Everyday Systems

4islandgirls

Thanks for your input ladies. My last 3 days have been interesting. I have started filling up my plate with fruits and vegetables, along with something yummy that I really want. I've been eating lots of avocados, which I love. And I am full! I get around half way through my plate and start really sl...

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You stopped at one handful and didn't let it derail you? Sorry, but I would not call that a fail! Technically yes, but if you are anything like most of us on here with histories of diet-head, that is a major accomplishment! Also, I make sure that I include sprinklings of not so healthy food (like ch...

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Ironchef - Have you ever visited the full plate living website? They talk about pumping your plate up with fiber. So, even if you are going to eat ramon noodles, you can make additions and substitutions to make it healthier. I've been on their website this weekend, and it's gotten me excited about a...

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Thanks for responding Ironchef. I have been exercising consistently for most of my adult life, so I can't add that one. It's a well-established habit and absolutely necessary for my mental health. My plates measure 10" across (from rim to rim), however I generally don't fill them up all the way or p...

4islandgirls

Wow, it's been a long time since I have posted, but I have been NoSing the entire time. I need some advice and I know there is a ton of wisdom on this board to help me figure out what to do. I am in my 7th month of following NoS. During this time I had one red day, which consisted of a simple mistak...

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Just wanted to give an update. It's been 42 days since giving up diet soda. I did have one during that time & it tasted really flat & I didn't finish it. I have tried many times to give it up & I never even made it a day. I credit noS for the confidence that I could do it. After going without sweets...

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My number one tip is to think of sweets, snacks and seconds as "not an option" on N days. Don't even entertain the idea. You can wait for an S day and you'll enjoy them so much more than.

4islandgirls

Wow, I'll have to check that podcast out when I get a quite moment.

Today is Day#4 without soda and so far, so good. I think that NoS has given me confidence that I can live without certain foods and it is no big deal!

~Jo

4islandgirls

Thanks Eschano. I made it yesterday without any diet soda. It's weird after all these years of daily intake and there really is no physical dependency. I just want it when I'm stressed, but I don't have any headaches without it. The hardest times are between 11 and 2. Once I make it past that, I'm h...

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Wow, thanks for all the replies. Exercise makes no difference. I have exercised consistently for the last 20 years and also drank diet coke for that entire time. The two aren't related in my mind. While I have only been NoSing for 5 months, I feel pretty solid in my habits. It just clicked for me an...

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I have a long battle with diet soda. I really want to quit but never seem to be able to. I'm toying with the idea of including the soda in the no sweets, no snacks, no seconds list. I have tried several times to quit and I'm thinking that this might help me to do it and it won't taste very good once...

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Wow, I think I'm experiencing an S day gone wild. I've been eating since I got up and I feel gross, gross, gross. And this is how I used to eat all the time? My stomach hurts, I feel lethargic and I have been incredibly unproductive. My S days have been pretty mild up to this point. Pretty much like...

4islandgirls

Thank you everyone for your encouraging words. I'm still plugging along, hanging in there. I seem to be struggling a bit more lately with wanting the weight off faster. I have friends doing weight-watchers and I can tell them are losing weight. My loss is so slow, that I can barely tell, much less a...

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Wow, almost 2 weeks since I've posted. I'm still hanging in there and have had all green days. On Saturday I did something pretty monumental. I took all of my diet books to the Salvation Army. I don't need them. I'm never giving up this freedom to be a slave again. I had something else big happen. I...

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Yesterday and today have been harder than normal. Maybe just because I haven't settled into a good routine yet, still in transition. I've been successful, but it's just harder to wait for meals and not snack. Thursday is my birthday, so an obvious S day. However, my SO is in town now and leaving tom...

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I think you are on the right path Penelope. Try to look at this very long-term, which is hard for us dieters. A year from now, think of how good you will feel & the peace and freedom you will have attained. That's what matters, not how quickly you can lose a bunch of weight, only to gain it back.

4islandgirls

Thanks for your kind words and support, I appreciate it. Yesterday was an S day and I really enjoyed a couple of treats as I spent the day traveling back home. I realize that by not allowing myself to use food as an emotional crutch during the week, it allows me to thoroughly enjoy the treats, with ...

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Yesterday was a rough day. It was my mom's funeral and there were tables and tables of sweets. And I was obviously emotional. I thought about making it a S day, but I was concerned about opening that door. I was afraid that it would maybe give me license to make it a S week, and not be able to stop....

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Hang in there Zoid, you are doing great! I go through bouts of impatience too. It helps me to think really long term. By Christmas this year, I will be thinner than last and I have no fear of gaining weight on this program, so hopefully this is the last time I will ever see this weight on the scale....

4islandgirls

Welcome Gwen, you have found your ticket to freedom from the food hell you have suffered (I know, I've been there). Your at the beginning of an incredible journey!

Jo

4islandgirls

I ended up spontaneously declaring Wednesday an S-day. My SO has a weird job and is gone a lot. He came in on Wed night and was going to be leaving again, so we declared Wednesday Valentine's Day. I had some of the giant cookie that I made him and we shared a dessert after dinner at the restaurant. ...

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Thanks everyone for your kind words. I'm still in holding pattern. Yesterday they gave her less than 24 hours, so I'm just waiting for the phone call and then I'll fly out. After all those years of my weight yo-yoing with every emotional issue in my life, it feels great to know that it simply isn't ...

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Thanks for your feedback everyone, I appreciate it. Last night I wasn't incredibly hungry for dinner and I was by myself. I was dealing with some PMS cravings and my mom's failing health (posted about it in the general thread). I decided that I wanted chips and guacamole. So that is what I had, a wh...

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Today I find myself 6000 miles away from my mom who is lying in a hospital bed, in her very last hours. She is surrounded by family and they gave her medication to make her comfortable. She has been sickly for the last 30 years and very sickly the last 10. I have made 2 emergency (very expensive) tr...

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Well, I just got back from the cruise and Disney trip. I followed No S the entire time. It was pretty easy to do. I enjoyed my freedom on my S days, but notice a shift in my cravings and desires. Sweets just don't taste that good anymore, and I really don't want to eat them just because I can. I hav...

4islandgirls

thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm now in Florida on vacation and plan on following the no S's, because it works and feels best for me. One thing that I have noticed is a profound switch in my mentality. Food has seemed to lost it's hold on me. I have always lived to eat, always. Now, I feel like...

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I made it! Today is Day #21! It was pretty painless actually. It feels so good, so natural, and so sane! I'm on a work trip right now and it keeps things so simple and much cheaper. Not always hunting for food and spending a ton of money on snacks at airports and convenient stores. I do feel a littl...

4islandgirls

I made it! Today is Day #21! It was pretty painless actually. It feels so good, so natural, and so sane! I'm on a work trip right now and it keeps things so simple and much cheaper. Not always hunting for food and spending a ton of money on snacks at airports and convenient stores. I do feel a littl...

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That is funny JW! I wouldn't go quite that far, but I will mentally access the situation until I find someone who will make me feel better about myself. Maybe someday, I'll be free of this? Well, after over 30 years of dealing with PMS, you would think I wouldn't be so clueless. Duh - that is why I ...

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Its day 15 and I have struggled more today than any other. I'm tired and stressed and just want to eat. To make matters worse, my dinner was kinda yucky and less than satisfying. I knew I wasn't putting enough on my plate to begin with, but then the bread was stale and uneatable, so I left the table...

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Today is D14, all green and yellow. However, since I began the day after Christmas, this is the first full week of 5 No S days in a row and I'm kind of feeling it. I was exhausted today and feeling "fat" and found myself wanting to snack. I didn't tho, it's so much easier to just not have it as an o...

4islandgirls

Thanks Linda. I really do feel so good doing this. I had two great S days, didn't overeat at all, but really enjoyed some treats. I still ate my meals, because they bring so much satisfaction and I love the feeling of "being done." For years, I have ate all day long and never felt satisfied. Today i...

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Since it's New Year's day, it is an S day. So far I have worked all day and there has been nothing special about it. I ate my 2 meals and tonight we are going to a friend's house for dinner. There may be special desserts there, so I can get some specialness in. I'm feeling really good and like I hav...

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I'm feeliing thiner and I really want to jump on the scale. I want to know what is going on, but if I really think about it, I don't want to deal with the emotions after. Good or bad, I don't want it to affect my day. I feel really good, my eating has smoothed out, I feel thiner, that's good enough....

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I'm feeliing thiner and I really want to jump on the scale. I want to know what is going on, but if I really think about it, I don't want to deal with the emotions after. Good or bad, I don't want it to affect my day. I feel really good, my eating has smoothed out, I feel thiner, that's good enough....

4islandgirls

Thanks for the encouragement Linda, I appreciate it. There are just some days where the best thing to do is to go to bed early and start over tomorrow!

D5 = S

4islandgirls

Ugh, rough day today, kids at home on break & still having to work (I work out of my home). Didn't eat enough for lunch, so was pretty hungry around 4. I made it though, no snacks, sweets or seconds!

~Jo

4islandgirls

I had the absolutely most enjoyable bowl of ice cream EVER last night. No guilt & it tasted sooooo good. I read a bunch of the other check-ins this past weekend & I've decided to stay completely away from the scale. I think it really, really messes with people's minds and is ultimately responsible f...

4islandgirls

Well, I had a successful S day yesterday (aren't they all?). I added a couple of treats in, enjoyed them, but didn't overeat or stuff myself.

4islandgirls

Thanks for the reinforcement that maybe I'm normal? haha

4islandgirls

What's weird is how foreign this way of eating is to me? I'm not a spring chicken, but no snacks was never enforced or encouraged in my home growing up. I have never eaten like this or not snacked. After struggling for 25 years, trying to figure out how to eat and reading a ton of "anti-diet" books,...

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Today is my 1st S day and I am so enjoying the order and saneness of the first 2 N days that I want to eat the same way today. I'm kinda feeling like I have to pig out in order to follow the program, but I'm not hungry. However, on S days, I can snack if I really want to and if I will enjoy it, but ...

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Day #2 = Success

I wasn't very hungry for dinner, so I had a plate of popcorn with some shredded cheese on it. Kinda weird, but I couldn't think of why I couldn't? It was just one plate and I can put anything on it right? It was perfect, not too much and hit the spot.

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Day #2 = Success

I wasn't very hungry for dinner, so I had a plate of popcorn with some shredded cheese on it. Kinda weird, but I couldn't think of why I couldn't? It was just one plate and I can put anything on it right? It was perfect, not too much and hit the spot.

4islandgirls

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense.

~Jo

4islandgirls

Right now I am at a place where I am just plain old poor. I have very little spending money and can only buy basic groceries. There is no danger of starvation, (haha), but I don't have a lot of fun food. This had been making me feel deprived as I have been rooting around the cupboards and not findin...

4islandgirls

How do you account for a smoothie as far as a plate goes?

~Jo

4islandgirls

Must, not most, lol, I can spell!

4islandgirls

Most be autospell, I know I typed freggies. Yep, it corrected it automatically, lol. I just got hungry (11:00), so I'm eating some fruit to hold me over until lunch and calling it my breakfast plate.

4islandgirls

I guess I should proof read a bit more, I meant freebies, not freebies!

4islandgirls

Day #2 -I woke up full and the thought of breakfast grosses me out. Very unusual for me because I usually eat pretty light at dinner and never snack after, so I wake up starving. Do I just skip breakfast and wait until lunch? It's almost 10 now, so I can wait 2 hours. Otherwise all my meal times wil...

4islandgirls

Thanks for the welcome automated eating. I like your signature, I want to be free too!

Jo

4islandgirls

Well, I made it. Just ate my dinner plate. I got so much done today, without the distraction of constantly eating. I was really careful about planning what I was going to put on my plate. I never eat after dinner, so I made it!

D1 = Success!!

4islandgirls

Today is Day 1 and I'm a bit scared. I work at home and eat all day long. I've kept my weight in a healthy weight range for the last 5 years or so, but I still yoyo 20 lbs and having a very small frame, I really feel best at the low end of the scale. Food and thinking about food are taking up way to...

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