Everyday Systems

For me it's the same as for JillyBean. I don't miss it a whit on N-days but I do still snack on S-days.

It's a whole new world.

I eat animal protein at almost every meal, have done so pretty much my whole life, and had only minor experiences with hot flashes about four years ago when I entered menopause. I treated it with evening primrose oil, and later with blackcurrant seed oil. I take the oil supplements for months at a ...

Thanks, Blueskighs. Luckily I do coaching (hence all my self-talk) and I did some serious coaching on myself all the rest of last week to "talk myself down" from the (entirely normal) tendency to keep re-living the situation (thereby re-fanning the flames of outrage, fear, etc.).

It was hard work ...

Still on plan, so: SUCCESS

Last week had a freaky weird situation -- got raided by the SWAT team. It was a case of mistaken identity, with some harrowing moments in the hour-plus they were here until it was clearly understood that they had entered the home of a law-abiding citizens. (They had ...

Personally I would not do a month off. In my experience if I get too "clean" (whether with sugar, alcohol, refined flour, whatever), then my body has a sort of toxic reaction when I reintroduce the stuff. I don't care for that feeling. (I don't care for the detox feeling either and will never cold ...

I haven't quite reached the point where I can pour a glass of booze into the sink Not saying I would pour it down the sink either. But for those who would like to get a green in such a situation and feel better about pouring out the wine in order to achieve the green, I just want to share a way of ...

More thoughts...

One thing I tell myself, and it's what I told myself when I began my exercise program at the end of March. If I don't drop sizes fast, or don't drop as many sizes as I'd like, or even if I start off in a plateau -- I'm going to stick with it. I'd rather be smoother, trimmer and ...

Jamie,

Since sweets seem to be the downfall (if I'm reading your posts right), you may want to consider a week of no snacks and no seconds -- and allowing yourself up to one sweet a day. That way you'll get a green even if you have one sweet, yet you won't be obligated to have a sweet.

I've been ...

Well, the week was technically a success but I had three meals of hamburger and fries. One weird thing is, I can remember only two of them! But I do recall on Thursday night telling myself this was the third time this week.

Now the two I remember were from Five Guys, an outstanding burger and ...

Doing the happy dance for you!!! Can't wait to join the "pants falling down club" myself!

Terez

Not sure if there's such a thing as "S days not so good" -- everything is allowed on S days!

If it didn't feel so great to eat the way you did, then eat differently next weekend. That doesn't make it a not-so-good day. If it was an S day, you were on-plan because S-days are exempt.

As for the 21 ...

Viggie,

I hear you. My attitude is, I'm building a habit right now. Losing will come in time. I'm not gaining and I'm definitely eating less junk than I did before I began the program.

My first week I was piling my three plates a day high. The second week not so much but there were days or meals ...

Gosh, it's been a week since I posted! Didn't feel good for a few days this week and while I "under" did the plan (didn't even have three meals every day because of feeling yucky), I counted that as being on-plan since I had no S'es. So, Success .

S-Days - Last weekend we went out for Saturday ...

This morning (Sunday) I woke up without that "hungry" feeling and I was disappointed. There is nothing like having a good meal (especially a no-holds-barred "S" day meal!) when I've got a ravenous appetite.

On N-days what's hardest for me is "no seconds." Yet, when I give myself seconds on S-days ...

Noturningback wrote: One could easily say; "I'm so stuffed but, I just need to try that cake. Would you mind if I took a piece home with me?"

That's inspired, Danielle -- and I'm stealing it effective Monday! THANK YOU!!

Terez

I love habitcal. I use it to track several other habits too. It just astounded me how much more "compliant" I became with those other habits, instantly.

I hate the red "failure" mark too. :evil: I'd like to be able to customize the colors. On one habit, I only put in green and "blank" for whether I ...

Doin' fine. SUCCESS on Wednesday and I expect the same as I finish today.

Weds:
Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 slices of toast, coffee with half-and-half
Lunch - Barbeque pork sandwich (delectable!) and collard greens.
Mid-afternoon - coffee with half-and-half
Dinner - pasta, green beans, garlic, olives ...

Again, SUCCESS . I'm amazed at how easy it is now to wait between meals.

Today I took myself to McDonald's and had a bacon, egg cheese biscuit for breakfast and a cup of coffee with half-and-half.

That so didn't stick to my ribs. I was hungry for lunch earlier than usual. Came home and boiled ...

SUCCESS

Day 1 of Week 2 and ... it's happening. I'm not getting as hungry between meals.

For breakfast I drank some kefir (OK, kind of a lot). But I had two eggs instead of three, and a hunk of French bread.

Got hungry for lunch at least an hour earlier than usual, and held out for half an ...

Friday was technically a failure but I don't feel like I failed.

First, I knew I'd be having lunch with my mother so I had a lighter than usual breakfast . Drank some kefir then had a couple of pieces of toast and a cup of coffee.

When I got to my mother's we ate almost right away -- which was a ...

Ah, yes, another Success .

Breakfast , again, three pieces of toast, three eggs (over easy) and coffee with half-and-half.

Lunch was a honking 12-inch steak and cheese sandwich. Knew I'd be working really late and didn't want to be ravenous and have a snack. What's weird is, I had no trouble ...

Aha. So it was probably the pancakes that were different and all this time I thought it was the lemons! That was exactly it, squeezing a lemon over top then sprinkling it with sugar.

I won't have the leisure to make it this weekend but I'm going to give it a go on an S day along the way before too ...

Where are you, funfuture?

The only time I had lemon juice on pancakes was at a B&B in New Zealand. Tried to duplicate it when I came back to the States but our lemons are different. I saw some meyer lemons in the store this week and thought of seeing how that would taste squeezed onto pancakes ...

Well, it's easy to keep having SUCCESS on this plan. I'm continuing to overcompensate by piling it on my plate, but it's my first week so I have permission.

Knew I'd be having lunch with a friend so I just had toast and coffee for breakfast . Butter on two slices, and cashew butter on the third ...

I'm new here, just came across this thread and read it from start to finish. Steve Cooper's first post had me howling. When I read KCCC's post that eating brownies then pretzels felt awful, I thought, "Of course -- they're both brown !"

I like the fist-worth's of a treat. I have a weakness for ...

Another Success !

Breakfast was, again, three eggs and three pieces of toast. And I ate the orange leftover from last night's dinner.

Today I was way hungrier at lunch and ate about an hour earlier than yesterday. Got the steak and cheese sub. It wasn't quite as substantial as I'd hoped. Didn't ...

OK, I still have a few hours before bedtime but I'm ruling my first day a SUCCESS .

Started my day with 15 minutes of exercise (T-Tapp). Just felt like I needed to after all the ice cream the night before.

I decided to heap my plates to be sure they'll tide me over. From what I'm reading this is ...

Hi Tracey,

I heard about the No-S diet on the T-Tapp forum. Decided to give the diet a start tomorrow.

Truly appreciated reading your very authentic posts here.

Best to both of us on this journey!

Terez

You know what, I don't want to eat the Dove Bars from a place of feeling that I'm being an idiot. I want to appreciate them.
I'm not spending the entire day binging. This is an extravagant treat that I enjoyed when I was slender. I want it to be a treat that I enjoy at any size, and I look forward ...

Looks like a lot of us are starting tomorrow, Nita.

BTW, do you live in an "undisclosed location" in Washington DC?

Terez

Tomorrow I start the No-S.

Today I'm being something of an idiot with my last hurrah. McDonald's burger and two large fries for lunch. I was forcing myself to eat the second fries, can't say I enjoyed them (much).

Now I have visions of Dove ice cream bars dancing in my head. I'm feeling pulled ...