Everyday Systems

wahine

Just read your post with the flounder and fresh tomatoes. Sounds amazing. I never got around to planting tomatoes this year and now I have regret and jealousy!

Well done on the long term success/stickability with the system.

wahine

Thanks ladybird!

This week so far Monday was good. Tuesday I went a little off the rails. It doesn’t take much stress/disruption before I am comfort eating. Aiming for a green day today.

wahine

Saturday morning now!

I got through my first week. Except Friday night we were in weekend mode and ate our dinner in front of the tv with wine. I ate 2 pieces of fruit after dinner was officially finished. So that was a fail, but I don’t feel too bad about it.

wahine

I had a successful Tuesday. It’s definitely difficult to be even a bit hungry at home with all that food around, but that’s why I need rules!

wahine

Day 3.I had a successful noS day on Monday, despite my OH bringing home and eating a packet of chocolate biscuits. Yay me.

wahine

Day 2.

Yesterday was actually Sunday

I did notice afterwards I had a second helping of dinner with no thought at all.

wahine

5 years later and back again. This regime is so sensible, wish I’d stuck with it.

Anyway better late than never.

All that time at home with covid and now still a lot of working from home means I tend to graze all day which hasn’t been good for my constitution!

wahine

[quote="automatedeating"] Wednesday, October 17th[/
It's interesting how my body actually was giving me lots of signals that it was becoming pre-diabetic.

Automated, are you eating Low carb because you were diagnosed pre-diabetic? I know itâ€™s probably in your thread but you have 18 pages!

I ...

wahine

Friday
B: porridge, boysenberries
L: sushi, wedges
D: gnocchi, mushrooms

Now itâ€™s Saturday morning. Iâ€™m a bit disappointed in my lack of vegetables yesterday. I did stick to the rules technically. Very tempted to aim for launch and dinner half veggies. Is that a mod? Maybe not if itâ€™s not ...

wahine

First real success in no seconds for a few days. Hurray!

B: porridge blackberries
L: pizza, cheese,banana
D: chicken, salad

wahine

Wednesday
B: porridge blackberries
L: filo spinach pie, random sandwiches from a function, fruit
D: celery, cucumber tomatoes hummus, chips

Snack: Some samosa

wahine

Remember try to be as kind to yourself as you would to your dearest friend. Of course itâ€™s your choice what you do with work and what is best for you. But I agree, think about giving yourself a bit more time?

wahine

So neat that you stay and talk at the table!!! Wow!!!! Can you remind me of your kids' ages? Do you have other neat ideas for family dinners .

Automatedeating I donâ€™t think itâ€™s as idyllic as you are imagining! Only one left at home now and he is 16. Tonight we were hanging around after ...

wahine

Monday
B: porridge fruit
L: black beans, veges, crepe, rice
D: peanut and carrot soup, black bean and vege stew, rice, asparagus,2 pieces of fruit

3 plunger coffees 1 bought coffee

I find it hard to stop eating at dinner. Last night I wanted ice cream so I had fruit. Also our family has the ...

wahine

I bet three weeks of no sugar (which is even stricter than the rules ask for) is a BIG victory. It was for me just not to have sweets. But a blessed one. I aspire to keep to it indefinitely.

Just to be clear, I only followed the rules. 5 days with no sugar, then 2 days of sugar if I wanted, x3 ...

wahine

Friday
B: porridge blackberries banana
L: chickpea curry & veges
D: platter, lamb stew, bulgur wheat, salad

So thatâ€™s a fail on the seconds again because 2 courses at the restaurant.

But have completed 21 days of no sugar (except on weekends )
:)

Only one fail for snacks in these first ...

wahine

Thursday
B: porridge blackberries
L: tinned spaghetti on toast, dates
D: salad, risotto , banana

2 plunger coffees, 3 instants and a decaf ...getting towards the end of the week

wahine

So I donâ€™t have strong feelings for or against coffee. But it seems bad that I got physically ill from withdrawal just because I spent a weekend in a place that only had instant. So I aim to reduce my dependence at some time in the future.

Texark interesting about the herbal teas. I only want ...

wahine

Biking to work in the rain is something to be proud of!

I hope you start to feel better about your work. You actually sound like you really care about how your teaching goes and how your students do. Which is most likely a sign that you are a good teacher.

wahine

Re the herbal tea, I struggle with that but found a yogi classic tea with cinnamon cardamon and ginger. You have to leave it a while to brew but I love it now, a real comfort drink.

Jx

Thanks soprano. I think itâ€™s probably mostly getting used to them. I think Iâ€™m going to like the spicy warm ...

wahine

Tuesday
B: porridge blackberries
L: toasted cheese sandwich, 2 apples
D: minestrone soup and toast
After dinner snacks - banana, figs
2 plunger coffees and 2 instant coffees

So thatâ€™s a fail. Wasnâ€™t satisfied after dinner and ate standing up without thinking while I did the dishes. Still on a ...

wahine

Monday

B: Porridge and blackberries

L: beans, veges, rice, fruit

D: peanut, vege, lentil soup, fruit

2 stovetop espressos and 1 bought coffee (large latte)
2 herbal teas...trying to think positively about herbal tea.

Yes Iâ€™ve given up coffee once on purpose and I was really ill. Another time ...

wahine

Happy birthday ðŸ’

wahine

Monday. Starting my 3rd week.

Iâ€™ve just been away for the weekend for a course. Live in, eat in.

I started to feel very headachey and ill on the Saturday and then realised it was caffeine withdrawal!! I was talking to a lady who gave up coffee tea and alcohol. I am tempted to start that. But I ...

wahine

Thursday

B: porridge, boysenberries, kefir
L: toasted cheese and chutney sandwich, fruit
D: pasta, salad

Feeling worse with cold. Will try to come home early tomorrow

wahine

Wednesday
B: Bircher muesli with boysenberries
L: cafeteria lunch x pasta + green beans
D: pasta again + peas and carrots . Had second helpings though so thatâ€™s a fail.

I still have a cold.

wahine

Tuesday
B: Bircher muesli
L: chickpea curry and rice, mandarin

Mid afternoon had a sore throat and felt fluey. I ate the pear and Apple in my bag. Iâ€™m marking that as an S day. The rest of my family have been home sick with colds in the last week. On the other hand I think I could have found ...

wahine

Successful Monday

B: muesli, banana
L: cafe with my 88 y old mother. Was a bit yuck - vegan hollandaise sauce with turmeric in it....
D: pumpkin salad, rice, chickpea and fig curry

Pre dinner I drank fizzy water.

wahine

Thanks for your encouragement on my check in oolala. Itâ€™s nice to feel someone might read what I write!! T seems like youâ€™ve been loyal to this site all the time Iâ€™ve been away which is impressive.

What is Valter Longo?

I am influenced by the Blue Zones and also the environmental advantages ...

wahine

Sunday extras
Chocolate, ice cream and caramel sauce - eaten with company
Fruit and almonds because I was starving while cooking dinner - eaten alone

Need to dig out the soda stream and keep fizzy water in the fridge. That seems to be the answer for the hour before dinner.

Daylight saving has just ...

wahine

S day today.

Extras were:

A snack bar someone had given me that I found in my bag - eaten alone
French crepe with white chocolate - eaten with company
Gin and tonic

Went for a bike ðŸš² ride in the wind and got my 10th day in a row of exercise. Yay.

wahine

Keep going! Whether anyone knows it or not, or feels it or not, it takes several years to get really solid with eating less. A lot of people don't know or accept that and give up way too soon. Just know that every day you stick to a decent eating pattern and reasonable amount of food for who you ...

wahine

Aargh! I came home from work early today to sort something out and now itâ€™s 5pm, my partner who is on cooking Thursday nights wonâ€™t be home for at least an hour. This is extremely high risk for snacking. I have decided to drink tea and not try and do anything productive until dinner appears.

B ...

wahine

I think all the things youâ€™re working at look fantastic.

What is â€œtilapiaâ€?

wahine

Yesterday went ok. Streak of 3!

B: porridge fruit
L: leftover curry, silverbeet, fruit
D: crackers and dip, chips, hummus on toast, banana

Beautiful spring weather

wahine

automatedeating wrote:Welcome back!

Thank you automatedeating

Today stuck to again. Streak of 2!

B: porridge fruit
L: potato and bean and veg curry, fruit
Resisted cake at work!
Dinner: Dahl, rice and potato dish

wahine

Congrats on the job!

In my family Iâ€™m the one who gets wound up by my own mother and my husband wonders what the problem is.

Welcome back to the thread too.

wahine

How did the celiac testing come out?

Thanks Larkspur. I had the gene / HLA type like my brother (the gene is pretty common) but not the antibodies. Thank goodness. It would be so inconvenient for travelling!

First day was hard. Hunger felt intense, but then it goes away.

L: cooked â€œbreakfastâ ...

wahine

OK. Itâ€™s Monday morning in spring where I live and Iâ€™m back. Taking a few years to lock in these habits....

B: porridge, frozen berries, banana, oat milk

wahine

Ha, must have forgotten to click submit on my last post. I am struggling because I have had a few days of poor sleep and Low mood, which makes my decision making less than perfect. It has just dawned on me there may be a reason for my troubles. I am being tested for coeliac and I have been back on ...

wahine

Fail today. Which is my second Monday in a row I've had trouble with. The rest of last week went well.

Today had
B Chia Bircher with coconut cream, figs and nuts
L eggs, fried haloumi toast

My plan was to eat the book club snacks as my dinner. But I didn't last. Had the leftover breakfast about ...

wahine

So now I have been googling bundtlet. It looks like a little cake with a spider made of icing on top? Are they nice? Another thing to add to my list of American food I have never tasted, like twinkles

wahine

Wednesday and Thursday have gone well. Seems to be getting easier to remember when I first get home from work.

wahine

Success. But I had to white knuckle it when I was cooking dinner.

wahine

It's hard to stop the snacking. So today was a fail, but I kept in mind I would have to write it all out. I was home all day, as was my teenage son who had a cold. I felt a bit out of sorts.

B mushrooms, feta, sweet yoghurt. I had eggs planned but I was too full
Snacks - 2 hard boiled eggs and some ...

wahine

I've been enjoying my weekend. But eating standing up on impulse doesn't feel right.

Ah well. I will see how I go next weekend.

wahine

Eek. Failure on only my second day. Which means I have to write out everything I eat. So boring to do! But this will be my disincentive for going crazy once I have broken the rules.

B eggs, tomatoes
L egg, beetroot hummus, almonds, carrots, beans, celery, tomato
Fail: some kind of homemade Indian ...

wahine

Welcome home. :wink:

Thanks gingerpie.

It's 6.40 pm, my OH 's cooking night, but he isn't home yet. I am starving. This is usually when you would see me standing up in the kitchen eating out of the peanut butter jar with a spoon. I am sitting in the living room drinking miso and browsing the ...

wahine

I've been on a different "code". Back to this one starting this morning.

wahine

Fail last night. The whole Friday night wine vibe made me think it was fine to have an extra plateful of chips then a banana. Now I have regret.

So I need to be extra careful on Fridays.

wahine

Another easy day. Still eating good hearty meals mind you.

wahine

Yay I am feeling steady, as though NoS is really the easiest thing to do.

wahine

I have been away from home for more than 2 weeks. I did use no S as some sort of structure but didn't think to come online.

I have decided against screens at bedtime too so may not check in so much as I often did that in bed at night....

wahine

Success Friday and Monday. I'm sure this is good for my teeth and any dietary changes I might make in future will be easy to keep track of. But I do wish I was getting slimmer. Sigh.

wahine

Hey, welcome back!

wahine

Success. Mussel cream sauce on rice tonight. Yum. I finally worked out to get the pliers to pull the mussel beards out instead of getting sore fingers. Now I might start cooking them more regularly. Cream sauce may not be the best default?

wahine

Look after yourself with your flu! Hope you feel better soon.

wahine

It does make a difference, having the board to report to. Maybe one day it will all be second nature and we wouldn't think of breaking the rules....

wahine

Week 11 going OK? Are you getting bored with us?

wahine

I bought the book! It's pretty good

successful Wednesday, more or less. I need to put my piece of fruit by my dinner plate at the beginning of the meal and include it in my visual assessment. I'm apparently not going to stop eating it without significant effort.

wahine

That sounds like good self care to turn down the manager job. Good for you. Do something lovely for yourself . Sorry to hear you are feeling down. I am sending comfort vibes across the Internet.

wahine

Feeling Soo much better. Thank goodness. So, what have I learnt? Well I was sick, but it wasn't in bed with a fever sick or throwing up sick. I mainly felt really really tired. So, I thought I should stay on plan. But then I didn't and then I was just WTH and off on a bender.

Soo, next time I am ...

wahine

Mango soufflé sounds like it would be so good! I hope your other dessert was good, although it doesn't sound like you felt it was really black x worthy. Maybe you had tried it before?

It looks like things are going very well overall.

wahine

Nah, didn't get the book yet.

Not a great week last week eating wise. Secret chocolate eating and such like. Right, start of a new week!

wahine

Queenie wrote:Awww. {{{ Hugs, Kate}}})

Thank you Queenie! Back on track now I think. Although hard to tell because it's the weekend!

Hmm need to work out some better strategies for when I get down.

wahine

Good to see you going so well

. The Queen of consistency!

wahine

Wow, my motivation was suddenly just...gone

I think it's because I've been off colour? I was like, what's the point? I'm fat anyway.

But, this system is the right thing to do for me. Maybe I should actually read the book?

Onwards and upwards.

wahine

Yep too early with the mods. So tempting.

It's so hard not to eat all of a loaded plate once it's there. Still in the old days I would have picked all evening and eaten the same amount but with much less awareness.

wahine

I wrote a whole reply about the sandwich but it doesn't look like I posted it. I think the moment has passed.

I had a tough weekend and then was sick on Monday. Back on track today, with the eating at least...

wahine

Hey cool, page two! I'm going to aim for a page 3 one day....

wahine

Hmm,

I suppose I could have put it as an S day. But I think for me it is better to mark all unplanned eating etc as red. Even if I feel it is justified in some way. Otherwise I am very likely to start taking liberties.

Successful Wednesday and Thursday.

Sweetcorn is finally really cheap and ...

wahine

All good yesterday. Red day today. One of my boys fractured his hand. When we got back from the hospital I was suddenly STARVING. Relief I suppose. I was making myself a hot chocolate to stave it off when suddenly a piece of chocolate was in my mouth. We watched an old episode of Buffy together to ...

wahine

I see you went down the cookies for breakfast track like me. Glad you got to appreciate your own restraint

wahine

Saturday morning and I just had 4 chocolate biscuits for breakfast. My inner 3 year old is still alive and well.

wahine

Actually I would find 'no more than one per hour' challenging to stick to if I was out to dinner or a party. I will try to keep that one in mind.
Glad your new dog seems happy

wahine

Successful Thursday. Pretty easy to turn down the extras these days I am finding. Yay.

wahine

I know what you mean about 'early days'. I feel the same. All the people who are Long-termers say it WILL work itself out. Of course, the ones for whom it didn't work itself out have probably left this site.... :twisted:
But I am with you. This system is good. Practical, social and kind of old ...

wahine

Thanks oolala for taking the trouble! I appreciate it.

I do have a reasonable amount to lose (see my BMI) but I have lost that before and gained it again several times so I am hoping the Long term view will work better for me!

Perhaps I am slowly starting to feel I don't need to eat as much as ...

wahine

Successful Monday

wahine

Looks like you're going well.

wahine

On Friday night I was excited about the weekend coming. Now it's Sunday night and I'm excited about going back to normal days. A weekend of excess. My weight has stayed basically the same over the last 2 months but I'm pretty sure my tummy is growing. But not allowed to even think about mods until ...

wahine

Dogs are great for consistent exercise and they are SOO HAPPY when you even start putting your shoes on.

Phase 2 looks like it's going well.

wahine

Did you skip breakfast because you ran out of time?

My mum used to keep boiled eggs in the fridge to eat in these situations, but I am sure there are many glamorous solutions as well.

Good move on the afternoon meal.

wahine

Northern Italy

I am doing ok last two days, weekend in the morning!

I still get hungry during the day! I wonder if that improves eventually?

wahine

[quote= I have noticed your consistently thoughtful, caring comments on the board. You manage to be supportive without "shoulding" on anyone.

It's a lucky child to have a mother like that.[/quote]

What Queenie said! I definitely agree, you are really thoughtful and supportive. Also anyone who ...

wahine

It's good that you're trying! I have been wondering how you were getting on. At the risk of stating the obvious, remember to drink plenty of water, eat protein at meals and put any sugary thing out of sight. Sending good vibes.

wahine

The whole of 2016 is a fantastic goal. Initially I only committed to mid-May but I am coming around to the whole year no matter what idea.

wahine

Hey Giada, hope you are feeling ok?

wahine

But you posted so we know you're still thinking about it. I hope tomorrow goes well.

wahine

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Hey, I had pizza for dinner on Friday so I'm right in line with you here. ; )

Ha! If I only ate Italian food, this vocab thing would be so much easier. pizza, spaghetti, zucchini....we booked our tickets now, so I'm keeping going with the vocab so I don't starve in Italy...

Successful ...

wahine

Well done days 25 and 26. Hope the pancakes went well.

wahine

I think I need to mark yesterday red. I was considering yellow because it was a public holiday but I hadn't decided ahead, so.

Ate some cheese standing up while getting my lunch ready, then licked the bowl, then gave myself free rein (sp?) on the book club snacks.

Colazione: riso negro, mango ...

wahine

Thanks so much for writing that up Queenie.

What I have gleaned from reading the boards, is that we women with a bit of a dieting history often don't lose weight quickly at the beginning. People get through that first year because they have other goals, like establishing a normal relationship with ...

wahine

Decided to learn some of my food vocabulary in Italian by sometimes doing bits of food diary in Italian. I really hope this doesn't come across as horribly pretentious :?

Colazione
Pranzo
Cena

Spuntini

"Spuntini"! I only just looked that up. The word is enough to put you off snacking ...

wahine

Heroic!! You can remember this day as the Day of the Nut Jettison

Well done!

wahine

I had a cider as it turned out. Very nice. All three of us left the pub on our bikes afterwards. We would be hipsters if we weren't in our late forties. I'm pretty sure there is an age cut off for hipsterism - maybe 35? My bike has a basket and I was wearing a skirt...

I'll be complaining about the ...

wahine

Going well!

wahine

Successful Thursday. And less hungry! I couldn't finish my lunch or my dinner. I basically did no exercise today so that might have some bearing.

It has been too hot. I have no air conditioning at work or in my car. Ready for autumn now.

I have after work drinks tomorrow. So cold beer is ok right ...

wahine

Thanks for the recipe. I love dips. Will have to try it.

wahine

Can't you take the cookies to your neighbours immediately after you bake them? Or will it be too late at night? Anyway good luck Queenie.

Successful but hungry Wednesday.

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