Everyday Systems

Week 5: Sucess! With a little virtual plate wiggling on Friday since we couldn't broil the steak and bake the biscuits at the same time.

I think from now on I'm going to post weekly updates. Week 4: Sucess! All around success, although I've been longing for snacks in the evenings lately. I seem to have dropped another pound, which is great. :) (Pity my bathroom scale is so crummy) If you are celebrating a holiday this weekend, have a...

Hi, I find that I get really hungry around 4 pm too, regardless of when I ate lunch. (dinner on some days is at 4 and I think my stomach is confused.) I usually drink water or diet soda and tough it out. Sometimes I give myself a time limit, like "I'm going to hold out til 4:30", often the hunger go...

Monday/Day 20: Sucess!

Tuesday/Day 21: Sucess! Woot! Made it my first 21ish days without realizing it. I've dropped 5 pounds in that time and really pretty happy with my new habits.

Had fried polenta with apple slices for dinner. Very tasty.

Whoops. I guess I'm a bit behind on updating this.

Thursday/Day 16: Sucess! I had a "skinny" day too, which was very nice compared to the "fat" days I usually have.

Friday/Day 17: Sucess!

I checked my weight this morning and I'm down a total of 5 pound from when I started No-S!

Hm...I'll be sure to add something next time. I'm not really a vegetarian, I just like tofu. Weird, I know.

Day 15: Success! Got through another game session without cookies, but I've been forgetting to Shovelglove.

A bigger lunch (depending on what you're eating now) might be a good idea. I use water to tied me over between meals when I'm feeling ravenous, but I'm a lazy thing.

Day 14: Success! Not much to say except silken tofu just doesn't fill me up like I feel it should. I just seem to need grains to feel full for a long time. I had a chicken and garlic personal size pizza for dinner, so I'm good for the long haul tonight. Just unwinding with a small glass of wine and ...

Well, I'm better and back on track again. I guess I'll call yesterday day 13 to pick up where I left off. Day 13: Failure. I ended up participating in an unplanned Chinese tea ceremony and I didn't feel that I could refuse the food involved. A snack and sweet failure on my first day back. Not so goo...

Thank you for all your great suggestions. I'm doing much better now and I'm back on solid food. Back on the bandwagon tomorrow.

Thanks for all you suggestions and well wishes. I've been consuming an Ensure a day and smoothies and really really blended soups. My swelling is going down, so hopefully this will all be over soon. :) In the past 3 days, since this all started, I've lost two pounds. Too bad that won't say off. :?

Actually a 6 pounder. You didn't have that option.

Hello all, I'm currently on a forced liquid diet and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for surviving it for about a week. :( Let me explain first. Starting Friday I woke up with a very swollen cheek and jaw joint on one side. Friday and Saturday it got worse to the point that I couldn't eat ...

Hey, I'm taking a week off from No-Es due to being unable to eat solid food. I've got a blocked/swollen gland in my left cheek combined with my TMJ acting up. Hopefully it will only take a week to improve and in the mean time I'm going to do my best to get enough calories to keep moving.

Day 11: Success. Despite the persistance of my cold. I've been sleeping a lot more. Day 12: Failture. But its St. Patty's Day and I've planned for it so I don't feel bad. I'll try to eat well over the weekend to make up for the minor slip. I just had a little more to drink (alchohol wise) than usual...

Sure Deb, everyone was a newbie once.

That's great to hear about the less frequent heartburn. I've noticed some nice side effects too. Less gas. (:oops: ...that's embarrassing to talk about)

Day 10: Failure.

Not a real serious one, I went back for an apple at lunch time when my miso soup wasn't enough and I ran into a friend and had a chai with him after I dragged myself to class.

I'm feeling better. Skipping work and sleeping more helped a lot.

Back on the bandwagon tomorrow.

Day 9: Success.

Although I'm sick now, so I'm not really working out. bleh.

Congrats and welcome! I just started a week ago as well, so we can have a little newbie party.

Day 8: Mostly a Success. Well it's only day 5 if I'm not suppose to count S-days, but it was still a reasonably successful one despite a sore throat and a little head cold. My husband accidentally made brown-sugared ham tonight for dinner. He says that it's a "B", so it doesn't count. :lol: I over d...

So I feel kinda silly trying to Churn Butter from a sqaut position. Maybe I'm not doing it right.

Could you give me an example of what Chair Pose & Warrior I and II poses look like? I'm not familiar with them.

Day 5: SUCCESS!

And today is my first S-day. I dreamt about eating chocolate and cookies last night.

Have a good weekend folks.

Day 4: Sucess. But I'm tired and I have to take an early dinner on Tuesdays and Thursdays that leaves me kinda hungry by this time of day.

Hey all, I thought I posted this late last night, but I can't seem to find the thread... So, does anyone have any moves they do for their legs with the hammer? I've been doing the regular moves for my arms and I do walk some, but I feel like my lower body is being a little neglected Thanks in advanc...

Aww...sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. I dunno what to call it, but take care of yourself and just try to work through it. I bet if you just try to keep eating healthy, you'll feel better.

Have some chicken noodle soup (or miso soup if you a vegetarian).

Sounds like a great day. Your meals sound so tasty. I hear you on the tasting while cooking thing. I do it all the time, particularly when baking.

Shade & Sweet Water!

Day 3: SUCESS! Well, kinda. I did resist the siren call of the cookies, but had a little sugar in my coffee today and a big lunch. Chinese resturants always serve to much. Ceu, We're playing new WOD: Mage currently. The game went really late tonight (11:30 pm). I'm not really familiar with rolemaste...

Day 2: SUCCESS :) I was worried that I'd snack after getting home at 8 pm since that is my routine and I had an early dinner (4:30 pm), but a cup of tea has kept me on the straight and narrow. I'll probably be really hungury in the morning. I'm on day 2 for the shovelgloving too and I started to rea...

Welcome! I'm new too. Sounds like you've had a great start.

Trust me, this isn't nearly as silly as my belly-dancing DVD. Now that's silly (and a little wrong).

Yeah, it's really tasty. I had some on Sunday. I'm not use to full sugar soda any more. I've been trying to get off of diet coke because I don't like my caffine addition, but since I can't make it through my day without a soda or cup of coffee/tea and my life is wicked busy, it's just not something ...

Hey all. I need a little control in my diet, so I thought I'd give this the go ahead. It has to be better than crash dieting on Atkins. Day 1: SUCESS. Despite the fact that my husband is eatting razzleberry pie without me. :shock: I'm really addicted to the sweet flavor and caffine, so I'll keep dri...

Hello! I ran into this page through Stumptuous.com via Waspi Square and tried out my first day of shovelgloving with an old table leg. It was only about 3-4 pounds though, so I did track down a 6 pound sledge hammer (I wanted an 8, but the store only had 6 lbs and 16 lbs). Glad to see a sensible wor...