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Okay, mostly doing a bit better, though still failing a lot. Yesterday was a win. Today I made it part of the day, but just had some buttery popcorn. Not sure why I gave in. But I'll try to remain strong through dinner.

Counting down the days until I'm out of here and then I'm not even going to ...

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Ugh, yes, at least out of here and into civilization. I seriously CANNOT wait. But, I have to.

Anyway, I did bad with dinner yesterday too and ate quite a bit and never really felt satisfied. I just kept snacking on things.

I haven't messed up so far today. Breakfast was terrible. Canned ...

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Ugh, already messed up today. Lunch was awful. There was nothing good. So after I ate a few chunks of steamed broccoli and a couple bites of some overly salty carrot pesto bake and a bite of some gross pizza, I ended up throwing most of my meal away and was still hungry. I ended up snacking on a ...

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Thanks everybody!

Making progress again. It's definitely easier if I can stay mindful and "check in". Yesterday was successful.
I am allowing one cheat right now. I rarely have access to fresh produce and we just got a bunch in. I'm sure it's almost gone by now, but I've been allowing myself to ...

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Eh, still not doing well. I never do as well with things like this when I don't "check in" and haven't had great internet access lately, so that hasn't helped. I've also been super busy and fitting meals in when I can, which is a bit harder.

But how about another reboot?

Breakfast was not ...

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Oh my gosh, after 1-2 good weeks, I'm failing like CRAZY. I need to do some kind of hard reboot. Not sure what that means, but I'm going to figure it out and do it!

So far, breakfast was good. One egg with cheese and bell peppers, some yogurt with frozen berries and chia seeds, and a few crappy ...

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Wow. An ENTIRE WEEK of failure. Most (or at least half?) were small failures - a couple slices of dried mango, a salad (that would otherwise go bad) after a very small dinner that I didn't really have time to finish. Others were larger failures like tons of candy on Friday.

But Monday is a new week ...

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Yes, Eschano, the free for all cafeteria can be rough! It helps that the food is usually not super high quality, but still hard.
And now that I'm getting used to it, I'm worried that going back to real life and having so many options and being able to make my own food is going to be hard to adjust ...

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Ahh! I've been too busy to post here which I think makes it easier for me to have little mess ups.
The weekend wasn't too bad. I definitely binged on the candy my friend sent a little bit, but only on Saturday. Also hitting the dried mangos pretty hard. But over all, the weekend wasn't awful ...

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I'm calling the last few days good and successful, though I wasn't strictly following the rules. But I had 2 very physical work days with an abnormal schedule that didn't necessarily allow for normal, structured, 3 meal eating.
Also, I was burning enough calories that I needed a bit extra when I ...

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Weekend was okay, but did involve some heavy drinking and staying up all night. Now my sleep schedule is totally messed up and my appetite is very low. Not sure if that's related to my messed up sleep? Anyway, both Monday and Tuesday were wins, even despite going to a little party where they were ...

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Good idea, Soprano.
I'm trying to tell myself that even baby steps are better than nothing as long as I'm actually achieving them.

Anyway, I decided to add another baby step. No more drinks with calories besides social events. I'll use "social events" loosely, like watching a movie with a couple ...

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I hope so!

Yesterday was a success and today is good so far.

Huge breakfast with tator tots, tiny bit of fake eggs, lots of yogurt with frozen berries and I think I had a few canned pineapple slices too. Can't remember.

Lunch was too big too. It was a VERY full plate, little bit of vegetarian ...

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Monday and Tuesday were wins and pretty solid. Wednesday fell apart and was a total loss. Today is shaping up to go well. A coworker and I discovered we both have Garmin watches and got into a week long step battle. Today is day one and I can already tell it's going to be ROUGH. Work has been pretty ...

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So the weekend wasn't fantastic. It felt like I was quickly reverting back to eating just because I "could." The problem was exacerbated by some truly awful weather so leaving my room to venture forth for a proper dinner meal was not an appealing prospect.

but today is going well! I think ...

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Okay, today was a fail, but only a light fail.
Breakfast was yogurt (not too much sweetened strawberries added,) and a bagel with cream cheese

Lunch was rough. There was NOTHING good and none of my fallback plans (basically hard boiled eggs or tuna salad) were available. I had a quesadilla, a ...

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Another complete win!

Breakfast: Yogurt as previously described

Lunch: Broccoli, just a few sweet potato fries, 2 hard boiled eggs and a few fake/vegetarian chicken nuggets

Dinner:Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, veggie burger with cheese on a pretzel roll, a few spoonfuls of tofu paprikash, a few ...

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No worries, not harsh at all!
And yes, I think you're totally right. I think I'm sort of failing a lot and playing mind games with myself to convince myself that I'm not because I HATE failing and I know I'll quit trying if I don't keep thinking I'm making progress.

And yes. I definitely need to ...

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I'm calling today a win too. I manged to turn down peanut butter crackers and peanut m&ms.

Skipped breakfast, skipped lunch

Dinner was a little bit of a grey area as far as breaking rules goes. I was really hungry from skipping lunch and dinner and I grabbed a tiny bit of a few different things ...

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Finally! A real win! And I had to fight for it. I ended up having lunch. A quesadilla with some salsa, olives and onions.

Dinner was a giant pile of asparagus, an amazing French roll, a quinoa veggie patty, and some buttered noodles with soy sauce. Again, large, but at least following the rules ...

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Predictably, failed again somewhat yesterday!

I had some overnight oats for breakfast. I tried using a mixture of normal milk and some coconut milk powder and I don't think the coconut milk powder worked with it. I might try it again but without. I also didn't have any yogurt and I think that would ...

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I rreeeeeeaaaallllllllyyy wanted to report a solid win yesterday, but I didn't! I had some salted caramel nut bark stuff for lunch. It was soooo good and I couldn't resist.
I did fine otherwise, so trying not to be too upset, but man. My complete lack of ability to turn down sugar is legitimately ...

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Thanks Octavia!

Eh, a lot of days I just do desk work and don't use hardly any energy. But I do frequently have some control over how active I am, which is nice. I can either task other people with the more active things that need to be done, or chose to do them myself.

Sugary drinks were also ...

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Too tired to ramble on, but today was a big fail. I did fine until the evening, then candy. Ugh.

Oh well. Start again tomorrow!

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Reducing your sugar intake will have a lot of benefits. Why not try limiting to once a day to start with?

Then when you have that under control every other day :)

Jx

Might not be a bad idea.

It just seems so absurd that I can't just only eat it on weekends! I can do better!
And I'm not even ...

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The last two days have felt pretty mediocre. Yesterday I ate desert TWICE, but otherwise did okay. Today I had a(n amazing) cookie and a sugary drink. I'm still failing on sugar, but I DO think I'm doing betting than before I started trying.

But I think I could do better still.

I've been a bit ...

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Welllll, today was a half win? Maybe? By a stretch?

I skipped breakfast and lunch was awful. I dished up some mashed potatoes and tempeh and dumplings and it was soooo salty, I only ate a bit. I also dished up a generous portion of not-too-great steamed veggies and I ate all the broccoli and most ...

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Thanks Soprano. Hopefully you're right about knowing if I'm fooling myself. I don't think i am so far. But I guess I'm not taking it as seriously as I could be since I assume I'll lose weight/start eating better once my contract ends and I go back to the states, since that's what usually happens ...

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Thanks, soprano! I'm pretty content with ANY improvement in my diet and especially any progress with eating less sugar. I think I'm DEFINITELY achieving less sugar (even if I still have lots of room to improve,) so I'm happy.

Day 8 I guess?
I did really well today until the evening when I bought ...

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Yes, Merry. I'm enjoying a dark, cold winter. Which is kind of why I didn't really care that I was getting extra fat... until i started not fitting into my clothes all that well and realized I can't buy new clothes until October.

I think you're right about the sugar addiction issue. Telling myself ...

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Definitely not perfect, but I'm counting today as a success too.

I had oatmeal with chia seeds, brown sugar, and a bit of shelf-stable milk for breakfast. I made too much and couldn't finish it all so I'm going to try to make a smaller portion next time. Since I don't have access to a kitchen, I ...

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Keep in mind that slow progress is still good progress. I think people tend to gain weight, especially as we get older, so the fact that you've lost over 5lbs instead of gained that amount is great progress on it's own.

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I've felt pretty awful and off all day - much like I felt yesterday. I'm not sure if it's residual effects from under-eating yesterday? Or maybe I'm getting sick? I'm not sure but I don't like it.

But as far as my meals go, I think I did fine. I had a fairly large breakfast - 3 eggs with some ...

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Okay, today I went overboard in the other direction I think.
I had a bit of juice and water with chia seeds for breakfast.
At lunch I had some other things i wanted to do, so I figured I would just skip instead of doing a light meal.
Then I thought about how fasting is frequently used as almost a ...

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Using food as a reward is something to think about, ultimately it should be to satisfy hunger and your nutritional needs :)

Jx

Yes, true! Although, if I'm totally honest, I would say that using food as a reward isn't even my problem. It's more just mindless eating and then later I try to to help ...

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Alright. Day 2. or really day 2.5.

I started out okay. Breakfast was moderately sized. I managed to avoid the sweet pastry again. Also chose to skip the chai tea because I always add creamer and honey and went for the mint because I drink that straight.
Later, I realized that technically I was ...

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After about a month here at No S, I've found that I do best when I have complete control over my food and my schedule, and worst when I'm at the mercy of someone else's food and schedule. I suppose that's pretty obvious, but it's useful for me to actively understand.

It's worth thinking through ...

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I think I do much better with developing good habits when I ramble on about them in a semi-public space on regular basis, so here I go.

I decided to start this 'diet' at lunch yesterday, but failed immediately. As some background, I'm working as a contractor overseas at a remote location and ...

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