Everyday Systems

JillyBean

Just wanted to stop by and say "Happy New Year" to you all. I think of this group and the No S way of eating once in a while because it was part of a big learning process for me.

What I learned was that it's not for me. I do not have the ability to eat whatever I feel like on weekends (even a ...

JillyBean

Hey, BA!

I'm sorry to hear of your troubles, but very glad that you checked in and are recovering well. You are an inspiration!

JillyBean

Just checking in to say that I have been, and continue to be, quite sick. It's a terrible head cold that is now affecting my digestive system too, if you know what I mean. So, food is off and I have given myself permission to not worry about it, though at times I still berate myself anyway...

I'm ...

JillyBean

Okay. Three days off and time to get back to healthier eating. It was fun, though. Yesterday was my birthday and my sister used it as an occasion to get the whole family together at her place. There were two new babies there (my passion) and they were way more fun than birthday cake!

Today is a NS ...

JillyBean

Today will be a "free" day. It's time for a break...

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day.
Success!

Phew! It was a close one, but I made it! With regard to sugar being addictive, and one bite setting me up for failure... If that's true, I wonder just how many days of complete abstinence I'd have to have to insure that I didn't take that bite. I believe even more ...

JillyBean

"No snacks, no sweets, no scales." I like that. Glad you're back, Tink. I too have found I am much happier staying off the scales. They are not user-friendly.

JillyBean

I've noticed that if I over do the sweets on the weekend, I'm all revved up for Monday and do well until Tuesday when the lack of sweets seems hardest. I kind of wonder if this is my body going through a weekly sweets detox or something. When I have a very moderate, but "elegant" weekend, the week ...

JillyBean

Today is a NS day. (I had a piece of whole grain bread for breakfast, so it is not a NF day.) I was pleased to discover that it was not as good as I'd anticipated. It gave me a "been there, done that" sense, so that now it will not be calling me all day.

The brownies last night were not a ...

JillyBean

clicklbd wrote:
JillyBean wrote:I, for one, am much happier eating real food.
Yes, I am too! I also feel fuller when I do that...don't you? (Or is that just me?)

I don't know about fuller, but definitely more satisfied, again, "just what the doctor (Reinhard, I mean) ordered"!

JillyBean

I know that your calorie requirements are based on activity level and weight. But don't smaller people have smaller appetites? Certainly, the stomach (the physical stomach, not your gut) should be smaller -- it's about the size of your fist.

I am a small person (5' 1-1/2" tall, size 5 shoe). My ...

JillyBean

My "weigh-in" on this topic...

I have tweaked No-S (as Blue knows) so that on N days I eat no sugar and no flour products. I also have changed my definition of the S days. Basically, an S day for me is a special day. It can be (and usually is ) on the weekend, but it doesn't have to be, and this ...

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day. The day is not quite over, but I'm going to claim it as a success because there are brownies baking in the oven (my daughter is making them) and I do not want to have any tonight. If I have already claimed today, then I will not want to come back and change it later.

Blue ...

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day. Success!

JillyBean

As far as I know now: Today is a NS/NF day. Success!

Like yesterday, weekends can be a little unpredictable. There is nothing on the agenda at this time that looks tempting, so I'm planning to stay NS/NF, but I have given myself the option, if something comes up. (My pants seemed a li-ii-ii-ttle ...

JillyBean

What keeps on coming to mind for me is the Aesop fable of the country mouse and the city mouse. The city mouse had finer food but ate in fear. The country mouse enjoyed what was eaten.

I can eat better food and enjoy it with this diet.

Kathleen

City Mouse & Country Mouse - gotta love it ...

JillyBean

Unless something very compelling comes up,
today is a NS/NF day .
Success!
At the moment, I am not feeling the need to indulge. I'm not feeling deprived. There is nothing going on that will make me feel left out. If that changes, before doing anything, I will report it here.

I did some ...

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day.
Success!

Yesterday when I got home from the grocery store my daughter and her boyfriend were here, baking a triple berry pie of all things! They helped me bring in the groceries and I put them away and left the kitchen. Truthfully, I had no resentments about not having pie ...

JillyBean

If I remember right, today is your birthday. Have a great day!

And while I have your attention - Thanks again for all you've done here. I know I am not alone in feeling a huge debt of gratitude.

JillyBean

Kathleen,

I am glad you are looking into this, because I have noticed and wondered the same thing. When I first joined No-S back in April there were quite a few of us "newbies" at the time because the diet had just come out in Woman's World magazine. I was so gung-ho (like most newbies) and avidly ...

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF Day. Success!

It's also grocery day.

And I weighed myself this morning. Haven't done that in quite a while. It is as I expected. I have neither gained nor lost. I need to lose about 40 pounds, and it's not just for vanity. It will help me stay off blood pressure medication. So ...

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day.
Success!

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day. Success!

JillyBean

Kathleen: Thanks for the response. I like your feedback on it!

Well, I did end up eating on Saturday night. And I knew yesterday was going to be a "free day." But, I did not feel good about myself when I went to bed last night. I felt full and fat. I think my plan is still a little too loose for ...

JillyBean

I am not going to declare today a NS/NF day. It may yet turn into that, but since it is not necessary that it be a NS/NF day to avoid a "failure" on my HabitCal, I am not going to declare it. We are going to our friends' house for dinner. We will stay and play cards afterward. Oftentimes, we have ...

JillyBean

Hi Kathleen,

I have read with great interest all your musings on your thread. You are putting lots of thought into what you are doing and making it your own. I think that is key. I have done the same. I even left for a while so that I could really think it through without influence from the posts ...

JillyBean

self-will with regards to a food plan is probably something like eating whatever i want whenever i want

Aha! I like that! So, if I am following a food plan, even if it is of my own making, I'm not eating whatever I want whenever I want. I am sticking to the food plan. That works for me! Thanks ...

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day. Success!

For a short time this afternoon I was a little concerned because my husband called and we went out to dinner (and we bought a new TV!). I didn't know where we were going to dinner and really wanted to stay NF/NS. And I was able to. If I had not posted this morning ...

JillyBean

Hey, Blue!

Are you a fan of the Big Book? I LOVE it! In fact, before coming here to read messages, I was typing up a list I'd made (I'm doing my own study of the BB) of what it explicitly says is required to "recover." Interestingly, it says that the first requirement is to be convinced that when I ...

JillyBean

"Trudging" or "skipping"?? I'd say you are skipping on to one year.

JillyBean

Today is a NS/NF day. Success!

Just a note here... This method of having to be accountable seems to be working well for me. Instead of putting pressure on me to "do it right" as you might think it would, what it is doing is taking my mind off the option of changing something. As in vanilla no-s ...

JillyBean

Hey, Blue!

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your 6 month anniversary!! You are truly an inspiration!

JillyBean

Thanks, Blue! Me, too.

It's good to see you still here and active.

Today is a NS/NF day.

Success!

JillyBean

It's been a while. I have been working on getting a food plan that works for me. I've tweaked No-S and ramped up my exercising a bit. What I think is true for me is that my food plan needs to be a little more stringent. So, I'm doing no sugar and no flour, and I don't have every weekend available as ...

JillyBean

Yeah, I thought afterward it might be something like that. Adding a tag has a different "flavor" now. Works great, though. Thanks, again.

JillyBean

Okay, now it's working. Did you do that before replying? Or just coincidence? Whatever. I'm happy now. Thanks again...

JillyBean

Reinhard, I assume you are the only one who can fix this (please let it be fixable...). I think I pushed my HabitCal too far this morning. I was trying to add a new one, figuring out how many letters I could actually use before I broke the bank, but I think I already broke it!

What's happening is ...

JillyBean

Hey, Blue!

I think you have "arrived"! I expect this is what you've been looking for all along and it is truly working for you. I think that's great and I say, "Good for you!"

And you are such an inspiration here at this website. I don't come here too often anymore, but I check in once in a while ...

JillyBean

It seems my old binge eating habits will never go away..

I think the habit needs to be replaced , i.e. it will not "go away." But it takes longer than two weeks. And I also think that our bodies never get to the point that they don't crave more sweets once they get some . But I do know from ...

JillyBean

I have not been posting lately for a couple different reasons, some of which could be explained in this quote. I copied it from something I wrote this morning in the General Discussion threads. If I were clever I could have added a link, but... At any rate, I thought it would be good to have this in ...

JillyBean

I'm one of those that started fading away, but I have kept reading every few days just to see what is happening. I can only speak for myself, but that's true for everyone, so here is what happened in my case:

I love eating the No-S way. It makes perfect sense. I know that it's something I can use ...

JillyBean

Success!

I used one of my s-event discrepancies yesterday. It wasn't planned in advance, so I started to question myself a little and then realized that kind of thinking was going to get me in trouble and that the reason I set up my Chocolate Mint No-S is for just this reason. It's supposed to be ...

JillyBean

Having been married to the same guy for over 30 years (our 31st anniversary is next month) and actually there's been nobody else for about 5 years longer than that, the thought of a first date scares me so much I wouldn't be able to eat a thing!! LOL

It might work for some though...

JillyBean

Success!

Good going on finding a twist/tweak that works for you Jill! :D

Thanks, OG. For now it certainly seems to be working. I enjoyed this past weekend and the safety net the "tweaks" have provided me with. And the best part is that I did not feel deprived. The option is there if and when I ...

JillyBean

Success!

So far this new plan is going great! I realized all day yesterday that it was a Saturday (hence an s-day) and that if I had not added the feature of keeping my s-events to three a week, I would have eaten quite a bit more. I was hungry around 9:30 last night and thought about what I'd ...

JillyBean

Thanks for sharing this, BA. I shared it with my daughter, who also enjoyed it.

JillyBean

Thanks for sharing, Tiffani. I have just recently tweaked my plan too, as you may have read, and part of that involves the possibility of a fourth meal in there somewhere "if needed." I'm letting my appetite (physical, not emotional or taste "bud-al") be my guide about whether I have that fourth ...

JillyBean

Angelka, these sound like good "tweaks" to me. I look forward to the day when I only want to lose 15 more pounds. But, even the first 15 will help a lot! :)

I would also like to express my deep appreciation for what I have learned through No-S. Sometimes when I talk about "tweaking" it almost ...

JillyBean

Success!

So far, my new plan is working like a charm. It still is very No-S-ish. But, today is Saturday and I feel so much better about where my thoughts are going knowing that I count discrepancies instead of having all of today and tomorrow to be an "idiot." I guess I just needed a little more ...

JillyBean

resting52 wrote: Reinhard in a dress!

Can't say I love that image!

I doubt Reinhard and the Mrs. would either! LOL

JillyBean

I hope your new "plan" for No S works well for you ... so what flavor is it :wink:

Blueskighs

Well, I hadn't given it much thought, but at this point, I guess it would be chocolate mint ... :lol: Thanks for your support.

I think my new plan is going to ease the weekend "idiocy" I have been ...

JillyBean

Thanks for sharing all that, Blue. I grew up in a loving home with both my parents, but food was definitely used to show love and comfort. So, over the years I became quite attached to it. And then dieting would be severe deprivation, physically and emotionally. I think that's what I like so much ...

JillyBean

Wow! Even more good feedback today! Well, I have designed a plan that I hope will work for me and here it is, for those who are interested (like gionta, who sounds amazingly like me!).

I do seem to be able to get through No-S days fairly easily (knowing I have an S day coming up has helped with ...

JillyBean

CC, when you read this, I just want you to know I'm thinking of you...

JillyBean

The walk will do you good. Probably, especially if it's at 10 at night! Thinking of you...

JillyBean

Good for you, Blue! It is great to read about how well this works. As you know, I am tweaking a bit, but the main premise is still No-S.

I am curious. If I remember correctly, you are at a weight you are happy with, am I right? Or at least, I think you only want to lose a few... I wonder if it is ...

JillyBean

Wednesday: Failure
Thursday: Success

I started my new plan yesterday, so we'll see how it goes. Here is where I try to keep track of my progress and thoughts, as a rule, but since I have a topic going in general discussion and someone asked a question there about my new plan, I will move over ...

JillyBean

Thanks to all who took the time to respond. You guys are the best! Ironically, I found my answer in another post started by wosnes, "The Best Diet: No Diet." This particular part really spoke to me: This is the key: If you are interested in long term weight reduction, you need a moderate, balanced ...

JillyBean

I asked this question early on in my No-S experience, only it was with Life cereal which I consider sweet. My husband was the one eating it and he does not consider it a sweet. The answer I received was that with cereals it's pretty much individual. If you consider it a sweet, don't have it. If you ...

JillyBean

I posted this over on my daily check-in and, as I was typing, I decided to copy and paste it here for a wider possibility of responses.

I have been struggling a bit. I really want to lose weight faster than is happening. And my habit is to go on a diet. As I've said (or at least thought ) a ...

JillyBean

Monday: Failure
Tuesday: Success

Struggling a bit. I really want to lose weight faster than is happening. And my habit is to go on a diet. As I've said (or at least thought ) a thousand times, this is not a diet. Yes, I know I can do this for the rest of my life. And, no, I don't want to gain ...

JillyBean

Tuesday through Friday were NoS days for me, but they were really more like No-S events... Not too much damage done, if any.

The weekend hasn't been quite so "successful" though, but I know these are S-Days and I'm not supposed to think that way, yet it's true that I don't like feeling as if my ...

JillyBean

On the positive side though - the day yesterday reminded me one of the reasons why I am doing this: because feeling bloated and soooo full is sooooo unpleasant.
On the exciting side: I actually forgot how unpleasant it was, which can only mean one of the two things: 1) my eating habits are ...

JillyBean

KCCC wrote: I enjoyed what I ate, and I'm done.

Sounds good to me!

JillyBean

OG,

I have just gotten back after being away for a few days. So, I started reading to catch up on all the news of my friends and found out you have been experiencing something painful and I just want to express my sympathy and caring. Hang in there. Sending you a hug in the only way possible that I ...

JillyBean

No S: Success!

Walk and Shovelglove are taking a back seat while I heal this darn gout! It's much better today. Tomorrow I leave for a road trip with my two sisters to visit an aunt and uncle for a couple days. Won't be back until late on Friday. I'm going to play it by ear with the food. Shouldn ...

JillyBean

S-Days

Thanks for the suggestion about the Epsom salts, OG. I actually had some and took your suggestion after reading it. As I was soaking my foot last night my husband mentioned gout as a possibility and I looked it up and, sure enough, I'm pretty sure that's what I've got. Just one more way I ...

JillyBean

Yaaay! Such good news! Oh, how we love our pets. Last night one of our cats was outside (we always bring them in at dinnertime and they are not allowed out again until morning for their safety). We were unaware that she spent the night outside. It was a scary couple of hours this morning before we ...

JillyBean

Very sorry to hear that. Thank you for telling us. Thoughts and prayers are with you and the baby's family.

JillyBean

S-Days

The past two days have been rather stressful and I have to admit that I have eaten a few times when it was not in my best interest, but life will get back to normal again now. (Well, as soon as my foot gets better.)

I think I got a bug bite of some kind yesterday because my foot is ...

JillyBean

Blue,

Thinking of you and your kitty. What's her name? Hope you can have a good day with her today...

JillyBean

F, I haven't been around regularly this week as we are on vacation, but I want to say I'm thinking of you and sending you good thoughts. I'm glad you didn't dive into the peanut butter truffles. If you read my post of today, you will see that I'm learning that food stuff is losing most of it's ...

JillyBean

Tuesday: Success all around
Wednesday: I declared to be an S-Day . I guess it was time for a vacation day. We went white water kayaking and had a picnic. I brought "regular food," as in what I would normally eat on an N-Day, but someone else brought cookies. I had one after lunch and there was ...

JillyBean

Yes, the problem is that no one would ever have heard if it if I didn't use the word "diet."

So I prefer to dig in my heels and reclaim the other definitions of the word for human beings again.

Some stuff I've posted previously on this issue:

From:

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p ...

JillyBean

Sunday: S-Day
Monday: Success all around!

No S-events today. Just had a usual day of No-S even though it's vacation. I'm saving the S's for events and there weren't any today! It is really awesome to be on vacation and not feel like I need to eat all I can get because "the diet starts again next ...

JillyBean

Loved this post, 3aday!! Thanks for sharing.

JillyBean

Success all around!

And so begins a succession of S-Days. (Vacation week...) My plan is to relax and probably have s-events rather than s-days.

JillyBean

What did you mean about switching?You mean Cheerios? ??????????

Yes, Cheerios. You said a few days ago that they weren't lasting for you and you might switch to oatmeal. Just wondering how you were feeling about that now... I am paying attention to what I eat and how I feel hours later to learn ...

JillyBean

I find that being strict with No S rules has been very key, for WITHIN those rules is actually a lot of freedom and latitude,

Couldn't have said it better, Blue!

Amyliz, thanks for starting this thread. It's been a great one for me. Not that I think I've been backsliding yet , but I have ...

JillyBean

No-S: Success!
Shovelglove: Failure
Walk: Failure

The day got away from me yesterday and it was threatening thunder and lightning in the evening, so I didn't walk, and I did not shovelglove, either. I sort of forgot, actually. When I got into bed I remembered I had not done it and even ...

JillyBean

Success!

JillyBean

but this was for a master's degree in 1982, and things might have changed since then). First, I had my study subjects define what a binge was... Some people said that it was eating one chocolate bar in between meals; others admitted to consuming a pint of ice cream or a small bag of cookies ...

JillyBean

I love your signature! I think I'll have to start calling you "Scarlett."

I noticed you are still doing the Cheerios. Did you decide not to switch for some reason? I'm going to take some optimized oatmeal with me when I leave for the grocery store and I'll eat when I get there before going in. I'm ...

JillyBean

OrganicGal wrote: Because they/we/I are no longer wasting so much time obsessing over food....we are able to focus on life and living it and getting things done. At least that's what I am now finding.

I'll second that.

JillyBean

All around: Success!

Busy day today. Have a great day, all who read this!

JillyBean

Another one of those women from Woman's World here... I learned about No-S at the other WW (Weight Watchers). As soon as I read about it in the magazine, I quit WW, OA, and dieting forever. This is what I've been looking for for years! Oh, and I have 2 cats and a Jack Russell Terrier, since we seem ...

JillyBean

No S: SUCCESS!
Shovelglove: SUCCESS!
Walk: SUCCESS!

I guess posting is a habit now also! :lol:

A good day yesterday. After dinner hubby and I went fishing and we talked about the damage done by previous diet thinking and behaviors. We talked about how this does not seem like a diet to me, but ...

JillyBean

The hardest for me is no sweets. In the beginning I was hungry before every meal, which made me realize that I was a snacker before No-S and that's why I wasn't getting hungry, but now that I've adjusted to that I rarely miss snacking. I don't seem to have any social occasions during the week, so I ...

JillyBean

As I was going for my walk today it dawned on me that I seem to have let go of another bad habit without even realizing it. I wonder if there is a connection, or if it's just coincidence. If the connection is about putting things in my mouth or (more likely NOT putting things in my mouth), that I am ...

JillyBean

Lists help me a lot when I have lots going on. On paper it never seems quite so bad and it's great fun to cross things off as they get done!

Good job with the scale! This is something I was contemplating on my walk today. I made the decision (based on Reinhard's suggestion) to only weigh myself the ...

JillyBean

BA, I had to go look at my habitcal and see, and it's been 4 perfect weeks for me now. I have taken the weekends off as N days, but (and I hope you don't think I'm weird, but...) yesterday I just felt like doing it, so I did!

Try it, OG, you'll like it!

Isn't that right, BA?

JillyBean

OG, let me know what you think after you listen to it. I just listened again, and it makes good sense to me. I do seem to have some of the habits down really well now. My No-S days are just the normal way for me to go now, it seems, which seems unbelievable, but is proof, I think, of the beauty and ...

JillyBean

No S: S-Day

I walked and shovelgloved even though it was technically an S-Day. I just wanted to. The walk was great because I reflected on where I am going with No-S, how my life is changing as a result. I love it.

I also reviewed a podcast yesterday about... oh dear, I will have to go back to ...

JillyBean

No S: S-Day
Shovelglove: S-Day
Walk: S-Day

I missed my walk yesterday and my shovelglove. I think I will do them today if the opportunity arises, even though it's not "required." Who says I have to put yellow squares in?

Thanks again, Blue and CC, I really appreciate your feedback and support.

JillyBean

Sounds like it's going to be a great S-Day for you!

JillyBean

OrganicGal wrote:
I LOVE THIS PLAN...THIS LOVELY HABIT BUILDING...RELAXED WAY OF EATING!

Me too! Great job last night, by the way...

JillyBean

No S: SUCCESS!
Shovelglove: SUCCESS!
Walk: SUCCESS!
Lunch: SUCCESS!
Dinner: SUCCESS!

If I were keeping track of glass ceilings I would put a success on that too. An unexpected (but very welcome) guest stopped by last night. I had already had a glass of wine with dinner and thought I was done ...

JillyBean

First, I want to say that since starting No-S I have not binged once, though a couple times early on I thought I was headed in that direction and I was able to stop because, well, it just isn't necessary now.

To me a binge happens when I start craving something sweet. Sometimes this is stress ...

JillyBean

Thinking of you, CC. Glad you got a chance to check in and it seems to be going okay.

JillyBean

Welcome to No-S, Sandy! I look forward to reading more about your journey. Good luck and keep posting!

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