Everyday Systems

kaalii

oh, cool with the finances... im finding out that it really helps tracking the expenses... i'm using the goodbudget.com since december/january and i can say i already feel the difference in how much more i can achieve with the same amount of money when well spending is planned and tracked... i'm not...

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happy birthday, ironchef!

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thursday - red ! -some snacking while driving back home to switzerland... the van died on us in the middle of the alps... been towed and stayed in a hotel in the most beautiful part of switzerland for me - around lake luzern, north of gothard tunnel... what an adventure for the end of our already ev...

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oh, sorry to hear about your parents, maggie!
i'm 1000km and 2-3 countries away from my family and they can still feel so demanding and children-like...

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wow, sounds like lots still going on! and what a nice and meaningful social life!

good to hear you know where to draw the line with fake-smiley people... the worst kind...

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thanks noni and linda!

today already - red!

bf bought ice-creams in a box but the freezer here is a tiny one and the temperature in it is too low for the ice-cream so we had to save them... i have saved one and a half so far...

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tuesday - green!! i have no calipers here but weighted the same... it seems like my numbers are the same even though on holidays and a bit more red days as well as having beers more often than usual... i am cooking most of the food or friends/my bf's mum cooking for us (oh, her parmiggiana and tiram...

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moday - green!

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friday - green!

im looking forward to some artisanal gelato today or tomorrow...
and if possible go to the place where they make crescentinas and piadinas in nature that doesnt look/feel like a restaurant, i dont like going to restaurants...

kaalii

i also started noS at my goal weight that i had reached with calorie counting (slowly, with 500calorie deficit per day and never under 1200cal/day) and IF (16:8 version, that i still do most of the days)... at my heaviest i was bmi 22.5... but that is very uncomfortable weight for someone who is use...

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oh, had some fails this week in italy:

tuesday - red
wednesday - red
thursday - green

11th - half of a big chocolate egg my son got from my bf's mother for easter, that spoiled my appetite for dinner
12th- seconds for dinner

kaalii

thank you, noni!

monday - green!

my son got his first lesson in riding a pit bike...
so cool...

kaalii

greetings from italy! the trip was looong... 12km traffick jam before gotthard tunnel... reminded me why i never travel on saturdays, especially at the beginning of holidays... but it was long because of frequent stops for dog walks... it was quite enjoyable, though... the Sweekend was lovely... piz...

kaalii

i like how reinhard puts it regarding if something is in S(weets) category - if you have to think about it too much it is probably ok...

if a teaspoon of honey is your problem, you dont have much of a problem...

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friday - green!

preparing the van and stuff for the holiday trip...
first travel with our dog... it feels like the preparations are for travelling with a 3yo child, hahah...

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thursday - red!

couple of small pieces of pizza at friend's birthday

kaalii

oh, congratulations, rawcookie!
everyone tells me (and i notice) that to become a grandma is sooo amazing! can't wait (or at least i hope to become one eventually)...
enjoy the little one!!

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cool, osonye...

wednesday - green!!

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tuesday - green!! ok, i was not sure if this is a green day or not... technically, i had 3 plates... but 2 meals... i had 2 plates for lunch... one for dinner... so this is seconds... but it is still 3 plates... so im calling it green... i did feel overfull after the 2 plates but given that it was a...

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haha, bluebell,of course feel free to copy it... im hopeless in getting the smileys perfectly alligned... oh, and great for the trip to spain... i used to go there pretty regularly (cheap flights) but now cant find time in more than 3 years... a couple of good friends moved to barcelona recently, ev...

kaalii

thank you merry and linda! you always find kind words in the right moment! thank you so much!
life gives us challenges... let's hope this one, too, has something nice at the end of it... (i wish i could be so positive about it in the darkest hours)

monday - green!!

kaalii

this was a month that the move was finalised... brother was here... relationship questioning times (still going on)... birthday... weight loss under what i think is acceptable for me at my age... but managed to up and stabilise it... all in all the habit seem to be going not perfect but well enough....

kaalii

im in, too... no NWS days for me this month... but a trip to italy during the spring holidays... expecting some redness there... but i dont mind... we haven't been abroad since october... oh, and this month is one year that i'm on noS... vanilla... unless i want to up my weight... soooo happy to hav...

kaalii

sounds like my last Sweekend... lots of ice-cream...

this weekend when passing next to the ice-cream in the shop i was almost sick to the stomac... i had definitely overdone it...
i hope the disgust clears up until our next trip to italy and my beloved gelatos...

kaalii

oh, border collies are such beautifull and smart dogs!

yes, our little personal trainers and even therapists... rain or shine, litterally!

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friday - green!!

lots of beers with best friend, though... talkig about her last 2 moths trip to spain and our love lives...
ah...

beautiful times walking with the dog...
cleaning... not decluttering, though...

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thursday - red!!

had 7 onion rings before dinner
couldnt wait to incorporate them into the plate

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hehe, i hope he feels happy... the house i live in has a common back garden but not having our own makes us have to walk the dog regularly... and he is an active teenager that needs to get all that energy out... i have adopted him because, among other things, i loved to have a companion on my walks/...

kaalii

wow, jen! so great to hear that you are in such a good place regarding food and body image!!

hey, do write about the happiness challenge... (or maybe you already have but i can't seem to find it)

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oolala53 wrote:OMGOsh kaali, when I was a girl, I used to roll up the white bread into little balls and eat them.

hahah, me too!

kaalii

not sure if it goes here... but interesting article for dog owners/lovers: How walking the dog beats going to a gym: It gives you EIGHT hours of exercise a week http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1231262/How-walking-dog-beats-going-gym-It-gives-EIGHT-hours-exercise-week.html For those who are...

kaalii

the small packages of totally dark bread.. i actually like them... they taste so full... but not like bread... since im on noS i havent had one...
i eat wholewheat toast... just because the pure white one tastes like glue...

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vacation, family... both words tip me into red, too...

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tuesday - green!!

couple of hours of dog walking

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monday - green!!

couple of hours of dog walking

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wow, got myself a 420g of ben and jerry's ice cream for this Sweekend... never done a thing like this in my life... and eating ice cream out of the container... almost yucky... hahah and now i see i have to be careful with it... because eating less than half of it yesterday made me eat just 2 meals....

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friday - green!! -2 longer dog walks (we started running togeter a bit, too, he is getting a hang of it and not bursting into a play fit when i start running but keeping a steady pace with me, lovely... im still glad when he plays with other dogs because he has so much energy, i could never outrun t...

kaalii

im glad the operation went well and i wish you good recovery, ironchef!

kaalii

ah, i know that feeling...

(but i dont believe in going cold turkey with sugar)
luckily you like dark chocolate which is actually good for you...
if i want something sweet it is definitely not dark chocolate, it should be a donut, ice-cream or any chocolate that is not good for you...

kaalii

thank you, larkspur!

thursday - green!!!!

couldnt take seconds today, i was too full already after one overflowing plate because i had vegi-nuggets with rice and tartar sauce and salad for both lunch and dinner...

2 long walks in the forest with my dog...

kaalii

Merry wrote:My pastor once told me to seek excellence instead of perfection.

beautifull!!
this could be also posted in the thread with the inspiring noS quotes...

linda, i would also focus on N days...
to me, the whole wisdom of noS lies in that focus...

kaalii

wednesday - green!! seconds for breakfast, as decided, to gain some weight back... my brother went back home today... :( it was so great to have him here... we were sad but the consolation is that we will see him again in 3-4 months when we will go on holidays to croatia... this also means more dog ...

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tuesday - green!

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I'm waiting to see Visnjic in the biopic about Gotovina, though I'm not sure if he's the best pick to play the general. oh, i had no idea... horrible... im not watching that movie... given the meddling of politics in croatian film industry they are going to depict him as a hero... and there are no ...

kaalii

Nantahala wrote:

I love potatoes but this "hack" would make me hate them.

same here...

kaalii

on saturday ate quite a lot... more than usually on Sweekend... today only 3 plates, not hungry as yesterday... i think this is it... similarly on saturday havent done much... binge wathcing "er" series that i used to watch back in the 90s... they were popular in croatia because goran visnjic(dr.luk...

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friday - green!!

but i ate beans hamburgers for 2 meals and some beers in the evening... still noS... i love this carefreeness about this way of eating! as long as it is sane in the big picture of it...

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wow, rawcookie, your cuisine sounds sooooo delicious to me...

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oh, im glad to be inspiration... vanilla just rocks... even with occasional but regular failures... yes, for sure the amout of walking i do lately has a lot to do with it... i really have no time/energy for "proper" exercise at all and i miss doing yoga and swimming... the life is stabilizing slowly...

kaalii

haha, linda, me too... but yesterday it was afer the 3rd plate... hungry day...

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wednesday - red!!

made myself popcorn while watching series...
an hour after my brother made some for himself... the smell just haunted me...

kaalii

oh, yes, i love lausanne, my second favourite swiss city... right after biel/bienne where i live... i always imagine cycling in lausanne must be a nightmare... precisely because of the hills, haha... but i do have friends living there who use bicycle as their main transport vehicle... all super fit ...

kaalii

texarc, very accurate description... :) i can just add that the biggest change towards american way i see is actually in children (i work in school)... while children obesity is still not alarming problem, we are noticing that more and more children are chubby and, more importantly, less active and ...

kaalii

tuesday - green!

one of the meals today was a big salty croissant in the city...

tidying and dog walking as usual...
lots of badminton at work...

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monday - green! sunny days, finally the spring is in the air it is such a pleasure to walk my dog in the forest! habitcal with exercise and 14min. tidying up is for some time something i still put the green squares in but it is impossible to have a red day or even S days in those categories yet... l...

kaalii

although a magnificent goal - not to weigh oneself, i wouldnt beat myself up if i did, if i were you... especially if it is just occasionally... the true sign of being ok, in my book, would anyway be to forget to weigh oneself and feel ok about the weight we feel we have... whether we weigh ourselve...

kaalii

Sweekend with gaufrettes with greek yogurt and chocolate ice-cream, 2 times... but then i just couldnt eat the 3rd plate... i was stuffed...
on sunday - a bowl of popcorn...

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uff, linda, im so sorry about the dog situation... it must have been very stressful and heartbreaking... i would have made the same decision... about social life and saying no... not sure if it helps but i have accepted that i have phases when im more social and less social... when i say more yes an...

kaalii

i was thinking the same...
there is a 2017 one year challenge thread on this forum that might be of use when in need of encouragement or focus...

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friday - green!

finally a lazy day with just a half an hour walk in the forest with the dog... my brother did all the rest...
a bit hangover after yesterday's b-day party/concert... but didnt give in to munchies...

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thursday - red!

seconds for lunch...

last part of cleaning the old place and moving... plus cycling to and from a concert (one hour there and back)...
my muscles hurt...

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wednesday - green!

hours of cleaning in the old place...
tomorrow i'm giving back the keys...

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ohhhhhhh, thank you so much for your beautifull birthday wishes osonye, linda, ironchef and jen!!! i'm touched!! :) it was a lovely S day with 3 meals and a dessert as well as a couple of beers... one of which was over skype with mum... i showed her the new appartement... the dog... and we laughed t...

kaalii

friday and monday - green!! moving, lifting heavy stuff, millions of stairs, lots of walking, cleaning... more to do but this is it... we have moved! feels good to have done so much work... i feel fit and strong... sleeping for the first time in the new home... feels nice, cozy... we are in the same...

kaalii

im impressed, really exellent work with making exercise a daily practice... i love how you interchange different types of activities... it makes it more interesting and, imo, better for the body... i just checked what couch to 5k and c25k is... sounds like something i might want to do, too... once m...

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yes... such a nice surprise in the right moment! thank you, linda! thursday - green!! more moving today... the new place really looks more and more like home... we have eaten there for the first time today... testing the new oven with ricotta spinach canelloni... eating from plastic plates among the...

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You can't tell it has "worked for her" until she has kept the weight off for two years, IMHO. An eaating plan should help the person be content with eating less for the long run. You can't see the long run in a few weeks or months. Yes, this. exactly!! i am the one who has lost weight through 16:8 ...

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thursday - green!!

another day of moving... and the appartement is starting to look like home slowly but surely...
i love the energy in the new house... i forgot how i missed to live with the cool people...
cant wait for monday... our first day to sleep there...

kaalii

lpearlmom wrote:
ironchef wrote:As I said at the time - habit is a dumb beast, don't confuse the poor thing!!
I love this so much that I'm stealing it for my sig line.

haha! funny, well put and sooo true!

kaalii

oh yes, exciting and stressfull! but, haha, my son found today and envelope with 500chf (about 500$) of lefotver of some travel money from years ago i lost/forgot about!! that surely made my day! hahahah we are working hard but in a relaxed atmosphere... i met 3 of the new neghbours and they are so ...

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thank you, rawcookie, for starting the march challenge!! on the 7th is my bday so S events probably... :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 01 02 03 8) 8) 06 8) 08 09 10 8) 8) 13 14 15 16 17 8) 8) 20 21 22 23 24 8) 8) 27 28 29 30 31 :arrow: 9th- seconds for lunch 15th - popcorn while watching series 30th - 7 oni...

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and this was our february!!

not so green but i have lost weight and body fat because of the new dog and the work around moving home...

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tuesday - green!!

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monday - green! no-hunger day... too much going on and no time to think of food... im not so much a stress eater as i am a boredom eater... i used to be a movie watching eater, too... but that went away with 16:8 IF... it was hard for the first couple of months, though... i still eat while watching ...

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oh yes, this is why i love noS... with only one plate option per meal which provides a decent visual snapshot that is easily saved in our mind - we can become pretty good at eyeballing the amounts of food we need to get us through to the next meal... since im using 9inch plates at home i never hesit...

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friday - green!!

easy day, made the plates very charged, just in case. but couldnt even finish one of them...
packing for the move...
some walks with the dog...

funny, this was a harder than usual week but the only green one this month...

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thank you, rawcookie! thursday - green!! today was easier... but, like often on thursdays when i work early and take my breakfast early as opposed to my 16:8 IF eating schedule on any other day that im doing almost 3 years - the gaps between the 3 meals were too long and i felt a bit too hungry for ...

kaalii

excellent!
thank you for checking in and sharing your experience!
so encouraging!

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wednesday - green!! today was unusually hard day to stay green... i think it was because yesterday i had one too many beers with my brother talking about the familly and everything untill late... so i was hangover the whole day today and had horrible munchies but didnt give in, just made the plates ...

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tuesday - green! ! so much of the move stress has been relieved in the past days... i dont have to make almost any reparations (exept for a set of keys i lost which will be fully paid for by my civil responsability insurance) because the owner said to leave it all as it is because he will totally re...

kaalii

that type of "unexplainable" scale readings happen more often than not, as you have noticed... it is the reason i weight 1-max2 times a week... and in the last couple of monts even much less... the only thing that i keep constant is to, when i weight myself, i do it first thing in the morning after ...

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oooooh, imogen, congratulations!!!!!

such wonderful news of you and your little baby girl!!

adjusting to a new baby is indeed quite a change!
i wish you all the best!

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monday - green! !! oh, so glad to have my brother visiting... to split the amount of dog walks between us (besides the help around the house) and the dog is getting even more of the training and time enjoying himself and - i believe - healing his past from the abandonment and in the shelter) outdoor...

kaalii

great!
and i love the quote from your doctor!

kaalii

friday - red!! bf gave me ben&jerry's ice cream and i just had to have it immediatelly... then my son offered chocolate hearts that my brother brought him form croatia... had to have that, too... and a toast after dinner... just felt like and S day... or better yet, like wth day... i have a feeling ...

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thursday - green!!

lots of dog walking but brother and bf taking over some walks... nice!!

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wednesday - red!

my brother arrived from croatia with lots of mum's food and treats... so already red... had some chips... might be something more untill the evening...

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great thread!

kaalii

oh, you and your dogs are lucky with the garden and doggy door! yes, catching them in the act can be hard if they learned to hide to do it... and really no point in addressing it after the act... it is better with our dog but realised - no playing or any kind of exciting activity for him in the hous...

kaalii

yesterday, besides the 3 plates, i had a bit mor Ss than usual and i feel it this morning as a weird feeling of being nauseously full...

i had a small panettone/muffin, 2 coins/pieces of chocolate and popcorn that (amazingly) i couldnt finish even the half of the usual bowl i make for myself...

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friday - red!!

had a snack at the concert i went to with some friends...

exercise - 5 doggy walks... and cycling to and from the city... around 1 hour...

kaalii

staying green with those hunger pangs is such a sucess! congratulations! they will subside, you can count on that! you might even miss them at some point because they whisper you softly " it is NOW that you are losing... it is now that new you is being born". (to put it dramatically)... :) I think i...

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thursday - green!! exercise - still on 5 walks a day... out of which 1-2 are surely over 30min. im realising this will change but not as soon as i thought... except during the night, he cant hold it for more than 3-4 hours... even then, lately he "leaked" a bit as i was getting ready to take him out...

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wednesday - green!!

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oh. i used to live with never hungry but limited budgets all my life untill i moved to switzerland, the easy living country (compared to where i come from)... and now im doing my budgeting on weekly envelope systems... such a great way do handle finances, even if not in real need to do it so for sur...

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oops, tuesday - red!!
i had a donut for dessert...

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