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HeatherG

2 pretty good days - feels so much better to have energy for being careful again.

HeatherG

Can I join in for the rest of April - a few weeks away.
I wish I understood my waxing and waning determination more! It is high just now - so here goes! Well done to others for maintaining motivation in March - March went sideways for me. Wishing your strength in the small things.

HeatherG

I'm back after about 6 weeks absence. Due to many things - too busy, too many failures, away with family and no internet, etc etc. Not all failures though - the afternoon snacking seems to much less of a problem. Plan for the week made, head back in the game - a few more pounds to loose (sigh) but I...

HeatherG

Oh dear. 1st of March turned red at the end of the day! Need to get my head in the game again - feel a drift at work. Think I am a bit discouraged because I am not really loosing weight. Want to make March count. On reflection this week has had a good few curve balls to throw normality off - kids at...

HeatherG

Fresh month, new resolve. I'm in again.

HeatherG

February is almost over - this is the last weekend of the month. I'm weighing myself once a month at the moment - to allow the systems to form. But the scales looming are focusing the mind - in a good way. Lets keep it up....and on into March. I so appreciate the control - not ending the day feeling...

HeatherG

This week I have begun to moderate my plate sizes. I am just weighing every month - but using 'jean tightness' there didn't seem to be much looseness developing. So decided I needed to have a look at what goes onto my plate. Mostly been a more moderate week. Green all the way.

HeatherG

4 greens and one red this week. Thinking of all the snacks that I didn't consume..pleased.

HeatherG

Hello, I think I know what you mean too well. I try brushing my teeth - it creates a clean feel that I don't want to disturb. And that 'nothing shall cross my lips' feeling has grown for me in the last 6 weeks of my No-S journey. All the best.

HeatherG

A more moderate weekend - and with house guests. Now the challenge of three plates a day, still with house guests. Think I'm going to buy some more nice cheeses rather than bake - so that no Sugar is easier for me.

HeatherG

Oolala, hope your toe fixes quickly. Weekend is nearly here!

HeatherG

A mid week S day - but not too excessive.

HeatherG

two more green days.

HeatherG

Thanks. Oolala, I think I ate/eat large meals and ate much more than I ever realised in snacks. Healthy snacks mostly - like peanut butter and oatcakes - but still snacks. I am tall and pretty active so I kind of can get away with it - but any weight loss was always regained when I slacked off the r...

HeatherG

Well, we are a 12th of the way through 2018 - how is it going.
No snacking is getting easier for me.

HeatherG

Thank you for being honest and struggling on through Jan - here is to an easier Feb.

HeatherG

Well done Merry, I love hearing about everyone's adjustments and journeys. I too eat things so fast...I realised a while ago that I would justify seconds, or thirds on the basis that I will enjoy them and taste them! Why don't I just eat more slowly first time round - and now with No S I need to!

HeatherG

How quickly the Mondays roll round. A more restrained weekend which feels good. Still lots (too many) treats - but more moderate, and again a reminder of the importance of the green days to rein it all in again.

HeatherG

Hi Milliem, I eat soup a lot so have decided a reasonable bowl of soup and a small side plate of bread or crackers still counts as a no -S green day meal. No... that day I ate standing up and serving the rest of the family, and ate more bread than I would have done had I sat down and had a bowl of s...

HeatherG

I'm in on the 2018 challenge - but would like to join the Feb challenge too. Yesterday was a green - good start! Will try to work out what you are all doing with the monthly calendars, otherwise I'll give weekly summaries of my daily check-ins. Just weighed myself - don't think I've lost in the thre...

HeatherG

The first of Feb and a green. Into the second month and I feel as if some good new habits are forming. Now, want a month of sensible 's' days, as well and lots of green days.

HeatherG

Another green - and it was 'easy'

HeatherG

Bother - another red day....I can really see why I need this system. today was knocked sideways by a disorganised dinner at which I ate standing up. Just soup and bread - so not too much, but not a 'plate' either. And then I ate three cookies - because I knew I was getting a red anyway....daft. But ...

HeatherG

Back to green again. And less hunger in the afternoon.

HeatherG

woops - it was Chotzinoff who talked about 'toddlers' - sorry. Agree with both MillieM and Chotzinoff. So, nice to get that 'yes' feeling when I read others thoughts - thanks!

HeatherG

Great MillieM! I have been noticing my 'toddlers' too - though I hadn't identified them as that. I also find that I would have reached for food when at 'dis-ease'. Its been interesting to say 'no' more than usual this month - but also to learn to say 'yes' to a plate meal, or 'wait' to the weekend! ...

HeatherG

Oh well - three days green, two red. 1 was a minor deviation. 1 was a planned deviation that then went slightly haywire - but still eating fewer snacks than before, and finding the 3-6pm window a bit easier. Taking myself out of the kitchen then - even doing a jigsaw!

HeatherG

Green again!

HeatherG

Yes, the book is worth reading for sure. And because of all those little details I think I have to log today as red - which I am sad about. However, I think logging it as red is important to keen me truthful and strict. Two things happened today to make it red. Firstly lunch happened in three parts ...

HeatherG

Monday again! Here we go - week three. Still a bit more eating 'because I can' on S days, but ready for another green week. Nearly finished the No S Diet book.

HeatherG

Apprentice 1981 - I'm just starting out on No S, and I'm a Christian too, and I also have four children... and I really resonate with your post today - thank you. It articulates much of what had been swirling around my mind these last couple of weeks. Thanks for taking the time to write, and Soliade...

HeatherG

It seems as though as the week goes on I find the no snacking in the afternoon harder. Maybe I need to eat a little more for lunch as I have found myself ratty with the children and tired before the evening meal. But I have one more meal to go and I will have a week long green streak!!

HeatherG

Three green days - best yet! Drank milk today - as suggested in the book - because I really was hungry and about to go sledging with the kids.

HeatherG

And we have to live in the real world too, so I think your decision for join in once every six weeks is a good one. Well done for getting more than halfway through before getting a red day. There is always another day coming up!

HeatherG

Two green days - and enjoying three meals a day. Find it still a challenge at points - show how much I must have nibbled. No S much needed therefore!

HeatherG

The No S Diet book arrived at our house on Saturday - I'm part way through, and one of the many tips and pieces of advice that I have appreciated is the idea of brushing my teeth after eating. So, I've just had breakfast and I know what I'm going to have for lunch and tea (that's dinner for us in Sc...

HeatherG

Well, I've just had the first weekend (S days) and I was surprised at how I ate quite a lot just because I could, and almost felt as if I should. I didn't think I'd do that, and I'm quite glad to get back to a N day today with constraint built in. Just got the No S book and am reading it. Seems that...

HeatherG

Hi Oolala, I noticed that Chotzinoff had read all your previous posts, so I went looking and have read a bit of your initial journey. It is really encouraging to read your struggles then and to know that you are still such an advocate and expert lots of years on. thanks! I hope that I am still going...

HeatherG

Yes! yesterday I was more strict because I had had to 'fess up the day before...and so the habits build I hope. Anyway a green for yesterday and I've got a tasty soup made already for lunch today. It always helps to have something nice to look forward to.

HeatherG

Hmmm, what was today a green or a red? I think I need to log it as a red, which I am disappointed about. I made a banana and yogurt shake for my kids at 3.15 and made too much - so I ate the extra - just plain, natural yogurt and about half a banana. But it was still food - therefore a snack. Grrr, ...

HeatherG

Just also wanted to say I was delighted to find a 2018 challenge this morning when I logged on. And it is comforting to find a discussion about just sticking to 'No S' when just now we are surrounded with new and other ways to loose weight. One focus - no distracting glittery promises from elsewhere...

HeatherG

I'd love to join too. I started No S in Dec and then had the festive holiday season with folk staying for more than a fortnight....I just tried to be sensible!! Now is the time to apply my mind to getting 'vanilla no S' (I'm learning the lingo :) ) in my head and in my routines. So, count me in for ...

HeatherG

Hello and Happy New Year. The schools are back, the guests have gone (15 days of house guests) and the festive food has almost left the house, and I'm back for a good run at No S.

HeatherG

A red day - the one good thing to say is that it is not due to my most 'normal' dietary slip ups - No S seems to be addressing them quite well.

HeatherG

Hello - can I ask what 'Vanilla no S' is please? I see it in a lot of the posts referring to it. Assume it is a 'basic' version, but what is it compared against? Thanks. Going for another green day in week 2.

HeatherG

Thanks Octavia, yes, I reckon that saying 'to be hung for a sheep as for a lamb' is not good when applied to eating...so learning to draw a line under a fail and move on is important. Hope your re-start is going well. Heather

HeatherG

Thanks for your support Merry. I've been reading some of the online discussions and find your 'story' very encouraging, esp. to see how sustainable you have found this.

HeatherG

Another green day.

HeatherG

Hello, and thank you for your encouragements. Monday and today were green, but Tuesday was a Failure. The good bit was that that failure remained as one day only and I am back on track.

HeatherG

Getting set up for tomorrow - first day. Going for green...and a little nervous.

HeatherG

Hello, I've just joined too. I live in Scotland with my husband and four children. I work part time and am studying too. I am really hoping that the No S Diet will give me some discipline around food, especially snacking in the afterschool/before dinner time. And I am hoping to loose some weight too...

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