Everyday Systems

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It doesn't sound like a healthy friendship. My brother is 58, successful in his job and marriage, raised two kids. However, he is constantly leaving things behind when he visits us (his parents and me, 20 minutes from his house). His jacket, iphone, air pods, food we gave him, his coffee cup. It hap...

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Dietitians have to have a masters degree and certification after internship hours, etc. Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist, but you have to have lots of credentials to be a dietitian. At least in the USA. She is okay with me wanting to lose weight, but it's not the top priority for her. Eati...

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I have been in therapy for ten years (I've had a lot of trauma in my life) and I've been working with a dietitian for months. I make the healthy plate at meals as often as I can. I think I definitely need to eat more at meals to tide me over. Great to hear. I'm not sure of the difference between a ...

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Hi, I have two suggestions, take them if they help, ignore if they don't. 1. I found a lot of success with planning the day's worth of food, doing it the night before when I am clear-headed. In your case IE or mindful eating seem like a problem since you're not well-tuned to your body. I also notice...

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My Dad let me use his Lexus. Little known fact: Lexus is a high-end Toyota.
You're in!

I'm working on the "let it go". Not quite there, but I can envision it, which is a huge step up.

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re: fitbit, I was thinking about it and I think it depends on your lifestyle. I do a bunch of intentional exercise, and some light walking around the office but I sit all day at home and on the job. The light walking only adds up to 1-1.5 miles, and I sort of feel like I should ignore that anyway. P...

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That's such an interesting conversation!
I would say that I am the opposite, that when things are stressful in my job or (ahem) family, my eating/ exercising go out the window.
I know I'm resolving those things somewhat when I get back to my healthy baseline habits.

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I'm so sorry to hear that calorie counting is triggering. I've done it for decades, and the opposite is true, that I hardly bat an eye. I have 1200 calorie days and 2500 calorie days, and it's just like "do better tomorrow". If I veer into low-calorie territory, I pay HUGE attention to my hunger. It...

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I think it always helps to have some idea of what to expect for the lunch. It's a lot harder when it's a social event and I have no idea if there will be protein or veg or fruit or what. In a carb-heavy meal, I would make a point of eating a healthy breakfast. I have been known to have salad for bre...

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RG - I'm such a nerd like your brother, I think. As part of my sabbatical I wore a CGM (two different brands Dexcom and Libre) and experimented also with placement (waist or upper arm). I wore those things for 6 months. I ALSO bought an Oura but returned it - I generally am not a jewelry person and...

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Great advice Soprano! I'm new to no-S but definitely find the value in cutting out the snacking. Even healthy veg/fruit. We were talking last weekend about why did my A1c go down from last year to this year. I weigh 7 pounds more, I walked less, I ate more carbs. I ate less sweets but not that many ...

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Thanks SammyBunny, I'm sorry to hear about your estrangement, but it sounds like the right choice. For me, it's less that there's abuse than just huge differences. My brother lives locally, but I don't see or talk to him often. Or about much. We grew up together, and I even helped him "pick out" his...

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Hi lpearlmom and Sammy bunny! It was a lot more food than it sounds like; and more than I'm used to eating. Because it was high in fat, low in veg, it was easy to eat a lot more quantity than I should have. A lot of food was eaten cold, with my fingers. Instead of warmed up, on a plate, sitting at t...

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Oh my gosh I hope my sisters don't feel this way about me. I'm the one that's always giving the "scientific lectures" to them..... and just like your situation, at this point both of my sisters are healthier than me. My oldest sister (10 years older) is the healthiest of us all and has never liked ...

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more of a delve into the meaning of life and your childhood trauma friend. BWAHAHAHAHA! My Sister in law is like that!!!!! And honestly I think sometimes I can be like that.....oops. Too funny. One sister from out of town was just visiting over the holiday, and my other "too much" sister came up to...

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Also, a big congrats on your alcohol-free days. I think that's a very valuable habit! And hard to break, esp after 30 years. I'll confess that I developed a bad alcohol habit for 4 years. Then one day I realized it might be hurting my eyes, and I quit, almost cold turkey. The morning exercise is rea...

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I got a cheap pedometer and will aim for 10K steps/day. So far at 5200. haven't kept track of steps in ages, but always enjoyed having the fitbit. I still have my fitbit that I got for free from my health insurance 3 years ago. It could break any day now that I say that, which I do wear most days. ...

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I do have a useful tool in my toolbox where I "play the tape forward" and think about what the food will taste like and how I'll feel after and sometimes I'm just no longer interested. I guess it's a form of mindfulness applied to food. Pink, the rind may not be great for you raw. We always cook it...

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In case you watermelon lovers are interested: We make a vegetable out of the white part of the rind. The green part gets thrown away. After peeling the green part off, we cut the white part into small pieces, like the size you'd eat squash. Then cook it on medium heat for some 20 minutes. Add salt, ...

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After doing reasonably well over the weekend, I inhaled food today. Breakfast was normal, oatmeal Lunch was free hot pocket and Indian food (I don't think I've ever had a hot pocket before. It was okay. Sort of chewy.) Snack: granola bar, popcorn. I was stuck on an important work issue, and drank en...

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Hi Amy, That quote was from pink, not me. Am I the only person who eats WAY too much at buffet/restaurant/parties? It's not just that I want to sample everything, I think it's a frugality thing. I want to make full use of the $24 meal (or more, at the wedding last week). It's already richer food, bu...

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What is IE? I guess not Internet Explorer or Intermittent Expenses? I think the food universe has exploded since *I* was young. We used to eat normal food most of the time, once a month we'd eat pizza, once a month there would be some party. It wasn't this need for food as entertainment all the time...

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I'll have to think about the hunger, pink. I had a big bowl of gnocchi for lunch just now, and it tasted good but repetitive. I was dreaming about it before lunch and it hit the spot, but maybe never amazing. I had a weird day on Thursday where I just kept eating chips and salty junk. I'm menopausal...

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I said in June we had 3 work events back to back. It looks like that will happen again in July, though we haven't heard what the third event will be. I signed up for the tapas dinner in exchange for listening to financial talk. I don't eat out much, so it should be a treat. I invited a couple of my ...

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It actually worked out beautifully. I took an early lunch due to some downtime at work (we're in our reporting cycle and I have been skipping lunch), and walked before it got hot. It also cooled off a bit in the evening so I was able to get a second walk in. I don't really try to wake up early to wa...

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It finally happened, I missed my morning walk due to sleep. It was raining off and on anyway, but the weather was so cool, I'm sad. I think that's the first night I've gotten 8 hours in 2 weeks.

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I know what you mean about not cooking. I go through phases where I want novel foods, and take the time to research recipes, buy ingredients, and cook. And other times, like now, when even assembling a salad feels too finicky. It's not even about hot weather and cold foods. In Indian culture, good f...

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Being the ice cream lover that I am, I am curious what this Indian ice cream is like. I like to imagine it's made with ghee. ;-) Ha ha. I think it is very rich and dense, which is why people like it more than ice cream. Cream, not ghee. Like gelato, I ate about 1/2c. I don't know the recipe, but I ...

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As expected, I lost no weight this week. Given the various stress, heat, and wedding, not too surprising. I did eat too much at the wedding, but I ate lightly during the day and will eat lightly today. I ate some cake because they put it out while everyone was waiting for dinner. There was no fruit ...

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I've been reading with interest about pink's experiments with IF and heartburn/reflux. I think I have reflux, but I only notice it sometimes. My dentist notices it more than I do. I tried IF for a year some years ago, and I didn't like it. My parents would wake up early to make me an omelet before w...

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Thu26: Normal Fri27:Normal Sat28:Yellow So after a couple of days of eating lightly, my body was starving before lunch today. Not just peckish and can wait. I wanted to wrap up a project and go for a 30 minute walk, but I wasn't thinking clearly enough to sort out the details. Ate, felt better. I do...

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Thanks auto. Even last night, I thought about making gnocchi because it seemed light and appealing because tasty. But again, realized I didn't really NEED that much food. I finished off some corn and cherries, and that was enough. I have no idea if I'm just more conscious of my hunger cues, or my bo...

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The AC might be fixed. We’ll see in awhile whether there’s a leak that is leaking Freon. $650, more than I expected but not $2400!! I too thought of my 30 minute drive home as a sauna. People pay good money for that. I drove home on Monday with the back windows rolled down completely and it was bear...

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Thanks, on top of the computer issues, my car's AC is not working. Which we waited until a heat wave to fix :oops: The car also needs an oil change. So I'm not sleeping that well, and I'm not walking in the evenings (related?). I think my bed heats up while I'm asleep and wakes me up. I almost skipp...

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Oh, pink, that sounds very stressful. I don't know if it helps to clean up your resume and send out applications, if you have no idea what kind of timeline there is for closing the lab. Like, would it be this fall or 2-3 years from now? My brother works in IT and is 58 and works in federal. So all t...

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Thanks auto, The 2 pounds seems surreal to me, I’m thinking it will not continue but was a lag from previous weeks. The computer issues have been a distraction for sure, and I skipped my post dinner walk due to heat. I was also talking to my niece, in med school, about my A1c drop. When I tested exa...

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I don’t know pink, I ate an açaí bowl last week and it wasn’t amazing. My Mom fights a lot, so I’m not sure that was it. I’m down two pounds this week, 5 total. Before anyone gets jealous or annoyed, I have a lot more to lose than you all. My BMI is 29, and I felt best when I was at a BMI of 22. Tha...

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Welcome back pink! It was an insane amount of sugar. I ate very little of it and just enjoyed summer fruit. then my nephew brought 4! McDonald’s apple pies, we barely needed one. I tried to give him some of the sugar I picked up, he eats fries and other junk, he took some cake. Thu19: holiday, Norma...

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Updated my 3 work events post. Friday13: Normal day, L: ate some leftover Indian food, D: sandwich, squash and cherries. Saturday14: Normal, B: bagel, yogurt, guava, L: pizza, squash, rambutan, D: sandwich, cabbage, mango Sunday15: Normal, B: bagel yogurt, guava, L: Indian food, cherries, D: sandwic...

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Yesterday was the first of 3 work events this week. A retiring coworker threw herself a lunch. I had 2 pieces of pizza, salad, fruit, and 2 chocolate covered strawberries. I skipped the heavier cake, cheesecake, and brownie. It was still more than a normal meal, so I'm calling it a Yellow, S-day. I ...

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I'm down a pound today. Which is great, but that makes two pounds in 6 weeks, too slow. I'm used to dieting where the first week I lose 2-3 pounds right away. I know it's just water weight, but it feels motivating. I do feel like I should be eating less, but it wasn't the week for it. R talks about ...

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Hi, I just sipped water while eating lunch and was too full for cherries! This idea came to me from reading the Volumetric Plan years ago. Basically it says that the volume of food fills you up, not calories. So good to eat fruits and veg. And she says to add water to your meals, like soup. I don't ...

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Oof, long two days. Work was hard, we'd been saying how well the week was going, but the person who was to help me just sort of forgot about me for a day and a half. In retrospect I could have moved forward while I was waiting, but I didn't. So now I have to put in a day of work on the weekend. Thur...

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Thanks, I used to walk for an hour during lunch, and an hour after work. I eat lunch at my desk. If you're married with kids, it helps to have family walk with you. Until about 3 years ago, my parents would walk in the evening too. I know a bunch of people on my street who walk repeatedly to walk th...

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Thanks Pink! I eat pizza when someone else makes it; I don't make pizza at home as often as I should/could. It's in the lookup table as a nutritionally empty food. Last year I lost almost 30 pounds by counting calories. I'd done paleo and just wasn't ready to cut carbs again. So I ate smaller meals,...

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Today I'm thinking about balance. I tend to go overboard on things, and then when they don't produce HUGE results, rebel and give up. One example is my low-fat diet; I was thin but not super skinny, and for all the food I wasn't eating, it irked me. Same with volumetric plan I went on once; I decide...

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A switch flipped and today no one in my family was hungry. My Dad ate a huge breakfast, my Mom has been eating a light lunch. But there was no apparent reason for me. I ate less this week in general, and not much on Saturday. I didn't use my S days at all! My brother brought over pastries, my cowork...

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I think your refined hunger is interesting. Like when you ate a piece of toast and a bite or two of second one. I don’t know if I eat too fast or am always hungry, but I would have finished that second piece long before I realized I was full. It has to be Thanksgiving and I’ve already had two plates...

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Today was weird. My sister had a bday party for my nephew on Saturday. We brought home a lot of healthy leftovers but also a great cake and samosas. At the party I bribed myself to have cake if I skipped the samosas. It was hard, I had salad for breakfast and skipped lunch. There were lots of vegeta...

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Hi pink, I’ve also been pondering my hunger which I don’t understand. It sounds like you’re often getting full halfway through a meal. Maybe serve yourself half as much with permission to eat more if you want more? I can’t remember ever throwing food away, though my mom eats slowly and sometimes get...

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Today I’m thinking about hunger. I had a decent lunch yesterday but was hungry two hours before dinner. I was out grocery shopping so I ignored it. Got a little less hungry by the time dinner rolled around. Ate an extra piece of bread. Today has been harder. It’s my WFH day, so food is available. I ...

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Hi again, Today actually marks 21 days, not sure how much I worry about my vegetable failures. But I had another iffy situation today: there was a speaker at work and they brought in lunch. I ate the salad and bread, skipped the cookie, chips, and soda. But they also brought in another dessert, Ital...

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Hi all, I decided to try this diet (I think I wrote it off decades ago) almost three weeks ago, and am cautiously optimistic. I'm a short female, so my goal weight is 120. I'm going to try vanilla no-S for at least 2 months, but I suspect I need to use smaller plates or lower-density foods. Two fail...

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