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Charis

Tuesday, day 5, successful Better on food portions but still room for improvement. Remember how in an earlier post I talked about the real test for nos would be going to visit my mom? Well I am not going to my mom's but she is coming here to visit for about a week. If anyone is a praying person I wi...

Charis

Monday, day 4 was a success but barely the portions were huge but I stayed on track and that is huge for me especially after being away this past weekend. So tomorrow I will work on cutting back on portions and staying on track. The stress is still high in my home as we are still in the midst of a r...

Charis

Friday, day 1 (4th round), Success I am happy about this because I spent the better part of the day in the car which has always meant candy at the gas station (yup never outgrew that childhood habit) but I resisited. Had a reception in the evening with a pretty delicious looking dessert but I was fu...

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Thursday, Day 21(!), success Yeah after my 3rd attempt to complete this third cycle of 21 days I have finally made it. I was starving soon after dinner. I think I ate my dinner too fast because I filled up fast and gave about 1/3 of my plate to the dog. Later I had to fight hunger until bedtime. I f...

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Wednesday, day 20, success I did virtual plate my dinner since everything was not ready at the same time, but I am not going to make it a habit. I am sure that it can get me in trouble.

Charis

Glad to see you back! Treat yourself with love and kindness - it goes a lot further than harshness and self-hatred.

Charis

Tuesday, day 19, success It was close at dinner as some of my favorite things were offered but with some virtual plating I rode out the temptation to binge and eat what I want. Part of it is that I am so close to completing 21 days that I don't want to screw it up. This is my third attempt at comple...

Charis

Monday, Day 18, Success Usual hunger and temptations that seem to occur on Monday. I always try to have a slightly bigger breakfast Monday morning to help me get through the day and it worked as I didn't feel hungry until my late lunch. I was really hungry after dinner but fought off the temptation ...

Charis

Thank you so much for your encouragement. You are right I won't allow what went on this weekend to get me down. And the weekends are getting better. Though it does make me laugh at what we all are drawn to during our weekends. I really appreciate how you encourage everyone on this site. We could all...

Charis

Saturday and Sunday, Days 16 & 17, successes by definition, Most of the weekend was great. I kind of fell apart at the last grabbing a late night snack I think because I could and soon I wouldn't be able to. It could also be because my dinner was composed soley on ice cream :oops: Maybe I was cravin...

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Friday, day 15, success I am truly surprised and please by how little I have the desire to snack. Grazing use to be such a constant thing for me. Tonight my husband offered me a brownie before dinner and I turned it down without out having to fight any temptation. Amazing. It is my sincere desire to...

Charis

Wednesday, day 13, was a success am having to fight hunger in the evening again. I am trying to cut back on portions to make them a little more reasonable and conducive to losing some weight as it seems to be stuck Thursday, day 14, a success again struggled with hunger in the evening and a headache...

Charis

Tuesday, day 12 success I didn't finish all of my dinner because I realized I was full. A habit I hope I can continue as by now I should realize that another meal is right around the corner and I can wait. My ankle feels a little better so I am looking forward to restarting some exercise next Monday...

Charis

Thanks for the encouragement Debs. You do such a great job encouraging others by your words and example. Congrts on your loss of 9 lbs. Sat and Sun were days 9 & 10, S days so Successes Monday, day 11, was also a success. I really tried to cut back on my food intake today and will continue to try th...

Charis

Friday, day 9 success It hasn't been too hard to get back into the nos routine though partly that was because I know that the weekend is coming and there will be ice cream, which my family enjoyed tonight. Today I was grocery shopping while hungry (I know very dangerous) and while I came home with o...

Charis

Wednesday was a special S day as it was the last day of the conference and a big party was planned, but in the end I probably could have got by without it. Thursday was a travel home day 16 hours on the road so we returned about 1 am this morning. Despite the longer day I stuck to nos and passed by ...

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Tuesday Day 6 success The dessert tables were loaded but I passed them by. While some of my fellow conferees are complaining about eating so much I find that I am growing use to the abundance of food and pulling back and not eating so much. I realize that I am getting full on lesser amounts of food....

Charis

Friday, Saturday and Sunday were days 2-4 S days and therefore successes by default Monday was a successful nos day. I was given a candy bar which I will save for an s day. Day 5 success . Still have a lot of pain in my ankle. It is taking awhile for the ligaments to heal. No time to hardly rest it ...

Charis

Wednesday, unfortunately this was a failure as I was eating my boxed lunch that was provided for me and ate the brownie that came with it. But I was back on track for Thursday which I guess is again day 1, success Friday was an S day as it was a special party commemorating over 15 years with the sam...

Charis

For what its worth I say keep it green

Charis

Day 8 success once I made it passed lunch and its many temptations I was fine the rest of the day. My ankle still is very sore, so no exercise yet, though there is alot of walking back and forth from things - okay not a lot of walking for a healthy person with 2 good ankles, but alot for me and I th...

Charis

Day 5, Saturday success Day 6, Sunday success Day 7, Monday success This eating in the cafeteria is a lot harder than I hoped it would be. I have done pretty well. Monday at dinner I was faced with a multitude of desserts since my oldest daughter picked the table right next to the dessert tables. I ...

Charis

I really liked Rose's advice. I think one other thing to mentally adjust to is that this may/probably will be a very slow journey to your healthy weight. I have a lot of weight to lose and would like it off last Friday. And when I have stepped on the scale and seen my slow progress I can panic and f...

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Friday Day 4 Success This was a good success for me because we traveled from our home to Colorado over the course of 16 hours. Something about car trips seems to make me think that I am in some magical car where anything eaten there has no calorie impact. Okay I never believed that but I ate like it...

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Thursday Day 3 success ( I am changing my success color just because I like blue) The day is not over but I am leaving tomorrow for Colorado and don't know when I will have time to post again. I did struggle again for the need to snack and I think it is because of all of the stress that comes with t...

Charis

Oh I desperately hope not.

Charis

Wednesday Day 2 was a success . I have battled a little more with food today. This morning as I was having to rest from my sprained ankle I had this thought that I should be able to have a treat (read chocolate, ice cream some kind of sugary treat). I don't know where it came from but the thought wa...

Charis

Tuesday - success I recovered nicely from my small failure yesterday and had a pretty easy day to stay on track. Late this afternoon I went to catch a friend who had come to my door, but I hadn't immediately heard him and when I did he was walking away. So I stepped out to get his attention and forg...

Charis

Monday - I am still deciding if what I had was a success or failure. Technically it was a failure and I will probably count it as such but for me it was definitely a success. At dinner after I had finished eating my plate of food I took a couple extra pieces of very thin strips of steak that we had ...

Charis

Day 9, Saturday success it was a good S day and I did exercise in the evening Day 10 Sunday success technically because there can not be failures on s days, but it was not a good day eating wise. I seemed to be eating all day and had a lot of chocolate cake and ice cream. The only success I can coun...

Charis

I hope you are doing well. I miss you. I understand your discouragement, the scale has not been that kind to me either and it is disheartening. However, I am committed to staying with a plan that reduces my emotional chains to food and I will adjust my portion, types of food and my idiotic behavior ...

Charis

I have only been doing nos since the middle of May but my impression is that you would be better off committing to three meals a day every day instead of saying 2 or 3, especially since you say you like to snack. If I understand this plan correctly one of the goals is to eliminate the snacking habit...

Charis

Friday Success I felt I overate at dinner. I knew as I was eating the last piece of my sandwich that I should stop but the old thought of this is all I get for the day trumped over my good sense. I am looking forward to the day when my good sense trumps over my greed. The rest of the day was good th...

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Wednesday 4th of July declared an S day - it wasn't a great day foodwise. I definitely need to tighten and work on these s days

Thursday day 7 Success

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Monday, day 4 success Tuesday, day 5 success While these days were tecnically successes, I think I need to be tighter on some of these meals. I have virtually plated a couple and filled the plate a little higher than reasonable - pure greed and not had enough vegetables taking up the plate. So I am ...

Charis

Friday success I almost had a failure so easy to do when I have come to the end of another 21 days and can rationalize that I have nothing to lose, but I recovered better than I would have in the past Saturday & Sunday s days success Sunday wasn't great but they were s days So I guess those are days...

Charis

I am sorry you are struggling. I understand your feelings about seeing people again and wishing you were smaller. I have a conference coming up that happens every two years. Two years ago I hit my highest weight while there and felt miserable and horribly ashamed. Now two years later I am almost the...

Charis

I finished my 2nd consecutive 21 days. I only lost 1 to 1 1/2 pounds this time so the next time through I am going to try to work on tightening a few areas, but overall I am pleased with the way the habits are forming and most days it is getting to be a little easier. I am going to continue counting...

Charis

Thursday - We celebrated my youngest child's birthday. I took it as an S day in the evening. I was really happy with how it went. She had a sleepover with 5 of her friends. My husband made a fire in the fire pit and we roasted hot dogs and smores. I enjoyed the smores. I passed on the birthday cake ...

Charis

I have only been nosing for 6 weeks and some days are still very hard like last night. Some ideas of what I have tried are making sure that the meals I eat or appealing to me. Sometimes that means lunch will include a nice bowl of berries or a handful of potato chips to round out my plate. If I feel...

Charis

Wednesday Day 20 (round 2) Success I had to really fight through hunger after dinner tonight. I was having hunger pains very soon after I finished dinner (whole wheat spaghtetti, sauce, turkey meatballs, roll and salad - it should have been enough) and all the rest of the evening. It never relented ...

Charis

I hope you will come back. You are so close to being out of the 190's, it would be a shame to throw in the towel now. Sometimes saying "no" is the kindest thing you can do for yourself. You can have chocolate chips - on "S" days. I have binged on food in the past many times. This nos plan seems to h...

Charis

Tuesday Day 19 Success I managed to resist the strawberry shortcake served at an evening meeting I attended. I had fast food for lunch and I have decided to for go that for the time being. I just think that it could be a bad habit to get into and it definitely won't help me in the long run to lose w...

Charis

Thanks Clickbeetle, I have had a sense that I am making some good food changes. I hope that some day in the future they will be automatic and I won't even think about it. Day 18 Success Mondays are always hard for me. I had a little bit more at lunch than normal to get me over what I think is more m...

Charis

I'm back after my long weekend away. Wednesday, Day 13 success I was happy about this as sometimes when I travel I think that every stop for gas is a good reason to grab a piece of candy Thursday, Day 14 Success This was also a great day, since I was on my own traveling and didn't "celebrate" this f...

Charis

Tuesday Day 12 Success I almost ate seconds at dinner last night. I really wanted to have another of the wraps we were having and some more potato chips (bbq maple - yummy). I tried to rationalize that it would have all fit on a heaping plate. I even took two more potato chips, but I knew it was a v...

Charis

I hope you will give nos a try. Mimi gave you some great tips. I just want to add that after 1 month, mentally my thinking about food is starting to improve. I never thought I could go 5 days without a piece of chocolate. But guess what? I can. I can't even say that I have many cravings for sweets a...

Charis

Congratulations on your weight loss. I know the temptation has been great to quit but I hope you will hang in there and not listen to the negative voices in your head. I think that is how we break out of the long cycle of yoyoing and bingeing we have been on.

Congratulations on your anniversary.

Charis

Monday

Day 11 Success The transition back to nos from the weekend was pretty easy this time - no headache. I did have a cup of coffee in the evening to help me to deal with the hunger, but I consider that a success. Of course that is probably also the reason I was awake at 3 this morning

Charis

Day 9 & 10 (S days) successes

This weekend was so much better than last weekend. There was no grazing, and no 3rds and 4ths. Still have progress to make, but it is a learning process.

Charis

Congratulations on hanging in there for another 21 days and losing weight.

Sounds like you did great at the buffet.

Charis

So glad you are doing well! Keep up the great work - it will be such a blessing to our life in the future and our children

Charis

Hang in there! I think you will find that staying within the boundaries will get easier. You are right though, a decent sized breakfast does help me to get off to a great start for the day. There is no way I want to be battling hunger from morning until I go to bed. Don't give up, I think you will f...

Charis

Congratulations on reaching a 100 days! That is great!

Charis

You are so right want2behealthy, I know that I will not be cured after 21 days when I have struggled with food issues to some degree most of my life. Therefore I think a lot of patience, appropriate boundaries, perseverance and grace are needed. I am still trying to figure out the weekends. I will s...

Charis

I am so glad that you are doing better. I know how you feel when I get anxious about all the weight I have to lose (and it is more than you do) I just want to do something drastic and fast - but it ends up being so impractical and restrictive that it usually increases my obsession with food. Even wh...

Charis

Thursday

Day 7 success I almost ate in between meals, absentmindly but caught myself at the last moment and gave my bite to the dog.

Charis

Wednesday - it was our 20th wedding anniversary and there is no way that what I ate would be consisdered one plate so because I had seconds and since it was a special day I counted it as an S day. The good news is that I did not deter from nos until dinner. Sometimes I am apt to view special days as...

Charis

Tuesday Day 5 success It was a much easier day for me to follow nos. I even served an evening snack to group of friends in my home last night and I was not even tempted. I am not sure if this would have been classified as a failure, but I almost ate 3 small peas from our garden when my husband offer...

Charis

I am sorry you are struggling. It is so easy to feel negative about oneself when one is out of control with food. But remember there is more to you than your struggle with food. You need to find the plan that bests allows you to live without it taking control of you. For me nos gives me the appropri...

Charis

Monday Day 4 success I was pretty hungry in the evening and went to bed with a headache. Maybe it is just hard for me right now to transition back to a nos day after I feel I have abused an S day. Hopefully it will be more motivation for me to keep my S days much more in control. I need to definitel...

Charis

Saturday and Sunday

Days 2 & 3 (2nd time) successes

I would say that Sunday tended more to the idiot side of things, so I am glad to see Monday roll around. So far today as gone pretty well.

Charis

I am so glad that you stayed with nos and are now reaping the benefits. Have a good weekend and enjoy your family

Charis

Friday

Day 1 (2nd time around) success

Charis

I completed my first 21 days successfully yesterday. I lost 8.5 lbs during that time. Mostly I appreciate the boundaries of not being able to snack during the week. It has kept me from turning to food during the day because I feel stressed or get bored or am trying to procrastinate doing something. ...

Charis

Yeah, I made it to 21 days. I can't say that I have totally internalized nos and have the habits in place, but I feel like I am making a good start. After 20 years of yoyo (mostly up yo) I don't expect to turn it around in the first 3 weeks. So I will continue on working towards my next 21 days June...

Charis

Thanks want2behealthy for the encouragement. Your are right it does feel good sometimes to not indulge the hunger pains between meals. I talked to my counselor today (I started counseling in Feb partly because I was obsessed with my weight and it was taking over my life and constantly on my mind - a...

Charis

June 6th Day 20 Success

So far I have had about 2 days of nos days with my kids home for the summer and it has gone okay so far. I am thankful but vigilant. They all seem to eat on a different schedule depending on when they get up so that is difficult, but I really want to succeed.

Charis

Thanks for the encouragement wanttobehealthy. I am really shooting for my completion of my first 21 days. My S days still need some work and I am sometimes pretty hungry still on my nosdays, but I have faith that if I am consistent it will get better. I have a lot of weight to lose also and how I wi...

Charis

June 4th - Today was my son's graduation and party so I decided to take an S day

Day 18th Success

Charis

June 2 & 3 the weekend - S-days Days 16 & 17 Successes My son had a soccer tournament so I was out of the house quite a bit, they hadn't won a game all season (new coach, new style of play), but they finally clicked in this weekend and won the tournament so I was out and about more than I expected. ...

Charis

June 1st

Day 15 Success

I finally got a little exercise in today and lots of house cleaning

Charis

I am so glad you had a great day. You are right you can do this.

Charis

May 31

Day 14 success Friday is the last day of school for my youngest 2. I think the temptations will be bigger with them home all day. We will see.

Charis

I am not sure if this will help but what if you stopped eating your meal when you felt comfortably full, put the plate away in the refrigerator with the understanding that if you are just famished and can't make it to the next meal then you could go and finish your plate. I am thinking that you woul...

Charis

May 30th day 13 was a success . I cooked a roast in the crock pot and the smell nearly drove me crazy, but I made it through the day. My youngest two children finish school this week and I am worried about the increased exposure to food. I wish I had a few more weeks to really internalize this syste...

Charis

Congratulations on your 10 lb loss. I understand your feelings about how long it took to lose it. I suppose you could take the opposite view that if you hadn't done anything you (well at least I could have) put on an additional few pounds in those same 6 weeks. The process may be slow, but if the re...

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Day 12 success

Charis

Day 11 (Memorial Day) ended up being an S day because of some grasshopper cookies, but besides that it was a pretty good day. So day 11 is a success. So far so good today.

Charis

Days 9 and 10 were S days - success I thought that Saturday was a better day as I enjoyed the times I deviated, Sunday seemed a little more out of control and not as satisfying but not terrible either. I am uncertain about what I will do today (maybe not a good thing). I think I may be able to get t...

Charis

Day 8 success

Charis

The day is not over but I am very excited that I have stayed on track so far. Today I prepared homemade pizza for my 14 year old son and 5 of his friends, my 17 year old daughter and her friend and my 10 year old daughter and her friend. I did not snitch any cheese as I grated a huge block, I did no...

Charis

Yeah tonight completes my first week successfully! I'm off to bed.

Days 1-7 Success

Charis

I found out about this diet last Friday and immediately thought that it was the answer to my many years of prayer for help with my weight. I went on my first diet 25 years ago to lose about 15 lbs and since dieting entered my life I know have almost 10 times that weight to lose now. I have followed ...

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