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kaalii

oh, and happy birthday!!!

kaalii

heey, bon voyage!! i have returned from holidays in italy ablut 10 days ago... almost 3 weeks there... no weight gain, even though i had some failures... id say - dont resist the nice food there... but just try to keep it to 3 plates a day... at least start the day with that intention... 3 plates a ...

kaalii

thursday - green !! did my 5 tibetans yesterday... and today speedwalking in my forest... gosh, they are cutting more and more trees... i suspect this is just forest management that i know little about and im probably too sentimantal but i liked it more wild looking... and, off course, no havent see...

kaalii

night snacking was my problem, too... (on 16:8 intermittent fasting, not noS... by the time i discovered noS, night snacking was already the time of the past thanks to IF...) it took me more than 2-3 months to white knuckle through it... maybe even 6, all-in-all... not giving up was the key... getti...

kaalii

so great to read about your parenting and your amazing girls! a parent that can put him/herself in question smtms is not a bad thing, quite the contrary... but yes - being able to do that without beating ourselves up for perceived mistakes and uncertanties would bring sooooo much more time and menta...

kaalii

...and wednesday - green !! maybe i do the 5 tibetans again... i like to do some exercise 2-3-4 hours before sleep, i have never had problems with that... doing them in the morning is more problematic for me... oh, how i used to hate the rehearsals in the morning... luckily for me they were mostly i...

kaalii

last night my son joined me in 5 tibetans... it was fun... and i managed to do all 21 of them...
today i did them earlier... didnt do all 21 reps of rite 1 (legs and head up)... but the rest yes...

kaalii

tuesday - green !! walked loads today... in the city a bit... and 2 (4) times to-from work... plenty of times up and down the stairs... feeling a bit the muscles from the 5 tibetans video last night... im so close to doing the whole set of 21 reps!!! the 2nd rite was where i rested the last couple o...

kaalii

Something I noticed from my out of control S day is that high glycemic load meals or snacks really takes aways my control with food. ... It really makes me wonder with all the snack food out there that is high glycemic if that is sometimes what makes it hard for some people with losing weight. i no...

kaalii

i wanted to add why i feel that 5 tibetan rites feel truly like a "fountain of youth" exercises to me: they target core and back strenth and flexibility... toning the arms and legs as a side bonus... but also upper back and neck... all crucial for general movement vitality as well as really good pos...

kaalii

monday - green !! today i prepared our first sloppy joes ever... never even heard of it untill recently...vegetarian version with minced quorn... and cucumber sticks on the side... wow, delicious! raining and the hunt thing in my forest happening so i didnt go for a arun... but planning to do the 5 ...

kaalii

thank you, whosonfirst! i just made the 5 tibetan rites with the video... not all 21, true, not as easy as it looks... but almost there... and i feel wonderfull... it does link to yoga... with a dynamic of its own... and already after doing it for the 1st time it is perfectly clear to me why it is c...

kaalii

it brings to mind a saying that resonates deeply with me:
"no amount of self-improvement beats self-acceptance!"

kaalii

thank you, linda! in times when i didnt have the best friend after the move to switzeland (while the "bestness" was in the making... :D) less than best friends were good too... :) and that was precisely the time when i needed to have the best friend the most in my life... funny how it goes sometimes...

kaalii

yes, that is truly amazing! friday - green ! speed walk in the forest alongside my son who was on the bike... the autumn is here, it is beautiful, foggy... felt like in a tolkien story... except for seeing the forest management have cut some trees and a notice that on monday will be a hunt day, like...

kaalii

...and also, thursday - green!!

kaalii

yes, modbod, yesterday didnt feel red at all... but i would like to be able to complete again the 21 day challenge... i did it once in the beginning... got close to it once, maybe twice... but not more... it is ok... today i start again to try it, haha... measure morning revealed 58kg/19.2 bmi and 1...

kaalii

stoogeswoman, wow, what a day!
truly a victory to go through it the way you did!

kaalii

ohh, screeen time... im in the same problem, too... not sure how to go about it... i even litterally threw out the TV from my life 20 years ago... but in the past decade computer screen took over... arggh! im thinking of limiting it only to the evenings... but still no guts to do it... also open to ...

kaalii

so tuesday was green ! but today was red ! i took 6-7 spicy pringles during the drive back home from italy this morning... they were too spicy for my taste and i even gave the last one back to my son... but worth noting and moving on... no permasnacking nor particular wish to do it although the food...

kaalii

ouch!! that must have hurt!
bravo on the success in that situation!! you rock!!

kaalii

oh, im practicing IF 16:8 for year and a half now... and 3 plates, not 3 meals, since i have discovered noS... even on S days, most of the times... i plan to move to 18:6 version with 2 plates in 10 years or so, when i enter my 50s... and my metabolism slows down even further... i have found it to b...

kaalii

monday - green !! last day of holidays in italy... weight stable at 58kg/19.2 bmi... tomorrow driving back home might be a red day, but i will try to plan out to make it green, nevertheless... just have to make some structure out of it... im happy to have managed to keep these holidays surprisingly ...

kaalii

welcome, modbod!
what an awesome start!
good to have you here!

kaalii

wow! congratulations on quitting coffee... you made it through a tough one, i see... so great! im glad you also feel those positive sides, especially less anxiety and anger and feeling more mellow and clearheaded... that was my experience too, when i quit it... and im glad about finding a way to mak...

kaalii

friday was - green!

weekend, only some cookies on saturday...

kaalii

thursday - green ! forgot the keys and locked us out of the house after shopping and, while waiting for my bf to bring the spare set of keys, took my son to the ice-cream shop... wasnt even tempted to take a gelato...actually i felt that sugar would make me nervous... so we took the ice-cream and we...

kaalii

me too! it motivates me, reminds me and keeps me focused... i love the reds, too... they keep me real... in the sense that there is no surprise if noS should start "not working" for me... and that i do have a leeway for little mistakes, and tracking which ones they are, precisely... but i think i mi...

kaalii

wednesday - green!!

kaalii

tuesday - green!!

2 meals, only

kaalii

my son also agrees... in croatia he even prefers one specific brand from the commercial store than going to "slasticarna"...

kaalii

oh, i find italian gelato (especially around bologna area) waaay better... uncomparably better... i actually find croatian ice-cream, even at very good ice-cream shops, the same as in good ice-cream shops in switzerland, germany even spain... croatia never had its proper ice-cream tradition... what ...

kaalii

also glad to hear you and the baby are doing fine!
and i think that noS is a perfectly good framework for eating through pregnancy, too...

kaalii

happy belated birthday!
and thank you, again, reinhard, for opening my eyes to sane eating...

kaalii

oh, bunsofaluminium, sad to hear you have relationship issues nowadays, too... true, there is something in the air lately... worse things, couples even breaking up... some of them nastily... ah... yes, it is workth the fight and the biggest part of the fight is finding peace... :D whatever outcome c...

kaalii

nice article!
some real sanity there!

i just think 3 meals are going to have to mean 3 plates for anyone who is shorter, older, woman or wants to be in the lower bmi than just below the obesity range... 3 plates, although far from precise calorie counting, is still less vague...

kaalii

i also count pizza for one person as one plate... it is bigger than my usual 9" plates but still a plate in my book... as long as i dont eat pizza every day, nor more than 2 times a week max... or 3 times a day, hahahah... and yes, simple salad on the side is a must to most of my meals... including ...

kaalii

that is a really nice september, bunsofaluminium!
congratulations!!

kaalii

hey, linda, im not sure if i have already written about it but might as well repeat it here, since you are noticing that coffee or caffeine is hurting you... i have stopped coffe about 6 years ago for the similar reasons - my heart rate was going up due to stress at work, and the coffee wasnt helpin...

kaalii

oh, thank you, linda! :) yes, more and more im starting to see noS as an anchor... as a type of practical self-love and self-care... no possibility to not get enough food if i lose my appetite (i tend to get that when im not feeling good) nor have too much (usually if im in some sort of denial about...

kaalii

thursday - green!!

kaalii

also hoping for less reds in october... although 1/3 of it will still be on holidays in italy... hard one, but if i can somehow do it there, i can do it anywhere... :D :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 8) 8) 03 04 05 06 07 8) 8) 10 11 12 13 14 8) 8) 17 18 19 20 21 8) 8) 24 25 26 27 28 ...

kaalii

wednesday - green !! scale shows i even lost one kilo... but that is all in the fluctuations range... nice to know that another relatively bad month habit wise is still keeping me stable in maintenance... with all the travelling, parties... not bad at all... noS really rules! yesterday we were teach...

kaalii

allmost done with september... 5 red days and one extra S day... better than august but hoping for a better october...

kaalii

checking in from holidays in italy... not bad at all although friday and yesterday were red days... gelato on friday and a snack yesterday... the weight didnt move so far... but let's see when i remember to weigh... i havent done proper exercise but went skateboarding with my son on 2 occasions and ...

kaalii

i find it easier when my eating window is smaller - i usually eat my 3 plates in approximately 8 hours between the 1st and the last one... this habit stayed from 16/8 intermittent fasting way of eating, my first diet ever... i get hungry but rarely ravenous... (unless i have eaten junk food or too m...

kaalii

wednesday - green!!

lots of swimming before and during my son's training...

kaalii

tuesday - green !! active day and more of the gumi-gumi at work... but no additional exercise... last days before another 3 weeks holidays and trip to italy... on friday... can't wait! bringing my sg again! this time around there will be less roadtrips, no camping... i will do most of the cooking so...

kaalii

monday - red !! had 2 beignets balls at work... a colleague was making them with a group of children for 4 o'clock snack for all of us... the whole school was smelling so good and i wouldnt nor couldnt resist that treat... :) besides normal work activities, we are bringing the borrowed bikes for nor...

kaalii

again, just 2 meals so far but i feel my appetite is getting better so i might eat again before i go to sleep... friends passed and brought their homemade honey for my throat... so nice! i havent moved enough these days really so im feeling id love to do some sg... but a session of yoga might be a b...

kaalii

Jen1974 wrote:I made a big pot of chili with melted cheese & saltines on the side, cornbread with homemade honey butter (which is just softened butter mixed with honey), & apples with cream cheese carmel dip.

woow! this sounds so yummy!!

kaalii

thank you linda and rawcookie!! i feel a bit better, i had loooots of rest and sleep on friday... just did laundry (one machine only), basic shopping and lunch... as planned, i drove the guests to a museum and a castle in gruyères, about 100km from here... i didnt taste nor buy the gruyere cheese th...

kaalii

friday - sick green!

it is dinner time and i have only had one meal so far and lots of herbal tea... feeling a bit sick and in bed mostly... a bit nauseous, too... dont feel hungry at all...

the guests are so nice and cooking a dinner for us... so i will make myself eat at least a bit...

kaalii

thursday - green!!

yep, both me and my guests have muscle pain from lots of jumping to the lake from the swinging rope on wednesday... and it didnt even feel like workout at all...
importance of fun in exercise...
and pause today...

kaalii

oh, im planning to adopt a dog in the spring, after we move from the current home... cant wait, it has been too long that i didnt have dog companion in my life since my old dog passed away, but at the same time im worried for how it will be in the times of adjustment to each other...

kaalii

oolala53 wrote:And concentrating on what how you feel now as you implement the rules so you have that as a touchstone.

this helped me a lot as preparation for 6 weeks of holidays/travelling this summer...

kaalii

It always kind of surprises me when I 'break the rules'..... it feels like those behaviours are never far away and No S has to stay in place, like a harness! im starting to realize that now... and also, i am really more likely to reach out for peanuts or other munchies if in front of me... but muuu...

kaalii

wednesday - red !! had a snack while at the lake at the beach whole afternoon with my son and the guests... some bread and cheese and couple of chips... biking around the city a lot... swimming and jumping into the lake from the swinging rope tied to a tree... wow, that was so much fun for all of us...

kaalii

i have succes with that... cleared our my night snacking even before i discovered noS...
most of the days i eat my 3 plates in an 8 hour window... perfect for my work schedule...
unless i work very early in the morning (which is one day in the week)... then i eat an earlier breakfast...

kaalii

tuesday - green !! at work a lot of moving and playing and jumping with the kids... no strength for more... so great to have my son in the same school... just to get to see him every once in a while throughout the day... we got guests from norway... going to take them around town a bit... but they a...

kaalii

ironchef wrote: Sure there are ways to improve

i think the article is saying just that...

kaalii

yes... it has to be either fun or practical... otherwise id have such a hard time of keep being active... oh, and im also so happy it is monday and Ndays again... i felt so stuffed this Sweekend... had pizza on both days... plus 2 regular plates of food each day plus butter popcorn plus one ice crea...

kaalii

thank you, TMR29 and bullisaba!! i have tried both, floradix and maltofer... i really cant remember any more why i have discontinued floradix... i might give it another try, it is easily available in switzerland, and i dont mind if the iron levels are not high in it, as long as it helps at least a b...

kaalii

Kaali: I do not like the taste of molasses, but I took it like medicine. A spoonful of it into the mouth, followed by water to wash it down. If you try to find various ways to put it into your food, you may feel it ruins the taste of your meal, and give it up. you are right! actually, i might switc...

kaalii

oh, thank you for molasses tip, too!!
i actually have it in my fridge but just dont know how to incoroprate it in my meals... any savoury meal with molasses advice much appreciated! i dont eat sweet breakfasts, unless on some Sweekends...

kaalii

I am also low in iron and I am just managing to stay above the anemic range by taking an iron supplement. It plays havoc with my digestive system as well but nothing else has helped (and I tried taking vitamin c). but does it actually hurt you? my probelm is that iron supplements really hurt me, be...

kaalii

friday - green!! a bike ride and hike up a small canyon 10min. ride from where we live... with my best friend and son... later sg... and maybe another night bike ride with my best friend if we decide to go out a bit... the weather is just perfect... oh, and measuring this morning showed - the weight...

kaalii

supplements industry is losing it's sanity just as much as diet industry so im asking this in this sane forum... 1) at the moment im using high quality vitamin C 500mg/day pills... for the first time in my life... and i can really tell the difference in my energy levels etc... vit c helps apsorption...

kaalii

oh and did forest walk/jog before the sg...
beautiful day to miss the forest visit...

kaalii

sounds like a great plan, linda!
and so cool your husband is doing the challenge with you... im guessing it will make it so much more relaxed and natural...
go!go!go!

kaalii

thursday - green !! more generous meals than usually, lately... im hungry, probably because eating more carbs... but having green days is important because it still feels im recovering from the holidays, habit wise... lets see if i can have 21 days again... becaue then the 3 weeks trip to italy agai...

kaalii

here is a nice article, pretty much in line with noS... except the hunger scale thing, one plate is more than good enough hunger scale for me... noS, when properly internalized, teaches us the art of serving ourselves optimally... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/feeling-hungry-health_n_2839...

kaalii

let me know if you find out more aobut it...

kaalii

thank you, e-lyn... might be worth mentioning that many of our social gatherings dont involve food at all, some do, but not all and not necessarily tons of it... unless it is a barbecue, but then im vegetarian so barbecues are not so dangerous for me in general... plus, i never go to restaurants, fo...

kaalii

still time to join in...

i need this months to be greener than the previous one... and hopefully to make another 21 day challenge... last month it escaped me for one day...

kaalii

tuesday - green!!

kaalii

so, thursday was green ! then i took an S day for friday gathering of friends (mostly because i planned to drink some coctails with high sugar content that i was participating in making for the party, otherwise an n-day) then my regularly ok Sweekend but today a big red day ! Sweets - 2 cookies Snac...

kaalii

haha, opening a new topic for a red day...

but, yes, i know the feeling of having a red day and feeling totally ok with it, even god about it, because of being confident about being on the plan and the circumstances were sane...

kaalii

Her friends marveled at her burgers and fries and such, but she didn't really eat like that all the time. It wasn't to try to stay thin. She was just as likely to have a very light lunch or dinner at home. Or sometimes practically skip a meal. But most thin people aren't really aware of what they d...

kaalii

tea, herbal infusions, coffee... are all allowed in noS...
substitute sweets/snacks with them...
i did it with my nightime/internet/movies/series rituals...
it was hard, but soooo worth it...
now it is easy...

kaalii

im in, too... :arrow::arrow::arrow::arrow: :arrow: 01 8) 8) 8) 05 06 07 08 09 8) 8) 12 13 14 15 16 8) 8) 19 20 21 22 23 8) 8) 26 27 28 29 30 8) -taking an S day on friday, the 2nd... there will be a big gathering of friends, costumes and all, and i want to drink a sugary coctail or two... -5th - all...

kaalii

awesome, rawcookie!!

kaalii

wednesday - red !! seconds for dinner, was so hungry and my 9" plate was not enough... and a square of chocolate an hour after that... and this is my august... worst months so far... half of it being holidays... but still maintaining beautifully and feel good about noS in general... my august: :arro...

kaalii

i think there is one person on this forum not eating sweets at all because of the health condition (s)he has... i remember reading about it but not sure who it is...

kaalii

tuesday - green!!

bicycling around...

kaalii

monday - green !!

but i have eaten a lot, felt stuffed after each of the 3 plates...

kaalii

friday - green!

bicycling in the evening to town, it was nice, my best friend is pretty fast and good on the uphills so it was a nice exercise... we went to sing karaoke with friends... that was so much fun...

kaalii

thicker soups, like stews, i eat with a slice or two of bread... unless there is pasta/noodles in them... and a light salad on the side (as with almost every meal)... soups like broths as well as tomato soup i eat as entrée with a bit of noodles... i eat rarely broth as entrée unless im back in croa...

kaalii

just dropping by to say that it sounds you are doing great on noS... mental impact is awesome and the loss of around 7lbs in 11 weeks is really good... :) oh, and i also find that weighing on wednesday or thursday mornings is the most realistic, optimal yet flattering (encouraging) choice when on no...

kaalii

welcome, oregongirl! even with different stories, lots of nice people here on the forum to give you encouragement! :) noS feels so sane! and wow, nantahala, what a beautiful story of your mother!! i love it! btw. i also find that noS tends to drive me below my goal weight and i had to add a bit food...

kaalii

yay, rawcookie! but i KNEW it! you are going through temptations so elegantly... im glad you have arrived to that place... and that you have done it with noS... such an encouragement for everyone!

kaalii

august slowly ending...
the most red month for me so far... but the challenge was about getting back on track after the 6weeks of holidays... and im back on track...

kaalii

On the other hand, being mature is so unsatisfying. oh so true, smtms... but i have found that when there is potential of resentment build-up, it is better to consciously act in, arguably, less mature way... (resentment can be so energy draining)... i'd do like merry suggests as far as fb is concer...

kaalii

you can do it, rawcookie!

focusing on talking and listening is a good trick...

kaalii

thursday - green ! a bit of tennis at work with a kid, plus the usual walking and stairs... but today im making a pause day from actual exercising... yesterday i exeggerated: on top of swimming and running, i did some pretty fast night bicycling (going for a beer by the fire with friends 15 min bike...

kaalii

excellent point - the sweet spot¨
thanks, kathleen...

kaalii

Enjoyable activities like walking in a forest are easier to maintain. I often wanted to live in a town with forest in the back of my house to do that, but the wife isn't the "wild outdoors" type I am. oh, too bad, it is soo nice and peaceful to live next to a forest...im more in other countries, tr...

kaalii

wednesday - green !! been a while since i used my mod of portion of nuts or fruits... now that my weight is not below ideal im relaxed in vanilla noS... but my body fat dropped to 18.7% again according to this morning's measurment... sweet... swimming during my son's swimming training... and now off...

kaalii

Go Mum! are you two competitive (in a mutually beneficial way, of course)? sounds like it's working well! haha, noooo! not competitive... it is funny, though, how it looks when we go together on our walks: we walk together but she walks way too slow for me so i, like a dog that you throw a stick to...

kaalii

thank you, katleen... i got that much that it is 5 hours eating window as opposed to 8 hours... but i didnt get what is the difference, meaning - more health benefits (growth hormone, insuline sensitivity...)? or is it just better addressing the possibility of binge eating during the eating window o...

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