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irish

I'm back, but embarrassed. I did perfectly from April 9 to Nov. 1, then completely fell apart. For some reason, I was starving all the time (well, not all the time, because sometimes I stuffed myself, so I was too full.) So I'm back, aiming for 21 days. (During this last month I gained 5 lb., very ...

irish

Sunday wasn't too bad, not quite as good as Sat. Mon. & Tues. back on track. Today -
breakfast: granola, peach, blueb, oj, 1/2 toast coffee
lunch: cheeseburger, 1/2 order onion wings
dinner popcorn

irish

Exercise - 45 min Leslie Sansonne video
breakfast: oj, 1 scrambled egg, 2 bacon, ww toast, sm. amount Ch. whiz
1 v. small scotcheroo
lunch 2 ritz with cheese, chicken noodle soup, bol. & ch sand. on ww Eng muffin, 1/3 c. ice cream with 1/2 peach, 2 oreos, carrot sticks, milk
dinner: popcorn, 1 ...

irish

We all sympathize with your weight gain. The poster, blueskighs, has some very insiteful things to say. Her blog is http://www.nosdiet.blogspot.com/ She's very encouraging and had helped a lot of us. KCCC'c postings are very helpful, too. You'll find LOTS of support here, one of the best things ...

irish

I know that I've missed a few days, but they've been successful days. During the week is relative easy for me, week ends are still a challenge. Today: breakfast: organic granola, blueberries, oj, ww toast with whipped cream cheese, coffee
lunch: red beans on brown rice, salad with low fat dressing ...

irish

Tuesday -
breakfast: peach, blueberries, yoghurt, sm. amt. granola, 1/2 ww eng. muffin with pnut butter
lunch: chicken & stuffing casserole with lots of veggies, salad, milk
dinner: popcorn

irish

One of the best things about this forum is that you find out that you are not alone and that the idiotic things that you do about food are common to many people. I, like KCCC, am a recovering perfectionist, and it just kills me to put a red in the middle of my greens. Your "mark it and move on" is a ...

irish

Monday:
breakfast: dchicken a la king, oj, biscuit, coffee
lunch: taco salad, milk, tortilla chips
dinner: popcorn

irish

Saturday -
breakfast: 1 egg, o.j. ww Eng. muffin 1/2 piece rye bread, cheese, 1/2 peach
While cooking: generous tastes of macaroni salad(I now know one of the ways I gain weight - "tasting" my cooking. Since I now count that as snacking, my calorie count is down.) Also generous tastes of cream ...

irish

breakfast: fiber 1, blueberries, milk, oj, 1/2 ww Eng. muf, pnut butter
lunch: tilatia, potatoes, summer squash, milk
dinner: popcorn, 3 Manhattens

exercise: 45 min. walking aerobics with weights

A good week. I really don't have trouble during the week & try to eat somewhat healthily. Am ...

irish

I have to agree with blueskighs. What I like about No S is that it takes you out of the diet mentality. I know, you have trouble with snacking & I have trouble with weekends, but at least I have 5 peaceful days.

irish

Thursdays are eat out & shopping days
breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 sausage links, 3 sm. pancakes (Iconsider pancakes like bread)
lunch: roast beef & asiago cheese wrap
dinner: popcorn

irish

breakfast: 1 egg, 2 bacon, ww Eng muffin, oj, sm. amount of cheese, coffee, plum (yes, it all fit on one plate- I put the bacon on top of the muffin, then the egg, then a small amount of cheese)
lunch: bean burrito (ww flour tortilla), 1/2 c. rice (not brown- I still have some white rice in my ...

irish

Breakfast: organic granola, fruit, a few pecan pieces, oj, coffee 1/2 ww eng. muf with p. butter (I could probably cut out the eng. muffin with p. butter, but I'm always hungry in the morning & I love breakfast.) I didn't always like whole wheat products, but blue suggested trying to gradually work ...

irish

I'm going to really try to stick with checking in. (I kind of think of it as "diet" thing and don't want to do it.)

Breakfast: healthy cereal, 1 peach, a few blueberries, 1/2 & 1/2 (a real splurge, but I wanted to use it up) oj, 1/2 ww Eng. muffin with peanut butter, coffee
Lunch: salad with 1 T ...

irish

I, too, do Leslie Sansone videos - they're just great. I alternate between her 3 Mile Weight Loss Walk, Walk Away the Pounds, (these both use weights), and Walk Away Your Waistline. They're all 3 mile aerobic walks. I walked 2 miles everyday for about 5 years, but started doing these last Dec., and ...

irish

I forgot to mention that I love your idea of starting S days on Fri. p.m. and ending Sunday at 6 a great idea. Friday nights are always tough, and by Sunday at 6 I'm over the notion of eating and looking forward to Monday.

irish

I really must start reading everyon else's S day check-ins. It really encourages me, for I thought my eating on these days was out of control, when it's what other people eat on S days. Thank you so much. I find all of your posts very encouraging.

irish

lunch was a piece of watermelon, 6 cheezits, 2 oreos. dinner was 2 small vodka tonics and Mexican food - tortilla chips & salsa (too many) chicken tostada, beef enchilada, ranch beans & Mex. rice, all very delicious & very filling. Later 1 vadka tonic.For me, not a bad weekend, no binging, no ...

irish

Add to Sat. 3 more oreos. Today for breakfast - 1 egg, 1/3 c. pot. with gravy, 1 easymac with sour cream and salsa.

irish

Actually, for lunch instead of ice cream I had a piece of watermelon and 4 oreo cookies. Dinner - 3 Manhattens, 2 c. light popcorn, 1 Hershey's nugget and 3 cheese & crackers, maybe rykrisp. Possibly some pot. chips. Then I'll brush my teeth and that will be it for today. I know that it's not the ...

irish

Started day with 1 egg, 2 strips bacon, 1 ww toast, oj, 1/2 plum, 1/2 peach, large zucchini bar with cream cheese frosting (wonderful) and 4 pot. chips. Nothing during morning. Lunch - med. piece lasagna, salad, med. bowl ice cream.

irish

Wow! tomorrow is an S day. What will I eat? Last Monday ( after a not so great weekend) I planned out what I would eat tomorrow. Will I do it? Probably not. Oreos are calling out my name. Cheese and crackers sound wonderful. Hopefully, I will snack a lot on summer fruit. I thought about posting ...

irish

Joelle, I've been doing no s for a little over three months, and I still have trouble with no s days. It seems as if, once the floodgates are open, there's no stopping. And I eat three great meals on those days, but I eat too much and Sunday night & Monday morning, I'm very disgusted with myself. I ...

irish

I really don't think you should count calories, especially not on s days. Yes, you will probably eat too much your first few weeks on No S, but it will taper off. But if, on an S day, you think about every calorie you're putting in your mouth, you're defeating the purpose of No S dieting. No S ...

irish

KCCC, I too, just finished off some Mother's Day candy - and I left it sitting on the buffet the whole time! It's truly amazing. And now, this past weekend was a good one for me. I never would have believed, two and a half months ago, that this would ever happen. I just wish I could convince all ...

irish

Again CONGRATULATIONS to you. Not only have you helped yourself, but you are helping so many people with your blogspot and your comments on the board. You really are an inspiration, and I agree - NO S IS WONDERFUL.

irish

I agree with what everyone else has said. My starting weight was 128.5 and last Fri. I weighed 124.5, so I am very happy with that, especially since I had some very wild eating weekends. But the program really does change your attitude toward food. Right now I'm starting to eat more healthily than ...

irish

I had a good s weekend! Yes, I had a piece of apple pie a la mode for dessert on Sat., plus a half of a piece of wekking cake. On Sunday I had a few more nibbles, but when the weekend was all over, I was happy with myself.
I have started putting more whole grains into my diet (Blue's advice) and I ...

irish

I eat whatever I'm hungry for at my meals - the point of no s is getting into the habit of only 3 meals a day and only 1 plateful, not about depriving yourself of certain foods. So I'll have burritos or pizza or whatever my family is having. Since I try to make somewhat healthy meals for them, I ...

irish

Your memo to self is SO GOOD - I printed it out and put it in my no s book. Thanks.

irish

blue, how do you make your curried egg salad? Do you just add a little curry powder to regular egg salad made with mustard & mayo? Thanks.

irish

KCCC, thanks for the advice. I reread the podcast and this weekend I'm going to try no snacking, but having seconds and a dessert or two (or three). I'll let you know. I do feel that this is the only way to go. My weight is really pretty good, but I'd really like to get off the diet roller coaster ...

irish

Thanks for the advice - I'm going to try adding beans & legumes 2x a week for a few weeks and see what happens. I do know that during the week I feel pretty good while on the weekends I feel lousy. Does that keep me from eating crazy? NO, but at least it's down to the weekends and not all week long ...

irish

I just printed out all the good recipes on the 15 min. meals with legumes & beans post - they look very good. I hate to admit that I have about 100 healthy cooking cookbooks - they go with my 50 diet books. What a life!

irish

I've tried ww pasta - I really like white better, but am now trying to mix it half & half. I do like beans, and we have some form just about once a week. I haven't done much with lentils. And I do like ww bread.

When I posted over the weekend I was really disgusted with myself. It was an s day, and ...

irish

I really don't miss snacking on no s days (except when I'm cleaning up the kitchen and the leftovers are calling my name.) But on s days I change into a complete idiot. Yes, for me snacking leads to binging. It's as if I feel I have to eat everything on the week end that I forego during the week. I ...

irish

Mainly, I just want to feel less tired. I don't think I could go vegetarian - my hubby's a meat & potatoes man and it would be really difficult. Sometimes I think I need more protein - I make a lot of pasta dishes with veggies - and wonder if that's why I'm tired. I do find it hard to eat enough ...

irish

Betty, I think your nobinge failure chart is a great idea. I have trouble with weekends, and that should help a lot - I'm going tyo set it up right now. Thanks a lot.

irish

I'm back, had a delightful anniversary trip. STAYED WITH NO S, although I might have virtual plated a bit largely at times, and those drinks had a few extra calories. But NO SWEETS, NO SECONDS, AND NO SNACKS. Now I want to start eating healthier - any suggestions?

irish

Hope you're still with us. Really, no s is the only way to go. I have been on more diets than you can count (I'm an old lady, I was around when the first Atkins came out) and this really, really works. It takes time, but it cures your obsession with food. Stick with it. (After sixty days, I still ...

irish

I just counted up my days, and it's sixty days for me , too, today. I had lost track of time - the days went by so fast. Thanks for the kind words, blueskighs. I'll be back next Fri.

irish

I'm back and successfully noSing. Now I'm off again to celebrate my 47th wedding anniversary - thankfully it falls on a Sunday, so I can really celebrate. I am amazed - right now I only weigh 3 lbs. more than when I was married. But No S has really helped with that. For many years I really obsessed ...

irish

I know what you mean about wanting to be lean - my goal, too. But no matter how thin I get, my stomach always sticks out - and I get penty of exercise. Probably my age - 67.
I'll be gone for a few days, but I'll be nosing.

irish

I agree . . . CONGRATS! CONGRATS! CONGRATS

Do you have much more weight to lose? And how tall are you - to go with my blueskighs mental picture of you. You sound very with it.

again . . .CONGRATS!

irish

May 22
breakfast - 2 sm. sausage patties, english muffin
lunch - Wendy's jr rst beef, sm ham & swiss, 10 curly fries
dinner - popcorn
Not too nutritious a day - tomorrow had better be better.

irish

May is going very well. My nosdays are perfect, and my s days are much better. Portion control would help, but that will come, too - I'm optimistic and thrilled that this is working.
May 20 meals:
breakfast - ww eng. muffin with 2 T peanut butter, 1/2 banana, oj, 1/3 canteloupe
lunch (my main meal ...

irish

Am going to try to post every day - maybe I should make a habitcal calendar for that?!

8:15 o.j., 1/3 canteloupe, 1 large piece of toast with small amt butter, 2 pieces bacon
12:30 - 3/4 c. salad with lt. dressing, 1/3 c. asparagus with butter, 1 lg. c. casserole, 1 c. skim milk
5p.m. popcorn - 4c ...

irish

Isn't it great to feel free from food?! I wish I could convince every fattie I know to go on this diet. In fact, I really can't call it a "diet" - it's so much fun.

irish

Great podcast - it was as if you were speaking directly to me, for I have had trouble with my s days. This is my 6th weekend. My first two were terrible - ate constantly - the next three a little better. This weekend so far has been great. When I felt like having a snack, the key lime pie I had ...

irish

KCCC, I felt that I was talking to myself. Now, if I can only do it. But, here I am , thinking, I'll do it tomorrow. Tonight I'll have another Trader Joe's dark chocolate. Help!!

irish

Not a good s day, in spite of all my good resolutions. My meals were good - the snacking killed me. It's as if I feel I should eat every goodie I have in the house, even if they are healthy goodies, like bruschetta & bread.

irish

I, too, feel like they're "family", in fact, I'd like to know more about Mary Day & Joann. Will look for the first 2 DVD's you mentioned.

irish

After another great week, I'm ready to start my 2 no S days, but I feel more motivated than in the past. Wait (weight?) til tomorrow.

irish

I forgot to mention - you can buy Leslie Sansone dvd's used at Amazon - very reasonable.

irish

Jaymiz, I ,too, love Leslie Sansone. I do her videos 5 - 6 days a week and have for the last 5 months. I've lost and inch off my waist - down to 28", which for a gal in her 60's isn't too bad - and feel much more energized. Previously (for the last six years) I walked, but I feel that this is much ...

irish

I'm actually looking forward to my next S days, and how I can successfully manage them. I just finished my 21 days, and now I want to do a great month of May, with no regrets. I'll keep you posted, and am looking forward to your support. Also, I lost 2.5 pounds in my 21 days, not too bad for someone ...

irish

I, too just hit 21 days. Now my goal is for a perfect May, with better s days - no remorse and no idiosy (sp?)

irish

21 days straight - with s days not too good. I'm looking forward to May - I want to have a perfect month. Give me some support.

irish

Yeah! 21 days. My next goal is the month of may - to do it perfectly. My s days weren't too good - I was pretty idiotic - but I guess that's what s days are for, because I lost 3.5 pounds. I'm looking forward to the week end, in order to do better than the last three. Give me some support.

irish

Back to n days. leftover pasta and toast for breakfast, 2 pieces of pizza & salad for lunch, popcorn for dinner - can I lose weight on that?

irish

You certainly have my sympathy - I would feel very frustrated, too. But keep at it and do drink LOTS of water - it really helps. Hopefully the next time you weigh it will be much, much better. Don't give up. I really think this is the answer.

irish

n days perfect, s days not so good.

irish

Just finished reading this thread (I have a hard time with S days) and feel myself to be more like pangelsue and benjishi. Most of you seem to have much more self-control than I do, even though I don't like how I feel after eating 2 Krispy Kreme donuts and icecream & cake at a birthday breakfast ...

irish

I really appreciate all your replies. After I posted on Sat. I did much better, in fact, really well. Now it's Sunday, and I've already eaten too much - much more than I had planned to, especially sweets. But perhaps, being so full, I won't eat much until this evening, when I'm going out for dinner ...

irish

I agree with both of you - I spend the weekend worrying that I will wipe out the good effort of the week. I also wonder how you can build up a 21 day habit when you are taking two days off after every five days of forming the habit.

irish

I love my no s days, I feel so much in control, but when s days come, I feel like I'm on a diet. "Should I eat this? Should I eat that? I'll have to wait a whole week before I can eat this again, so I'd better eat it now. Or should I?" This is my third s weekend, I'm doing a little better than my ...

irish

I agree with all of you. Isn't it wonderful?! It's amazing what just 3 no s's can do for you. I, too, love to cook, and it's so much fun to make all my "real" recipes again, without any guilt at all, and to really enjoy eating food because I'm truly hungry. I want this to go on forever.

irish

Do you count just No S days or do you include S days in the 21 day challenge?

irish

I FINALLY got my copy of the book from Amazon, and I love it. First of all, I was very impressed by the endorsement from Miriam Nelson. I've read most of her Strong Women books and have tried following her Strong Women Stay Slim, but, like most diet books, you do have to be able to count. But she ...

irish

Congratulations on your wieght loss and your sticking with it. I just finished reading your blog, and was really impressed. As an English teacher, I'd give you an Aplus, it's so well written.
I, too, have done many, many diets - I have a whole shelf full of diet books - but so far, find the nos to ...

irish

When you're going for 21 days, do you only count no s days, or do the weekends count, too? I've been successfully nosing for 14 days now, counting s's, and feel great and really on top of things. It's wonderful not to have to think of "dieting" per se.

irish

Do any of you eat "real" food, like meatloaf or casseroles or hamburger helper or do you pretty much try to eat "healthy"? I always have veggies and salad with my meal (on the same plate, of course) but I do eat a lot of pasta and ordinary things. I also eat at taco bell or panera's about once a ...

irish

boohoo! I had 3 drinks yesterday - is that a failure day?

irish

I'm amazed at all the healthy foods you people eat! Does anyone ever eat Spaghetti & meatballs or lasagna or, even worse, fettucine alfredo? With a salad on your plate, the portion wouldn't be that big. How about hot dogs or hamburgers? Casseroles? Real meat & potatoes meals? Otherwise I'd feel that ...

irish

Another day done, actually my first week done. I had meals out on three days, but didn't feel guilty about what I ate and when I totaled up the calories of what I ate on those days (out of curiiousity, not necessity) it was less then on diet days with snacks. Impressive and a very liberating feeling ...

irish

Congratulations on making it to day 21 - I can hardly wait to get there. Do the s days get easier or better as you go along? My first weekend was awful. You're doing great - an inspiration.

gracie

irish

easy day

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I didn't do too badly on Sat., but Sun. was disastrous - one big snack day. Now I'm looking forward to next weekend to try again. Weekends are always hard for me.

gracie

irish

You eat such healthy food! I am really impressed. Hopefully I will get there, too. Even though I'm just starting no s, I feel it really is a liberating diet - it gives you a sense of calmness and control, except on s days. I'll have to work on those.

gracie

irish

I don't think I quite like s days - it's too easy to act like an idiot. I did all right for a while, then really went off the deep end and ate everything in sight. Hopefully next weekend will be better. Any hints on how to prepare for it? (I'm waiting for my book to come from Amazon, maybe there's ...

irish

Started last Wed.; nos days perfect, s days acted like an idiot for a while, then realized that I don't have to eat everything I've always wanted in one weekend. I've either been thinking of dieting, been on a diet, or goning off a diet forever. This makes sense.

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