Everyday Systems

Jaxhil

Well, you have fun today!! Let me know what you get :mrgreen: (if you want, I don't want to be nosy!) I never got on the treadmill yesterday, but I am getting on right now. I can't believe it's Friday already! YAH! I am lucky-My mom lives close, about 35-40 min (for me; when she drives it's more lik...

Jaxhil

hey, Tiffani!! We were posting at exactly the same time :lol: makes me wanna say "JINX!" corny, oh well :P I'm good, how're you doing? I had a pretty good day. My Mom was here today, and I actually feel like I got a lot done which is rare for me. I do still need to exercise though, but it's almost t...

Jaxhil

I'm not going anywhere - God willing! :) I know, I think the same thing!! I was thinking the other day, I hope we keep this up (I plan to!!), because I know it's going to be a long road to get these habits cemented permanently. After all, I've been overweight most of my adult life-at least 15 years ...

Jaxhil

8) Glad to hear you sound a bit more cheerful! YAH, I already did my time on the treadmill!! I got in 45 minutes walking/jogging. I decided to take it down a notch due to my sore tootsies. Hopefully I can work back up to an hour, I was really feeling good about that accomplishment. Still, ANY time o...

Jaxhil

Oh, Tiffani!!! ((((((((HUGS!!)))))))))) That SUCKS!!! I HATE the dentist-well not personally, but you know :( I do know how you feel though. Last year I went in and had SEVEN cavities and an extraction. ACK!!!!!!! Horrible, horrible horrible. I'm due to go again for a check up and I sure as S*$&% do...

Jaxhil

Hi Patricia! Yes, I check-in daily with my no-s buddy, Tiffani-AKA "shamrockmommy" under "Hilary and Tiffani's Daily Check-in" or something like that. :D I have to just put in a good word here for her-we decided to keep each other honest, so to speak, and check in with each other daily. And it is GR...

Jaxhil

G'morning to you! :D I think you're items you are not going to give up are quite reasonable. And personally I think your piece of fruit is fine. Some people do that and figure as long as it *would* have fit on their lunch (or dinner) plate, then it's "virtual plating". LOL. I agree with you on the n...

Jaxhil

I missed this earlier, but I just wanted to say Congratulations!!! That is a great achievement!!!

I hope 10 weeks in I can say the same

Good for you!!

Jaxhil

Welcome, and good luck! I agree, grazing is what got me 60lbs overweight! I was skinny when I ate at meals only-and I sure as heck didn't *diet* then! LOL. This is a wonderful system, I am so much happier eating only at meals and having my treats on weekends. I don't feel even a tiny bit of guilt on...

Jaxhil

Welcome Patricia!! you are going to love it here :D I know I do! I have been no-s'ing for over a month and I feel better on so many levels-plus I've even lost a little weight! Not much, it is slow, but that's ok. At least I am finally going in the right direction, And this system is sustainable. I k...

Jaxhil

:( Where are ya Tiffani? Hope you're doing ok-I miss ya! I am hanging in there-no s's yesterday. We had a *great* supper-something called "Souped Up Chicken Stroganoff". I got the recipe from this book, "Cheap. Fast. Good." or something like that. I LOVE this cookbook. The name says it all! :P I am ...

Jaxhil

Well it sounds like you had a great weekend! We had a pretty good one, just not enough SLEEP-thats typical for me, unfortunately. I think I overdid it this weekend too :roll: I ate TWO donuts Saturday AM and wished I had stopped at one-two was *too* much, bleh! I did notice I am much more unwilling ...

Jaxhil

Hey Tiffani! How's your day going today? I am doing good-no funny stuff again. Breakfast was scrambled eggs and almost 2 homemade muffins (apple oatmeal pecan); lunch was bean and cheese quesadillas, a little over one. I made two but couldn't finish them. I took the kids on a mini-grocery shopping t...

Jaxhil

I'm glad you had such a nice day! That soup you made sounds yummy-and even the veggies! I love garlic. My 3boys( and their Daddy too!) seem to think gas is a thing to be proud of My mom is over visiting today, reading to the kids right now :) :roll: :lol: they howl with laughter if they can time it ...

Jaxhil

I just took an hour and a half walk with the kids- aaack! where's the sweaty-tongue-hangin'-out emoticon-face!? LOL felt good, but boy are my feet tired! The kids did well-we took a wagon and the little ones took turns riding. I even carried Gracie for a ways-she loved it of course, but carrying her...

Jaxhil

hmm. I sure make a lotta faces, don't I?

LOL.

Jaxhil

Bummer about the Iraq thing-I am so glad your hubby didn't get chosen-maybe it will be over soon :( prayin' for it to be!! A friend of mine's son is being deployed in May I think. :cry: Today so far so so :roll: I had a 4 oz glass of drp with breakfast, which was one egg/sausage taco, nothing else (...

Jaxhil

Ok it's Tuesday. How're you doing so far? I am doing ok. I will admit I had a couple sips or so of DrP. Very little, really, but the little ones are really cranky today which translates to cranky MAMA, arghh! Gracie's going through her *terrific* (LOL) twos a little late, :roll: . Sometimes I just d...

Jaxhil

:lol: It's good to hear she's ready for *real* food, hehe-at least it'll save a lot on baby food. Maybe you can donate what you have to a shelter or something! I was actually pretty good this weekend. I didn't drink soda continuously and only had a couple sweet treats. A candy bar Saturday, and the ...

Jaxhil

My whole family is eating COOKIES (lemon, I LOVE lemon) in front of me. :cry: Sigh. So I left to hide in the computer room. I'm not sure its going to help :roll: It's not so bad when the kids do, they have a couple and that's it. My sweet hubby brings the entire cookie jar and eats one after the oth...

Jaxhil

:lol: roflmao you crack me up-I can relate, trust me. We live in the boonies and hubby has almost an hour drive both ways, on top of the 9 hour work day he puts in, and it makes for a whole lotta "imlosinityoubettergethomequickbeforethere'snothin'left!!" like NOW for instance :roll: The weather here...

Jaxhil

Well dinner was ( I think) a success-I mean taste-wise. Some yeas, some nays. Oh well-I liked it! I had a good no-s day. And I did my hour on the treadmill. I want to do some floor exercises later, sit-ups, push ups, etc. I have been trying to tell any difference at all in my size. I look and look, ...

Jaxhil

LOL!!!

Nice move Tiffani! You probably made someone VERY happy!!

Who knows? Maybe they'll post here, and tell about there fateful encounter in the Target book section!!

Jaxhil

Hi! Wow. Long day already! It's 3 pm, Grace is already up from her nap and the boys were too noisy so I didn't get mine (grrr!). I did my treadmill workout last night, so YAH! at least I did that. I did a whole hour, most of it fast walking, up and down "hills"; but I did jog one whole mile straight...

Jaxhil

you're making me HUNGRY

very tasty looking!

And your plates look very reasonable too!

I need to have breakfast now.

Jaxhil

Thank you, thank you-and congrats to you too, my Dear!! :D My day has gotten better-I am feeling much better now. I had the opposite eating, LOL. I ate lightly at breakfast and lunch, and was so hungry at supper I went a little overboard on the (*delicious*) home made breadsticks (oops). But still, ...

Jaxhil

tee hee :lol: YAH for us, eh, Tiffani?! For me, it's my *first* set of 21 days! I am with you, I know for a FACT I wouldn't have made it without you!!! I feel better as well. Usually, LOL. I am still getting over being sick yesterday, but it's just a headache today. I love how I have learned I CAN m...

Jaxhil

I am so glad you had a such a good day!! I am thrilled that we made it!! I didn't check in yesterday because I was SO sick :( I was so dizzy I stayed in bed most of the day, drinking what felt like gallons of water, and feeling nauseous. My dh actually had to come home from work to help out. I feel ...

Jaxhil

pms sucks...I have not been my normal self today-I'm much worse than usual...

But I haven't cheated at least! There is that. Can you tell I don't love Mondays? LOL.

So how is your day going so far?

I can't believe we're almost at 21 days!!!! Woo hooo!!

hehe

talk to ya later!

Hilary

Jaxhil

Monday!! (boooo!) LOL How was your weekend? Mine was nice, lots of yummy es's! I made pecan crisps-very good! They're like cinnamon rolls, except after rolling and cutting them, you lay them on the baking sheet and flatten them to 1/8"and spread w/ a little melted butter and sprinkle brown/white sug...

Jaxhil

LOL-CAKE CAKE CAKE-have fun!! We just took the kids to one of those jump places in mid-Feb. and they LOVED it. Gracie bounced continuously the entire time; then they had pizza and cake too 8) I know, last night I was going to say screw it, I'm getting a Oreo Mint Blizzard!! But I just couldn't do it...

Jaxhil

I remember feeling like you-EXACTLY like you. I used to bite my DH's head off if he even LOOKED like he was gonna touch me- :lol: But it gets better, really!! How old is Evoli? I think you should probably sleep train her-you need it!! If you're not sleeping well, your milk supply will suffer. Which ...

Jaxhil

I know I said I wasn't going to weigh until we'd made it through the first 21 days but I decided to go ahead and weigh myself since I have been "feeling" skinnier. Big mistake. Now I feel like crying because I have been extremely good and haven't lost a THING. And I even went to DQ last night (per d...

Jaxhil

You can do it!! the cravings get less and less, believe me

Great start!

Hilary

Jaxhil

Glad to hear your day's going well-me too, so far. My Mom comes up on Thursdays to visit, so we took a walk with the kids (Gracie in the wagon, and later Noah too, when he pooped out, LOL) THAT was a workout, pulling the two of them :) Had two homemade blueberry pancakes and a chorizo and egg taco f...

Jaxhil

Ohmygoodness, I'm blushing :D thanks for the sweet words!! btw, DITTO!!! I know I wouldn't be doing so well without you there for me. I probably would've given up already! It especially makes me smile when you have a good day! I am already dreaming of a homemade Texas sheet cake this weekend :lol: I...

Jaxhil

4:30pm here...I managed to get through the day without essing but it was hard (IS hard!). I took a nap to get through the urge, LOL. Not much longer till supper though! I'm glad you had such a nice day! Our weather's been nasty, rainy and foggy, but it's clearing up now. It's supposed to get up to 8...

Jaxhil

That would be really great if you can go jogging with your friend! Don't feel bad-I would much prefer a friend to go jogging with too :) The treadmill is excruciatingly dull. We had a good supper; homemade potato chowder, homemade rolls and muffins. I didn't get a muffin though. Darn it if I didn't ...

Jaxhil

:( Oh no, we're switching off bad days! :roll: Well it's better than having them the same day, right? It's pouring outside here, and my mud field (no grass yet, just dirt) is really depressing. It's making rivers of muck and my dog (1/2 golden retriever/1/2 rott -see, big country dog who wandered ov...

Jaxhil

Hi! Thanks for the support :) I felt better later, just as I thought. I ended up having a couple more sips (real sips, not a four ounce glass) of soda, but no lunch at all, so I figure I actually ended up with less calories than usual. Not that I'm counting or anything! :lol: I've had a yogurt/fruit...

Jaxhil

Hi! How are you doing today? It's Monday, bleh! I think I have the Monday blues. How did your bed-hunting go? I am trudging through, but I think I need an attitude adjustment. I am feeling really lonely today; I have *no* friends (well, any that call or do anything with anyway, and thats the kind th...

Jaxhil

You are down THREE pounds ?!!!!? that is GREAT!!!! I took the batteries out of my digital scale and I refuse to get on until March 21 (when we've finished our first 21 days!) I don't think I've lost any though. :roll: I've had a bit of a tummy ache since last night. I am proud of you for passing up ...

Jaxhil

I finished out yesterday well too. I am glad its Friday!!!

I had an egg and bacon sandwich on homemade whole wheat, and am having my yogurt now.

Friday night's are hard for me, I always want to snack!! I want to stay on habit though, so I know we can do it!

hilary

Jaxhil

I tend to eat plainer foods too, especially for lunch and breakfast. Cereal doesn't fill me up though, so I usually have something with egg (like an egg and potato taco, or maybe 1 piece of bacon) and a yogurt. That usually keeps me going till lunch, which is frequently a bean and cheese quesadilla,...

Jaxhil

No WAY, you have a son named Noah?? LOL, my six year old is Noah too :D You have great taste in names :lol: The library is a good idea. Maybe I'll take the kids today too, they love that! Your breakfast sounds yummy too...I need to EAT I guess, hehe. I will have some sausage with my taco and yogurt ...

Jaxhil

Wow! Sounds like you had a great day!!-and the roastbeef/stuffed peppers sound delicious, YUM! I had a good day both Wednesday and the rest of Tuesday. My meals weren't half as good tho! Maybe I should take cooking lessons :) I can cook but I don't love it some days (ok, most days!) I made some Beef...

Jaxhil

so how are you doing today? I have made it through, no-esin'!

Just finished supper, asian beef and rice. My kids actually liked it-except for Grace, my 3yrold

Oh well 3 out of four ain't bad -LOL!

Hope things are good with you, and your day got better!

Hilary

Jaxhil

UGH -shots-I hate that! I know the docs used to say things that irritated me too. My dd was born 16 wks early (Thank God she's fine now!) so we had to visit the doctors a lot, not to mention the 7 week stay she had in the hospital...needless to say I'm glad that's over :roll: We can make it till lun...

Jaxhil

My night went well-no snacking at all, hooray! I had an ice water to keep me on track too :) I need to get the laundry started, then I'll eat breakfast. Probably egg and potato tacos and yogurt or something like that. I am enjoying actually being really hungry for my meals-as opposed to just eating ...

Jaxhil

yep, I'm starvin' too!! I haven't actually had lunch though. I'm about to-bean and cheese quesadillas, and I hope it's enough. I feel like I could eat a horse...lol...well not literally :shock: LOL Yes, we CAN do this!! Periwinkles sound beautiful! I love potted flowers on steps. My steps are teeny ...

Jaxhil

I am not sure what to plant, yet. I love to garden, but I'm not very good at it! We have always rented, too-this is the first house we've bought and we haven't even lived here a year yet :) I have planted some Lantana, and Plumbago, both flowering shrubs that are difficult to kill (especially lantan...

Jaxhil

Good Morning, Tiffani! Well I just had my breakfast; two (beef) chorizo and egg tacos, and a key-lime yogurt (yum!). That's a bigger breakfast than I usually eat but I want to make sure I make it till lunch! Yesterday evening, my tummy was hurting and I told my DH I'd be glad to get back to the regu...

Jaxhil

hoorah!! I made it through friday night w/ NO-ES'S!!!! YAH! well except the teeny tiny b-day treat at lunch :D I have even been reasonable w/ my s's today-had some soda, but not to excess; pancakes for breakfast, bean burger (small) with some fries for lunch,(and couldn't finish it all!), almost two...

Jaxhil

Kevin, thanks for the advice! Today is Friday and I will be good (God willing!) and not start my S-days today. I think you are right, I am sure that's at least part of the reason I haven't been losing. I am finding myself craving snacks less anyway-a small miracle in itself!! I fell so much better a...

Jaxhil

Flora, Great post! I agree with you totally! It takes longer to eat for me because I am taking the time to make and consume a full, complete, and balanced meal-because I know I won't be eating again for several hours, so I'll need the energy. I find myself ENJOYING the food *so much more* than when ...

Jaxhil

Good for you, on finding a meal schedule that works so well. Welcome-you are going to feel so free here! It's lovely not to have to keep track of everything :D Everyone is really nice here, and its great to finally have a sensible way to eat and live that doesn't make you stressed and crazy from wor...

Jaxhil

Glad to hear your doing well! Today is a mini S-day for me-it's my Dad's birthday, so we went to lunch with Dad and Mom and I had a VERY tiny piece of cake (yummy!) and some Coke, but not very much, maybe 8 oz. The cake was about 5" long by 2.5" wide by 3/8" thick, if that. And I won't have any othe...

Jaxhil

Happy Anniversary!! Yum, Italian sounds wonderful- we had chicken cacciatore last night, so I guess we were in sync, LOL 8) I know what you mean about looking in the mirror-it's not my favorite thing to do! I have about the same amount to lose. I am 5'1.5" tall and weigh 172. UGH. It looks particula...

Jaxhil

You're doing great!! Hooray! it does feel good not to be obsessed about food, doesn't it? What's good, what's bad and all that...it's so much more satisfying to be in control! The weird thing is, I notice when I only eat at meals, I tend to plan and eat far healthier foods than if I can snack. I am ...

Jaxhil

you are doing so well!! and those breakfast burritos sound yummy! I find I need protein to keep me full, too. I had 2 blueberry muffins(homemade, so they were whole wheat and lower sugar) with a half a meatloaf sandwich, to keep me full. The muffins by themselves would NOT have held me till lunch. I...

Jaxhil

YAH!! we MADE IT!! I did well too-and no I don't think a special gourmet teddy graham snack cooked by your little man should count :lol: how cute is that!! Supper was broccoli,beef sausage mixed with macaroni and cheese and two small slices of (thin) whole wheat french bread. No snacks and no SODA :...

Jaxhil

It's 20 til 4 and i haven't snacked and i am HUNGRY but determined!! We eat about 6 pm or so, and I feel some big glasses of water coming on to fill me up :) Sounds like you and the kids had some fun -good!! I kinda laid around all day and feel a little blah. It;s cloudy and I have the slug feeling-...

Jaxhil

Well, hooray!! I made it till lunch with NO snacking

I just ate a yummy lunch..homemade meatloaf sandwich on whole wheat, with fritos (reasonable portion) and ice water. I might have an apple in a minute for "dessert".

How're you doing?

Jaxhil

Well said!!

I am hoping to get my DH Jack to join me in this too

I'm glad to hear you and your hubby are enjoying this! I love being able to have wine too

Hilary

Jaxhil

Very good post, pangelsue! I love your description of "white-knuckling" through till an S day comes- :lol: I see myself doing that too!! I would love to get to a point where I don't treat S days that much differently than a No-s day. Right now I can't imagine it, but I think it's do-able. Eventually...

Jaxhil

YAH!! Good for you!! that breakfast sounds delish, by the way! I love that this plan allows so much freedom, too-and no guilt for eating carbs!!

I wish you continued success!

Hilary

Jaxhil

I feel your pain-I am really sorry to hear about the hard time your having, even bad dreams!! I know how you feel, I have bad dreams too sometimes. About my DH, even though he doesn't do anything to deserve the bad rep he sometimes earns in my dreams, LOL! They still hurt though, even if they are ju...

Jaxhil

Wow-what an achievement!! Congratulations! I love to hear testimonials, especially ones like yours, that show longterm success! It gives me hope that I can do it too-I have a lot to lose, about 65 lbs, II know it will take awhile, but it will be worth it! Thanks for the encouraging words-I agree, ve...

Jaxhil

Welcome! Wow, 60 lbs, lost *and* kept off?!! That's great! I am starting (again :oops: ) myself. This is the only plan I've found that I *want* to do-I find when I have stuck with this,I naturally make healthier choices, because I know if I don't I'll get hungry before my next meal! Every other plan...

Jaxhil

Don't feel bad! I have done the SAME thing :oops: My family went to a b-day party for my dh's cousin (a 7 yr old boy, lol) and EVERYONE in my family got sick..5 out of 6 anyway, so far I haven't gotten it-the flu /severe cold or whatever it is. DH is home sick today. I have dealt with it by eating s...

Jaxhil

LOL-I hear ya on the treadmill scheduling difficulties :) I usually at least have an audience! Can you maybe do it at night, after they go to bed? Yes I mean when you're ready to collapse too :lol: Well I think I od'd on sugar this past weekend..too much soda and then DONUTS yesterday..oh well- I di...

Jaxhil

I am reading that book now- lots of great suggestions, right?!

Hilary

Jaxhil

Great topic! I grew up in the 70's and we ate this way too-Breakfast, lunch and supper, with a SMALL snack after school. Dessert was a rare treat and we ate at the same times, everyday-and eating out was a BIG treat. I think about that often and am grateful my parents brought us up that way. I never...

Jaxhil

What a great thing for her to say! I have always liked actresses who are more real, too- and she's right-what a miserable way to live.

Thank God for No-S

Hilary

Jaxhil

:oops: well I bombed too-in the eating dept. anyway.. I snacked, and drank the evil SODA. I was really tired and find I want to drink soda like crazy when I'm tired. I at least had healthy meals though. I got a care package from my dsis (the day before)yesterday (actually a late b-day present) with ...

Jaxhil

Ok my first check-in, WHOO HOO! LOL-too bad I didn't do so hot yesterday :( oh well, it's still better by far than what I used to do! I exercised, 30 min on the treadmill at a jog/walk, (yesterday morning). Really good, yah! But then I had a little soda (about 8 oz maybe?) a small brownie, and FOUR ...

Jaxhil

Sounds good, Tiffani! I'll go check in right now ... BTW, thanks for the PT advice Ray-I will have to try that -I am SICK of diapers!!

Jaxhil

I would like that! I could use some support myself :) I need to potty-train my 3yrold too-ugh! I have 3 older boys and I found them fairly easy to train. They were all trained by my daughter's age! She is proving more difficult for me! LOL. I tell myself it's because she was born 16 weeks early that...

Jaxhil

KCCC-great advice

Jaxhil

Shamrockmommy, I am sorry you are having a tough time! I can relate to the new town/no friends/cabin fever time! I have gone through this myself more than once!! And I have 4 homeschooled kids (which I bfed longterm and had 4 c-sections, so I know how hard that can be too!) and I know how cabin feve...

Jaxhil

I'm glad to hear the after dinner snacking desire has become less of a problem! That's when I want to snack too. I find the sweets aren't that hard to give up either, but I do feel very hungry in the mid to late afternoon. I have enjoyed reading your progress-sounds like you're doing very well! Mayb...

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