Hi Laff thanks for writing!
Hope all is going well up in the Great White North!
Yes, thank you Richie is well! Not so young now!
Just turned 12 in March
Right now our issues are really the same as when we began in 2005..
His thing was over sweeting..
So yeah it's a day to day battle, and its actually a bit more challenging for him this year to resist stuff, as at his school, they have a little candy and snack stand that is *directly* next to his locker, just outside the cafeteria.
But we are both trying our best to apply NoS rules as much as we can.
With the prevalence of sugary drinks and "fruit juice cocktails" which are really just corn syrup, I'm personally very glad he is still doing NoS.. But its a daily challenge. NoS does make us much more prepared to overcome those junk food traps that are laying around at every turn..
I'd say our average success during the week together with at least avoiding sweets, is about 75% good.
We definitely still love the structure of N days and S days and it really does help!!
The nice thing these days, is more concerning the fact that years ago, when we started, my mom used to bring a lot of stuff into the house and just "leave it" around.. honestly i felt she was just trying to sabotage our efforts. It was like that for about a year.. I'd go nuts because it was really disrespecting my wish to support us on NoS. But finally this year, its sunk in that we are doing this for a good reason, and it is actually making sense to her and she even says she agrees (at least about the sweets restriction) with NoS and is finally respecting the rule to only have treats for the weekends and special days.
Hope life is treating you well!
Peace and Love
Debs