Everyday Systems

pangelsue

In reading other people's posts, I have been noticing a lot of discussion about dealing with hunger between meals. I think we all have those wonderful days when we slide through without feeling particularly hungry. Those are the best and we feel wonderfully in control on those days. But what about t...

pangelsue

Congratulations. What a wonderful accomplishment! There were many oppurtunities to fail and you ran the course successfully. Awesome feat. Enjoy your S days and the 21 day club.

pangelsue

Sounds like you are being your own inspiration as usual. Those are all good ideas and the analysis of your 4 days off plan sounds right on. Just believe in yourself and the plan. Your life and health have to be as important as your job (I am talking from experience by the way). If you died tomorrow,...

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Failure. Last one for a while because I am armed with motivation and cuz I have a plan. More later, when it works. 8-3 At least my tombstone will say, she never gave up. Got some pretty looney ideas but never gave up. LOL.

pangelsue

Welcome and congrats on the things not eaten. Good job.

pangelsue

Welcome and don't forget the 3 successes. Also part of the journey. Hang in there.

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This is also being printed and going on my refrigerator and at my desk at work. Thanks, Josie. You are da bomb!

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Well, sort of welcome back. LOL. Best of luck. I think you will like it here.

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By the way. We need pictures and details, details, details.

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Thanks for the warm post on my thread, flsunshine. So you survived Ernesto and the dreaded refrigerator, huh? Which was a worse threat, ha, ha? It sounds like you are making more progress everyday. Some people seem to go cold turkey and some of us struggle a bit more but I think as long as we are do...

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Failure but I know why.
Got amazing new energy from the boards today so I know tomorrow will be better. I can do this and it will be worth while. I will gain energy and strength and progress if I just hang in there.

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pangelsue

What an inspiration!! I printed out your testimony and have it on my refrigerator and at my desk at work. Congratulations. You have truly reinvented yourself.

pangelsue

Failure. Tense all day at work. A good friend had a fight with a co worker and was crying and carrying on all day. Tried to be there for her but I feel she really overracted and told her so. She has had a very rough year and I feel she has been bringing a lot of it to work and taking it out on peopl...

pangelsue

Thanks, nice compliment and I appreciate it. Where are you, Babe!! Hopefully you check in and see this. When I took my month off, I checked in now and then and felt sorry for myself when no one asked where I was. (how juvenile was that???). Hope you are well and lurking about. Rejoin the group soon,...

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You are doing just great. I find that schedule changes, like visiting and birthdays etc. are fun but they can get me off schedule. Forgive yourself and move on. I like to keep score like 5 successes and 1 failure sort of thing so I know I am mostly on.

pangelsue

Hi Deb and congrats. You are always the first friendly words new comers hear at this site. You are one of the pillars. Thanks for the time and effort to help fellow travellers.

pangelsue

Good for you. We have all started over a number of times and Deb is right. It is a journey complete with successes and failures. The only trick is picking yourself up and starting over. I did No S successfully for several monthes and then slid for almost a month. I have been back for a week now and ...

pangelsue

Success 8-0
Good day. My husband and I worked outside the whole day so lots of exercise yesterday (shopping) and today (gardening). Meals were healthy and organic. Had a delightful wine with lunch (Shale Ridge Chardonnay) and homemade pasta sauce with fresh picked beans. Yum.

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Success 7-0
Another S Day. Did pretty good. Went at little overboard tonight on potato salad but I had a lot of chances to overindulge today and that was the only one I folded to. I am looking forward to tomorrow being an N day. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are enough days off.

pangelsue

Success 6-0 Good day. S Day but I had a choice of pizza or something else Italien for lunch at a nice Italien restaurant and then I saw a large page of interesting salads. I tried the one I thought was most intersesting and it was wonderful. It matched the wine I chose perfectly and it was a memerab...

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Success-S day 5-0 Because my life style often says I will party on Fridays and Saturdays more often than Saturdays and Sundays I have decided this time around that I will make an executive decision on weekends depending on plans as to which 2 days are S days. That means that I won't have to miss the...

pangelsue

It will get easier and I think eventually you will learn to like feeling lighter and less full. Try it for the 21 days and I think habit will start to set in. Welcome.

pangelsue

Success 4-0 Very healthy day again. Getting a little easier. Someone brought cookies and donuts to work. That was rough but this time it was rough for a different reason. They were store bought cookies and donut holes. I don't like either one so I had to face the fact that I was having trouble not t...

pangelsue

Hi, First time stopping by. I think you are doing an incredible job first time out. As all the people who have been here a while will tell you, this is a process. I gave up one snack at a time because I knew I wouldn't be able to go cold turkey. We all have our own ways of achieving the same goal. I...

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Congratulations, hats and horns to you, Deb. 2 years is an awesome achievement. And plating the snacks!!!! I am impressed.

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Success 3-0 healthy meals and it feels good to be moving forward again. Not too bad so far. Lots of hunger moments but interestingly, when I wait them out, they go away so is it true hunger if distraction gets rid of it? We shall see.

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We'll all someday say "we knew him when..." Great job. Let us know if you do more.

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Success 2-0. Very healthy meals and right on track. Feel good about my day and looking forward to tomorrow.

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Admittedly, I will do a lot to avoid going to the doctor. Got a lot of white coat fever. But when I was having major problems with acid indigestion, I did a lot of reading on line and I found out that most people who have acid indigestion actually have too little stomach acid, not too much. When the...

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Go CJC and welcome!!!

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You write such an interesting description of your progress on No S. Congratulations on your success so far. I loved all the experiences you related about feeling yucky on weekends and also eating because you felt you had to get it all in before Monday. I agree totally. Until recently that was my pat...

pangelsue

You are on track again and will stay there. You have been dedicated to this site for some time now. There are just pitfalls for all of us and bad times when we find it harder to stay focused. You have done many difficult things in your life time and you are strong. Hang in there. I have been trying ...

pangelsue

I'm baaaaack. I was having too many failures and didn't know why so I stopped beating myself up about it. I gave up until I remembered why I wanted it. Found out lower blood pressure readings was one motivator (don't want to do pills if I can avoid it) and feeling bloated and awful and living on rol...

pangelsue

Hi Deb,
Hope Florida is wonderful. Good place to start that modelling career. I'll be looking for you in the fashion mags. LOL. It's wonderful to hear you so up even though the job situation is iffy. You are a phoenix though and will rise again. Blessings on you and Richie.

pangelsue

You have really been through hell recently and still you managed to give up drinking, get yourself to counseling and maintain a weight loss. But, incredibly, you are beating yourself up because you can't make yourself do even more. Stop. Congratulate yourself on surviving a long list of trials and t...

pangelsue

Maybe motivation has taken a temporary vacation. I am back after a month long hiatus. Don't know why. Just couldn't do it anymore for a while. Had to sort some stuff out. I am back armed with Life is Hard, Food is Easy and also, Can't afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought. Also, blood pressure is ...

pangelsue

Do it for yourself, your boys and by all means to make the Ex eat his heart out. You can do it. Good luck.

pangelsue

I am so happy for you Deb. You deserve incredible praise for riding through the plateau. God works in mysterious ways. Maybe the low money thing was to get you over the top and reignite your motivation. Onward and downward on the scale, baby. Can't wait to see the pics.

pangelsue

Welcome and enjoy the freedom.

pangelsue

Day 3 3-0 Breakfast: egg and toast with mixed fresh fruit. Hmmmmmmmm fresh fruit. I love it Lunch: tomatoes, carrots, and radishes with soy crackers and garlic dill cheese. Delicious but didn't bring enough so I added a vending machine pack of peanuts. Supper: large salad with strawberried, sunflowe...

pangelsue

Welcome to No S. You will love it but don't expect to be perfect right off. I gave one thing up at a time originally. First, I gave up seconds for a week until that was easier. Then I gave up sugar. Then my morning snack. Then my afternoon and afterwork snacks (those two were really tough) and final...

pangelsue

Sounds like some rough water, Deb. Sorry to hear that but you are a strong lady and you are pulling out of it. Wow! Went to your website. You look and sound terrific. You not only talk the talk of love, it looks like you walk the walk. A winner all the way. Keep up the good work with the exercise, e...

pangelsue

Good thoughts, Operababe. You are insuring that you have a future whether it is in opera or not. Even if you don't ever get hired, they can't stop the singing. If it 's in your heart, and it sure sounds like it is, the song will go on and on. Let the critique part be secondary and the singing be pri...

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Inspiring and impressive. Quite a journey.

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Thanks, Deb for the noodging and I appreciate where you are coming from. I don't intend to cramp my style on weekends at all. I am just going for accountability and trying to get a handle on my motivation before I binge, not after. I have been fat for a lot of years and I am starting to learn why. I...

pangelsue

Thank you for the incredible incouragement, all. I really appreciate it. I think my sister is starting to move on and look forward to the future. They had been talking about moving out of their old 2 story to a ranch and now they are thinking this may be the time. All in all it was as good weekend. ...

pangelsue

You are truly making it beautiful. Congratulations.

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I'd be thrilled with a 14 lb weight loss!!!! Congratulations. Wow! That is a great head start. Keep building on that.

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55 days!!! What a record of successes. You must feel awesome. Congratulations and keep on piling them up.

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Do you think the diet is affecting your sleep patterns? Someone had a thread on that topic on the discussion board a while back. I think she found that fish oil before bed helped. I can't stand the taste of fish oil but it does come in capsules. I think she had hers with a very small glass of orange...

pangelsue

40-7 Success with one funny sucker at work. Had to work until 8 tonight and I was feeling funky right before I went home so I chose a sucker to settle my head because it was better than a candy bar. Probably (actually more than probably) that was a failure but I am counting it as a success because i...

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Welcome back, Harpista. It isn't starting over, it is just continuing. It's a process, babe. We are all human and imperfect. Keep us posted.

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Great going Phil. Good luck with year two. You are an inspiration to us slower losers. I have been here about 6 monthes and have lost 8. I was feeling discouraged until I read your post. Thanks. I will hang in there too because slow is far better than gain. Bring on the pix.

pangelsue

Good advice Deb and thanks for taking the time and energy to help as always. The weekends really have not been so much gorge fests as "treat" fests. I seem to have to fulfill every dream each weekend. I want popcorn, peanuts, ice cream, cookies, candy, pie, whatever else crosses my line of vision. A...

pangelsue

Woo hoo on the squats, Deb. Good for you. Your determination is wonderful. New goals in sight, I'm sure.

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The sweet smell of success. Congratulations!!

pangelsue

38 and 6. Had a good Saturday. My intentions so far to make the weekends a little lighter is working well. I have been at a plateau for several monthes now and I have to make an effort to break new ground. I have upped my exercise as much as I can and I am still stuck in place. I think the plateau i...

pangelsue

Your slurry of refried beans sounds yummy. I'll have to try that. Iagree with you about the meal made by a friend. Good times with friends are S days to me too as long as they don't happen too often. Time to enjoy. Hope you also enjoyed that Mexican bakery. I spent a year in Germany 35 years ago and...

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Operababe, you are a wonder. Your "time to make it beautiful" reminder must really be your mantra because that seems to be your driving force. You sound in control, determined and focused. That is the name of the game. I also wanted to thank you for the recommendation of "Life is Hard, Food is Easy"...

pangelsue

Good call on the chemicals. There ought to be a law.

pangelsue

What an accomplishment!! Another type of graduation. A graduation to a new healthier, smaller, more confident person. Congratulations. You are doing it.

pangelsue

Sounds like you had a great one. Happy Birthday and many more.

pangelsue

save that craving for tomorrow and then enjoy with wild abandon. It's fun. Sounds like you are doing well.

pangelsue

Thank you all so much for the encouragement and motivating words. I needed the motivation too. I had a rough week and had a couple of days that I just let go and survived. So the score is at 35 and 6 but I can live with that. I needed the break and I needed something is my life to not be hard for a ...

pangelsue

Congratulations on all the successes. You are back on the road, ma'am. Keep on keepin' on and enjoy your yoga. You sound happy and motivated.

pangelsue

I like scales okay but I think something is up with ours. It is digital and never needs batteries but we have had it quite a while. If I get on the scale say 4 times within 10 minutes, I might get 4 different readings some days and other days, it is right on the mark each time. It can be as much as ...

pangelsue

I am soooo happy for you for experiencing hunger??? I'd like to loan or better yet give some of mine. I have been having lots of hunger lately but I think it is job related. Glad to hear you are doing so well.

pangelsue

You are bigger than any food. It can't force you to eat it. Don't you have the opportunity to eat out of plan EVERY day of the week? If you have managed not to do it then, you can do it now. It will be tough but you can be tougher and you will be so glad you did. Maybe for the time being, someone el...

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Welcome back. You keep coming back because you know this is the best place for you to be. We welcome you and wish you renewed success.

pangelsue

You go, Deb. The peaches are awesome this year. I had 2 yesterday and wanted a third. Jam on. Give Richie an extra hug for being a motivator.

pangelsue

Hi and thanks for your comments on my thread. I was feeling a little low on motivation myself but once again, all the support of this group has lifted me up. I was reading through your posts and you were doing great. I think we all slip up from time to time. Habits are so hard to break. I bought a b...

pangelsue

I'm baaaack! The system didn't recognize me after my daughter made some changes on our computer. I couldn't remember my password so I had to get a new one assigned. Then I screwed that one up. Reinhard helped me get back on track and now I have my password written down and hopefully will not lose it...

pangelsue

That's an interesting question. Habit. Hmmmm. The first 21 days were a breeze for me. I thought, wow, this is my road. I can do this forever with my eyes closed. Then I started having days with funny stuff or total blow out days where I was back to saying, I'll start over tomorrow. Then I think I cr...

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Glad to hear you are hanging in there, Cynthia. I think we have all been there trying to find our way through. You sound a little like my daughter. She has been working on No S too and not always succeeding the way she would like. Like her, you often skip meals and substitute with caffeine drinks or...

pangelsue

I totally agree on arbitrary rules. My boss is always saying if Sue doesn't question a new rule, no one will. Ever see V for Vendetta? That's me or actually my husband and me. The more freedoms we toss away the less we all are. Not the forum but we were just wondering this morning what a market anar...

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Maybe for you, eating "no more than" 3 times a day might work. The description after your name sounds like you are a person who doesn't like rules and there are very few here. Eating no more than 3 plates of food a day is really the only one. That and having freedom on weekends which should appeal t...

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26-2 I am happy and content with how things are going. I feel like I am back on track with No S. It is becoming a habit and I like the habit. Weekend coming up, Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

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Wow, I'm very impressed. Hope you made it through that candy aisle. Only one day to go until it is guilt-free. There is a show on cable called "Honey, we're killing the kids". It's a sort of cool idea. They take a family where the kids are on the large size or kids that have really bad eating habits...

pangelsue

You can't do better than that for a first day. You have already discovered the best parts of no S. Good meals, nothing forbidden, healthy exercise and wonderful weekends. There are no downs here if you are commited. Welcome.

pangelsue

24-2 with one funny thing. I had a little glass of Baileys when I got home tonight. Did a 12 hour day at work today and I was bone tired. I needed a pleasant, indulgent moment. There are 5 of us who are phone contacts for our suppliers. We are overworked on the best of days. We have commented that b...

pangelsue

24-2 with one funny thing. I had a little glass of Baileys when I got home tonight. Did a 12 hour day at work today and I was bone tired. I needed a pleasant, indulgent moment. There are 5 of us who are phone contacts for our suppliers. We are overworked on the best of days. We have commented that b...

pangelsue

I like the muffin pan thing. My favorite part of any meatloaf is the outside edge and this way I 'd get all outside edges. Yum. Thanks for the tip.

pangelsue

Best of luck. Keep us updated on your progress.

pangelsue

It's Tuesday and I am at 23-2. I love this new plan. I guess I am competitive even with myself. I have been doing good even though we have been eating more salt lately. We are gardening every night and meals have to be quick so we don't waste too much time in the kitchen. Next week I hope to make th...

pangelsue

I would love to see that movie too. There is just something about Jack Black. Cute and funny. Maybe this weekend. Popcorn is good anytime. Glad you had a good time.

pangelsue

You rock, woman!! Your enthusiasum is catching. Keep it up and we will all be awesomely inspired.

pangelsue

What a great way to sum it up, Eskh! Welcome and please continue to share the thoughts.

pangelsue

A lot of that is me. I will have to check that book out.

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Extended birthdays are good. I've had a few of those. Talking about cheesecake and Haagen Das on Monday. Ohhhh, the cruelty!!! LOL> Sounds like you had a good time. Scary stuff with your dad. I've been there with 4 parents and only one went quickly. It is a rough time of life. It teaches us much but...

pangelsue

Demons and dragons, huh! It's a dirty job but someone has to do it. Welcome back.

pangelsue

The no sugar thing is not like Atkins or South Beach. There is no restriction on bread or carrots or oranges or anything like that and as Cynthia said, a little sugar in your coffee or on your cereal is ok too. However, donuts, cookies or marshmellow cereals are a no. I think if you ask yourself, is...

pangelsue

I agree with what everyone said above. I think it may be a mistake to ditch the S days. I have been keeping score lately with my progress. My current score is 22-2. 22 days on plan and 2 failure days. It has been working good for me. I added another part to the plan starting this morning. I will try...

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Thanks, Deb. I am impressed too. The weekend was also pretty good. I am going to add a weekend assessment to my scoring plan. I will try to be honest with myself on Monday mornings. If my weekend was overall a success, I will count it as a success. If I went insane and ate everything in sight whethe...

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I like easy and little cooking too especially in summer. We're gardeners and the more time I can be outside the better. Friday success. We went out for supper with friends and I had an enjoyable meal. They all had ice cream after and I didn't. Hard but gratifying. Every day more decisions I guess. T...

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He sounds like the best. Really glad you had a good birthday. What no cake description???

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Total success today. Wasn't even particularly hungry. Isn't it odd how it goes with hunger levels?? Charity and I had a lovely time after supper sitting around a fire outside with a gimlet. Very relaxing and had a really nice talk. One of those memorable moments in parenthood. Today life is good.

pangelsue

Welcome. You will like it here, I think. Good luck.

pangelsue

Happy Birthday, Deb!!! 39 is great, as is 49 and 59. It's all about having fun, staying healthy and living life to the fullest. Enjoy those S's and tell us all about them. Head for 40 with new fine honed resolve.

pangelsue

I think it is a success. Pomegranite juice is soooo good for you that it ought to be considered a supplement instead of a food. Your day sounded well rounded and yummy. Have a good weekend, Hunter.

pangelsue

You are such a success story. You just keep moving on. Your meals sound so interesting too. I am always amazed when I browse, at the unusual things people eat. I plan all my meals and they are certainly boring or at least normal. I ought to shop here for meal ideas. LOL. Have and good Friday and gre...

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