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MerryKat

Just done a quick flip through your posts and you sound like you are doing fantastically and sliding into the NoS lifestyle easy as pie!!!

Continue day by day and you won't know yourself in a years time!!

MerryKat

KCCC - so good to read this reminder to yourself and in all honesty to me too.

I love your name's meaning!!

MerryKat

Yippee!!!! So glad to hear that there are no serious health issues showing. Frustrating for you however without an answer. But exercise is so good for so many things so maybe worth trying. Enjoy establishing an exercise routine again. I agree with jw that for me when I start looking at the what rath...

MerryKat

Ok so I have been doing No S for a loooooong time and I do well for a while and then stress creeps in and boom red days; which become red weeks which become red months spotted with green rather than the other way round!!!! For me day to day stress is exacerbated if I don't have 'me' time. If I look ...

MerryKat

Welcome.

MerryKat

Quick update Yesterday was 1 month back to Vanilla No S and Tracking via My Fitness Pal (which has been very interesting to see how food adds up in a day). So pleased that in the first month I have lost 1.3kg (equates to 2.9lb). I started an exercise plan in week 3 and that is going well. Not managi...

MerryKat

Congratulations on your losses!!

I love your post & thanks for sharing.

I think the important thing you have done with your mods is not make to many or too complicated which is where most of us trip up when adding mods.

Well done & looking forward to your future yearly (or 6 monthly) updates!

MerryKat

Hi Marianna

Wow!!! Congratulations on your weight loss to date!!

Don't forget as you continue this journey to continue to congratulate yourself on what you have achieved.

So glad you seem to have found a mix of No S & bites that is working for you. Good luck with your journey.

MerryKat

Thanks Marianna Most days I am 100% fine without any milk but the odd day I need something between lunch & dinner. I have a lot of days where I want something between but that is just old habits rearing their heads and I know I don't need anything then. I gave up coffee for Lent which is interesting...

MerryKat

Settled back into Vanilla No S easily (as always) and enjoying the routine. I still do battle mid afternoon & it takes huge resolve to resist - but it is a good feeling to get to dinner and know I made another day without snacking. If I am really battling (shakes, sweats, etc.) then I find a glass o...

MerryKat

Hi Herbsgirl

Thanks for sharing. For me that would be way too much PT but if it has worked for you as an addition to No S that is fantastic.

So nice to see the mods that other people use with No S to help themselves.

MerryKat

Hi Niki Welcome to No S! I would suggest you relax and enjoy the freedom which No S brings. If you calculate out the pound you lost over the next few months you will see the loss is happening. No S is not fast but it is effective in building a lifestyle that you can live with regardless of what is h...

MerryKat

Congratulations!!!! on your lessons learned & absorbed as normal now for you!!

MerryKat

Congratulations!! You have certainly walked a hard road & you have won!!!

MerryKat

Wow!! Well Done to your colleague on his fantastic achievement and I hope he will continue to stick to all you have taught him.

Congratulations to you for your part in his transformation!!! Was a great read & hugely inspirational!

MerryKat

Congratulations firstly on your loss & secondly of your maintaining!

Your before and after pictures are a wonderful example of how well No S works!

Thanks for sharing.

MerryKat

Wow!!! Sounds to me like you are making huge strides forward & to regaining your independence from food! Congrats on your weight loss since Feb 2013 - That is fantastic!

MerryKat

Oolala - Yes, people have different problems to you and but you have your problems and no-one can minimise how they affect you and influence you on a day to day basis. Don't try to sweep your problems away because to you they look smaller than other peoples! To you their problems seem much bigger th...

MerryKat

(((((((Big Hugs))))))))

MerryKat

Hi All Whew! Update time. 2013 I ended the year 1kg heavier than I started it - Lost 1kg of what I had gained during the year. 2014 I have stuck with No S first couple of months but the after dinner snacks an over large meals snuck into Jan & Feb. End of Feb I know No S is the plan for me but realis...

MerryKat

I am not Catholic but I feel Lent is a lovely way to remind us of what Christ gave up to come to earth for us and how he suffered. I have given up coffee - Whew this is a tough one! I am also giving up reading all commercial literature (this is tough as I am a confirmed bookworm) and only reading my...

MerryKat

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MerryKat

Thanks KCCC. I took all of last week's exercise as exempt due to being sick but I was 100% Compliant with my eating!!! Monday back to exercise as normal. We had a very stressful monday night - Huge storm with rain and hail and we had multiple leaks of huge volumes in the house! I was good after we w...

MerryKat

Absolutely!!

To me this is in the same category as "Good" & "Evil" food!

Thanks for sharing Bright Angel

MerryKat

Hey KCCC

Welcome Back!!

I can definitely recommend re-reading the book!!! Really refreshed the ideas.

MerryKat

One of my kids shared their snotty nose with me and I ended up with an Upper Respiratory Tract Infection from Saturday to today. Started Saturday and went to the doctor on Monday and was booked off on Tuesday. I am mending but the meds also make me feel yucky!!! I am being strictly Vanilla No S with...

MerryKat

Sounds like all of us! Gung Ho in the beginning and then reality sets in and we get bored! I am the queen of re-starts - and I know that if I had stuck to this 100% I would have lost my weight ages ago and be happily maintaining. But No I had to do things my way and alter and tweek and guess what I ...

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Welcome Back!!!

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Glad it helps automatedeating. I always feel bad when I look at how long I have been doing this and how often I have 'failed'! I truely am an example of not getting it down pat the first time round. However, I know without a shadow of a doubt that this is the right way to go. I have been a daily wei...

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JW not sure about good, but 2 days later and my legs are letting me know exactly how unfit I am!!!!

MerryKat

Thank you Oolala for your never ending patience & wisdom which you share so freely ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))

MerryKat

LOL!!!

I Love This!!

I am definitely a Cha-Cha'ing Optimist in Progress!

I have been dancing since 2005 and this is the only way forward for me!

I am slowly learning to not beat myself up for the back steps but to learn from them!

MerryKat

LOL!!! Oolala you are so right. We all buy food any way (whether groceries that we use to make meals or fast food) so it should not be an issue. Breakfast is pretty sorted - I keep oats at work and either have them cooked with milk or cold with yoghurt (by a big tub each week and put in work fridge)...

MerryKat

JW thanks for your kind words on my daily check in page!

Wow! You are doing brilliantly! No S definitely suits you and you are flying!

Enjoy every moment of being able to eat normal food and keep on keeping on!

(((((Hugs))))))

MerryKat

Thanks for your kind words JW & Good Luck on your journey :D . There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that No S works - when I do it. If I am not doing it of course it cannot work! I have the proof in my spreadsheets and condensed above. I really am doing my best to now just focus on the habit and ...

MerryKat

Not doing too badly. Basically maintaining which is good and as I have been a bit lax with the snacks and even worse with the exercise! I am happy to have not gained loads. October I started tracking my exercise again and it helped a little, but I can always find an excuse not to exercise :oops: so ...

MerryKat

I have just finished re-reading the No S book (about the 3rd read but not for a couple of years). It is amazing how each time you read it, different things stand out. For me the thing that stood out is that above all the Habit is King! If I can maintain the habit even to only the most minimal of com...

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Dear Reinhard
Happy Birthday To You!
Happy Birthday To You!
Happy Birthday Dear Reinhard!
May God Bless You!

Hope you have an amazing day and a year filled with God's richest blessings!

(((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))

MerryKat

Hi All 2 months since last post. Holiday and then too busy at work to post and not enough time at night. end of June and early July was not too bad - on holiday with the family and while we definitely over indulged it was no where as bad as in the past. I gained 2kg on holiday and came back and lost...

MerryKat

Woo!! Hoo!! Congratulations!!

Thanks for sharing your inspiring story and your great photographic evidence.

MerryKat

wosnos - I learning to join the good enough club as perfectionism leads to not doing things because in your head you can't do them well enough or all at once! Also one slip causes total give in with perfectionism.

MerryKat

I agree oolala53 - my food intake definitely does not equate to the scale changes - I do however enjoy watching the fluctuations.

MerryKat

Wow!! You have certainly been through the mill with health issues. So glad to hear you are now back on track and doing well. Congrats on holding onto No S thru out and for returning to it. I am also back (again!) and also following Vanilla No S with no add ons or mods (for me a surefire way to fail)...

MerryKat

Leafy_greens - I agree! It is terribly hard to mentally get to a point where you can mess up and just accept it and move on and not use it for an excuse to dive deeper into the binge. I have been following No S on and off for nearly 8 years and when I focus on the habits not the content of the plate...

MerryKat

Back again and first set of 21 days complete!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D I am focusing on Vanilla No S and not too concerned by what each meal is - as long a...

MerryKat

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I think you might be pleasantly suprised when you only follow Vanilla No S and don't worry about exactly what is on that plate how free you feel.

Once the habit is down pat you can start worrying about what & why.

MerryKat

I have to agree with wosnos; Stop Tracking your days. Stop thinking in terms of success and failure. Work 1 meal at a time. Once that is done (no matter what ended up on the plate) close the issue and move on. If you snack between meals, acknowledge it and have the next meal as if nothing happened. ...

MerryKat

This last Friday was a success and I am feeling very pleased about that. I made 21 days on Sunday and I am feeling great. Numbers are not everything but the bonus of this feeling good is I was down 1.7kg (3.75lb) in the 21 days. Most N days were easy to stay on track with my 3 meals and the last 2 w...

MerryKat

Thank you for sharing your beautiful family photos. Your princess is gorgeous!

Congrats on the No S Success!!!

MerryKat

I think your focus on health is excellent. I think that buying some clothes in which you are comfortable and fit your body may actually help you towards this goal. It will be easier to focus on health when you are not concious of clothing which is uncomfortable and ill fitting.

MerryKat

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I know it is so hard, but eating will not get rid of any of your other problems and only add to your sad feeling later.

Be Strong! You Can Do This!!!

MerryKat

Butterfly - Please Hang In There! Keep marking down how you are doing and I promise eventually you get tot he point when as you go to snack, have seconds or sweets you think, mmmm Lets save it till S day or just plain old No because I don't wnat to put in another embarrased face! ((((((((((((((((((H...

MerryKat

Welcome Back!

I am also back after an extended away time!

(((((((((Hugs))))))))

MerryKat

Oh, that is fantastic News!!!!

Yippee!!

Let No S help you make the eating part of your day easy - 3 meals! Done!!

MerryKat

oolala - I am with you. These days I also cannot claim either camp.

MerryKat

(((((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))))) Don't beat yourself up sweetheart! Life is tough enough with out you beating up on yourself! You don't have control of your anxiety or your dog's passing, but you do have control of No S. Take it 1 plate (meal) at a time and if you fail just continue as of the next...

MerryKat

Ok so yesterday was 10 days & today is my mid point of my 21 day challenge I set myself. I am happy with how I am doing. Eating wise on N days I find it fairly easy to stay on track. Some strange meals but it is only one meal and that is fine. Friday's I battle for some reason but not been too bad s...

MerryKat

Woo!!! Hoo!!! Congratulations & thanks for sharing your success with us.

MerryKat

Sorry to hear you bashed yourself, but well done on getting the walk done.

MerryKat

Mmm, I am very interested in all the different ideas. I love FlyLady but as pointed out by someone else it fuels my scheduling and procrastinating skills - I would far rather create fancy schedules than actually clean - and there in lies the problem. One thing I have taken from FlyLady and try to fo...

MerryKat

Congratulations!!!

MerryKat

Woo!! Hoo!! Well Done!!

It is so nice when you can enjoy just a little bit even when you are spoilt for choice.

MerryKat

Well Done Deb!!

Congratulations for Sticking with it even when some days don't go with plan and for coming and reporting them!

((HUGS))

MerryKat

Oh Wow! What inspiration!

Thanks so much for coming back to share with us. I am also back again - This is the only sane way of life!

MerryKat

I voted Vanilla - I find the moment I give permission for a mod it gives my brain permission to start making (or trying to talk me into) other 'little' mods. Eventually there are more mods than No S and bang I am back to square one and my old bad eating!!!!!!!!!!!!

MerryKat

finallyfull - you are so right that is the biggest problem when not following No S - Guilt, fear and lack of peace become a visious circle which feeds its self! the more of those you have I find the more I snack and bang the circle gets tighter!

Thanks Jan (((((((HUGS))))))))

MerryKat

Week 1 has been good. It has been successful. One thing that I have learnt is that sometimes meals will not be what you planned or the most healthy, but as long as you make them a single meal and don't get hung up on it being wrong and as a result beat yourself up; this flows along quite nicely. Lif...

MerryKat

Welcome Back & congratulations on your new baby.

MerryKat

I love this idea of using the smiley faces to indicate how we are doing. No S Exercise 3 x a week doing Push Ups / Sit ups / Squats / Dips 1 :D 2 :D 3 :mrgreen: + Exercise 4 :mrgreen: 5 :mrgreen: + Exercise 6 :mrgreen: 7 :mrgreen: 8 :D 9 :D 10 :mrgreen: + Exercise 11 :mrgreen: 12 :mrgreen: + Exercis...

MerryKat

Thanks oolala - I have missed you guys! (((((((((((Hugs)))))))))

We can do this!!! One meal & one day at time!!

MerryKat

27th May 2013
No S - SUCCESS
Exercise Plan - EXEMPT

28th May 2013
No S - SUCCESS
Exercise Plan - SUCCESS

MerryKat

Thanks All. It is good to be back.

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MerryKat

I have a number of prior Daily Check In pages: Started September 2005 http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=350 Started April 2007 http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1916 Started September 2009 http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=5617 Started January 2011 http://everyday...

MerryKat

I am using my post on the main page to start my new Check In. I am Back Again! I am Back Again because this truely is the only plan that works. It has become my default and however those sneaky snacks & sweets have worked themselves back into my day. :evil: I can't even remember when I last posted :...

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I am Back Again! I am Back Again because this truely is the only plan that works. It has become my default and however those sneaky snacks & sweets have worked themselves back into my day. :evil: I can't even remember when I last posted :oops: Brief rundown of my No S history: 2005 to 2008 Messed ar...

MerryKat

I'm in! I have been muddling along and pretty stable, but need to tighten up and get going again. March 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 treat per day for holiday 6 - 1 treat per day for holiday 7 - 1 treat per day for holiday 8 - 1 treat per day for holiday 9 - 1 treat per da...

MerryKat

Me! Me! Me! I do fantastically for a few months and then jump off of the wagon, get fed up with myself and back to No S. But you know what while they weight may not have reduced much, my eating habits are WAY, WAY more controlled than they used to be. I still have red days, I still binge on stupid t...

MerryKat

I have been a member of No S since September 2005 and I really believe that this is the plan for me. However, in this time I have had numerous successful stints with No S which I have managed to derail for a multitude of reasons â€“ each one seeming good at the time. The two biggest issue for me hav...

MerryKat

Ok, did 2 weeks of posting my meals - and I did not find any worth - just irritation at trying to remember what I ate. I am going to revert to posting when I am faced with a challenge and how I cope and my monthly weights. This weekend ran from Friday after dinner till Sunday before dinner - this ta...

MerryKat

Breakfast - 2 x toast with marg 1 - strawberry jam 1 - cheese
Lunch - Optimized oats (with cranberries & sunflower seeds)
Dinner - Home made chicken burgers and crisps is the plan

MerryKat

Breakfast - 2 x toast with marg & cheddar cheese
Lunch - forgot my lunch at home, but found packet of two minute noodles in my drawer at work and bought a packet of crisps.
Dinner - Mashed potatoes, 1 slice bread & Chicken stew.

MerryKat

Congratulations - Enjoy every moment of a very, very special time in your life.

MerryKat

Breakfast - 2 slices toast - marg 1x egg 1 x strawberry & rhubarb jam Lunch - Optimized Oats (with sunflower seeds, coconut and dried cranberries) Dinner - Crumbed chicken fillet stuffed with pepper sauce, Couscous with cucumber and red pepper I had the worst bout of munchies after dinner last night...

MerryKat

Breakfast - 3 slices toast - marg 1x Ham 1 x mashed banana 1 x jam Lunch - Optimized Oats (with sunflower seeds, coconut and dried cranberries) Dinner - Beetroot, cucumber, Ham, Wholewheat toast (rest of family had goulash and mashed potatoes) Dessert (for Anniversary) - Chocolate brownie with whipp...

MerryKat

Welcome. I believe you have come to the right place. No S will take care of the food side for you - follow the plan and you will teach yourself good habits. As for the exercise - the best place to start is walking. Maybe just round the garden for a start, but make it consistent and every week day. I...

MerryKat

Days 1 - 7 - Success

Breakfast - 2 slices toast - marg 1x Ham 1 x cheese
Lunch - Optimized Oats (with sunflower seeds and dried cranberries)
Dinner - Green Salad, Cold Meat, Corn & Pea Fritters

MerryKat

Friday Breakfast - 2 x Slices Toast with margerine & Bovril Lunch - Optimised Oats (raisins, coconut & cocoa powder) Dinner - Pizza (one plate with no seconds) and nothing after dinner (a huge achievement for me) Good weekend - some snacking but not a pig out so I am content. Some odd meals as I wa...

MerryKat

Those are both my weak times and I have found that the Yoga suggestion really helps - I only do 15 min but it focuses me till dinner. I also find if I do the Yoga, I am not munchy after dinner. I keep my hands busy after dinner with crocheting or knitting which stops me from eating. I also find that...

MerryKat

My biggest S was snacking and about 80% of that was snacking on sweets (the cheaper and junkier kids sweets the better!) I feel so much better without all that sugar and horrible preservatives and colorants in those sweets. Now my N day treats are good chocolate after dinner. most snacking has stopp...

MerryKat

Breakfast - 2 slices of toast with Bovril (still have a fragile tummy in the morning)
Lunch - Optimized Oats (with raisins, almonds and coconut)
Dinner - Spaghetti Bolognaise

MerryKat

I am going to try tracking my food for the first 21 days and see if it helps or is more bother than assistance. Breakfast - 2 slices of toast with Bovril (tummy still not 100% happy after stomach virus last week) Lunch - Optimized Oatmeal (with raisins and almonds) Dinner - 4 slices of toast with Bo...

MerryKat

KCCC - Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together. Reading this, I think I have just figured out where I consistently go wrong (After 5 years, I can honestly say "Yes, I am a slow learner!") - each time I stick to Phase 1 very successfully and start lookinginto Phase 2 I get over ent...

MerryKat

Hi Jan

Congratulations on your 90% success rate.

Happy, Happy Birthday - Hope your day was amazing and that the year ahead is full of God's richest blessings.

MerryKat

Congratulations on the stable results and resisting the temptation.

MerryKat

Hi Deb Sorry to take so long to respond to you and thanks for the info and questions. At this rate the college degree is taking a rediculously long time!! I really felt in January and February this year that it had 'clicked', but I guess not completely. I have just updated this year's habit cal and ...

MerryKat

Ok, I am back (AGAIN). The fall down and get up story is so true for me - I keep tripping over my own feet!! I am still not quite sure how or why the months from April were so tough but they were. Part of my problem is a house full of goodies thanks to two kids and a hubby - the kids don't have swee...

MerryKat

Like KCCC my goal per day - is some kind of exercise. For someone who really battles to fit exercise into my life, anything I do is an improvement.

MerryKat

Me! Me! Me! I am dragging myself back onto the Vanilla No S wagon after a number of months of slippage!!!! 11 - Success (Bible Time, No S, Water, Yoga) - Day 1 12 - Success (Bible Time, No S, Water, Yoga) - Day 2 13 - Success (Bible Time, No S, Water, Yoga) - Day 3 14 - Success (Bible Time, No S, Wa...

MerryKat

If you've studied Christian theology, it's a little like the Protestant doctrine of sola gratia , by grace alone. You get S days, from God, the universe, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the S Day Fairy, reinhard , Pope Gregory XIII (inventor of the Gregorian calendar), whoever invented the weekend, w...

MerryKat

Done - hopefully he will take us up on the invites and join us.

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