Everyday Systems

clarebear

this could be true! also if i did have an initial loss then that may well have plateaued and the loss will be slower. to be honest even if I lose a pound a month I'm happy, time is passing anyway and I'm not in a rush anymore! I do think I need to somehow control my S days, looking forward to doing ...

clarebear

did a 45 minute power walk after work last night, felt good after it! I think this could be the key now, it's exercise but not killing myself 5 days a week exercise! Monday and Thursday are my hardcore days then walk the rest, think this will work :) Still feel a bit blurgh from the weekend, why I'v...

clarebear

haha indeed

clarebear

Yep, will try it with you too

And you're so right about the beginning middle and end haha! So true

Ahh it was lovely thanks, really enjoyed it and didn't feel one bit of guilt as it
Was an S event

Now we just have to decide what to choose!!

clarebear

woohoo for the 21 day club :-D Yes, I've read that too. It is a good idea and would stop me bingeing on large bags of crisps like I did yesterday :-S but means I can have a dessert after my meals If i like and If i want crisps i can have them but as part of a meal like i do during the week! So pleas...

clarebear

good idea Tessy!
It's a good distraction and good for you too

clarebear

Hello Kookie If it makes you feel any better I feel yukky too :( 11th week on NOs and my S days are still quite wild. But, I'm trusting the process and know it will level off. Yes I'd like it to be now but it just doesn't work like that! Your body will take a long time to adjust to you feeding it pr...

clarebear

Haha just had a good giggle

clarebear

Thank you Tessy :) and yes I can't wait to walk in the sunshine! Really enjoyed my walk last night, I worked up a sweat and my legs really felt it so I am pleased :) I am very lucky as I have a free gym at work and they have a trainer who comes in twice a week and it's all free so I feel very lucky ...

clarebear

I started off drinking a glass of milk in the afternoon as the gap was too big but am used to it now, I have a 2 litre bottle of water that I glug throughout my day at work and then a couple of brews whenever I feel like them :) have recently switched to decaff though, I weirdly actually prefer the ...

clarebear

just think too, you have only been doing this for 2 weeks, imagine how you'll feel in 2 years!

Set freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

clarebear

thanks Kookie :) this is the only place i feel (apart from with my hubby to be) that I can be excited and talk about nos, like others i keep it to myself as when you tell people whatever they are doing is always better and gets 'better' results NOS IS AMAZING!! WOOHOO!! and you're right about the wa...

clarebear

keep going kookie you're doing brilliant

clarebear

hahaha that really made me laugh!
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Hello JW!

clarebear

its fchenaj
apols if you didnt need all 3 posts, never posted on spam bit before!

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clarebear

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clarebear

feeling good today (positivity wise - still got my cold grrrr) tried my bikini on yesterday, can definitely notice the difference. I am also a lot more in tune with myself, I am accepting my body shape the way it is, I am a pear so small on top and bigger legs and bum. I'm beginning to feel grateful...

clarebear

Good luck for a green week!
I've often checked packets for calories then stopped myself thinking about it. we're allowed 3 plates and that is what we shall have!

clarebear

Woohoo to second nature

clarebear

Tessy, your comment about ginger biscuits really made me laugh- because I too have done this before-caved and eaten something I'm really not bothered about! (eg wagon wheels back in the day) But you are going through a tough time, it will take time while you grieve and this is normal. The fact that ...

clarebear

Cold finally feels like it's going away, got a cough now which is always a sign of getting rid of my cold!!

Had a handful of raspberries with my egg and bagel this morning, 1 down, 4 to go! I know I said I was going to aim for 2 a day but I know I can do 5 if I try so that's what I'm aiming for!

clarebear

I get the Monday blues thing Kookie! think we're both feeling the same today! I have had that urge to weigh in so many times but have resisted as I know what it will do to my mental state. The habits formed seem to be enough for me to keep me on track and although I have said I will weigh in January...

clarebear

and also Kookie! haha I hadn't scrolled all the way up to see all the comments
Thanks my fellow Noessers!

clarebear

and thank you Tessy too, I appreciate your motivational messages

clarebear

Thanks Linda
Your posts always make me feel better!
Yep, I will make sure I have yummy things too, just really on a mission to include fruits and veg into my diet. Going to try and add them to each meal then they don't take up half my plate in 1 meal!

clarebear

what a brilliant post, so calm about food, such a brilliant place to be

clarebear

also, 8 weeks til oz so really have to up my game!! Time for replacing some of the foods on my lunch time plate to fruits and veg and exercising monday-friday for at least half an hour!

clarebear

thanks guys!! Still feeling sniffly today but lot better than Friday and Saturday. My plan was to not go mad this weekend but I ate lots of sweets and choc and I am feeling it this morning. Not thinking about it too much though as I wasn't well, plus thats what S days are for if you need them, but M...

clarebear

30 more days to go!!

I've got 32!
You're doing brill

clarebear

Can't believe I've caught another cold 2 days after I started to feel better! Feeling peed off! But. . . On the plus side, I would have probably binged when feeling this rubbish but now I live by nos I don't have that problem! Hopefully this is the worst day and tomorrow I will feel better. Had to C...

clarebear

butter is so much better for you, I too have read that margarine is plasticy!! We keep our butter in a butter dish out of the fridge as it's too hard when in the fridge! (we buy the blocks in a foil packet) Another idea is to put a bit on a plate and microwave it for no longer than 10 seconds and it...

clarebear

that meal idea sounds yummy!!
I'm aiming to have 1 with dinnertime meal and one with my tea in the evening.

Also, definitely felt the difference today between breakfast and dinner. Had bagel and peanut butter today and having dinner at 12 instead of 11

clarebear

think thats what I'm going to do tessy :) eat them first then eat the other stuff. They are always a last option and it shouldn't be that way! I can't wait for oz, spent 3 months there a few years ago (was meant to be a year but it didn't work out) my fiance lived there for 18months too but then imm...

clarebear

:D After feeling crappy for 2 weeks I have got the gym with my trainer tonight, still feeling bit rough but want to get back into my exercise routine. Got australia in 9 weeks so now I have the habits in place I want to start eating healthier foods on my plates to improve my bikini bod! I used to be...

clarebear

thanks JW

clarebear

also this is my 10th week on NoS, I can't believe it!!
Really committed to having a tame S weekend. Need to try and tweak a few things, like instead of having a large bar of chocolate on a saturday, have a standard size bar. I feel I'm ready to do that now!

clarebear

ahh thanks :) I seem to be having a hungry day today, just had my dinner early, but I'm ok with that! no, you'll be fine, just push through and like you have, tell yourself that you'll have a proper breakfast tomorrow! If fruit doesn't fill you up then it should be an addition to your breakfast rath...

clarebear

thanks guys!

Planning on sandwich and soup for dinner, it's so cold outside! looking forward to my first S event on Friday, tasting our wedding meal food!

clarebear

you're doing so well Kookie!
Yeah i find I have to add protein to my breakfast so that I last til dinner/lunch, so I'll have bagel with peanut butter or egg and soilders and that seems to work better than cereal alone ( I had just weetabix this morning and am regretting it)!!

clarebear

thanks Linda!
feel a little better today

Only difference to my day yesterday was 4 smaller meals rather than 3 so was ok

clarebear

Taking today as an s day, got a really bad headache and feel lousy and no energy so listening to my body!

clarebear

Few hours until the weekend!
Looking forward to cake!!

clarebear

Good work Kat!! Getting in clothes is a brilliant feeling!
Carrot cake is the BEST!!
We are having it as our wedding cake, ignoring tradition!!

Weighing in on jan 1st is a good idea

clarebear

Don't be scared that you will fail, be excited that you will be green!!

clarebear

You're doing really well Kookie! The phrase in control yet free is exactly how it makes me feel! Isn't it a great feeling! Don't worry about the hunger thing either, I too rushed home for tea (supper) at first but now I go to the gym after work then sometimes somewhere on the way home and may not ea...

clarebear

P.S 1 step closer to 100 days today!!

clarebear

I don't think you need to worry about drinks yet as everything else is spot on

like you say you can think about that later on

clarebear

feeling better today, although wanted my dinner at 11am (I had it at this time yesterday) but I'm making myself wait until 12!! eating earlier is always a disaster for later in the afternoon so I'm having a cup of tea then I can eat soon!

clarebear

haha keep forgetting so many of you are from USA!
yep its a chocolate bar by cadbury's

and thank you

clarebear

Thanks Kookie! I am going to try and make sure it is a yummy lunch!! There's nothing emotional or anything, I think it's because I had a cold at weekend and am still recovering, feeling a bit headachy. I however don't feel 'ill' enough to take a sick day and think this would make me spiral! So am ju...

clarebear

Hello I might have 2 months of green under my belt but thought it was important to post today as I am having a shaky day!! Started last night really, I remained green but husband to be was eating some dairy milk and I had a really bad craving!! I had some warm milk and got over it! This morning I ha...

clarebear

I know what you mean about trying something else to make weight come off quicker, I had those thoughts early on, but it's so much better for it to come off slowly and steadily and more importantly sanely than to continue yo yoing Sometimes impatience takes over but you just have to ignore that niggl...

clarebear

Well done Grace, I'm so pleased!!

clarebear

ooh yes I'm up for that!
100 days here we come!!

clarebear

As of yesterday I had completed 8 weeks all green! My S days were ok, didn't go overboard on saturday as I had a bad cold so couldn't taste so just ate enough so I didn't feel hungry Yesterday was full of treats but thats what S days are made for! and I was making up for my grumpiness of not being a...

clarebear

I'm in! I like how we're all taking it in turns to do these challenges :-D 1st success 2nd success 3rd success and metafit 4th success 5th S DAY and Metafit 6th S DAY 7th sick day :( 8th success 9th success 10th success 11th Success 12th S DAY 13th S DAY 14th success and gym 15th Success 16th succes...

clarebear

I can understand all that you have said! I'm very much all or nothing so like you say it's either being really healthy and depriving or the opposite. This allows complete sanity around food and it's just amazing. Whatever I want for each meal I eat it, as long as it fits on one plate. In between mea...

clarebear

Welcome Kookie! This will change your life, I suffered with an eating disorder around 5 years ago and even though I went into recovery I feel it's always been niggling there. I am aware I have put weight (I am around 20lbs heavier than before my eating disorder) and I feel this is because of my prob...

clarebear

That's brilliant!!

clarebear

haha thank you! I am very full of joy! Just had a sausage butty, there would have been a time when i craved one, had one and then felt guilty about it. Now, I have one, really enjoy it then don't think about food until 12pm!! Before I started No S I was really worried I was going to be in this trap ...

clarebear

ah thanks JW

I also have deprived myself of so many things for so long, when you look at it from the outside it's just so ridiculous!! life is way too short for that diet rubbish!!

clarebear

the main thing I am enjoying about NO S is not thinking about food! also being able to enjoy for tea what my husband to be is having without having to make modifications etc. I never wanted to be one of those wives that is always on a diet. And when we have kids I don't want them to have a mum who i...

clarebear

Welcome oohlala!

Just had a scan through, so much success and green days!
Well done everyone!

clarebear

Thanks Tessy

Good day yesterday, didn't eat my tea until 8pm, so that was 8 hours without food but it was fine

This really is becoming a way of life

clarebear

Good s days :) At the beginning I was eating everything id craved during the week on top of meals, now I'm having nice things but my feeling full comes sooner so I can no longer seem to do both! I had breakfast on Saturday, then for coffee and a muffin with my friend at about 11. Normally id have go...

clarebear

Thanks Tessy, I have decided not to weigh myself until at least after the wedding, it is 7 months away but I feel so good right now I don't need anything to stop me feeling this way! Plus in 7 months time it won't be far until I will have done a year on NO S and that would be a good point to weigh I...

clarebear

Good luck for your third green day!!
If you feel you are about to go red, just imagine the feeling tomorrow morning when you have reached your goal, that feeling will far out weigh how the silly food will make you feel in that small moment
You can do it!!

clarebear

ooh thank you!! will give it a whirl this weekend if i have time

clarebear

Peanut Butter trifle sounds like my idea of heaven!

clarebear

Well done Linda!
You're stacking up those greens!

clarebear

only a few more green days to go and I will have done 2 months ALL GREEN!!
Feeling good, only 1 day after this and I can have a dessert
mmmmm

Going bridesmaid dress shopping on saturday, lots to look forward to!

clarebear

I define a sane S day (had my first one in 7 weeks last weekend) by not getting to the stage where I feel completely stuffed!
I know that in time it will settle to a point where it's pretty much an N day with a couple of treats

clarebear

I have always had to finish what is on my plate but last night I noticed something, I consciously stopped eating when I was full!! I was so hungry as I had just been to the gym, I had chicken, chips and vegetables, when i first starting eating I thought I would have cleared my plate but I ended up l...

clarebear

ah thank you!
yep, resisting is hard but you're right, it's the habit and getting my head right that I must concentrate on - the weight loss is just a bonus!!

Hope you have a good week

clarebear

thanks guys

feel good today, had a really big urge to weigh myself but I resisted!

clarebear

Well, much better than last weekend!
Enjoyed some treats but not felt stuffed
I got out of this weekend what I wanted to so I am pleased!

clarebear

very exciting indeed!!

well, it's Friday!!!! S day is nearly here!!
Feeling gooooood

clarebear

How brilliant is body pump!
I love it

You are doing so well

clarebear

Good on you Tessy!! you are doing great, keep it up!

clarebear

looking forward to weekend today, not because I can eat whatever but more because I want to have some calmer 2 S days behind me! My aim is to be calm on Saturday and eat same as N days but allow myself a standard bar of chocolate or a pudding after my tea. Then Sunday I will do as I wish, in theory ...

clarebear

good on you

I have that same unconscious reaction!

clarebear

Thank you both, you are so lovely!!

clarebear

'One week down, a lifetime to go'

Love this

clarebear

very true! good day today, although I had a wobble when trying on some clothes in a shop. It didn't make me want to stop or anything like that, No S is the way for me for life now. in fact it made me more determined, I think I may have to step up the exercise a little, but trouble is, I don't want t...

clarebear

Good luck today Tessy!

You can do it

clarebear

update on last night, I was so ill! I felt so sick. I'm really going to have to put structure into my S Days. don't really want to make mods but I think I'm not going to snack on S days (know i've said that before) and just have 1 thing on each of the days that I really want ie a really nice dessert...

clarebear

Thanks tessy :) Good weekend but need to read this post next weekend, I've just had a crisp fest and 4 choc biscuits, I have given myself an awful tummy ache :( Don't feel down about it though, it's Monday tomo so N DAY woohoo. In the grand scheme of things it's only my fifth weekend on no s so I'm ...

clarebear

I've just discovered habitcal! Seen everyone talking about it but wasn't sure how or where to access. Brilliant tool!

clarebear

I've been doing it over a month now and I've never weighed, my clothes feel looser and that's all I'm going off. My obsession becomes more about the number rather than the healthy habits that I'm forming so I'm opting for never weighing! I may do in a years time once the habits are so instilled I ca...

clarebear

Yesterday was better and now its only 1 day until s day!!
Was thinking too, I've been doing this over a month now, only got to repeat that for 11 times and a year will have passed!
Not wishing my life away but in looking forward to seeing what a year on no s feels like

clarebear

I survived!!

Thanks for the support guys

clarebear

Can't believe I can feel so different in the space of a few hours, all I want is chocolate and I'm so grumpy that I can't have any!!!!
I don't think time of month is helping but I am having to use some major willpower right now
ARGHHHHH

clarebear

4 pounds is brill! Hope I've done the same (not weighed myself) but i feel great so that's the main thing

Good luck for September!

also with the workouts - better to aim high like you did and still get a decent number (14 is more or less every other day!) Keep going you're doing brilliant!

clarebear

it's something that seems to have been introduced recently to uk swimming pools - there maybe something similar in the US. It's basically goals and tasks to do in the pool rather than swimming loads of lengths and getting bored - the instructor gives you certain styles to do and some lengths you jus...

clarebear

yesterday was good, each day is becoming more and more 'normal' I don't crave chocolate anymore during the week! Went to swimfit class last night, my front crawl is getting better! Going to Australia in December for Christmas so that is my interim stage before the wedding, keep thinking of that when...

clarebear

Hello Rea

I just remembered you saying you had the same goal as me in one of my posts so I just wanted to say hi and to keep going!

your comment about diet drinks really made me laugh, especially the 'tastes like ass' bit haha

clarebear

Yesterday was a good day, went in the gym after work and did a circuit then some weights, was very hard work and I am aching today but in a good way!

clarebear

exactly! my goal is to lose some weight but also to learn to be happy how I am along the way. I've always felt that no matter how much weight I lose I still don't like what I see, so it is fixing this that is more important for me! and No S is helping me to do this, I feel so much better already. Ye...

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