Everyday Systems

It was nice. I bought a packet of mixed mints so I have a humbug, everton mint, mint toffee, glacier mint or some other thing I don't know the name of each day. It was a humbug to start.

Thur 1 - Day 17 FAILURE
Fri 2 - Day 18 FAILURE

I've been eating suppers of cheese and biscuits. I've just sort of totally collapsed toward the end of this week.

I'm staying here, though, and writing things down because where's the trick when you are only fooling yourself.

reinhard wrote: I'd say, go ahead if you want to do it. It's a beautiful tradition and honestly it's probably less calories than the sugar you're allowed to put in your coffee.

You are a truly wise and benevolent leader.

carolejo wrote:I don't suppose you could get non-edible goodies to put in it? Do you collect thimbles or something else similar

Hey, I could put the thimbles on all my fingers and it would stop me picking out my chocolates!

gratefuldeb67 wrote:Time for the council of Reinhard the wise...
Giver of advice...
Founder of us guys... LOL...

I bet he tells me I can't have my sweeties *pout*

Advent calendar takes the form of 24 windows/pockets that count down from 1st December until 24th December. It's just such a shame that having made it I won't use it properly.

I was thinking about your timer idea last night when I spent 30 minutes playing backgammon when I should have been cooking soup!

I don't really bother with an advent calendar but this year I've sewn one and I'd like to use it. This leaves me with a dilemma (outlined in my check-in). Do I put in ordinary sweetie treats then take them out on the appropriate days and hide them, or do I write little IOUs to myself. Carolejo think...

I think I'll ask the question over on general...

Day 16 SUCCESS Although I was really really hungry at 4 o'clock I resisted snacking and had a "quick" dinner of baked potato, cold chicken and salad rather than the veg and gravy I was planning. I have a dilemma. Advent calendar. I've sewn one for myself and I was looking forward to having a sweetie...

Day 15 FAILURE Stupid unconcious stuff again. A couple of crackers and butter before I went to bed. I'd be tempted to start counting again from today but if I keep this count up I hit day 21 of my second 21 days on Christmas day. I quite like the symmetry of that. I did manage to get food to eat thi...

Paris... The breakdown... Wednesday 23 Nov. Flight is at 7.30 so I leave the house at 4.30 am. Breakfast is a Boots meal deal and a cup of coffee. Sweets on the plane (can you travel without a sweet to suck? I can't). First burger of the day in Disneyland Paris - chicken breast and salad but still a...

Mmmm. Vimto!

Is it foggy by you still?

(nothing to do with the diet but I realised you are just up the road.)

Indeed. My main worry is that the week or so with no carbonated drinks is going to collapse under the pressure of Disney. Say no to Mickey! Say no to Diet Coke! My plan is to eat a hearty breakfast and try and avoid the inevitable junk-filled lunch. I'm going with my cousin and her kids and I don't ...

Day 8 - SUCCESS I'm having three meals a day. I'm not even thinking about snacking in between meals. Yesterday I did have a mince pie a friend had made but it was tiny and it was with my lunch. I've decided that stopping the milk in my coffee was going a bit far - it's meant to be a sustainable chan...

Oh, it's a lemony paracetamol decongestant drink. I've no idea what it's called in other countries but it's a british institution. Like the Queen, but in soluble form.

Current concession to being ill: milky coffee before bed.

good luck with getting off the net. I know how much time lj, for instance, can eat up before you realise.

I'm drinking lemsip at medically advised intervals.

Disaster! I'm ill. A weird head cold and associated headache which is leaving me feeling out of sorts. Still... Day 6 - SUCCESS Day 7 - S day I'd originally planned to NoS Sunday but on Saturday I felt ill enough that I accidently followed the plan so when I wanted a raisin danish on Sunday I had it.

DAY 5. S-DAY Had and apple betty with my lunch. This is a apple turnover with cream and very nice it was too. Later on I had a pint of guinness and some shandy at the charity do plus about 10 peanuts. I didn't eat the pies and sandwiches offered and I stopped at a couple of drinks. The time has come...

You must be really chuffed!

Day 4 SUCCESS

I'm going to a charity function tonight so I'm starting my weekend today and having Sunday as an noS day. This gives me three noS days before my holiday.

They said they'd bought scones because they began with and S and thought I could eat them. They are just being deliberately silly. I've realised that some people are logging what they eat so I guess I should write stuff down for the past three days. Warning... I've been having an unusually meaty wee...

I'm still at the stage though, where if I don't make a really conscious effort to include the good stuff I'll look back on my day and realize I've chosen all starchy bready things. Mmmmm. Starchy bread things. Your food for the past few days sounds lovely but I don't think I could eat V8 for breakf...

Day 3 SUCCESS

DESPITE the efforts of my co-workers who brought in Scones to try and tempt me. I was resolute.

Day 2 SUCCESS Having a fairly hefty breakfast (a bacon buttie!) seems to be seeing me through to lunch with no problems but although I managed the stretch to dinner okay Monday, yesterday I had to eat my reserve fruit at 4 p.m. Obviously this was because I had been thinking very very hard. Dinner wa...

Day 1. FAILURE And you know what, it was completely automatic and I only realised I'd done it when I came to write stuff down. I was out at the theatre last night. I had my three meals, drank my coffee black and even remembered at dinner to order water instead of lemonade. Once at the theatre the pe...

A lot of other people do it slightly differently in that they leave a space on their lunch plate where the apple (for example) could have fitted. Or they even put the apple on the plate with lunch, but save it for later. This is a virtual plating exercise which can be useful to make sure that you'r...

Day 8: Success Great day! I'm trying to work toward regularly having the recommended "five a day," and this is the first time I've been able to do it in a while. I always feel so much better when I do. Oh, it's a habit that is well worth cultivating. Since making sure I get at lest five a day my sk...

Darn it, I ate. I just find it irresistable to not eat when I am hungry. This will be a problem if I ever want to lose weight. I had bread and cream cheese, more carrots and ranch dip and 2 large tangerines. When I decided to tackle my overeating I put some time into learning when I was and wasn't ...

gratefuldeb67 wrote:Hi Angela!
Welcome and good luck!!

Thank you! I'm going to try my best.

Hi, I read a link to the No S diet on a friends Blog and decided to give it a try. I was tempted to start on Saturday which would have given me two S days to START me off (ho! ho!) but decided it was a bit cheaty and, hey, Monday is my weighing day anyway. A little bit of background. Like many peopl...