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Jibaholic

Went out on date night so had a big dinner (chips and guac as an appetizer and fish tacos)

Also had gum in the afternoon, so I haven't been great on the snacks and sweets to start. OTOH, I've been a lot worse too (3+ bowls of cereal, bingeing on the peanut M&M bowl at work etc.)

Jibaholic

So so day.

Breakfast was bagel with cream cheese
Lunch was a chicken breast sub with chips from Subway
Dinner was Chile at Wendy’s

I did have a snack of some leftover Halloween candy I saw. It wasn’t much but reinforces how easy it is to impulse snack.

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I've tried a few things off and on, including No S, but I've never stuck to anything. If I'm going to stick to anything, it is this.

Mod: no snacking on the weekend. I can still have seconds and sweets.

Dangers:
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Cereal at home
Jar of peanut M&M's at work

Jibaholic

First day back from vacation, not much shopping done. So not a healthy day, but a successful day.

Breakfast: Bagel w/ cream cheese and an iced coffee
Lunch: Two cheeseburgers (the kids kind) from Burger King and a diet coke
Dinner: Chipotle burrito bowl with brown rice

Vacation went well. Family ...

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I've been registered for a long time but never succeeded. I've failed at enough diets that I know not to buy into the "this time it will work" feeling. But having said that, I do believe that I've set aside the plan to try something more radical like Paleo and/or IF in order to lose 10 pounds a ...

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Just bear in mind the wisdom of XKCD when you read sites like Mark's Daily Apple (which is good site)

Jibaholic

So there were free bagels at work the other day and I had some. I was originally going to make it a fail but I changed my mind. I think S events should not be reserved for birthdays and wedding anniversaries. So with that in mind, here is my fine print for declaring S events.

Easy . I'm making it ...

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Thanks for the support. The short version is that things are not as bad as we thought. There is a power struggle among the various social workers involved in her case. The ones who currently have her care don't want her to be "triggered" by a hope of a family. But the other social workers basically ...

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Fail [/color]

My wife and I had some bad news. We are planning to adopt an older child, but the girl we are planning to adopt has had some serious trauma and it may be years before it reaches that point. We're going to start with writing letters and then progress to occasional visits. It was ...

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So what's the cliff notes on Eat for Heat?

I was always cold at the office and sometimes wore a fleece over my button-down shirts in the summer. It is weird because as I teenager I was notorious for wearing jeans and t-shirt all winter. My wife couldn't even fathom that. But I stumbled across a ...

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Thanks! I'm glad for your support because I've still been feeling a little guilty about it - I didn't cheat - it was an S event!

Success!
Days on habit: 14 [/color]

Breakfast: black beans with fried eggs, a few prunes
Lunch: split pea soup with chicken, apple, a few prunes
Dinner: baked ...

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Success!
Days on Habit: 14 [/color]

Breakfast: spicy black beans with a fried egg on top
Lunch: burrito from Chipotle
Dinner: Chicken and rice, pumpkin roll

So I made dinner an S event. My mother-in-law was going to make a pumpkin roll (with cream cheese frosting) for desert on Sunday but the ...

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Success!
Days on habit: 13 [/color]

The big story of the weekend was an engagement party hosted by a man who manages a bunch of restaurants, so you can imagine how good the food was. I ate like crazy.

A lot of calories because of the party but overall an ordered weekend where I did less grazing ...

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Success!
Days on Habit: 11

Breakfast: spicy black beans and chicken with a fried egg on top
Lunch: spicy black beans, a half of a pork chop, and a slice of pizza
Dinner: Three slices of pizza, half pork chop, apple

Exercise: squash practice, strength training

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Success!
Days on Habit: 10

Breakfast: small portion of black bean casserole
Lunch: black bean casserole, chile lime mixed nuts
Dinner: I did not eat much dinner the night before, or breakfast, but I was hungry for dinner. Five pieces of pizza.

Exercise: squash practice

Jibaholic

Thanks Eschano and Oolala!

Something weird has been happening this past day - I haven't been hungry. I only ate about 650 calories for dinner last last night and couldn't finish my breakfast this morning. I wonder if my intelligent dietary defaults are kicking in - filling me up with good foods so ...

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Success!
Days on Habit: 8

Breakfast: black bean casserole with egg on top
Lunch: black bean casserole with two eggs on top, apple
Dinner: Leftover Spicy Cashew Chicken from the Cheesecake factor. Yum!

Exercise: squash practice, strength training

Jibaholic

Success! [/color]
Days on Habit: 7 [/color]

Breakfast: black bean casserole, apple
Lunch: black bean casserole, baked lays, apple
Dinner: Spicy Cashew Chicken from the Cheesecake factor. Yum!

I also started a new habit: No surfing (for personal reasons) at work before noon. [/i]. It worked ...

Jibaholic

I am still a No S newbie but one thing that I do helps is to get the sweets out of the house.

I still have them. My wife and I split a Sea Salt and Caramel Talenti gelato most saturday nights. But I have to drive to the store to get it, and then when it's gone, it's gone. I'd have to drive to the ...

Jibaholic

I did it today. It worked great! I had a very productive morning and now that I'm at lunch I'm surfing. It was hard to fight the impulse, particularly since I'm a guy and Monday is the day you get all the NFL articles, but I knew I only had to hang on for a little while, so that helped.

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Ok, here's a recipe I created that came out really well and is easy to make. It is adapted from this .

Skinny Black Bean and Protein

two pounds of dried black beans
two pounds of chicken breasts or tenderloins
optional: two or three white onions
one or two jars of salsa
two packets of taco ...

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Success! [/color]
Days on Habit: 6 [/color]

Breakfast: grilled chicken, blueberry muffins
Lunch: cranberry barbecue chicken and mashed potatoes
Dinner: Chicken pot pie

I had a few more snacks today and was constantly grazing even though I wasn't really binging. Next weekend I'd like my S days ...

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Success!
Days on Habit: 5

Breakfast: grilled chicken, protein shake, apple
Lunch: cheeseburger
Dinner: Chicken pot pie, apple pie

I had a few snacks here and there, but nothing too crazy.

Exercise: strength training

Jibaholic

Success!
Days on Habit: 4

Breakfast: grilled chicken, vanilla greek yogurt, apple
Lunch: Black bean soup, hamburger patty, chili flavored sunflower and pumpkin seeds, banana
Dinner: Turkey and rice soup, bread and jam, apple

Exercise: squash practice, Indian clubs

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Success! [/color]
Days on Habit: 3 [/color]

Breakfast: grilled chicken, vanilla greek yogurt, Fibre One bar
Lunch: Black bean soup, grilled chicken, Baked Lays
Dinner: Cranberry barbecue chicken and mashed potatoes, apple

Exercise: squash practice, Indian clubs

In other news, I threw out ...

Jibaholic

I think I may start this.

Oh look - cat videos!

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I hope things are calmer on the homefront now. My kids are still small so that's one source of stress I don't have to worry about. It's hard enough living through the social trials and tribulations of a 7 year old. I don't know what I'm going to do when he's older ...

To sort of answer your ...

Jibaholic

Thanks! The lunch was free. I love lunch with the vendors :)

One of the nice things about getting back into No S is that I can enjoy a meal like that. I'm just getting off counting calories and I still do it mentally and I was about 400 over yesterday, but I was about 400 under the day before. I ...

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Success!
Days on Habit: 2

Breakfast: grilled chicken, vanilla greek yogurt, Fibre One bar
Lunch: Bread and oil, chicken and mozzerella sandwich, fries
Dinner: Turkey and rice soup with bread and jam

Exercise: squash practice, Indian clubs

Jibaholic

Hello everyone,
I am now wondering, should I try a low carb or GI type diet? They are tiresome though, and reducing carbs is hard as a vegan. I am a vegan for ethical reasons and have been so for years, I do not want to eat animal products.

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@Blithe Morning: That is true. I should know that ...

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Jibaholic

Everyone does No S a little bit different and I thought it would be helpful to see how other people do theirs. I'll start.

Mods: none (vanilla No S)
Intelligent Dietary Defaults: chicken and legumes (protein and fiber) on N days as part of my breakfast and lunch
Alcohol: allowed at non ...

Jibaholic

Hiya Ginger,

I'm impressed that you keep posting after a failed N day. I'm the type that disappears from the forum when things go bad, and then I rationalize it away by saying that actually [insert trendy diet here] is the way to go so there's no point checking in anyways! So good job, I think you ...

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Hi April! Welcome aboard!

I've been trying and failing to get started with No S as well. Many people have. It's like quitting smoking. There's plenty of ex-smokers who quit thousands of time before they finally quit for good. So don't be discouraged!

If you haven't already, try and start a journal ...

Jibaholic

Fall is a great time of year because the apples are so good.

Fall: Apples
Winter: Clementines
Summer: Watermellon

Jibaholic

Tuesday: Success! [/color]

Breakfast: split pea soup, grilled chicken, vanilla Greek yogurt, a Fiber One bar
Lunch: split pea soup, grilled chicken, honey roasted almonds, apple
Dinner: Eggs with chili and salsa, apple

Now that I'm writing this down, there's a lot of hidden sugar in here. I ...

Jibaholic

One possible suggestion if you still want to do daily weigh-ins, if you have the money, is to buy one of those fancy scales with a wi-fi connection. It will track your weight and you can check it out online. So even if your weight goes up two pounds one day, you can easily bring up the trend line ...

Jibaholic

Hiya,

I tried to put one of those website trackers (you know, 129 days until going to Disney, lost 39 pounds since July 12th, etc...) in my signature. I made it based on "days on habit". But when I cut and pasted the BBCode for the tracker, I got the spambot message.

Is it possible you could make ...

Jibaholic

The scale can be a good source of accountability but it can also be a source of discouragement and frustration. The human body is like a giant bag of water but the amount of water in the bag can vary quite a bit from day to day depending on a whole bunch of factors. So you may be losing fat and ...

Jibaholic

I'm a racquet sports guy and I've got a new habit going of waking up, giving the dog his HIIT workout (50 yard sprints with a jog recovery - AKA "fetch"), and then I do my hit workout - 30 minutes of volleys against the wall in the basement. So today I woke up at 5:40 instead of 5:55 and added ...

Jibaholic

I like the quote in your signature! I'm always wary of "this time feels right" because I'm always excited when I start something. But one thing that has changed is that I've got a two to three year plan together in my exercising. Normally I want to get stronger and fitter yesterday. So I think ...

Jibaholic

Sorry, I made an edit to my previous post for clarity - I changed "cause obesity" to "cause metabolic syndrome/diabetes/weight gain". I think the word obese is too loaded although I meant it in the BMI definition sense.

There are a lot of unhealthy foods out there and you can't avoid them all! I do ...

Jibaholic

I always come back to no s as the most sensible solution,

I've been having trouble sticking with the three meals lately and thought if I actually signed on I might get the little extra support and accountability I need to make this habit again.

So, here I go...

Hiya Lizbeth, I agree on both ...

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I think you're wise to point out that there could be a million confounding variables. We see that in epidemiology all the time. But having said that, I think there is a lot more to the story. From the standpoint of inductive logic and Bayesian statistics, finding a correlation between diet drinks ...

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I'm a big fan of obesity researcher Steven Guynet. He started out as a Gary Taubes type - he favored a low-carb/paleo diet. But he turned into a leading advocate for the food reward theory of obesity - that we overeat because of how food interacts with our brain.

It all started with one little ...

Jibaholic

Thanks!

I feel like the prodigal son, but if he went back to his dad the next day and said, "actually, can I have some more money?" and then repeated the cycle a half-dozen more times.

Jibaholic

I keep falling off the horse, but I'm getting back on!

Jibaholic

I was thinking about leaving the farting part out!

Tuesday = Success [/color]

Ok, Tuesday was an S day because my wife wanted to celebrate our dog's 9th birthday. He was our "first child" but when the real kids came along he took a backseat to them. Now that they're older and a bit less work the ...

Jibaholic

Good luck!

Injuries are the worst - it's hard to compartimentalize. But get the good habits going and they'll start cascading in a positive way!

Jibaholic

Monday: Success [/color]

One day in and it's going well. I'm also trying to eat healthier (but not making it an official rule or a mod). To me, that means more protein and fiber and less carbs and fat. The downside is that I was farting like a vegetarian yesterday. Hopefully my gut bacteria will ...

Jibaholic

I know other people have already made this point but it bears restating:

No S is not a diet but a lifestyle. (This really is true in the case of No S). It lowers your setpoint by breaking you of the habit of mindless eating. However, because it is not a diet it will not generally result in quick ...

Jibaholic

Thanks! I feel good. I think I'm finally on the right track by doing vanilla No S.

Jibaholic

Vanilla No S is Best

Ok, this actually my third time starting a log, but my previous attempts to stick with No S failed because I tried to do No S + (something extra). This time I'm just doing vanilla No S.

Jibaholic

Thursday: Success
Days on Habit: 2

Thursday was a weird day. I started it with a 24 hour fast (I didn't eat breakfast or lunch). My wife and I are adopting from foster care wand we have a 10 week class. They have sodas and cookies and other treats so I turn those days into special occasions. I've ...

Jibaholic

Thanks Automatedeating!

Wednesday = Success
Days on Habit: 1

I did great today. I even survived eating out and did not grab a french fry from my wife or kids' plate.

Jibaholic

Days on Habit: 0

So I'm back on No S again. I was on a great groove from September until Thanksgiving, and then I blew up for the month of December. I've done better in January but I'm still snacking and having a lot of disordered eating. The worst of it is that it is pure temptation. Case in point ...

Jibaholic

Look on the bright side. You have identified your enemy. As is documented in the No S book, snacks account for virtually all of the extra calories people have been eating since the 1980's.

You could do a diet that lets you snack - but then you wouldn't really be facing down and defeating your ...

Jibaholic

Thanks!

I've dabbled in No-S, but sloppily. Keeping the log has been good for my accountability. Case in point, my son offered me a piece of his cookie yesterday and I turned it down. In the past I would have taken it but not counted it since it was just a small amount.

Jibaholic

Day 6 Tuesday - Success! Subway for dinner since my son was sick all night with a nasty cough and he requested it.

Jibaholic

Thanks MJ, that sounds like good advice - part of the "not being obsessive about food" aspect of No S.

Day 5 Monday: Success! I feel that I did a great job but the "no seconds" part remains blurry. Case in point, we some venders bring in pizza for lunch so I had two slices and then waited to make ...

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Day 4 Sunday - Success! Had three bowls of cereal as an evening snack, but otherwise a pretty good S day.

Jibaholic

I read a diet book once, called the Eden Diet and the author is a doctor. She said she would tell her male patients to eat whatever they want just eat less...and they would say..."oh, okay..." but when she told the females the same thing, they always had a million "buts....but what about this and ...

Jibaholic

Day 3: Saturday - Success!

I'm actually having a pretty good S day. I dabbled in the diet before and really binged, but this has been moderate.

*Waffles for breakfast (our Saturday morning tradition)
*Protein shake for lunch (came back from a long run)
*snack of Greek yogurt and a slice of ...

Jibaholic

Hiya No!

Good luck with the elliptical!

I'm assuming you started the thread because you aren't completely adverse to unsolicited advice. :evil:

It may get boring if you do the same workout all the time. My advice is to mix it up. I'm sure the elliptical has programming for this, so that can be a ...

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Day 2 Friday: Success [/b]. Again a fuzzy "no seconds dinner" since my wife made pizza. They are each smallish size and she makes four of them, so we all tend to have one piece out of each pizza as they come out of the oven. But I'm still counting the day a success.

I'm still amazed that I can ...

Jibaholic

Thanks everyone!

Day 1 Thursday (a few days ago): Success [/b] I'm still a little fuzzy on "no seconds" at dinner time. My wife made Indian food and served the first portion in bowls. Since they were fairly small bowls I had a second portion. It may not be ideal, but I'm still counting the day a ...

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I read through the whole thread - pretty interesting stuff.

I like Reinhard's No Solitary Snacking mod.

It's interesting that many mods create a slippery slope towards getting off No-S. One of the things about creating habits is that they rely on "bright clear lines" between what is permitted and ...

Jibaholic

I'm just a newbie, but I think you have to look into your own heart to answer. If you're an iced coffee addict, it might be a sweet.

For myself, I have coffee without sugar on N days. But I know my sweet tooth makes me want the coffee with sugar. Coffee without sugar is more about the caffeine.

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Jibaholic

Hiya Emmay, thanks for the response. I was thinking about an alternative breakfast. The dietary defaults thread is pretty interesting. My only concern is that I don't want to get too far away from just doing vanilla No-S, at least for the first 21 days.

Jibaholic

My Background

I'm a 40 year old man. I was naturally lean as a youth (but never had that six-pack, grrr...) despite terrible eating habits. I was a snacker and basically lived on fast food in college and my twenties. But after marriage and kids, it caught up to me. I gained about 40 pounds. I ...

Jibaholic

Hi Everyone! I hope this is the right forum to make introductions.

My Background

I'm a 40 year old man. I was naturally lean as a youth (but never had that six-pack, grrr...) despite terrible eating habits. I was a snacker and basically lived on fast food in college and my twenties. But after ...

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