Everyday Systems

I gained 5 lbs this month :oops:

For June I am going to concentrate on vanilla NoS but also not overdoing it on my S days - one S per S day seems good to me

Swap out a lot of high(er) calorie one plate meals for low(er) calorie one plate meals (as I've read here, 1/2 veg, 1/4 carb incl fruit, 1/4 ...

still posting on may challenge topic, but will be back here in june
far too many reds on the habitcall this month

WAR ON COOKIES, BROWNIES AND JUNK!!! Pick the weapon of your choice. Trash can, dog, blow torch, window...(open it first).

lmbfao! :lol:

trash can = check
dogs = check

also add cats, skinny friends, toilet and at one time i even tried to get the ponies to eat leftover carrot cake, but they ...

Great Post!
Thank you!

Cathy

still here! had a good week, eating too much on S days - going to work on that next month, logging in more often on the May Challenge page

cathy

was away for a few days this past week... did very well on the road, but was treated to an unexpected dinner out and had both an appetizer and a dessert :( marked it and moved on, but i really need to stay away from nice restaurants - or save them for S days! :)

posting daily in the Vanilla May ...

first day of Team Vanilla May Challenge - S Day SUCCESS, including mods

walked outside today, with my son for company, and it was great! :D
we did a nature trail for approx 30 minutes of walking, with 30 minutes of looking for bugs, birds, animal tracks, etc... when we talked about our favourite ...

i'd also like to join in!

:idea: after looking into 'mastering leptin' i am going to eat my three plated meals at B=0700, L=1200 and D=1700

:idea: i will add more protein to my daily breakfasts

:idea: on S days any additional sweets/seconds will be added at mealtimes and i'm going to work ...

been reading a few check in logs here that mentioned 'mastering leptin' and 'eat stop eat', so i spent a few minutes reading about those this AM

consequently have decided that i am going to eat Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, at approx 7AM, 12PM and 5PM, and although i will incorporate sweets/seconds on ...

(been having trouble with internet service, so going to make this a quick check in)


Tuesday = FAILURE

B/L/D went well, but we had pizza leftover after dinner that i should have given to the dogs right away, and it called my name until 9PM when i ate it!

Wednesday = SUCCESS

Thursday = SUCCESS

Friday = SUCCESS

Br=grilled cheese sandwich X 1.5, banana, cafe au lait
D=fruit/yogurt/banana/skim milk smoothie, ham+cheese sandwich
LL=bowl of soup, yogurt, fruit/vegie juice+club soda

Sat=S day

Sun=S day

Monday = SUCCESS

B=1.5 slices whole wheat toast+butter/canola oil spread, banana, cafe ...

Thursday = SUCCESS

BR=raisen bread, caesar salad, raw carrots, cafe au lait
D=chicken, fruit salad, raw carrots, V8 fusion+H2O
LL=whole grain pretzels, yogurt, V8 fusion+H2O

things went well today
no school tomorrow, so that will be harder, but i'm already telling myself that i can snack on sat ...

Tuesday = Failure

my GF came through town and took me out for lunch... thought i would be okay, as i handled macdonalds really well on monday (forgetting that i don't actually like macdonalds of course! :lol: ), but once she ordered dessert i was sunk :(

however, rather then change it into an S ...

Monday = SUCCESS

B=bagel w peanut butter, banana, coffee w skim milk/splenda
L= mcdonald's grilled chicken wrap + yogurt parfait + coffee with skim milk/splenda
D=pasta w vegie sauce, cucumbers w greek dressing, fruit salad, V8 fusion + club soda (my version of H2Orange)

i was hungry this AM, so ...

Wednesday = SUCCESS

Thursday & Friday, I was suffering from severe headache pain (chronic complication post head/brain injury) and unable to most anything. I take meds almost every day, but on the really bad days it's all I can do to open my eyes and crawl out of bed to help my son with the things ...

today = SUCCESS

Brunch - ham & cheese sandwich + carrots + no sugar jello pudding
Dinner - same sandwich (lazy/uninspired) + caesar salad
Late Lunch - leftover caesar salad + one half english muffin/'just peanuts' pb/no sugar jam

- doing fine with 9 inch plate
- finding it v difficult not to ...

(i'm going to get the colours right this time! :oops: )

yesterday - FAILURE

i ate breakfast, had a busy morning, missed lunch, had dinner with my son and then was so hungry by 2000 that i went to bed! but then we had a power failure, the alarm system went off & woke me up, i couldn't get back to ...

thanks for the welcome mrsj!

i'm very jealous... while you've been gardening, i've been shovelling snow! at least i can count that toward my shovelgloving eh?

and thank you for the plating clarification!
cathy

hi sherry

nothing at all to do with NoS, but...

what breed of dog is petey? and how much homework does poor 7yo becky have?! just wondering... my son is 6yo - S/K here - and wouldn't have time to put the dog on his lap for all the homework he has <g>

we used to have quite a few pugs, but i ...

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Day 2 - SUCCESS

Not sure about funny stuff tho... I had popcorn with lunch and didn't want chicken juice on it, so I put it into a small bowl that I then put onto the plate. I did the same with my fruit salad at supper. Hopefully this is okay...???

@greyhairedrunner - funny, i am not currently ...

Day 1- SUCCESS - no funny stuff

Started HabitCal for Diet, Walking & Shovelglove - I have to get to town to pick up a sledge hammer, but living on a hobby farm, I actually do fork hay & shovel $h!t on a regular basis

Hello. Newbie here - well new to No S, old hand at dieting! I've just started a No S Diet blog to keep me honest...

I started at Spark People, Jan 2010, but have only dialup out here in the boonies and it was taking way. too. long. I still log my exercise minutes there and enjoy the supportive ...

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