Everyday Systems

I did 21 days! I really do feel like I've formed a new habit. I could do this forever! I am a new me!

Day B20: SUCCESS
B: smoothie
L: Clif Bar
D: Sauteed red cabbage, soy chicken nuggets, garlic mashed potatoes

Day B21: S-Day

Time for another 21 days!

Day B18: SUCCESS B: Bagel/cream cheese, coffee L: Cheese/lettuce/bagel sandwich D: Pasta with creamy swiss chard and blue cheese sauce Day B19: SUCCESS B: Bagel/cream cheese coffee L: Tomato soup, egg/cheese/lettuce sandwich, tea No sugar added cranberry/blueberry/pomegranite juice diluted with wate...

Day B17: SUCCESS getting close!
B: sesame bagel, cream cheese, coffee/milk
L: veggie burrito
tea/milk/sugar
D: pasta with chard + parmesan cheese
more tea (decaf)

Days B14, B15: S-days

Day B16: SUCCESS
B: egg/cheese/bagel McYuck on the road, coffee/milk
L: vegan tempeh/hummus/veggie sandwich, dill pickle
coffee w/ milk at a meeting (declined the accompanying donuts & cookies--yahoo!)
D: a few mussels, grilled salmon, grilled tomatoes, baby bok choy

Day B13: SUCCESS
B: peanut butter/banana/milk smoothie
L: vegetarian burrito
D: spaghetti with tomato and vegetable sauce, french bread, red wine

Every day that goes by I miss snacking less and less. Today realized it was meal times and wasn't even starving. Amazing! I am also enjoying meals in a different way. I ALWAYS loved food, but now I feel like when I'm eating something I like, I'm just kind of suprised at how GOOD it tastes. Hard to e...

Wow, I am in love with No-Sing Day B11: SUCCESS B: whole wheat bagel with swiss cheese, coffee/milk L: veg. burrito D: pasta with kale and blue cheese (YUM!!) I would really like just a teeny tiny piece of chocolate right about now, but NO WAY! I am thinking that if I can get to my target weight and...

Day B10: SUCCESS
B: smoothie/coffee
L: big veg. burrito
D: vegetarian curry/brown rice at a friend's house (brownie for dessert? DECLINED!)

I see what you mean Kevin and you can be sure I'm not about to give up red wine! That is what I like about No-S. No S acrificing! I was just curious though because I'm kind of in agreement with Noel and Reinhard that a very sugary alcoholic beverage like a mojito would be kind of more of an S-day tr...

Noel, I am just curious, why do you have white wine as an OK N-day drink but red wine as an S-day only drink? Does red wine have more sugar or calories than white wine? I am just wondering because I too enjoy a glass of wine at the end of the day. I prefer red wine, but if white wine is more N-day-i...

Thanks Jan, feeling much better now! OK, this is weird, but I am happy to be back to weekdays where I have no excuses for eating S's! I just FEEL better on days where I don't snack and eat huge meals and sugar. I haven't been doing the "sometimes" too strictly on S-days, which might be part of it. I...

Day B7: SICK DAY :( Didn't feel like eating too much, had some OJ and fruit in the morning and some scrambled eggs for dinner but couldn't keep it structured to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I've had a lot of S-days this week and now it is the weekend but I'm going to try to keep things healthy and ...

Hi Flora I'm not a big breakfast person either, but since starting No-S, my go-to breakfast is a fruit and yogurt smoothie. I liquify in the blender a handful of frozen berries, a blob of plain lowfat yogurt, and a banana. It is tasty, healthy, not too sweet, fast, and it really keeps me going until...

Day B6: SUCCESS! I would like to have had more veggies today, but I feel like I'm coming down with a cold, so I just went for what was easy and what I felt like eating B: sesame bagel with cream cheese, coffee with milk, 2 glasses OJ another cup of decaf coffee w/ milk L: vegetarian burrito D: grill...

Day B5: SUCCESS
B: strawberry/yogurt smoothie
tea w/ milk/honey
L: pasta with broccoli and a little bit of cheddar cheese
hungry! more tea with milk and honey
D: black beans and rice with spinach, avocado, chips and salsa, 2 glasses red wine

OK, started over the counting on Saturday after Friday's failure, but I'm happy that I've made it over a week and I'm still VERY encouraged by the shift in my attitude about mindless eating and still very exited about my new way of life. So all is not lost. Days B1, B2, B3: S-days...off to a good st...

I agree, and I think the nice thing about this way of eating is that there is a limited amount of damage you can do at one meal. You don't eat there often, so that is good, but once in a while, if that is what you want, go for it. And maybe you decide to try to eat a light dinner the next night. Or ...

Day 6: FAILURE! OK, today was officially my first failure, but I'm not taking it too hard. I participated in a (minor) celebration at work that involved cake. And even though I am marking this day as technically a failure day, I am happy about how things are going in general, because I "failed" for ...

Hi! I thought I'd post on someone else's check-in because it helps to much to get encouragement from other people on mine! It is so interesting what you're saying Laura about how this is a common sense way to live and how you're more calm about food Annie. I couldn't agree more. I used to relate to ...

Annie, Thanks for your concern. Yeah yesterday was a screwy day where I didn't get to sit down to a real dinner. Lunch was a big portion at a Thai restaurant though so I think with a more sensible dinner, I would have been OK for the day. In my neverending introspection I realized that one of the th...

Day 5: SUCCESS

B: mixed berry/banana/yogurt smoothie, extra large skim milk triple latte
L: Thai tofu/veg. noodle thing
D: cream of tomato soup, whole wheat bagel
tea with milk/honey

Thanks so much for all the great encouragement and advice Annie and Jan--it means a lot to me! I'm realizing that the great thing of No S is that you don't have to think about every little tiny thing that you eat. It is just about eating normally and not excessively. And I'm finding that I am eating...

Thanks Jan! Day 3: SUCCESS! (?) B: banana/strawberry/yogurt smoothie, 1 slice homemade bread, coffee/milk L: veggie burrito decaf coffee/milk D: veggie burger w/ cheese/avocado, salad, steamed broccoli, extra bread (see below), 1 1/2 glasses wine OK, I slipped a little and had a slice of that homema...

Hi, I'm new. I want to lose weight but I'm more interested in getting my eating habits under control. I eat way too much and too often, and it is causing me to expand. I used to eat much more moderately and was able to maintain a good weight. Then I started eating too much at meals and snacking mind...