Everyday Systems

Still going great, although I am going to have to give myself a "FAIL" for yesterday. I went out to dinner with a friend, and we ordered all appetizers (but it was an organic farm to market restaurant so it was all super healthy vegetable dishes). I had two small plates of food which would have ...

Cool Coffee! :lol:

I'm working on my second 21 day string now, too! I almost had dessert the other night at a friends house...she made something special for me, but I asked if I could just take it home and that was cool. (was going to save it for the weekend but my husband ate it in the meantime ...

21 Days! as of Yesterday....

4 YELLOW S day
Rest were GREEN! :D

Did not have any S days I felt were overboard, but I definitely did not hold back. I ended up not taking Sundays as S days for no reason except that nothing came up that I "had to have". I won't rule out more S days in the future ...

yes, i do the same thing...I can eyeball many things, but nuts, peanut butter, etc. are not among them because they are so calorie dense.

I have a tiny dish, and a little tin that let's me measure out nuts for a meal or bagged lunch without having to actually weigh them.

we did the same thing in Pennsylvania...called it "traying" (very original)

Keep forgetting to check in here...
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wed = SUCCESS
Nothing caught my imagination enough on Sunday, and I had eaten a big meal out on Friday night and S'd it on Saturday.

This week has been great..my weight has been down a bit. Also I am eating foods that I like and ...

Have loved reading about your progress...I have gone the WW route myself...and this time I just say no! No S that is I haven't been doing this very long so it is cool to see how it has worked for you. Way to go!

No S is helpful for people who tend to over-analyze why they eat too much, at the expense of doing something about it.

With No S, low self-esteem and being overweight can be treated as separate problems, and tackled separately. That's helpful. Two-front wars are generally bad news. You can get ...

SAT = S-DAY

Really happy with my Saturday... before dinner took a nice 4 mile walk w/dogs.

B: Oatmeal, Milk, Banana, Nuts
L: Big Salad with avocado and chicken
D: Cooking Light Supper Club -
2 pieces vegetable tart (appetizer)
1 chicken thigh and spinach salad
1 small serving apple/craberry ...

WED, THURS, FRI = SUCCESS

I am feeling really good and so satisfied by the food I am eating. It is totally amazing to me that I can go so long between meals without getting hungry. But I think it is a function of eating good quality foods as well as "training" my body that snacks aren't required ...

Tuesday = SUCCESS

I was very hungry last night when I went to bed and I woke up hungry! I was still hungry after breakfast, but I waited awhile then had some milk. I had a voluminous lunch with a lot of vegetables and after that I was fine.
Normally I would have convinced myself that because I had ...

Good reminder! I used to teach a class about portions and portion control...I have a couple of plates that I used to demonstrate...they are called The Portion Plate, and they have cute little pictures on them and it is a smaller plate ~9 inches

I'm going to start using these for myself for awhile ...

Monday = SUCCESS

Feeling very good...calories are reasonable for very slow weight loss which is what I am going for. Not feeling AT ALL DEPRIVED or resentful of recording the calories. In fact it is kind of fun, because I pick the foods I want and like, and then record the calories on MyNetDiary ...

I have observed in the last couple of weeks that sometimes I am hungry , really hungry at the end of the day before dinner. If I don't do anything about it sometimes it just goes away....shocking! I always thought hunger needed to be acted upon immediately. Turns out I really can wait to eat.

But ...

I am going to call Sunday SUCCESS although a little unconventional.

Had my normal meals and then took a 25 mile bike ride before dinner. Had planned to go out for sushi (a favorite!) on the way to taking my husband to the airport. Well, the sushi place was closed...I guess due to the SuperBowl ...

Day 7: Friday/Colonoscopy Day: SUCCESS
Day 8: S-Day Had some cheese and crackers, a favorite snack, and that was a good treat. Love it!

Not sure what today will hold. I am open to an S event but only if it is something I really, really want. We'll see....

I just read your thread...thanks for sharing so much of your journey...

I have bounced back and forth between WW and Intuitive Eating, and IE just does not work for me (gain!) and WW makes me crazy. I even worked as a WW leader for a couple of years and that made it even worse.

I discovered NoS ...

Day 6 (Thursday): Planned S Day due to colonoscopy prep

Friday - Colonoscopy went fine...I thought I'd want to go out for a big breakfast but I didn't. Had my normal oatmeal, almonds, banana, milk when I got home for a late breakfast. Still not hungry for lunch...so I feel certain I am heading for ...

Well, in the scheme of things it wasn't a FAILURE that is going to do a lot of weight damage. I guess the key thing to ask is what would you do differently the next time?

Thanks for checking in, Coffee...I love coffee btw! I was thinking about this this morning and I think that the most important lesson I can learn from this non-fun S day is that I that I don't let it derail me because I have to take this day during the week. I was thinking about canceling one of my ...

DAY 5 : only a couple of hours to go until I say, SUCCESS .

I don't know WHAT to call tomorrow, I'll be preparing for a colonoscopy. I won't be eating 3 meals but drinking throughout the day. They recommended gatorade (sweet).

So I guess it is a planned S Day, but gosh I wish it was something to ...

Day 4: SUCCESS

So far so good. I am really enjoying this...less thinking about food, making decisions on the fly (if I eat this can I eat that etc.).

I bought a bag of these crunchy/fried snap peas that I like. I would never buy them in the past because I'd eat the whole bag at once. Now I just ...

Day 3 : SUCCESS

I have been choosing good foods and foods I like. I have not been overly hungry until right before meals. At the end of the day I have done a quick check on my calories consumed (keeping food log for the time being) and it is reasonable for slow weight loss. Yea...

What I like so ...

Very encouraging, all!
Yes, I too am a WW Lifetime member, even worked as a Leader for awhile. Friend of mine is trying to convince me to come back to the fold, but I'm going to stick with NoS for awhile!

Library Lady....
Wow, are you my cyber twin?
50 yrs old
Lost 45 pounds about 5 years ago.
Slowly have regained about 15 in the last 3 years.
Love my wine and cooking. Let some bad habits creep back in around those things. Exercise dropped off.

So happy to find this eating plan (can't call it a ...

Day 2: SUCCESS

I am also keeping a food log to discover what my food patterns are, what keeps me full what doesn't work, etc. I hope to not do that forever, but it may take awhile to figure out the foods that work best for me (keep me full and still let me lose weight) and the portions.

So far so ...

I first "discovered" the No S Diet last summer. I thought it was genius! Then for some reason I just stopped doing it and for the life of me I can't remember why. I know I was traveling a lot, and I do a lot of long distance bicycle riding, so I was having trouble figuring out a reasonable way to ...

Today is my first no S day, I am reading the book but not quite through.
I found this board and found your story personally inspiring!!!! Thank you for taking the time to post it.

Me:
Initials KC
WW lifetime member currently at 151, goal weight 142
5'7"
The last 1.5 years I have spent a tremendous ...