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eschano

I ate loads on the weekend but I also moved a lot and excitingly I'm at my lowest weight in 3 years and on a Monday as well! I'm very excited. Even better: 5 days to go and it will be a green 21 days

eschano

Wow, that is an amazing resume after your holidays! I saw on you November challenge that you're doing really well. Let's both make this week green!

eschano

Ooh, best wishes Tobiasmom!

eschano

Hi Marc,

Looks like you're doing really well. Just remember: Habit not the number on the scale is what counts.

What kind of exercise do you do? Sounds hardcore.

eschano

ironchef wrote:A lot of dairy free stuff is gross though.

Unfortunately I agree. My dad uses sheep milk. In chocolate I think it's especially nice.

eschano

Tough one but I'm with Blithe Morning. If addressed in the situation there's not only the benefit to discuss things in a friendly manner as a family but also your daughter knows that you're sticking up for her. My mum used to tell me that I'm too big since I was 6 years old (when I was at a very hea...

eschano

Fantastic - Congratulations! I think that's testimonial page worthy.

I think it's interesting that you felt like you failed but really the weight came off.

eschano

Gepetto wrote:Day 9: SUCCESS (11/20/12)
there was "No S" except the S of Success.

Brilliant.

Also, I am thoroughly entertained by your Gloverton updates! Makes me want to copy you.

eschano

Interestingly, I had headache's the first week of strict N days. For me it was a combination of no sugar and much less caffeine. I went from 2 coffees and 3-4 diet cokes plus at least 2 chocolate bars on top of my meals to only my meals and I felt horrible the first two days and then better than eve...

eschano

Just ordered the book

eschano

Well done on 21 days. The sound green enough. It's all about minimum compliance after all.

eschano

Hi Waterlilly,

This post is hilarious and insightful. A great step towards a new lifestyle!

eschano

Wow, tobiasmom, you're so brave and doing so well! Hang in there - you said it rightly: This too shall pass.

eschano

Thanks sweetness and Gepetto! Looking at my November check-in above, you'll see that I'm not sticking to my writing daily properly. However, I'm getting there. And thanks to GK I did my 14 min if not much more every N day this week! Never knew I would enjoy it so much. A really big thanks to everyon...

eschano

Yes, happy anniversary and a big hurray for your green month-in-the-making!

eschano

succeed meal by meal, day by day. A red day doesn't cancel the previous days of good NoS habits and doesn't prevent upcoming days of good NoS habits. Progress, not perfection. Mark it and move on. Truly, nothing profound. Mostly keeping on with keeping on with the good habits I want to cultivate. H...

eschano

I'm seriously impressed Sweetness. Just sent you a pm.

eschano

Day 3: SUCCESS (11/14/12) Shovelglove is actually fun - this morning I defended the village after two days of preparing the defenses. Yes, I did a lot of roleplaying during my formative years. I wonder if Tucking the Bale could be lancing the dragon... That is awesome. I love that shovelglove conne...

eschano

Interesting. Thanks. As someone who eats a very small breakfast (1piece of fruit and a coffee) I feel supported by this article. I can't tell you how annoyed I get from constantly hearing I should eat a very big breakfast. All that does to me is wanting to eat for the rest of the day, constantly. In...

eschano

Hi Emmay,
I really enjoyed your metaphor about concrete, although I don't know anything about it (it's one of those everyday miracles to me). Also thanks for summarizing some of the ideas about slim french women's eating habits.
Very interesting.

eschano

Hi Pasofan, Welcome to the board and NoS. Vanilla NoS means that people follow: No snacks, no sweets, no seconds except sometimes on days beginning with S (Saturday, Sunday, Non-weekend-Special days called NWS - usually people have a glass ceiling of 2 per month on average). It's Vanilla because no ...

eschano

Wow, how exciting - 1 week, eh? I think that totally counts as an NWS day, not a fail.

eschano

Hi GK, I thought about it. Maybe you'll need more fiber on your plates now that you're doing all this exercise? It seems to me that that could easily trigger the candy-attacks.

eschano

Day 15 - that's amazing! So close!

eschano

Welcome to the boards and the lifestyle! Looking forward to reading about your journey.

eschano

Thanks so much for your comments ironchef and sweetness! So glad to know I'm not the only one with the "go hard or go home" mentality - love that quote ironchef. I'm writing on my first novel. I've written since I was 12 but never a proper novel. It certainly is as much of an exercise in patience as...

eschano

I'm not - just noticing it.

eschano

Congratulations! That is very impressive. That NoS has proven compatible with pregnancy just shows how healthy it is. I find this really heartening. Thanks for sharing and a huge Woohooo for you.

eschano

Yes, congrats!! Woohoo! And for the discipline to wait until Wednesday with the cake. Very impressive.

Bring on the next 21 days.

eschano

Woohooo! Well done!

eschano

Hi Bigshoe,

I'm very sorry for your loss! Your post holds such wisdom and thanks for sharing it. We should all have more fun.

The retreat sounds very interesting. It sounds like your new life is not waiting for you - it has already begun.

eschano

A new 21 days ahead of me. Goals: NoS - all green Sport - 3-4 times a week Writing - once daily for 8 minutes on N days (appart from the morning pages I already do) Date- NoS - Sport - Writing 12 - :mrgreen: - :mrgreen: 1x - :mrgreen: 13 - :mrgreen: - :mrgreen: 2x - :mrgreen: 14 - :mrgreen: - :mrgre...

eschano

Bring on the next green week - here we come!

eschano

Qualifying what I eat on S days in reneew's November challenge thread really makes me realise how many sweets I eat. And it wasn't even a wild S weekend. Good to put it down in writing.

eschano

Ironchef, you're such an inspiration for having a healthy BMI and still eating well on NoS - it makes me believe that I will make it someday too! Thanks for sharing!

eschano

GREEEEEEN! Done

thanks so much for challenging me to this! How are you doing sweetness?

eschano

wosnes got it.

Also, thank you for overcoming feeling silly. I love this forum so much because it's such a great, supportive space. No silly questions and nothing too shameful to admit about eating habits.

eschano

Welcome! You can do it. Eating three times a day has become a real habit now. So even if it's hard at first: make sure to load up on you plates at first and just get in the habit. The rest will follow.

eschano

It's really fun to see all the green in YOUR thread

I hope the pastor's breakfast goes well! One more day to go to S days

eschano

Considering the amount of exercise you're doing it could be much worse than eating fruit

Hang in there!

eschano

Hi GK, so great that you didn't give into the WTH effect and stick to good food choices outside the candy. I assume that's a lot better than it was before No-S?
Also, you're doing so well on the exercise. Well done!

eschano

Fantastic! Don't know how you're doing this so highly pregnant.

eschano

Look at all that green !!! Great job! :D GK, I even went to another exercise class. Thank you so so much for inspiring me to get my butt off the couch! Thanks Sweetness, I'm getting very excited about his week. It's the first in over a month that I start losing weight again. All due to the new comm...

eschano

Success (as I'm about to go to bed)

eschano

That's the spirit! New start right now

eschano

Well done!

eschano

By the way: this podcast is very useful
http://everydaysystems.com/podcast/episode.php?id=24

eschano

Hiya,

I'm curious: how did it go with substituting a bath for food? Was it hard or easy or in between?

eschano

Three down, two to go

We rock!

eschano

I'll use this mod for holidays from now on. I don't want Christmas to become a reason for deprivation-mentality and don't want to gain without limit either. I think this is a great mod for the 22nd December - 1st Jan which is when I'm on holiday. Until then: plain Vanilla for me. Many thanks for sha...

eschano

Not weighing myself is how I got overweight in the first place. I would rather not face the facts and pretend that this little chocolate here and there (and in the end everywhere) didn't make a difference. Turns out it made a huge difference and had I weighted myself I wouldn't have been able to lie...

eschano

My goal is all green vanilla No-S with S days being pure enjoyment rather than bingeing so S-s will be qualified here. 7- Green 8- Green 9- Green - YEAH 10- S-DAY S-s : 3 pralines, popcorn (self-made with a tea spoon of olive oil), one piece of cake (strawberry and cream victoria sponge), 2 meals 11...

eschano

Welcome back! Missed your posts and looking forward to reading them again.

eschano

You're doing great! I found the evenings hardest in the beginning as well. I'm happy to report that it becomes completely second nature after a while. Especially, if you manage to establish some kind of ritual. I let myself have some time indulging myself in reading fiction, dancing, hanging out wit...

eschano

Green week here we come

eschano

Happy Birthday! I bet you'll feel fine after 5 green days

eschano

Seems like a good challenge

I take it!

Yesterday Success.

eschano

Success yesterday and can see that I actually maintained very well during the last few shaky weeks. Woohoo! Down from now on for rest of November and maintenance in December - that's the goal.

eschano

Well done! When it comes to sport I'm also only tracking the green. I feel I do more sports if I don't pre-schedule it. Funny as that sounds.

eschano

You rock!

eschano

And, just for eschano, here is a full list of my Saturday S's! Breakfast - same as N day, but with a teaspoon of golden syrup on my oats. Sweets. Mid-morning - 2 dairy free mint slice biscuits. Snack and a Sweet. Lunch - same as N-day, except with honey on my peanut butter. Sweets. Mid-arvo - 1 sli...

eschano

Thank you so much milliem, sweetness and gk. I did end up going to a taebo class and loved it! So thanks a lot for the inspiration. I realised that when I remember how abundant food is in NoS I'm doing really well. When I believe that food is scarce I get binges, get frustrated, feel bad for myself,...

eschano

Welcome back!

eschano

Ani33, I really advise against this, revisit Reinhard's podcast about strictness. Making up for it is a very bad idea psychologically.
Keep it sane S days instead.

eschano

thanks KCCC, FLAB is so true!

eschano

Sounds great! Happy that you're on fire. One day at a time and S days around the corner

eschano

It sounds like you're taking 7-mile-steps at a time. It's so inspiring that I'll go to a fitness class tomorrow. Thanks a lot for that!

eschano

Very well done tobiasmom! Fantastic!

eschano

So yesterday was a fail. I'm on day 12 as well and hope to keep it to one red day. I feel extremly at peace with the fail though. I was at a restaurant with friends and it turns out that two of them got engaged and one has just gotten a new job. Great celebratory mood and celebrated with shared dess...

eschano

Hi Williac, Personally I make sure that my S day weekends are very sane but I don't make one of the days an N day. I think it's good to keep the habit of having weekend S days but by making them very sane it allows you to build a habit of sane S days as well. Hope that makes sense. It's early here :...

eschano

You're doing so well Sweetness! And Ironchef's reframing advice is great.

Well done!

eschano

Very well done! 21 days here I come.

eschano

Well done!

eschano

Just in case you thought my S days were super sane or something :) Oh, good! I totally thought they were :D Sweetness, I did drink the tea and had no sweets! Quite proudly so, haha. Yesterday was an S day for me and I really celebrated food and Halloween so it was one of those extra-special days, l...

eschano

Intutitive Eating is subjective and primarily based on magic. [/color] Hilarious Bright Angel! I laughed so hard. :lol: I tried this approach for so long and the results: gaining a pound a month as my body tells me: Eat Sweets Now (every ten minutes or so) I think that only works for people with a ...

eschano

thanks wosnes, just did

eschano

I believe this is SPAM and shouldn't be here. How do I flag this?

eschano

Well done! Especially with white-knuckleing!

eschano

Welcome back Sweetness! It's great that there seem to be a couple of us who just started a 21 day plan. We can make it! It's hard at first to get back into the habit but you can do it as you have already done it before :D Personally, when I feel weak I go back through my favourite podcasts from Rein...

eschano

Thanks tobiasmom and sweetness! Yesterday was a Green day and I have to laugh about how pathetic it was: After my dinner I had such a craving for comfort food, preferably warm (that time of the month, rain, autumn, I was having dinner alone... - all the reasons that really are no reasons at all) so ...

eschano

my weight came off in fits and starts over 28 months. But I can't see myself going back to snacking, seconds or sweets on N days, ever, and I felt that way even when I hadn't lost much and was really hating my S days but not able to reduce them. Oolala, thanks for sharing this. Today I realised I w...

eschano

Welcome and good luck!

eschano

Inspiring! Very well done!

eschano

You're doing really well! 21 days here we come

eschano

I love the expression "Danger Island". Brilliant - I completley understand.

eschano

Amazing! Well done!

eschano

Horrible, horrible weekend but all S days so won't worry about them. On the plus side I finally found a 14min exercise program that really works for me and I'm set to have the habit firmly in place by Christmas. I'm already quite freaked out about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas rolling aroun...

eschano

Hiya, I know I keep saying this but for me 0.5l of hot herbal tea (non-black tea chai or other yogi teas with a bit of whole milk) is a life saver. It also allows me to establish a ritual and it's natural for me to have it after food and before going to bed. Then brush teeth, then sleep. As an extra...

eschano

Great insight. I've been on it for 3 1/2 months now and have definitely lost weight. It's still not that long considering that it's a new lifestyle. I'm going against at least 18 years of bad habits (I think I was ok before that).

eschano

Wednesday was a Success! So far so good

For a while I overloaded myself a bit with habits now that I focus on NoS again I realised that I really lost sight of what I put on my plate for a while and the scale knows it. Good to get back to the boards and back on track.

Tobiasmom - well done you!

eschano

I had a successful day yesterday as well. Cheers to us!

eschano

That's great tobiasmom - love having a 21day buddy

Also, you're doing so well, I can't even imagine how NoS would be while expecting! Well done so far!

eschano

Well done! That's iron willpower right there.

eschano

Welcome to NoS! The great thing about it is that it teaches you a normal way of eating that doesn't exclude any particular food but limits the window of eating them. I suggest a big pot of herbal tea. Mint tea really works for me and there's a yogi chocolate teat that I drink with milk but unsweeten...

eschano

Hi freegirl,

God, I know the feeling.
I had a similar experience last week and am now re-focusing on my N days. No mods, but strict vanilla.

You'll get there!

eschano

Welcome back! I'm also re-focusing on NoS. It's great to see returning people.

eschano

All good yesterday. It's day 2 of 21 now. I'm very determined to get into the Club. Special days: halloween (I'm cooking roast - my first ever - and pumpkin pie for friends) and this friday as we have a special company day out at a great restaurant. For the latter: only lunch is the S event, once I'...

eschano

You can do it! Let's do it together, just started my 1st of 21 days.
Vanilla No-S is the way.

eschano

Well done so far and welcome to the forum!

I personally find that diet soda is a slippery slope but good for you if you have a handle on it.

eschano

Hi Soleil,

Sounds great - ideally I'd lose about the same amount of weight, so I will take your challenge up as well and go for 21 strict vanilla days.

Good to hear from you!

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