Everyday Systems

Day 6.
B- barley, cottage cheese, fruit
L- Salad, 2 hard boiled eggs, couscous
D- PB noodles, salad, nectarine, grahm crackers.

Shouldn't have eaten the graham crackers... but I think TOM is nearby!
Back on track tomorrow.

Day 3. SUCCESS
During the day was successful.
S day started Friday night. Had friends over for dinner, special dinner.
Ate only small bowl of soup, and one plate of food. But ate a lot of Challah with margarine. That is defintiely only an S day food.
Ate two slices cheesecake, and some icecream ...

Day 2. SUCCESS

B- barley, cottage cheese, tomato- ate 2/3. stuck to my 25 bites
L- Couscous (1/2 cup), sausage patty, rest of bkfst, cucumber slices, 1/2 a vitatop, nectarine
D- falafel balls (4), chopped tomato/cukes, tsatsiki, strawberries

Exercise : 40 minutes exercise bike in the morning
2 ...

Back from vacation.
I had good days and really bad days on my vacation. I can't say I followed No-S, altho every morning I woke up with good intentions!
I pretty much stuck with the three meals a day, and ate a small breakfast, and lunch, but I did snack after dinner, and a few days had sweets. But ...

Day 5 SUCCESS

So glad to be back on N days.
B- Barley, yogurt, berries, walnuts- ate 2/3 of it. saved 1/3 for lunch
L- 1/2 bagel, hard boiled egg, salad with garbanzo beans, oil & vinegar dressing, two tsp marg, some pineapple, and honeydew, and leftover barley & berries
D- 1/2 bagel, turkey ...

Day 4

S Day

Didn't eat as bad as I have in the past, but I also felt like I could have eaten better.
Seems to start off better in the morning, and then towards afternoon, when I'm bored I eat and graze. But I skipped dinner, so maybe it equaled out. I'm glad to resume N days tomorrow.
B- cottage ...

Day 3 Saturday S Day But big SUCCESS

I stuck to the three meal concept. I saved up my S for a scone I had been craving at Rebecca's in the evening. The ironic thing was that it didn't taste that great. I ate only half!

I went Israeli dancing for 4 hours, ( prob 2.5 hours of actually dancing).
I ...

Day 2 SUCCESS

Today is Friday, and I have the nicest meal of the week on Friday night for Shabbat dinner. Friday nights are always a struggle. I LOVE Challah,
and tend to eat way too much of it.
But today, was OK, with just a tiny piece for taste. I am toying with the idea of starting my S days ...

I am 44 years old, 5'6", and 147#, and have been trying to get 10 pounds off for 10 years!
I go thru binge cycles, and exercise like crazy, and have been able to maintain for 10 years, but haven't lost any more because of bad habits.
I Love No-S! I know it is the plan for life, but I can't say I've ...

KCCC,
Great ideas!!! You are so right that if there is no good conversation, then why be at the party! Sometimes the food is the only thing I look forward to, so I need to change my mindset.
I love the idea of spacing things out. Maybe putting it all on one plate, so I know the limit, and then ...

Thank you so much for the advice. I'll try it. I just read The End of Overeating, which basically talks about how sugar, fat, and salt act like drugs in our bodies and stimulate us to want more and more. I know that is definitely happening to me. But I know if I tell myself I can never have sugar ...

Great ideas!
How do you deal with dessert buffets at parties? I tend to eat way too much, and even tho its an S day I do not feel in control, and then feel horrible after. I keep saying I'll sit down, but then nobody else is sitting, so I stand around the buffet nibbling.
Any concrete suggestions ...

I find myself eating more than I should at one meal, prophylactically! I am afraid if I don't eat enough, I will feel hungry later on. I know this is bad. When looking thru the boards I see what others eat, and I can see why they are losing... its not that much food. I know I'm eating more than that ...

I am also vegetarian. I put my salad on the plate, but my fruit I put in a small chinese 1 cup bowl on the side, not on the plate with the rest of the food. I guess it technically is wrong, but, on the other hand, portion control is what we are trying to achieve, and overall it is less food than I ...

Thalia, thank you for your tips. I need to try flossing and brushing my teeth. I hate flossing, so to have to do it twice will definitely make me think twice about eating again!
Reneew, i like the jolly rancher idea. I feel your pain about the pantry next to the laundry room! I have also tried ...

Hi everyone,
I've been doing great so far, until last night! I was hungry pretty much immediately after dinner, and craving cereal. I eat it out of the box, standing up! Tues, Wed and Thurs I'm out of the house keeping busy after dinner, so I don't eat... but Monday..! Any ideas of tricks to keep ...

I started doing no S since mid Jan, and have been having some great days, and some really terrible red days. I have about 7 pounds to lose, and I think I've been playing around and not being serious enough. This is a great challenge to get back on track. For me, having a wide open S day leads to too ...

I love oatmeal so much I eat it sometimes for breakfast and dinner.
For breakfast I'll have it with frozen berries, a tbs of psylllium husk, and a tbs of peanut butter. It is so filling for 4 hours.
For dinner I'll have a 1/2 cup plain oatmeal, cook it in the microwave, and then I'll add 1/2 cup ...