Everyday Systems

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Eurobabe2, I am working from home and saw your email notification pop up on my iPad. Your message is a welcome break especially since I just sent off an email with my work from today. Sine the beginning of August, there was been one problem after the other in our house - car dying, furnace leaking, ...

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August 15, 2014: Well, I had an interesting experience yesterday. Katie came up to me and asked me what happened to the rest of the cheesecake. I had promised her I would buy her a cheesecake, and she got a shot at two slices. I had the entire rest of the cheesecake. That's pretty bad. I'm at the Ma...

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oolala53, I heard you: "You can't just wait for periods of time when everyone is gone and you have no pressing responsibility. How often will that happen? Whatever you do has to fit in your life!" That is true. I was under the gun at work and ended up working until 3 AM the last day. We then had one...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: July 11, 2014 Weight Day 1â€“ Friday, July 11, 2014: 222.0 Day 2â€“ Saturday, July 12, 2014: 222.0 Journal Day 1â€“ Friday, July 11, 2014: 222.0 I should have waited until today to start. I was up until 3:20 this morning finalizing the document. There are calls this mor...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: July 6, 2014 Weight Day 1â€“ Sunday, July 6, 2014: 223.0 Day 2 â€“ Monday, July 7, 2014: 223.4 Day 3 â€“ Tuesday, July 8, 2014: 221.8 Journal Day 1â€“ Sunday, July 6, 2014: 223.0 I have learned there are no half measures with this approach. What creates a sense of satis...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: June 28, 2014 Weight Day 1 â€“ Saturday, June 28, 2014: 224.0 Day 2â€“ Sunday, June 29, 2014: Day 3 â€“ Monday, June 30, 2014: Day 4 â€“ Tuesday, July 1, 2014: Day 5 â€“ Wednesday, July 2, 2014: Day 6 â€“ Thursday, July 3, 2014: Day 7 â€“ Friday, July 4, 2014: Day 8 â€“...

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oolala53, There is much wisdom born of experience in your words. I need to think about what you said and read over it again before responding. What stood out for me was "value not being too full". Dieting was not the answer for me. On a 1,000 calorie diet, I'd be counting out Tic Tacs remaining that...

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ironchef, You are so right....I think but I do not know that you need an excellent start but then you are just following a habit. This week was not a good way to start. I am really under the gun to get a deliverable out this week. This weekend, literally I am home with the dog. My personal trainer e...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: June 22, 2014 Day 1 â€“ Sunday, June 8, 2014: 221.0 Day 2 â€“ Monday, June 9, 2014: 221.0 Day 3 â€“ Tuesday, June 10, 2014: Day 4 â€“ Wednesday, June 11, 2014: Day 5 â€“ Thursday, June 12, 2014: Day 6 â€“ Friday, June 13, 2014: Day 7 â€“ Saturday, June 14, 2014: Day 8 â...

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oolala53, It's fascinating in a way to see what happens when you don't eat. There are layers of hunger. Yesterday, I ate when I had the first phase of hunger at about 2 and then just kept eating. I think I need to consistently wait for hunger that is a distinctive feeling of emptiness just behind an...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014: 200.8 June 2, 2014: It was easy. I had pretzels and ginger ale on the plane yesterday and then did not eat again until late afternoon today when I had a sandwich. I skipped dinner because I did not want to eat but then had blackberries and yog...

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May 27, 2014: There's a saying that I heard who-knows-when that has been floating around in my mind for the past day or so: "If you allow a camel's nose in the tent, soon you will be dining with a camel." It's a saying that more or less means moderation is not possible in some things. Camels that al...

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It's only Friday night and already a tough weekend. Tommy got home from Godzilla at 3, and I did not get back to sleep until after 4. Now Ellie is at Waterpark of America and due back anytime. I got a referral to a doctor and had a blood test. It's amazing how healthy I am given my weight, which is ...

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March 25, 2014: Two weeks ago today, I decided to follow my Novena Diet -- 1,000 calories per day for nine days and then a break for at least a month. That morning, I wolfed down 4 grapefruit. And then it hit me... When had I felt this way previously? It had been way back in 2001, the year my younge...

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The update... Life got away from me for a time. I had to focus on work, and when I turned my attention back to my family, my Katie had 20+ missing assignments the week before term ended. She got most of them in.. I keep going back to that John Henry Newmann poem, "Lead, Kindly Light" and in particul...

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December 29,2013: This is not an update quite yet because I don't have time for it, but I do have a story as a preface. We have a family tradition that Santa comes to our house on the Feast of St. Nicholas and puts candy in our shoes. This is an important tradition in our family because my father is...

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Thank you, Eurobabe2. I am home alone on Thanksgiving Day, and it is by choice. I needed the rest and only got out of bed to take out the dogs. Katie and Ellie are dogsitting, and they were not invited! It is dark outside, and I type while listening to Khan Academy and the meaning of geometric progr...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: October 5, 2013 S: Sit down to eat, if appropriate. E: Eat without distractions if possible -- no radio, TV, computer, book, etc. T: Take hand or utensil away from food while eating and until after swallowing food in your mouth. Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Saturday...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: September 22, 2013 L: Listen to your body. A: Avoid distractions while eating T: Take hand or utensil away from food while eating and until after swallowing food in your mouth. E: Enjoy vegetables. R: Record what I eat. Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Wednesday, Septem...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: September 18, 2013 Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Wednesday, September 18, 2013: 218.8: Start Journal (Month 1) Day 2 - Thursday, September 19, 2013: As my son told me this morning as I was driving the kids to school, losing weight is 90% restricting food intake and 1...

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I am doing fairly well. I have not yet gotten a job which worries my husband because we are relying on my income to pay for college. We have to take some money out of saving to pay for college this semester. I have an interview this morning. As for my weight loss journey, it's become a health journe...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: August 20, 2013 Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Tuesday, August 20, 2013: 220.0: Start Weight during Current Month Day 1 â€“ Tuesday, August 20, 2013: 220.0 Day 2 â€“ Wednesday, August 21, 2013: 220.0 Day 3 â€“ Thursday, August 22, 2013: 219.4 Day 4 â€“ Friday, August ...

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I am going to take a pause here. If I knew that potential employers would have access to this blog, would I be writing it? No. I'm wondering if that could happen. The NSA tracking of all phone calls has me spooked, but it is more than that: I went looking for a place to sharpen kitchen knives, and n...

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The RESET Diet: June 27, 2013 R: Record food eaten. E: Exercise. S: Sit down to eat. E: Eat without distractions. T: Take hand away from mouth or place utensil(s) down while chewing and swallowing. * Examples: No need to record taste tests at grocery stores since you can't exactly sit down in the a...

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Goal and Actual Weight Summary (Week 1) 4/15/13: 225.0 (Week 2) 4/22/13 - 224.0 (Actual weight of 223.8 on 4/22/13) (Week 3) 4/29/13 - 223.0 (221.4) From now on, no date given unless different from goal date (Week 4) 5/6/13 - 222.0 (222.6) (Week 5) 5/13/13 - 221.0 (220.8 ) (Week 6) 5/20/13 - 220.0 ...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: April 15, 2013 If not at or below weight goal for week, fast until 3 PM (no calories) and finish by 7 PM each day until meeting the weight goal. PLUS Exercise Weight for Month Day 47 â€“ Saturday, June 1, 2013: Day 48 â€“ Sunday, June 2, 2013: 220.8 Day 49 â€“ Monday, J...

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The RESET Diet: April 15, 2013 R: Record food eaten, exceptions to eating habits, and exercise E: Exercise S: Sit down to eat E: Eat without distractions T: Take hand away from mouth or place utensil(s) down while chewing and swallowing. Sundays are a day of rest. May 15, 2103: Between 5/10/13 and ...

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nonoodles,
I got a chuckle out of your posting. Isn't it amazing how much a person can conjure up problems that aren't problems at all? You're right: I don't need to be worried about losing weight too fast!
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The RESET Diet: April 15, 2013 R: Record exercise E: Exercise S: Sit down to eat E: Eat without distractions T: Take hand away from mouth or place utensil(s) down while chewing and swallowing. Take Sundays off. My goal is one pound down per week for five weeks, then one week off, then one pound dow...

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Anoulie, No S taught me that the feeling of hunger is not necessarily physical, and that was a wonderful insight for me. Let me tell you what happened today at lunch. I'm in a different building from the people with whom I am working because I am a contractor. I know no one there. As a result, when ...

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Anoulie, 1 The No S Diet did have some benefits. I simply tuned out eating when it was not mealtime. I did lose weight. Why not return to it? I think it perpetuated the idea that I should eat everything I am allowed to eat, so I just ate all weekend every weekend and then piled food in front of me a...

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nosnos, There could be complex psychological reasons for my binge behavior. I have considered it, but my gut sense is there are not. The book Intuitive Eating had a chapter or so on Ancel Key's experiments with starvation during World War II in which he got conscientious objectors to go on starvatio...

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The RESET Diet: April 15, 2013 R: Record exercise E: Exercise S: Sit down to eat E: Eat without distractions T: Take hand away from mouth or place utensil(s) down while chewing and swallowing. Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Monday, April 15, 2013: 225.0 Day 1 â€“ Monday, April 15, 2013: 225.0 I g...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: April 14, 2013 Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Thursday, April 14, 2013: 224.6 Journal for month Day 1 â€“ Wednesday, April 10, 2013: 224.4 I return to No S. It is a framework for habits, and I can build on those habits with exercise and slower eating. Day 1 â€“ Thursd...

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Thalia, I feel like I'm coming out of a fog. It has been some years since it occurred to me that the defining characteristic of obese people is gullibility. I've been way too dependent on other people's opinion of me. Now I'm thinking for myself! What I need is not talk. It's action. I emailed a per...

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oolala53, You may be right. I may be seeking for something that does not exist. I have thought that I do not want to die fat. Why does it matter then? Well, there is a moral component to this for me. I don't want to face the good Lord and explain why I was my god was my belly, to paraphrase both St....

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Anoulie, Thank you for your concern. I have come to the conclusion that the so-called professionals probably know less than someone on this board. A case in point is Kelly Brownell, a Yale professor and head of the Rudd Center for Obesity and Policy, something like that. He is the guy behind the sod...

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nonoodles, Failure to reach agreement with husband. There is a lot of junk food from Easter. I donated an entire bag of jelly beans to the grade school. I think that there is a certain habit that develops from eating what is readily available: mouth food. There is a term in Web design called "candyr...

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TexArk, I bought it. I bought more the other day and left it in the van. We always buy a lot for Easter and St. Nicholas' Day. Anne's success is due in part the the amount of walking she has to do. She walks across the bridge over the Mississippi four times per day because her dorm is on one side of...

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oolala53, She's gone now. I do remember some of how I acted when I was in college, and it wasn't any different. I remember in particular being surprised that someone had moved my book. I wasn't upset. I was surprised. When you are used to having everything your way, it's hard to return to a family. ...

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sophiasapientia, Yes, it is an adjustment. Tom told me I was being too hard on her. My biggest motivation to lose weight was for Anne to lose weight and, to be honest, I'd rather it be her than me. She has a lot of flexibility at school that is not possible at home. She can't just wander down to the...

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oolala53, Life after food... That is well put! I think following these rules with the exception days and weekends off is going to be a challenge. Just now, ?I had to choose between reading and eating. I'm home alone right now, and the kids are dogsitting two adorable dogs. Lilly just tried to inspec...

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oolala53,
I think it's good to follow these rules like I was following No S. There has become, out of my habit of years, a compulsion to binge. I tried exactly this approach in something like 2007 and lasted two weeks. You are right about peace not lasting. Maybe what I need is courage.
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oolala53, The house is silent, and I have a bit of time to think. Those rules, seemingly easy, are not. I inhale food as I am cleaning up the dishes or taking breaks in my work or for many reasons. It's too hard to follow them all the time, but how about only on Normal Days? How about applying the l...

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Strawberry Roan, Thanks for your encouraging words. I spent years quite thin but every bit as obsessed about food as I am now. No one knew. I never talked about my weight. It was too personal. If nothing else, I have documented that people can try very hard and still be obese. Tommy's swim coach las...

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Strawberry Roan, This is a day in and day out struggle, one I know I share with many others, but how many times do we face to face tell others of our weight struggle? To be honest, I have very little. That's the beauty of this board. I have the gift of faith. It helps me even when I do not see a pat...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: March 19, 2013 Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Monday, March 19, 2013: 224.0 Journal for month Day 1 â€“ Friday, March 15, 2013: 225.2 I have heard this song before. It's what I call "diet collapse". As with the Novena Diet, I simply cannot continue. That leaves me wit...

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reneew,
It was so exciting to read about him! My Katie, who so loves animals, chose the name Francis when she was confirmed last month. He seems like he could have a similar personality to John Paul II, someone who attracts people to the joy of faith!
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The Blessings of Simplicity: March 14, 2013 Days Off: No rules. These days are a rolling average of two Exception Days per month. This diet requires "perfect compliance" so I am never ever to go negative on number of Exception Days. This is how I make the diet into a habit which is easy to follow b...

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Eurobabe2, Not much for exercise. I picked up a book on core exercises and about died after doing the very simple exercises. That was on Monday. I'll repeat them this afternoon. I am thinking what I need to do is look at following one habit at a time and build from there. With all my years of flound...

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No BS, Your post brought tears to my eyes. What an eloquent description of the struggle to break a bad habit! How cheering it is to have you say you were able to stop smoking! Thanks for such an encouraging post! Kathleen Day 1 â€“ Tuesday, March 12, 2013: 224.2 By process of elimination, I have con...

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ironchef, That, in a nutshell, is my problem with the diet. How can these two examples be called failures? I think I do need perfect compliance because I eat whatever is allowed. If I've learned something by giving up No S, it's that the structure of eating at meals is maintained through a decision ...

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Eurobabe2 and ironchef, Tea is good. I sometimes have it when I am not feeling well. I have tried it to curb hunger, and it doesn't work too well for me. There's something very strange about my drive to overeat. I don't think it necessarily is about satisfying hunger. It's more about calming the fea...

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This is where I land.

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leafy-greens and M17910, Before I was married, I moved to Denver because I thought I would like it there. I ended up getting a job but did not like the dry weather, so I got myself back to Minnesota. At any rate, while there, I was told a story by someone who lived there of why he thinks Denver exis...

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MJ7910, I went months and months of doing things like getting up at midnight on Friday to eat Haagen Dazs bars. That stopped eventually. My S Days did get more moderate, in part because I started to think S stood for stomach ache. My problem with the diet, and the reason for my constant tweaking, wa...

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TexArk,
I do recognize the pattern. My level of self-disgust is very high. Thanks for caring.
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The Blessings of Simplicity: February 24, 2013 Days Off: No rules. These days are a rolling average of two Exception Days per month. This diet requires "perfect compliance" so I am never ever to go negative on number of Exception Days. This is how I make the diet into a habit which is easy to follo...

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Agreed. I am not following No S. If it doesn't work, people reading my journal can think 195 is better than 222. I now have trouble crossing my legs.
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The Blessings of Simplicity: February 19, 2013 Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Sunday, February 17, 2013: 220.6 Exception Time Blocks Summary Starting Balance on February 17, 2013: 2 Weight for month Day 1 â€“ Sunday, February 17, 2013: 220.6 Day 2 â€“ Monday, February 18, 2013: 220.8 Day 1 â€“ Tu...

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ironchef,
I know. This approach is to mimic behavior of thin people. I am eternally optimistic despite my obesity but there is something very encouraging about this approach. It is about time I stopped tweaking, however.
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The Blessings of Simplicity: February 9, 2013 I act thin. To help me in acting thin, I: - sit down when eating, if possible - avoid distractions, if possible - place utensil down or place hand away from mouth, if possible, while chewing food Weight Summary (Month 1) Day 1 - Tuesday, February 9, 201...

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Thanks, NoSRocks. It is good for me to write out what I'm thinking and hear out what others think. I've had to step back some with my children's choices and respect that they have free will and they have to sort out things for themselves. I also need to be patient with myself. Maybe portion control ...

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I'll stay. As the Good Book says, "The truth shall set you free." BrightAngel, you are right that my example can be a warning to others if I do fail. oolala53, I don't feel uncomfortable here. There isn't really a promotional site. ironchef, I had remembered he said I could post for combination diet...

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oolala53, I signed up and realized quickly I don't belong there either. You saved me a lot of grief. I forgot the problems of IE - rating hunger and sticking by not eating even though you are at a nephew's graduation luncheon or other social gathering. It was absurd. My life became focused on my sto...

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Why have I concluded that "portion control" is evil? The Catholic Church calls Satan "the Father of Lies." Deception and the appearance of good is what defines evil. What is the deception and what is the appearance of good in "portion control"? - Deception: The deception is that "portion control" wo...

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I am OK. I don't feel right posting here when I am questioning the efficacy of this diet. What I've done is return to a diet book that is now out of print. I had thrown out the book so I had to get a copy off Amazon. It is called The 7 Secrets of Slim People, and it is basically training for intuiti...

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milleum, That is the problem. I agree with you 100%. I came up with an idea of 2 Exception Days per month which really is a way to not be perfect twice in a month, but the weight loss was too slow. Now fatter and wiser, I think I'll return to that approach. Kathleen The Blessings of Simplicity: Janu...

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oolala53,
I agree with you. Today I weighed 215.6. I'm going to take a break and pray.
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The Blessings of Simplicity: January 2, 2013 The No S Diet: Many different modifications over more than four years, especially one which allowed everything in front of me at one meal instead of one plateful at one meal. (Month 1) Day 1 - Monday, September 8, 2008: 215.0 The Sustainable Diet: Unrest...

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Yes, if the serving dish is in front of me, I get to eat what is in it. There are forces operating with this approach that are the same forces operating with the one plateful approach of Reinhard: shame and guilt, shame from your husband and children opening their eyes wide to see what you are eatin...

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BrightAngel, It's quite possible -- actually quite probable -- that you are right. I will try this approach for a full year and see what results. If I am down 20 pounds before January 1, 2014, I'll continue the approach. If not, I'll accept that "portion control" is necessary. The Blessings of Simpl...

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BrightAngel, I do spout on, don't I? It might be helpful for me to go through a Biblical concordance. I am thinking that meal timing leads to moderate eating. We are in agreement that moderate eating is the goal. I just think portion control is a counterproductive and evil (as in pernicious) way to ...

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ironchef, http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Feast-Food-Medieval-Society/dp/027100424X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356706037&sr=1-1&keywords=fast+and+feast Those feasts were feasts, especially in the High Middle Ages when there was a lot of wealth. This is from the book Fast and Feast by Bridget Ann Hen...

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TexArk, I agree with you about the tweaking. I've concluded that I need a baseline (what never changes) and then maybe I can tweak around the edges. For example, I may decide to classify egg nog as a sweet. That would be a tweak/clarification that would not alter the general idea of meal timing. Wei...

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TexArk, I've heard somewhere that the way to guarantee to be unhappy is to seek unhappiness. That's somewhat how I think about self control. Moderation is a result of habit, not willpower. I believe that moderation comes from building habits and not from exercise of willpower. Of course, it take wil...

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BrightAngel, I have come to the conclusion that "portion control" is evil after much soul-searching, and you have seen some of the dead ends I went down. One of the definitions of evil, as given in Webster's online dictionary, is "pernicious" or "causing harm." "Pernicious" is defined as "highly inj...

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I restarted with 2 Exception Days on a Friday when I was going to a Christmas party. That just got me off on the wrong foot. It has been surprising to me how little other people care what you are putting in your mouth. Maybe it's from dieting and being focused so much on it for so many years that I ...

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ironchef, I appreciate your concern. Calling going off plan "evil" means I am making the choice to go off plan. I know I'm bringing in the Newtown killings when I discuss evil, but there is evil in degrees. This is not an equivalent evil to that, but I do think it is evil. What an impact my weight h...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: December 16, 2012 The No S Diet: Many different modifications over almost four years, especially one which allowed everything in front of me at one meal instead of one plateful at one meal. (Month 1) Day 1 - Monday, September 8, 2008: 215.0 The Sustainable Diet: Many di...

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What a great title! It's so true! There is a great poem that goes something like this, "The moving finger writes and having written moves on ...nor all your tears can wipe out any of it... You can do nothing about your past or your future, only today. I think writing has helped me.
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I have a story to tell you from just last week from someone who has been practicing No S for a while. I went to a Boy Scout meeting where the Boy Scouts were entertaining the Webelos (younger boys considering joining the troop). One of the mothers had bought cookies and said to me and another mother...

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It's rather lame to report success when I started No S at 215 on September 8, 2008, got to a high of 222 on August 29, 2012, and have dropped to 211.4 yesterday. I am making a testimonial now because I think I've finally figured out how to lose weight and stay sane using this diet as a framework. Ka...

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That is fabulous! You stuck with it and built this habit with resolve. I wrote four years ago, "I am in a trap that few escape." You are escaping. Thank you for being a model. It does not take perfection. It takes persistence!
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Thanks. She is going to be doing some research over winter break. I have always struggled with the one plateful rule because I like apples and could just not see an apple on a plate next to meat. I went back to my monthly post and clarified that I just have everything in front of me before I take on...

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I read this thread and think gullibility is the defining characteristic of fat people. We bought the lie that we had to exert enormous willpower in order to lose weight -- and what do we have to show for it? The embarrassing habit of bingeing.
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ironchef, I don't follow the "portion control" portion of the diet. I let myself eat whatever is in front of me before I take one bite. Today at lunch, I had a salad and a muffin. Knowing I can have whatever I want dampened my appetite. Why eat now if I'm not hungry now and can be guaranteed to eat ...

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milliem, Isn't it wonderful to go a whole day and the only time you thought about food was when it was at mealtime? I was busy today at work and did not get to lunch until after 1. Did I think about food? No. That's why I think this is the right path. There is no stress. I have time to stress out ab...

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clarinetgal, I read a long time ago, where I don't know, that people who are successful at losing weight tend to focus on health rather than weight. That idea has been bouncing around in my head ever since I read it. Now I'm thinking staying off the scale is a key success factor for me. If I weigh m...

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heddi55, I'm inspired just thinking of the Swiss Alps! I live in a town right next to the city of Minneapolis. It is the headquarters of General Mills, the manufacturer of Cheerios and other foods. They gave land to the town, and so I am just a block from a walking path through some woods. It's not ...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: December, 2012 The No S Diet: Many different modifications over almost four years, especially one which allowed everything in front of me at one meal instead of one plateful at one meal. (Month 1) Day 1 - Monday, September 8, 2008: 215.0 The Sustainable Diet: Unrestrict...

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Gepetto, Have you just started with No S? Someone once said to me that you sometimes can have a clearer idea of what you should do if you imagine giving a child of yours advice. For some reason, I thought of that saying and wondered what would I say to someone just starting No S. What wisdom could I...

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nosnos and ironchef, I look at my son, with a low B already in calculus, sitting on the computer looking at his notes while switching to Facebook, and ask myself, "When is that kid going to learn?" It must run in the family... Habit is key. Habit what Aristotle identifies as the key to virtue. A per...

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nosnos, It doesn't sound harsh. It may be that I brought on the stall in weight by increasing my eating in anticipation of tweaking, just like I ate more this weekend in anticipation of counting calories on Monday and Tuesday. Ironically, I ate very little yesterday without counting calories because...

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Following No S has helped me to limit binge eating to S Days and make me feel more in control in general. On Friday, I weighed exactly the same as I had the day I started No S four years ago, but that isn't exactly the No S Diet's fault: I kept tweaking. At any rate, I think the biggest benefit for ...

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Sorry.... I've got to admit it's rather funny -- and disturbing -- that I thought I'd read that exact post when rereading my last six months of my journal. I considered adding in "Sometimes" for weekend S Days, and that is what led to the Friday night binge. Nope... S Days every Saturday and Sunday....

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ironchef, Yes, BrightAngel is very wise. This is a re-post to me. No S is about common sense. I look around at these morbidly obese people -- I'm not one of them yet -- and wonder if their problem isn't daily binges like the one I experienced on Friday. If so, there is a lot of misery in the world. ...

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The Blessings of Simplicity: November 10, 2012 The No S Diet: Many different modifications over almost four years, especially one which allowed everything in front of me at one meal instead of one plateful at one meal. (Month 1) Day 1 - Monday, September 8, 2008: 215.0 The Sustainable Diet: Unrestr...

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Elieen7316,
I think I need to cut back to weighing myself once per month.
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