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OrganicGal

resting...I don't really do gardening...as I tend to have a black thumb..lol All I do are 3 flower hanging baskets & 3 pots at the front of the house and 2 pots in the backyard. So once I plant something in the pots...I generally just have to remember to water everything.

Keep up the good work.

OrganicGal

Since I began this whole thing, this is my progress. (Note: each new Habit was started on a different date, hence not the same number of 'total' days). No S-ing: 32 days total...29 green and/or yellow !! MwP: 24 days total....14 green !! No Scale: 16 days total....14 green !! I'm amazed! At myself, ...

OrganicGal

I think you are trying to hard!! You should just relax and maintain what you are doing. I think your body is trying to tell you that it can't do anymore weight loss right now...and you're not listening! There could be a multitude of reasons why it can't give you that weight loss right now...the horm...

OrganicGal

resting...I don't really do gardening...as I tend to have a black thumb..lol All I do are 3 flower hanging baskets & 3 pots at the front of the house and 2 pots in the backyard. So once I plant something in the pots...I generally just have to remember to water everything.

OrganicGal

Yesterday was a green day all across the board!!! :D I rode my bike from my store to my boyfriends for dinner last night. It's all up hill...at least a 1/2 mile. AND I DID IT!! Without having to get off my bike and walk up the hill. Of course my lungs were hurting afterward and I was wheezing and co...

OrganicGal

I agree with CatholicCajun...If grazing...eating 5-6 meals a day was so successful...then why are we still so obese...and why haven't we been doing it for hundreds of years...like we have been the No S system in slightly different but essentially the same ways? I'm tired of listening to the 'experts...

OrganicGal

I already have 3 tatts...so I could do one more...I want to anyway...but maybe I'll have to do 2 more all together...lol.

OrganicGal

"I think these three little positive attitude adjustments -- proactive reward, no sneaking, and using the structure of 3 meals as your basic starting point -- should be enough to turn most people with actual S-day problems around." (sorry I don't know how to do the quote in a box thingy) The above q...

OrganicGal

Lunch, at least on weekdays, seems to be the hardest one for all of us. At least if we work outside the home. I have my own Organic Grocery store and I still find it hard to figure out my lunch each day! :lol: I usually have a piece of fruit, some cheese and crackers and a granola bar. I don't treat...

OrganicGal

Well...the No Scale Habit is actually becoming a habit. I'm only thinking briefly in the mornings about stepping on it, and then I don't think about it every morning and today is the 12th of May and I only have the one red square on my Habitcal back at the beginning of the month. YAY for me ! :D Con...

OrganicGal

Had a wonderful Mothers Day dinner...of course I had dessert :) My daughter gave me a lovely card with a loving heartfelt message in it (her & I are very close). Plus she gave me a pretty satin top, some earrings and a pretty butterfly ponytail holder and well as some Burts Bees lip gloss. Very nice...

OrganicGal

I agree...start now!

OrganicGal

Well, went out for dinner last night and had bread, salad, main course and dessert.....but did not finish my dessert!! :shock: Before No S I would have finished it no matter what, but last night I knew I'd had enough and if I ate more I would feel awful and would just be being a glutton! A feeling I...

OrganicGal

Well, I took what I thought would be a slightly longer route home on my bike...but it still only took me five minutes to get home. But the hill up my street to my house was a killer. :shock: I can feel it in my lungs. I have exercise induced asthma, so my lungs are hurting a bit right now...and I'm ...

OrganicGal

blueskighs....you are a funny not so deep green squared nerd!

OrganicGal

A most sincere Thank You Reinhard, for bringing your No S system and Habitcals to everyone! I know as 'dramatic' as it may sound, it has changed my life...for the better of course.

OrganicGal

Tomorrow is Mother's Day!!! Surprise!

just kidding.

So in guess I don't get a chance to say so....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! to ALL the Mom's out there and too all their Mom's

OrganicGal

I actually agree with you wosnes about S days can never become red days. I would only do a red square on an S day it I were so totally outlandish that I made myself ill from eating or something...and then it would be used as a learning tool for myself.

OrganicGal

I am in the Habit of checking all the S days on my No S Habitcal yellow right at the beginning of the month. I do that because with those days there really is no possibility of failure according to Reinhard. Now obviously if I eat allllllllllll day, including all 3 Sesses. then I would change the sq...

OrganicGal

Having a lovely breakfast of peanut butter and banana on a whole wheat flat bread type thingy... :lol: With a few fresh strawberries on the side. YUM! Then the big adventure starts...I'm riding my bike to work *gasp* It might be more of an adventure riding home again though :shock: I'll check in lat...

OrganicGal

why, thank you

OrganicGal

Well my errands after I closed, took a little longer then expected so I was starving. So I didn't want to cook, so I had a sub instead. It certainly fit on my plate and was the perfect amount. Then I went and did one more errand and came home and shoveled/raked leaves into the brown paper bags. So t...

OrganicGal

I would say...stick with both days being S days. That's what Reinhard says. It is better to create the Habit correctly right off the bat. I started No S on a Friday, and still did the weekend as Sesses, it worked out fine. Now that I've been at it for 29 days, I see a pattern of less S being usued o...

OrganicGal

Well, very glad to report that my luncheon plate I brought to work has worked out nicely, in fact I was actually able to add one more thing to the plate. Which means my appetite is satisfied AND I'll be able to wait without much, if any discomfort until dinner!

OrganicGal

I agree about the 6 week thing. I know 'they' say 21 days to form a new Habit. But if you've been running with bad habits for 20-30yrs, there is no way you're gonna change it in 21days....make a good solid start? Sure, but I think 6 weeks is more realistic too.

OrganicGal

I vote for the treadmill. I have bad knees and have used both a treadmill and a recumbant bike and I have found the bike actually hurts my knees more because of the constant bending and straightening I guess. Riding a regular bike outside, doesn't seem to have the same effect for some reason. On my ...

OrganicGal

Reinhard...I had to laugh out loud at the 'strangle a bull with your bare hands' comment :lol: Can't you just see someone talking to a personal trainer or such and when asked what their fitness goal is they reply...."I want to be able to strangle a bull with my bare hands"... too funny! Thanks for t...

OrganicGal

Ok..I feel like I'm having a new committment to No S, but I'm not really as I'm firmly entrenched in this way of eating. The new committment comes from my committment to MwP (Movement with Purpose). Starting tomorrow, I am going to start riding my bike to and from my work. The only reason why I am n...

OrganicGal

Finally bought my 8lb sledge at good ol' Home Depot this evening. So now I just have to get started using it.

I must admit I feel weird about it...a little sheepish sort of...slightly embarassed..not sure. I think just 'cause it's so unusual.

Wish me luck.

OrganicGal

Well got through the day fine with meals. They weren't great. I had a banana for breakfast, cheese & crackers for lunch with an apple....got really hungry late afternoon but held off until dinner even though I had to do an errand on the way home and dinner was later then usual. But the best part of ...

OrganicGal

I'm on day 28 and haven't lost an ounce! But I'm not worried about it. I know I have to improve on my 'movement with purpose' which I started by just finishing a great 35min walk! And I'm learning more about my bodies real food needs. Much more in 28 short days then I have in all the years of accumu...

OrganicGal

I like your silly Noel...and I say....no snack

OrganicGal

The thing I don't like most about the BMI, is it makes no allownace for men and women (although I think there might be some charts out there that do), no allowance for age, it makes no allowance for build/bone structure, and it makes no allowance for lifestyle. Are you a competitive bodybuilder? or ...

OrganicGal

I think you look great Nichole! I am 5' 4 1/2" tall...and being almost 45yrs old will be over the moon, doing cartwheels, laughing like a fool...to reach 150lbs!

OrganicGal

Ditto what wosnes said! As Reinhard says, S can stand for Sick day too, and you need to do whatever it takes to get you through the sick day. But don't skip meals otherwise.

OrganicGal

Well I've learned some lessons! I stepped on the scale this morning...so red square on my No Scale Habitcal. I have not lost an ounce, which I suspected. My lesson learned is to listen to my body...I knew I hadn't lost anything, just from the fit of my clothes and the 'feel' of my body. I also learn...

OrganicGal

Today was a successful day but out of alignment to. I had my normal breakfast at my normal time....but then got really busy at my store between putting my big wednesday order away and customers. I finally ate some cheese and crackers at 3pm. I did have 2 glasses of chocolate milk between breakfast a...

OrganicGal

Sounds like you had an awesome time blueskighs

Glad to see you back on the boards too, I was actually getting worried about you.

OrganicGal

Interesting article. I can definitely relate to the 'what was I gonna do?' problems. :roll: I like the concept of if-then . If I see sweets, then I will avoid them. If others are ordering dessert, then I will decline for myself. If I really think about wanting something then I will decide what that ...

OrganicGal

If you're connecting sugar content with 'sweet' then that glass of OJ he had has an average of 22g of sugar per glass!! That is 'sweet', but if it is 'good' OJ, not from concentrate, then it is all natural sugar and not so worrisome.

Life cereal is not a sweet IMO.

OrganicGal

Good idea, I might borrow that idea. It is the next step for me too, now that I've been successfully No S-ing for 26 days.

I'm also building new Habits with my own No Scale Habitcal, and a Movement With Purpose Habitcal.

OrganicGal

Another successful N day and No Scale day yesterday. I am giving myself a cautionary note though to watch those meals when I'm out at a restaurant for dinner. My dinner last night was not the large portions you normally get at some restaurants, and my 2 pieces of appetizer would definitely have fit ...

OrganicGal

I agree! And a good way to stay conscious of the difference.

OrganicGal

Hi f, Don't know if you saw my response to your post in my daily check-in. But I am from Peterborough, Ontario, CANADA!

A small city northeast of Toronto. Sorry I'm not U.K

OrganicGal

That's cool on your weight loss Buffalo Gal, and funny about the write a book comment :D I have successfully No Scaled for 7 days in a row now! YAY for me!! I'm not going to weigh myself until June 1st, then I will weigh myself for 3 days in a row, twice a day, and take the average as my new weight....

OrganicGal

Yesterday was another successful green day across the board! (No S, No Scale & Movement w/ purpose..aka exercise) Had pork chops and salad for dinner. Went for a walk and then watched a movie...or half of it. We'll watch the rest tonight. And even when B-friend made popcorn I didn't have any, nor wh...

OrganicGal

Don't let this thread die folks.

Remember our Mom's here for Mother's Day

OrganicGal

Co-author? who?

I think the only thing he had to do with the book is the forward was it not?

I don't know....I do know it reads just like Reinhard and this site.

OrganicGal

Thanks Susieokla! :D Getting projects done is always deeply satisfying for sure. Red Lobster was great, I did a build your own combo thing. So I had, Jumbo coconut shrimp, clam linguini alfredo and stuffed sole (stuffed w/ broccoli cheese & rice...yummmmm! But the problem of too much food came from ...

OrganicGal

Today was a great day!!! :D Not only because I got to sleep in, and didn't have breakfast until 11am. But finally got an exhaust fan and 2 new light fixtures installed in my bathroom, thanks to my awesome B-friend. I could have done the light fixtures myself, but not the exhaust fan. And it's a long...

OrganicGal

Hi f....I'm actually in Peterborough, Ontario, CANADA!

I'm another neighbour to the north, nice ta meet ya!

Glossette (brand name) are just chocolate covered peanuts. They also make chocolate covered raisins, which I don't like.

OrganicGal

Had a good day yesterday. Had a couple of bites of a treat and decided I didn't want any more. Had a lovely steak dinner with potatoes and asparagus. I LOVE ASPARAGUS!!! It's soooooooooo yummy. :) Then later B-friend and I went to a movie (late show) and I had a box of Glossette Peanuts and about 3 ...

OrganicGal

I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. My thoughts are definitely with you.

OrganicGal

Another pretty green square on my No Scale Habitcal :D It seems to be getting easier to avoid the scale even when my boyfriend is hopping on it to see what he weighs. I have never seen a man so obsessed with his weight...especially since he is in great shape and has a body that I love...mmmm :lol: H...

OrganicGal

I know exactly how you feel! Last weekend I planned a treat, and it was actually a bit difficult then, and I almost forced myself to eat something. This weekend I haven't even really thought about it, beyond that if I want something I can have it. But nothing has come to mind, and I'm just gonna pla...

OrganicGal

Wonderful message KCCC! Thanks for sharing it with all of us.

OrganicGal

Well...I'm gonna give myself a red square today because I let myself get too hungry. I had a full one level one plate dinner, but then as I was cleaning up, I took another chunk of roast beef off the plate and stuffed it in my mouth. This is a lesson to be learned.... make sure you eat enough at eac...

OrganicGal

Man this afternoon has been hard! I'm really really hungry and have been since 4pm...it is now 10 to 6 and I'm not gonna get dinner for another 45min or so. AAARRRRRRGGGHHHH!! I guess I didn't eat enough lunch. I'll get through this but my stomach hurts and water isn't helping, and I don't have any ...

OrganicGal

the Reinhard Kool-aid?

lol.....oh I get it...the cult!

OrganicGal

WOW!! Good for you !!

OrganicGal

I eat whatever I want and whatevers in the fridge. I do have eggs every morning for breakfast, occasionally cereal, rarely waffles or pancakes. For lunch it's whatever's available with a piece of fruit for sure. Dinner ranges all over the place....depends on if I go out or eat at home, what I'm in t...

OrganicGal

I'm with you both on the 3 bows. And with you too f, on the niceness of these boards.
I don't call this a 'diet'...shudder just typing that word....I call it a plan, because it is a lifelong healthy eating plan, sane, normal, easy

OrganicGal

Boy these are wonderful stories about Moms, and I'm certainly not restricting this post in any way to Moms who have passed. I want us to honour all Moms here, whether they're still with us or not.

Please keep sharing everyone.

OrganicGal

Mother's Day is just over a week away, and for me, it is my 1st one without my Mom, so I thought I'd start a thread on Mom's to show our appreciation. My Mom passed away this past Aug. , 4 days before her 81st B-day, and 3 days after my 44th. :cry: Mom had a quick wit, and never hesitated to 'tell i...

OrganicGal

Well, I've officially completed 21 days. For the record : 2 red , 6 yellow , and 13 green !!!! I was glad to end last night as a green day because we went out for dinner and that's always a little harder to do the one level one plate thing. But I did! I didn't eat any of the nachos and salsa they pu...

OrganicGal

Yesterday was my 21st day!! YAY for me!! My next goals are to continue developing my No Scale Habit and to start watching portions...being more aware to see if there are excesses there.

OrganicGal

Then all of us No S-ers must be brave.... :lol: Wow! I can't believe how much perceptions have changed. If we DON'T eat 6 times a day we will slow down our metabolism and gain weight... :shock: HAHAHA I don't know about the rest of you, but when I eat (ate) more then 3 times a day I gain(ed) weight ...

OrganicGal

I'm for the hybrid approach. I think this will work well for me with building my No Scale Habit. The 1st 3 days of each month (beginning June 1st), will be yellow days. Any other days I step on the scale will be red . and when I don't, of course the square will be green All these new Habits I'm deve...

OrganicGal

I joined 21 days ago today, and have had only 2 (minor) red squares on my Habitcal, so I'm very pleased with how I'm doing, feeling and eating.

The next 21 days I'll be focusing on No Scaling, and portion size.

OrganicGal

I can also sign my membership card in the....eat a whole box of KD myself club :D I like KD...but seldom eat it now....because my body is sensitive to carbs. And there are better 'types' of mac n cheese out there. Mac n Cheese, the way my Mom used to make it, is a comfort/trigger food for me, so aga...

OrganicGal

I could write several pages about this wonderful 21 day journey I've been on, but I don't have time. Suffice it to say, it has been the easiest, least stressful, plan I have ever tried. No weighing, measuring, counting, obsessing, planning over every bite I put into or want to put into my mouth. I'm...

OrganicGal

Tomorrow is day 21!!!! YAY!!!! I did fine again today...although I'm very hungry tonight because I didn't get to have enough supper. I had to rush to go to meeting, so only had a sandwich and a banana. At the end of the meeting and still now (10:30pm) I am very hungry, but I didn't partake of any of...

OrganicGal

Put a green square on my No Scale Habitcal this morning :) For me, if I don't step on it, naked, first thing in the morning after I have gone to the bathroom, :lol: , then I won't step on it at all. I think that comes from the being told that was the best/only way to weigh yourself, so there was/is ...

OrganicGal

Good idea for the future...only eat the most desirous scrumtious foods and leave the rest. Walk the buffet first! Great thoughts, thanks

OrganicGal

I'm sorry to hear that BrightAngel. But I admire you for doing what you feel is right and works for you. We are all, usually, are the best one to tell us what is right for us, because your reality would never be mine and vise versa. Good luck and please to keep popping in, we'd be glad to see ya. :)

OrganicGal

Great post!! I too like the buddist philosophies and have read Wayne Dyer in the past couple of years. I would like to get the Eckert Tolle book, as I've heard a lot about it. As backwards as it might sound, if I bring the philsophies of local and taking care of our planet and organic/healthy eating...

OrganicGal

I really like the chain idea...and the paperclips, because it's something tangible/physical to see and touch.

OrganicGal

Well I have to give myself a red square for yesterday, because when we went out for dinner, I had a bowl of salad, a plate of spaghetti w/ meat sauce & veggies, and 2 pieces of garlic bread with cheese. Definitely not a one plate, one level meal. But I'm ok with that, in that I'm learning something ...

OrganicGal

Dinner tonight is a business meeting out at a restaurant. The funny thing about the meeting is that it involves, my boyfriend, my daughter, her boyfriend and me.... :lol: and yet it is legitimate business. My daughter and her boyfriend are designing 2 websites for my boyfriends 2 businesses and my d...

OrganicGal

I joined the No Scale club too, and unfortunately had to put a red square on my Habitcal for it today, as I stepped on the scale.

But I look at this as another Habit I am building...so another 21 days (or more) to do it.

OrganicGal

blueskighs...I have to laugh at your inner willful child having it's monday temper tantrum

But it's so true at the same time.

Thanks for sharing your blog with all of us, I love reading it.

OrganicGal

There are no tricks, it is as simple as it sounds. We just make it complicated by bringing in all our old 'diet' mentality c*ap with us. :) I'm with blueskighs, if you don't already have the book, buy it and read it. And certainly check out all the great posts on the General Discussion board. You'll...

OrganicGal

On Sunday my sis, my niece, my daughter and I went to a very very popular Chinese buffet restaurant for my nieces B-day dinner. The place was packed and usually always is. Although I enjoyed the company and all. I found that the quality of food was not anywhere near what I prefer to eat nowadays. I ...

OrganicGal

I think your 2 cents are golden LauraAnn!! We all, or at least most of us, have this 'diet and deprivation' mindset to get over...we probably even have to build a new Habit with that, not just with the actual meal plan of No S. We need to be patient and gentle with ourselves and this plan. I am not ...

OrganicGal

Holy cow! I'm at day 19 already :shock: The time/days have really flown by. This plan is so easy to follow. So far I've only had one red day, so I'm happy about that. Unfortunately though I am stepping on the scale too much. I started a 'No-scale' Habitcal, and I'm going to have to put a red block o...

OrganicGal

Stupid cat woke me up at 5am this morning, plus with not getting to bed until midnight...I'm tired. So, I didn't eat any breakfast at home as I was too tired to cook, and I was just gonna skip it and wait for lunch. But I knew that would make the day a red day in my mind because I skipped a meal. Al...

OrganicGal

Organic chicken I'm cooking right now in my slow cooker. And we'll have a couple of different types of veggies with it, or salad and another veggie.
No 2nds, no dessert for me, cause it's an N day

OrganicGal

Mmmmmmmmm, sounds good

and easy!

Thanks

OrganicGal

Good idea to add it as a Habitcal. I'm gonna do the same

OrganicGal

It's an Avatar blueskighs. You can download your own if you go to your profile page.

I searched online for mine, then adjusted the size to fit the maximums allowed.

OrganicGal

I'm Canadian to Kim!!! So welcome to No S eh!

OrganicGal

Well today went down to my sisters for the afternoon for my nieces B-day. Glad it was an S day. Had a normal breakfast, normal lunch at my sis's, then had 3 cookies late afternoon. For dinner we went to Mandarin for chinese (huge) buffet!!! I had 1 and 1/2 plates of food..not more then one level, a ...

OrganicGal

That's a fantastic idea Dianne, as I to am an 'all or nothing' kinda gal

OrganicGal

I'm into my 3rd week...and this is my 3rd S weekend. I'm finding like most posters here that if I treat S days like N days..in that the 3 meals come first. Then if I want a sweet, or a snack, or 2nds I go ahead and have them, but I have found that most times I don't, or maybe only want a sweet and I...

OrganicGal

Well, today was another success day. I had one snack and one dessert, no seconds :D I was also able to add a nice green square to my 'moving with purpose' (aka..exercise) Habitcal, as we went for a nice brisk walk after supper. That felt good. I need to do it on my own though in order to walk at the...

OrganicGal

I'm having Organic roast beef, that I cooked in my slow cooker all day right here in my store so all the customers can smell it when they come in :D I'm also having boiled spuds (potatoes) and steamed asparagus with it. Haven't decided if I'm having any dessert or treat later. I'm quite surprised th...

OrganicGal

I agree with Dawn. I don't think the hot drink should be counted as a failure. Heck I had a chocolate milk shake with dinner last night and I didn't count it as a failure because I didn't have it with anything else, and I don't have them very often.

OrganicGal

I too admire your long term maintenance BrightAngel, and all the tracking you do. That would drive me absolutely bonkers and I would not do it for long. I'm glad it works for you. And I also admire your honesty so publicly posted here :) I would like to make a suggestion, which you are more then wel...

OrganicGal

Good for you for persevering and Good for your husband for 'talking you down' so to speak :) I'm not sure if it's old habits putting up one last fight or that inner spoiled child throwing one more tantrum to test if your still standing firm. But you wobbled but didn't fall down....so that's great an...

OrganicGal

No, that is part of my problem to, I know :? A good eating plan alone, does not work for me! Not to make excuses but I am in my store 6 days a week from approx. 9am to 6pm. In the morning before I go into the store I am usually running errands, that I can't get done otherwise. Being a new store I ca...

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