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March Challenge

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:17 am
by oolala53
Just starting up the thread. Will update with calendar later.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:14 pm
by HeatherG
Fresh month, new resolve. I'm in again.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:55 pm
by milliem
I'm up for the challenge! February was tricky so need to keep going with the accountability.

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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 5:50 pm
by Selcazare
February was a mess for me but March will be better!

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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:34 am
by oolala53
update below

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:03 am
by Dalia negra
I'm in!

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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 8:55 pm
by flyingpig
Right, March.

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Already used one NWS-day (today, Friday 2nd). No other NWS-days planned at the mo, all my special occasions this month are on the weekend.

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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:05 pm
by noni
I really been needing this again to be accountable

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09: Son's birthday

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:13 am
by oolala53
Update below

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:00 pm
by milliem
Marking a NWS day for 2nd March - although it was more an S 'event' as the daytime was vanilla NoS, evening involved a celebration and dessert.

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:06 pm
by oolala53
One S event on an S day is what they are meant to be eventually anyway. (bk.p. 105) Sounds like you used it perfectly.

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:33 pm
by noni
That is my goal: only one S event on each S day. Writing this for a bump :)

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:44 pm
by oolala53
update below

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:26 pm
by milliem
oolala53 wrote:One S event on an S day is what they are meant to be eventually anyway. (bk.p. 105) Sounds like you used it perfectly.
I'm pretty good at keeping the NWS days as a single S, working on it for regular S days! This month I'm working at not perma snacking on regular S days, and keeping my S's wherever possible to meal times.

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:32 pm
by oolala53
It took me two years to finally be willing to do that. I have other issues that affect that and it's sometimes still a challenge so I instituted a further mod recently. I was hooooooked!

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:45 pm
by elegantportions
Update below.

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:06 pm
by butterfly1000
I’d like to jump in even if month already started. My ultimate goal is to do Vanilla No S because for me it gets too easy to get derailed when I start making exceptions. However I don’t feel ready to do that at the moment so would like to tackle a couple of things that could help me get started on the right track. A big one is “no more solitary eatingâ€. Example no buying chocolate on way home from work and eating it in the car with no witnesses :oops:
Another one is no snacks after supper.
I hope I can stick to it. I tend to get discouraged when I just get reds and then I stop tracking. But I’ll keep trying ...

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12/13: No excuse for snacks after supper. I wasn’t hungry. Just exhausted and frustrated so a lot of emotional eating happening.[/colori]
14: Really not doing good overall with eating and exercising. Feel very discouraged. Only reason I didn’t get a red for after supper snack is because I fell asleep on the couch and went straight to bed when I woke up.
16: Finally 2 greens! :D

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:08 pm
by MaggieMae
I'm late to the party! My S days this month are Saturdays and Tuesday's due to work travel schedule.

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:52 pm
by oolala53
All good, butterfly.

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:09 am
by oolala53
Bumping this up. Catch up recording when you can!

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:17 pm
by elegantportions
Update below.

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:09 pm
by oolala53
Isn't it fun to find out you can celebrate with food during the three meals?

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:47 am
by oolala53
update below

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:44 pm
by oolala53
No S

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S day mod fails:
3/11: ate cookie and some chocolate in the car alone after showcase.
3/12: leftover cake from showcase
3/18 package of discounted mini cupcakes decorated for St. Patrick's day.

Exercise ( One Minute minimum every day)

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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:57 pm
by elegantportions
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15 NWS = Trip with DH to celebrate our 34th wedding anniversary. We're hiding out at a friend's house in a remote location, so shouldn't be too bad.

Yippee!!! I previously set Friday 16 as NWS day for getaway with DH. But I was able to resist the snacks & make it a bona fide N day. We even went out for dinner, and I thoroughly enjoyed 1/3 of what was served, saving the rest for other days.

I enjoyed an ok S Day on Saturday, Sunday was a little over the top but not too bad all things considered.

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:24 am
by oolala53
Dang it I lost my entire calendar trying to cut and paste it so it would get bumped and someone who might need the reminder would get an email. ! With only three days to go in March! I lost the exercise part on Spark. Too many moving parts!

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:21 pm
by milliem
Phew well March was a bust... husband was horribly ill (six hospital visits in eight days) and the stress and weird routine led to some very not good eating. Some days I just ate two meals, some days I ate a whole cake :oops: :roll: I was also away for part of March with family and friends so had mostly a mixture of S days and failure days.

Onwards to April!