Everyday Systems

JustAnnie

I was advised to drink a little milk or juice at night if you're hungry so your stomach doesn't rumble and keep you awake. It worked for me. You might want to try it too.

JustAnnie

Today I had lunch at Applebee's. Had a nice chicken rollup and asked for steamed veggies in place of fries. Quite a victory for me.

Day 10 - Success

JustAnnie

Tricia - Glad you wandered back. I'm impressed by the number of people who are returning. It makes me think I've chosen the RIGHT program this time.

JustAnnie

Amy - Welcome!! I've only been here a bit over a week but I already feel much better, my clothes are a bit loser, my body isn't holding as much water and I'm comfortable with what I'm eating, not obsessing over food. I think you'll like it here.

JustAnnie

The thing I like best about No-S is the flexibility and the feeling of not having to obsess about every little thing you put into your mouth. I'd call it a special "S" day, especially since it's only once a month.......and ENJOY!!

JustAnnie

I've learned, the hard way, that if you start a diet that makes you miserable or is very high maintenance (like journaling) that it's not going to become a way of life and you aren't going to stick with it. I'm new here but eating No-S so far hasn't been a strain. I think I can live with this. I mig...

JustAnnie

This has been the weirdest winter weather I can ever remember. At Christmas time I motored all the way up to Michigan and never saw a flake of snow yet. That is unheard of during Christmas week! In fact, I have yet to see a flake of snow this whole winter!! I've lived half a century and never rememb...

JustAnnie

Welcome Laura. I've been here a week and am loving it. I've been "dieting" using different plans for years and never was successful for very long but now that I've given up dieting and am NO-Sing my way through life, I'm just alot more calm about my way of eating and I'm not obsessing over food. :)

JustAnnie

Welcome to the group. I'm a newbie too. I just finished my first week on No-S and I've gotta tell ya, I'm feeling 100% better!! Yes, I get a little hungry sometimes but that's ok because I already have more energy and I'm not holding so much water. I think you'll like it here!

JustAnnie

Today was good! I even managed to get a little exercise in so......

Day 9 = Sucess

JustAnnie

Yesterday's menu: Breakfast: Whole Wheat Bagel with Fat Free Cream Cheese Orange Lunch: Veggie pizza made at home on top of a wheat pita bread. (I like green pepper, onion, and tomatoes for toppings.) Pineapple in its own juice Dinner: Stir fry chicken, green peppers and onions with fried brown rice...

JustAnnie

A great little one act play!! Bravo!! I love this kind of drama!!

Congrats on the surprise, yet happy, ending!!

JustAnnie

Hiya Martian! I'm too new to remember you but your name did catch my eye. I am impressed at the number of people who return here. You must really believe there is value in this program!! Welcome back.

JustAnnie

Your food choices are super healthy. Don't dwell on the bread. You're doing great!

JustAnnie

Well, I transitioned back to No-S more smoothly than I thought and now have completed my first full week! :D I haven't gotten on the scale yet. Part of the reason for that is that my scale needs a new battery and the other is that I want to weigh in once a month so I'm not obsessing over scale numbe...

JustAnnie

Wow Reinhard! What a quote!! I think that should be made into a bumper sticker or t-shirt or something. =)

JustAnnie

I understand what you're saying! My daughter, who is 20 something and has a weight problem, admires "The Biggest Loser" tv show. She has even gotten their work outs on DVD. I've told her a few times that the way they lose weight on that show is insane and that they can't maintain that life style. Sh...

JustAnnie

Glad to see you returning. I've noticed several former board members coming back since the begining of this month. That says something for the "No-S" system. You must feel it has a value if you are willing to try it again. Hope this time takes!

JustAnnie

Zoolina - Reading your back posts, I think you and I have something in common. I tend to be an emotional eater too and really have to guard against binging when something makes me feel low. I'm trying to find some other ways to deal with those feelings. Sometimes a nice bubble bath will soothe me an...

JustAnnie

I like the "21 days to help acqure the habit" way of thinking. I figure if I make it through the first set of 21 days that the next set is bound to be easier and somewhere around the mid-year this system should be more of my regular way of eating than something I hafta to dwell on, at least that is ...

JustAnnie

Nice to meet you Shell. I am another new comer to the system (I don't like to call it a diet) like Shamrockmommy. I'm doing pretty well so far but I have a ways to go to make this my everyday approach to food. I was the youngest child of an older "Depression Era" father (now deceased) who thought th...

JustAnnie

I try to do the proportioned plate and have at least 5 fruits and veggies throughout the day. I also drink 8 glasses of water and eat whole grain breads and pastas. These good habits were learned through Weight Watchers and I guess I did get at least that out of their program, though it cost me a bu...

JustAnnie

Sounds like you're back on track for 2007. Congrats. As far as getting exercise when the weather is bad, or dark, I would reccomend Leslie Sansone's 3 "Walk Away The Pounds" tapes or DVDs. The one mile "walk" is done in a small area in front of your tv and takes about 18 minutes. There is also a 2 m...

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Beans and cornbread? Ann are you a transplanted southern belle?

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Gettnbusy.......Um, I think that was Shamrockmommy's guy.

MY DH is also very supportive and says he can tell a difference in me when I'm eating right too, though my disposition usually sours with too many sweets, I do know that I feel better when I'm not over stuffed.

Day 6 = S Day

JustAnnie

Breakfast: 1/2 Cup oatmeal with slpenda, cinnamon, blueberries, coffee Lunch: Chicken sandwich on wheat, small veggie salad with Paul Newan's Asian Ginger low fat dressing (I love this dressing) Water Dinner: Southern Barbecue White Pork, baked potato, Vegetarian baked beans and broccoli. Orange. Co...

JustAnnie

Currently, I have a 10-inch plate. It's old redware that was made by McCoy. It is beginning to chip though and I am in the market to buy Corelle's smaller Sandstone sets. As a friend of mine pointed out though, how much you pack your plate is an issue too. I've seen some people pile enormous portion...

JustAnnie

I work at home and sometimes my business phone ringing in the early a.m. will jolt me out of bed and I'm busy faxing and answering questions and sending out info over the Internet for hours, missing breakfast entirely. This might happen a couple of times a month and on those days my first meal is lu...

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Pangelsue, you gave me a lot to think about and it makes a lot of sense. Thanks. I guess I haven't totally removed my fence yet on "S" days as I am only allowing myself one "S" per day.......either a snack, sweet, or second but not all of them and not in multiples. I made a little hole in my weekend...

JustAnnie

My digital scale's battery died so I CAN'T weigh in until I get it fixed. I think you're right though. Fixating on numbers is NOT a good thing. Feeling better should be the goal.

JustAnnie

Jan - You really seem to have this system down. I'm impressed by what I've seen as I scan through your check ins.

Oh, and yes that link was FUN!!

Lady Madame Annie the Indecisive of Porton Down

JustAnnie

Congrats on your first 21 and the on the great success in improving your health and happiness!! BTW......KFC use to be one of my favorite quickie dinners too but one day we picked some up and it was only half cooked and ever since then I can't stand the thought of it. I guess that's good because it ...

JustAnnie

Thanks again for the input. Comments help and let me know someone is really out there.

Today was my first S-Day and I did well. I only indulged in one snack.....98% Fat Free popcorn, though I munched on it off and on most of the afternoon.

Day 5 = S-Day

JustAnnie

Don't know what's up with the poll. It's there and available when I looked at it.

Maybe, for some of us, it really is more comfortable just to be in control. I never thought of that. Thanks for giving your thoughts on this.

JustAnnie

This is my first weeked on the NO-S system so these are also my first "S" Days. I'm already worrying about transitioning back to "No-S" on Monday. Was that difficult for any of you, especially those who put no restrictions on their weekend eating? Did it take a while to get the transition down or wa...

JustAnnie

As a newbie, I really found this very interesting. It also helps to define ths section of the board. I think you should keep this thread posted at the top with a sticky, Reinhard! BTW.......I heard you can find the transcripts of all of your podcasts somewhere. Where would that be?

JustAnnie

I'm quite sure that some of us have more control over their over eating than others. Some of us (me included) are more like food "addicts" than just over eaters. I'm one of those who would not do well on an "Don't Be an Idiot" S Days. This, coincidentally, is my first official "S" day. I thought lon...

JustAnnie

HOORAY!!! That's a great achievement. I hope to make it to your mark by the end of the month.

Today is my first "S" day and I'm a bit nervous about it. =0 Post to follow.

Anyway, Congrats. BTW.... has the scale budged for you too?

JustAnnie

Day 3 was hard for me too. This was Day 4 for me and it wasn't as bad. I can see this as being a bumpy road for a while. Keep on keeping on!! I will too!!

JustAnnie

Thanks Jam and Sham (Hey that rhymes :wink: ) for your encouragement. Today was a bit easier. Coincidentally, I have been shopping for some new smaller dinner plate. I've got my eye on a set of Sandstone Corelle that have the 9 inch plates! Today was a bit better. I'm doing better with a bit of milk...

JustAnnie

Day 3 was a bit harder. Seems like my body wants more food than what I plan to give it. I'm still on track but was a bit more uncomfortable. Oh.......and the glass of milk last night helped a lot.

Day 3 - Success

JustAnnie

I understand what you're saying. The No-S plan makes me feel like a regular person. I had some success with programs like WW as long as I logged every morsel that went into my mouth, but who can do that forever? Also, I felt like I was obsessing over food all day every day with planning points to ea...

JustAnnie

Thanks. I will try drinking a glass of milk before bed tonight. It's good to know I am not alone in this problem. And yes, this is not "brain hunger" . This was gut gnawing hunger that wouldn' t let me sleep. :cry: I'll let you know if the milk does the trick tonight. Oh.......and I've always been t...

JustAnnie

So...........this is Day 2. I believe I'm doing ok today, even though I think my portions might have been a bit larger. I think I'm going to have to put in a night time snack so that I can sleep at night. Last night I was so hungry that I couldn't sleep well.

Day 2 - Success

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I know that eating at night is going to be my biggest hurdle. I know eating in the late evening is NOT a good thing to do and is not part of the No S plan but I get so hungry at night that I can't even sleep. Does anyone have any ideas about how to handle this problem? I may need to build some kind ...

JustAnnie

Um, is there a way to invert the posts when reading the "Check In" pages so that the last post the author wrote is the first thing you see instead of buried on page 52?

JustAnnie

Glad to see you are back. Going back to the program was a good move. Don't ever give up.

JustAnnie

Thanks so much for chiming in on this. I'm 55 and have a lot to lose. I really am worrying about carrying so much weight around at my age and have tried everything else. I could follow the other programs for a time but couldn't be a "calorie accountant" for long. I'm pinning a lot of hope on this pr...

JustAnnie

I have noticed that many on this board seem to be rather youthful. Are any of you over 40's having success?

JustAnnie

Well, here I go. I've been reading and lurking and trying to get some of the prinicples down for half of December but this is my first official No S day and I've done OK. No sweets, no snacks, no seconds and I think I've got the plate proportions down. Breakfast was a bowl of oatmeal with blueberrie...

JustAnnie

That's fantastic!! I have a lot to lose too. I'm a newbie and just learning the ropes. How long does your daily walk last? I don't have more than about 30 minutes a day to devote to exercise.

Keep up the good work!!

JustAnnie

If genetics is 40% of the cause of obesity, then why has it jumped to such epic proportions in the last ten years? Shouldn't this have been a problem all along? People aren't having more children than they were 40 years ago, they are having less, so the genes that produce chubby kids shouldn't be in...

JustAnnie

Another option is to split an entree with your spouse or a friend. It saves you both money and you don't have to worry about leftovers. Just be sure to take someone along who has the same taste in food, then order one meal and an extra plate!

JustAnnie

I'm not even 24 hours into this yet, but you'd better believe that I will tell people about it right away. This is the first time I've started into an eating program that I KNOW I can do long term. It doesn't appear to be scary or intimidating at all. If nothing else, it's a logical, healthy way of ...

JustAnnie

Gareth - Thank you for the great welcome. I am so new that I'm feeling a bit out of my element at the moment and I appreciate your response. Hmmmmmm......As a former teacher, I certainly do see your point about my signature line but I've been carrying that phrase around for a couple of years now and...

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I just found this site this evening and I've got to say I'm impressed. As a veteran of almost every commercial diet out there, I must say that this diet appears to be the most level headed approach I've ever seen. I am starting this plan this minute. I hope to report back soon that I'm still follow...

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Just Annie's Check In - Began Jan. 2, 2007