Everyday Systems

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Thursday November 8
Food: RED
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 hour of yoga

I ate fruit (fresh and dried) after dinner.

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Wednesday November 7 Food: GREEN , three meals Exercise: RED Our friends invited us over tonight. I will only drink water. It's important that today is green, after a red day yesterday. --------------------- Well, it did not go as planned. I was hungry, and I ate, but not a lot. It's difficult not t...

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Tuesday November 6 Food: RED Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill This was an interesting red day. I had an appoinment after work, and I couldn't wait till dinner to eat. I ate nuts and bean chips. When I came home I did not feel like eating dinner, so I ate a lot of fruit. In a way I am glad that this ...

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Sunday November 4 - S day
One fruit and nuts snack, wine with dinner
Monday November 5
Food: GREEN, three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, one hour of yoga

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Saturday November 3
Food: GREEN, three meals

I no longer feel a need for my extra meal between lunch and dinner. But it is important to me that I allow it, and that I still count it as success if I eat it. It helps a lot that I decided that it can only be a handful of nuts - nothing else.

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Thursday November 1 Food: GREEN , three meals Exercise: 1 h of yoga Friday November 2 Food: YELLOW - S event Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill I had an S event on Friday evening. We had friends over, I had a glass of wine and some food. I did not eat sweets, though. I feel so much better when I don't...

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Echano, I agree. Ten years ago my husband told me 'Just listen to your body and eat what it needs'. I said 'I am listening to my body and I hear ......I WANT CHOCOLATE!

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Tuesday October 30 & Wednesday October 31 Food: GREEN Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill It's getting easier not to eat in the evening. I feel good. I feel much better during the week than on weekends when I eat sweets. In the next 4-5 weeks I will not eat sweets because I am on a cleansing program. A...

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BritishFool, Try not to let one small slip turn into WTH syndrome. If you had a snack, it does not have to turn into binge. I am also addicted to sugar. That's why eating 'just one cookie' is difficult for me. Are sweets triggering your binges? Maybe you can try smaller steps - if you don't eat swee...

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Monday October 29 Food: GREEN Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill I ate a hanfull of nuts for my mini-meal between lunch and dinner, and did not eat anything after dinner :D I eat mostly vegetarian diet. I have to make sure to include some protein in my meals. If I eat only carbs (or a lot of carbs), I ...

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I've read my posts, and I see how many new decisions/mods I've made in just 3 weeks. That's not good. If I am not convinced that something is good for me, and I am changing rules all the time, than I cannot make any progress. The only progress I made is with exercise. I read last night about the ben...

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Yes, I plan to re-introduce no snacking in the future. Actually, I hope that it will happen naturaly.

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I decided to follow 2 S-es: no sweets and no seconds. No sweets means nothing with sugar, and also no dried fruit, no juices and no alcohol. I'll keep eating snacks for now (only healthy food and only when I am hungry). I am currently not eating between breakfast and lunch, but I have my afternoon s...

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I made a big mistake on Saturday - I stepped on a scale. I did not lose any weight. I was dissapointed; even though my food was less than perfect, I exercised quite a lot in the past two weeks. That dissapontment triggered WTH syndrome. Not only that, but I was quite upset. I guess a lot of past fai...

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Oct 18, Thursday - Day 13 Food - RED : Ate after dinner; mainly fruit, but also some leftowers Exercise - SUCCESS: 45 min on a treadmil, 1 hour of yoga Oct 19, Friday - Day 14 Food - RED : dried fruit and chocolate after dinner Exercise - SUCCESS: 45 min on a treadmil ----------------------------- ...

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I decided to make Wednesday and Saturday my S days. Actually, those will be more like 'S events' - something sweet after dinner. If I include a lot of S's in the same day, I don't feel good.

Is anyone else doing something similar?

freegirl

Wednesday Oct 17 - Day 12

Food - S Day

I am planning S days on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It's easier for me to be 'good' 2 -3 days at the time. Today I ate dried fruit and chocolate after dinner.

Exercise - SUCCESS: 45 min on the treadmill.

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Days 8 and 9 - S days I ate too much - emotional eating. I don't want to repeat these S days. Oct 15 - Day 10 Food - RED : Ate a lot after dinner. Exercise - SUCCESS : I made it to the gym, but could do only stretching. Oct 16 - Day 11 Food - SUCCESS Exercise - SUCCESS : 45 min on a treadmil

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Thurs Oct 11- Day 5 Food - RED I ate fruit between meals Day 5 Exercise - SUCCESS 45 min on the treadmill, 1 hour of yoga Fri Oct 12 - Day 6 Food - RED Evening snack Day 5 Exercise - SUCCESS 45 min on the treadmill ------------------------------- I had only one green food day this week. I'll keep tr...

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I'll start to write here my hard-earned ( and re-learned) lessons. I want to be able to come here when I start forgetting. Or maybe some kind person will remind me. 1. I need cardio exercise 5 times a week for my emotional stability How it affects my weight loss and my fitness level is secondary. 2....

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Day 4 - SUCCESS
I went to bed hungry, but that's OK; I can tolerate it.

Day 5 Food - RED
I ate fruit between meals

Day 5 Exercise - SUCCESS
1/2 hour on the treadmill

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I am making the new start. I am planning to eat four meals for now. Maybe one day I will become 'vanilla No S' person, maybe not. Four meals is still much better than grazing all day. Some of the things I need to learn: * This is a lifelong process, and red days are OK * Red day does not have to tur...

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Thank you, Ironchef. I decided to try doing no sweets and no seconds. I'll include one to two snacks for now. Maybe I'll get rid of them later, maybe not. I want peace around food so much. Yes, I also need to lose weight, but that will follow once I achieve stability and peace. I've lost a lot of we...

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Thanks Sarahkay for your encouragement!

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It seems that No S is not for me. I just cannot convince myself that I should do without the afternoon snack. And with my bedtime snack, it's no longer a No S.

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I have a question for the successful No S-ers:

What Your S days Look Like?

Are they pretty tame, or wild, or somewhere in between? Did they change over time? Is your Monday harder than other N days? Are there people who use only one S day?

I am hoping to learn from your experience

freegirl

Day 4 - S Day Yesterday I was hungrier than usually. I had snacks and 30 g of dark chocolate. I was planning to keep my S days pretty 'tame'. But, on the other hand, the purpose of S days is to enjoy some food that you don't eat on N days, so you don't feel deprived. Also, it's good to 'trick' your ...

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Day 3 - SUCCESS It was easier yesterday to endure hunger between meals. Actually, real hunger is not a problem for me. Cravings are worse - not being satisfied after eating, feeling out of control. Eating snacks and sweets triggers cravings for me. I plan to eat the same breakfast every day - even ...

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Thanks, eschano! Day 2: SUCCESS A little about me: I have 40-50 pound to lose, but my primary goal is to achieve emotional stability around food; I know that weight loss will follow. I have food alergies (gluten, dairy, soy), so I don't eat everything even on S days. I eat meat occasionaly. My forth...

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Today was a success

I was hungry between lunch and dinner, so I kept reminding myself that hunger is not an emergency.

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Tomorrow is my new start

. I will write all my non-compliances here.

My mods are: 4 meals and a piece of dark chocolate every day.

freegirl

Ironchef, thanks for the encouragement.

Jethro, I like your â€˜fall, get up, dust-off and keep movinâ€™ club. Thanks for the invitation - count me in

freegirl

I was once a member of 21 Day Club - in December 2011. I felt great, and lost a lot of weight. But then holidays came with lots of special days, and things got out of control. A lot of failures started showing in my calendar, and I quit No S. Now I am starting No S again, but this time it is not my ...

freegirl

Thank you everyone for your replies.

In December 2011 I was on vanilla No S for 21 days. And before that I was also struggling with the 'no snacks' rule. Maybe I just have to sort it out in my head. I'll let you know how it goes.

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Is anyone using a mod with pre-planned snacks? I don't like feeling stuffed, so I would rather eat smaller meals and have 2 snacks. Like a hanfull of nuts in the mid morning, and a carb snack between lunch and dinner (triggers insulin and helps serotonin production, makes you happier and reduces cra...

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I have been off caffeine, too, for more than 3 months. I only have it in chocolate :D I have more energy, and I don't need as much sleep as I did before. I am generaly calmer. I am sure that there are more benefits - like improved blood calcium levels ( my nails are not as brittle as before). I also...

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Today is Day 7 since I restarted No S. Now I allow myself more freedom on S days.

Lesson learned: I have to find balance on S days: If I eat too much sugar, I lose my emotional stability.

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How can I put a link to another post? Thanks!

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Hi Janet,

Currently I attend yoga class once a week. My goal is too to do some yoga on the weekdays - I was also thinking of sun salutations, since they warm me up like no other poses.

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I noticed something interesting: when I start breaking the rules after being on vanilla NO S for a while ( especially when I am eating a lot of sweets), I become very emotional and sensitive. Then some issue that needs resolving comes to the surface - an issue that causes my emotional eating. Then, ...

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Happy New Year to everybody! :D In the past two weeks I wasn't very consistent with my NO S rules. That's OK, I am not beating myself up over it. I am restarting my commitment today, and counting it as day 1. I am planning to do four 21-day blocks ( for now), and also work on other healthy habits - ...

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Today is my 22nd day on Vanilla No S. I feel great, and I lost 20 pounds in a month!

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Today is my 22nd day on Vanilla No S. I am officially a member of this club! :D And in the beginning I was very resistant to no snacking â€“ I did not want to commit to it. In October I got sick of my cravings and compulsive eating, and I decided to do something. I started herbal cleansing program a...

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Hey Sue, I have some questions for you. I am not trying to be judgemental or critical, I just want to trigger some thinking that may help you get over some obstacles. And you don't have to post your answers. You are saying that it would be very hard for your husband and you not to eat in front of TV...

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Today is Day 24 of my cleansing diet, and Day 13 of vanilla No S. Another succesful week :D I feel great, so full of energy, I am in love with life again! :D I don't even think about snacking now! And if you'v read my post from the beginning, no snacking was my biggest challenge. But slowly I realiz...

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Patty, thanks for providing encouragement on my thread.

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Janie, thanks for providing encouragement on my thread.

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Today was 17th succesfull day on my cleansing diet, and 5th day on vanilla no S! :D There was one special day - my birthday on Novemeber 29, when I ate some cake. I feel great, so calm and in control! Hunger that I feel between the next meal is 'normal' hunger, ans I can tolerate it for quite a whil...

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Sue, I hope you'll stick around. You don't know how your journey will unfold. Maybe you'll never follow vanilla no S, maybe you'll be close to it, maybe you'll find your own structure that works for you. I think the keyword is 'structure' . Also, I think that in order to be succesfull, we need to be...

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I had a lot of failures since the last time I posted. My eating went completely out of control. I hate that 'out of control' feeling, when I am eating not to satisfy my real hunger, but I have to eat anyways, and I don't feel any satisfaction after eating....... I have to stop this, so I decided to ...

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Sweetnes, Pangelsue2, Determined, thanks so much for your support

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Day 7 -S Day Day 8 - FAILURE Today was a BIG failure :( . It seems that I restricted my food intake too much last week, so my mind and body are rebelling now and I am eating everything in sight. I have been abusing my body way too long, so it does not trust me any more. I have to 'trick' it into los...

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Day 4 - SUCCESS
Day 5 - SUCCESS
Day 6 - S Day

I was trying to be too restrictive today (to keep no snacks and no seconds rule). That backfired - in the evening I ate too much.

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Determined, Thanks for stopping by my post and offerig encouragement. Your last post shows what we all long for - to be free around food (where do you think my screen name comes from?). You are able to follow the structure, but still allow yourself enough flexibility and trust yourself enough that y...

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Here is my upate. I had four green days in a row. I call them green even though I have a small snack in the evening. So, I guess I am not really following vanilla no-S. But, what I am doing works for me perfectly. I am able to stay with my hunger before the next meal without reaching for snacks. I a...

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Pangelsue2, Keep doing what works for you. Three meals and 2 snacks sound perfectly fine to me. I am eating three meals and an evening snack. Sweets are my drug of choice, too. I am emotional eater - when I am stressed and unhappy, I eat sweets. I find that this structure helps me with emotional eat...

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Day 2 - SUCCESS I ate the same breakfast as yesterday, and I felt too full. Already? Day 3 - SUCCESS It was easier today not to think about food between meals. I had a work function after work, and ate chicken wings and nachos. I called it a dinner. At home I ate 2 pieces of fruit. That's it for tod...

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My first N day was October 17, and it was a SUCCESS. I ate a small snack 3 hours after dinner, but I still count it as a success since I was hungry before I went to bed :) A little about me: I am 48 year old woman with 30 years of dieting experience :( I cannot beleive how much of my life I've waist...

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This is my official commitment to vanilla no S. My first N day is tomorrow. If you read my first post, I â€˜startedâ€™ no S last Monday, but I did not want to fully commit to it. I was afraid that â€˜no snacksâ€™ would be too hard for me. So, what made me change my mind? First, I was inspired by th...

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Hello my fellows no S-ers, I am new here. I started no S on October 10. I am tracking sweets, snacks and seconds separately - snacks are the biggest challenge for me. I am also tracking gym and yoga/relaxation/meditation. Right now I have a lot of failures. But I am not discouraged. I trust that ful...

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