Everyday Systems

I'm switching my thinking mode from the sprint to the marathon... One foot in front of the other... I'm going to lose the weight!

I gave this diet up for a while. I found that when I had my weekend S Days, I couldn't bring myself to get back on the program again on monday. I've been eating salads 3 times a day for the past few weeks, and I've lost a little weight, but not enough to keep torturing myself with lettuce! So I deci...

Failure two N-days in a row now. I think my problem has been skipping breakfast, and leaving too much time between breakfast & lunch. I've been letting myself get so hungry that my ability to resist cheating is gone. Tomorrow is a new day and instead of giving up like I would normally do after a sma...

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the replies! I had a horrible day yesterday, but I'm gonna bounce back today. Thanks so much for your kind words of encouragement. You all have really helped me through a bad day and helped me to not give up!

laura99 - I'm trying to accept that it's gonna take a while, but I have to admit that I was just online looking into diet pills that may speed up the process. Dumb I know, but it's so tempting. I just want to be able to socialize w/o feeling like everyone thinks I so huge! I was just at a dinner wit...

Enjoying another S-Day.

Good day. S Day. Not overdoing it.

The Lemonade Diet. HORRIBLE, TORTUROUS, REDICULOUS, COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLY WITH UNLESS YOU ARE ANOREXIC. You don't eat any solid food. You drink lemon water with syrup and cayanne pepper in it. You drink laxative tea twice a day. You drink a HUGE glass of salt water each morning that makes ...

I've been on the No-S Diet for 12 days now, and so far I've lost 6 lbs. I was doing my daily check in in the general discussion forum until this point,(OOOPS!). It's going well so far. I'd say I most need to work on getting more physical activity.

I've noticed many times on this diet that I find myself thinking that eating would make me feel better. This is usually due to hunger pangs. What I've learned though is that NOT EATING, (Snacking), is what REALLY makes me feel better!! That wonderful feeling of making it through the moment and being...

Wow!, I really suprised myself today... When I just had to call V-Day an S-Day, (because I had to have a lollipop my daughter brought home from school), I had a sinking feeling I'd ruin any additional progress I've made this week. To my amazement, all I really wanted was that lolliepop and one small...

Hi, Is anyone else taking an S Day for Valentines Day? I wasn't going to but my daughter brought home candy from a school party, and I had a few pieces. I also think that if my husband brings home candy for me I'll have some of that too. I consider Valentines Day a Special occassion. Anybody else?

I was baking cookies with my daughter today, she's on a special diet, and her cookies have to be wheat and dairy free... so we're making the cookies and when each batch comes out I taste one cookie from the batch... this is what I've done while baking for as long as I can remember.... BAD HABIT! I d...

laura99---I have those thoughts running through my head all the time every day. But every time I tell myself that I'm just fat and I stop trying, I always gain more weight, and i get even fatter. I'm sick of buying the next size up! It's so very tempting every day to just chuck it and be fat, but th...

Davestarbuck---But the mice were offered the same food, and the ones that had artificial sweetners ate more and gained more weight. The mice are behaving normally. The only change was the artificial sweetner in thier diet. Doesn't this mean that the sweetners may in fact be causing or AT LEAST contr...

It's sunday night. One week down. I'm having a fat slice of ice cream cake to end my s day. I've decided that I will hold myself to an s day standard for my walking goal too. I'll walk M-F and take s days off. I've also decided to weigh myself only on Fridays from here on out. This way I can keep ta...

I was just thinking about this: I drink diet soda every day, and have had no success quiting this habit. It makes me feel better that there are books and other informational sources that say these sweeteners ARE o.k.. But I don't give my kids anything with artificial sweetner in it. It scares me to ...

dawn, i'd skip the s days too if i thought it was possible, but i've learned from personal experience that, (for me), deprivation, (no sweets), would guaruntee complete failure. This is only my first week on the plan, and today is my first s day, so i do completely understand the fear that 2 days of...

Well it's Saturday, and I've made it through my first week! I've done great this week, and I'm enjoying my first S Day.

So are you saying that you don't think you can lose the weight if you take full advantage of the S days? If so, are you planning on not having seconds, snacks, or sweets on S days as well? Won't this cause the feeling of deprivation that causes complete failure?

As far as I'm concerned you can find information to support either side of this debate. I've read about how some brands of artificial sweeteners are more likely to harm you,(Blue stuff), than others,(pink stuff). I've read about alternatives such as stevia and agave nectar that aren't supposed to hu...

I've had alot of hungry moments this week and I just remember what Oprah said on one of her shows about weight loss: When you feel hungry like you just need a little snack, you just need something.. that's when you're losing weight.

Four days and counting... I'm gonna try not to weigh myself too often so I don't get discouraged. Today I fit in 35 minutes on the treadmill too. Today was easier than the first three days!

Today my husband made a couple of comments about what I ate. First comment was about a McDonalds Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap that was leftover from my lunch and I had put it in the fridge. The other was about using ranch dressing for things other than salad at dinner. He was basically telling me the s...

Hi, Day three is almost over, and I've done it again. Managed to make it through multiple urges to eat w/o caving. I checked my weight, didn't expect much yet, but I have already lost 4 LBs! What a wonderful reward after a day full of tough cravings! And thank goodness for Diet Pepsi!

Hi, Thanks everyone for reponding and showing support! I love this message board, and I'm so very greatful to the man who made all of this available to us! THANKS!! I can't even tell you how much better my body feels already, and I'm only half way through day two. Yes, there have been times between ...

Wow, this is the reason I think I've failed many times trying to lose weight. My husband thinks if you want to lose weight you shouldn't eat anything that tastes good, yet he won't eat anything healthy AT ALL!! So if I tell him I want to lose weight he expects me to eat like a starving rabbit and al...

Monday, (Feb. 4th 2008), was my first day of the nosdiet. Success! I did catch myself a couple of times almost eating something. It's amazing how often I was eating without any awareness. My starting weight is 246 LBS. My goal weight is 136. I'm 5'7". So I'm trying to lose 110 LBS. I did make it thr...