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Anoulie

Day 6: SUCCESS

I finally seem to be getting this down.

Breakfast - WARB with baloney, banana, water
Lunch - spaghetti, fish fingers, banana, watered down orange juice
Dinner - TBD

Anoulie

Day 6: SUCCESS

Breakfast - none (I slept in)
Lunch - meatballs, potatoes, water
Dinner - bread roll with salami, banana, milk

Anoulie

Day 5: SUCCESS Breakfast - WARB sandwich with salami, an apple, milk (I had a yogurt on my plate as well, but decided not to eat it since I was full) Lunch - small serving of leftover pasta, scrambled egg with diced ham, raspberry yogurt, a banana, watered down orange juice Dinner - two buttermilk b...

Anoulie

Day 4: S day

Anoulie

Day 4: S day

Anoulie

Day 3: S day

Anoulie

Day 2: SUCCESS Breakfast - baloney sandwich, apple, water Lunch - chicken breast, pasta, apple, watered down orange juice Dinner - salami toast, a kiwi, milk I plan on making the most out of my S days tomorrow. Even if that means I'll be shoveling plain sugar into my mouth and eating until I vomit. ...

Anoulie

Day 1: SUCCESS Woke up this morning and felt like crap. This can't continue. I'm feeling very motivated now. I can't truly enjoy my S days if I don't do my N days properly. Breakfast - baloney sandwich, apple, water Lunch - six croquettes, four cevapcici, a kiwi, watered down orange juice Dinner - B...

Anoulie

Sinnie wrote:I CAN DO THIS. I will be one of those people who succeeds. It will take many tries, but I will never give up.

This.

Anoulie

Yes, that is very bizarre.

Day 1: FAILURE

Anoulie

Day 5: S day

Day 6: FAILURE

Day 1: FAILURE

Anoulie

Success in failure - that is so true. I know I can never stop eating once I've failed...

Also, I think it's a good idea not to weigh for a while, or at least not daily. I do it about once a week (on Saturday mornings).

How are your S days going?

Anoulie

Day 4: S day Weighed in at 110 lb today. Breakfast - bread roll with salami, apple, milk three candy bars (1 oz each; caramel - yummy!) Streuselschnecke (delicious, but huuuge, seriously) hot chocolate with whipped cream at my student newspaper's meeting, plus the cookie that came with it croissant ...

Anoulie

Day 3: SUCCESS This is surprisingly easy. Love the clear structure of Vanilla. Breakfast - two slices of WARB, salami, a banana (no apple this time, can you believe it?), water Lunch - fish, mashed potatoes, spinach (yes, Katie is actually eating her veggies), watered down orange juice Dinner - two ...

Anoulie

That is how I wish I did it :lol: I suppose I don't have the discipline required... And thanks for the compliments :oops: In case you're wondering, it's probably because a) German teeangers (or European teenagers in general) are a lot more mature than American ones because they have a lot more freed...

Anoulie

Doing great, Cynthia! I know you can! Concerning the politics stuff... whenever you read about something that seems important in the paper, or hear about it on the radio, or hear people talk about it at work, write that down and when you're home, use Google to look it up and learn more about it. The...

Anoulie

Day 2: SUCCESS Breakfast - two slices of wheat-and-rye bread (I'll shorten this to WARB from now on) with salami and an apple, water Lunch - fries, some chicken nuggets, one cevapcici, four cherry tomatoes, watered down orange juice Dinner - Chicken sandwich (aka two slices of toast with a piece of ...

Anoulie

I decided to get back to Vanilla for a while - at least until finals are over (in May). And on February 9, when I'll have completed my 21 days of Vanilla No S, I'll buy myself a treat. Not food, but something special. Not sure what, though. Day 1: SUCCESS Breakfast - mortadella sandwich, apple, wate...

Anoulie

Okay, this is seriously weird. Day 2: FAILURE Breakfast - two slices of wheat-and-rye bread, salami, three quarters of an apple, water S event - a classmate offered me a slice of her orange because I'd laid my head down on the table during the five-minute break and must have looked super tired and e...

Anoulie

Day 1: SUCCESS I know I can! Breakfast - three very small slices of wheat-and-rye bread with mortadella, half an apple, water Lunch - bento (580 ml) with Japanese rice, four chicken nuggets, a cut-up raw carrot, a cherry tomato (I packed two, but had to throw away one), the other half of the apple m...

Anoulie

I made one for lunch today, but didn't get to take a photo because I was in a hurry, so you'll just have to trust me on that. I used my 580 ml box again, with rice in the top tier (250 ml) and two chicken nuggets cut in half and some raw carrots, apple pieces and two cherry tomatoes underneath. Yumm...

Anoulie

So... on Friday, I made yet another breakfast bento: http://up.picr.de/6106759.jpg Clockwise from the top left: a scrambled egg with about a tablespoon of diced ham, a cut-up apple, a cut-up slice of bread roasted in a frying pan, blueberry yogurt. http://up.picr.de/6106760.jpg And underneath the ap...

Anoulie

Day 2: FAILURE Breakfast - a breadroll with salami, half an apple, watered-down fruit juice Lunch - breaded and fried chicken breast, potatoes, some left-over rice, an apple, watered-down fruit juice S event - ice cream for dessert S event - some cookies with milk as my "it's an S day so I can have ...

Anoulie

How odd that we both fell off the wagon last night... diet buddies unite

We can do this. 21 days of SUCCESS, here we go!

Anoulie

Day 1: SUCCESS + S So, today was... Breakfast - none (still feeling physically ill) Lunch - a bento of 580 ml with Japanese rice, cevapcici, cherry tomatoes, carrots, apple S event - a small chocolate bar (about half an ounce) at this YFU meeting Dinner - giros (a Greek pork dish) with fries (like, ...

Anoulie

Ugh. I can't believe I did that. I feel so gross physically. Not having breakfast today. After doing some kind of analysis, I was able to identify the reasons for last night's failure: - I'd stated I'd only have milk with one meal or S event per day on here, but yesterday, I forgot, and had some wit...

Anoulie

That's right, I do eat a late lunch most days (around 4:20 pm), and I have dinner between 7 and 8 pm, usually - even if I'm not that hungry then :lol: That's essentially boredom eating as well, but since it's a meal, that's fine. Day 24: FAILURE Breakfast - yet another bento Lunch - two pancakes, ap...

Anoulie

You're doing great, Cynthia!

Anoulie

I am so obsessed. I made a breakfast bento this morning, and I may or may not make this a habit. Here's a photo: http://up.picr.de/6085491.jpg The box has a capacity of 400 ml, which is perfect for breakfast. Clockwise from the upper left, it contains cherry tomatoes with raw carrots underneath, a s...

Anoulie

Day 23: SUCCESS

Breakfast - a bento (400 ml) with a scrambled pancake, apple sauce, raw carrots, and cherry tomatoes
Lunch - fries and cevapcici
Dinner - two slices of bread with salami and an apple, milk

Anoulie

Day 22: SUCCESS + S

Breakfast - two slices of bread with mortadella, apple, sparkling water
Lunch - mashed potatoes, mini fried sausages, apple, watered-down fruit juice
S event - ice cream sandwich with nuts that I discovered in the freezer
Dinner - two slices of toast with salami, apple, milk

Anoulie

Day 21: SUCCESS + S I made my own sandwich for breakfast today - I feel so grown up! :lol: It had salami on it, and I also took an apple. Our French teacher brought some chocolate to school because of Christmas (she had wanted to give it to us before the break, but couldn't because of the Snow Day),...

Anoulie

Thank you, Cynthia! I really don't know how I do it, either :wink: But, you see, bringing up the willpower required for No S (especially vanilla) can make you really proud of yourself when you do it. Sometimes, on Vanilla, I used to tell myself how I was better than all these other people around me ...

Anoulie

Just tried my first bento, and learned a couple of things: #1 The meatballs are great for bento that's eaten cold. #2 The carrots get dry in the fridge over night. #3 The apple,on the other hand, can handle a night in the fridge just fine. #4 The rice doesn't taste that good when eaten cold. #5 Half...

Anoulie

Finished! My bento from the side: http://up.picr.de/6059859.jpg View from above: http://up.picr.de/6059860.jpg I used plain white long grain rice, iceberg lettuce to keep it apart from the other food, cut-up raw carrots and a cut-up apple (it's not a whole apple, though), and six Swedish meatballs (...

Anoulie

Hi everyone, I'm Katie, 17, live in Germany, and I'm going to tell you about my first attempts at "lunch in a box" or, to use the original term, Bento. As Wikipedia puts it, Bento (å¼å½“ bentÅ)is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. For some more general informati...

Anoulie

Day 19: SUCCESS + S + S Weighed in at 108.5 lb today. Woke up too late for breakfast, and then I had about two ounces of my favorite chocolate - it's milk chocolate spotted with white chocolate like a cow! http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EW8kMkh9N58/S3koobqd91I/AAAAAAAAAqw/mQ3JVKNx2ls/s200/kuhflecken.gif ...

Anoulie

Day 17: SUCCESS + S + S Yesterday was alright. Lunch was the same as dinner. My friend had a couple of small sandwiches fixed for us, so I ate one to be polite, and later had a fortune cookie so I wouldn't seem weird (although I could have probably said I didn't like them). I just love this plan. Da...

Anoulie

No, Cynthia, don't give up! Remember, you're doing this for yourself, to have a healthy relationship with food and a healthy weight again. Everyone has a couple of failures now and then, but if you mark it and move on, you can really make this a habit! And it'll be as natural as brushing your teeth ...

Anoulie

Now I really want to make some buttermilk biscuits, KCCC. Are they difficult to make? Could you post a recipe?

Maybe I'll have an American dinner with my family sometime this weekend... we can make chicken thighs in the oven and eat biscuits with them

Anoulie

Day 17: SUCCESS Today, I actually went to school again for the first time in three weeks. I had breakfast at 8:45 am instead of 9:30 am (so in the 5-minute break instead of the 15-minute one); it was a salami sandwich and half an apple (only half because I didn't have enough time to finish it), with...

Anoulie

Aww, Sinnie, it's alright. At least you didn't start bingeing ("There's a small dent in the car, so I might as well drive it over the cliff.") - your failure was moderate. That's pretty good, considering No S is all about moderation

Just mark it and move on.

Anoulie

I live in Germany.

Dinner was - surprise, surprise - toast with salami and a banana and 1.5 % fat milk.

Anoulie

:shock: The roads are slippery - no school today. EDIT: Day 16: SUCCESS + S Since there was no school today, I had the sandwich my mom prepared for me (yeah, I'm a big baby :lol: ) with an apple around 10 am at home. I had some 1.5 % milk along with it. Before lunch, I discovered some of my favorite...

Anoulie

O.o Dinner was weird . My mom made tortellini, so I set the table, called the others and then got up to get an apple... while I was gone, my dad and brothers helped themselves to tortellini, so when I came back, there were like six left (I may or may not be exaggerating here). So my plate turned out...

Anoulie

Sorry to hear you had a failure yesterday... but everyone has those once in a while, especially in the beginning; you'll work it out.

Speaking of strictness, have you checked out Reinhard's podcast # 13 yet? http://everydaysystems.com/podcast/episode.php?id=13

Anoulie

Day 15: SUCCESS (maybe even without an S today) Breakfast was two slices of toast with salami and a banana and 1.5 % fat milk. Lunch was something warm :lol: Meatballs, mashed potatoes and an apple. Dinner - who knows? No S yet, and I don't think I will have one today. Weighed in at exactly 110 lb t...

Anoulie

Day 14: SUCCESS + S Today, I finally had breakfast again, at 9:30 am. It was a bowl of cornflakes (the plain kind, without frosting or any of that gross stuff) with whole milk and a banana. Required some virtual plating, but I don't think I overate. This was kind of a test for school, because I went...

Anoulie

I weighed in this morning and only weighed 108.69 lb! Being sick does have its perks :wink: DAY 13: SUCCESS + S Lunch was a slice of bread with a fried egg and an apple (can you tell I like apples?) Dinner was two slices of bread with mortadella and half a banana and some whole milk. I had an S even...

Anoulie

Wow, Diet Buddy, that's great! Congratulations!

Anoulie

So... I'm back. Let's see... DAY 9: SUCCESS On Thursday (when I said dinner was TBD), dinner was a bread roll with salami and an apple. DAY 10: SUCCESS + S Breakfast on Friday was a whole wheat bread roll with mortadella and an apple. I didn't have lunch on Friday. Then in the evening (S evening), I...

Anoulie

I know, BrightAngel, but I think I'll be able to handle it. The default is three meals a day and nothing else, so I hope I won't be searching the house for treats all day like I used to do when I was doing x S events per week and still had some left. Sinnie, thanks for those questions! Is it appropr...

Anoulie

Haha, I could tell you how big my tortellini portion was, but it was way too much (I didn't want to leave an ounce or so in the bag, so I made it all, and it fit on my plate, so I ate it all) - 5 ounces (when dry). Way too much , I tell you. I felt stuffed . Today, I had a scrambled egg (okay, I'm n...

Anoulie

And if I keep blogging here, and with the help of my diet twin, I'll make it work :) Day 8: SUCCESS This is getting easier every day. Breakfast was an apple and a two slices of bread (mixed-grain bread? I'm not sure what to call it... this is what it looks like:) http://www.mehl.at/images/mischbrot7...

Anoulie

OMG so am I!

Diet buddies?

Anoulie

I know , Sinnie... but I don't think I can do Vanilla for all of my life, either. It means I can't have some ice cream at a cafÃ© with my friends during the week in summer, or cake at a birthday party, or... I thought I had resolved this issue with my six S events per week, but as it turns out, I go...

Anoulie

May I ask how tall you are? Your starting weight is exactly the same as mine, and so is your goal weight

Funny.

Anoulie

I'm thinking about adding a mod next year... what do you think? - have a "glass ceiling" of two snacks/sweets per day - no seconds - no S days on weekends - two floating S days per month I think this would work well with my current lifestyle... and I'd feel like more of a normal person, but I'd stil...

Anoulie

BUT I made Brownies yesterday, and didn't lick a single drop of chocolate off my fingers :) I was going to post pictures! I almost forgot, but here they are now: http://up.picr.de/5964639.jpg prior to decorating (the chocolate on top hadn't even dried yet) http://s1.up.picr.de/5964640.jpg the finis...

Anoulie

Day 6: SUCCESS Today was a little difficult, too, but it gets easier every day :) I even had breakfast today (for some reason, I got up at 7:40 am in spite of winter break), lunch was more than one vertical layer, but a) pancakes, and b) a tiny plate, so I'm counting it as a success :P (it fit on on...

Anoulie

I didn't even full overfull after the chocolates, but I would have preferred not to have eaten anything after dinner, to keep it N. Anyway. Day 4 and 5: S days Saturday - I ate too much. I didn't have anything to do all day, so I permasnacked. Not good. Sunday was a lot better. I still ate a lot, bu...

Anoulie

DAY 3: SUCCESS + S For lunch: Same as yesterday's dinner (on different bread) For dinner: two hot dogs and an apple Today... was not so good. It was fine until mid-way through dinner, when I had finished half of my apple and felt full - I kept eating. And when my brother offered me part of his choco...

Anoulie

Thank you so much, everyone! :) DAY 2: SUCCESS Wow, this is actually a lot harder than when I first started No S. Curious. BUT I made Brownies yesterday, and didn't lick a single drop of chocolate off my fingers :) I had a scrambled egg on a slice of whole wheat bread with some walnuts and a banana ...

Anoulie

DAY 1: SUCCESS

Today... could have been worse. I found ways to distract myself before/after dinner (I woke up at 3 pm - don't judge me - so i just had dinner), which was a salami sandwich, a banana, and some whole milk.
I also drank a lot of watered-down orange juice today (1:2 to 1:3).

Anoulie

112 lb.

Anoulie

We still have Viennetta in Germany! Never heard of Arctic Roll, though.

Anoulie

Hi everyone, I've been following the No S Diet (Vanilla) since the end of September '09, and after the first day, when I forgot about No S and popped some pretzels into my mouth, I haven't had any failures, and hardly any NWK S days. Until last summer, that is. I started feeling unhappy with the res...

Anoulie

Hi, sorry I didn't give you guys an update. It's all good... I tried to be a little less restrictive and stopped obsessing over taking my bike / walking instead of riding the bus / taking a car etc. Also, my parents stopped buying 1.5 % milk and now I can only drink whole milk. I now weigh around 10...

Anoulie

Do you find it hard to make it to each meal? Like, are you starving and shaking by the time you can eat or before bed? If I did, I'd know why I was losing so much weight :lol: I do get hungry before meals, but not super-hungry or shaky. Maybe just add in some of the foods you were eating before tha...

Anoulie

But I'm full after each meal... ?

That's odd. I'll try and pick some dietary defaults that are higher in calories, then.

Suggestions?

Anoulie

Breakfast: two slices of toast or regular bread, butter (sometimes margarine if we're out of butter), lunch meat a banana OR an apple OR some tomatoes OR some grapes OR some pickles OR ... sparkling water Lunch: pasta OR rice OR potatoes OR bread a fried egg OR some fish filet OR some chicken OR por...

Anoulie

Hi there, I have a rather unusual problem, but since it's No S related, I think I can still ask you guys about it. I started Vanilla No S in the end of September 2009 because I had gained so much weight during my stay in the US (I was an exchange student there for a year). I weighed 120.6 lb then. I...

Anoulie

I have a pocket calender and when I have an S event (I take 3 a week), I just write down what I had. It's pretty simple

Anoulie

I'll have to resurrect this old thread. I've lost the weight I wanted to lose on No S, kept it off, and only failed twice since I started No S. Two things are bothering me about "vanilla", though: 1. on S days, I tend to graze on sweets all day 2. during the week, when I want to have ice cream with ...

Anoulie

I've been doing No S since September, reached my goal weight around Christmas, and am currently maintaining. My problem is that I have so much stuff going on in my life right now, especially at school (German high school is much worse than American high school, it's more like IB, actually), and I th...

Anoulie

weimanxi wrote:an unsweetened latte

You just answered your own question

Welcome!

Anoulie

There are people who live without meat, people who never consume any animal products, people who only eat raw, and there are probably even stranger food plans... so why not quit sweets? Is there anyone who knows someone who never eats sweets? :lol: I've noticed that sweets really aren't good for me....

Anoulie

Your schedule sounds pretty normal to me...

I'd say have breakfast right after your workout, bring lunch to work and eat during your lunch break (I'd set a time for lunch if I were you), and eat dinner after you come home at 8 pm.

Anoulie

So... I know plain yogurt is okay, but what about strawberry-flavored yogurt? I'm not even sure if it has sugar added to it...

Katie

Anoulie

My definition of perfect: Vanilla No S. January 1: N day January 2: S day January 3: S day January 4: N day January 5: N day January 6: N day January 7: N day January 8: N day January 9: S day January 10: S day January 11: N day January 12: N day January 13: N day January 14: N day January 15: N day...

Anoulie

... please delete.

Anoulie

Have any of you seen "Over the Hedge"? Just wanted to share this quote with you: "They always got food with them. We eat to live - these guys live to eat! Let me show you what I'm talking about! [as he speaks he shows the other animals what humans do] The human mouth is called a 'piehole', the human...

Anoulie

Anoulie

My resolutions are:

- sticking to No S
- going to bed at 10 pm every day
- writing down everything I buy / spend money on

Anoulie

marygrace wrote:... but I'm 5'5" and 118 lbs.,

Seriously? Your BMI is 19.6 - that's so not obese. Or was that a typo?

Anoulie

Someone needs to translate that book.

Anoulie

Can I still join? December 1: N day December 2: N day December 3: N day December 4: N day December 5: S day December 6: S day December 7: N day December 8: N day December 9: N day December 10: N day December 11: N day December 12: S day December 13: S day December 14: N day December 15: N day Decemb...

Anoulie

Bump.

Anoulie

We don't celebrate it, but - happy Thanksgiving!

Anoulie

and as usual when I'm cooking, I absent-mindedly sampled some of the ingredients That is not sampling, that's snacking. If you said, Okay, I'll add some salt to that now - is that too much? *sample* No, that's fine. But in your case, it was just... well, putting food in your mouth. It was not part ...

Anoulie

It's not mine, but still...

I realized today that I lost more weight eating normal food then I did when I only ate one meal a day. MLIG

http://www.mylifeisg.com/story.php?id=29180

Anoulie

Wow -- some of you folks are going for really low calorie counts. The nutritionist I discussed weight loss with explained to me that usually, if you're eating below 1500 kCal/day, your body is actually starving and not getting enough to run on. I shoot for 1500-1700 kCal/day (ballpark, I don't obse...

Anoulie

On the boards, I read you are allowed two NWK S days a month. I didn't take any NWK S days so far, although it was my mom's birthday on Tuesday :D But we didn't celebrate anyways, so it didn't matter. Are you allowed to have extra S days for no Special reason? Because I think I'll really need some i...

Anoulie

My challenge is to have all green/yellow days this month. November 1: S day November 2: No S November 3: No S November 4: No S November 5: No S November 6: No S November 7: S day November 8: S day November 9: No S November 10: S day (my mom's birthday, I'm planning on eating only birthday-related th...

Anoulie

When I go out to eat with my friends, can I eat a burger and fries? I wanted one the other day, but I didn't order it because on any other "diet" I know I wouldn't be allowed to have it. I really wanted it though. Should I just be proud of myself for not ordering it, or should I have allowed myself...

Anoulie

You could try Glass Ceiling: Moderate drinking, it turns out, is ridiculously good for you. Excessive drinking, as we've always known, is at least as bad. How enjoy the benefits of the former without risking the latter? Note: depending on body weight, moderate drinking means 1-2 "servings" of alcoho...

Anoulie

October is over... *bump*

Anoulie

guadopt1997 wrote:Anyway, now that you're back home, maybe you'll lose your American excess weight automatically!

I came back June 12, and I even gained weight after I came back because of my new habits

Oh, and P.S. I was 5'2" tall a year ago, too, so...

Anoulie

Walkingman wrote:My main modification is that I don't use S days. My release valve is that I allow myself to snack on fruit.

You mean you NEVER eat sweets? Ever?

Anoulie

Nichole wrote:I have something small before I leave the house, then oatmeal, and, on occasion, a bagel around 8:30.

Virtual plating?

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