Everyday Systems

Allisonmeg

Just checking in. We have a lot of nuts we've cracked and are now displayed. I am finding it hard not to snack on them. Hubby has sworn off all sugar so it's been so much easier now that there are no sweets around. I think I'm ready for tomorrow's S day. I never know until it's here. My plan of inte...

Allisonmeg

This is monumental. I have officially lost 10 pounds since beginning this diet 2 months ago. It somehow went slowly enough I didn't really realize it, and who would've thought it would happen when I STOPPED counting calories! I have obsessively written calories down as long as I can remember. The be...

Allisonmeg

Nothing new but I just wanted to check in. I ate dinner way too early, but it was a 28-bean soup and it made me so full that I don't think I'll be hungry later. I finally got Reinhard's Old Sussex oatmeal and had it this morning. (Also had the bean soup for lunch).

Allisonmeg

Declaring this a non S day has been fantastic! It is just amazing how by writing down my plans, it makes it stick. It also makes me once again see how important S days are for me. I have had absolutely no problems ignoring pumpkin pie I think I have to have a crazy day a week to actually keep this w...

Allisonmeg

Today is yet another out of control S day. I don't know when this is going to just naturally stop for me. I am making Sunday a No S day and practice what I did this week when my husband and I go out on a date on Tuesday. I am so sick of these S days. I actually forgot it WAS an S day and was giving ...

Allisonmeg

Thank you so much osoniye. Your support means the world to me! I've even read you on a book review discussion and your knowledge and longevity is really inspiring. Today was no better or worse than any other Thanksgiving. I did sit down and eat, and even ate the cheesecake at the table instead of of...

Allisonmeg

I am already messing up my mantra for today. I have been eating these rollup/pinwheels and walnuts (and chicken broth) as a kind of lunch while I prepare. Starting right now, I will not snack any more. The next food I put in my mouth will be my Thanksgiving meal. If I stop now, the day will still be...

Allisonmeg

Thank you, I do know that but 3 days of S is putting me out of my unmoderated comfort zone quite yet! With that being said, I am making this rule for myself: THANKSGIVING IS AN S EVENT NOT AN S DAY. No snacking or sampling before the meal . Every single year I purposely sabotage my meal because I ge...

Allisonmeg

Running a bit busy this week. I am so loving I saved my S day Sunday for Thanksgiving. I am cutting myself a tiny bit of slack in that I will taste the spoon of a couple of things I'm pre-preparing. And even that is not enough to swallow. Today I went until 12:30 to eat lunch with no problem. I had ...

Allisonmeg

I am happy to report Sunday was green! I will now have a guilt-free Thanksgiving.

Allisonmeg

Omg today has started off so horribly. I've totally had a midnight sleeping pill induced binge of Halloween candy. In my disgust this morning, I've eaten Cookie Crisp cereal and am out of calories for my S day at 9:00 in the morning. Which means I'll be drinking broth the rest of the day. And then I...

Allisonmeg

The pizza arrived and was better than I expected with it's pretzel crust. I put the leftovers away. That night, I started thinking of how good it was and how by lunchtime the next day (which is now) I would most likely eat every last leftover of it by the time I built it up in my mind. So while I wa...

Allisonmeg

Yes it does gingerpie! Today is just a boring day. Started wrapping all the kids stocking stuffers which keeps my hands busy. Hubby left on trip, ordered pizza for dinner just because I'm feeling lazy and am sick of cleaning up kitchen. Going to have some broth before pizza gets here.

Allisonmeg

Tuesday was easy because we did Chinese for lunch which always makes it easier to wait in the morning and not eat dinner early in the afternoon. We went to the grocery store last night and stopped by the bar and had 2 rum and diet cokes. My oatmeal tasted gross this morning so I'm having chicken bro...

Allisonmeg

It's Monday night and today was much more difficult than I expected. I assumed because last week I felt gross about my Sunday and then was wildly ready to No S on Monday, it would be the same. I have stayed green today and it's definitely easier to say no, but I just had the urge to snack. So basica...

Allisonmeg

Sunday is going very snacky...popcorn, fritos, bagel chips, sesame sticks, teddy grahams. No meals to speak of and I don't feel satiated. Wow that sounds even worse than it felt! I'm not sure what's gotten into me today. I'm happy that I know from the last time around that I will be fine and ready o...

Allisonmeg

Had one margarita last night and did not eat any chips or any of my husband's jumbo burrito. Yay! My S day today is snacky but mostly on minestrone soup that's homemade and sitting on the stove for the day. Just started eating a few bites of sesame sticks and finding it hard to not keep eating them,...

Allisonmeg

Today is Friday the 13th. Things are really starting to go smoothly. Like not noticing sweets around me. And have gotten used to not licking off every spoon of what my kids eat. This is just the best place I have been in a really long time. I finally feel in control. I even "forgot" to eat breakfast...

Allisonmeg

Ready to start off a good Thursday. Def finding things easier with my motivational pound off.

Allisonmeg

Hi MaggieMae! I was so happy to see your post on my check in and wanted to say hello. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts. It's great to have someone else new with me, and reading yours makes our first weeks seem completely normal. My S days seem kind of insane but reading yours makes me see exa...

Allisonmeg

OMG and I forgot the good news. That important pound has finally been lost!! I am feeling way motivated now

Allisonmeg

It's hard not to finish the kids' food isn't it? I have the hardest time with that! And that leads into this. Ok so yesterday I have to mark as a RED dot. I licked off a spoon that I was making jello cookies n' cream pudding pops. Now had this been a couple of weeks ago I would've went easy on mysel...

Allisonmeg

I am going to check your book suggestion out today. Thanks for the posts--I read yours each day to help me get through the day. You are doing so great!

Allisonmeg

I had my first planned S event last night. All went well, had a relatively easy green day. We go to the movies only twice a year. My husband has been wanting to be first to see the new Bond movie, so last night was the night. (An S movie too, S-pectre, and my next movie will be S-tar Wars :wink: ). ...

Allisonmeg

That will blow me away! Ok so real quick, my S weekend went smoothly. Like nothing good, but no nonstop snacking, excessive calories or anything wacky. I had a Krispy Kreme donut and some snack size candy from Halloween. We had Jet's pizza on Sunday and I went back for more quite a few times. So I t...

Allisonmeg

I just realized that today is 30 days of No S!! I got the kids Mcdonalds and I deem it worthy of writing that I did not act like a human garbage disposal tonight! There was a whole pack of fries, 3 chicken nuggets, and a cheeseburger with two bites taken out of it left over. Under old circumstances,...

Allisonmeg

Thank you osoniye... I appreciate your routing for me! I will take your advice and just stick with the basics. I'm just going to focus on one thing at at time. It's when I start thinking I have to tackle it all that I end up quitting. So for now I'm only focusing on 3 MEALS, whether they are alone o...

Allisonmeg

I made it through today, yay! I got through the "red" feeling! Pretty awesome. I'm not sure Gingerpie. I really have to figure that out and I like your suggestion. It may be the perfect storm of being alone (5 in school and one home with me during day), procrastinating whatever I should be doing, an...

Allisonmeg

Yesterday was a success though there was suspicious activity with my eating dinner alone at 2:45, standing up, and, as soon as my husband walked out the door. I really have to work on this afternoon urge I have to be sneaky. Even if I'm not hungry yet, I just have this thing where I have to eat befo...

Allisonmeg

Thanks guys! Monday went very well. I am easily resisting my husband/daughter's homemade pumpkin pie, which is a first. We ordered pizza last night and I actually put a slice and a half on my plate and didn't go back for seconds, though I admit, it was hard. I also had a challenge waiting that extra...

Allisonmeg

Halloween ended up not being a problem in the slightest. Even on a S day, I had no desire to eat candy. It was a better Saturday than usual. I just went back to my old ways of counting calories so I felt I had some means of control. Well Sunday then turned into my usual Saturday. I grazed nonstop, n...

Allisonmeg

Today is Halloween S day, oh my! Last night we went out to a Mexican restaurant. I had one margarita and not a single chip, not a single bite of my husband's jumbo burrito. He was mocking that it was insane that I wasn't getting a red dot for my margarita but would if I had a bite of his dinner. I h...

Allisonmeg

I celebrated my 21 days this week. I did not take any extra S days and only had one red dot which is an absolute miracle in my 20 years of permasnacking! It has not been easy, as this is really a deeply ingrained habit of mine. But the scale, which has been very slowly creeping up, finally stopped g...

Allisonmeg

It's Friday and I'm sitting down having my oatmeal. I didn't eat anything else last night.

Allisonmeg

A red dot has just happened. We roasted pumpkin seeds after we carved pumpkins and I had a couple. Then my husband wanted me to try his dream whip pumpkin jello pie he made, thinking that since it was dinner I could have it. Well I corrected him but took a bite anyway. Then because I reddened the da...

Allisonmeg

Oh my gosh, thank you guys so much. I felt weird admitting that and felt guilty and bad, but getting your support made it seem like I did a good thing. I did great yesterday and things are going easy today too so far.

Allisonmeg

Eating my oatmeal and hopping on here has become my surefire way of sitting down for breakfast at least! Thank you guys for your support, it helps me out so much! :D Yesterday was really hard. You would think with my 21 days, it would be even more motivating, but I had such a binge-y feeling going o...

Allisonmeg

Yayyyyy! I have made it 21 days! I re-listened to podcasts all day yesterday and found Solitary snacking really is a big part of my S day problem. I am making myself a guideline... STOP SNEAKING. I have been sneaking for so long it's just second nature not to eat in front of others. I started off st...

Allisonmeg

Thank you so much ladies. I seem to be happier every time NoS Monday comes around. Just the fact I'm already to 21 days is so motivating. When I initailly marked it on the calendar, it looked so far away that I couldn't imagine accomplishing it. Halloween being on an S day is already troubling, but ...

Allisonmeg

Thank you so much RAWCOOKIE. You are very encouraging! I have counted calories for so many years that it's a hard habit to give up completely. I've been doing a pretty good job of it during the weekdays, but if I'm eating with abandon on S days, I feel like it's the only control I've got. So far, a ...

Allisonmeg

Saturday morning has already started with three pumpkin chip cookies that my daughter made and left out last night. And my husband, who is all too excited for an S day, keeps pushing all his weekend breakfast stuff at me. So I am at 800 calories and it's barely 8 am. The best I've got right now is k...

Allisonmeg

Ugh, so annoying. Just had big old page posted and lost it. So in a nutshell, it's Friday, and Tuesday is 3 weeks. I had a better scale day than I've had in a long time. Have eaten well today, though my tuna dinner just happened at 3 (I did that fine yesterday too though). I do not want to deal with...

Allisonmeg

Thursday. Ok never mind. I really don't have it in me to write my meals down everyday. Started today with oatmeal. Got Z home with stomach bug and L up with dh all night. So that means no planned lunch today. Though this morning all ready is far better in lacking the midmorning snack craving than ye...

Allisonmeg

Wednesday brought a really tough morning with less substantial oatmeal but I made it through. I wanted to snack in the worst of ways. Not coming naturally to me in the least yet! 2 Maple/bs oatmeal, coffee k-cup and chic broth Mcdonalds chic salad, lf vinaigrette k-cup Rueben, pasta salad, sm yogurt...

Allisonmeg

Tuesday very successful! Nothing is all that good calorie-wise but it was a strong green. Easily able to turn down snack offerings of ice cream and other stuff offered by dh. I think I'm going to start writing my food down on here just so I feel more accountable. 2 packs steel Oatmeal 1/2 bagel and ...

Allisonmeg

Monday was kind of difficult. I am giving myself a green dot because I did make it through hubby getting home, making lasagna and garlic bread without totally freaking out. I had a bite of the lasagna but stopped myself and had a bowl of soup instead. So even though it "technically" might call for a...

Allisonmeg

Sunday was not bad. I snacked but on pomegranate seeds or licked off spoons of kids' food. It was basically a no S day that I did a couple of things just to make sure I was Essly. Today dh gets off his trip, which for whatever reason, generally makes me eat everything in sight. So today I can tell w...

Allisonmeg

Today is Sunday. I'm going to have a much better S day than yesterday. Because of the cookie start, it turned into an all junk food kind of day. I need more guidelines for S days. I'm starting with oatmeal right now so that's already a big improvement. I think yesterday got it out of my system thoug...

Allisonmeg

So yes the snacking all day was pre-s but still is the way I think. This will definitely take me longer than 3 weeks to master. After I "noticed" that I wasn't counting calories, I instantly counted them yesterday and found that they appear to be no less than they were counting. I know this can't be...

Allisonmeg

Today is Friday and yesterday was a good solid green for me. Something I noticed happening is my obsession with counting/writing calories is dissipating. I can better keep up with each meal in my head and this alone is kind of a big deal. I literally snack all day and never eat a real meal so my cou...

Allisonmeg

Thank you! I do have to say the bread was really really good. So at least it was enjoyed. I don't like how that red looks on my calendar, but it makes me extra determined for green today. I'd flip out to see two reds in a row! On a positive note, I just had my oatmeal at 8:30, amazingly late for me ...

Allisonmeg

First RED DOT. I made a bread in the bread machine that ended up getting unplugged. Thus was an hour later than dinner. When I sliced it, I went through varying wild thoughts of making this a yellow day and borrowing from Saturday. Anyway I ate a big slice with butter. However on a positive note, I'...

Allisonmeg

Tuesday, My first week is done...yay!
End of Tuesday, did great!

Allisonmeg

Yay, yes it is a relief for Monday to be here! I am very ready for today, and I did sit down to eat my oatmeal this morning.

Allisonmeg

Thank you so much oolala! I really needed some words of encouragement. I'm just happy Sunday is over with and I can start fresh Monday. Today was a definite out of control S day.

Allisonmeg

The start of a new week. I thought I'd get on here to say what a fantastic S day I ended up having. I even turned down my favorite pizza, which made me feel super successful. And then....hubby made apple pie that I got into RIGHT BEFORE BED. Like in an unhealthy sneaky binge-y way (that I had to cut...

Allisonmeg

I do NOT like yellow days AT all. I've got to have some form of restriction.

Allisonmeg

Never mind, today is a yellow day. I'm just nervous to say that for the record!

Allisonmeg

Yesterday was good, helps because we went out for lunch two days in row for salad. Going to try to keep it green today just because I've got to get a few more days under my belt.

Allisonmeg

Yesterday was a totally successful day in that I had three actual meals. A total rarity for me. I spend my days snacking all the way through, with my family always telling me they never see me eat anything. I always said that about my own mom (who is obese). My younger sister, who is in her 30s, has...

Allisonmeg

Well day 2 was way harder than I thought it would be. Made it through with a fuzzy green. Waited way too long to eat lunch, then had far too much. Starting with oatmeal this morning. Goal for today is to sit when I eat.

Allisonmeg

Yayyyyyy I made through day one! Ready for day two and listening to podcasts nonstop!

Allisonmeg

Today is Tuesday Oct. 6th. I'm starting this with none of my usual 5 dots with varying shades of reds and greens, and doing true PASS or FAIL one time a day. I'll see if actually checking in helps me out.

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