Everyday Systems

I've been off the board and off the program for several weeks, it's time to get with the program again, and tomorrow I'm starting over.

I joined in Nov. but the last few weeks were a disaster for me, and I'm just now getting back to this BB. Wonderful news about the booK! As for suggestions on the book, all of your postings on this site could be a goldmine of additional material for you or your editor to explore. Secondly, I very mu...

Carrie Ann, were you named after the song? I'm restarting tomorrow too. Joined in November and was starting to make a little progress, then we had a major health issue pop up with my 87 year old Mom, and eventually I just blew everything off, health-wise. Even gained a few more lbs. in Dec. I need t...

You know what? I'm GLAD you're venting! There's certainly no need to ever apologize for doing so. This is why we are here, to provide a spring board for each other, also help steer each other toward the positive and away from the negative. Isn't it great that we have each other? Think how much money...

Spent the day at the hospital. It's really hard to divorce the two (hospital=coffee!) However I've had no snacks, no sweets, no seconds, so that's a pretty good day! My Mom is recovering enough that they took her off the ventilator and shes breathing just fine on her own, that is a big relief. She's...

Been reading some of your more recent check-in posts. I see you've been hanging around this place for quite a few months. I wonder if you would post a short overview of your experiences here, have you lost weight overall, are you still losing, etc.?

Thanks!

Hi Y'all, Thank you for inquiring about my Mom. Her surgery was done on Saturday. Her outlook doesn't seem as good as we had hoped but time will tell so we just have to be patient and see what the next days bring. My last 4 days have not gone as well as I wanted them to. I haven't been eating tons o...

Good job on the success! Are you still weighing yourself every day? I'm waiting to weigh until Monday, that will be after 2 weeks of No S.

Hi Christi,

BIG congrats on your BP numbers! Yay! I read through most of your check in posts the other day, wow, you've been dealing with a lot. I admire your keep-on-keepin'-on philosophy. Have a good No S day!

Thanks ladies for posting your input here! This entire week has NOT been normal at all. However I have managed to stick with the program. My Mom is scheduled for heart bypass surgery tomorrow, she's 86 years old but has never looked or acted her age, so we have a good outlook that everything will go...

Welcome back to your daily check in Hex. Your menu sounds good and it sounds like you are ready to get back on track. Hooray for you!

I loved hearing about your successful day! One thing I'm finding about this WOE, each successful day is actually its own reward. When you eat this way, you feel good, and good about it. Just keep stacking up those good days, and soon those jeans will be fitting better again.

Hi Zoo, My opinion? I suggest taking it one thing at a time. The fact that you commute on a bicycle puts you far and away above the exercise most people do. It does sound to me like you are very motivated but tackling too much at once and not succeeding at anything could be very demoralizing. We wan...

Day 8 went well. My mom is in the hospital so I spent the day there with her. Relatives in hospital, that can be a stressful and trying time. But it will be whether you overeat or not! So I didn't overeat. Had 3 squares today. Only exception: I did give in to the coffee pot, and for me, that meant p...

I like your idea of starting a thread for us newbies. I've been thinking the same thing. Maybe a newbie thread each month? I think it would be good support for all of us, and you are so right, it helps to post and know that there will be others in the same boat replying back to your posts. I think I...

Hi Tiger, I see you just joined us? Maybe you could tell us a little bit about yourself? You mentioned your mom makes great smoothies. Are you a young person? If you feel that 3 meals is just not going to be sufficient for you, maybe in your case it would be OK to do a 3 meals, and one smoothie, a d...

Congratulations on having a more "normalish" weekend, I am jumping up and down for you, and you should feel really good about it! You're back to building on your success. Please keep telling yourself this!

Positive self talk, keep it up!

I'm new here too. I would say, don't worry too much about what you're seeing on the scale. The short term numbers don't mean much, it's the long term numbers you need to focus on. Do you weigh every day? One thing I plan on NOT doing is weighing in at the end of two S days...although next Monday wil...

Good to meet you! I kind of screwed up trying to copy and paste another of your posts from the other board onto this one, sorry about that, hope it's not too confusing to you or anyone else. Anyway it looks like you and I have just stumbled onto this place at the same time? I'm finishing up my first...

Hi all, I really, really want to believe in this. Every morning I wake up and say "Today is the day." So I start and have some sort of normal breakfast like a bagel & cream cheese. And then I start to freak out- "Why are you having wheat? You're totally going to get fat! Dairy is the worst! What are...

Rollo Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Wichita Ks. Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: Sunday check in -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, this is the last day of my first week. The first 4 1/2 days went really wonderfully. However...

Well, this is the last day of my first week. The first 4 1/2 days went really wonderfully. However Friday evening was not perfect, we had houseguests arrive for the weekend and that's when the party started. I didn't do too badly Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and night were a virtual unending s...

Regarding your knee...I believe I may have read in an earlier thread that you have had some physical therapy? If true, was that any help at all? I understand your not wanting to have surgery if there's any way to avoid it, I'd feel the same way if I were you but it may end up being necessary of cour...

I've just finished day 4. I'm hungry a lot. I admit I have not been eating large meals and not a huge amount of calories at them. I guess I just don't feel comfortable eating a big meal, it's something I don't often do. I've had the feeling that when I'm hungry, that means "something" is finally hap...

Love your name! And I enjoyed reading your post. I would be so interested in hearing a little more about your success. Any pounds coming off? This board is so similar to my quit smoking board, even has the same format and I love it. My experience with the QSB was I posted like crazy for a while, not...

Hey Toro, I like the formula. Not that I am into counting calories, I never will be. Your formula, like this entire program, is so simple and a basic no-brainer. I'm new here and trying to get to know some of the people here, so I went back and read all of your posts. I like the way you think and it...

I found this place only yesterday, but I was practically fasting on Monday because I just felt like crap. So my first three days were actually "mostly" successful. I feel pretty thrilled about having found this program, by the way! We go out every Wed night for dinner with a group of friends. There ...

No need to apologize for rambling, sometimes you HAVE to do that! Regarding the binge eating on weekends, you simply have to get control girl. Even if bad things are going on in your life, bingeing will not make those things any better, on the contrary EVERTYTHING will feel worse. Of course you alre...

I'm new here too, just joined and was reading your questions. Here's my feedback, for what it's worth.. Soup and salad, with maybe a roll on the side? This seems like what would be considered a "normal" meal to me. Adding a green salad to any meal, how could that possibly be a bad thing? I don't thi...

Hello Everyone, I've been going through diet hell for the last 3 months, since I quit smoking. Gained more than 15 lbs since that, mostly I believe from hormonal & metabolic issues that came about with the shock to the system of quitting. (I'm 54 years old...) I've been trying to manage the weight i...