Everyday Systems

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SUCCESS for Wednesday N Day 3 Normal Plates outdoor walk (divided into 2 sessions) over 30 minutes total Not a difficult day, but I drank a lot of liquid (H2Orange and coffee) Wednesday night guests--the temptation for sweets was not that strong. No problem with the doughnuts and sweetrolls. The sme...

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N Day Success Breakfast: scrambled egg,ham Lunch: 2 X 4 Soup with cornbread piece Supper: Corn Chips topped with chalupa meat, cheese, sour cream Lots of Coffee but NO DESSERT OK Supper Club was great and the dessert was a coconut cake, but I was so satisfied with my one plate (I actually had chips ...

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Getting on the site after dinner has helped me wait out the lagtime between mouth, brain, and stomach. After I have checked out the new posts then it is easier to clean up the kitchen without the temptation to nibble. I really love not having the option to eat after supper. I have tried to give myse...

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Happy N Day Breakfast: sausage biscuit/coffee Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, green beans with leftover chicken chunks Supper: 2 X 4 soup with cornbread Exercise: 35 minute brisk walk Supper Club is tomorrow night. This happens once each month and is never on a day that starts with S. The dessert will be the ...

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Thank goodness it is an N Day. I am not taking President's Day as a special after the Valentine's Day weekend. I have to be at work anyway so it is not really a holiday. The S weekend was full of sweets with a capital S, but I did get nearly an hour of good, hard walking in each day. I know I overat...

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Karen, Welcome back. I have been here since Dec. 26 and have been checking in daily. It really helps my focus and determination to post daily and I also receive support from reading other's daily posts. I will be looking forward to following your progress and will try to help when I can. You do the ...

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I think that it is very revealing that you have no translation for "comfort food." That shows that we have been taught in our culture to turn to food for comfort. I don't think we even have an equivalent for (bon appetit)! I also appreciate your "learning to walk" analogy. That is exactly what we ar...

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S Day Exercise: Yes it is sad that our bodies adapt over time to exercise and will burn less calories, but I am mentally prepared for this. I don't have access to an elliptical trainer any more, but my plan is to add 15 minutes of high incline treadmill to my outdoor walking minutes after I get to 4...

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SUCCESS Breakfast: boiled egg, Fiber 1 cereal w/ skim, coffee Lunch: 1/4 chicken breast, broccoli, cauliflower, black beans Afternoon: H2Orange and coffee Supper: chicken tortilla casserole, 1/2 apple, few almonds 45 minute outdoor brisk walk Two S days coming up and one is Valentine's. No chocolate...

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Since you are our Barnabus on board I wanted to drop in and thank you for all the encouragement you give to newcomers. It is difficult to get through the first 21 days without a cheering squad and I have noticed that you don't let anyone fall through the cracks. Since you remind us all of the change...

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FAILURE my first one! Breakfast: scrambled egg, English muffin, bacon Lunch: black bean soup, crackers, cheese stick Supper: too much rotisserie chicken, broccoli/cauliflower, toast, roasted sweet potato chunks. Supper I can't really call supper one plate. I had gotten very hungry and had not had my...

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I think your trendline is what is happening to most of us and it is really important to know that when you just have those last pesky 10 lbs. to lose. One of the things I never did like about the TV show Biggest Loser was the emphasis on fast weight loss. Unless you are very overweight, real permane...

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SUCCESS for Day 47 Overslept this morning due to all night storm. But I grabbed a boiled egg and some leftover chicken and cherry tomatoes as I ran out the door. Breakfast: egg and oats (had a stash in my office) Midmorning: V8 Lunch: chicken and tomatoes Pre Supper: coffee with milk and H2Orange Su...

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You really are thinking very rationally and not emotionally. Good for you! You know that you have had many more SUCCESS days than FAILURE days. Why are we so hard on ourselves when we can't live up to our hopes and expectations. But you are so right to realize there is not another choice: just move ...

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Oh Good. Anita, you get to teach the rest of us how to do NoS on vacation! Seriously, I would think this should be easier than anything you have ever done before. Remember in the past, you might have hauled special food around, valiantly tried and failed to stay on program, and/or said, "Phooeey, I'...

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SUCCESS for Day 46 Breakfast: scrambled egg, toast, bacon, coffee Lunch: black bean soup, cherry tomatoes, flatbread crackers Afternoon coffee with milk and H2Orange Supper: steamed broccoli/carrots, chicken Caesar whole wheat wrap 30 minute indoor walk Really hungry for supper because I had to wait...

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You can now join the Southern debate over cornbread. The purists say "NO SUGAR" and if you add any sugar you are not a true Southern cook. The old timers are just as adamant about that as true Texans are about beans in chili (they don't belong). I think you are doing great. Your cornbread (at one pi...

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I don't want to be too hard on WW here because as far as diets go, it does emphasize healthy, balanced eating with moderate exercise, and it does work as long as you can do it. BUT as most of us have found out, we just couldn't make it our life's work. I even trained as a lecturer in the 70's after ...

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SUCCESS for Day 45 (I am amazed when I look at the day count) N Day I did not feel comfortable on my two S days, but I needed them. I don't think they were S days gone wild (well, probably too many sweets--but not a sweet binge). I will be happier next weekend with 3 structured meals and a special p...

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Welcome to the club! I found it difficult the first week or so. It helped to drink LALoser's recommended H2Orange drink. Also, knowing that you can have a glass of milk (which has protein and fat) to carry you to the next meal helps. Some of us have found that drinking coffee in the afternoon dulls ...

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SUCCESS for an S day I am not thrilled with my eating pattern today, but it was an S day afterall. I think I have satisfied my fantasy craving for pastry. It seems each weekend there is some previously forbidden food that I just have to try out. I think I have taken care of cheesecake, chocolate, mu...

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SUCCESS for Day 42 I just realized that this is my second round of 21 days. The habit really does feel strong. Nevertheless, I know I need to be vigilant. Breakfast: scrambled egg, 1/2 English muffin, 1 1/2 strips bacon, a couple of tablespoons oats Lunch: cup of beef stew, cup of yogurt with bluebe...

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You said it well. One reason I enjoy this group so much is that I feel so many here have lived my life. I feel as if we are all part of a diet recovery group. Hello, my name is___________and I am a recovering point counter. I have been "clean" 42 days. I hope that many are able to be successful with...

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SUCCESS for Day 41 I have been stuck at work and can't get away until after 9:00 tonight. But I have been free from about 3:30-6:30 so I walked to town and back (45 minutes), then later I walked to Subway and back for my supper. Meals were good and I was very hungry for each one. On my walk I though...

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Oh Yes...the post weigh in depression. Here is what think. We are probably eating the right amount of calories to lose during the week. But..our S days are still over the top so instead of holding on to the loss from the week we actually gain some of the loss back. Your spreadsheet trend might show ...

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Janie, Thanks for the encouragement on my daily check in. I can tell from your posts that we have had some common life experiences. I like your driving metaphor, "Just stay in your lane." I also like what someone else said about dog training and "crating their puppy." I think of that often. After a ...

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Day 40 SUCCESS but..this one was close! Had to rush supper before people came to the house with all the after supper sweets--which meant I was cleaning and straightening for company while eating--I hate that. But I was virtual plating in my head: small cup of tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich, ap...

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Anita, Here we are talking on Anne's spot...Actually my coffee drinking last night was 1/2 caffeine and 1/2 decaf. I have been trying the last couple of days not to worry about being hungry in the midmorning or afternoon and have had less on my plate at lunch; however it is 3:00 in the afternoon and...

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Way to go Anne. I had to eat supper at 4:30 last night because I had a mixed up day, too. I put on a pot of decaf coffee and made it through the evening. It seems like you, Anita, and I were all drinking tea or coffee to hold on yesterday. It is cold here, too, but nothing like the Northwest I am su...

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DAY 39 SUCCESS Good N day. Walked a total of 70 minutes. Had smaller breakfast than usual. Made it to lunch just fine. Had smaller lunch than usual. Really hungry by 4:00. Had normal plate supper at 4:30--Settled in for the evening. I should wake up hungry for breakfast, so a nice, big bowl of steel...

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I have noticed that no one has mentioned playing musical instruments. It is impossible to eat and play at the same time. I enjoy playing the flute and my daughter is a cellist. When she was at home we would play duets some in the evenings. I play the piano a little bit, and I have used both flute an...

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Day 38 SUCCESS Breakfast: 1 egg, tortilla, little mayo, orange juice Lunch: huge muffin, roasted pepper/tomato soup Supper: lentils with tomatoes, mushrooms, small slice of ham, Japanese mixed vegetables with olive oil coffee with milk several times today Going to bed slightly hungry. 20 minute powe...

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I am so sorry that you have had a rough weekend. I know what you mean about the "binge around the corner." And, I agree, they seem like out of body experiences. I have felt like I was watching myself do stupid eating, but could not stop the person I was watching. I have watched myself eat one sweet ...

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Thanks fellow travelers, Anita and Anne. I really am happy about my month. I feel like I have reached stability as far as my eating is concerned. I really believe any excess weight will come off eventually as long as I am stable. It is the erratic behavior that causes problems. I have had a wonderfu...

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Since this is a milestone day, this post might get lengthy, but I am writing for myself to help me remember History: 1. Never was satisfied with my body size. At 5'7" thought as a teenager and young twenty year old that I should weigh 125 and measure 36 24 36. My skeleton maybe! 2. My first official...

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SUCCESS for Day 35 And tomorrow is an S day!! Breakfast: 2 eggs, toast, banana Lunch: broccoli soup, cornbread, nuts, dried fruit, oats Supper: 2 small 2 bite pizzas, small slice chicken breast, broccoli Probably too much coffee today. Exercise: 30 minute power walk outside Tomorrow is my first weig...

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I so agree with your posts on the general discussion and your response to Anne. I want to lose some pounds, too, but I can see how important it is to get the NoS habit down. It feels sooo good not to restrict and obsess. I just know that if I stay with the habit and gradually up my exercise to somet...

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I agree with the previous post. (I can't remember whose it is??) Your original goal was to stop the chaotic eating behavior. If you are within three pounds of where you normally are and your eating behavior has improved, I call this success. I told you that the scale holds too much power over me. If...

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SUCCESS for Day 34 Another green day. Fiber 1 cereal w/ skim milk Canadian bacon coffee Broccoli soup w/ cheese Walnuts Cornbread Chicken Breast over Pasta Broccoli Italian toast Coffee Morning exercise: 5 minutes of Sun Salutations Afternoon exercise: 20 minutes brisk outdoor walk lots of stair cli...

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bizzybee your metaphor of "crating the puppy" is going to stay with me.
That's what I do. Crate the puppy between meals!

and thanks reinhard for the link. I laughed out loud when I read stevecooper's post on how many ways to spend your WW pts.

I can see again that I am in good company!

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SUCCESS for Day 33 Ice Storm came within 5 miles of us, but we stayed clear and with power. Breakfast:Peanut Butter Sandwich w/ Banana, Milk Lunch:walnuts, potato, few cubes cooked chicken Supper: Hearty Vegetable Beef Soup with cornbread, apple Exempt day for exercise I am ending the day hungry, bu...

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I have been purging my files of old diet material that I will never need again because of NoS. I came across my file of motivational quotes and was amazed at how most of them no longer apply. Here is the one that really got my attention: "Keeping it off is a hundred decisions a day that help me main...

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I am glad for all of you who made it to 21. I am working on my second round of 21 and am getting up the nerve to weigh the first of the month. After being pretty much addicted to the scale along with the diet mentality for many, many years I wanted to wait until I was confident that I had the NoS ha...

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Day 32 SUCCESS Had a good N day. Breakfast: eggs, toast, Canadian bacon Lunch: walnuts, dried fruit, Pasta frozen entree Supper: shrimp, veggies, rice stir fry, almonds, 1/2 pita We are under a Winter Ice Storm warning but did have school today, even though some more remote areas were closed. Tomorr...

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Day 31 is a SUCCESS The N days are getting easier. I just wanted less food today for some reason. (Maybe I am balancing out the excess of the S days) Breakfast: Fiber 1 cereal with skim, 1 T peanut butter Lunch: small whole wheat muffin, 1 cheese stick, 1 large apple, walnuts Supper: large bowl of p...

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Day 30 was a SUCCESS because it is an S day. Light Breakfast: Toast and cheese stick Noon: crackers and peanut butter Lunch at 2:30 Ate at Cracker Barrel--moderate amount--no sweets Supper at 7:00 Potato Soup with Italian bread--2 bowls chocolate covered cranberries and a sugar free chocolate frozen...

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I tried to use the 9 inch plate idea, but it just didn't work for me because of most of the reasons mentioned in other posts. If I want a smaller plate, I just use a salad plate or I just don't put as much on my regular plate. With this plan, we can see all the food we are going to eat because it is...

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Richard, It would probably be more fun for you on this board if there were some more young people to visit with, but you are doing a very grown up project so you will have to just put up with us old folks. You are learning to take one day at a time and try to do what is right for that day and then m...

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SUCCESS because it is an S day I ate an early supper (5:00) yesterday because of my hectic schedule during the day. That meant that I went to bed hungry and woke up hungry. Then the snackfest began: Nuts, pretzels, cheese crackers, fruit, chocolate mints, egg rolls I did indulge in snacking today an...

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SUCCESS for Day 28 I stayed green, but this was a rough day. I was overscheduled through no fault of my own. I had to scarf down a boiled egg, cheese stick, and a few walnuts at lunch or wait until after 4:00 for lunch. So I chose the egg, cheese, and walnuts in five minutes or less. But the old me ...

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SUCCESS for Day 27 3 tasty meals, no snacks, no sweets NO PROBLEM I can't believe I don't need my afternoon snack. I am eating an early supper, however. Weight training for 14 minutes in the morning + a little yoga. Walk on campus after work--to the library, to the science building, up and down flig...

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I don't know how to do the quote thing. But your quote below is me exactly!! I am happy. I enjoy cooking and eating. I am not deprived. And there is no more fretting over my decisions. My only regret is all the wasted years behind me. But at least I know what my future looks like. What a relief! "I ...

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Congratulations on all green. I save the goodies for later, too. Every Wednesday evening we have a group that meets at our house and someone brings treats each time. Last week I took 2 strawberry cupcakes and put them in the refrigerator to have on Saturday. Then on Thursday evening my daughter made...

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SUCCESS for Day 26

Sun Salutations a.m.

3 meals following NoS--followed rules, but meals were too hurried to be enjoyed

small glass of milk in late afternoon

Many trips up and down stairs, but no formal walking so am declaring Wednesday an exempt day for cardio

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Just like vanilla ice cream-no added toppings, no fancy ingredients, just plain vanilla.

Vanilla NoS is NoS without any add ons--doing the plan without tweaking.

This is just an American idiom for "plain."

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Good for you. You can do it. And you are correct....our bodies do not want to overeat or binge. Here is a quote I copied in my journal a few years back. It might have come from the Rules of Normal Eating, but I cannot give credit to the author for sure: "Your body has no interest in overeating ever....

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SUCCESS for Day 25 Breakfast: 1 boiled egg, 2 Ezekiel toast w/butter, coffee with milk, blueberries with yogurt Lunch: oats, dried fruit, walnuts, cheese, apple Supper: stir fry chicken with vegetables on brown rice Morning exercise: yoga warmup, weighted ball resistance training Afternoon walk: 20 ...

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SUCCESS for Day 24 I have already posted way too much today already, but I am off to a good start for my next 3 weeks. I bought a ten pound kettle bell and a 5 pound weighted ball to supplement my free weight routine. I tend to get bored easily. I am all set to do my morning routine early tomorrow m...

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I think I better respond to Kathleen about the scale and weighing. I don't think it is good to be in denial about weight gain. I am not weighing for now because the number on the scale cannot have a positive effect on my behavior. I am wearing pants every day that button. No way would I wear elastic...

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In response to Kathleen: I am about 5' 6" (used to be 5' 7" but I have shrunk in my old age). After beginning to diet at a weight of 142 lbs. in my twenties (all my friends were size 6's and 8's) I dieted and regained my way up to 166 by age 40. Then I got pregnant and after baby, my weight stayed f...

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I am impressed that you bike to work in this frigid weather. It has been cold here, too, but only in the 20's with the wind blowing making it seem much colder. I thought that was enough to curtail my outside walking. What a wimp I am!

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I just finished my first 21 days. Glad you are here on board. I have found great reinforcement and accountability by checking in once a day. I thought I would only check in for the first 21 days, but I am committing to another round of 21. Will you do the same? I'll look for you.

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In response to Anne's query about not weighing: All my adult life I have defined my eating success by the number on the scale. I have graphs, spreadsheets, journals, and other weekly weigh in records that go back for years. For now, I want to define success by NoS eating habits. I want the string of...

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I see that no one has joined the 21 club for a few weeks. I am happy to report that I am now a new member. This has been the most enjoyable 3 weeks. I have been a professional food restricter and excessive exerciser most of my life. This has been a most pleasant 3 weeks. I am not weighing until late...

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DAY 22 SUCCESS This was an S day to start my next 3 week cycle. My husband and I needed to be out of town for most of the day. In the past, this usually meant that I carried an approved lunch or had the usual grilled chicken salad or caved in and blew my diet. Now as a true blue NoSer I just had a l...

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SUCCESS for Day 21 I can't believe I have made it through 21 days without any problems. I started the day after Christmas because I did not want to do the usual New Year's beginning. I did not weigh before I started so I wouldn't know what I have lost if I were to weigh. I am not going to weigh unti...

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SUCCESS for Day 20 I cannot find where someone else posted, today I think, that NO-S is so easy because you don't have to think. You just have to WAIT. That is so true. Just wait. I have had my 3 plates today. For supper I had salmon steak, yogurt sauce, spinach salad and feel very satisfied. I am s...

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I am hoping that you are doing well on NoS. Do you just post your results once a week? You make your posts so graphically appealing; I haven't even learned how to add color! I still feel the need to check in daily, but I have been on so many restrictive diets that this seems so much easier. It's a r...

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SUCCESS for Day 19 Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, orange juice, small muffin Lunch: bowl of chicken vegetable soup with rice, small muffin Supper: peanut butter sandwich (Ezekiel bread) small bowl cottage cheese, mandarin oranges Guests in home this evening brought in sweets for gettogether. I took a ...

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SUCCESS for Day 18 3 plates Supper took a little tweaking, but I am confident I fixed a single plate. I haven't had raw spinach since I started 18 days ago. Now spinach takes up a lot of space unless you cook it down. I just pretended the spinach was "cooked down" and enjoyed a good size bowl of spi...

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SUCCESS for Day 17 Aren't N days comfortable? No thinking required. Meals were as should be. I had leftover Tortilla Soup for breakfast--how strange. and Beef/Veg. soup for lunch, and steak, potatoes, and veggies for supper (oh and cornbread muffin for lunch and supper.) If I were on a conventional ...

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I think you are off to a great start. My only suggestion would be to stay off the scale for awhile. It really is just a number that goes up and down. It is amazing how we can use it to either feel good about ourselves or to get discouraged. Just rack up those SUCCESS days on the HabitCal and know th...

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Thanks, Kathleen. I think I understand your thought process better. Habit formation is definitely the key and I think I hear you saying that you are clearly making a CHOICE to make a day an exception day. You are obviously not fooling yourself by blurring the boundaries. You simply choose to take an...

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Wow Kathleen, I thought I was very strict with my N days, but the thought of a breath mint making an N day a failure would never have crossed my mind. We are an interesting group of individuals here and I think most of us have had many, many failures along the dieting path and now we are having to w...

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An S Day SUCCESS I didn't feel the need for desserts or snacks today. I did enjoy my seconds at lunch and supper. I have a hearty beef vegetable soup made up to take to lunch for a few days. It is nice to use the S days for batch cooking for the work week. If I nibble as I cook it is OK--this is an ...

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Day 15 an S day so SUCCESS of course. I had a streussel (sp) topped cinnamon roll for breakfast. Boy was that thing sweet. I'm not even interested in any of the others. Veg. Beef Soup with a whole wheat muffin for lunch. A few walnuts and chips for a snack. A few individually wrapped chocolates (Her...

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Have an enjoyable S day. We need these I think just for a safety valve. Thanks for your encouragement to me. As I mentioned on my check in, we need to talk about this process some, but it probably needs with a fellow traveler. I am a very successful "dieter," but a lousy "maintainer." I see NO-S as ...

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SUCCESS for Day 14 Two Weeks on habit--Whoopee! Worked out at home early this morning. Set the timer. Had my 3 meals that tasted so good because I was hungry. Walked to the grocery store from my work in the middle of the afternoon. Have a party to go to Sat. night, but no problem, it is an S day. On...

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My default supper: Tortilla Pizza Flour tortilla spread with tomato paste sprinkle garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, basil, pepper Top with veggies from the frig: bits of green pepper, mushroom, onion Cut up Canadian bacon with scissors in strips Top with shredded cheese I put it on a preheated ...

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SUCCESS for Day 13 one more day and it will be two weeks and I am eager for my S days I have had 3 tasty and healthy and satisfying meals today, but much hunger this evening. It is an hour after supper as I write this and I am hungry. I know I had enough food on my plate (maybe not enough protein at...

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SUCCESS for Day 12 (3 meals and weight training) a very challenging day in some ways, but a success This was a back to work presession day at my school with all sorts of "free" meals. Free breakfast, but I had already had my breakfast plate at home so I just drank a V8 Free luncheon at school--had m...

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Thanks for the support. It is always nice to see that someone is listening that knows the drill. SUCCESS for Day 11 Today was a real reinforcer. A friend called right before lunch to ask to go out to eat at a bakery/sandwich shop that a mutual friend has recently opened. Any other January diet plan ...

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You are at the right spot. I stumbled upon this also. It seems that everyone here has been through the diet/lose/regain routine many times. I think that is why this simple plan is so appealing. We can see that the old ways don't work for us, but we are not able to have free rein either. I have been ...

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Day 10 SUCCESS I made it early to the gym this morning to do my walk and weights. It was a good thing too because later in the day sleet and frozen rain began. I was planning on having supper at 6:00, but the crock pot pork roast was ready and I was more than ready to eat by 5:00. So day 10 is offic...

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I have to ask...Can you freeze any muffins so you can enjoy on the next S day which is far, far away or will you make another batch on Friday? For now any special baking I do has to be close enough for an S day for me to enjoy. I am just not that strong. I am impressed with how you are doing. I was ...

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SUCCESS Day 9 an S day more "little" sweets than I intended, but not the old time sweetbinge "for tomorrow I diet." I did a few Sun Salutations, but it will be back to the regular M-F routine tomorrow. I have stayed totally away from the scales. I keep reminding myself that women 100 years ago would...

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Thanks for the tip:
First I am going to try for a couple of weeks to develop the habit of waiting and see if I can adjust. The 3:00 thing may just be that afterschool snack habit that needs to be broken. If not, I will go for the milk at 3:00. Thanks for the reminder.

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I have noticed that we all use terms from our field of training. Reinhard uses computer jargon. Scaffolding is an education term. When we (teachers) teach a new concept we have to help the student out with the scaffolding instead of overloading them all at once. I love this idea of habit--I really t...

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Welcome Linda I am also new as I have just finished my first week. And yes, it is so freeing not to count pts, grams, calories, weigh food, journal, etc. etc. I am committed to checking in every day until I feel confident about habit change. I love the habitcal. I'm not sure what I think about spend...

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Day 8 SUCCESS I did the marathon grocery shopping, bulk buying trip. This was a good day for an S day. I had a light breakfast, a midmorning snack, and then shopped until the middle of the afternoon. I had a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup for lunch and one tiny piece of pie. Then began the ...

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Success Whoopee!! I have successfully completed one week of no snacks, no seconds, and no sweets except on my 2 S days which also happened to be special days. I also did my workout every N day and even one S day. I was really, really hungry this afternoon and finally started supper at 4:45. It may b...

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Well I am ten years your senior, and I really feel like a slow learner. I have been at this process all my life, but this system seems like a perfect fit. Have you tried other weight loss programs? I, along with the other females on this board whose posts I have read, seem to have a long history of ...

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SUCCESS for Day 6 This was my second S day in a row. I made it through New Year' Eve enjoying a slice of pie and chips and dip. This was nothing like previous end of year sessions where the thinking went something like, "Well, I might as well eat and enjoy since I am really going to have to be depri...

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Success on my first SDay (assuming I am not an idiot at a party) Day 5 I had a smaller breakfast than usual, then a banana with peanut butter fr a mid morning snack. My afternoon snack was an apple and a small handful of almonds. It was amazing how satisfying that was. A cherry pie is in the oven. S...

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I am really too new to this to be giving advice. That would be presumptuous of me I realize. But I just wanted to ask...If you can only eat small amounts at a meal due to health reasons, why couldn't you have 5 small meals a day? A bag of chips is not a meal of course. If you are truly hungry and yo...

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Just to let you know I am also a teacher who is way past middle age and have just found this place. Isn't it interesting that lack of knowledge is not our problem? We could all write books on nutrition, exercise, emotional eating, etc. But it took a young, computer geek to save us! I did not have pa...

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Day 4 SUCCESS I have enjoyed not having to decide if I am hungry or not. I enjoyed 3 nice plates and cannot believe that I have not snacked for 4 days! Tomorrow will be my first S day. I am going to keep it normal until the New Year's Eve get together. Then I will have a snack. I probably will not h...

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I am on Day 3 and have enjoyed reading your honest posts. I just wanted to let you know (since you are the only one who can probably appreciate this) that I had a nice bowl of lentil soup made with Le Puy lentils my daughter brought back from France last summer. I had been saving them for a real mea...

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Day 3 SUCCESS 3 Tasty One plate meals--no sweets no seconds Made a fantastic lentil stew with real French lentils I had been saving 20 minute workout with weights (sorry I don't have the nerve to swing a sledgehammer around the house) 30 minute walk to the market and back up two steep hills! Very mu...

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[color=green]SUCCESS[/color] Day 2 was a success. I am counting this day as a normal day even though it is a Sunday because of New Year's Eve and New Year's coming up. I am going to be at a New Year's Eve small get together and I plan to have a snack. On New Year's Day there will be pie without guil...

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