Everyday Systems

Thank you! I haven't checked in lately but I have had all SUCCESSES.

Thank you!

Today was pretty good. I would count it as a SUCCESS.

I had to avoid making "Okay I need help..." the headline. I have been trying at this on and off for a while, and I need some accountability.

I hope I will be able to support others here as well. Thank you all, in advance, for being here.

Day 21: SUCCESS
Day 22: Non-Compliant

My first non-compliant day in a while. I've been having some emotional ups and downs lately. In the future, before this happens again, I'd like to remember that No-S supports me during emotional turmoil much more than going off-track does.

DAY 19: EXEMPT (Saturday) DAY 20: EXEMPT (Sunday) This weekend was fairly calm again. I noticed that I drank a lot of Coke. I'd like to minimize that in the future by setting an intention not to bring it into the house, or something like that. But I don't plan to do anything formal about it, at leas...

Thank you for stopping in, milliem and animated. I truly appreciate your support.

DAY 18: SUCCESS

Official Friday weigh-in: 255.

It seems to me like you were doing fine on No-S until you tried to make yourself restrict on S days. Maybe it would help to go back to vanilla No-S and let the S days sort themselves out. I'd say give yourself multiple months on vanilla No-S and don't try to control the S days. Once your subconsciou...

You know, I think Friday is a great weigh-in day. I'm going to try to just weigh in then, too.

Welcome and great job. I haven't told many people that I'm on this plan yet. When I do, they look highly impressed as I say "no snacks, no sweets, no seconds," and then dismissive when I add, "except on days that start with S." It's as if the moderation part puts them off. Amusing, when you think ab...

BTW, in case it applies, I've been listening to audiobooks and reading on this whole topic and it sounds to me like one of the biggest mistakes people make is trying to eat all healthy foods right off the bat. If someone has been eating a hamburger, fries and a shake for lunch, it seems to me the b...

Congratulations Reinhard! What a blessing.

Also, I've stopped binging. I used to feel compelled to get ice cream at least once a day, and now I feel free of that! I can't begin to express how awesome that is. I think I've been eating a little more than I "need to" at meals. I don't know how to approach that yet other than trying to be more m...

Day 12: SUCCESS
Day 13: EXEMPT (Saturday)
Day 14: EXEMPT (Sunday)
Day 15: SUCCESS
Day 16: SUCCESS
Day 17: SUCCESS

Still trucking along very well. The scale has crept up by a few pounds, but I'm reminding myself that it will all work itself out.

Go you!

Congratulations! That's excellent progress on the scale!

DAY 10: SUCCESS DAY 11: EXEMPT. I decided to take an S day yesterday. I have a 15-month-old son and last night was one of my rare nights out by myself. I had a successful N day and then around 4:30 in the afternoon, I decided to make it an S day so I could have a few of my favorite things while I wa...

S days can he crazy at first, but S days are so important. They teach us that we can let ourselves enjoy at times and still get back on track. As time goes on, the N day habits start carrying over to the S days and S days become more moderate. I also liked the "phases of No S" sticky that miliiem m...

Hey Portia, you're doing really well for your first couple of weeks! Don't panic about S days at the moment, keep building those N day habits :) A lot of people do say that S days calm down on their own - and they may well. If they don't, there are a ton of tweaks and mods that you can make later d...

Thanks, animated. It probably made sense to take Labor Day. September doesn't have any other big glaring holidays.

I hope to find that my S days settle themselves out once I get used to N days. I do find that I enjoy the structure of the three meals structure.

Congratulations on starting to run. That must be exciting.

Way to go! Looks like we started No-S around the same time. Seems like you're doing great.

Hi everyone, This is my first post as well. I am very relieved to have found Reinhard's book. This has been my first taste of diet sanity in...I don't know how long. But it's helping me. I have about 100 pounds to lose. Here's an account of my first nine days on the plan. Day 1: SUCCESS. Day 2: SUCC...