Everyday Systems

Charis

My weekend actually turned out to be pretty calm. I did feel like one meal on Saturday was too big and maybe overall a little too much food on Sunday but no grazing or bingeing which I am very thankful for.

Today was pretty easy transition back to nos. So today is day 8 and a success . I have had a ...

Charis

Day 5 was a success so I made it through the first week. My s day is going well so far. It is my hope that I would have a calm eating weekend.

Charis

Thanks Debs for the encouragement. It is always good to hear from you. I have some big work deadlines so I am only posting checkins but soon I will catch up with what others are up to. I really am glad that I can come back and still see you here.

Day 4 is successful . I am hungry this evening but ...

Charis

Well I thought I had posted last night but I must have goofed.

Anyway Day 2 was successful and also Day 3 was successful

I am struggling more with remembering not to take seconds than with the other 2 but I did fine today. Sometimes I struggle with thoughts that I just want to do what I want to ...

Charis

Day one is a success. I was tempted to eat some ice cream after dinner and just start tomorrow, but how many times have I told myself that one. I ended up writing up everything I was telling myself about eating the ice cream and then analyzing it for the truth. I tell myself lots of lies about me ...

Charis

I finally found my way back. I have not followed nos very well but some of the habits remain in place and my family still reminds me about them often. So I thought why not get serious and get back to being accountable for what I eat and to eat with some discipline. So today is an "s" day and I guess ...

Charis

Tuesday, day 11, success

My oldest baby leaves for college tomorrow

Good news is she is just 20 minutes away

Charis

Saturday and Sunday S days

Monday, day 10, successful The weekend was pretty good and today was pretty easy.

Charis

I am thankful to come to the end of the week and be able to call it a success. Feels so much better than last week. I didn't get any exercise to day but that is because I last some sleep last night and was just too tired this morning.

So I guess today is successful day 7. Some day I will get my ...

Charis

Well I completely fell off the wagon for a whole week, something that almost always happens after visits from family. I am not sure what sets off the bad days of eating but it is regular like clockwork.

Any way I have been happily back on the wagon for the last 3 day. Yeah! And because I need the ...

Charis

Saturday, S day

Sunday, S day

Monday, S day

Tuesday, day 6, successful

I have my family here this week for our vacation. Lots of extra activity, times to eat and stress. I will probably take one more S day while they are here.

Exercised on Saturday (a little hiking/walking and on Monday and ...

Charis

Tuesday, failure , packed up 1/2 of restaurant sandwich to bring home and then ate it when I got home. Really no good reason

Wednesday, failure , took a second helping at dinner and barely thought of it until after I was finished w/dinner. plead temporary insanity

Thursday, day 1 success back on ...

Charis

Saturday, day 16, S day
Sunday, day 17, S day
Monday, day 18, Success Did some perma snacking on Sunday which I hate and I must eradicate

Still pretty hungry in the evening but I am hanging in there and declaring it a success even though there is a good part of the evening left. I am hoping that ...

Charis

Friday, day 15, Success and some exercise which is great because I was running a little late and almost gave up on the idea entirely but finally convinced myself some was better than none.

I had a challenge this evening as my youngest daughter passed a half eaten bag of popcorn for me to dispose of ...

Charis

I am sure others will chime in and give you some good advice. Here is my $.02

When beginning nos, the habits are the first thing to engrain in your life. For me engraining those habits brought a lot of peace to my mind with relation to food. The habits are almost automatic and bring more comfort ...

Charis

Way to go, Deb. You are taking some really positive steps to start moving in the right direction again. I too am glad to see you posting again!

Charis

Thursday, Day 14, success plus some exercise

It was a pretty decent day and I had a great salad for lunch today at Panera Bread. It was a strawberry poppyseed salad w/chicken. (for you calorie counters there website says it has 300 calories). More importantly it was delicious.

Charis

Wednesday, day 13, Success We had dinner for breakfast tonight and it was a little bigger than normal but otherwise a normal day with some exercise.

Charis

Tuesday, day 12, Success and I got in some exercise this morning.

It was a fairly easy day and I felt a lot better than yesterday when I think I suffered from a sugar blast on Sunday.

Charis

Saturday, day 9, Success a very reasonable sane S day

Sunday, day 10, Success not sane enough

Monday, day 11, Success back on track

I exercised on Saturday and on Monday

Charis

Friday, day 8, Success it wasn't easy especially when the rest of my family stopped at TCBY after running some errands this evening. I resisted even though I love that place. I guess it helps some that tomorrow is an s day. No exercise today

Charis

Thursday, day 7, success Things went pretty well today. I am really hungry tonight but I am going to grab a cup of water and just go to bed. I did get some good exercise in and I am thankful for that. I am liking the fact that the impulse to snack is going away once again. It feels really great to ...

Charis

Wednesday, Day 6 success I also exercised even though it was hot, I was running late and I just didn't feel like it. Yeah!

Charis

Deb,

How are you? I hope that you are doing better. It is hard to get back on track when you have fallen off. I know, I am in the process of picking myself up and getting back on the wagon. I have had stress in my life and disappointment also. It is hard to always know what to do with the large ...

Charis

Monday, day 4 success

Tuesday, day 5 success

I have exercised twice this week and though I am hungry in the evening I have managed to hang in there and not give into eating.

Charis

Two months gone - long time for me.

Anyway during that time I totally fell off the wagon but I always had my son pointing out my nos transgressions so I have recommitted and am trying to recover some lost ground - not weight wise which is pretty much the same but motivation and habits. Exercise had ...

Charis

I have had a string of failures this week but I am back on nos finally. After a year (well tomorrow will be a year) I had my first real struggle to stay on the 3 meals no snacks or sweets. It just goes to show me that I have to remain vigilant even when things seem like they are on automatic.

Charis

checking in 2 days in a row-yeah me.

Yesterday was definitely a successful day for me. All 3 meals were reasonably plated and I didn't substitute coffee for water when I was hungry - I mention that now because I am very tempted to do so. I have realized I have a still have a fairly strong desire ...

Charis

Hi, it is nice to see you posting again. I see that you are really busy with lots of big life events. I have my oldest graduating from high school. I have been away from the sight for awhile. There are a lot more people here than before the book came out.

I am sorry to hear about your grandmother ...

Charis

Wow, long time since my last post. Happily for the most part I have been following the no s plan. But I have also seen myself get a little lazy and taste dinner before its served and add a spoonful more food onto my plate at dinner.

Sweets are becoming less desirable to me and coffee (which I can ...

Charis

Last week I travelled for a conference and had a failure all three days - definitely stressed induced eating. Kind of discouraging to see that behavior slip back in but I got back on track this weekend and have been doing fine so far this week.

So I am restarting my 21 day journeys.

Days 1-4 ...

Charis

Thursday, Day 3, success

Friday, Day 4, success - I often seem to want to start the party early on Friday nights for S days but instead I had a cup of decaf coffee with a little sugar and cream and that got me through until bedtime

things are going well during the week - other than that cup of ...

Charis

I love and use a lot of the things others have suggested. I would suggest one more thing. When I started nos last May I let my family know that I would no longer be eating sweets during the week unless it was a special occassion. I am not sure they thought it would last but eventually they saw that ...

Charis

Wednesday, Day 2 success Had a great workout this morning and did well with food throughout the day. I have suffered with a headache and fatigue all day long. I am hoping I am not coming down with something.

Charis

I am really trying to lose some weight before my daughter graduates from high school the first week in June. Therefore I have decided to go back to counting my days of success to keep me more focused on the goal. I think I have about a hundred days before the big day.

So, Day 1 success

Charis

I have had a good day staying on nos. I almost sampled some bacon while making dinner but held off. Yesterday was an S day for me as it was my oldest 18th birthday. It was not a good S day for me so it was nice to have a very good nos day today. I have generally been doing fine with nos until ...

Charis

I am very excited for you!

Keep up the great week and you will have those pounds off in time to go sleeveless by the summer

Charis

Thursday and Friday were both successes. Friday was a little strange as I had a luncheon at an international women's club where I was scheduled to give a presentation. I am a little picking, can't eat anything spicy because of an autoimmune disease called oral lichen plantus and was a little nervous ...

Charis

Wednesday was a success - I upped my lunch a little bit to combat all of the eating my children were doing. It seemed that someone was always in the kitchen fixing something. I think it did help to feel satisfied so that I was not looking for anything else during the day. Just a little bit of ...

Charis

Tuesday - success. I didn't give in to grazing throughout the day even though I was stressed about a presentation I have to give on Friday and the weather was snowy, the roads slippery and kids that needed to be picked up and brought home.

Today is a snow day for my kids so they will be celebrating ...

Charis

Monday - a successful nos day!

Charis

I am sorry that you are feeling discouraged. Believe me I know the feeling well. Keep going faithfully and in two months hopefully you will see some of the changes you are looking for. In the meantime, make sure you are measuring other signs of success - whatever they may be like: not eating after ...

Charis

I have had my first pretty calm and sane weekend almost since I started. I did not graze and I didn't go overboard. I actually went long periods of time not thinking about food just like on my nos days. I did have some chocolate cake at a super bowl party which I brought because I was really wanting ...

Charis

Friday was a good nos day and thus a succes s. The weather was poor here yesterday in the morning and I didn't get to exercise much, though I did a little.

I had to travel a couple of hours for an appointment and whereas I use to think it was a time to celebrate with food, this time I had a sense ...

Charis

I am checking in again. I had a great time at my conference and with my friends. The "S" days I took were definitely fun and I think actually not as much food involved as compared to last year. I enjoyed my birthday cake and did have one more piece before bed as I knew I would not be having any more ...

Charis

I think it has almost been a week since I last posted. The weekdays have been fairly good, although I did overeat yesterday at dinner. The weekend was an okay weekend - not great but not terrible either.

I am leaving tomorrow for one of the funniest weekends of my year. I get together with some ...

Charis

Thanks for stopping by and the encouraging words MerryKat and Debs! It is nice not to be on this journey alone.

Today was definitely a success in my book. I had to get up at 4:30 a.m. and take my husband to the airport in a snow storm. Driving in bad weather is very stressful for me. The day did ...

Charis

Tuesday was successful both for nos and for exercise. And now it is confession time. I had been sort of wondering why I was struggling to lose weight on nos and it really is a number of things including how the weekends tend to get away from me. But recently I realized that the coffee drink I was ...

Charis

Hey I also remembered that I have 1/2 a candy bar in my drawer that I have been saving for the weekend for maybe the last 5 or 6 months - believe me that never happened before.

Charis

Monday was a successful nos day and I also got in some exercise. I just realized this morning that I have had 2 bags of chocolate chips (almost 2 months), a box of candy (only a few days) and 2 bags of oreos (in my children's lunch cupboard - pretty much continually there is something there) in my ...

Charis

The last part of the week went pretty well. I have noticed my cravings for sweets has returned to the post holiday level of before. A very good thing. I have been exercising, back into the routine of that also another good thing.

It has really helped to eat without so many distractions, to eat ...

Charis

The good news is that I got myself back into the exercise routine. I skipped out on Monday but got it in on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

On the nos front I have actually had two failures this week - one for tasting too much before dinner on Monday and Tuesday night for going back for seconds at ...

Charis

Yeah! I finished with three straight nos days. The weekend is here now and that has always been my biggest challenge, but I am working hard to keep everything sane.

I did get up and exercise yesterday morning and though I struggled through the workout I made it through and felt good about that also.

Charis

Hope you are feeling better soon and that the rest of 2008 will be a healthier one for you.

Charis

I survived the holidays. I am so thankful for the return of the routine of nos. I did fine at first but then the wheels started to come off of the cart. Many days were fine for the first part of the day and deteriated as the day went on.

I am home now and starting to get things back to normal. I ...

Charis

Today was a stressful day for me in preparing to leave out of town both emotionally and physically. The 1/2 pan of brownies left over from my youngest daughter's class party didn't help any. (I had my oldest daughter make them, because I am not sure I am strong enough not to lick the bowl or sample ...

Charis

No "S"ing is going pretty well, but I am trying to gear up for the weekend when we leave to go to our family for Christmas. It will be hard to have essentially up to 4 "S" days in a row if I choose to take them. One thing I am committing to not doing is to graze all day long on snacks and sweets ...

Charis

I am not sure what is wrong with me that lately I can't seem to remember to checkin more often. Despite my absence I have still managed to stay pretty close to nos guidelines. I have had a couple of times where I have tasted dinner before serving and technically all those bites would probably fit on ...

Charis

Friday, day 1 success

Saturday and Sunday, S- days, lots of baking for the holidays and some tasting but hey they are S-days so by definition also successes - days 2 & 3

Monday, success, day 4

Tuesday also a success , day 5

Today, Wednesday amazingly also a success, day 6. I did a ton of prep ...

Charis

Since my last post I have had 1 failure and the rest successes with some S days mixed in. I would say that I am struggling and yet the habits are holding. I say I am struggling because my portions are a little larger than before and nutritionally things have slipped a bit. Amazingly though except ...

Charis

I fell off of the wagon the day after Halloween and grew real discouraged, but by grit I posted a success on Friday and have had a good couple of days this week. I feel more in control again and have made a couple of adjustments to my day that hopefully will help me be successful again with weight ...

Charis

I can not believe so much time has passed since the last time I posted. First the good news, I have exercised everyday that I planned to. Yeah! I was successful both Tuesday of last week, Wednesday, Friday and today-Monday. Of course that means that Thursday was not a success. Oops!

The weekend was ...

Charis

My weekend was better especially Saturday; Sunday started to revert back a little bit, but I have a better idea of what I am shooting for especially the "s" vs "S" days

Monday was a success and I have exercised both Monday and Tuesday.

Charis

Thanks Reinhard for taking the time to offer some advice to me. I know how busy you must be with two small children as I have 3 myself and I think the adjustment to 2 was much harder for my husband and myself than to 3. It means a lot to me that you would help me as I was growing quite discouraged ...

Charis

Wednesday was a success for both diet and exercise

Today I did a heart raising strength training routine and didn't do a separate cardio time. I am starting to feel restless and hungry. This seems to happen nearly every Thursday. I am trying to remember that the weekend is coming, but I also need a ...

Charis

Tuesday - success even when my whole family had a bowl of ice cream after dinner and you know how much I enjoy ice cream.

I exercised this morning both cardio and strength and really tried to push myself

Charis

Monday, success had a bigger than normal breakfast and then was not really hungry for lunch but the rest of the day went pretty well. I have also exercised today and that is a good stretch.

I am somewhat discouraged as I am not losing any weight and I have a lot to lose. I tell myself I just need ...

Charis

Friday, success

Saturday and Sunday, s days not as idiotic as many other weekends so at least I improved some

Exercise on Friday and Monday.

Charis

Time to catch up again

I had one failure last week, Thursday, and it was not good but I have been doing fine since and have had no failures since then. Yesterday was a very stressful day for me and the temptation to eat cookies was very strong, but I realized that I wanted those cookies to deal ...

Charis

Didn't realize it had been so long since I had last posted. I have been kept pretty busy and I am finally attempting to get my office in order. A very tall order considering my husband moved his office home and his boxes sit amongst my already cluttered and disorganized office space.

Friday ...

Charis

Okay, I need to do a little catching up.

First the positives: I have exercised every day this week (Monday - Friday). Yeah! I have met my goal of exercising 19 days this month. It is the most consistent I have been since early in the year.

Now for the rest of the story:

Tuesday was a success It ...

Charis

Monday, success , I have to say that I watched my portions a little more carefully and also my food choices. I think I am just eating too many calories even in the framework of just 3 plates a day. Today I went grocery shopping before lunch (always dangerous) and I picked up a couple of things to ...

Charis

Friday, Saturday and Sunday were all s days. I knew Friday would be and I had hoped to turn Sunday into a nosday, but it didn't happen. This has been a rougher patch of road for me here, somewhat because of some huge cravings and also because I am not losing any weight and it is discouraging. I know ...

Charis

Thursday, success, another typical nos day except there were a couple of times I thought about having a snack or something sweet and I had to remind myself that I don't do that anymore. I still haven't heard back the results from my lab test, so I am assuming my thyroid levels must have turned out ...

Charis

Wednesday, success, fairly typical nos day and I am still consistently exercising which has been a major improvement from over the summer. My goal was to exercise 19 times this month and I think I have about 6 days to go to meet that goal.

Charis

Tuesday, success, , I spent a lot of time today and I mean a lot of time driving my kids around and also my husband as our van went into the shop to have the transmission repaired for the 3rd time (thankfully under warranty). It made for meal times to be a little rushed and not that satisfying. I ...

Charis

Friday, success I really wanted this day to be an s day, but I made it and fought off the cravings by telling myself that the weekend was right around the corner.

Saturday and Sunday, s days, Saturday threatened to become idiotic, but I was able to put the brakes on. Sunday was pretty okay and I ...

Charis

Thursday, success I narrowly avoided having two failures in a row, but I made it through the day. I did some strength training today and may be able to get in some cardio tonight. I am approaching my weekend by only allowing 3 indulgences in S's a day. It is a high number, but I am hoping it will ...

Charis

Tuesday, success and I did both some strength training and cardio

Wednesday, failure , this was a sad day. Definitely ate out of some sadness and also TOM. It started with just grabbing some chopped celery into my mouth - totally mindless eating, but hey it is celery so no damage there. But then I ...

Charis

Monday, success, it was okay today. My stomach never did feel really well so I guess that helped to keep me in check.

Charis

Friday, success , it was a good nos day

Saturday and Sunday were not good S days for me. In fact I ate so much I still don't feel well and it is already into the afternoon. I hope I remember exactly how I felt last night and today and learn my lesson. I am definitely going to have a sensible plan ...

Charis

Thursday, success Day went pretty well. At dinner I was tempted to go back for seconds and throw caution to the wind, but I managed to reign myself back in. And thats a good thing!

Charis

Wednesday, success , it was a hot day and my food intake was down but I didn't suffer in the evening with hunger. Since I only filled my plate for dinner about 40% I had left open the option of having something later in the evening if the hunger became too much. Nothing too urgent surfaced so I just ...

Charis

Tuesday - success I was a little short on protein yesterday and as a result pretty hungry in the evening, but I managed to make it through the evening without eating. I am planning on heading out for some exercise now so unless I get derailed I will get in another day of exercise.

Charis

Hope your first day in the clasroom went well. I thought of you as my children went to school today.

Charis

Friday, Success

Saturday, Sunday and Monday - S days - Successes by definition

I exercised Friday and Saturday. I was planning to take Sunday off and ended up taking Monday off. I think my ankle really needed it as it was pretty uncomfortable at the end of Saturday's workout and it wasn't even ...

Charis

Friday, Success

Saturday, Sunday and Monday - S days - Successes by definition

I exercised Friday and Saturday. I was planning to take Sunday off and ended up taking Monday off. I think my ankle really needed it as it was pretty uncomfortable at the end of Saturday's workout and it wasn't even ...

Charis

Great job, resisiting temptation! I love how this plan just makes it more and more automatic to say "no, I can't have that it is not an S day".

Great insight also in recognizing that overeating does not really reduce stress - just delays facing it often with a dose of guilt on top of it.

Hope ...

Charis

Thursday, day 21, Success Had dinner late because of my son's soccer game but otherwise good.

I went and lifted a few weights and did some cardio on an elleptical - which marks 5 days of exercise. A feat I don't think I have accomplished for months. I am hoping to have green month on my habitcal ...

Charis

What a great article. The Onion has some funny stuff. Of course this paragraph hit a little too close to home for me:

"Other nutritionists suggest that the need for seconds could be eliminated by an initial very large, or "heaping," helping.

'Larger portions could entirely eliminate the need to ...

Charis

Wednesday, Day 20, Success The day went pretty well and uneventful. And surprise surprise as of this morning I have exercised 4 days this week - a true miracle! My body is sore from lifting weights and my ankle definitely feels a little sore so I will probably ice it today. At least there is a sense ...

Charis

Tuesday, day 19, Success

For this Wednesday morning I have done some pushups, situps and some exercises aimed at strenghtening my arms. Hope to be heading out soon for some aerobic type of exercise. I have noticed some general stiffness, typical when one is getting back into an exercise routine ...

Charis

Monday, Day 18, success Even after a terrible weekend, it wasn't that hard to get back on track, though I was really hungry at dinner. But I wasn't even tempted to eat the cookies at my daughter's back to school night. I remember when I use to really be tormented by things like that or just go and ...

Charis

Friday, day 15 success

Saturday and Sunday, S days but definitely more idiotic than I had been experiencing and I felt awlful. I figure it is a delayed stress reaction to having my mom stay with me. Anyway I hope the next time the weekend rolls around and I am tempted to graze and overeat I will ...

Charis

Thanks for sharing the encouragement ClickBeetle! And congrats on the weight loss!

I just wanted to say how thankful I am for Reinhard and Nos. As I was walking through the grocery store today I was again reminded how different trips to the store are today versus how they use to be. I use to have a ...

Charis

My mom and nephew are back in Michigan and I am hoping things can get back to some sort of normal. Here is my praise: I did not totally fall off the wagon while my mom was here, even when she constantly talked about what she eats or doesn't eat or how this relative or the other has lost a bunch of ...

Charis

Okay I have been kind of occupied with my mom and nephew visiting so here is my catchup check in:

Saturday and Sunday (days 9 & 10), S days so successes

Monday, day 11, was an unscheduled S day

Tuesday, day 12 back on track success . I almost gave into the impulse to eat some ice cream this ...

Charis

Thursday, day 7, success this day was not as hard as I had anticipated, especially given that there is a big bowl of candy sitting on the counter. It is going into a very high cupboard.

However, Friday, day 8 success was much tougher. The combination of my period starting (which always brings with ...

Charis

Congratulaions on the new dress and the new size!

Charis

Wednesday, day 6, success It was a day in the car for me as I traveled almost 11 hours round trip to pick up my mom and nephew and bring them back to my home. I had one meal on the road, no snacks, sweets or seconds but quite a bit of caffeine as I was the only driver. So far so good today, of ...

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