Everyday Systems

Thursday, Day 4: success!
And weathered some serious sugar cravings. Not bad.
yoga- day off (4/5)
running- day off (2/3)

Friday, Day 5: success!
Attended a memorial service for a friend who passed away. There was a buffet table with all sorts of comfort foods. I pretty confidently made myself a ...

Tuesday, Day 2: success!
THRILLED that this is shaping up to be easy, for now, although my meals are pretty big. I did turn down a cream puff that I thought would settle my stomach, so at least I know I am turning down things.
yoga- success! (3/5)
running- success! (2/3)

Wednesday, Day 3 ...

Monday Day 1: success!
Yup. That pretty much says it all.
Running - day off (1/3)
Yoga- success! (2/5)

Sunday, day 0- weekend S [/color]
My eating was a bit of a mess today, but I dont have to feel guilty about that!
I have a houseguest for the next two days and am showing her around town, so this does make sticking to a diet a little extra challenging. I am definitely a bit nervous.
Yoga- success ...

So my previous attempt at no-essing in December was a mess between traveling, depending on family for meals and exercise opportunities, and generally being new-ish to the diet. But I think I learned a few things and have the opportunity to start fresh with relatively little hassles this month. Yay ...

Well, it's been a mess ever since I flew home for the holidays. A combination of other people serving me (a piece of their homemade cake in front of me before I can think of something tactful to say in refusal), weird meal times and food availability, and other reasons. Some days I do really well ...

Monday, Day 4 : SUCCESS
With some funny business: the Mr. and I went to Japanese BBQ for a nice farewell dinner; I failed to consider until the small platters of raw meat were before me that such a meal would be impossible to plate. I know I didn't overeat, though, despite being ravenous when we ...

((note- I will not be tracking my weight regularly here as I track it through Libra, but wanted to list it here as a baseline.))

current weight "Trend"- 142.5

Thursday, Day 0
I wanted to start this day, but was reluctant as my guy's holiday party for work was that evening. I did okay during the ...

Hi all,
I've lurked here on and off for years, even participated very briefly under another name. My weight's been out of control the last several months, though, so I want to try to get it in check. I know starting AROUND the holidays is a tricky thing, but putting it off till the new year would ...

Thanks again LA Loser! I've given some thought to the breakfast dilemma and realized I was only forcing it to give myself the excuse to have my coffee in the morning (with milk and sugar). I figured I could have a late afternoon snack/smallish plate and call it one of my meals. Then I wouldn't be ...

Day 10 : FAILURE . Just like last Friday, the wheels pretty much came off.

So I'm 10 days in (only counting non-S day) and have a 50% success rate. The internal criticism right now is pretty damn high, with voices that say "if you're not going to take this seriously, why bother? it's not that hard ...

Day 8 : FAILURE . I posted on the problem I was having, and came to some great insights, and got some great insights from others - most successful failure ever, I say.

Day 9 : SUCCESS .
B: Banana with peanut butter, coffee.
L: whole wheat pasta with vegetarian sausage, olive oil, lots of parmesan ...

Wow, thanks so much for the advice everyone! Like I said above, the problem wasn't that I would lose willpower in the afternoon, between meals, but that I would lose willpower out to dinner with friends when I was starving and surrounded by food and drinking.

And you know what? I did. Capital F ...

and I won't be having dinner for another 2 1/2 hours- what should I do?

I know I could willpower through the wait, but I am concerned that I will overeat when dinner comes around (restaurant reservations with a friend who has a penchant for overordering)...

Day 7: SUCCESS

I am calling the day a success now, so I can't go back on it. God I want sweets. Bad.

EDIT: Still a success. I'm drinking unsweetened green tea which for some odd reason seems to calm the cravings. Doesn't make sense, but I'll take it.

I decided to list my food intake here, to ...

Thanks so much for the encouragement Marleah!

Day 6: OK- I visited a friend, and ate a light and very early dinner. So when I had a small, healthy snack later, I considered that ok. I know, I know, but otherwise I'd be starving (light dinner at 6 when I don't sleep until 2).

Day 5: FAIL
Sweets, snacks, pretty much full-on-binge.

The good news is, I am having a pretty sensible weekend, having taken care of my pigging out on Friday.
So, week one, only TWO out of FIVE days got greens. But I did eat less in general (and Wednesday and Thursday were near misses), so ...

Day 4: FAIL
I took a second handful of crackers with my lunch. Felt a big too full later- although the rest of the day was fine, I knew I had to be honest and acknowledge my slipup.

Guessing this will become easier when it becomes habit. That's the idea, right?

Day 3: FAIL
I wa soo hungry all afternoon. When a friend ordered dessert after dinner, I didn't feel like refusing.

yoga: Yeah, I did a full hour-long practice at home.

Day 2: SUCCESS
Aside from a cup of tea with honey, which I think is ok, because I am sick.
I was really hungry by 6:30, which is odd for me because I rarely eat dinner before 8:30. I avoided eating until 8, and I probably overate a bit knowing that the no-snacks part meant that once dinner was ...

I had posted a long, revealing intro about who I am and why I'm doing the No S Diet, and that for some reason did not post.... will give basic details here.

23, 5'1, currently 138ish pounds, which is officially overweight for my height. To make matters worse, I actually work in the fitness industry ...