Everyday Systems

Thanks for the support, CJ!
Without going into Success or Failure mode , the week went pretty well.
Funny stuff did happen, a small meal at work when I had wanted to try witthout. My timing is a bit out , I should just have a couple of pieces of toast when I get up in the afternoon , to last me ...

Hello Judy!

Although I have nothing magically helpful to say like the others I have to say that I am experiencing the same thing at the moment. The weight is just not coming off and other than launching those scales out the backdoor I am not sure what to do.
I have even been glancing at those ...

Right, I thought I better call this day 1 after a very depressive and self-indulgent phase. I took the kids to see Harry Potter yesterday and totally O.D'd on sweets, amongst other things.
I feel much better today!
So I am planning a -stick to the rules week- with a weigh in on Friday!!!

:? I have to admit I am finding it hard this week. It is that time of the month, however, so its probably not surprising.
I gave in to a milkshake last night - instead of small salad because I was trying to avoid having another meal. I have been having big meals again with not the best choices (how ...

Hi again, Deb!
Just wanted to say how impressed I am with your plan. Sounds like you are well on top of this
I wish somebody would remyelinate my nerves......

Love
Ingrid

Hi Deb!

For what it's worth, although I suspect you already know this, St. Johns'Wort is actually capable of having an effect on certain medications.

It induces drug metabolising enzymes and a number of important interactions with conventional drugs have been identified. I think the most commenly ...

Guess it's time for an update to keep myself on track.
Last week has been good in that I can actually drink tea & coffee without missing sugar/sweetners, so I'm still chuffed about that.

I've also been able to ignore the sweets at work and stick to 3-4 meals.
Until Friday, that is.
My s day started ...

:shock: What, no decent bread to go with the soup...you are being good. As long as it fills you up!
I really want to wish you all the best to stick with this plan.

Although I have only been doing this myself for about 6 weeks what has amazed me more than anything is the knowledge that for the first ...

Thanks for the moral support, Debs & C. !

It's still going well on the no sweetner front. In fact I almost can't believe that I ever took so many. The fact that I feel better for it is also quite telling in itself. I am now reading labels more carefully, too.

Food wise I'm still o.k. provided I ...

Hi Deb !
To hear you admit to this ( oh dear, MSG - something else to avoid :lol: )
is actually a relief to a newbie like me, probably because perfectionism is what what annoys me about "diets" in general. We live and learn.
My pre-no s diet binges would be finishing whatever I had opened, big bags ...

:) :) :) :) :) that's how many days I've now managed without artificial sweetners and I'm still alive, no nervous ticks nor have I started smoking...
Drinking soda water and herbal teas with honey has helped tremendously.
I don't want to risk anything by going back to it on my s day. Besides, I'm ...

Halleluja, I've gotten through another day without sweetners. Drinks don't taste quite so horrible now, especially with the occasional teaspoon of sugar . It has definitely helped knowing I would have to confess online if I slipped up.
On the downside I had a cracking headache yesterday without any ...

That's brilliant, CJ, a stone since June !!! Well done, to achieve that weightloss with nearby's Belgium and their luscious chocolates beckoning..(well, they were to me when we went there years ago. I came back a stone heavier)
Incidently I've a stupid question - are pounds (454g) the same in ...

well, food wise yesterday was a good day, no funny stuff. I guess it,s because it,s a habit now.

But going cold turkey on sweetners - it,s like someone's taken my crutch away.
Deb & CJ - your comments were brilliant and I,m definitely a sucker for empathy!!! The seed for ditching the sweetners was ...

WOW thanks for all that info, Deb!

I had kinda noted there was some anti-aspartame thing going on in no-s-land. It is so addictive though and usually encouraged by oyher diets, you tend not to want to face up to any possible detrimental sideeffects.
And as for Splenda, it hasn,t been available here ...

Well, here we go. As regards to sweetners I did badly yesterday. 3 cans of diet Pepsi and 2 big glasses of diet Pop (with a spot of gin as it was a night off ) 4 very big mugs of tea with 3 seetners each. Now as that is my daily averageI am determined to do better.
So, starting today I am not buying ...

Thank you for your comments ( Peetie,I'll be picking my moment with the sledgehammer to see if BE NICE TO ME OR ELSE!!! works...

And you are so right Judy, about having more time ! It does lead to worrying about other things -In my case artificial sweetners as I still have too many , mainly in ...

thanks for the encouragement, deb! I couldn't agree more, they're definetely Bozos :lol: but I work with them... It's a case of them not knowing what a weightproblem was if they fell over it and to be fair , my trackrecord for diets is not that good. That's why I'm so pleased to have found something ...

:D Hi there, yes another newbie here...I just felt compelled to say a big thank you for giving me at least 4 weeks of guilt free eating, a smaller stomach and a 4 pound weight loss !! I'm well happy ( as my kids would say). I haven't been able to spread the news effectively yet as I'm quite big (16 ...