Everyday Systems

Hi

I am just starting with No S. I have been reading through your Daily Check In and have been really enjoying your posts. Good luck with your goal.

Retrogirl wrote:Think I over did sugar.

This is definitely my struggle and my biggest fear. I like the strategies you listed to help.

You must have been transmitting your thoughts telepathically...lol

I just made my first journal entry and answered some of the questions you asked.

Thank you for taking the time to offer me advice and encouragement. I will need lots of both as I proceed with this. Making physical changes is hard ...

Tomorrow will be the beginning of my second week of the No S diet. I didn't do a spectacular job the first week. I enjoyed and then regretted both snacks and sweets on Thursday and Friday. But as oolala53 pointed out, I did have success on Mon., Tues., and Wed.

Everyday I have been thinking about ...

oolala, I did snack and eat sweets on Thursday and Friday.

I guess I didn't think of eating my sweet with a meal on Sdays as being a modification. I was trying to be "virtuous" I suppose. I see what your are saying though.


And yes you are correct. I keep looking at my belly in the mirror and can ...

My first week was not terrible but not great either. I did well Mon. - Wed. But Thursday was a struggle and I struggled on Friday too. Sat. and Sun., although Sdays still didn't go the way I planned. I wanted to keep the 3 meals and just add the sweets to a meal. Didn't work that way. I nibbled and ...

Those are interesting things to think about. As I was driving home today I really paid attention to all the restaurants that we have. In a 10 minute drive I passed 7 restaurants. I have never really asked myself why we have all that in such a short distance.

We use food for everything...to ...

HI oolala53! Everything you said makes sense. I have never thought about the fact that we are a "food-rich" country. We do have food EVERYWHERE.

So, is 3 meals a day what the rest of the world does? Have I been missing something...lol.

Hello,
I am a 39 year old, wife and mom. I also work full-time. I have about 40 pounds to lose. The thought of going into the next decade of my life with this excess weight is quite depressing. I thought I had better find a simple no-nonsense plan to get healthier. My biggest struggles right now ...