Everyday Systems

I've been extremely busy and haven't checked-in for a while. Thanks for the encouragement, Mimi! I do indeed want sanity in this arena of life, that's the most important thing. Okay: One Failure, on Monday the 8th, my 22nd day. I ate a snack late at night, cheese and some trail mix which included sw...

Thanks, Mimi. My weight this morning was up 3 pounds - in other words, net gain of 1 pound in the 3 weeks. Not what I want. If the excesses continue on the weekends, I may put some limits around my S-days. I'll see. I have had years and years of craziness around food... I realize that it may take ti...

21 days on plan as of today!! Not much happening with weightloss yet... I was down 2 pounds on Friday but I don't yet know what the weekend S-days will do. I recognize that I'm still settling in - new routines, new paradigm. So lovely to relax on the weekends, and to eat whatever non-sweet food I w...

Another successful week. I notice my plates were very full at my 3rd meal on Thursday & Friday... Old habit of eating a lot in the evening. As Reinhard says, I can see the excess. My weight was down 2 pounds on Friday. Have to see what it looks like after the S-days this weekend. I think it's still ...

Tuesday & Wednesday, both successful No-S days. Feels easy... I'm also doing well with my goal of working out at Curves at least 4 times per week. I love how I feel when I work out early, before my teaching day. It seems to help me feel good both physically and mentally throughout the day... But now...

Successful No-S day today. With ease. For my first meal, I filled up my plate... Soup, salad, fruit... then I realized that I didn't want to eat it all. I ate just the soup and fruit, felt satisfied, and was fine until my next meal. For the first time, I wanted to stop eating before the plate was em...

These two S-days were less crazy than last weekend, but still it feels too extreme. I ate many times each day, only one or two mealtimes and the rest a lot of snacking... Some sugar yesterday, none today... It's only been 2 weeks, still early days. And I am very aware that I don't like feeling over-...

Successful No-S day today.

Feeling a little trepidation about the weekend, my 2nd weekend on this way of eating... I need to learn more about "Don't be an idiot!"

Successful No-S day today.

Pretty easy.

Thought about a particular sweet... and just reminded myself that I can have it (without any guilt!) in two days. Very cool.

That is so much saner than "Never again!"

Thanks, Renee. I appreciate the encouragement. Having three S-days in a row at the end of my first week was not great. Too much time without any of the new structure, and I was back into my old ways... Felt like a relief to get back to No-S yesterday. I overdid the snacking at night on both Sunday a...

Okay, I'll give this a try. I started No-S last week, & had five successful N days, Monday through Friday. A good start. I'm never hungry in the morning, just want green tea (with jasmine)... so I've been having my first meal at noon, and then two other meals about 4 and 9 p.m. I used to eat/graze/s...