Everyday Systems

I have ordered my book from Amazon.com but haven't gotten it yet. I have been trying to follow the "No S plan" for almost a week now and find it quite easy to say with it. I lost about 45 pounds a couple of years ago with Nutrisystem, but have put about 30 of it back on. My question will probably be answered when I get the book, but what are green and red days? And what about fresh fruit? I ate some fresh cherries about an hour after dinner, so did I mess up?

Gramma Marla

GrammaMarla,

WELCOME!

glad you ordered the book, I found it really helpful and it answers many questions that will come up along the way,

that being said-

red and green days refer to HabitCal, at the top of each web page beneath the heading EVERYDAY SYSTEMS are some links ... one is for HabitCal.

Using Habitcal, mark N days where you did not have sweets, seconds, or snacks as green. Otherwise they are red. Saturdays and Sundays are marked yellow for S days. Reinhard the creator of the No S diet recommends 1-2 days a month additional S days -NWS DAYS (Non Weekend S Days) - when and where needed ... birthdays, anniversaries, other signigicant holidays. These are at your discretion and are also marked with yellows.

Using HabitCal helps building HABIT, which is the core of NO S diet. This is opposed to focusing solely on weight loss, calories, carbs, or whatever "old school" methods of weight loss we might be clinging to from the past ....

Using HabitCal can be amazingly effective!

in the book, Reinhard suggests putting fruit on your one plate meal.
I actually ate fresh cherries tonight too! they were delicious.

I put them in one bowl with my baked tofu,
I have some photos on my blog on other days and will put some up later this week that give visual examples.

I am glad you are finding No S easy to stay with,
I, myself, am so grateful I stumbled across the book at the bookstore,

Blueskighs

Welcome, GrammaMarla.

In case you had trouble finding it, here's the direct link to the habitcal.

http://everydaysystems.com/habitcal

You can use a regular old paper calendar instead if you prefer. You can also skip it altogether if you don't think it'll be helpful.

As blueskighs points out, technically, you're supposed to eat fruit with meals and not in between on No-s. But there are people who have modified the basic rules to allow stuff like that (I'd recommend giving vanilla No-s a good solid try before making any such modifications).

Best of luck and hope you enjoy the book,

Reinhard

Thanks Reinhard,

I am sure that I will. So far this seems to be something that I can follow. I was successful twice with Nutrisystem, but once I stopped it the pounds came back. I just created my own HabitCal so I can actually track my good days and bad. And this time I plan to be successful and keep the weight off.