Everyday Systems

eschano

Hi Ironchef,

You're doing so well! I admire that you removed casein from your diet. I would find that very hard.

While I wasn't looking at the boards I really missed your comments - they were always insightful and inspiring.

Keep up the good work!

eschano

You're doing so well! Very inspiring and thanks for sharing when you struggle as well.

eschano

Thank you ironchef! Now I'm back for sure. My resolution from now until Christmas is to post and read more posts more regularly again :D I did ok. I maintained my weight alright. I will have a little more time again from now until late November and am very happy that this means I'll go back to stric...

eschano

I was very much MIA from the boards. A bit of a stressful two weeks. A new month and new 21 days. Two systems to be retired: 10 Minute yogidance daily: 43.30% 33.30% 10.00% 3.30% 10.00% 89.90% and 3x30 min writing daily: 20.00% 33.30% 13.30% 20.00% 13.30% 43.70% to be replaced with 1x daily writing ...

eschano

Had a couple of very bad sick days. So fail on all systems. So happy to be back and a little better.

eschano

Hi Amy, welcome back! Love your posts so please keep at it.

eschano

Welcome! and: well done with your success

eschano

2 months. I'm not thinking about it at all. I've been through a couple of situations where previously I would have stuffed myself for hours and days but it didn't even occur to me. There are some times when I'm tempted but day to day NoS fits so well into my work life that I don't even consider snac...

eschano

Welcome!

eschano

Having such a hectic time at work that I can't keep up with the boards at all. Hope you're all doing well! The plus side of the hectic life: zero problems with NoS, limited TV, and yogadance in the morning (as it's the first thing I do). The minus: can't keep up the writing 3 times a week and my blo...

eschano

You're doing so well!

eschano

Well done!

eschano

You're doing really well!

eschano

Absolutely delighted that my No S habits are becoming ingrained. Yesterday at dinner out with friends I briefly remembered that I can't have a starter and forgot after they had eaten their starter and briefly remembered when they chose their desert but forgot before they even finished. No victimisat...

eschano

Wouldn't that be against the No Sweets rule? I could try gettin different milk though as i buy skim milk for my husband. maybe I should get some regular milk for myself? Since starting NoS I've switched to full-fat milk (organic) and find I use a lot less but get a lot more satisfaction so personal...

eschano

Not sure how useful this is going to be but have you tried to have a hot milk with a tablespoon of honey instead? It will help you sleep and is easier on the stomach (unless you're lactose intolerant that is).

eschano

That's brilliant! Congrats!

eschano

As I'm going to retire these for my new goals, I just want to make a note: 5minuteyogi - score over 5 1/2 weeks: 92% - aka 2 failures : Success 25.0%; Weekend 20.7%; Special 2.2%, Failure 2.2%; No data 50.0% TV Glass Ceiling (2 episodes per day): score over 3 months or 7 1/2 weeks: BRONZE Medal :D S...

eschano

As it really helped to see it in one go at the August challenge, I'm updating Sept here now: September: 1 S-Day 2 S-Day 3 Success 4 Success 5 Success 6 Red - 1 Lemon presse, very sweet 7 Success 8 S-Day 9 S-Day 10 Success 11 Success 12 Success 13 Success 14 Success 15 S-Day 16 S-Day 17 Success 18 su...

eschano

Thank you so much for your support ironchef and snapdragon! Keeps me grounded and is uplifting at the same time

Love reading your posts!

eschano

Failure today . Had a Lemon presse and it was absolutely gorgeous but surprisingly sweet. Otherwise it was a green day. Still, marking it red. Can't wait to get S-s this weekend. I went to a place full of cocktails, cupcakes, and amazing chocolates (but primarily it was about fashion - the irony!)....

eschano

I got some ice cream at a drive-thru, but then I got right back on plan. On previous diets, one slip-up would have led to me going overboard for the rest of the day. This time, I didn't. So even though it's a red day, I'm rather proud of how I handled it. Really well done Portia! I think to go righ...

eschano

Thanks ironchef and animated! I did realise that TV and binging is completely related in my case. It's hard to binge when reading and therefore holding a book :D As for writing: I have to specify. It's a success if I do 3 Morning Pages (however long they take) and 2x 30 minute sessions later. Mornin...

eschano

I haven't been in the situation before but why not plan one extra mini-meal per day. So you can have one planned wine and cheese snack (keep it small) per day. Otherwise only a glass of wine, no snacking. So instead of having NoS N days and crazy S days you can have two weeks of one S event per day,...

eschano

I'm grateful that this thread was reinstated. There is a lot of food for thought in there. Media images, thought directions, food culture. Mostly, it made me think about different food cultures within national cultures. Family culture and office culture, for example, make a big difference. I used to...

eschano

New habits to be tracked + old ones

- Vanilla NoS (goal is gold for Sept)
- 3 times daily of 30 minutes of writing
- 10 minutes daily of yoga/dancing (preferably in the mornings)
- Blog every Tuesday
- TV glass ceiling: 1 episode/1film per day after 17.30

September here I come!

eschano

Thanks Bigshoe! So after another relatively wild S weekend: I've maintained compared to last week's first N day. Given that I had last monday as an extra S day and therefore only had 4 N days between S days I'm ok with that. It's a lot better than it used to be - where the status quo was to gain wei...

eschano

I like this insight about self-sabotage. So true. What derails me is that I'm way too impatient. A child of the instant-generation, clearly. I think you did really well by sticking to it and I believe it's like everything worth doing: our mood towards it is irrelevant. Sometimes it's honeymoon, some...

eschano

Hi Jean,
I totally get that old habits die hard

However, don't berate yourself. Given the circumstances you're doing well overall and should be proud of yourself. Just back on the horse/wagon/whatever works for you at the next meal.

eschano

Well done! I still have half a day to go and hope to be able to say the same.

eschano

You're doing great!

eschano

Congratulations Olivia! By the way, I like the quote in your signature.

eschano

Hi Kathleen, seems like you're back on Vanilla No-S. No more recording (just 3 plates). Love it! Also, a good call on not wanting to be a helicopter mum. I think you're doing really great. It's not easy to let go (as I know from my mum).

eschano

Thanks Jean for your kind reply. It's good to know this is an option. I only have one latte in the morning on N days now but will stick with it until further on.
I had to laugh when my colleagues compared me to a dragon that changes into a princess with one latte. Embarrassing but also funny

eschano

Upon the begging of my colleagues I went back to drinking caffeine on all N days. Not on S days. Apparently, I'm in a much better mood (and as I drink it before I get to the office it took them some time to discover the connection). Alas, focusing on No S, my TV glass ceiling, and stretching for now...

eschano

Kathleen,

Well done on your resolution not to tweak anymore! Plain Vanilla No-S for me too. Slow but loving it!

eschano

I realised that while I have little problem to pass up on sweets in the house on N days my S days are all the wilder. It seems I have no willpower left come S day to pass up on any sweets. So back to not keeping them around.

eschano

Felt a bit freaked out about my more than wild 3-S-Day weekend. Now I looked at my habitcal and realised that this is just my 8th week doing NoS and relaxed a bit. I hope S days will sort themselves out over time.

eschano

Same here ironchef! It's nice to see it in one month. 1 failure is not too bad

eschano

Welcome and congrats on your first green day.

Hot herbal tea really helps if you need to kill an hour of an empty stomach. Even hot water.

eschano

Hi Ruff,

How's it going with the house and all?

Cheers

eschano

I'd be absolutely delighted if I went down a pant size. All this moderation seems to be paying off for you. Well done!

eschano

Thank you Joy and Ironchef! The real struggle was to mark it and suppress my urge to cheat and mark it green. After all, what is a chip? 8) But I'm really glad I did. I'm learning a lot about strictness here. Otherwise, after 3 S days I feel sick and super happy that I'm back on N days. I still have...

eschano

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Success despite some struggles. Today: minor Fail . I had one big chip that was pushed on me by the birthday girl way after dinner and it was delicious - a special bar menu at the place we went to. Also, the two drinks I had were cocktails so maybe they were sweets? Any...

eschano

You're doing so well. Congratulations. Good post to read, thanks.

eschano

Well done! Great way to beat the "What the hell" effect and a good practice in how to deal with Red days. No guilt, remember.

eschano

Great idea for a thread Sarah. Looking forward to reading this too.

And Jellybeans: 4 babies in 4 years is quite impressive. How do you even handle looking after kids that close in age? Impressive, really.

eschano

Hi Nicole, your post definitley reminded me to focus on my habits, not my weight. I read Reinhard's wording before but it's so easy to lose track of it. I guess focusing on weight is another habit to replace. Especially coming from a deprivation-mentality.
Thanks a lot!

eschano

Hahaha, brilliant. I'm the same - I used to make sweets out of anything available. Truth be told, those were probably still more healthy than the processed sweets in the shop. Still.

And congrats on stopping your binge. Well done. I recommend the podcast on the "What the hell" effect.

eschano

Don't you love it when you anticipate a tough day and it ends up green? I do. Well done!

eschano

Welcome!

eschano

I'm down to every-other-day

For me that's a huge success. No soda on N days but coffee only every other day.
I don't think I'll need coffee on S days when I'm allowed all these other treats so I'll try every other N day and none on S days from now on.

eschano

Hi All, I've been a Low-Smoker for years. I average about 1.5 cigarettes a month. But I do love those 1-2 cigarettes. I'm Austrian and smoking is very much acceptable and quite social back home. I always carry a pack of my favourite brand with me just in case I fancy one. I don't follow any S day ha...

eschano

Welcome back! Doesn't matter if it was a fail the next meal already counts

To many green days ahead!

eschano

Welcome back Lara

eschano

Looking forward to reading your posts! Welcome back on the track

eschano

Congrats to you too!

eschano

Very heartening! Many thanks for sharing.

eschano

Hi Jethro, Before NoS I came from a "I'll make it up tomorrow" mindset so now I have 3 tiny meals on Monday (breakfast was some raspberries, lunch spinach on 1 slice of dark sourdough). I think it gets me into the right mindset. Also, it helps me to get right back into my habits for N days as it's a...

eschano

I once went on vacation to South Carolina. I needed some cash so I went into a bank to get cash out of the machine. Their only bank machine was outside - a drive-through.
So I queued in between a sportscar and a truck. Imagine the drivers' looks!

Still one of my most amusing "walking memories".

eschano

I made it into the 21 Club

Really delighted about it. Funny how made-up challenges can be so much fun. Off to the next 21 days. No mods, all good.

eschano

Hi Liverpool,

Of course you can

If it's hard I recommend the podcasts on the "What the Hell" effect and on strictness.

eschano

Yeah, finally!
What now? Well, I'm excited to start another 21days of vanilla NoS. I have my struggles with it but it works and is way saner than anything I ever tried before.

eschano

Success and special S day today and tomorrow and sunday

(Mum's visit is worth a NW-Sday.

eschano

because my intuition tells me there's gonna be a huge famine hitting the downtown core of Montreal within 45 minutes, and I have to eat everything that I can or I'll resemble pile of pick-up sticks!!! (My intuition is equally ineffective in picking winning racehorses or stocks - at least I'm consis...

eschano

Thanks for having started this thread Heddi. It's great to read all the different opinions on the issue. There are really good strategies in here.

eschano

Welcome! NoS is great and haven't gotten around shovelglove yet but will do soon as well. Have fun

eschano

oolala53 wrote:I might be thinner if I didn't, but I'm not going to find out soon.

Brilliant! Love it. I feel the same about sticking with my morning coffees (I'd like to eliminate caffeine but won't find out soon neither - decaf just isn't the same)

eschano

For me NoS only works well so far because I'm not restricting my S days at all. Some of them were pretty wild but I think it's more important to concentrate on N days for now. Maybe indulge a little on S days?

eschano

The plate size you should use probably also depends on whether you are male/female, how tall you are, how active you are and your overall frame. I wouldn't think too much about other people's plate size. Whatever works for you and gets your body to a healthy weight without "deprivation dieting".

eschano

Oh, come on! ANOTHER temp's birthday with birthday cake shoved under my nose. I might have to change industry.

Still a Success

eschano

Welcome Nicole! Good going

eschano

Success. Nearly broke my TV glass ceiling but managed not to. My mum is in town to visit so it will be an interesting week. Just in case I declare Friday a non-weekend-S Day.
Also: The Book just arrived! YEAH!

eschano

It can mean that. However, I'd like to think of it as saying that it staves off the " deadening effect of a habit", so N days can be a life-enhancing habit. :D I know that may be tweaking it but as I don't believe that all habits are deadening but that some aspects of some habits can be deadening it...

eschano

Just read this and loved it. It's so No-S:
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
W. Somerset Maugham

(It's unchecked. No idea if the quote is correct)

eschano

Hi grothkat, Welcome! :D I don't think there's anything wrong with drinks in between meals. Somewhere Reinhard said that sugar in your coffee isn't a big deal at the beginning as you should focus on all the other, bigger culprits first. As long as you don't go and start putting spoonfuls of sugar in...

eschano

Easy win after the abundant S days.

eschano

Thanks Ironchef! I immediately read it and I'm completely in Phase I. Just very impatient. My mum is visiting this week and I just would have liked to be all thin already. As I write this I have to laugh though. No-S is so much more than that.

eschano

Emotional eating all weekend. Haven't broken any NoS rules but only because on weekends there are no rules. I wil consider it a relief to be back to normal again tomorrow.... Same thing for me at the weekend, although it was more procrastination and the resulting boredom than an actual emotion. Any...

eschano

Absolute ridiculously gluttony S days. It's only my second go at the 21 days so I won't beat myself up. But really?

eschano

Amy, Ironchef: Thanks so much for your comments! Success - It was a good week. But the temptation of this amazing chocolate in the cupboard... Just one more long, good sleep and it's S day - YEAH! I have to say that this diet gives every weekend a holiday feeling and I feel like a 5 year old anticip...

eschano

Rachelocity wrote: There's also a joke about my buying yoga pants after mistakenly thinking they were all-you-can-eat-buffet pants. Hey, it's training for an extreme sport!

Hilarious

eschano

I'm tempted a lot at work as my co-workers keep pushing cakes and sweets under my nose (they are slowly learning not to offer) but lately I had friends bring back great chocolates from their vacation too. I resisted and have them at home now, waiting for an S day the way a kid waits for Christmas. H...

eschano

Success. Heavily tempted by chocolates my friend brought me but I decided to save them for the S day round the corner. Struggling through and using my magic weapon: herbal tea.

eschano

Hi Marcy - I'm a big fan of Vanilla No-S so welcome!

eschano

Well done!

eschano

That surely must be S worthy!

eschano

I appreciate tea more and more as a secret weapon. Well done!

eschano

Today was a Success ! I had a half-day off and everything was so perfect it felt like a real celebration. I was tempted to call it an S day - and didn't. I realised that this celebratory feeling is there whether or not I eat. Enjoyed the day fully and feel even better now for sticking to my Vanilla ...

eschano

Ruff wrote: This may not sound much but for me it is cool.

The thing I like about the NoS diet is that nothing is much yet every "not much" is a solid win and we should celebrate it (foodlessly, obviously). Especially, if it's in the midst of stressful moments. So: Well Done! I think it's a LOT

eschano

Yes, it's astounding to see what goes on around me in terms of snacks and sweets. Seconds don't seem to be much of a problem but then perm-snacking eliminates the need for seconds. Also, I figured out that part of the righteousness is jealousy. Today I had to pass up on the 3rd birthday cake opportu...

eschano

Brilliant post, thanks a lot, it's a really good reminder that this is a way of life and not a diet. I hope it gets easier though

eschano

Congratulations on the 21 Club!

Really brilliant. I'm dreaming of the day I'm in too so am in awe. Good luck on the next 21 days.

eschano

Today: Another Success . What I now have to watch out for is righteousness. In my office we have gained weight together, all slowly getting bigger and bigger in the one year I've been there. I guess it was a "it's ok to overeat and be overweight" group dynamic. Now, the others still eat and I'm just...

eschano

Hi Amy,

look who's talking: you're the one who does brilliantly

I totally get where you coming from when you say that other diets got old after about 3 weeks. What I also love about No-S is to think of it in 21 day stretches. Makes it easier to get a new start and aim for that 21 Club.

Cheers

eschano

I feel the same about N-days too! Yet, I think it's great to have S-days, even if it's just to keep the deprivation-mindset at bay and to remind myself how awful too much sugar feels

eschano

Ah well, wild Sunday but overall this weekend wasn't as bad as the last one. I'm still focusing solely on my N days as it's only my 2nd 21 Day set and I want to get into this 21 club

eschano

Another Success! I finally feel good in my own skin again - No-S rocks!

eschano

That's a great idea. I've been contemplating it and it's good to hear that it was beneficial for you. Might do this the next set of 21 Days!

eschano

Surprisingly I made it through the BBQ with a Success

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