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- Mon Jan 16, 2017 1:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No Seconds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16158
No Seconds
:oops: Okay, this took years, but you might as well benefit: No Seconds was the "S" that was the hardest, okay, impossiblest, for me. I've been pretty much No S for several years now and it has been a fantastic way to clear my mind of food clutter by focusing decisions down to three per day. (Fourth...
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:07 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Long Time believer back for support
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15628
Long Time believer back for support
:oops: :oops: Okay, it's been a couple years I think, and I need a refresher! Actually all has gone well, I am a committed three meal a day person, and it keeps me slim, but my "sometimes" has clearly grown to be "lots of times." I know this because my biggest pants are now snug. Here's what I know:...
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:20 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Okay, two month hiatus where one day turned into another, and another, and another. Now at least one pair of pants won't button. Good lesson. Back to vanilla, but still with the intention of no snacking on the weekend, no bites while cooking unless truly required, no bites of someone else's unless i...
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
I have noticed that I am much more likely to leave food on my plate at times, which is different for me. I always left a clean plate! Same weight, but good new habit, and what I think is a changing of my wiring from whatever keeps me feeling pressured to eat "enough" to, instead, feeling relaxed and...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: eSchano Yearly Check-in
- Replies: 39
- Views: 74909
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
I just realized it's been months and months since I've been "too full." The year or two prior I had several incidents, unusual for me, where I went over the line somehow and had stomach pain! I am glad I seem to have ratcheted back or perhaps can eyeball more correctly. I just naturally adjusted, I ...
- Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I lost a lot of weight on a diet similar to NoS.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 44757
I think you ARE on No S, with mods, because plenty of us take No S and figure out how to make it work for us. I think the beauty of your description is not focusing on what you're NOT having, (I won't snack I won't snack I won't snack) -- which I think the diet mindset causes, but on what you CAN ha...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:02 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Thank you for your experience and sharing your wisdom. I think the "being willing" sounds like the key (along with feeling bad about too many Ses on S day). I am more than willing -- my only hesitation is not to tempt the boomerang, but over a month in there is no boomerang in sight, mostly, just wh...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: oolala53
- Replies: 2369
- Views: 2818765
oolala I have a question for you, which relates to my (mostly) going to 7 days of No S (I'm trying to really make Sometimes mean Sometimes, not every S): I know you slowly stopped having wild S days, as you reported during your journey. My question is, IS there really a time when anyone just regular...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:49 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Immediate failure on road to camping, plus several mindless snacking episodes. Oh well. I think being away from my schedule makes me imagine I'm hungrier. I'm not sure when I'm eating, etc. No excuse but I'm going for it. I did avoid seconds and sweets, though, and I think it was a reasonably modera...
- Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:20 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Forbes: much conventional obesity wisdom may be wrong
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22765
- Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:15 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone else worry about this?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20145
Definitely happens to me -- I've been on and fallen "off" for years but always get back on. I try to focus less on "failing" than on trying different things the next time. The key for me is either finding out why I want to eat between meals (am I bored? Avoiding unpleasant chores? Need a good cry? M...
- Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Cutting S days
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11494
I have done this for a month and I really like it. I will caution you that if it doesn't "work" it may just be that you're not ready. I think I truly needed 18 months of vanilla weekends to actually crave structure on the weekends consistently. I needed to "sow my wild oats" first. If I hadn't, I wo...
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:58 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Recent Conversation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 32234
The longer I No S the more AMAZED I am at how completely brainwashed the entire country seems to be against three squares a day. This was a foundational cultural norm, and it's been blown to bits in a very short time. I have yet to find anyone except people on this message board that hasn't drunk th...
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:55 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: homemade desserts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 30561
- Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:52 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
three meals on the weekends seems to be making the week easier. No just means no. Fewer battles with self, because instead of "deciding" whether to have an S, I just "change the channel" in my mind, because the choice is pre-made. This frees me up to my current focus: mindfulness before, during, and...
- Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:38 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking of dropping an S rule! (No sweets)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 33151
I think experimenting (occasionally!) after really giving vanilla a good long try is a great idea. There is so much experimenting on these boards. I have tried various mods, and some were good for short periods of time. Sometimes you "train" yourself and need different things at different times. May...
- Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: eschano 2014 check in
- Replies: 525
- Views: 542360
Good for you! Be the change you wish to see in the world! There's nothing more draining than spending half your waking hours (and half your living years) in a daily, anxiety producing grind of a job. You are free! Now you can model having a good attitude and faith in the process, however long it tak...
- Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Fourth weekend of success on my mod!! (the mod being No Snacks or Seconds, hardly ever, unless it's Special, and sweets only rarely, if they are special). Zero problems, and here's what I gained: peace. More peace. I had the occasional twinge of desire, but no more than an N day, but reminded myself...
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
@automated -- I have thought of it many times, but wanted to be absolutely sure I gave vanilla a good looooooong try, so that I would know fully what vanilla would be, and learn all it's lessons. I THINK I have but I'll see. For me vanilla means maintenance and unpleasantly unstructured weekends. Fo...
- Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Fourth weekend since streamlining S days. Saturday morning. Sane Saturday morning! So far have lost the "get started early cause it's Friday" urge, and also feel just normal, instead of that "hey, the gates are open, go eat whatever you want" feeling that I had gained on vanilla. I needed a year and...
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Awesome sane weekend!! No mindless snacking, no overfullness, just good regular meals. Feels great. I have noticed a few things: one, that I don't think as much as I used to about having "enough" at a meal, because I have months and months of noticing that unless I hit a "boredom patch" or am anxiou...
- Sat May 31, 2014 3:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
3rd weekend on the No S streamlined plan. It's saturday between breakfast and I'm peckish. But no emergency, no big whoop, just learning a new way. I had a VERY normal, actually light, Friday night, I think because I wasn't anticipating an S day like usual, and starting to get ahead of myself. Actua...
- Thu May 22, 2014 5:44 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4785471
Yes, happy anniversary! We just celebrated our 20th yesterday. :) I wanted to chime in on people judging our food. As a healthy three meal a day eater at a healthy weight most of my life, I cannot tell you how many comments I received from people along the lines of "how can you eat so much and stay ...
- Thu May 22, 2014 5:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
- Thu May 22, 2014 5:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Hard to guess -- I would say it was a gradual thing that gained a foot hold about eight years ago after I went on my first diet, and I began to internalize the idea that snacking was important to stave off hunger. From there I think it just became habit. But it also meant smaller meals, so I felt li...
- Thu May 22, 2014 1:36 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
I want to remind myself of this: I've been thin most of my life with what I thought was little effort. The truth is, I mostly said "no" when I would have liked to say yes, out of habit. People used to say "why don't you have some, you can afford it" and I would think "the reason I can "afford it" is...
- Tue May 20, 2014 2:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: oolala53
- Replies: 2369
- Views: 2818765
I love your patience and your commitment to allow anxious or otherwise uncomfortable feelings to just be and wait for, as you put it, the hope of a "pearl." That is the kind of leap of faith that can make a difference between despair and growth. Once you allow anxiety or whatever to "be" and not stu...
- Fri May 16, 2014 2:38 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
- Fri May 16, 2014 2:36 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Okay here is my plan, after more than 18 month of No S as "research" on my individual tough spots: No Snacking. EVER. Okay, okay, on real "S'es" that aren't just some regular weekend. I mean Christmas, New Years, and whenever there are legitimate hors d'oeuvres. So legitimate, they must actually be ...
- Fri May 16, 2014 2:21 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Weight is up, clothes are tight, feel like I am always either hungry or really want to eat. ???? (Not the bite counting, that lasted one day before I got busy and couldn't focus on it -- I always feel like meals are in the way of my day, and yet how then can I eat MORE when I take LESS time?) Aha, I...
- Wed May 07, 2014 6:58 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
So I am taking a risk and trying bite counting. Why? Because I've had a good, strong, solid year and a half on No S and while it has helped me realize I am at a healthy weight, and has provided peace and balance, I still sometimes wish my moderation were just a wee bit more moderate. My clothes are ...
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:05 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Good news and bad news: my spring pants are a little tight! Darn!! My weight seems stable, but the pants don't lie. I HATE that feeling. But the good news is this, thanks to No S: I know EXACTLY where that extra inch of flesh came from. In the past six months I dropped my comittment to black coffee ...
- Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
I think a big part of ending snacking, in addition to following the "rule", has been the change it caused: When I feel like snacking, I have trained my mind to think more deeply, automatically now. So instead of "boy I really want those fritos, I really feel like eating, am I hungry? What if I eat n...
- Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What would you say to your younger self?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 53040
- Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
About a year and a quarter in now. Compliance still about 80%, weight seems stable. I don't think I am imagining this -- I really have pretty much lost any urge for snacks and seconds. Truly. (Except at a couple minor trigger points). I used to eat snacks daily and seconds daily. It was a habit. Tha...
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: 3 years with a flat stomach (my 2013 'during' + pics)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 77565
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: friday pizza
- Replies: 23
- Views: 35838
Thanks -- just hearing some viewpoints is helpful. I like that I have a "focus group" at the ready when I bump into a recurrent problem. I think it probably boils down to me wanting to have the "unlimited" option, as if somehow having a limit makes it less Friday-ish or something. Very immature but ...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Rough few days (well 7 to be exact)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 24191
I like to think it was part of your "curriculum." So that two years from now you can tell everyone "oh yeah, I had a seven day binge at one point. But I didn't let it derail me." Sometimes we have to have a tantrum to remind us of why we are doing this. I'm sure your seven days were a great visit to...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:50 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: cant believe i ever left
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24339
I'd recommend reading everything oolala has posted -- she is so inspirational. Our culture loves for us to be scared so we'll buy into all the crap. Let's fan the flames of peace and moderation. Welcome back!! This board is very forgiving, and it takes as many times as it takes before we "get it". B...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1175370
"Life is pain -- anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something" -- is that from you? That's awesome. I love it. I might add that deliberately seeking out regular doses of discomfort can keep much of the pain away. (i.e. being a little hungry every day can stave off having the many pains that c...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:41 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: friday pizza
- Replies: 23
- Views: 35838
friday pizza
I thought I'd throw this out there for ideas, because for some reason, this seems to be an easy Red Day trigger for me. I am easily lured into gluttony when there is unlimited pizza available to me. I know there are practical tips (put two pieces on a plate and walk away, or don't order it (my famil...
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: not about the weight
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14080
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4785471
Thank you for being so generous with the detail! It's very reassuring and helpful. You and I have alot in common, although my spending and no screen have never been intertwined with Everyday Systems ideas... yet. We have come to many of the same conclusions, which I guess are the fruits of moderatio...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:42 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: American Women Didn't Get Fat in the 1950s
- Replies: 35
- Views: 56260
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Haven't posted in a month because I'm thinking about food far less. That's a great thing because I'm (mostly) having green days, and so unlike previous "not thinking about food" times, I have rules. I've adopted rules because our culture doesn't have any. I think I'm in the zone. I think I can just ...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Kids! Cookies! Aggghhh!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19706
I agree with echano -- it's great to realize we are in charge and have choices, even if we choose to have the cookie. I have had several "s events" in the past year because a child offered me something. I consider myself very lucky in this -- it's much bigger than food! But I don't always eat it. I ...
- Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:36 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Help with Fridays please!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 36788
I find Fridays tricky too, even after a year. Not always, but often. I think of it as "the weekend." On the other hand, making dinner something fun like pizza usually takes care of it. I think maybe it could work to declare an optional "S event" for Fridays, so they aren't a total, go for broke, WTH...
- Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: For everyone?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27072
@jw -- once or twice? I make the first "mistake" still. The second, amazingly, never! You are more evolved than I. But No S definitely "works" for me -- it has showed me exactly why I am exactly this size. My three plates pretty much match my body. Moderate but pushing the edges of more than I need.
- Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: One year of NoS! Better mental clarity, freedom from diets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 31546
Great post!! Boy, you sound so much like me. The lesson is that when you are a healthy weight, you need to LEARN and ACCEPT your healthy weight! I'm in the 145-150 club (okay, maybe 150-155, not sure) but I'm 5 foot 8. No S has been a study in losing diet head, and slowly, very naturally, replacing ...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:07 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4785471
I think the lovely boredom that comes with no screens leads naturally to reading if you leave interesting books around and read yourself. I definitely checked good looking books out for them and left them around as bait. Or I'd pretend to read them myself and throw out an interesting tidbit to lure ...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: eSchano Yearly Check-in
- Replies: 39
- Views: 74909
"NoS mended my most important relationship -that with myself." Great quotable!! I love it. It of course spills over into our relationship with others. If I don't like me, why would I expect anyone else to? Thank you for keeping us posted on the journey -- I am also finding the non-physical aspects o...
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4785471
up until the teen years I was very vigilant about screen time and when I was disciplined I found it led them to be far, far more active, creative, social and definitely more happy. Now that they are older, I enforce alot of "screen free" breaks and allow them to set the pace more. I can still see a ...
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Reassuring to have a tame weekend again after what seems like a stretch of over the top. One difference is that I caught myself thinking an incorrect automatic thought that goes: "I will kick myself if I don't take advantage of this by having something..." I replaced that with the truth, which is "I...
- Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:54 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Imogen's Daily Check In
- Replies: 1175
- Views: 1175370
I am right there with you -- calorie counting, for me, ruins No S and ruins my day. The whole point is to live moderately so I can get on with my life and not think about my body and food, and calorie counting wrecked that in the first hour! Vanilla is accepting the peace of gratitude for what IS ra...
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Once more, with feeling!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18315
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:06 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Actually felt sick after a red day -- decided I needed half a bag of carrotts in the afternoon, then did not preplate my pizza so I ate a bunch. I was really unhappy with myself because I was so sickly stuffed. This is NOT me!! I have not had this problem. I think what's going on (besides a red day)...
- Sun Jan 12, 2014 2:41 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48754
Pumpkin Soup (might not sound good, but it is great): 1 can o'pumpkin 32 oz. chicken broth 1 T butter 2 T flour one small onion 1/4 cup milk Sautee the onion in the butter till soft, stir in the flour, add to broth. When heated, stir in pumpkin and milk. (I change this sometimes to make it different...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Actually I find that eating very delicious things makes me want more. I do great on weekdays when I work and have three pre-planned tasty, healthy, but unexciting meals. It's when I go all out and cook something delicious that I struggle most. I think more activity would really help alot. I definite...
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:45 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4785471
by the way, automated, because I seem to like "systems" -- my family hunkered down and worked our way out of debt a few years back -- except the mortgage. It was hard but great!! Still have to say "no" much more than I naturally would, just like No S, but I wouldn't trade the lessons, nor would I we...
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
I will. I think you may be on to something with the "cold" -- when it's super wintery out I seem to have greater cravings for comfort, even if I'm inside and warm. I think I must be part bear -- I'd like to stuff myself all summer and fall and hibernate all winter in a big fuzzy fur coat, surrounded...
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Two red days in a row -- wonder what's going on? I think the large number of holidays (2 non weekend esses two weeks in a row!) plus the Polar Vortex cabin fever maybe threw me out of orbit? Well at least it was NOT a WTH either time. Sanity sanity sanity. I crave and love order. Must beef up my mea...
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:29 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: one year!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22524
- Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
I've done it in the past, but not for a few years. Did it about a week and a half ago, after reading a persuasive essay about the need for accountability. True, scientifically, but it causes all kinds of other silliness in me which blot out what should be the benefits. (food focusing, mainly, and ea...
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2014 Soup Thread
- Replies: 35
- Views: 48754
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:59 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
Wow, I think I ate a year's worth of food in two S days! Not sure why, but I have a hunch it was my little trip into calorie-counting land. I have to take some time to reassure my brain that I'm not going to starve it again. Aside from the food, here's what I lost in stuffing my face: pleasure. tuni...
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:50 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: eschano 2014 check in
- Replies: 525
- Views: 542360
Yes -- I see what you mean about the fear of failure -- I now really embrace it. I had a two day romance with calorie counting about a week ago, quickly, very quickly, realized that not only did I want to eat more, I thought about food constantly, but I remembered past failures (losing 10 pounds and...
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:22 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: oolala53
- Replies: 2369
- Views: 2818765
On behalf of all parents THANK you for all your hard work, even though it seems much too hard on you. Teachers have it so hard, I could never do it. And with all the extra pressures you mention with testing, etc., it sounds like so much of the potential reward and fun is taken out of the profession....
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:16 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: NoSnacker Daily Check-in
- Replies: 197
- Views: 220543
I think thinking about food begets thinking about food. When I am doing well, I quickly remember to "change the channel" -- and actually DOING something makes a huge difference. For instance, plunking my butt down to watch Love Actually for the third time this holiday season leads to lots of thought...
- Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:44 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211400
It took exactly one weekend of calorie counting to show me that it's not for me. Thought about food and numbers wayyyyy too much, and way too little about nutrition, hunger, lack of hunger, and the other things I need when I think I'm hungry. Truth is, I eat more than I need, and I know how to cut t...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 1436532
Citizen's arrest from the thought police: I noticed you said this of yourself, "I have many interests and talents, even though I am fat." Would you ever say that about anyone else but yourself? Oh, yes, my best friend is so nice and interesting, even though she's fat." Ouch!! I think if we're taking...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:32 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Reviewed Past Attempts - 3rd Go at it
- Replies: 22
- Views: 30246
I hope that no matter how many red days, you will not quit this time! For all you know, you might have had another over the top month, followed by a slow tapering. But you don't get to find out what you are capable of because you don't see that "failure" is not a stop sign, it's tuition -- it's all ...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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- Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:58 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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Mine were pretty good, in that they were as close to N days as I might get, I think. My strategy of eating three big meals worked for breakfast -- but lunch and dinner were more normal. Went to a buffet (very unusual for me!) Saturday night and didn't eat all that much, but I did have two plates. I ...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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- Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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- Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:42 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: KCCC - Back again
- Replies: 93
- Views: 79548
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:49 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: KCCC - Back again
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- Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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Thanks guys. I am having alot of grief this holiday season since my dad died, so I had lots of crying today when I honestly first felt like snacking. So weird! But not really, when I consider that crying is very tiring and most inconvenient while eating is so easy. This is a big statement, but I thi...
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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- Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:38 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: one year!
- Replies: 9
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automated: I actually made the decision to eat freggies daily a few months after I began No S. I did it for my health, because I realized after looking at dense plate after dense plate that I was treating my body poorly. Prior to No S I could more easily "pretend" that I was getting those freggies b...
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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- Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:19 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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automated: I think the idea of rules may have been a factor, although I think two parties in a row followed by a trigger spot (big reading assignment) on Monday had more to do with it. I will lie down on a couch though, if you want to explore further! I don't want to impose rules on weekends, I thin...
- Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: one year!
- Replies: 9
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one year!
I'm marking one year on No S -- I started sometime in mid December of 2012, after several on and off attempts previously. Yay! I am so glad I did this for many reasons, despite the fact that I think I weight about the same! I should note that I did not start this to lose weight. I am at a healthy BM...
- Tue Dec 10, 2013 5:41 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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Wosnes: I aim for the same. Aim being the key word! I just had a three day free for all. What the heck? Not sure. It almost felt like I went off a diet, but I'm not on a diet. I had two days of Christmas parties, and "appetizers" often throw me because they break up the rhythm. I'm just chalking it ...
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:19 pm
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- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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Green week. I am starting to think that even though N days are a habit, I will always have an impulse to snack, just like I always will have an impulse to buy things I can't really afford, or stay in bed longer. I don't ask myself daily "when, oh, when will I wake up and actually FEEL like getting u...
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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- Views: 211400
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: taste testing food for dinner
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11846
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:49 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
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- Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
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I'm in a nosy mood today -- sue me. But from reading your recent posts you sound like you might be exercising your knees too much too quickly and the rest of you is on a diet. Your knee is clearly begging for one lousy day of rest (do arm curls with a skillet, give the legs a break) and your body is...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:41 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How do you manage the holidays?
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- Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:38 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
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- Views: 1436532
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:36 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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Spending more time lately noticing the fact that I am in need of soothing, comfort, love, etc. for various reasons. Spending more time seeking out those things. 100% sure I would be far less in touch with that need without No S because the reason I notice is that I don't snack it away! My go-to temp...
- Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:40 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: oolala53
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- Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:58 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
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I was very hungry the other day and came to the realization that I am no longer even bothered by hunger! Yes, it makes me want to eat, but it used to trigger a thought that went something like "uh oh, I'm hungry! I need lots of food as soon as possible!" Now the thought goes: wow, I can't believe it...
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:52 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: automated eating tracker
- Replies: 3687
- Views: 4785471