Debs,
THANK YOU! yes, yesterday was my 46th birthday and it was a good one! Got to go out to the beach and ride the waves on a boogie board. Something I have been wanting to do forever and finallly did yesterday.
OH MY GOSH it was SO MUCH FUN and truthfully just made me feel so young. I felt like a teenager out there wrestling with the surf
and i got a few REALLY good rides! Will definitely do that again!
The weather was gorgeous and the beach was NOT CROWDED and absolutely beautiful. We rented our boards and had a BLAST! the only thing was the water was FREEZING ... after a few minutes i think you just go numb but it is hard getting back in once you get out.
WHAT A BLAST!
if I had not been on NO S I probably would have been EATING CAKE and LOTS OF IT on for my birthday treat ... it felt good to be RIDING THE WAVES ... not that there is ANYTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH CAKE ... but I have gone through somewhat of a transition,
the first 4 months of No S I was like a kid in a candy store and I LOVED IT ... about the 5th month I noticed I was doing more overeating and realized it was because I was getting tired of "candy" in the 5th month I started allowing myself other kinds of S day treats and finally a couple of weeks allowed myself coffee.
My sweet consumption has fallen dramatically along with my drop in DESIRE for sweets. BUT NO S is different, I am not swearing off sweets, with NO S I will not ever have to, but I think they are finally finding their appropriate place in my life.
I think it was really important for me to give myself a very long leash with sweets on my S days my first few months. I think it helped "heal" the feelings of resentment and deprivation that Reinhard so eloquently talks about that fuel binges.
I could go on and on, but I will stop myself. Suffice it to say I am happy happy happy with the No S Diet.
Day 177 - 9/16
SUCCESS - NWS - BIRTHDAY
Cinnamon Rasing Ezekiel Toast with Earth Balance, this is a "treaty" thing that I have added for S day breakfasts ... could actually eat on N days but I want to keep with my mixed grains on N days
Caramel Macchiato YUM
Beach, sun, water, waves, fun, bright colored umbrellas, sand, children laughing ....
Caramel Macchato - COULDN'T pass up the one on the beach
besides it WAS my birthday
Blackened wild salmon, steamed broccoli, carrots, green beans with EVOO
Plain organic yogurt with walnuts, blueberry, honey
IT WAS A YUMMY FOOD DAY!
Blueskighs