Everyday Systems

Red day.

Exercise: 3 miles treadmill (walked).

Breakfast: pbj and apple.

Lunch: Big bowl of cereal and banana, then 2 sample Luna bars that I got at the dentist's office (!!!).

Dinner: Don't know, but broccoli will be involved.

Yesterday must have been the first day of 21, so this is day 20: Exercise: 2 miles treadmill. Breakfast: banana, oats, yogurt, raisins, walnuts, a little sugar Lunch: avocado and pepper jack sandwich on whole wheat Dinner: lots of salad on corn tortillas (salad and tortillas is one of my go-to menus...

Gray here too, and cold. Our office is under-heated, so often I'm typing away in a jacket, sipping a cup of tea or even hot water. Bread helps, especially toasted. But at meals! Hot chocolate, yes. Tea, always. I can relate! Hope you enjoyed your bread at dinner.

Company left--a good visit with them. Ate out too much for me; I always have trouble out because--this sounds weird, maybe--I don't like a lot of the food, except desserts. So I eat them. Anyway, back to sort-of normal, thank goodness. Exercise day off. Breakfast: little shredded wheats and a banana...

Yes! I'd like to read a comfortable, reasonable balance, where I don't gain any more (maybe even lose a little, slowly), yet I feel happy and content--neither overstuffed nor deprived. For me, that's No S. Had a good weekend, although I ate too many fries on Saturday. Sunday I didn't really have an ...

Congratulations! Although I haven't been active on this site, I've read it for years, and I always enjoy your posts and learn a lot from them. Thank you!

Thanks, tobiasmom. Good luck to both of us!

I have tried No-S on and off for several years, and always have liked it, liked the old-fashioned, common sense discipline. For several months a few summers ago, I was on track and doing fine. I ate three meals a day, walked around the neighborhood, and didn't think much about food. Wonderful. Durin...

Day 7: Success (or I guess it's back to day 1, right? Anyway. . . ) Breakfast: scrambled eggs, buttered toast, apple juice Snack: nonfat decaf latte, but that's ok Lunch: homemade veg soup, Wheat Thins (a lot), apple Dinner: banana, bowl of cereal Lots of tea as usual. No exercise--a lot going on, a...

Day 6: Failure Breakfast: scrambled eggs, apple juice, buttered toast Lunch: cup o'soup, apple, wheat thins Snack: tamari almonds, kiddie energy bar Dinner: tossed salad, hamburger patty with pepper jack cheese Exercise: 4.25 miles on the treadmill at Gold's Not enough lunch, so I snacked. And also,...

Days 4 & 5: S Days, Success Day 4, Saturday: Breakfast: scrambled eggs and buttered toast Lunch: pepper jack cheese sandwich, red pepper, mango/macadamia bar Snack: little snacky things--all involving pastry--at a reception Dinner: salad, grilled halibut, baked potato Day 5, Sunday: Breakfast: bagel...

Day 3: Success NWS Day, Halloween Breakfast: cereal, milk, banana (This sounds like nothing, but it was a lot of food!) Snack: Halloween cookie at work Lunch: cup o'soup, crackers, apple Snack: handful of tamari almonds Dinner: peanut butter toast, carrots, 2 hazelnut wafers, 1/3 of chocolate bar Ex...

Day 2: Success

Breakfast: scrambled eggs and buttered toast
Lunch: yogurt and kashi crunch, banana
Dinner: mac and cheese, beets, cauliflower with dip, bread and butter

Exercise: three mile walk outside after lunch

Day 1, Success: Breakfast--oatmeal, yogurt, home-canned plums, tea Lunch--pbj, carrots, banana Dinner--salad with cottage cheese and ranch dressing, toast and butter, apple, hot chocolate Hot chocolate is a grey area food, but I'm still calling the day a success. At least it wasn't chocolate-covered...

Thanks, Blue. (I hope I'm doing this right, and that my reply goes to your msg.) I have long admired your blog--it's beautiful--and also your thinking. You're quite right that there's no downside here: while I may not lose any weight or achieve a better lipid profile (another goal), I will have some...

I've been lurking here for years--since 2006, I think--and had several good months this spring and summer during which I actually lost a little weight (about half a pound, which I was excited about). I'm 61, 5'1", and a woman; in addition, I've been dieting all my life. There seem to be a lot of fol...