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jenji

I'm sorry that your husband's job is in peril or at least in the care of bad people. Good for you for interrupting the cycle and going to bed. Nothing positive comes of eating leftovers standing up in the kitchen, half drunk. (Yes, I've done it, too.)

jenji

I started losing weight the first week. For most meals, half of my plate is fruit or veggie, or beans/lentils, relatively plain (seasoned but not creamed or buttered). However, I have included some indulgent meals like you describe, too. I think part of No S that works for me is being able to eyebal...

jenji

The type 2 diabetes one speaks to me, as do several of the emotional and spiritual freedom ones.

jenji

172.5 today.

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jenji

172 today. I am now back where I was a month ago. Oh well. Maintenance is so much better than gaining. Today I had that good moment at a coffee shop where even though I looked at the pastries, it was just curiosity about whether they looked good enough for a weekend splurge (no, they didn't). March ...

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jenji

173.5 today. Friday was red - we went out to eat and I had dessert. Today (Monday) green. I have been sick for a week, but just a cold. Not the kind of sick where I need to eat differently. I did make myself some chicken broth as a drink yesterday. March 2018 âœ… âŒ âï¸ âï¸ âœ… 6 7 8 9 âï¸ âï¸ 1...

jenji

Yes, one day green! Ta-dah!!! LOL

I will make a March calendar later.

Back at 172.5 today.

jenji

It is so easy to slip up once one starts. Mon - fail - hamantachen Tues - fail - cake at my board meeting (goodbye party) Wed - fail - seconds at dinner Today - green so far - although all of these fails happened at 5:00 or later, so stay tuned. I think today is the day I get back up on the balance ...

jenji

automatedeating wrote:I'm sorry but what the heck is a hamantachen?

I mightâ€™ve spelled that wrong. Iâ€™m not Jewish, but my boyfriend is. They are little, triangle shaped pastries with filling of apricot or sesame or fig. They are supposed to look like the hat of a bad guy from the Purim story.

jenji

Not sure why, maybe just getting over fatigue/fluid from being on the red eye this weekend, but in theory I dropped 3 lbs overnight. 174.5 this morning. Another good argument for worrying about habits, not weight. Yesterday was a fail, but a small one. We got a package of fresh hamantachen for Purim...

jenji

oolala53 wrote:Wow, your body was determined to get ready for the famine! There must have been one you were running away from...

LOL, yup, I am ready.

jenji

I'm back from a week of vacation. I did not try to keep the habits on vacation. Starting fresh again today, back at 177.5. We were in Arizona, and I ate a lot of delicious Mexican food, including the chips, appetizers, the whole shebang. February âœ… âŒ ðŸ“ ðŸ“ âœ… âœ… âœ… âœ… âŒ ðŸ“ ðŸ“ âœ… âœ… ðŸŒ...

jenji

I do love running, oolala! I've got that going for me. But I need to make the time and get a routine going again. I am coming up on school vacation, and I know I'll get lots of exercise next week - some runs and some hikes and horseback riding. I know from personal experience that running a lot does...

jenji

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jenji

Back at 174 today. I will try to get a walk in at lunchtime today. It will be good for my brain, too, as I am up to my ears in grant work on short deadlines. Having a moment midday to clear my head sometimes makes me more efficient. February âœ… âŒ ðŸ“ ðŸ“ âœ… âœ… âœ… âœ… âŒ ðŸ“ ðŸ“ âœ… 13 ðŸŒ‹ 15 1...

jenji

My only suggestion is to put a lot on your plate to start. Go ahead and fill it. Then, when the habit is solid, work on being sure that half of your plate is fruit or veggie.

jenji

Can you convert nibbling to sipping? Some tea, coffee, or water, ideally?

jenji

Joking aside, I am trying to use the system to figure out what is going on. I have had weigh-ins of 175, 176, and 177 in recent days. I've had two "fail days" already in Feb, and the meals on the "success" days have not been great. I've had fried and heavy foods a lot last week: Fried Pork chops Fre...

jenji

Apprentice1981 wrote:Jen, you absolutely can lose weight eating fried foods if you keep portions moderate. I am a living proof. I wrote a couple of posts in a daily check in under " the trap of stomach growl diet" thread.

I will check it out, thanks!

jenji

It sounds interesting to see the opening ceremony at the museum. I watched it at a bar with my boyfriend.

I don't feel I have anything worthwhile to add to your thoughts on the Korean peninsula and peace-making, but I enjoyed reading them.

jenji

I am here to report that even following No S, you cannot eat fried foods for several meals in the week and lose weight that week. In case you weren't sure.

jenji

174.5 today

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jenji

Thanks, everyone, for your concern and good wishes. It actually wasn't bad. I was so surprised to find out today that I did fracture a bone! Left pinky metatarsal. Only about a 3-inch square of the foot had swollen, and I still thought it was just a big bruise or sprain or I don't know what. Got a ...

jenji

Iâ€™m confused about time zones - did you get to urgent care yet? I hope you can get it checked out and x-rayed. â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸

jenji

173.5 again today. I went to bed really early last night, which I think was a good decision. I was exhausted.

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jenji

Hi Jen -- Have you been doing NoS since Sept? Your weight loss seems really nice over that time period. Slow and steady seems to be the only kind of winning that happens in the weight loss race (for better and worse.....). Hope that you have a great week! Auto PS I posted and clicked away and then ...

jenji

Hi Jen! I am a lurker who posts occasionally. I read your entry today and felt a voice of desperation. I wanted to offer my .2 cents. Take it or leave it. You want to establish habits but you also desire to lose fat by summer. I see that you practice Vanilla NoS. Prior to trying Vanilla NoS this Ja...

jenji

I had many 3-lb. gains over just one S day. I did track the daily weight, but don't remember noticing when it dropped back each week. By the next Friday the average was back for sure (I still weighed every day and averaged once a week, though weight loss was not my issue even if I was fat; just cur...

jenji

So much gross Superbowl food! Ugh. 176.5 today.

jenji

P.S. Amy said that when she was in the Firm, paradoxically, it was the "healthiest" she ever was in her life, and the most insecure.

jenji

My friend Amy was in the Firm videos! I think that's the one. I never did them. I have a few, none on VHS still, but I never use even the DVDs anymore. 30 day shred, that Israeli guy who did the step videos, a runner's yoga one. I prefer to do them on youtube now to keep it fresh. I like the 30 day ...

jenji

Sounds like a yummy day! Love your food descriptions. I can tell your a fellow foodie and enjoy your meals! I am a foodie! I cook a lot on the weekend so that meal prep during the week is easier. Currently cooking pinto beans either for soup or chili, canâ€™t decide, and oven-baked country-style po...

jenji

I rang the S bell tonight. We went to a little Mexican restaurant, Tu y Yo, for dinner, and ate tamales and fish tacos, and then went next door to a place that specializes in fresh baked cookies made into ice cream sandwiches. I got a half, which is actually one whole cookie with ice cream, and deli...

jenji

One thing that has made this diet relatively painless for me was that I already ate, and often cooked, three meals a day. I think if you donâ€™t cook, the first step of No S should be learning 10 recipes you like, including veggies, then worry about not eating sweets, seconds, or snacks later. There...

jenji

Technically a fail last night because I ate dried mango after getting home from the Phantom Returns (sequel to Phantom of the Opera). But it was a small fail. 172.5 again this morning. February âœ…âŒðŸ“ ðŸ“ 5 6 7 8 9 ðŸ“ ðŸ“ 12 13 ðŸŒ‹ 15 16 ðŸ“ ðŸ“ 19 20 21 22 23 ðŸ“ ðŸ“ 26 27 28

jenji

oolala53 wrote:Jen, you're a doll. And a poet. ("Coy" moon.)

LOL

jenji

That's why having a weight goal or something like it that is dependent on another event can backfire. Once you reach the goal, you're stuck with coming up with a new one. I see on Spark that people who've reached their weight loss goal struggle because they don't get the thrill of loss showing up o...

jenji

Despite the coy moon, your sunset excursion sounded great. Thank you for being such a big part of this community.

jenji

I am having that sabotage moment where you meet a major goal (great A1c bloodwork), and therefore you feel that you are done and can eat whatever. I have complied with No S pretty well since October, and suddenly I found myself thinking of having a second plate of pasta tonight. I shorted myself on ...

jenji

jenji wrote:A1c test tomorrow morning.

A1C test good âœ… 5.0 - I was having it because my blood sugar was slightly elevated at my last visit. My doctor suggested losing weight at that time (in June 2017).

jenji

172 this morning. I am proud that we watched a movie, and I did not have any popcorn. We used to always have popcorn with movies.

jenji

A1c test tomorrow morning.

jenji

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And yes, weekends are chickens and Valentine's Day is a volcano of love. Don't like it? Switch out the emojis.

jenji

I think Ladybird had good questions. Probably sticking to the 3 plates a day is the biggest thing for me in the weeks I've lost weight, and ideally, drinking just water, coffee, or tea. Once you have that down, look at what's on your plate during the week. If your three plates of food are overflowin...

jenji

I don't know about you, but for me, sugar in particular is the problem. In fact, I found this diet by googling "no sugar diet". I do think that our bodies don't need sugar, but we sure do want it. One thing that has helped me is to not keep a lot of sugar in my house. I have to get in the car or wal...

jenji

173.5 today. More chili for lunch. Having a latte now. Today will technically be a fail because I had some fruit pie with breakfast, but I kept it all on one plate and am eating on plan other than my dessert-y brekkie. I am not worried about it, but I am marking it a fail because I think pie for bre...

jenji

176# this morning. Okay, back to reality and N-day discipline.

I had potato paratha and an apple for breakfast with some leftover lamb.

Lunch - tadka dal and an Asian pear. Hoping to squeeze in a walk at lunch, too.

jenji

Ugh too much sugar today and yesterday. I was happy with my treat yesterday, but today I bought a box of GS cookies from my kid's troop at their booth sale, and I ate more than half a box. Eek.

Back to normal tomorrow, phew.

jenji

172.5 today. Wasn't sure how to score yesterday, because we went to this Korean place with small plates, and I was trying to virtual plate, but then gave up. I'm going to be honest with myself and take the fail. I did not turn it into a what the hell moment - did not get ice cream after dinner when ...

jenji

Peppermint tea sounds good on this cold day! Happy Friday!

jenji

Glad you are here!

jenji

172 this morning. Green yesterday, although I ate two apples between meals, a mod I've been thinking of phasing out. I had a non-scale victory, too: I went to an Indian buffet, and only did one normal plate, not a crazy, stuffed plate. JANUARY :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll: :roll: ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ :mr...

jenji

173 this morning! Woo hoo! Iâ€™ve been hovering close to it for a while but finally inched down a bit. I know weights bounce around, but hoping to keep that downward slope going (holidays had a bit of an upway trend). Overall Iâ€™m down 11 since I started.âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸ Thinking about riding m...

jenji

I have just had my first two red days of the year. Yesterday and today. I had just come home from a stressful trip to the frozen northeast to deal with my husband's infirm father. I thought for sure the sedentary days and the crappy food would trip me up, but they didn't. As soon as I got home, tho...

jenji

mickbeth65 wrote:Is it too late to join you all? I've actually been doing NoS since mid-November, and it was the first holiday season where I actually lost weight. I would love to commit to all of 2018! All of my life, really...

Come on in, fellow NoS-lover!

jenji

175 this morning. I did some virtual plating today because I ate lunch from the hot bar at the supermarket, and they didn't have plates. I will give myself a green today but admit I'm not sure. I'm not going to write it all down, but suffice it to say they would've made a generous plate with some st...

jenji

Welcome, hope you stay around!

jenji

Welcome back.

jenji

174 this morning- aiming for green today. Long day ahead, including a board meeting. Also I am meeting a friend for coffee today and trying to decide whether to save breakfast for then. Or just have a warm drink. Will edi this calendar at the end of the day. JANUARY :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :ro...

jenji

Mon = green. I had a small glass of kefir to tide me over until dinner at 7:30
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jenji

175.5 this morning. Although Reinhard recommends not weighing often, I know that for myself, periods of not weighing myself have led to weight gain. I spend a few weeks in yoga pants or some other forgiving clothing, and next time I check, things have gone to Hell in a handbasket. So I weigh every d...

jenji

Larkspur wrote:You're doing so well. I'm similar height and age but about 20 lbs heavier than you so your success is extra inspiring

Thank you! I believe in you, Larkspur. It may take a few months longer, but you'll get where you want to be. Stay the course!

jenji

I've been eating a lot of chocolate covered almonds this weekend. I have enjoyed my treats.

jenji

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jenji

I just switched my time zone and am trying to see if I did it correctly. Ignore this.

jenji

Turns out I CAN lose weight, and eat like a normal person without cutting out carbs or counting calories. Itâ€™s just that itâ€™s WAY slower and much more of an exercise in patience than I ever thought it would be. But it is absolutely wonderful eating this way. I feel like an entirely different pe...

jenji

Thanks jenji. I have recently taught myself crochet and am working on a blanket, I find it really calming and enjoyable. Definitely helps in the evenings to keep my hands and mind occupied! Today - success. A late ish dinner because of my sonâ€™s activity but it felt Ok waiting to eat. Cool! Thatâ€...

jenji

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jenji

Not to be overly dramatic and a downer...but for me I had some devastating childhood trauma that contributed to obesity at a very young age. By 10 years old, having gained approximately 35 pounds in one summer alone, my mom took me to Jenny Craig. She was a chronic dieter herself, although not even...

jenji

I have a teapot from a company called... Oolala! Whenever I turn it over to put it in the dishwasher, I think of you. Hope you are having a good day.

jenji

Good advice here. I also consider cooking healthy meals for my family to be an expression of caring. I even have given junk food to a hurt kid (sorry, but a popsicle is THE remedy for a loose tooth knocked out a bit too soon). I like some of the suggested language that Octavia mentioned, and I I wil...

jenji

I just read an amusing article in Scientific American that said we should go on a marketing diet. Avert our eyes, turn down the sound, etc., when food is advertised (not just fast food) as it's almost NEVER the food we want to be the foundation of our diet. I do this! One of the only times I even t...

jenji

Wed = green 173.5 today When I started No S, I decided to allow myself the mod of eating an apple between meals. I was eating an apple between meals or after dinner quite often, 1-2 a day. Now that my appetite is tamed a bit, I am trying to skip the apple and just power through to the meals (which m...

jenji

Hang in there. I wonder if when you are feeling upset, there is so other soothing or healing ritual that might help? Maybe make a list of them to try in those moments?

jenji

174.5 today. Green so far as of lunchtime - will update later. Today will be green - make it so. * Update - made it! Also, I walked 4 miles today, around the city, because I loaned my car to my main squeeze. JANUARY :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll: :roll: ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen::m...

jenji

Green today (Monday/MLK Day)

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jenji

I am worried about this, too. My daughter is tall and willowy. Great, right? No, because people comment on her body ALL THE TIME. I ask them not to, but it's almost as though no one can help themselves, and they think it is okay because what they have to say is "positive": "You are so tall! And so t...

jenji

176 this morning. Going for another green week. Today is a holiday, so I am home from work. Started the morning with a nice brekkie of scrambled egg, some leftover refried black beans, and an orange. Plus I made myself a latte.

Oh, and I'm re-reading the book.

jenji

Good advice jenji, if I'm offered a snack or a sweet during the week I try not to go into long complicated discussions about NoS and dieting, I just say 'no thanks I don't snack between meals' or 'I only eat dessert on the weekends'. It helps reinforce to myself what kind of habits I have for eatin...

jenji

automatedeating wrote:That's a very pretty GREEN week!

Thank you, thank you very much (said in my best Elvis voice).

jenji

One piece of advice I read somewhere that has stuck with me is to incorporate changes into your identity. You are not depriving yourself, you are just not that kind of person . "I'm someone who likes to eat at mealtimes." " As I get older, I don't drink soda anymore. It taste sickly sweet." "As a bu...

jenji

Did you make it? It's 9:30 p.m.there..unless you live in Cambridge, England. Yes! I'm in Cambridge, MA. :) 174.5 today JANUARY :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll: :roll: ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen::mrgreen: :mrgreen: ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ 15 16 17 18 19 ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ 22 23 24 25 26 ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ 29 30 31

jenji

oolala53 wrote:Woohoo, you are about to have a green week!

You motivated me to feel I could do it. So far so good. I am roasting a butterflied leg of lamb right now (which will be several meals for us).

jenji

Thurs= Green

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jenji

Wednesday = Green. I'm at 174# again, recovered from the holidays. I walked to work today because parking has been nutty with the snow. JANUARY :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll: :roll: ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 11 12 ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ 15 16 17 18 19 ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ 22 23 24 25 26 ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ 29 30 31

jenji

I try to look at myself like a science project when I fail. Hm... what happened here? Interesting. What are my observations about the conditions in which this happens? Write that down.

This hasn't made me slip-proof, but it has allowed me to learn and make small adjustments that really help me.

jenji

Stressful day, but green. I love when I can prove to myself that scary and hectic work events do not have to change my eating in any substantive way. I did not get lunch until 2:45, but I had a little juice at 1:00 to tide my over. Sushi for lunch and dinner: supermarket sushi roll for lunch and rea...

jenji

Green day today. Full plates, but still green. I just had steak and black bean tacos for dinner. I ate my lunch in two sittings, because I got interrupted, but it was only one plate. No exercise yet, but I am hoping to finish a grant request tonight and then do 15 minutes of SG or weights. JANUARY :...

jenji

I hope you get that spaghetti and enjoy it.

jenji

Welcome back and nice to meet you! You have inspired me to do some planks. I usually only do them in a class.

jenji

I am also trying to come up with a compliant treat for Friday. Some Fridays I've have one small glass of white wine to relax before bed and enjoyed it. However, I've found that if I have that wine while out and about, such as at a party, I am more likely to eat again later. It only works as my final...

jenji

Good news and bad news... the good news is that even on failure days, my lapses are small. I keep the habits most of the time. Also, I have worked several Shovelglove sessions into my routine this week, on top of walks and real snow shoveling. Bad news is that yesterday was another fail. Baking c**k...

jenji

I'm intending to do No-S all year. Is that what this challenge is? If so, I'm in. I've been on the system since late September, and I'm still working on getting 5 greens a week on my calendar. I do feel that some of the habits are getting to be automatic, such as not eating sweets during the week. T...

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I served myself a small dinner, because it was rich (included fondue). But I impulsively ate seconds of the rice and beans when clearing up. Then I stayed up late listening to an audiobook and working, and before I went to bed, I ate some yogurt and cereal. I am not too worried because it was a day ...

jenji

oolala53 wrote:A pretty "hot" university town...

The downside is that we get things like bombocyclones and snow lightning storms. Iâ€™m a little envious of your weather, Oolala.

jenji

My compliance in December wasn't all that great -45%- or so. It helped to participate in the December challenge and, more importantly, to make brief notes regarding the failures. It revealed some hard truths about my efforts. Specifically, that pretty often I don't really try all that hard. I'll ke...

jenji

I've thought of visiting family in Lynn and asking Reinhard to lunch, though not for oatmeal. I figured he might do it because I would then be gone and not start stalking him. I've always admired that he didn't try to turn this into an empire, though honestly, I sometime wish he would. Funny! There...

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I haven't been weighing myself - thought I would give it a few days so as not to freak myself out with holiday ups and downs. I will this weekend. I did a little Shovelglove yesterday and today. Trying to add in listening to an audiobook to make it more enticing. I'm listening to Tiffany Haddish's b...

jenji

oolala53 wrote:That walk may have been near to Reinhard's route.

Yeah we are in the same general area.

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