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- Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:37 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: E-lyn's Check-In Journal
- Replies: 180
- Views: 170900
I do fine most days and have gotten used to the sensation of hunger. But there are days I just want more! Yes...I've tinkered around with intuitive eating, and for me that meant bolting to the kitchen anytime I felt the least bit hungry. It's kinda nice to be mildly hungry. When I'm eating I tell m...
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:30 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:29 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
I was out of town for a four-day weekend, the extent of our vacation plans this year because we took a very long, extended trip to Europe last year and now I have to put kid#2 through college. Now that we have that out of the way, lol, I will add that I took Friday as an S day, just to justify some ...
- Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:49 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:48 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:32 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
I have to say that I think that hitting 21 days of success did something to me on some psychological level and after a moderate S weekend, I had two back to back FAIL days. Monday: B: egg, grapes, toast, coffee L: pimento cheese, bread, salad D: pasta bolognese, caesar salad, wine S: 3 chocolate chi...
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:20 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: 6 Weeks As of July 21
- Replies: 37
- Views: 49914
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:16 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:42 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: E-lyn's Check-In Journal
- Replies: 180
- Views: 170900
I'm just so tired of this whole food thing. I totally get this...and fwiw, my food bio reads a lot like yours, down to the 5'2" height. My husband cuts out junk food and loses weight like crazy, and it takes me forever to lose 5 pounds, even eating very moderately (or what feels like moderate). The...
- Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:35 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:33 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Yay, fish tacos for breakfast! I love non-traditional foods for breakfast. I go to lunch meetings a few times a week, and when I do, I tend to schedule the lunch early and then have that be my first meal of the day. Then around 3 or 4 I will have a light "lunch," and then dinner...makes for some in...
- Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:56 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Ekat learns to be an adult
- Replies: 31
- Views: 46774
- Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:51 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: The 21(day) Club
- Replies: 839
- Views: 1262122
- Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:47 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Ok - officially 21 days of success! Yay! No weight loss yet, but I feel really good about maintaining, knowing that this level of eating will not cause me to gain, and starting to shed just a little craziness around food. I lost 65 pounds a few years back. When I was maintaining that loss (for a few...
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:05 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kaalii's daily check-in...
- Replies: 485
- Views: 570926
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:02 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:59 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: E-lyn's Check-In Journal
- Replies: 180
- Views: 170900
I'm still struggling with wanting to eat when I'm feeling stressed out or emotional. My automatic response has typically been, 'what can I eat to relieve this feeling?' I hear ya. I have the same issues. And the kicker is that it works..for just a little while. Then all the stressors and emotions c...
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:57 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Closing in on 21 days SUCCESS in a row! B: egg, english muffin, cantaloupe, coffee L: steak, avocado, tortilla chips D: chicken salad sandwich, cantaloupe, strawberries, 4 potato chips No alcohol today...hmmm...this is probably good. I have set the 2 glass ceiling that is advocated, but have been dr...
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:31 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:29 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kaalii's daily check-in...
- Replies: 485
- Views: 570926
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:26 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Ekat learns to be an adult
- Replies: 31
- Views: 46774
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 8:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linda's daily check-in
- Replies: 4617
- Views: 4609355
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 8:41 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Thank you, e-lyn. The scale hasn't budged (note to stop excessively weighing myself) but I haven't gained either. I bought the kindle version of the NoS Diet to read through and give me some moral support and I came to the line, "Maintenance is an improvement" and so there you have it. It's tempting...
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:51 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: E-lyn's Check-In Journal
- Replies: 180
- Views: 170900
I almost deleted that post. I was having a really bad day and needed to vent. Sharing personal stuff about my disordered eating patterns on this board is uncomfortable at times. But maybe it will be helpful for me to look back on at some point. And maybe some reading it will be able to relate...I d...
- Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:44 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Beer and a swimming pool....sounds really good to me right now! We're in the middle of a heat wave. We are, too. I've been quitting work around 4:30 each evening (I work at home, part-time) and getting in the pool to read and paddle around. I hope one day we can come to the point that we relish the...
- Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:44 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
SUCCESS And it's Wednesday. I think I care more about being successful during the week than I do about being able to eat anything on the weekend. So when I think "2 days to the weekend" I am more excited about decreasing the opportunities for failure than I am the reward. Ah well...my food issues w...
- Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:40 am
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Newbie
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15351
- Thu Jul 14, 2016 2:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: E-lyn's Check-In Journal
- Replies: 180
- Views: 170900
I ate most of it and just chalked it up to a less than stellar green day. I mean, a plateful of food is a plateful of food, right? Maybe would be "better" to have eaten half of everything, or eaten till you felt satisfied, etc but maybe it would be better to just keep things very simple - you were ...
- Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:07 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: "Only" three meals...?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 44227
- Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:59 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Thanks e-lyn and Moonbat! I did not eat the Oreos :) I just tell myself that I can have whatever I want on Saturday. I doubt it will be Oreos. Probably ice cream lol. SUCCESS today. It's amazing how quickly I can drop the habit of eating a sweet after dinner. My new habit is to take a bath and watch...
- Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:52 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
I just wish the scale would start to turn around a little, oh well I give the advice to other people to ignore the scale but I can't take my own advice! LOL! Just keeping consistent and letting mother nature do the rest. Same here, but 1400 calories a day should yield results over time. I'm close t...
- Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
SUCCESS B: egg, cottage cheese, toast, coffee L: plate with spoonfuls of: watermelon, potatoes, chicken, crackers, dip D: Taco ring (don't ask), green salad There's a package of mint oreos in the pantry calling my name, but I am going to resist. Oreos are my big diet-breaking weakness. I don't even...
- Sat Jul 09, 2016 4:05 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Sat Jul 09, 2016 4:02 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:47 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: liveitup's check-in
- Replies: 261
- Views: 276293
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:42 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: No Calorie Counting?!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17181
Re: No Calorie Counting?!
Just starting No S and 2 days into it, it seems pretty easy. But I have a hard time believing that I can lose weight without counting calories. Hello, and welcome. I'm new here...on my 21st day today, actually. I am weighing myself here and there because I am trying to "un-demonize" the number on t...
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:24 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:44 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: E-lyn's Check-In Journal
- Replies: 180
- Views: 170900
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Glad you had a successful holiday weekend! I did okay the first two days, but totally lost it at a picnic on the 4th. btw..I like your menus. Thanks! I hesitated to post them at first because I don't want to get all judgy about what I'm eating, as long as it's at a meal time and moderate. But it's ...
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:23 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Praise for NO S in another blog
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12818
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:21 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:11 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Not sure I can do this
- Replies: 23
- Views: 32000
starting day 5. so far so good. I haven't gorged out on ice cream and potato salad, and I haven't starved. Good for you! I would encourage you to just focus on building the habit for now. It's Day 19 for me, and I am struck by just how easy this is in some ways. I've had a couple "fail" days, but n...
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 2:05 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: ******** July Challenge **********
- Replies: 24
- Views: 34772
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 2:01 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: E-lyn's Check-In Journal
- Replies: 180
- Views: 170900
I thought about food a lot today. It's so hot here; I'm not able to get much accomplished at home and I don't want to exercise or run errands in this heat. Same here, terribly hot. And I do eat out of boredom. I floated around in the pool for a couple hours just to avoid being tempted by the food i...
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:59 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
Anyway today is a new day, I had a nice breakfast of whole wheat toast and peanut butter along with fruit and a dollop of yogurt. I can stick with my plan for the rest of the day and feel good about myself when I go to bed tonight. :) And so you should :) and thank goodness we start fresh each day....
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:57 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Thank you for the support :) and yes, S days are here! Plus 4th of July, which will probably mostly be smoked meats, so--- Today was a SUCCESS . Yay! B: egg, cottage cheese, bacon, toast, coffee L: pizza (other 1/2 of yesterday's dinner), cucumbers, dill dip D: steak, caesar salad, avocado, mac and ...
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:24 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
focus on the habit formation... not a stumble or two or three or four... you are on the track... :) Thank you :) that's what I am focusing on...just 3 meals a day, no snacks, sweets, seconds and if I get off track..just hop back on. So today was on track, 3 meals, no sweets seconds or snacks. B: eg...
- Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:15 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
:cry: Ok, boo. Either today is a FAIL or I declare it an S day, my monthly get-together with the neighborhood women. We went wine tasting. That part was fine...I had the equivalent of two glasses. I didn't eat the food, except 2 crackers that I nibbled on between tastes. But I got home hungry, and m...
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:50 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 6:04 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Yesterday was a FAIL . The entire day went to plan, until later in the evening when I met up with a friend for a glass of wine. Another friend brought us each a brownie, freshly made. I did ok with that, just pinched off a couple bites and left the rest (offered it to my friend finally, after she fi...
- Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:26 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Thank you...yes, I have promised myself that for the first 21 days I am going to *only* worry about the no snacks, sweets, seconds part and let the pieces fall where they may. After that first 3 weeks are over, I will take stock. Funny how incredibly powerful the number on the scale is though...like...
- Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:22 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Sat Jun 25, 2016 2:25 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
I weighed myself this morning and I had gained 0.8 pounds in a week. Probably not even worth mentioning, but the scale gets in my head. So I promised myself that I wouldn't freak out until I am 21 days in lol. Today is Day 8. And a SUCCESS : no sweets, snacks or seconds. Maybe after 21 days I will s...
- Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:37 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: here's to the beauty!!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9139
- Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kaalii's daily check-in...
- Replies: 485
- Views: 570926
...so i left a small piece for myself to be eaten later with the dinner of steamed and sautéed cauliflower and smoked tofu in soy cream with olives on the side... left nothing... I'm new to all this, but I love the idea of setting aside something to be enjoyed with a meal...so you're not depriving ...
- Fri Jun 24, 2016 3:27 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Thank you all so much for your kind remarks :) And today was a SUCCESS . 3 meals, no sweets, snacks, or seconds. But I was sorely tempted by a crusty baguette - I put three thin slices on my plate, and would have typically gone for a few more once I finished my meal. Decided to save a couple slices ...
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 2:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
I am going to count yesterday - Wednesday - as a SUCCESS . No sweets or seconds, for sure. Last night, I went out to dinner with a big group of friends to celebrate a birthday. I didn't want to count it as an S day, because she is a friend, but not a close friend lol. But I was freaking famished and...
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 2:17 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
I just marked yesterday as a fail day. I don't really like that word, but I'm trying to approach it from a "Spock-like" attitude of "Well, I did not succeed at following my plan 100% and therefore I failed to meet my goals." But I don't really consider the day a failure because I did follow my plan...
- Wed Jun 22, 2016 5:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Wed Jun 22, 2016 2:06 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 10:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Nell12 is starting tomorrow Wednesday 27/4/16
- Replies: 48
- Views: 54565
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 10:03 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Thanks everyone for the pizza props! One decent-sized piece with a salad or fruit has always seemed reasonable to me... Today, so far, so good. Funny thing is that every once in a while I'll think, "Oh no, what should I eat?" and then I remember that I can eat anything within reason and that's such ...
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:59 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 3:25 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Knitapeace's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 94
- Views: 84798
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 3:18 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Hi Emmama, I'm new as of last week too, started Tuesday. So this is my first No S Monday. I did some shopping over the weekend and feel pretty prepared for the week. Glad you enjoyed your weekend, and let's No S this week together!! Excellent :) thank you! Yes, let's do this. I was a little apprehe...
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:09 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: The Strong Way
- Replies: 178
- Views: 177491
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:06 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 2:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Cedar check in Vanilla No S
- Replies: 137
- Views: 112950
If I am meant to lose weight in the future then I know it will happen without force and torture, but for now this is me and I'm going to commit to sticking with habit and no longer torturing myself over 3-4 kilos..life is too short and precious for that. omg, I couldn't agree more. Honestly, I thin...
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 2:37 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:02 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
- Fri Jun 17, 2016 6:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Emmama's Daily Thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 66203
Emmama's Daily Thread
Hi -
I found this site in a link from "Eat Like A Normal Person." That approach really resonates, as does the S diet. I'd like to jump in today as Day 1 (and tomorrow and the next day are S days ), so here I go.
This seems like a nice place...
I found this site in a link from "Eat Like A Normal Person." That approach really resonates, as does the S diet. I'd like to jump in today as Day 1 (and tomorrow and the next day are S days ), so here I go.
This seems like a nice place...