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Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day 52.9 - and I binged yesterday Small breakfast followed by several portions of dessert. And snacking on butter biscuits. Way too much. One of my most enjoyable weekends last summer did involve some restraint - I wasn't taking seconds of dessert, so had only one piece of cake, one biscuit...

Imogen Morley

Thank you VERY much for support! I wish I were half as nice and active in the check-in board as you are *hangs her head in shame* I have my heart set on vanilla + no solitary snacking on S days. Plain and simple. Perhaps having a sweet bread roll as my Wednesday lunch would eliminate deprivation-ind...

Imogen Morley

Oh Sinnie, my sister from another mister! We're always on the same page. I'm probably the last person here who should express her opinion about vanilla No S, but I'll tell you something. Deep down I feel it's the most natural, sustainable, and doable way of eating EVER. But it's not easy, especially...

Imogen Morley

52.9 - half a kilo lost overnight. Weighing daily really puts things in perspective. It's barely 3 PM, and I'm already tired. But I've done so much progress in the last few hours that I can relax for the rest of the day. I'm still considering getting back to my "x pre-scheduled desserts per week" mo...

Imogen Morley

Interesting: when I was feeling snacky/anxious this afternoon I tried the thought diffusion technique I had been reading about in various studies about mindfulness. It's supposed to help curb cravings and teach you that discomfort is tolerable. I excused myself, went to the bathroom, and started sca...

Imogen Morley

I am very, very sorry. What you're now going through is undoubtedly the biggest fear in the lives of many of us.

Imogen Morley

Following advice of Tierney/Baumeister from their book about willpower I've started weighing myself every morning before breakfast. Conventional wisdom suggests that daily weighings are excessive, but research has shown that they are actually quite effective. The more you monitor yourself, the bette...

Imogen Morley

Here's to No S - the most sustainable eating habit ever!
EDIT: Very tense day at work. I munched on various snacks, and the trend continued well into the evening. Little transgression morphed into a classic case of WTH effect.

Stupid fail/binge.

Imogen Morley

Success. Extremely hectic day, and I had to eat out.

Imogen Morley

Just popping in to say hello. I really like your idea of "fail-worthy" weekday treats (well, if the opportunity presents itself!) that I've seen in some other thread on the general forum. Crucial question here is "can I only eat it HERE and NOW"? Might also be a useful on holidays/cruises etc. Good ...

Imogen Morley

Success!

Thanks a lot, automated.
Been doing fine today - experimenting with eating more low GI foods. It seems that cooked porridge makes me ravenous, but "overnight oats" don't have the same effect on me.

Imogen Morley

Besides Reinahard-approved "no solitary snacking" mod I've applied absolutely no common sense to my eating this weekend. There was a lot of sweets, sure, but not to the verge of stomachache. Or bingeing. I won't have much time this week, so my updates will have to be brief. My mantras for the upcomi...

Imogen Morley

B: 1/2 plate buttered and steamed mixed vegetables (onions, red&green pepper, potatoes, carrot, green beans, broccoli, corn etc.), 2 scrambled eggs on ghee, big red apple
L: about 1/4 of fried trout, mashed potatoes, sweet carrot/apple salad (not my favourite), 8 sections of milk chocolate

Imogen Morley

I've taken Friday after work as S-afternoon. Had a handful of caramels, and one humongous dinner plate. Oof, I'm feeling way too full!
I'm going to my nephew's birthday party tomorrow, and I just KNOW they'll serve cheesecake.

Imogen Morley

B: hard boiled egg, plain porridge in a small ramekin, slice of sourdough bread, root vegetable salad (surprisingly, all fit on my standard 10-inch plate) cafe au lait L: almonds, red pepper, 1/2 graham roll, 1/2 camembert round, apple D: split pea soup, 1/2 plate barley with mushroom sauce, piece o...

Imogen Morley

Hm. There's a subtle difference, you know: I can live with pleasurable fails - like seconds of something especially yummy at a party, snacking on heavenly cheesecake that my boss brought specifically for me (yes, it does happen!), or having an impromptu ice cream date with a friend. But I don't want...

Imogen Morley

I think I'm not doing well when I treat NoS as just another diet, with hard rules that I "cannot, should not" break. When they become guidelines, it gets a bit easier, and seems to be eliminating WTH effect (well, most of the time) - as there are no rules to rebel against then. B: grilled mozzarella...

Imogen Morley

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More proof that what you do on weekdays, not weekends, matters most.

Imogen Morley

:wink: Near miss again, and just right at breakfast... B: meat-stuffed and breaded crepe, orange, green beans, small bowl of homemade chocolate pudding L (will be): 2 open faced sandwiches (egg, salami), cherry tomatoes D (will be): 1/2 plate hunter's stew, slice of bread, apple ... and various othe...

Imogen Morley

:wink: Near miss already. B: 1/2 plate hunter's stew, orange, slice of homemade poppyseed-buckwheat bread (unbelievably tasty!) cafe au lait L: meat-stuffed and breaded crepe, braised beetroot salad, mango chunks, mini sweet bun with pudding filling D (will be): beef broth/pasta, meat-stuffed and br...

Imogen Morley

I've tried that too. Eggs give porridge nice, custardy texture, but I didn't notice any improvement in satiety. It seems that carb-protein ratio in that concoction is still off. I'm going to use different traffic light system: :mrgreen: for success, :oops: for fails, and :wink: for near misses/minor...

Imogen Morley

Yeah, I do actually eat it for dinner or lunch sometimes. I've been known to eat soup or dinner leftovers for breakfast as well. I don't get the whole "breakfast foods" concept. But in winter, a bowl of piping hot porridge with peanut butter and banana before I leave for work is my idea of heaven. I...

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day! Not quite a good day... I had carb-heavy breakfast - always a bad idea! Been permasnacking all afternoon. Nothing sweet sounded good to me (unheard of!), but I had my fair share of snack foods, like saltines with peanut butter, and lots of other bits and nibbles :oops: Porridge, I real...

Imogen Morley

Yay, another green day! I followed my own advice, and had very modest lunch (leftover rice with vegetables). Normally I'd have added fruit and nuts. I got a little hungry at around 3, and OH MY dinner at 4:30 tasted sooo good!

Imogen Morley

:mrgreen: Protein-rich breakfast which kept me full until noon, followed by a quite too big lunch (I wasn't hungry for dinner), and then dinner - soup in a bowl, and half a plate of fried rice with vegetables. Thinking of decreasing the size of my lunches a bit. I eat dinner right after I get back f...

Imogen Morley

Three meals: 2 moderate, 1 big. Lots of tea in between. I was so terribly tempted by leftover halva my boss brought from Turkey, but resisted somehow. I'm not yet immune to the WTH effect, and one bite is one bite too much.

Imogen Morley

Red already... I had homemade mini doughnut with breakfast, instead of having it as an S-event after celebratory dinner tonight. I'll do my best to keep the rest of the day green, and have that damn doughnut at proper time.
EDIT: Reddest red. Ugh.

Imogen Morley

:mrgreen: I wanted to snack in the evening, but managed to stifle the urge with a cup of hot cocoa made with milk and heavy cream (it's not about calories, but habit, right?). I actually prefer that concoction to real hot chocolate made with ganache. Need to remember the impromptu recipe for future ...

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day I had decent, protein-rich breakfast (+dessert), two-course dinner (+dessert), and vegan supper (surprisingly yummy millet/caramelized apple/peanut butter combo). At some point I did sneak a snack - 4 squares of chocolate. Not terrible, but far from ideal. For the longest time I've been...

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day B: bowl of plain porridge, handful of almonds, orange dessert: one small piece of peanut-cocoa brownie cafe au lait with cardamom and cinnamon L: herbed potato soup, white buckwheat, turkey patty in onion sauce, sweet&sour red cabbage salad dessert: another piece of peanut-cocoa brownie...

Imogen Morley

Behold the power of vanilla and sane S-days! 2 pounds down since last Friday! Current weigh-in is therefore 51,5 kg/113 lbs. B(runch, I woke up very late): 2 savory French toasts, cherry tomatoes, apple chocolate, pralines, halva etc. - not in industrial quantities, but fail is fail D (will be): spi...

Imogen Morley

Thank you, ladies. I'm doing whatever I can to recover fast! Just had another cup of turmeric milk. I'm not a fan of taking OTC meds unless my fever goes way up. We'll see how that goes. I'm a bit sad that I won't be able to lay my itching hands on some supposedly amazing, artisan sweets I had in mi...

Imogen Morley

Still not doing well. I'm thinking of skipping my Spanish class in the evening, staying home, and curling up with a book. B: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, T sunflower seeds, handful of cherry tomatoes, chopped parsley, lots of pepper and paprika, graham roll, pear, some green beans, ginger/lemon/honey tea...

Imogen Morley

Woke up with a sore throat :( I could barely swallow my food this morning. I'm feeling a little bit better already, but I guess full recovery is going to take two or three days... well, unless it morphs into some full-blown strep throat or something. Working on stopping the infection in its tracks. ...

Imogen Morley

B: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, handful of cherry tomatoes, small apple, bread/butter, semolina/homemade cherry preserves (in a ramekin) L: 1/2 round of camembert, 1/2 bread roll, 1/2 red pepper, orange D: 2 homemade hot dogs, tuna salad I was tasting my food for seasonig way too often - snacking! But ot...

Imogen Morley

Haha! More like an amateur cook. But if something does sound good to you, I'll be more than happy to post a recipe.

Imogen Morley

B: fish/root veggie stew, slice of bread, orange L: 6 pierogis with green lentils and caramelized onion, pear D: cucumber soup, pork chop, potatoes, salad, apple, slice of homemade pork ham (oof, that was a lot! and not exactly on one plate...) :mrgreen: My jeans are getting a little looser already ...

Imogen Morley

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The best ever.

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day! B: fish/root vegetables stew, slice of spelt bread, banana on my after-breakfast dessert plate: nougat praline early D: cucumber soup, pork chops with sage and ham, potatoes, two kinds of salad on my after-dinner dessert plate: 2,5 small pieces of London-style cheesecake, and (virtual ...

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day (a moderate one!) - 3 plates of food, not exactly overfilled, but probably still big for someone as tiny as I am. - No snacking. - S-es: French cruller, vanilla praline. - No calorie counting, though it was soooo tempting! I figured I could count Saturday meals tomorrow. - All my self-i...

Imogen Morley

finallyfull wrote:
Vanilla is accepting the peace of gratitude for what IS rather than the phantom of what could be.

Mind if I steal that quote for my sig? I LOVE IT!

Imogen Morley

Drama Queen, you say? :lol: Truth be told, I'd been perfectly happy with NoS until I started meddling with calorie counting as an addition to vanilla. That's the point when angst entered the picture. To put it simply, I'm fixated on the number on a scale (reaching the mythical 50 kg that I once weig...

Imogen Morley

Yeah. And I binged again. There goes my awesomeness. Will anything work for me long-term? Vanilla leads to binging. Calorie counting leads to binging. I'm so ashamed of myself, but then, it's not the most productive feeling in the world. EDIT: trying to pick myself up - just talked to P. My fiance i...

Imogen Morley

Well, thank you! :oops: Anyway, since the Tuesday binge I've been eating pretty sanely: three meals as a default, but I'm not beating myself up for tiny snacks or sweets that I have from time to time. I've noticed that having just a tiny portion of something I crave, and eating it slowly and mindful...

Imogen Morley

The way I see it, the first 3 years on No S were about "deprivation", and only now I'm starting to get the concept of "moderation". Let me explain. Deprivation doesn't have to be such a bad thing. It's omnipresent in adult life, right? After all, we deprive ourselves of some things because we would ...

Imogen Morley

Thanks for the encouragement, girls! Sinnie, yes, I know that just a bit of something I crave is satisfying enough, as long as I taste it mindfully and slowly. I sometimes feel like the weirdo here, but different strokes for different folks, right? I firmly believe that NoS is the most sensible eati...

Imogen Morley

I binged yesterday... right after I'd thought of going back to vanilla. So naturally I had to get rid of everything sweet I had at home, preferably by eating it all. How pathetic. Maybe vanilla means moderation to some people, but it definitely does not in my case. I'm going to just stick to three m...

Imogen Morley

I'm not even sure I'm taking proper S-days anymore... I've been able to eat pretty sanely throughout the last week - seems like forgiveness for breaking the rules, and calorie counting as my additional safety net can work, at least short-term. I try to eat three meals per day, and if they do include...

Imogen Morley

Weigh-in: 52.4. 0.3 kg lost - exactly as my calculations had predicted. Who says that "a calorie is not a calorie?". I ate a bit more than I'd planned yesterday - after a particularly vigorous walk I was desperate for carbs, so I had a handful of spelt biscuits, bread with liver pate, and a spoonful...

Imogen Morley

Day 2

B: rye flour crepe with a tablespoon of homemade cherry preserves, glass of rice milk, quark/avocado, slice of bread with butter
L (will be): fried turkey liver, carrot salad, potato, pain au chocolat for dessert
D (will be): a moderate portion of homemade pizza, orange

Imogen Morley

I could eat quark for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. One of my favourite foods ever. When I lived in Wales I missed it more than my family, I think. If you can lay your hands on some good-quality quark cheese, you can make a divine cheesecake with it, dense and heavy. Update: two pralines in the even...

Imogen Morley

Wait til I introduce spelt semolina! :lol: My mom is an excellent cook, and loves to play with variety of flavours and ingredients - my New Year's resolution is to emulate her and be more creative with my meals. I guess I'm doing fine... I had my three meals plus dessert as planned, with two excepti...

Imogen Morley

Day 1

B: quark cheese/half avocado mash, wholegrain bread roll/butter, glass of rice milk, kiwifruit
L: wholegrain bread roll, egg salad, chickory, apple
small cup of full fat milk
D: 4 rye flour crepes with spinach/feta, vanilla pudding for dessert

Imogen Morley

automated, I was doing vanilla without any mods from winter 2011 until summer 2012. I was able to lose weight in spite of continuing wild S-days because I was quite overweight, so creating sufficient calorific deficit wasn't a problem. After the summer I started tweaking. I was able to lose a bit mo...

Imogen Morley

So we're both now back to our regularly scheduled vanilla. Keeping my fingers crossed for you peaceful N-days and highly enjoyable, sane weekends.

Imogen Morley

Minor red day (two cookies with my lunch, and a handful of pretzels at work). Otherwise three fairly healthy and moderate meals. I've splurged on vanilla rice milk - oooh tasty! :oops: Still debating over planned vs. unplanned treats on S-days. If I plan to eat something or even buy it in advance, I...

Imogen Morley

I'm sorry it didn't work for you. I have been there many times myself, heh. I still wholeheartedly believe that occasional S-events are superior to vanilla, and more natural (blasphemy!), but I suspect it doesn't work that well for people who have struggled with diethead/ED. It's easier to do things...

Imogen Morley

May I ask what happened? I'm very, very interested in your progress, as I believe that I, too, would benefit from having a few S-events per week instead of two anything-goes days - and I don't mean just weight, but rather sanity and a sense of normalcy. Would you be kind enough to answer a couple of...

Imogen Morley

B: open-faced sandwich with quark cheese, poppyseed noodles, 12 almonds
L: pasta/green beans/tuna salad, kiwifruit
D (will be): mashed potato, 1/2 breaded pork cutlet, cabbage salad, Greek yogurt with strawberries

Imogen Morley

B: turkey and red pepper sandwich, 2 pieces of poppyseed roll, 1 large square of dark chocolate with caramel chunks D: borscht with egg, breaded pork cutlet with sage, mashed potato, cabbage salad, 1 piece of poppyseed roll, 1 square of dark chocolate All of the above fitted on my single meal plates...

Imogen Morley

Ditto. I don't always post my meals here, but I do keep an Evernote food journal, and I record everything I eat, even on red days, even binges, purely as a means of collecting data. I find it empowering - it clearly shows that it is me and only me who is responsible for my eating habits.

Imogen Morley

52,7. Wow, the pounds really have crept up on me in the last three months! Mostly due to numerous binges and idiotic S-days... which is entirely my responsibility.

Imogen Morley

This year my goal is to keep to three meals a day, nothing in between and sweets in small doses as part of meals if desired. I've been doing this the last little while, especially once the baby was born with great success. I'll be most probably trying out sorta kinda the same thing later this month...

Imogen Morley

Quick update: I feel incredibly privileged to be a part of such a respectful, friendly community.
automated, can you see my next mod coming?

Imogen Morley

At some point over my holidays I caught myself thinking: "wow, wondering what's up with Sinnie, her due date was somewhere at the end of the year!". I'm so glad to hear that you're both doing great. Warmest hugs and congratulations!

Imogen Morley

Hi there, I'm back after a longish holiday break (no internet where I was! - can you believe that such places still exist?). Oooooh boy. So I DID try keeping up with the vanilla No S during the last 7 days, and I had one not-so-terrible-bust-still-red-day, two decidedly excessive and idiotic S-days,...

Imogen Morley

Long train journey ahead of me. I've already planned my meals, so if nothing goes awry, my Saturday is going to be a regular N-day (I need a break after the holidays!). B (will be): pan-fried salmon, 2 slices challah bread, cafe au lait L (will be): fried salmon/bok choy sandwich, apple D (most prob...

Imogen Morley

B: 3 slices pork loin roast stuffed with prunes, mixed veggie salad, 1/2 slice bread, glass of watered down OJ
L (will be): tomato soup/pasta
D (will be): roast goose, potatoes, carrot salad, orange
cafe au lait

Imogen Morley

Hi and welcome from a fellow small-framed lady!

Imogen Morley

I'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time with S-days. I really do understand what you're coming through, being the self-styled Queen of Mods here - I've tried about a dozen of them so far. Somewhere in Feb/March 2014 I'm going to celebrate my 4th anniversary of NoS-ing, but I haven't yet reached ...

Imogen Morley

Thanks for the encouragement, automated :) You and other posters have successfully convinced me that: "(...) you're better off with something sub-optimal but sustainable than something optimal but temporary". And eating without any self-imposed restrictions or limits does indeed feel great! At some ...

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day! I'm not being an idiot, but I certainly eat a lot - which was to be expected during Christmas time. And I'm not feeling guilty or remorseful, thank goodness! Overeating on holidays is not the end of the world, but rather a normal reaction to overabundance of special food that is access...

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day! I went to bed yesterday so full I couldn't fall asleep. Started this morning with a short workout and a walk after (moderate) breakfast. It still amazes me how much I've grown to love exercise, walking especially. If I miss a day, I feel gross, so I never skip two days in a row, unless...

Imogen Morley

In my country Christmas lasts three days - Christmas Eve (today) with a big family feast in the afternoon, then the first and second day of Christmas. I'm going to take 3 S-days, no two ways about it! And in the middle of next week I give myself S for New Year's Eve and the actual New Year's day. I'...

Imogen Morley

:wink: S-day! Not much time to log my meals today. I did snack on sweets, and I'm not happy about it :( I've totally ruined my appetite, I'm already full, and the Christmas Eve dinner begins at 5... My goal for the next three days: to enjoy my food with mindfulness and pleasure. Happy holidays every...

Imogen Morley

B: sardine spread, b/b, 1/2 tomato, 12 almonds L: green beans/mozzarella panzanella, apple D: chicken soup/angel hair pasta, small pork chop, potato, mixed salad :mrgreen: 3 days of Christmas, followed by a regular weekend, and then 2 S-days in the middle of next week... I'm already afraid ;) Not go...

Imogen Morley

Actually, it's been a pretty good day. I refrained from snacking (but had an extra mini-meal), and had moderate portions of sweets only after meals. Funny thing: I wasn't going out of my way to get sweets today, rather accepted them into my life when the opportunities presented themselves. Mostly be...

Imogen Morley

I absolutely agree. Carby meals and carby snacks/sweets (*gasp*) between meals make me hungry, and that appetite is just insatiable. But KNOWING is not the same as DOING ;) I feel great when I limit my carbs or even go Paleo-ish for a day or two a week. I've started adding more fats to my meals (bla...

Imogen Morley

51.9

B: pumpkin soup, hard boiled egg, slice of bread with mayo, 2 squares raspberry chocolate
cafe au lait
L: Hungarian goulash soup, bread roll, t pb, 2 squares raspberry chocolate
D (will be): plain porridge with a knob of butter

Imogen Morley

Don't have any advice, I'm afraid, but I can at least offer my sympathy and understanding, as I've been an epic overeater for 15 years. I'm struggling with the same problem, especially on S-days. Looking forward to insightful responses of the cleverer folk here.

Imogen Morley

Binge yesterday. Ugh. I'm still avoiding responsibility for my weight gain and transferring it to my future self... B: savoury French toast, 1/2 tomato, 12 almonds cafe au lait L: pasta/tomato/basil/mozzarella salad, orange, 1 sugar cookie (eaten slowly and mindfully, so good!) D: 4 potato latkes, G...

Imogen Morley

B: leftover roasted chicken, pickles, 1/2 bread roll cafe au lait L: open-faced kielbasa sandwich, red bell pepper, orange, 2 biscuits, 20 pretzel sticks black tea/whole milk/sugar 5 pretzel sticks, 1+1/3 muffin (as a gift from the students), 2 more biscuits Sugar between meals always makes me raven...

Imogen Morley

52.2 B: 1/2 bread roll smeared with mayo, small pork cutlet, red bell pepper L: rice pudding with strawbrries (YEAH!), 10 pretzel sticks 10 pretzel sticks D: shrimp fried rice (Chinese restaurant) 1 biscuit, 1 caramel, 1 praline, 3 bites marzipan bar I'm trying to stick to 3 meals a day, and in gene...

Imogen Morley

That's a great reminder!

Imogen Morley

Having read my past entries in the private journal (where I also record my NoS successes/failures) I've decided to get back to my previous mod - "dessert after Wed, Fri, and Sun dinner". I'm going to take true and proper S-days on Christmas with absolutely no rules, though. B: 2 hot dog sausages, re...

Imogen Morley

1. I totally get it that "moderate-looking" plates might actually be too much for a small person. But remember, you are near the bottom of your BMI range, which might very well require more work to maintain than if you were, say, 125. That's entirely possible. My desire to get back to my lowest wei...

Imogen Morley

Interesting conversation yesterday evening. I was discussing eating habits of different cultures with a friend who had lived in Japan and Denmark (and travelled a lot around the world before establishing a family) and he confirmed my presumptions that in the majority of countries where people are pr...

Imogen Morley

*deep breath* Well, I gained on vanilla without calorie counting - again. For somebody with my - very small - frame, "moderate portion" concept can be very deceiving. What looks normal for an average woman of my age is most definitely too much for a tiny person like me. I need to scale down a bit, b...

Imogen Morley

Seems like (accidentally) I've been doing it vanilla-style this week. I do have intense cravings for sweets, but usually I'm too busy to think or remember about various temptations around me, so any fleeting thoughts about the cheesecake in the office fridge or the chocolate-covered biscuits in the ...

Imogen Morley

Just popping in to say hello and good luck! I've read ALL the posts in your thread this afternoon, as almost everything you write is true for me, too - "sister from another mister". I also get weird reactions when I eat sugary stuff on empty stomach! I've been struggling with binge eating since I wa...

Imogen Morley

You are my hero, seriously! That's exactly what I needed to read to pick myself up. Success on NoS should be measured by the number of green days, not by some arbitrary (and VERY changeable) number on a scale. If you are consistent and your habits are strong, the rest will slowly fall into place, an...

Imogen Morley

Good question to ponder on before indulging: how will it make me feel, mentally and physically? I got this idea after re-reading one of Victoria Moran's books. She writes about "the inner epicure" who enjoys the pleasures in life, and her twin, "the inner chaperone" who can guide you to notice the p...

Imogen Morley

Yeah, I'm kinda in the same boat as you. I consider sweets my arch-nemesis, but in reality, it's snacking that inevitably leads to binging. At some point I tried to keep up the "3-a-day, no snacks" structure on weekends, and although I wasn't able to continue it long-term (too much restriction, perh...

Imogen Morley

Pretty sane Sunday (with a birthday party!), although I broke my "one dessert per day" rule - all in all, it looked more like an S-day. Normal breakfast with nuts, ten nothing until dinner - I had time to get properly hungry. One plate of lasagna, one dessert plate of fried bananas, one piece of my ...

Imogen Morley

Saturday was horrid - permasnacking, snacking on sweets, way too much food in general. I went to bed nauseated and stuffed. Restarting today. I'm throwing a belated birthday party this afternoon, but rules will be kept - three plates, no snacking, one dessert.

Imogen Morley

Your post made me laugh at myself. I'm the queen of mods! No wonder you've got lost. I'm doing "one S per day" mod, the one invented by wosnes. A sweet treat every day (preferably after dinner) or a snack is an option I can take if I feel like it. You know what the "Last Supper syndrome" is? Even if...

Imogen Morley

Thursday: success!

Imogen Morley

Tuesday went well. Three meals+small dessert. The scale has budged a little. Yay! EDIT: Wednesday was uneventful. I really like this mod, even though so far I've been taking every opportunity to have my dessert daily. The pressure to consume MORE, MORE, MORE is gone, which is a tremendous relief. On...

Imogen Morley

Vanilla makes me feel panicky. Yesterday for the briefest moment I thought about getting back to it, and I ended up overeating. I automatically finished up biscuits and 1/2 of Kit Kat bar, then had some almonds, too. Dehydration didn't help either (another frantic day). I shared an eclair with frien...

Imogen Morley

I second what you said about grazing. I firmly believe that snacking is the most detrimental contemporary eating habit. Sweets can be your downfall, but, as Kevin posted somewhere here, "it's snacking that will kill you".

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Re: Sinnie's Post-Pregnancy Check In 2014

Dec 28th