Everyday Systems

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S Day

Bit of an idiot, but not horrible. Leftover birthday cake and ice cream.

Exercise: walked a bit at rally.

Nervous habits: 4/10.

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S Day - son's birthday party

Ate lots of cake. Still stressed, still have head cold, still pmsing.

Under the circumstances, I did ok - no snacking after dinner.

Nervous habits: 4/10.

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No snacking: Success

No seconds: Success

No sweets: success

Exercise: none

Nervous habits: 7 out of 10

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All hell broke loose yesterday ... have a head cold, my kitchen renovations are about to start, I have no babysitter for my son after camp this summer, blah, blah, blah. So: No snacking: Failed (ate continuously throughout the day) No sweets: SUCCESS! (I passed on ice cream at the grocery!) No secon...

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No snacking: failed

No seconds: success

No sweets: success

Healthy? yes, except pizza dinner - too much

Exercise: 30 minutes high speed walk - 90 sit ups

Nervous habits: bad 4/9 (w)

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Thanks Paulrone! This site is so great ... part of the reason I want to succeed is to make you guys proud. Day 1: No snacking: SUCCESS No seconds: SUCCESS No sweets: SUCCESS Gym: 50 situps, walked 15 minutes, ran 15 minutes nervous habits: about a 5. I'm going to add whether or not my meals were hea...

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I have completely fallen off the wagon. I haven't weighed myself, but I know I've gained about 5 pounds. I'm under a lot of stress, and I'm just out of control with my eating and bad habits. Aarrgggghhhh. I'm eating mindlessly, whenever - wherever, even when I feel terribly full already. Its just wh...

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DAY 7: (friday) Failed ... ate popcorn in evening
DAY 8: S Day
DAY 9: S Day
DAY 10: SUCCESS (Monday)

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Day 6: SUCCESS

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Day 4: Success
Day 5: success

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DAY 2: S day
DAY 3: SUCCESS

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I decided to start early.

Day 1: SUCCESS

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My hard drive shut down, and I just got my computer back up again.

Since I always like a fresh start, I'll be starting again tomorrow, even though its an S day.

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Ok ... I'm back to Day 1 again. Argghhh.

I think what I"m going to do is to record the circumstances surrounding why I was snacking. THat way, I can analyze the situation, discover patterns, etc. I'm going out of town for the weekend, but I'm going to start Monday.

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Day 1 - success

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Reinhard, congratulations on finishing your first draft. That must feel great, especially with the good feedback. I am looking forward to seeing the "dead trees" version of your NoS plan. I also just wanted to thank you for this site. Its an amazing thing you've done here - thanks for putting it out...

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Hi Pangelsue - I just dropped in to say hi and to tell you how inspirational your posts are to me. You seem to have such a great perspective on this Board that its odd to visit your thread and read that you're struggling too. I like the star system you've set up for yourself ... I might try that mys...

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My hard drive died last week, so I didn't have much computer access (can't go on NoS at work). Anyway, I've been pretty good, but screwed up a couple of days (including today), so I'm back at square one again for tomorrow. I'm dogged about this. I'm going to keep on trying until I get it right. I've...

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Success.

I'm definitely getting into a rhythm, or dare I say it, a habit of not snacking. When I want to, I just say to myself, "my next meal is X hours away and I am not going to starve to death between now and then". And its working.

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Day 13 - success. I did, however, eat in "waves" for dinner (I pulled that reference from the main board). I was having a playdate from 6-8 pm. I was absolutely starving when I got home, and I ate a little bit before everyone got to my place. Then I ate less pasta than I would have. I also ate some ...

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Thanks, KCCC. I'm glad someone else did it this way successfully. I've gone 12 days now without snacking ... 12 days of SUCCESS. I'm eating more than I should, I suppose, but I'm breaking one small habit at a time. I didn't even snack over the weekend ... it just didn't really appeal to me. So, I'm ...

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OK. I have modified No S to get through 21 days. And I'm on Day 7 now of success. I am starting with one rule, and then layering them. Right now, I am concentrating on not snacking. I guess I have to start small, but this feels much more manageable to me. I have a lot of bad habits to relearn, and I...

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Day 4 - success Hey, I've never seen that in my thread before. Hooray! Maybe I'm getting the hang of this after all. I have something else to report too. I went to the doctor the other day for an ear infection, and I HATE that part of the visit when they weigh you. I've always gotten uptight about i...

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Day 3 - technically a failure, but I'm going to call it SUCCESS. Here's why. I think a lot of the 3 meal a day concept dovetails nicely with simple mindful eating concepts. Yesterday, I ate a bag of popcorn while watching American Idol. BUT - I ate my "dinner" plate with my son, which is always a ri...

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Alright. Day 1: success
Day 2: success

I'm pumped.

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Hi Zoolina! Your positive thinking is infectious - Thanks for a great post!

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Thanks Zoolina! I'm learning, slowly...and I'm starting over ... again. I have used every excuse in the book for snacking/seconding/sweeting. Most recently, I've been sick with a cold. Before that, it was work stress, before that, my mom's visit. It's weird - I start to feel so weak-willed ... and t...

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My mom came to visit for 5 days, and I lost track of No-S. I get very stressed out during visits with her, so I let everything slide but did observe my eating behaviors. Boy, do I eat when I'm stressed. I'm going to start, yet again, today. I did have a successful day today, so Day 1 equals SUCCESS....

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OK - I've been thinking about my last post, and seeing it in black and white makes it very clear how food represents safety and security for me. Clearly, I don't want my son to starve ... in fact, I would do anything for him. And yet, when it comes to food ... I'm in some sort of modified survival m...

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I'm still really struggling here, and I've been thinking about why. SPOILER ALERT ... deep issues here ... continue at your own risk. I have been a work in progress all my life. And I have altered my behavior patterns plenty of times before. I quit drinking, I quit smoking, I quit demeaning myself t...

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I can't even remember what happened Wednesday night, but Thursday was FAILURE and Friday was FAILURE. Ugh. Tonight was kind of crazy. I had a candy bar and some M&Ms. (I'm very PMS, which explains cravings and also explains my defiant attitude). Plus I had a sample of banana bread at Panera. Yesterd...

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Hey Flora - congratulations on the smaller jeans ... it sounds like you've been reaching a lot of small, and not so small, accomplishments since you started. You sound great. It looks like we started around the same time. I've lost about 4 pounds too ... or hovering around it anyway. Slow but sure, ...

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Hey Flora3 - thanks for dropping in. Today was a good day to read your encouraging post, because I weighed myself, and I think I gained a pound. I'm not sure, coz I'm pms-ing, so I guess I'll just call it even. At any rate, its hard to plod along and not see much results on the scale. On the other h...

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I ate a lot today, but technically a success: Breakfast: bagel with egg and swiss cheese Lunch: big ole' submarine sandwich and potato chips Dinner: 3 pieces of pizza I've been pretty lame recently, so I'm going to start as Day 1 again. Day 1: success I'm still trying to figure out my triggers and a...

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...but my slips are less damaging then they used to be. I instintively grabbed a chocolate truffle sample at Harry and David's today, which screwed up my three plates. And then, I guess I felt defeated, because when I got home, I ate a cupcake. It was originally for my 2 year old son, but it was so ...

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...by the skin of my teeth. I have lost some motivation ... I think the novelty has worn off, and I'm starting to hear voices saying "you can't carry this off for the rest of your life - people snack ... that's what we do as Americans ... do I want to be a freak? I"m hungry ... why shouldn't I eat? ...

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Jammin - I have never been to Potbelly's. I've seen them around, though. Its a sandwich place, right? Isn't there one in Crystal City somewhere?

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Did well for today. Three reasonable meals. I've been thinking about the impulsive granola bar the other day. I think I shouldn't have been standing in the kitchen mindlessly going through the cupboards to begin with. There are a lot of steps between being on the sofa reading, and standing in the ki...

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Urgh. I just stood in the kitchen, at 9:45 at night, and very impulsively ate a granola bar for no good reason except that I could. I was trying to have an N-day (since I slipped on Friday), and everything was well. I was about to go to sleep. And then, before my mind could say "nooooooo", I was stu...

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Hi Pangelsue - I posted over on another thread in response to your wriggly puppy analogy. I loved it. I work really well with visualizations, and I'm going to use that one often, if you don't mind. It seems like a kind analogy, too. Just as we can't be angry at little wriggly untrained puppies, we a...

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I slipped up last night. Breakfast was fine, and lunch was sushi. Both good and healthy. Then, I picked up my son at school and came home and split a Lean Cuisine pizza with him (which means he ate 4 bites, and I ate the rest). Still fine. That was about 7 pm. But then I went to see The Departed. (G...

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Panglesue - your dog analogy is perfect. I'm going to remember that, because its exactly how I feel. Its a kind analogy too, coz who can berate a puppy for being puppyish. We can't berate our reptilian brain for seeking comfort in inappropriate places. Its an S day for me, and I'm gleefully wrigglin...

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By the way ... my burrito was from Guapo's. Even worse than Chipotle, I know. Heavy sigh.

Cheese makes me happy ...

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I'll do that Kevin. Thanks. I leap at any opportunity to actually eat more.

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You're right about that, I think. That checking out thing is the same thing I do when I bite my nails. Its anxiety relieving, but I think there may be something even beneath the anxiety. That's what I'm trying to get at. You're also right that its uncomfortable. I don't mind the discomfort - and I'm...

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Hey Kevin ... no, it wasn't Chipotle (although your post cracked me up). You made me feel better, because my burrito was considerably smaller than my head. How virtuous am I! I had to eat 4 smaller meals again ... I just get ridiculously hungry. But I'm still within the spirit of No-S, so I'm counti...

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Yeah - I know the difference between eating a lot and bingeing too ... and, for me, the actual amount of food is not what's key. There's this sense of "checking out" ... I do it with popcorn all the time. Hand in bag, hand to mouth, hand in bag, hand to mouth. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I do it with po...

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I hope this link works. The Washington Post this morning printed a study from the Journal Biological Psychiatry, finding that binge eating, as an eating disorder, is more common than anorexia and bulimia combined. What I would be interested in is what people get out of it ... I do it myself, and I'm...

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Ok, I lied. My main priority in doing the No-S diet is to lose weight. That became perfectly clear to me this morning when I weighed myself and hadn't lost any weight. So, for the time being, I'm going to stop observing my relationship with eating and actually start eating less. Smaller plates, less...

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hi Jammin' Jan! Blustery day out there, today, wasn't it? I ate a lot today, but in three meals. Breakfast was a bagel w/egg and swiss cheese. Lunch - noodle soup, granola, and crackers w/tuna. Dinner - 4 - yes, 4 slices of pizza. Believe it or not, its 10:15 and I'm a little hungry. I am not counti...

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Hi there - I'm reading Mindless Eating as well. You can join a Cornell study on the website, if you're interested and you check off "meal stuffing" as your number one goal to curb (it could be for the other issues as well).

http://www.mindlesseating.org/challenge.htm

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I think today is a success day. I had to eat a mini-meal before I went to the gym, so I ate 4 meals altogether. (My mini meal was a cheese stick and a tiny bowl of cereal in my toddler's plastic bowl). I'm hungry now, but I ate again after the gym and that's that for today. Normally I would eat popc...

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Hi Flora - I'm Jent and I just joined. I'm from DC too ... I had to laugh when I saw your post. Free chili and cornbread at Hard Times would have brought me to my knees. :) I just wanted to introduce myself to a fellow Washingtonian (you too Jammin Jan). Too bad its cold again. Yesterday was beautif...

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I did two S days over the weekend, and I approached eating, snacking, gorging, and "hunger" in a whole new light. It was very cool. On Saturday, I went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant. I ate chips /salsa and then ate the ridiculously large burrito, beans and rice entree. I ate all of it, because it...

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Hi Reinhard!! I just read the thread that you've got a book coming out ... congratulations!!! I just came upon your site yesterday after googling diet blogs ... yours is so unique I figured you'd already published something. Thanks again for having this site ... I feel really lucky to be a part of i...

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Hello. I'm Jen. I am so happy I found this site - thanks. Simple works for me ... three rules is perfect. Today was a success. I'd heard that it takes 21 days to break a habit and develop a new one, so I've got 20 days to break the habit of mindless gluttony. I am not particularly overweight, but I ...

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