Everyday Systems

ladybird30

Well done for sticking with the plan under stress. I think that putting out all your food at once on one plate and sitting down to eat is a good habit to get into. I have found it useful.

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Good to hear that you are making some progress with the exercise. If what I read is true, it is possible that with more muscle and less fat you will see your insulin sensitivity rise and will be able to eat more grains and legumes without seeing your blood glucose rise too much. But you probably kno...

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Welcome Carolyn

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Mon 30 August- 2 meals so far, success
Tues 31 August - success

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Hi Oolala - I have noticed a difference in my leg muscles from doing strength training, even though I walk as well. The main difference is in the quads from squats. My strength training has cost me nothing but the price of the book I use. One of the reasons I do it on my own is because I can space t...

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Sounds like your records were really useful. When I start finding sticking to No S hard, I end up making life easier for myself by not worrying about how much I am eating at meal times. It cuts the crazy cycle, and meals start levelling off of their own accord. The temptation to snack then is much l...

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Thanks Pink - yes I am feeling OK again.

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Mon23 , Tue 24, Wed 25, Thurs 26, Fri 27 success
Sat 28, Sun 29 3 meals

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Planning helps

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How did you go Thursday?

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Friendships wax and wane, and some can tolerate more frankness than others. I have managed to forgive one friend who really stepped over the line, perhaps because I heard from others that that person regretted their actions. Also perhaps because they are part of my friendship group, and in a relativ...

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Well done also

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Mon 16 - failure - 3 meals + supper. My usual meals just aren't cutting it at the moment, perhaps because I have been doing more walking. Tues 17 - Thurs 19 success. 2nd COVID jab Wednesday. Fri 20 - failure - due to not planning ahead ended up having a snack while waiting for my meal to cook. I cou...

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Good luck with the four minutes. I do hope you find something you enjoy. Congrats on the 6 mile walk - I think you are fitter than many women our age. I use a tick list to keep myself up to the mark - that tick on the sheet of paper is a little reward for me. I need something to counteract my tenden...

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I will put in a plug for resistance exercise here. I do bodyweight exercises as I don't care for gyms and barbells are too hard on my joints. I also enjoy the ongoing challenge of getting the positions right and the progression of harder exercises. Getting stronger has made it easier to do other thi...

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I am pretty sure that my brain thinks 142 lbs is the right weight for me - at least, that is a weight I can maintain without much effort. However, I am not sure that my knees agree. As for eating at the wrong times, I think that eating when I am not hungry is a wrong time. And eating during the nigh...

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I think that starting with avoiding snacking sounds good, as is just concentrating on one habit at a time when you already have a lot on your mind.

A period of not gaining weight is good - it is called maintenance, and is also a skill we need to have to permanently lose weight.

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Yes, habits take a while to establish.

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Mon 9 Aug - 2 meals so far. success Tues 10 Aug - out all day travelling & walking with friends, so meal schedule was a bit chaotic. Failure, 2 proper meals, 2 snacks. All eaten when hungry. Wed 11 aug - fail, 3 meals & a snack - still getting hungrier than usual. Don't want to eat more at meals as ...

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Welcome back Amerie.

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Welcome back, hope the good habits stick.

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I noticed a HUGE improvement in my restless legs and my sleep quality from all that walking so I have been trying to walk more since I got home. I too need a certain minimum amount of daily exercise, about 5000 steps per day, to stop me tossing and turning in bed. I believe that humans are made to ...

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Sun 1 Aug 3 meals & one snack Mon 2 Aug success Tues 3 failure - snack before dinner - I think it was mostly hunger, but I was having a low energy couple of hours so probably a bit of food craving mixed up with it. I don't really regret giving in - it was only a drink of cocoa and an apple. Then I h...

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Well, July went pretty well. Only one failure on an N day, very few seconds - there might have been a couple I didn't note. Had 2 meals where I felt like I had overloaded my stomach a bit, so still have some work to do there. I am having one of those periods when I can go a bit hungrier without it b...

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TeacherJ - I hope you don't let your anxiety about menopause spoil what could be the best years of your life. Horror stories are not representative of the average experience, but I expect your doctor has already told you that. In stead, you could focus on the benefits - no more periods & all that en...

ladybird30

Sounds like you are reaping the benefits of continued moderation, well done.

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Thanks Linda.

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Hi TeacherJ, welcome.

As for advice, mine would be consistency, regular tracking, honesty with oneself and don't try to change too much at once (unless that is really your thing).

Also, use No S to reign in the eating overages before trying for restriction (dieting).

Good luck.

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lpearlmom wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:21 am
it just never feels good to mindlessly snack.

No indeed it doesn't

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Welcome. My own experience suggests that overeating can improve with time, especially if dieting is avoided. Congrats on your progress so far.

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A few more science major who also know some history wouldn't hurt either.

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I have found regulating my eating much easier on 3 meals & no snacks, even though it is not without some difficulties

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oolala53 wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:06 am

I sometimes can't believe I still have to give this mental energy, but here we are.

Well, we are fighting a few million years of evolution here in an unnatural food environment - something that I will try to remind myself of next time those unwanted cravings hit.

ladybird30

No, that's just what we call a small mid afternoon meal or snack where I come from - tea is not necessary, nor is sipping daintily from fine bone china. The name is anglo though. We also have breakfast, morning tea, lunch or dinner, tea or dinner depending on class and state, and supper, although su...

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I think that long term behaviour and habit change is a long term project. Reinhard was able to change his eating behaviour quickly, but he has had rather more difficulty with alcohol. Personally I have spent many decades gradually changing my eating habits and trying various things. If I ate nowaday...

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I feel slightly weird about this because I was not directed by my doctor to do all this and I don't know if it is legitimate concern, not wanting to wait until it actually is dangerous, or part of the obsession and a diversion from harder stuff to face, like doing prep for my acting pursuit, or som...

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Mon 19/7 2 meals so far, but I was having an extra hungry day, so failure, with afternoon tea. Tues 20 - success Wed 21 - breakfast, success Thurs 22 - success Fri 23 - success Sat 24 - 3 meals & a snack before dinner because I was too hungry to want to wait Sun 25 - still hungry, so had 3 meals & a...

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Good to hear from you again Octavia

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Good luck, it sounds like an interesting experiment

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Thanks for the encouragement.

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Mon 12/7 - success Tues 13 success Wed 14 success Thurs 15 one meal so far, technical success but my stomach let me know that I overloaded my dinner plate. Fri 16 - one meal so far, success Sat 17 - 2 meals so far, tucking into chickpea and leftovers soup during a showery & cool afternoon. 3 meals t...

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I'm still working on side lunges, the sort where you are supposed to finish with a sort of squat on one leg while still supported with the other extended leg. Pistols look awesome, but they are still a distant dream.

ladybird30

Very frustrating for you. Its been my observation that in recent years interesting but preliminary scientific research is getting turned into businesses perhaps before the science is really there to support the business model. Perhaps that might explain your less than satisfactory results with Zoe. ...

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Great news that you are eating normally as well as losing weight.

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I'm happy to do a small amount of tracking. Its useful for keeping the exercise up, but I can't see myself writing down my food for the long term. I think of the latter as training wheels.

ladybird30

All the best with the counselling. I think that it it likely that 3 moderate meals a day will lead to at least some weight loss for most people if it is followed consistently. And it is much better for mental health than that awful cycle of diet, restrict, and then do the opposite.

ladybird30

What's really hit home for me is that I have no interest in becoming my "best" self that we see pushed so much around us. It's a strange aim in life, self perfection, and probably doesn't do wonder for one's mental health. Congrats anyway on your 75 days of moderation and the ensuing weight loss.

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Well June went comparatively well, with only 2 failures on n days, and one day of a bit of funny business, a success rate of about 90%. Perhaps as a result, or perhaps because writing down my food has made me more mindful, my weight dipped to a new low since Feb of 141 lbs. I will continue to log my...

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Good news.

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Bad luck about the osteopenia. I agree with your reservations about innate sensing and an optimum diet. I'd like to say that I was against any sort of diet dogmatism or one diet fits all, but the truth is that nowadays I take a great deal of care to stick to unprocessed and unrefined foods with a fe...

ladybird30

Welcome back- it might help if you think of NoS as a way of changing habits for the long term rather than a diet.

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oolala53 wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:22 am
But that wasn't breakfast. That was a fix.

Good one, I will remember that for next time I'm jonesing - not a meal, a fix.

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Lots of free info about DDF on the Optomising Nutrition website, nothing that any motivated person can't do with a blood glucose monitor, a pen and paper and some time. Yes I believe that finger pricks are involved. I've thought of doing it myself if I don't manage to reign in my eating enough to lo...

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IEmbrace the idea that you USED to be a stress eater. Its my belief that the way we see ourselves can be very powerful. For instance, when I was young, I used to have the occasional cigarette. Sometimes it was more than occasional. But I never actually saw myself or identified myself as a smoker (g...

ladybird30

Good to hear that your Mum is doing well

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Yes, I am hoping everything is alright with you too.

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Some 15 years ago when I was 20 lbs heavier and a lot less fit than I am now, I struggled up the stairs next to a dam wall and was surprised and somewhat appalled at how difficult I was finding it. Never want to go back there.

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Welcome back

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A few weeks ago I had 3 minutes of ridiculous (to anyone watching) and enjoyable exercise - dancing around the room to Pharrell Williams Happy. That is how that song makes me feel. I hope you can find something that is as much fun for you.

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It wasn't the whole of Australia, just the state I live in - we have temporary strict lock downs of a couple of weeks or so when we have a quarantine outbreak while the contact tracers do their work. Then restrictions get gradually eased as case numbers decrease. Fortunately, I live in a regional ar...

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I am impressed by your dedication to the strength training. I have a series of bodyweight exercises I do, from Mark Lauren's Body By You. Once or twice a week is enough for me, as it can take up to 5 days for me to fully recover. But even so, I can still feel the difference. And there is something v...

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Hi Ellis - your rate of weight loss sounds about the same as mine - I am down 6 lbs since last Dec, about 1 lb a month. Patience, patience, patience......

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Congrats, you have done really well.

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When I was a small child, back in the 1950s and 60s, we had 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. As an older child morning tea was dropped, so it was a regular 3 meals and one snack. Then I hit my teenage growth spurt, and I was hungry all the time. My normal lunch wasn't enough, even after eating a big brea...

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May was much the same as usual, mostly 3 meals a day with the occasional supper once or twice a week and about 3 occasions when I either ate a bit more than needed or was not really hungry for a meal. This is obviously good enough to maintain my weight, as I finished the month on 142 again in spite ...

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No, but we exercise anyway because of the other benefits

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Sat May 1 - 2 meals plus an extended evening meal Sun May 2 - not so hungry today. 3 meals Mon 3, Tues 4 - success Wed 5, Thurs 6 - fail, supper because I was too hungry to sleep Fri 7 success Sat 8, Sun9 3 meals Mon10, Tues 11, Wed 12 success Thurs 13 failure - supper. Fri 14 success Sat 15 3 meals...

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April had a bit of a shaky start, but I have settled down into a nice regular eating pattern of 3 meals and no snacks at the moment, and my overall success rate was higher than last month.

Weight was about the same, 142 - 143 lbs.

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You do have a lot going on at the moment, so good to hear you are OK. Lovely that Sweetpea felt able to talk to you and Doc about something so important to her.

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Welcome back

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Well, March was reasonably successful, with a compliance rate of about 80% for N days. Ended the month at the bottom of my current weight range, which was pleasing. Mar weight - 142 - 144. Also starting to regain my fitness after a break last year. Thurs April 1 - failure. Had supper - b'fast was sm...

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I use a spreadsheet for No S, & the number of steps I do. But to keep track of the exercises I do to keep my body functioning I have a sheet of paper which sits on my kitchen bench.

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Good to hear from you Joasia, I have often wondered how you are doing. Congratulations on maintaining a considerable
weight loss - I know from your posts how hard it has been for you.

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BackToThin wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:29 pm
I"Premature optimization is the root of all evil." quoted by Reinhard and applied to diet is so true!

That's a good quote for me to remember

ladybird30

Congrats on getting more in shape & doing the hard work to get there

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Congratulations on your long term changes Oolala.

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Small victories are good

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Yeah, it's much easier to resist temptation that isn't near by.

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Keep up the good work

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Welcome Zeejane

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I was sad to hear about Sue Grafton - I had my own ideas about what might have been a satisfying resolution to the series, but it would have been nice to have had hers.

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Thanks Pink - always nice to know someone else has had the same experience.

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thought I would do a month of success/failure Mon 8 mar - failure, seconds of fruit for dinner, ate too much Tues 9, Wed 10 - success Thurs 11 - technical success, but too much dinner Friday 12- technical failure, but no overeating. Organized a walk with friends along a local trail that goes thru ro...

ladybird30

Welcome back, good luck with the regular meals

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Portion control reviews - success was mixed. My weight has stabilized at 142 - 143, which is good, but no further weight loss. After the first two weeks, I started getting hungrier and my Nos S compliance slipped which is not good. It turns out that imposing artificial portion controls rather than e...

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Hi Auto - I had been wondering what was making the difference - no news is good news by the sound of it.

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automatedeating wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:25 am
this time around on No Alcohol I've not given in to the sweets.

Good to hear.

ladybird30

So nice that you can talk to Doc like that. Glad you are feeling better today.

ladybird30

Yes, I often do the same when I am trying to hit a steps target. It makes it more manageable.
The other way is to get a good chunk of my steps by a morning walk, & pick the rest up through
incidental activity during the day. Either way gets me out of my chair.

ladybird30

Wow, amongst all your other skills you can skate as well.

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Walking dates are terrific

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Any food that is not picked up off the floor is clean, & I can't even begin to imagine what a dirty fast is.

The last thing most of us need is applying terms like clean to our food & eating. Hair shirt anyone?

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Thankyou for your kind words Pink

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Congrats on the acting part, so exciting for you.

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Using alcohol for relaxation - sounds very like what I have done with food.

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Yes, I am trying to establish permanent habits that will mean this will be the last time I try to lose weight.

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I have now been using portion control at meal times for 2 weeks. It is going well, and I have not been seriously tempted to break my self-imposed rules. I am trying to be what Reinhard calls comically strict. My meals are generous enough to prevent serious hunger, & varied enough to prevent boredom....

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Normally a change in my food plan for the day will throw me into a tailspin (because I’ve always lost weight counting calories). But I ate half of my dinner I ordered (too much food for one meal!) and then stuck to my plan. I even skipped my evening snack because I still felt full. Well done Zoid

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All the best for your recovery Barbra

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Welcome & all the best for your 6 month experiment. As far as genetics goes, you probably already know that most modern health conditions with a genetic component also need the right (or wrong) environment to trigger those conditions. When I was a child, back in the 1960s, there was one fat kid in m...

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