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by guadopt1997
Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:28 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: When "S days gone wild" don't subside.
Replies: 5
Views: 11200

Very different from The Carb Lovers Diet: Eat What You Love, Get Slim For Life :

The editors of Health Magazine (and top nutrition scientists) have big news: Eating carbs is the best way to get and stay slim. Breakthrough research revealed in this book shows how certain carb-rich foods--especially ...
by guadopt1997
Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:21 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Yesterday was a very difficult day. I walked around the office, hoping to find somebody's leftover Halloween candy. But luckily I didn't find any. Back at home, faced with Isabel's stash, managed not to have any. I really wanted a green day under my belt for fear that it would take me forever to get ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:54 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

November:

1: 216 (sigh...) SUCCESS
2: SUCCESS
3: FAILURE (taste of apple pie at lunch to see if I wanted to buy, then Halloween candy (6 minis and one bag peanut M&Ms, and small bowl of cereal, two jolly ranchers--crashed the car)
4:
5:
6: S day
7: S day
8:
9:
10:
11:
12 (birthday): S ...
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:38 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Sunday: a very reasonable S day.

Monday: success
Tuesday: success
Wednesday: success
Thursday: qualified success in that one avocado roll would have been enough at lunch (though all still one plate) and I finished Isabel's grapes at dinner even though I'd had my own.
Friday: Michael's retirement ...
by guadopt1997
Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:25 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Saturday: over the top, after a really good morning and afternoon.
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:28 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Thursday: SUCCESS

Going to the block party tonight. Not sure what I'll do. Maybe make it an S event and then be careful on the weekend. Maybe I'll wait to see what they have. Anyway, new people, maybe better to get to know them than eat!

How did it go? I had one plate of food. Nothing worth ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:57 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Mindless Eating
Replies: 9
Views: 16318

He suggests food trade-offs (things like "if I exercise, I can have potato chips")

I disagree with this too. Because if you have to stop exercising at some point (say because you're having foot surgery, as I am, in January), then you also have to work on cutting down those treats you were having ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:44 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Tuesday: SUCCESS
Wednesday: SUCCESS (had a bit of pizza off Isabel's plate, but it would have fit on mine.
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:27 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Having patience
Replies: 5
Views: 13094

If I were you, I'd go get a physical. Good luck.
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:23 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Pretty good weekend, did not go wild.

Monday: SUCCESS
by guadopt1997
Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:45 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Good, in control S day, yesterday.

Friday not good. Crashed the car.
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:36 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Trying again when, right in the middle of Tuesday afternoon, after large breakfast and lunch, I decided I didn't want to chow down on sweets like I've been doing for a while, which having blown the "diet" that day already would give me license to do and which would then lead to an evening of ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:52 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Had a permasnacking evening that included sweets and I'm guessing it's because my one-plate dinner form McDonald's was full of fat and salt.
by guadopt1997
Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:36 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Coffee and Weight Loss
Replies: 26
Views: 36656

And I just came on the boards to ask if I should count this morning's bottle of frappuccino as a "sweet"!!
by guadopt1997
Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:18 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Took a friend to lunch for her birthday and decided to treat it as an S event. We overdid it because we got the three-course prix-fixe. But I took some of the food home so it wasn't obscene...

The odd thing was that I felt totally sleepy starting about an hour after the meal and had to go straight ...
by guadopt1997
Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:05 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

It's been a while but I think I'm back.
by guadopt1997
Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:07 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: WEIGHT GAIN *ARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH*
Replies: 28
Views: 40632

For me it went the other way around: plenty of pounds lost but not much change in the way my clothes fit and look after the first 20 pounds. I'd rather it was backwards...
by guadopt1997
Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:46 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Breakfast like king, lunch like prince, dinner like pauper
Replies: 11
Views: 21202

Breakfast like king, lunch like prince, dinner like pauper

This was in a post I read yesterday (I'm not saying it's new or orignial, only that I just saw it again).

Most people who post their meals here seem to be eating the least at breakfast.

If anyone practices this approach, what would a king's breakfast look like?
by guadopt1997
Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:12 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: * * * December challenge * * *
Replies: 33
Views: 41439

Renée, you are so sweet to encourage all of us! Right back at you!

Liz
by guadopt1997
Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:16 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Dec 9: success during the day, avoiding goodies around the office. Not so good after dinner, so failure.
by guadopt1997
Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Thanks, Renée, for checking up on me.

December 4: not terrible, but did have seconds for dinner
December 5-6: s days gone wild
December 7: 2 ice cream bars in the late evening with milk, 6 chestnuts
December 8: trying again
by guadopt1997
Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:13 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Thursday: SUCCESS

Felt really sick in the late afternoon. Almost carsick. Luckily it passed but since I was in the car for the worst of it, I opened the windows and moonroof. Then when I got home I was so chilled. No fever though.
by guadopt1997
Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:25 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Wednesday: SUCCESS

Dinner was a little odd and lunch was a little large.
by guadopt1997
Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:19 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: * * * December challenge * * *
Replies: 33
Views: 41439

3: 24 and 25 December are S days. 26 and 27 December are N days.
4: 31 December and 1 January are S days. 2 and 3 January are N days.


MRSJ, that is a great idea!

Oh, and I'm in. The more times I can write SUCCESS the better --wannabe, December challenge, and daily check-in :) :

Dec 1: SUCCESS ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:15 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Making a "fence" around the holidays...
Replies: 19
Views: 27763

This is a really good thread.

I had a weight watchers leader years ago who told us to count how many occasions we would have between Nov 1 and Jan 1 to go off course. There would be 186 meals. If you were so socially active as to have maybe 15 holiday events, that was a small percentage of the ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:56 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Fourth start and Wii fit
Replies: 6
Views: 11854

Thanks, everybody. So far, so good.
by guadopt1997
Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:12 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Took me a little longer to get back on track but seem to be now, with two green days under my belt.

Felt a little shaky an hour or so ago, thinking I sure would like a second breakfast (my first one was an hour earlier than usual). But I managed to get over the feeling.
by guadopt1997
Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:52 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Mimi's Daily Check In
Replies: 783
Views: 1041546

Hey Mimi,

Have been off the boards for a while, busy and not doing well, but back on track I think. Glad you are too after your few days in November. I've never done the black Friday thing. Will have to check it out some time!
by guadopt1997
Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:23 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Wannabe club
Replies: 26
Views: 34870

December wannabe!

November 30: SUCCESS
December 1: SUCCESS
December 2: SUCCESS
December 3: SUCCESS
And that's day 4, but who's counting?
December 4: not terrible, but did have seconds for dinner
December 5-6: s days gone wild
December 7: 2 ice cream bars in the late evening with milk, 6 ...
by guadopt1997
Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:19 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Fourth start and Wii fit
Replies: 6
Views: 11854

Fourth start and Wii fit

This is my fourth start. The first was January 28 and I lasted 'til Memorial Day weekend vacation, then I had several days when I had trouble getting into the No-S swing of things. Then a two-week vacation in August that I intentionally took off (but did not gain weight). Easy reentry to no-S ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:43 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Wannabe club
Replies: 26
Views: 34870

This is my worst month ever. I've only had 2 green days. yesterday I came close but I ended up having to work from home for two hours in the evening and then it got really late while I waited for the laundry to dry and was so tired. I ended up snacking-binging.

Not sure how to get back on track. I ...
by guadopt1997
Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:44 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Wannabe club
Replies: 26
Views: 34870

I need to go for the 21 again. I can't count this past Saturday and Sunday though because they were unreasonable S days. So today is day 1. I'd forgotten about the 21-day club, actually. So thanks for the reminder! I really need a motivator after 6 red days in a row.

Monday, 9 Nov.: failure ...
by guadopt1997
Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:38 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: stupid detour that was!
Replies: 13
Views: 19810

Welcome back, Renée. At least you were away following a different diet rather than totally blowing it here, like I have been for the last six days. :oops:

In any case, I feel like I'm "back" too.

Good luck to both of us! :wink:
by guadopt1997
Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:29 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

6 bingy red days in a row. Puts most of my other red days in perspective. They'd be pinks at most. Need to recommit. Had lost 7 pounds in the last month and have now regained them.
by guadopt1997
Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:02 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: November Challenge :)
Replies: 13
Views: 25755

Going to keep track in check-in this month.
by guadopt1997
Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:38 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

11 red days in October (because I count S day gone wild as a red day), 4 of which were weekdays. Will shoot for fewer red days in November though I'm not off to a good start.

My goal is to keep S days yellow. I make them red if I go wild.

1 S day
2 success difficult not to succumb to Halloween ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:58 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Day 21 and finally introducing myself
Replies: 6
Views: 12869

Anyway, now that you're back home, maybe you'll lose your American excess weight automatically!
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:55 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Vanilla or nothing?
Replies: 21
Views: 29376

Ironically, as a result of reading about the mods and tweaks, I've decided to make another modification: I'm going to eliminate Saturday and Sunday as routine S days. Instead, I'm going to take S days as they come. I don't think I'm going to set a weekly or monthly cap on them, unless it seems like ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:50 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Cool trick! Try it!
Replies: 6
Views: 13781

I'm 5'8" and weigh 202. I'd be so happy to be at 170! To me, 140 would be too hard to maintain. Plus, I read something interesting:

A twin study showed that when twins are different weights, the thinner twin looks younger than her sister when they're under 40 years old. But when they're over 40 ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:25 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: No S Catch Phrase Glossary (add yours!)
Replies: 157
Views: 325014

hilly6000 wrote: But then I just thought, "Well, when are you going to really change?" So I guess that's what got me.
Hilly6000 avoided talking herself into a very tempting sweet on an N day (so big deal, it's almost the weekend, I could just take a red day, etc.) by reaching the conclusion above.
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:23 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: I said "No" to:
Replies: 44
Views: 54277

hilly6000 wrote: But then I just thought, "Well, when are you going to really change?" So I guess that's what got me.
That's really good, Hilly. Definitely"catch-phrase" worthy! Congrats!
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:31 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: No Logging
Replies: 3
Views: 9599

My birthday is in November also! (the 12th). I am planning to make that chocolate cake that was posted last week and bring it to work to share with my colleagues! It'll be an S day for sure!
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:28 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: External affirmation
Replies: 6
Views: 11874

vmsurbat wrote: I know the answer, though, is not to "up" the diet mentality but to increase the exercise. ....

Enjoy your success!
That is definitely the case with me as well. And it would not take much to increase the exercise in my case since I hardly ever do any!

And thanks!
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:27 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: External affirmation
Replies: 6
Views: 11874

vmsurbat wrote:I know the answer, though, is not to "up" the diet mentality but to increase the exercise.
...
Enjoy your success!
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:06 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: External affirmation
Replies: 6
Views: 11874

I definitely feel better. The front of my right thigh used to go numb if I stood still for a while or walked a lot. My doctor said I probably had a pinched nerve of some sort. Now that's gone away.

Thanks, Kathleen! :wink:
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:46 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: External affirmation
Replies: 6
Views: 11874

External affirmation

With past diets, I'd often reach a point where people would start noticing that I've lost weight and commenting on my appearance. Sometimes, that would spell the end of the diet and the start of regain (complacency, fear, who knows why).

This time around, for whatever reason, I've had very few ...
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:40 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What the heck is vanilla no-s?
Replies: 19
Views: 29415

Mimi, I'd read that sometimesian thread before, but thanks for putting in the link. It was very enlightening to read it again.

But how do you go about finding these things?
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:25 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What the heck is vanilla no-s?
Replies: 19
Views: 29415

No S as it is described in the 14 words, without any modifications. "Plain ol' vanilla", you know.

Only 13 words on the cover of the book though:

No Snacks. No Sweets. No Seconds.*

*Except on days that start with S.

I read the book before I came to this forum. Perhaps that's why I have been ...
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:37 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Friday nights are tough
Replies: 21
Views: 30098

How it went:

Friday was odd in that I actually snacked on 2 clementines, which I don't ever do on No-S. Then I got home and had part of dinner before soccer and two slices of pizza after. But then it kind of went downhill: I ate an entire box of six twix ice cream bars.

Saturday was not much ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:44 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

October 1: success
October 2: success
October 3-4: tame S days
October 5: don't know. Finished my plate, then ate the cheese off the leftover of my daughter's slice of pizza. It would have fit on my plate but wasn't there originally. Marked it and moved on.
October 6 and 7: success
October 8 ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:24 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: BrightAngel check-in
Replies: 692
Views: 892027

BrightAngel, I was looking at your little weight chart in your signature and wondered how you came up with a 10-lb range for your maintenance weight?

I'm with you on what you said about Marc's success: now the true work begins. In the past, I've dreaded reaching my goal because it would mark the ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:18 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Friday nights are tough
Replies: 21
Views: 30098

I don't think I'd be able to have just a few cookies every evening. I guess I'm more of an all or nothing eater. So it's nothing on weekdays (which I'm pretty good at sticking too) and it's all on weekends, which I need to work on.
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:24 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: taking a bit of a detour
Replies: 13
Views: 19128

It's funny though: if anyone jumped on Marc it was because his version was too restrictive. Whereas in your case, it's more lenient. Either way, good luck!
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:12 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Fail or no?
Replies: 8
Views: 16296

I'd have marked it a failure too and then moved on. It's great that you didn't go whole hog.

If I have an event happening like that, for example the ice cream social at my daughter's school, I plan it as an S event rather than an S day. Then the scone would not have made it past the fence.
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:46 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Friday nights are tough
Replies: 21
Views: 30098

Kevin wrote:Well, the actual weight *might* still be with you, but maybe not if it was Mexican food. :)
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Of all the food to pick, it so happens I grew up in Mexico!
by guadopt1997
Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:15 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Assortment
Replies: 6
Views: 11886

I think I'm going to make that to bring into the office for my birthday! That, and a gallon of milk!
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:47 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Friday nights are tough
Replies: 21
Views: 30098

And I ate a LOT!
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:45 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Yesterday's failure a no-S success
Replies: 4
Views: 10242

Yesterday's failure a no-S success

Last night my daughter and I were invited, last minute, to come to dinner at a friend's house after soccer practice. I went and brought some cookies, since I can't seem to walk in empty handed.

The dinner was very reasonable: baked chicken (no skin), potatoes, and carrots. I had one reasonable ...
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:18 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Friday nights are tough
Replies: 21
Views: 30098

Kevin, this might actually work for me. There's the added "incentive" of Monday morning weigh-ins to try to keep Sunday evening sane.

Thanks!
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:54 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Your favourite S Day indulgence?
Replies: 9
Views: 17182

What a sweet tradition, Mimi! Glad you were able to go again.
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:23 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Your favourite S Day indulgence?
Replies: 9
Views: 17182

wosnes wrote:Sometimes there's no plan at all -- and sometimes that means that Sunday night I realize that I've not had sweets, snacks or seconds!
Wow! I don't think I'll ever get to that point...
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:21 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Friday nights are tough
Replies: 21
Views: 30098

My weekends are still pretty out of control for the most part, this past one being one of the worst ever.
by guadopt1997
Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:56 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Sat 10/17: was so thrilled this a.m. to be at 198. Did pretty well during the day, thinking about getting those twix ice cream bars. Decided not to drive over to the Giant and got Bryers mint choc chip instead. Ate most of it after dinner. Feel sick.

Sun 10/18: ate dinner despite being full from ...
by guadopt1997
Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:11 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Friday nights are tough
Replies: 21
Views: 30098

Friday nights are tough

It's a longish evening (bedtime is later), I'm tired from the work week, I feel like I deserve a treat, but I have to wait until tomorrow. So I check the No S Diet General Discussion board instead and get another stick of gum.
by guadopt1997
Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:06 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: "Calling" S-days in advance?
Replies: 14
Views: 16838

To me it depends if I have plans. I didn't count Labor Day as an S day because I didn't have any plans. If I'd been invited to a bar-b-q or something, sure. It was a day off but I have a hard enough time with the regular S days!

I remember back in March someone counted March 14 as an S day. I asked ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:01 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: The Blessings of Simplicity
Replies: 1896
Views: 2987950

My S days are mostly a mess. I may have to adopt your new approach at some point but for now (your old approach would have given me too many S days--I don't have many N day failures at this point), I'd be concerned that it would just set me off on a path away from noS, if I start feeling deprived ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:55 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: No S Catch Phrase Glossary (add yours!)
Replies: 157
Views: 325014

invisiblprincess wrote:

It eliminates emotional eating, binge eating, TV eating and boredom eating in one shot.
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:51 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: I said "No" to:
Replies: 44
Views: 54277

But, to be clear, pizza is not an S day treat, at least in my book! I have, of course, had to cut down on the number of slices, since they have to fit on a plate and the box it comes in doesn't count! :wink:
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:27 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: The Blessings of Simplicity
Replies: 1896
Views: 2987950

Kathleen,

I was putting off starting work this a.m. and happened on a thread from last November called The difference between Red and Yellow, that KCCC started.

You had some interesting things to say in that post. You said you had 2 S days a month that you could use at will, which kept you from ...
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: I said "No" to:
Replies: 44
Views: 54277

I said no to ice cream and funnel cake at Six Flags yesterday. Yes it was an S day. But I was trying not to go wild. Then in the evening I pigged out on all sort of junk at home, alone, after my daughter went to bed. So saying no backfired.
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:29 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: A wee little something for your consideration
Replies: 15
Views: 22844

That's why I don't like chopped mixed salads like Cobb. Every bite tastes the same and it gets boring after a while.
by guadopt1997
Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:06 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Question for the cooks...
Replies: 32
Views: 35364

All the cream I saw at Safeway last night (even their organic brand) was ultra pasteurized.
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:32 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: My favourite thing about NoS so far
Replies: 21
Views: 31089

Oh! I did something like that back in the 1970s. I remember how skeptical my mother was about me being able to eat what I wanted (i.e. not cottage cheese and "diet" food), even though she's the one who had signed me up for the course! It was really difficult to figure out exactly what I wanted to ...
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:28 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: S-Day Lessons
Replies: 14
Views: 23622

I find I am actually eating things I don't even want right now. It's strange, because during the week I don't touch anything outside meals. As someone else said 'it's not an option'. But S&S ..yikes!

That is exactly what's happening with me! I'm still having trouble with my S days and I started ...
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:21 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: My favourite thing about NoS so far
Replies: 21
Views: 31089

What's IE?
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:18 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Mo's Lifestyle Update
Replies: 36
Views: 44856

No way I'd be able to do even one push-up!!! Thanks for explaining though.
by guadopt1997
Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:15 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Didn't have snacks, sweets, or seconds last night, but took the cheese off Isabel's pizza leftover after I'd finished dinner. Not exactly a red maybe.
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:28 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Mo's Lifestyle Update
Replies: 36
Views: 44856

What, pray tell, is 8MM?
by guadopt1997
Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:58 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Very reasonable lowish-carb weekend. Had spicy peanuts both days. Walnuts, macadamias, and almonds. Had no sweets and no bread/pasta/fruit but lots of veggies.
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:15 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: HOW MANY TRIES DID IT TAKE YOU TO STICK WITH THIS?
Replies: 43
Views: 48651

Re: HOW MANY TRIES DID IT TAKE YOU TO STICK WITH THIS?

"Slips" don't last as long as they used to. I used to "blow it" by the week on other diets ("I'll start again Monday"). Now, I may have something that's technically "red"... and I call it, but stay in compliance the rest of the day. ("Mark it and move on!")

This, to me, is at the very heart of ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:18 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Reinhard!!! :)
Replies: 19
Views: 29262

Many happy returns of the day![/
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:17 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: HOW MANY TRIES DID IT TAKE YOU TO STICK WITH THIS?
Replies: 43
Views: 48651

This is my first time and I have been following no_S since January 28. That does not mean that every N day has been perfect. Plus I had a short derailment of a few days after Memorial Day weekend and one week off out of a three-week vacation.

I love no-S! Good luck to you.
by guadopt1997
Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:39 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: October Challenge! Yes... it's here.
Replies: 31
Views: 42177

I did really well with my N days in September. Now I have to figure out the weekends.

October 1: success
October 2: success
October 3-4: tame S days
October 5: don't know. Finished my plate, then ate the cheese off the leftover of my daughter's slice of pizza. It would have fit on my plate but ...
by guadopt1997
Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:28 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Kevin's daily check-in
Replies: 43
Views: 47720

Who, besides the two of us?
by guadopt1997
Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:44 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: A Weird Thought
Replies: 6
Views: 10650

Okaaaaay that definitely is a weird thought!
by guadopt1997
Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:37 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: No S "mods" (add yours!)
Replies: 167
Views: 393307

That's why I only go to Harris Teater on weekends!
by guadopt1997
Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:23 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Change of season disappointment
Replies: 13
Views: 24996

Thanks so much for this suggestion. I will implement it ASAP!
by guadopt1997
Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:30 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: I said "No" to:
Replies: 44
Views: 54277

I said no to pão de queijo this a.m.!!! This is a Brazilian cheese roll made with cassava flour that I absolutely love but I'd already had breakfast. When they first started selling it in the cafeteria (before I was doing no-S), I would have 3 or 4 of them at a time, even if I'd already had ...
by guadopt1997
Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:12 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Kevin's daily check-in
Replies: 43
Views: 47720

That's so funny! People telling you how it works--to be encouraging--and you invented it!

It must have morphed since then because my understanding was also that S days were included in the count.

Good luck however you count them and thanks for your encouragement about looking better.

Liz
by guadopt1997
Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:47 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Sat:
B: granola bars and milk with tea
2 Reese cups
Most of a Hershey bar
Two mini scones from let's dish
L: Ham and cheese sandwich at quizno's
4-5 tastes of sweet potato pie at HT
Slices of bread with butter
2 mini-popcorns with butter
Skinny cow cone
Lemon popsicle

Sun:
B: bagel with butter and ...
by guadopt1997
Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:35 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: New No S-er
Replies: 10
Views: 17074

By the way, I remember seeing a topic for people needing to lose 100 pounds or more.
by guadopt1997
Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:12 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Tracking?
Replies: 17
Views: 29188

I use HabitCal, weigh in once a week, and have recently started keeping track of what I eat on weekends on my daily check-in, because I've been overdoing it. An S day gone wild gets a red on my habit cal.

Yesterday I discovered a website called Skinnyr, where you can chart your weight loss. I've ...
by guadopt1997
Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:06 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: A No-S Conversation
Replies: 11
Views: 20253

Oh, that's too bad.

Well, thanks, I'll check Netflix and put it on my queue.

Liz
by guadopt1997
Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:51 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: A No-S Conversation
Replies: 11
Views: 20253

What station is it on?
by guadopt1997
Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:02 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: September challenge!
Replies: 84
Views: 89481

Sporkfancier, thanks for the summary--and in alphabetical order yet! Don't know if you're really handsome, but you do have great organizational skills!
by guadopt1997
Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:49 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Snapshot of an S day
Replies: 12
Views: 20541

My S days are still a problem for the most part and I've been on No-S since the end of January. If I really overdo it on an S day, I mark it read on my HabitCal, if it's a pretty good day, I mark it yellow. So far this month, all my Saturdays are yellow and my Sundays are red. To me this means that ...
by guadopt1997
Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:39 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Liz's daily check-in
Replies: 143
Views: 134731

Trying to keep my weekend under control:

Saturday:
B: 1 cup cheerios with milk, milk with tea, banana
At soccer: did NOT have a donut!
Watermelon juice
L: quesadilla with one flour tortilla and cup of lentil soup, two small plums and a Hershey bar
tomato juice
D: stir fried pea pods, rice, and 3 oz ...
by guadopt1997
Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:36 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: HowFunIsThat - The Daily Blub
Replies: 109
Views: 149151

Thanks, Janie, for your post on my topic "Change of season disappointment".

You wrote: Whenever I'm discouraged & tempted to try something that would make me lose faster, I have to remind myself that I not only want the weight gone, but I want it never to come back....so I think about today...just ...
by guadopt1997
Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:33 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Change of season disappointment
Replies: 13
Views: 24996

Thanks, most of you :wink: for some good suggestions.
by guadopt1997
Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:38 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Change of season disappointment
Replies: 13
Views: 24996

Change of season disappointment

Despite having lost 30-35 pounds (still yo-yoing those last five pounds), I am having trouble finding things that fit nicely when I shop and I'm not finding that my clothes look any better on me. Yes, I still have a ways to go (don't have a specific goal but at least another 30 pounds), but I'm a ...

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