Everyday Systems

kaalii

monday - green!! exercise - 6 dog walks, 2 longer ones... im getting used to this... but looking fwd to bringing it down eventually... and going (on foot) to the meeting with my son's teachers for bi-annual evaluation of progress... so proud of my son... all top marks and excellent behaviour... as w...

kaalii

auuu, just googled them, spanikopitas look delicious!!
it is a version of burek/pita... i love it but never manage to do them as they do them in specialised shops back in my country...

kaalii

i also think, given your schedule(s) and habits, it is a good choice to take wed/thu as S days...

kaalii

oh, delicious sane treats, rawcookie! great to hear you are running... i had a big bowl of popcorn with my son while watching a movie with him today... i love popcorn and have it almost every Sweekend... and 2 bites of his fresh pretzel while we were walking the dog... and yesterday a french toast a...

kaalii

me too, i think im better at saying no and yes with age but i still dont have a clear recipe for it... i weigh a bit more carefully those yeses or nos that have more at stake ie - my commitment not being good enough causing a major disaster... good, but again not absolute, guidance is also - is it f...

kaalii

fridays used to be a problem for me, too... especially because i also dont work on fridays... that weekend feeling... but i wouldnt worry about it too much because with time and habit more and more stable - not only that fridays become a non-issue but the sanity of Ndays spills out into the S days t...

kaalii

it is nice to even forget that it is Sweekend... and then to remember it... :lol: i normally really pay attention only to N days and let the S days be more relaxed but not crazy as reinhard clearly points out... it was a good idea to do a bit of yoga and one exercise from 5 tibetans last night... i ...

kaalii

wow, imogen, im impressed with your success!!
i wish you and your baby all the best for the delivery and looking forward to hearing from you when you can!!!

kaalii

what about something liquid? a glas of milk or cocoa if tea, coffee or water are not enough?
habit-wise it is a smarter choice...

kaalii

dogs are really the best! :) such a beautiful change in my life! friday - green! exercise - 5 dog walks... one of speedwalking over 6km... took him to the city to buy the ticket for my brother who is coming to visit in 12 days and help with the move... beautiful day here so i decided not to take a c...

kaalii

thanks, merry! thursday - green!! exercise will be again 5 walks...managing to do again 4 around only 20min. and one long one about an hour... tomorrow is normally my day off but replacing a colleague at work... cool, extra hours will come in handy around the move day...in switzerland legally, for a...

kaalii

wednesday - green!! exercise - 5 dog walks... only one of about an hour... the others under 30min. ... even though there were 2 minor accidents at home today, i feel our dog is getting it...something about him tells me he is really getting it... also, pulling on the leash is so much better/almost go...

kaalii

excellent, minimizer!! congratulations on your success!!
wow, only one red day!! way to go!!!

kaalii

tracey0829 wrote:ie, when I take out a number to replace it with a emoticon it ends up at the last place I typed).

this is why i am not replacing the numbers with emoticons but just colouring them green/red each time im editing the calendar...

kaalii

great for a golden january! and for the 2lb down! btw. when i was calorie counting i was also losing about 2lbs a month (i purposefully made it slower to make sure to be able to maintain after but also didnt always comply perfectly)... wish i knew about noS then, it would be much more pleasurable an...

kaalii

hey, ironchef, im also inspired by your consistency with noS... and i also plan to check in for long time just to make sure not to "forget" about noS in this less and less sane eating cultures we live in... oh. and for me all moving /exercising counts that is outside my regular moving which means go...

kaalii

here is the february challenge! :) wishing for lots of greens for all of us!!! :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 01 02 03 8) 8) 06 07 08 09 10 8) 8) 13 14 15 16 17 8) 8) 20 21 22 23 24 8) 8) 27 28 :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 7th - donut for dessert 10th - snack at the concert 15th - brother's arrival and ...

kaalii

tuesday - red !! took a donut and a half for dessert... 5 shorter dog walks (20-30min each)... and this is my january... lost weight and body fat because of intense walks with my new dog... i hope it goes up as his housetraining is progressing... well, the weight at least... body fat can stay low......

kaalii

monday - green!

exercise - 5 dog walks

today im not feeling so good... tired... a bit nauseous... i just hope i wont fall sick after my son...

kaalii

yes, timer is a great tool...
especially for the things we dont like to do...

kaalii

haha, linda, i agree with your husband! in europe, too, as fascist/totalitarian/populist tendencies are gaing mainstream strength, the real democracy in the grassroots and plain and simple acts of kindness are becoming more alive in people... i just hope for the history not to repeat itself as it di...

kaalii

glad that you are back, babybird!
noS's beauty is in what it does with the mind if we give it a real chance... and the body naturally follows... it works from the inside-out, i feel...
that is why by far the most of the succes here is just doing it the vanilla way...

kaalii

ok, update! i have to say that i couldnt actually longterm comply with this system UNTIL i decluttered my home completely! but then, when i did, it actually comes naturally to do at least 14min. every day... and often there is not much more to do because now it is so easy to put away things in their...

kaalii

oh yes, i find no seconds the most silent but probably the most powerful of the Ss...and yes, thank you reinhard - i would have never thought of it myself...

kaalii

excellent bunsofaluminium and beginagain!
always great to hear of 21 days on habit sucesses!!

kaalii

uff, i guess i waited too long this morning to take the dog out and he peed all over... stopped for a second when i clapped the hands loudly catching him... but then went on... i guess he needed to go...luckily i removed everything carped like and control his movements in the house but still... im a...

kaalii

thank you so much, rawcookie! im quoting it here to have it handy: I don't have a link - it's from the book Forks Over Knives Cookbook. Peanut Butter Granola Bars It was 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup of liquid sweet stuff - they say half maple syrup and half rice syrup - I used Sweet Freedoms' fruit...

kaalii

thank you, rawcookie!!!
that sounds so delicious! exactly my kind of treat for Sweekends!

kaalii

haha, yes, that is a lot of walking but i feel he needs it, it feels therapeutic to him and makes the adjustment easier... and housetraining is not yet solid so it is also my way of avoiding unpleasant cleaning... which im disgusted with even though im not showing it so as not to complicate the trai...

kaalii

2 weeks is way too soon to say anything about noS "(not)working" in the sense of weight loss... especially if you "gained" 400grams... not feeling bloated is already great and your digestive system must be thanking you... i am the proof that noS works even for low bmi (although that is not "promised...

kaalii

oh, linda, thank you so much for your work and activism! glad to see this unfortunate turn of the events is actually connecting people for their own sake and the sake of the planet! my faith in humanity is restored! thank you! :) it is so sad that the severe distrust in institutitions (that a lot of...

kaalii

kaalii

oh, that sounds delicious!
do you maybe have a link to the recipe for those treats? that sounds like something i could actually enjoy on S days, too...

kaalii

excellent, nettee!!! such a great summary!
congratulations on great progress!!!

kaalii

friday - green! exercise - 5 x +30min. walking dog my son came back with half-fractured wrist from the week of snowboarding... and what looks like a flu... so going to the doc to get the longetta/cast... and healing time... so swimming and drumming on hold... plus some more preparations for the move...

kaalii

oh yes, habitcal and monthly challenges are great motivators!

kaalii

exercise is a great stress relief for me so i know it will immediately get me unstuck if i move... but my new dog is such an extra motivator! im not suggesting getting a dog just to get moving because that is a decision too big to be taken lightly... but if you already have a love for dogs this is y...

kaalii

thank you, linda! my son is coming back today, im happy... yes, cant turn off being a mom... and parenting so often involves some cognitive dissonance... such an opportunity for growth... thursday was - green ! exercise - 5 x 30+min. walking the dog... a small accident in the morning... still learni...

kaalii

wednesday - green!

exercise - 4 x 30+min. walks with my dog...

kaalii

tuesday - red !! had two cookies for desert... i just felt like it... but had only two meals... was too full... exercise - 5 walks... all over 30min... the dog is clean for the past 2 days... but im still working on solidifying the house training... and these walks are such an awesome bonding and tr...

kaalii

im here for the food sanity, too, tracey... and i can say that after 9 months here im experienceing way more than i ever expected it to be... and all that energy and time from calorie counting and good food/bad food thinking and whatnot went into dealing with my actual life... it is so worth it! com...

kaalii

excellent, rawcookie!!
sweet success, indeed!

kaalii

I met some amazing women and am still kind of on cloud nine. I think my sister & I even made up. I sent her a picture of my girls getting ready to March and she sent one of her girls at the DC March. It seemed silly to hold on to any anger in light of what we were both fighting for. I told her let'...

kaalii

monday - green !! exercise - 5 dog walks in our forest, still potty trainig and learning the leash and recall basics to the dog... the shortest 20min. the longest almost 2 hours... adds up to at least 4 hours... not counting the work... it will not always be like this... but i like it... so yes... l...

kaalii

lpearlmom wrote: ( Tomorrow set your clock back about 300 years. )

glad you haven't lost your sense of humor!

thank you for marching today!

and maybe let the noS habit be your anchor if you are having hard times dealing with this!

kaalii

this is such a valuable thread so not only that we are glad you are back but thank you for sharing your experiences!

kaalii

beautifull post, bunsofaluminium!!

kaalii

wow! thank you for this beautiful testimonial! exactly what i want from noS! especially this: NoS changed my focus from controlling my eating, which I am deeply grateful for, to thinking about my levels of stress and joy. life is too short, beautiful and challenging enough to make it all about food ...

kaalii

I don't care what they say about thin people monitoring their food. i can testify to that... almost all my life i have been naturally thin... never monitored ablsolutely anything, quite the contrary i could go and stuff all the extras i ever wanted... and sometimes i was even frustrated how skinny ...

kaalii

soo our new dog bolt is home! sweeeeetheart!!! it is a lot of work/going out because he is not housetrained, although no big accidents untill now... just couple of small ones... he is also learning the leash so well... but it is a work... his fetch is also not so bad (this, i have a feeling, someone...

kaalii

i will, linda!

oh, and forgot to tell you that i love your signature!! it motivates and really captures the whole point of noS and life in general...

kaalii

my declutering is basically done!!! i have 5-6 plastic bags in the attic to go through with some books and photos but the rest of the house is beautifull!!! i am so energized... i put stuff back to their designated place with pleasure... the air is fresh, the space open... it is so easy to keep it c...

kaalii

thursday - green !! feel like im on a roll again... dont wanna jinx it but couldnt help but notice that it is really easy in the past couple of weeks to stay green... i dont even think about it... good appetite but zero cravings... lovely feeling! BMI stable 19.5 and body fat stable 17.6%... :) tomo...

kaalii

wow, 3 dogs! so great!! one big happy family!! :) bolt will be home on friday! im so excited! today i have finished all the dogproofing of our home that i could notice... and some finishing touches of decluttering... rolled up the livingroom carpet because they say at the shelter that he is not yet ...

kaalii

wow, 20h at work!
id surely have a red day, too...
have a good rest, rawcookie, and sleep well!

kaalii

tuesday - green !! no exercise... so i called the shelter to see how our dog is doing and when can we expect them to bring him... thursday or friday!!! oh, so great!! on average the adoption process here in switzerland takes around 2-3 weeks... seems like we are on the faster end... the woman actual...

kaalii

no problem, linda! oh, im not on instagram at all.. i just went to check your photos there because i have seen your name in your signature here on the forum... so i have seen the greyhound (?) too... beautiful animals... me, im totally out of my head!!! im so in love with our sweet bolt!! we went to...

kaalii

oh, i think i have seen one of them on your instagram photos... the little one... so cute... to post photos that are already uploaded somewhere on the web, because you need their URL address that you can get normally by right-clicking on the photo and then copy the URL address... then, when you are ...

kaalii

oh, thank you, linda! :) good days, indeed... but i primarily say this because, as you can imagine since you have dogs, i fell in love with one dog (i will post the pic when im 100% sure we can have him) and im going to visit him in a rescue center tomorrow for the first time!! so excited!! friday -...

kaalii

thursday - green!

besides work, one hour walk to the dentist plus 40 min walk to my son^'s drumming lesson and back...

kaalii

wednesday - green!!

a walk in the forest in the snow with couple of friends, my son and a dog...

kaalii

Thanks kaalii! 😊 Yes, she's got some good ideas. Very interesting stuff. Do you have a favorite book of hers? yes, "loving what is" is my favourite... but doing the actual work is what i felt the most benefit from, not reading about it... i havent even read all of her books, i think... alth...

kaalii

oh, i know, rawcookie... my friends from different european countries tell me the same (except for the scandinavian countries)... it has definitely become harder and harder to be financially ok no matter how we look at it... the funny thing is, im am actually technically poor for swiss standards ( i...

kaalii

hey, linda! your thread is always so interesting to read! :) im glad you liked byron katie... oh yes, on approval seeking - i have found so much relief through her work... you mentioned: Yes I've only read a couple chapters of Byron Katie but not sure I'm understanding it correctly. I do get that ou...

kaalii

thank you, tracey! im so glad it is inspiring! i am also very inspired and motivated by this beautiful and supportive online community! monday - green !! first day of work after the holidays... even without special exercise time, moving more than during the holidays... it felt good to bring lots of ...

kaalii

thank you, osonye!

it really feels that noS is amazingly simple and very effective way of eating for me...
i have given myself a task of checking in here regularly for at least 2 years before calling it a solid habit...

kaalii

woooow!!!
thank you, over43!! this is absolutely amazing!

kaalii

friday - green!!

beautifull snow over here... nice to be home for the holidays... mum left back to croatia... and we back to school/work on monday...
weight and body fat percentage stable... no change... so good!

kaalii

wednesday - red!

had a glass of cola with the dinner... just felt like it so much, haha...

thursday - green!

kaalii

tuesday - green!

a long but slow walk in the forest...

kaalii

nice partying for new year's and totally sane eating but today i just wanted a couple of pieces of chocolate and wanted a bigger dinner...
maybe im still hangover from the new year's...
so monday - red!

kaalii

here, thought to start the january challenge already to have it ready for after the weekend... happy and healthy new 2017 everyone!! :) 8) 02 03 04 05 06 8) 8) 09 10 11 12 13 8) 8) 16 17 18 19 20 8) 8) 23 24 25 26 27 8) 8) 30 31 :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: 2nd - 2 pieces od chocolate and seconds...

kaalii

so friday and the last N day of the year - green ! decluttering the attic - physical amount-wise half way done... but ahead of me are couple of bags of memorabilia and some bags full of books... this will take more time and mental energy... i'll do it next year! :D december was pretty good habit-wis...

kaalii

and merry, you are my hero this month!! all green in such a festive month!
excellent!!!!

kaalii

we are almost done with this month and this year!! one more day and then Sweekend and we are in the 2017!

kaalii

wow, amazing success, laura - both weight loss and what noS is doing for your GERD !! i love to hear how no snacking and no sweets has just became such a habit for you that even though you slip into a diet here and there you seem to be rooted in noS well! this gives me lots of hope that noS sanity t...

kaalii

oh, and zero exercise today...
im bleaching (just a touch up, nothing radical) my hair for the new year instead...

kaalii

thanks, netee... my 15min/day is the minimum i have to do... the phone is there to remind me every 15min. just that im allowed to stop... to avoid overwhelm or being drained after a day's decluttering session... i did have some 0 minutes days in the past 6 weeks, too... and i have had many more mult...

kaalii

ah, relationships - the ultimate frontier! :D im sure so many of us can relate, linda! :) the big lessons in my life taught me that "all relationships are in our heads" and we cant be alone even if we wanted to because we take all our relationships with us wherever we go (in our heads, inner chatter...

kaalii

daily check-in is a great thing to keep ourselves accountable...
i plan to keep doing it at least for the first 2 years to get the habit really going... and even then im not sure i will be ready to let it go... im grateful for this tool because im not sure habitcal would be enough for me...

kaalii

Lesson learned today- I only have 1 attempt to pile my plate up. No virtual playing techniques for me yet. this is a valuable noS lesson for me too... still no virtual plating for me and i think there never will be, unless an absolute emergency - but even then marking it red seems more honest to my...

kaalii

woooow, netee, 2 more days!! go - go - go!!
congratulations already and for the awesome december!

kaalii

no, my meals vary...

unless there are leftovers from previous meal or day...

my son's breakfast, though, tends to be the same variation of 2-3 meals...

kaalii

and a green wednesday!

at least 2 hours of walking around the city doing errands while my son was at a bday party...

more decluttering with my son of his room... and taking 4 big bags and a heavy old guest mattress down to the street for the garbage collectors to pick them up tomorrow morning...

kaalii

i have recovered... still sneezing and talk through my nose, eyes and throat itchy but i feel overall healthy... :) since the last measurement i have lost one kilo and half (2.2lbs)... down to BMI 19.0 but im not putting it in my signature because of possibility of variations due to sickness... what...

kaalii

thanks bunsofaluminium, rawcookie and merry! :) im still sick but it is moving in healing direction, not stuck or getting worse... yes, so good my mum is here, since she is cooking for us and being generally very helpfull... it is almost pleasant to be sick, ahahha... and today my friend's son is ov...

kaalii

Merry wrote:
lpearlmom wrote:sliding in my socks all over the house w my kids
The BEST kind of exercise!

hahahaha!! awesome!!!

kaalii

oh, cool, linda! love seinfeld¨! my favourites are soup nazi and festivus episodes! :D such a classic! im sick, since yesterday... http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/sick/sneeze.gif appetite going down slowly... luckily mum is here so i can afford to be proper sick in bed and do nothing if i want to....

kaalii

3 churros for breakfast on the christmass market with my son this morning while going to pick with him his christmass gift... and 2 delicious yet simple organic all-vegetable plates mum made today... in our homeland croatia christmass eve is traditionally and spiritually a fast... cleaning home, int...

kaalii

I would like to ask if others can relate to this but I've noticed that as I don't have anything to follow with no S apart from a set structure-3 plates a day, I've been bored as I'm not reading literature on the diet or googling or calculating/ evaluating a specific diet. I've been bored... As I ha...

kaalii

or maybe it is just a thing of holiday season...
so much temptation and change of rhytm...

im sure you will be back on track in no time!

kaalii

friday - green !! laundry day - 4 machines of it and carrying the laundry loads up and down the stairs from the basement (we live on the 2nd floor)... and decluttering...and taking another box of stuff to donations... and we got a crate full of different organic vegetables and fruits for free!! plus...

kaalii

thursday - green ! last day of work!! holidaaays!! no exercise proper but loads of walking after work organizing the rent of the snowboarding gear for my son's ski camp in january... buying a brand new awesome vacuum cleaner in the second hand shop... then vacuuming the s**t out of our home, of cour...

kaalii

wednesday - green!

swimming

decluttering

kaalii

tuesday - green !! virtual plated a mandarine... super busy day... some biking... extra walking... appointment to show the new flat to mum and my son... they love it... measured it to draw the floor plan and already start the furniture placement ideas... some decluttering, too... bathroom could be f...

kaalii

monday - green!

another super-busy day... no energy nor time for additional exercise...

maybe tibetans later...

and for sure one or two 15min. decluttering sessions...

kaalii

nice Sweekend and loads of decluttering! kitchen took a long time (a stretch over 13 days!! ) but managed to finish it and start with the bathroom today... another 110l garbage bag is out and the next one is already half way full... mum helped and cooked as well so i could focus on the decluttering ...

kaalii

friday - red!

triple bday party and had a snack there and a tiny piece of cake...

swimming quite intensely for 45min...

no decluttering but lots of home budgeting work done, all bills
paid and one long project finished, finaly!!!

kaalii

thursday - green !! very busy and productive day but no time for decluttering... going to meet up with a friend from berlin who is on tour, now in switzerland, and has a couple of days off... haven't seen her in over a year... so that will be 2 times 20 min. bike ride... it is cold outside but dry, ...

kaalii

i also had a mod briefly because i was losing too much below my perfect weight on vanilla before the summer and panicked so i added a nuts/dried fruits snack during the N days... i guess it was because with warm weather my activity levels usually rise and appetite drops at the same time... but strai...

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