No Snacks, no sweets, no seconds. Except on Days that start with S. Too simple for you? Simple is why it works. Look here for questions, introductions, support, success stories.
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Kit
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by Kit » Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:41 pm
First hurdle. Friday. A group of people most over 60 and some over 70 trying to sort stuff out of a container where it has been since our meeting house was demolished after the earthquakes and into our new building. I am in my 50's and one of only 2 people under 60.
Shovel glove has nothing on me! I am lifting and carrying and lifting and carrying....
Then lunch. Shared lunch. With people who are mostly vegetarian and know I am vegan. And they had baked. Nice yummy cakes and biscuits. Homemade vegan cakes and biscuits.
And I was hungry after all that work
And I ate cake
And biscuits
And more cake
And more biscuits......
Mind you...they were yummy !
Well, today is Saturday. Remember....note to self....no punishing oneself! Enjoy the weekend and get back on the wagon Monday.
Kit.

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gingerpie
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by gingerpie » Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:38 pm
You're right. No worries. So today was a failed attempt but there is always next week to try again.

I find it very helpful to have a plan in place for times when I know or suspect that temptation will be hard to put behind me. If this is a group that eats together often, perhaps you'll have to come up with a pre-planned polite refusal. I often think the key is to be prepared. . . not necessarily that the plan has to be complicated.
Better luck next time.
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osoniye
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by osoniye » Sat Aug 08, 2015 2:32 pm
That sounds like a very unusual situation, and probably worthy of a fail.
Enjoy your weekend and think in terms of habit from Monday and you'll be fine.
-Sonya
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oolala53
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by oolala53 » Sat Aug 08, 2015 3:22 pm
Next time, just lots of biscuits, but on a plate. Still green per No S!
Veganism is another issue altogether. It sounds like you are actually transitioning to being a vegan, if you are still choosing to eat non-vegan foods, so you are actually working on two major eating changes at once. I was working on No S proper AND on bingeing at the same time years ago. Even though I continued to pretty much binge on S days for a long time, I called myself being binge free on those days! It seemed to make sticking to No S easier, and definitely to reducing my bingeing. Eventually, the sanity of N days won out, and I got tired of wild S days. I weaned myself off them- most of the time. And it's okay. I actually don't claim that I will never again eat a package of cookie dough. But I don't do it these days, and it might never happen again. I can live with that.
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osoniye
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by osoniye » Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:01 pm
oolala53 wrote:...biscuits, but on a plate. Still green per No S...
I think maybe "biscuits" in this context means "cookies" in American English, thus not on an N day.
-Sonya
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oolala53
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by oolala53 » Sat Aug 08, 2015 5:18 pm
Oh. Makes sense. No English biscuits! American biscuits saved me many times in the beginning from eating real sweets later or from eating a heavy snack before dinner...
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 71
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
12/20/24 24.1
There is no S better than (mod) Vanilla No S
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Dale
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by Dale » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:19 am
This is just my feeling, but I think that's a special situation, where people have specially baked vegan food just because you are vegan. Of course it's polite to eat some and enjoy it. There's a social aspect to eating too. Personally, I would be counting that as a Special occasion (like a birthday)
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RAWCOOKIE
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by RAWCOOKIE » Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:14 am
Reinhard says, when this happens, either declare it an extra S day - or mark it up as a 'fail' - then just move on! You're awareness is the benefit on this occasion.
Keep going!

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Kit
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by Kit » Sun Aug 09, 2015 6:23 pm
Yeah, biscuits means cookies I think! Sweet with sometimes chocolate or icing on top.
Oolala, We have been vegan (plant based) since 2012, when hubby and I finally joined our two daughters, one vegan, one vegetarian. I really like the food, and it fits our ethics. However I know lots of yummy vegan meals, and treats. And dark chocolate is vegan, as are chips, coke, Oreos......
I have had a lovely weekend. Morning tea with hubby at our favourite vegetarian restaurant. (Vegan chocolate cake!) and I made cherry scones on Saturday. We finished them for supper last night, and it is Monday morning.
I am aiming for 1 good week. Just one. Let's not worry about the rest of our lives, let's just go for one good week
Onwards!
Kit