraid I am of the slightest discomfort

Lilybug

I'm loving your gratitude list. It makes me realize that I focus too much on what is going wrong instead of going right!

Lilybug

Green days since Thursday ðŸ™ŒðŸ» except for my (wild) s days.

I have been filling my plate pretty full-so afraid of getting hungry.

Last night I had chili for dinner and actually thought to pull back on it some. I got nervous about it, but did it. About a cup and a half or less of chili and ...

Lilybug

And then it occurred to me what rubbish this line of thinking is! I may not retire until 65 or 70, and even then I'm sure there will be other demands and commitments. So, last night I did a bedtime meditation and this morning I started the day with a few minutes of yoga instead of checking the news ...

Lilybug

I am just now reading this thread. I am so sorry, Allison. I wish I could give you a big hug and somehow lessen this pain for you.

I think I would consider counseling or a grief support group. I blamed myself for a tragic loss when I was in my 20s. It took years to fully understand that it was ...

Lilybug

Good for you on the exercise, Oolala. Its really hitting home to me now how important it is to keep moving. Now I just need to do it.

You can't get my mom to sit down. It drives me crazy sometimes, then I remember that if you stop moving you rust. Even at 88 she is not ready to rust yet!

(The ...

Lilybug

Well my first s day back on track was pretty essey :shock:

I realize its an s day but it doesn't feel good (REMEMBER THAT!!)

Today, i'm going to my mom's where we celebrate a birthday (brother in law) I swear my family is the most birthday-celebrating family! Its good, though- its a good excuse ...

Lilybug

I feel like this weekend was pretty sane and I'm happy for that. But I'm a perfectionist and I notice that I usually start No S really, really well for a couple months. Maybe even 4 or 5 months. Then I inevitably fail and find it really hard to pick myself up again. Like, if I can't do it perfectly ...

Lilybug

Hi Crystal. I am just returning to no s, as well. I, also stopped dieting and gained weight-

Good luck to you!

Lilybug

May I gently suggest that you regard the next nine weeks as training for the holiday eating season. You want to be in great "shape" for that. Not in looks but in habit. Traditional dieting is terrible prep for it!

Great idea and way to frame a success. I'm in training!

I have coworkers still ...

Lilybug

Well, here I am again, and glad of it. I went on the "screw it, I'm going to eat what I what when I want" plan, and succeeded in gaining more weight.

I used my sister's ww app to look at connect (basically ww Instagram) and felt motivated by everyone's weight loss. But looking at what they are ...

Lilybug

Thanks! I have checked out the leave/back thread. It's pretty convincing.

Lilybug

I started no s a few months ago being totally fed up with counting points and spending a good deal of time thinking and trying to motivate myself to lose weight. I really liked no s although I still had a hard time following the simple rules.

I guess I just gave up on trying altogether, because I ...

Lilybug

Hard to hear the talk also when their weight is dropping so fast and mine is climbing! I wonder if the diet talk makes me anxious and actually eat more!

Lilybug

I've not done well at all this week. One or two green days! I feel terrible. Gut is upset and I'm so tired. No energy.

Getting bummed about my weight too. It's creeping up and up ðŸ˜¨

Lilybug

I use coon creek split shank ham hocks and sear after sautÃ©ing onions and celery. I add this to drained soaked pintos and put in slow cooker with a couple of inches of water covering. Toss in a bay leaf and cook all day. They were really good. I'm from ky so I love my beans!

I had another red day ...

Lilybug

SUCCESS for Monday and 4thbof July is an s day. Ate a lot today!!

Lilybug

SUCCESS

for Friday.

Lilybug

FAILURE

had a bit of a second portion of pinto beans and cornbread that I had for dinner. I also got too full after. Afraid I got too hungry for dinner then wolfed it down.

Lilybug

SUCCESS

feeling better today. I had more nutritious food.

Lilybug

Tuesday FAILURE . Did fine until dinner. I ate fish sticks and baguette with tomato salad. It would have been a success, but I went back and got more bread and a baby bel cheese.

I feel really bad. Bloated, extremely tired. I haven't been sleeping very well at all for a long time. I have taken an ...

Lilybug

Saturday and Sunday were high s days. I had a donut and a half, Chocolate and a lot f it, sausage biscuit, etc. oh and alcohol after. Got back. So tired I had 2 moscow mules and a lite beer and several cigarettes. So exhausted! But stoked about painting!

Back to work yesterday and I was so tired I ...

Lilybug

Good point, Merry. It's getting better, although I have met setbacks. I've been n a painting workshop an driving an hour each way every day. Tomorrow is the last day and I'm exhausted, but happy! It's been great. I need more than food and drink as a hobby lol.

Thursday and Friday were probably ...

Lilybug

Thank you Elyssa! And everyone. Sometimes stress take over like a panic. I want to eat or drink or smoke or do SOMETHING! (Didn't smoke and I poured a beer but drank just half of it. I ate cheese Nd crackers and a few chips and that was dinner. Just not feeling it.

But some days you just don't feel ...

Lilybug

FAILURE Ate a cinnamon roll today. Very stressful busy day.

Lilybug

Yes, I also think I got some of my issues around food when I was young. I was teased quite ruthlessly by my brothers. I look back on pictures of me and I wasn't the humongous fat pig they teased me that I was, but it stuck. My parents were always dieting as well. My mom survived on pots of coffee ...

Lilybug

Thanks, oolala. You're right. This is where the commitment to to change habit really kicks in. I can't deny that I'm worried about my weight, but I feel so much relief about food especially on n days, that it has to be worth it.

It's so nice to order what I want from a restaurant, to not calculate ...

Lilybug

Thank you all so much. I am feeling so bad about Sunday. Yes, relief that my N day is here for sure!

Also, buying things like ice cream bars- I'm not ready for it. I was feeling cocky because I had been leaving things in the pantry that I normally would have been all over.

You guys give me hope ...

Lilybug

So much for feeling more n control. Somehow, I really overrate today, including 3'ice cream bars and a half package of ladyfingers, even though I don't care much for them. I realize these are issues that aren't going away overnight, but it still stinks. I get tired or nervous about something coming ...

Lilybug

Thanks, Linda! Yes, I'm still floored that I'm not thinking about food 24/7 and that when I do eat, I'm eating with more enjoyment and less wolfing it down. Probably because I've left the guilt behind.

Yesterday (Saturday) I had a piece of cheesecake and some chips, but other that that nothing too ...

Lilybug

Friday SUCCESS

Lilybug

Wow! I would love to go to Tahoe!!

Your meals make me look like a glutton

Looked you up on IG. You look great and those girls are such beauties!

Lilybig

Lilybug

SUCCESS

Lilybug

I'm still wondering what a jalapeño margarita is like!

Lilybug

Congratulations for your success and thank you so much for your input on these boards. It's reassuring to know that it can be done and without losing your mind or beating yourself up for every "failure".

I love that you are appreciative of your body. It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but really we ...

Lilybug

Monday SUCCESS
Tuesday SUCCESS

Lilybug

At a restaurant in a city I was visiting, I ordered breakfast (eggs, bacon, etc.) and they served it with some salad greens. It was so good with breakfast! Thanks for the reminder.

I do drink green smoothies for breakfast sometimes. I love them. Premier protein (from ww days I bought them) whirred ...

Lilybug

For me, holding on to feelings about how I look and then depriving myself until I look "better" is a negative experience. Remembering how my body physically feels after overeating, and taking steps to avoid those sick / painful feelings feels like I am caring for my body and myself.

What a ...

Lilybug

That is where I would love to be as well!

I feel on edge when people talk about their diets at work now. I just smile and nod and try to change the subject as soon as I can.

I have always thought I'd like to be like my ex sil. She was overweight at one point, then she lost it. She never dieted ...

Lilybug

Thanks. I'm less of a type a about keeping track of things but I can see how not weighing is maybe not facing reality.

I did step on the scale. Yikes! 179 lbs. I'm 5' 7.

I'm glad I did it and I actually don't feel the desire to run back to ww after all. I think I do want to check my meals for ...

Lilybug

Very informative and helpful. Thank you.

I've not weighed since I started and I'm sure my weight is up by the fit of my clothes.

I'd rather not weigh until my weight comes down,
But I'm not sure if that is a silly way to look at it or not.

Lilybug

Just wondering who weighs themselves regularly and if you alter your eating because of the result you see on that scale (as in, "I'm up 3 lbs this week, better reduce my portion sizes")

Lilybug

Great success! Thanks for posting. It's an inspiration.

It's a relief to not have to feel like you need to eat all the time. I'm shocked when I think how ingrained snacking all day long was for me.

Lilybug

I appreciate each story of your own experiences and your thoughts on it all. Thanks everyone.

Lilybug

Thanks everyone. A lot to think about. Just for today, I'm going to eat lighter because I want to. My stomach actually does not want to be full.

I have been eating really large portions beacause I was such a big snacker that it made me nervous to swear off snacks. I'm beginning to realize that I ...

Lilybug

I saw a video of me on fb (thanks sis) and I looked huge! I ate soooo much on my s day birthday (and I have really been eating a lot period, even though I have managed to get quite a few green days.

I feel crappy today. What are your suggestions at this point? Is this the feeling that makes you ...

Lilybug

Lol. Yep, I had a feeling about the orange cake too. Oh well, had to settle with a free pastry at Panera for my breakfast :wink:

Really beautiful day, and I'm headed to the lake for more festivities. I'm exhausted though from digging up an evil rose bush that I've despised for a long time. Looks ...

Lilybug

FAILURE

I took half a day off work and hung out with my friends around the pool and had several drinks along with bits of cheese and that orange cake never made it to breakfast.

I was in birthday celebration mode. Or that's my excuse.

Lilybug

Good point. It wouldn't. But I'm afraid if I see a big gain then I'll freak out and start grasping at straws again. Maybe. Maybe not. I'm pretty fed up with the diet stuff.

Today was a SUCCESS .

This weekend is my birthday so I'm guessing there will be opportunities for goodies (yay actually lol ...

Lilybug

Your last meal made me chuckle. All your meals sound so delicious and Slightly fancy

then one that sounds like mine with the burger and wine

Lilybug

Thanks oolala! I do feel like I may have gained some weight

I haven't weighed since I started this thing and before. I was sick of monitoring everything and the ups and downs of all that. I'm afraid to now!

Lilybug

SUCCESS

Still eating pretty good size portions

Lilybug

FAILURE

all good until dinner. Ate salmon, asparagus and rice. Then I wanted more rice with sugar and cinnamon. Then I ate a bag of coconut chips. Ugh.

Feels like pms. Got into a banter with my husband over stupid past stuff.

Lilybug

Skycat, I think it may. I can see it's a slippery slope and I understand this needs to be done as directed. No chocolate sprinkles on my vanilla.

I'm going to count on my habitual and here that day as a red day.

I hope I do change, I'm afreaid because I'm bad about doing over and over things I ...

Lilybug

I'm sorry for the pain (mentally and physically)!you have been going through, but I can see you are dealing with it in a very conscious way and I love that.

It makes me want to be more in tuned with my own life. I tend to push things down or pretend they aren't there at times.

I love your ...

Lilybug

Congratulations! Friday's are the hardest! I like the visual of habitcal. Don't want to mess up all that nice green with a blaring red Lol! Although, I do love the color red

Enjoy the weekend!

Lilybug

Thanks, guys. Sorry to be so negative. I've been so cranky lately! I guess I got so fed up with diets that I wanted to be done with even hearing about them! I can remember when people didn't talk about everything they ate or didn't eat. We talked about more interesting things than constant ...

Lilybug

FAILURE

Changed from green previously because it wasnt following the s rules fully
But not ideal. I had dinner on one plate and no snacks, but before my dinner came out of the oven, I had some cheese and dried salami. I'm counting as green because it was all one meal, but I failed on the one ...

Lilybug

SUCCESS

cranky again today- looking forward to the weekend. Work has been stressful. I'm glad I had another Green Day!

Lilybug

SUCCESS

I did pretty well today. I made sure everything was on the same plate. I had been using little plates of more than one item, which I figured was the same as being on the same big plate, but after reading more of the book, I think it is important to be on the same plate. It looks like more ...

Lilybug

I find myself sick of hearing about everyone's diets at work. It's like a constant topic. I guess I understand, but that is what I'm trying to get away from- the constant obsession with dieting.

It does make me slightly nervous with everyone losing weight on their carb programs and I feel as if I ...

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