* * * I'm issuing a challenge for you to have your best month yet. * * *
- *Remember* to only post once on the first page so that we can all get in at the top. This makes it easier to keep tabs on eachother.
- Please re-read that last one, some people don't get it.
- edit your first post all month so we can all keep tabs on eachother.
- after October 3rd we will continue posting at the bottom for encouragement and fun.
- write your "best" that you want to beat.
- good luck and have fun with it!
October Challenge! Yes... it's here.
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October Challenge! Yes... it's here.
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I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
Please pray for me
Please pray for me
I'm in!
September had 1 red day and I'm improving on my weekends, so I'm going to try to beat that! Whew! I'm going to do it too!!!!!! Wooo Let's go challengers!!! Who's up to it?
October
1 green
2 Red
Doritos hit me with no warning!!! Ahhh!
3 S day
4 S day
5 I took an S day... Dad had pretty serious surgury and I ate when I could. Not bad either.
(he's going to be fine by the way)
6 great green day
7 green
8 green it'll be
9 green it'll be
10 S day
11 S day
12 red... failure... duh but I'm learning what not to do!!!
13 green
14 greenand getting back on track... I froze the carmels
I have a tiny announcement... and I hope it doesn't hinder anyone's enthusiasm for this challenge. If you want to, think of it as "lets show her!" Anyway, I've needed a bit of a change and I'm trying something new. I didn't want everyone all in an uproar saying that this is too big of a mod, so... I'm taking a leave of absense. I've started a new sparkpeople team following the rules I've been doing lately and loosing faster than before. If interested, details are written in on my check-in. I'll be back to check in and who knows, if this doesn't work, I'll be back!
September had 1 red day and I'm improving on my weekends, so I'm going to try to beat that! Whew! I'm going to do it too!!!!!! Wooo Let's go challengers!!! Who's up to it?
October
1 green
2 Red
Doritos hit me with no warning!!! Ahhh!3 S day
4 S day
5 I took an S day... Dad had pretty serious surgury and I ate when I could. Not bad either.
(he's going to be fine by the way)6 great green day
7 green
8 green it'll be
9 green it'll be
10 S day
11 S day
12 red... failure... duh but I'm learning what not to do!!!
13 green
14 greenand getting back on track... I froze the carmels
I have a tiny announcement... and I hope it doesn't hinder anyone's enthusiasm for this challenge. If you want to, think of it as "lets show her!" Anyway, I've needed a bit of a change and I'm trying something new. I didn't want everyone all in an uproar saying that this is too big of a mod, so... I'm taking a leave of absense. I've started a new sparkpeople team following the rules I've been doing lately and loosing faster than before. If interested, details are written in on my check-in. I'll be back to check in and who knows, if this doesn't work, I'll be back!
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I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
Please pray for me
Please pray for me
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- Location: The Village
October Challenge
Day-by-Day with Vanilla No-S
1 Success!
2 Success!
3 S Day
4 S Day Urban Rangering at the Mall of America!
5 Success!
6 Success!
7 Success!
8 Success!
9 Success! The end of a great week!
10 S Day
11 S Day
12 NWS-Day (dinner only) My birthday!
13 Failure Skimped on lunch, then needed a snack to make it to dinner.
14 Success!
15 Failure Struggling with migraines this week. Really throws everything off.
16 Success!
17 S Day
18 S Day
19 Success!
20 NWS - dinner only, celebrating with family and friends all the October birthdays in our group
21 Success! made a wonderful chicken stew for dinner -- perfect comfort food on a dark and rainy day!
22 Success!
23 Failure but at least it was because of daughter's homemade really magnificent challah (braided egg) bread and not some lesser food.
24 S Day
25 S Day
26 Success!
27 Failure
28 Failure
29 Failure
30 Failure Total meltdown at the end of this month.
31 S Day Happy Halloween!
Day-by-Day with Vanilla No-S
1 Success!
2 Success!
3 S Day
4 S Day Urban Rangering at the Mall of America!
5 Success!
6 Success!
7 Success!
8 Success!
9 Success! The end of a great week!
10 S Day
11 S Day
12 NWS-Day (dinner only) My birthday!
13 Failure Skimped on lunch, then needed a snack to make it to dinner.
14 Success!
15 Failure Struggling with migraines this week. Really throws everything off.
16 Success!
17 S Day
18 S Day
19 Success!
20 NWS - dinner only, celebrating with family and friends all the October birthdays in our group
21 Success! made a wonderful chicken stew for dinner -- perfect comfort food on a dark and rainy day!
22 Success!
23 Failure but at least it was because of daughter's homemade really magnificent challah (braided egg) bread and not some lesser food.
24 S Day
25 S Day
26 Success!
27 Failure
28 Failure
29 Failure
30 Failure Total meltdown at the end of this month.
31 S Day Happy Halloween!
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"Self-denial's a great sweetener of pleasure."
(Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner")
(Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner")
I NEEED a challenge Count me in!!!
Challenge for me is to keep up with No S all month and start exercise routine.
October 1: SUCCESS
October 2: SUCCESS
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: FAILURE 1/2 spoon more of veggies
October 6: FAILURE
October 7: FAILURE
October 8: FAILURE Fell off track but back on board
October 9:
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12:
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October 15:
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October 17: S day
October 18: S day
October 19:
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October 21:
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October 24: S day
October 25: S day
October 26:
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October 31: S day
Challenge for me is to keep up with No S all month and start exercise routine.
October 1: SUCCESS
October 2: SUCCESS
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: FAILURE 1/2 spoon more of veggies
October 6: FAILURE
October 7: FAILURE
October 8: FAILURE Fell off track but back on board
October 9:
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12:
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October 17: S day
October 18: S day
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October 25: S day
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October 31: S day
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This is my first week of No S, so my challenge will be just to keep up the good work 
October 1: No S
October 2: No S
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: No S
October 6: No S
October 7: No S
October 8: No S
October 9: No S
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12: No S
October 13: No S
October 14: No S
October 15: No S
October 16: No S
October 17: S day
October 18: S day
October 19: No S
October 20: No S
October 21: No S
October 22: No S
October 23: No S
October 24: S day
October 25: S day
October 26: No S
October 27: No S
October 28: No S
October 29: No S
October 30: No S
October 31: S day
ZOMG I can't believe I had a whole month of green days (keep in mind, this is my first month of No S, I started September 29)!
October 1: No S
October 2: No S
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: No S
October 6: No S
October 7: No S
October 8: No S
October 9: No S
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12: No S
October 13: No S
October 14: No S
October 15: No S
October 16: No S
October 17: S day
October 18: S day
October 19: No S
October 20: No S
October 21: No S
October 22: No S
October 23: No S
October 24: S day
October 25: S day
October 26: No S
October 27: No S
October 28: No S
October 29: No S
October 30: No S
October 31: S day
ZOMG I can't believe I had a whole month of green days (keep in mind, this is my first month of No S, I started September 29)!
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My best is to try this to the best of my ability My best is to do it Vanilla No-S As soon as I get tricky it become a red day pretty quickly. My goal is to make it too the 21 club. Will not weigh myself
October 1: SUCCESS
October 2: Success
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: Success
October 6:Success
October 7: Failure boo weight up 2 pounds I shouldn't have weighed
October 8: Success
October 9: failure
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12
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October 17: S day
October 18: S day
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October 25: S day
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October31: S day
October 1: SUCCESS
October 2: Success
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: Success
October 6:Success
October 7: Failure boo weight up 2 pounds I shouldn't have weighed
October 8: Success
October 9: failure
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12
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October 18: S day
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October 25: S day
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October31: S day
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I kind of sucked at the September challenge...
September was not all Greens but it was my most successful attempt at NoS to date. I'm having a green day today, so I guess October is a perfect month so far...
My challenges in October include a 10 day vacation to the Outer Banks, my Birthday, my DH's Birthday and our Anniversary all in a 2 week period.
It really is my favorite month.
I think my strategy over vacation will be to go for Green, my Birthday and our Anniversary are on S-Days so I think I'll give myself two allowable NWS days to use in October. Usually vacations are very active, but with my ankle still requiring gingerly walking, I can't count on activity to keep me from gaining. So we'll see what No-S will do. In October, I just hope to maintain. I'll keep my daily tracking thread updated and I'm entering into my calendar to check in here on Thursday's.
October 1, 243 pounds.
My challenges in October include a 10 day vacation to the Outer Banks, my Birthday, my DH's Birthday and our Anniversary all in a 2 week period.
It really is my favorite month.
I think my strategy over vacation will be to go for Green, my Birthday and our Anniversary are on S-Days so I think I'll give myself two allowable NWS days to use in October. Usually vacations are very active, but with my ankle still requiring gingerly walking, I can't count on activity to keep me from gaining. So we'll see what No-S will do. In October, I just hope to maintain. I'll keep my daily tracking thread updated and I'm entering into my calendar to check in here on Thursday's.
October 1, 243 pounds.
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buttercreampillow
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- Location: Music City
I'm in, and I'm setting doable goals for myself.
1) Fewer red days on No S than I had last month (3).
2) Keep posting to this thread no matter how many red days I have.
buttercreampillow
Oct. 1: Thursday
Oct. 2: Friday
Oct. 3: Saturday
Oct. 4: Sunday
Oct. 5: Monday
Oct. 6: Tuesday
Oct. 7: Wednesday
Oct. 8: Thursday
Oct. 9: Friday
Oct. 10: Saturday
Oct. 11: Sunday
Oct. 12: Monday
Oct. 13: Tuesday
Oct. 14: Wednesday
Oct. 15: Thursday
Oct. 16: Friday, plus cough drops
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1) Fewer red days on No S than I had last month (3).
2) Keep posting to this thread no matter how many red days I have.
buttercreampillow
Oct. 1: Thursday
Oct. 2: Friday
Oct. 3: Saturday
Oct. 4: Sunday
Oct. 5: Monday
Oct. 6: Tuesday
Oct. 7: Wednesday
Oct. 8: Thursday
Oct. 9: Friday
Oct. 10: Saturday
Oct. 11: Sunday
Oct. 12: Monday
Oct. 13: Tuesday
Oct. 14: Wednesday
Oct. 15: Thursday
Oct. 16: Friday, plus cough drops
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I think I'm going to pass on the challenge this month after all.
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guadopt1997
- Posts: 339
- Joined: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:10 pm
- Location: Arlington, VA
I did really well with my N days in September. Now I have to figure out the weekends.
October 1: success
October 2: success
October 3-4: tame S days
October 5: don't know. Finished my plate, then ate the cheese off the leftover of my daughter's slice of pizza. It would have fit on my plate but wasn't there originally. Marked it and moved on.
October 6 and 7: success
October 8: success
October 9: success
October 10-11: unhealthy S days (late evening binges)
October 12-13: success
October 14: failure Made six parmesan cheese crackers as part of dinner (it was a week from expiring) and gave my daughter half. She only ate 1 and after I'd finished my meal, including apple for dessert, I ate hers. Marked it and moved on so success of a sort.
October 15: success
October 16: success
October 17-18: miserable weekend
Next weekend I'll be trying Kevin's idea: You *might* want to try the "double sabbath" mod (sundown Friday to sundown Sunday) and see if it makes your Saturdays and Sundays less food frantic.
I would caution you - there's a slippery slope here. Don't let this be an opportunity to just introduce another 12 hours of excess consumption. You will need to "religiously" guard those Sunday nights (part of why I call it the sabbath mod). Make your last meal on Sunday an event to be observed.
We don't do a lot of going-out-socially anymore, so I use a tightened up sabbath mod - if I want, I'll eat seconds or perhaps dessert on Friday night (but still no snacking), and I always stop with dinner on Sunday. Works for me, and I think it keeps me from gorging on Saturday and Sunday.
October 19: failure (last minute invitation to dinner--reasonable, actually small dinner, but two cookies; and yet, that was it, so success in a way)
October 20: success
October 21: success
October 22: success
October 1: success
October 2: success
October 3-4: tame S days
October 5: don't know. Finished my plate, then ate the cheese off the leftover of my daughter's slice of pizza. It would have fit on my plate but wasn't there originally. Marked it and moved on.
October 6 and 7: success
October 8: success
October 9: success
October 10-11: unhealthy S days (late evening binges)
October 12-13: success
October 14: failure Made six parmesan cheese crackers as part of dinner (it was a week from expiring) and gave my daughter half. She only ate 1 and after I'd finished my meal, including apple for dessert, I ate hers. Marked it and moved on so success of a sort.
October 15: success
October 16: success
October 17-18: miserable weekend
Next weekend I'll be trying Kevin's idea: You *might* want to try the "double sabbath" mod (sundown Friday to sundown Sunday) and see if it makes your Saturdays and Sundays less food frantic.
I would caution you - there's a slippery slope here. Don't let this be an opportunity to just introduce another 12 hours of excess consumption. You will need to "religiously" guard those Sunday nights (part of why I call it the sabbath mod). Make your last meal on Sunday an event to be observed.
We don't do a lot of going-out-socially anymore, so I use a tightened up sabbath mod - if I want, I'll eat seconds or perhaps dessert on Friday night (but still no snacking), and I always stop with dinner on Sunday. Works for me, and I think it keeps me from gorging on Saturday and Sunday.
October 19: failure (last minute invitation to dinner--reasonable, actually small dinner, but two cookies; and yet, that was it, so success in a way)
October 20: success
October 21: success
October 22: success
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Me, Me, Me! Count me in - this added to the habitcal and should help the first month really back to Vanilla No S and 8MM Exercise
Oct 1 - Success (m1 w1 d3)
Oct 2 - Success (m1 w1 d4)
Oct 3 - Success (m1 w1 d5)
Oct 4 - Success (free day 6)
Oct 5 - Success (m1 w2 d1)
Oct 6 - Success (m1 w2 d2)
Oct 7 - Success (m1 w2 d3) - Stressful day at work but success despite that!!!
Oct 8 - Success (m1 w2 d4) - Stressful day at work but success despite that!!!
Oct 9 - Success (Pizza for dinner, but just one plate) (m1 w2 d5)
Oct 10 - Success (Empting & Cleaning Jacuzzi = excellent work out)
Oct 11 - Success (m1 w2 d6)
Oct 12 - Success (m1 w3 d1)
Oct 13 - Success (m1 w3 d2)
Oct 14 - Success (m1 w3 d3)
Oct 15 - Success
Oct 16 - Success (m1 w3 d4)[/color]
Oct 17 - Success
Oct 18 - Success
Oct 19 - 13th Wedding Anniversary (Made Fillet Steak, mushrooms, baby potatoes and salad for dinner with apple struddle for desert - and chocolate with coffee)
Oct 20 - Success but seemed to hit a brick wall with exercise and battled to get back on the wagon after one extra exempt day on monday for our anniversary
Oct 21 - snacking before dinner, chocolate after and no exercise!
Oct 22 - Success (m1 w3 d5) - had fruit after dinner
Oct 23 - Success (m1 w3 d6)
Oct 24 - Success - walked miles at racing track
Oct 25 - Success
Oct 26 - Success (m1 w4 d1)
Oct 27 - Success (m1 w4 d2)
Oct 28 - Success
Oct 29 - Success
Oct 30 - Success
Oct 31 - Success
Oct 1 - Success (m1 w1 d3)
Oct 2 - Success (m1 w1 d4)
Oct 3 - Success (m1 w1 d5)
Oct 4 - Success (free day 6)
Oct 5 - Success (m1 w2 d1)
Oct 6 - Success (m1 w2 d2)
Oct 7 - Success (m1 w2 d3) - Stressful day at work but success despite that!!!
Oct 8 - Success (m1 w2 d4) - Stressful day at work but success despite that!!!
Oct 9 - Success (Pizza for dinner, but just one plate) (m1 w2 d5)
Oct 10 - Success (Empting & Cleaning Jacuzzi = excellent work out)
Oct 11 - Success (m1 w2 d6)
Oct 12 - Success (m1 w3 d1)
Oct 13 - Success (m1 w3 d2)
Oct 14 - Success (m1 w3 d3)
Oct 15 - Success
Oct 16 - Success (m1 w3 d4)[/color]
Oct 17 - Success
Oct 18 - Success
Oct 19 - 13th Wedding Anniversary (Made Fillet Steak, mushrooms, baby potatoes and salad for dinner with apple struddle for desert - and chocolate with coffee)
Oct 20 - Success but seemed to hit a brick wall with exercise and battled to get back on the wagon after one extra exempt day on monday for our anniversary
Oct 21 - snacking before dinner, chocolate after and no exercise!
Oct 22 - Success (m1 w3 d5) - had fruit after dinner
Oct 23 - Success (m1 w3 d6)
Oct 24 - Success - walked miles at racing track
Oct 25 - Success
Oct 26 - Success (m1 w4 d1)
Oct 27 - Success (m1 w4 d2)
Oct 28 - Success
Oct 29 - Success
Oct 30 - Success
Oct 31 - Success
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Sure, I'll join in. My goal is at least fifteen minutes of exercise every weekday.
Oct. 1: Failure
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My blog https://noelfigart.com/wordpress/ I talk about being a freelance writer, working out and cooking mostly. The language is not always drawing room fashion. Just sayin'.
My blog https://noelfigart.com/wordpress/ I talk about being a freelance writer, working out and cooking mostly. The language is not always drawing room fashion. Just sayin'.
I'm going to report in by the week; but use HabitCal daily.
Will continue to do No S and I am adding "painting daily" as the Oct habit to work on.
First week and a half:
1 glass ceiling Failure
1 exercise Failure
All green for No S and daily painting
Will continue to do No S and I am adding "painting daily" as the Oct habit to work on.
First week and a half:
1 glass ceiling Failure
1 exercise Failure
All green for No S and daily painting
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"If you don''t like how things are, change it! You are not a tree!" Jim Rohn
Here!
I still need to monitor BLTs (better, but not automatic yet). And I'd also like to start running again, health permitting. (I've derailed by flu and hip injury, which I think is getting better. This week, I did the elliptical for cardio, which lowers impact.)
I report on my daily thread, and check in here periodically.
I still need to monitor BLTs (better, but not automatic yet). And I'd also like to start running again, health permitting. (I've derailed by flu and hip injury, which I think is getting better. This week, I did the elliptical for cardio, which lowers impact.)
I report on my daily thread, and check in here periodically.
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sporkfancier
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sporkfancier's October challenge
Last month went terrifically, and I'd like to "maintain the sustain". Once again, my goals will be:
Goal #1: No red days on No-S
Goal #2: No red days on Shovelglove
Oct 1: Success
Oct 2: Success, but tainted (maybe). At the grocery store, they were giving out samples of smoked salmon at the deli. Without even thinking, I grabbed one--hey, it's a free sample! I know that sample starts with S, and it wasn't part of a meal, but hey, free sample! No-S has to allow that, right?
Oct 3: Exempt
Oct 4: Exempt
Week 1: Success
Oct 5: Success
Oct 6: Failure! I've been having an awful week and had some chips when friends came over. I did my shovelglove, though!
Oct 7: Success
Oct 8: Success
Oct 9: Success
Oct 10: Exempt
Oct 11: Exempt
Week 2: Wow, a failure. Or half a failure, I guess. C'mon, man, I was at 40 days in a row on No-S!
Oct 12: Success
Oct 13: Success
Oct 14: Success
Oct 15: Failure. I forgot to do Shovelglove in the evening--this is why I shouldn't deviate from my morning routine! I went for a 6.8 km run with a friend, though, so that's nice.
Oct 16: Success
Oct 17: Exempt
Oct 18: Exempt
Week 3: Another half failure. I guess together they make a full failure. While the symmetry is nice, I need to get my crap together!
Oct 19: Success
Oct 20: Success
Oct 21: Success
Oct 22: Success And barely! I only remembered my shovelglove at 11:30pm
Oct 23: Success
Oct 24: Exempt
Oct 25: Exempt
Week 4: A great week!
Oct 26: Failure No shovelglove, and I had a soup bowl of chips in the evening! AAH!
Oct 27: Success
Oct 28: Exempt Daughter's birtday (cake and ice cream, oh my!)
Oct 29: Success
Oct 30: Success technically, my shovelglove was exempt today because of my root canal (didn't affect no-s, though)
Oct 31: Exempt
Week 5: Not a banner week, and not a banner month.
Post-mortem: Going from a perfect September to a very splotchy October was a little unexpected. The crazy part is that I had far more stress and inconvenience in September than I did in October! Well, I guess I need to just keep on moving.
Goal #1: No red days on No-S
Goal #2: No red days on Shovelglove
Oct 1: Success
Oct 2: Success, but tainted (maybe). At the grocery store, they were giving out samples of smoked salmon at the deli. Without even thinking, I grabbed one--hey, it's a free sample! I know that sample starts with S, and it wasn't part of a meal, but hey, free sample! No-S has to allow that, right?
Oct 3: Exempt
Oct 4: Exempt
Week 1: Success
Oct 5: Success
Oct 6: Failure! I've been having an awful week and had some chips when friends came over. I did my shovelglove, though!
Oct 7: Success
Oct 8: Success
Oct 9: Success
Oct 10: Exempt
Oct 11: Exempt
Week 2: Wow, a failure. Or half a failure, I guess. C'mon, man, I was at 40 days in a row on No-S!
Oct 12: Success
Oct 13: Success
Oct 14: Success
Oct 15: Failure. I forgot to do Shovelglove in the evening--this is why I shouldn't deviate from my morning routine! I went for a 6.8 km run with a friend, though, so that's nice.
Oct 16: Success
Oct 17: Exempt
Oct 18: Exempt
Week 3: Another half failure. I guess together they make a full failure. While the symmetry is nice, I need to get my crap together!
Oct 19: Success
Oct 20: Success
Oct 21: Success
Oct 22: Success And barely! I only remembered my shovelglove at 11:30pm
Oct 23: Success
Oct 24: Exempt
Oct 25: Exempt
Week 4: A great week!
Oct 26: Failure No shovelglove, and I had a soup bowl of chips in the evening! AAH!
Oct 27: Success
Oct 28: Exempt Daughter's birtday (cake and ice cream, oh my!)
Oct 29: Success
Oct 30: Success technically, my shovelglove was exempt today because of my root canal (didn't affect no-s, though)
Oct 31: Exempt
Week 5: Not a banner week, and not a banner month.
Post-mortem: Going from a perfect September to a very splotchy October was a little unexpected. The crazy part is that I had far more stress and inconvenience in September than I did in October! Well, I guess I need to just keep on moving.
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Shovel glove? Isn't that the size of prophylactic I use?
I'm in. I started September 7, and my No-S was perfect for the month. I promised I'd start adding exercise after I'd been on No-S for a month, and October 7th is coming up. Years ago my neighbors gave me a treadmill they didn't want to move. I was completely out of shape, and I started with five minutes a day with the plan to add one minute a week, thinking that by the end of one year I'd be able to do 57 minutes on the treadmill. That is my first and only diet/exercise plan to actually work in a sane way. So starting October 7th, 5 minutes/day for at least five days a week (and maintain No S success).
October 1: SUCCESS
October 2: SUCCESS
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: SUCCESS
October 6: SUCCESS
October 7: SUCCESS
October 8: SUCCESS
October 9: SUCCESS
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12 SUCCESS
October 13: SUCCESS
October 14: SUCCESS
October 15: SUCCESS
October 16: SUCCESS
October 17: S day
October 18: S day
October 19: SUCCESS
October 20: SUCCESS
October 21: SUCCESS
October 22: SUCCESS
October 23: SUCCESS
October 24: S day
October 25: S day
October 26:
October 27:
October 28:
October 29:
October 30:
October31: S day
October 1: SUCCESS
October 2: SUCCESS
October 3: S day
October 4: S day
October 5: SUCCESS
October 6: SUCCESS
October 7: SUCCESS
October 8: SUCCESS
October 9: SUCCESS
October 10: S day
October 11: S day
October 12 SUCCESS
October 13: SUCCESS
October 14: SUCCESS
October 15: SUCCESS
October 16: SUCCESS
October 17: S day
October 18: S day
October 19: SUCCESS
October 20: SUCCESS
October 21: SUCCESS
October 22: SUCCESS
October 23: SUCCESS
October 24: S day
October 25: S day
October 26:
October 27:
October 28:
October 29:
October 30:
October31: S day
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tarantinofan
- Posts: 118
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- Location: Boston
Alright, I'm definitely ready to join the challenge. Some goals for this month:
1) Get down to 125. I'm weighing 128-129 right now, and I hopefully can lose 3-4 pounds this month.
2) Lower the amount of red days (the first month, there were 8; the second month, there were 6; last month, there were 5) and hopefully get not have any...
3) Be reasonable with S days
4) Begin working out again or doing SOMETHING athletic. I missed that last month with the start of school.
Btw, how awesome is it that Halloween is an S day?!?!!
Thu 1: SUCCESS
Fri 2: FAILURE
Sat 3: S DAY
Sun 4: S DAY
Mon 5: SUCCESS
Tue 6: SUCCESS
Wed 7:
Thu 8:
Fri 9:
Sat 10:
Sun 11:
1) Get down to 125. I'm weighing 128-129 right now, and I hopefully can lose 3-4 pounds this month.
2) Lower the amount of red days (the first month, there were 8; the second month, there were 6; last month, there were 5) and hopefully get not have any...
3) Be reasonable with S days
4) Begin working out again or doing SOMETHING athletic. I missed that last month with the start of school.
Btw, how awesome is it that Halloween is an S day?!?!!
Thu 1: SUCCESS
Fri 2: FAILURE
Sat 3: S DAY
Sun 4: S DAY
Mon 5: SUCCESS
Tue 6: SUCCESS
Wed 7:
Thu 8:
Fri 9:
Sat 10:
Sun 11:
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I'm still kinda new here - but I'd like to get through 21 days successfully for the first time, and get through the month with no more than one red day.
1 Success
2 Success
3 exempt
4 exempt
5 success
6 success
7 success
8 success
9 success
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 (this should be day 21 - or should I say *will* be)
17
18
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21
22
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24
25
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27
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30
31
1 Success
2 Success
3 exempt
4 exempt
5 success
6 success
7 success
8 success
9 success
10
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16 (this should be day 21 - or should I say *will* be)
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I'm in. I did NoS successfully for about a year, then got seriously derailed this summer by my wedding, honeymoon, and a move halfway across the country. I started getting serious about NoS again about two weeks ago, and all my N Days have been green so far. The S Days have been good too, except yesterday (I take my S Days on Friday and Saturday) things went a little overboard. I basically want to keep my S Days reasonable, and hopefully by the end of October, fit comfortably into my jeans that started to get a little tight this summer.
10/1 SUCCESS
10/2 EXEMPT
10/3 EXEMPT
10/4
10/5
10/6
10/7
10/8 EXEMPT, best friend's birthday
10/9 EXEMPT
10/10 EXEMPT
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/14
10/15
10/16 EXEMPT
10/17 EXEMPT
10/18
10/19
10/20
10/21
10/22
10/23 EXEMPT
10/24 EXEMPT
10/25
10/26
10/27
10/28
10/29
10/30 EXEMPT
10/31 EXEMPT
10/1 SUCCESS
10/2 EXEMPT
10/3 EXEMPT
10/4
10/5
10/6
10/7
10/8 EXEMPT, best friend's birthday
10/9 EXEMPT
10/10 EXEMPT
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/14
10/15
10/16 EXEMPT
10/17 EXEMPT
10/18
10/19
10/20
10/21
10/22
10/23 EXEMPT
10/24 EXEMPT
10/25
10/26
10/27
10/28
10/29
10/30 EXEMPT
10/31 EXEMPT
Oct challenge
Yes, I am in - September was not ideal. I want to improve.
Goals are:
- To keep to 2 glass ceiling - STRICTLY
- No reds, just all greens and yellows for No S
I commit to this, but will only record if I do not meet my goals. I will keep track on HabitCal daily. I may listen to podcasts for inspiration as I find it helps remind me to keep on the straight and narrow.
Masher
Goals are:
- To keep to 2 glass ceiling - STRICTLY
- No reds, just all greens and yellows for No S
I commit to this, but will only record if I do not meet my goals. I will keep track on HabitCal daily. I may listen to podcasts for inspiration as I find it helps remind me to keep on the straight and narrow.
Masher
In it to Win It!
Hi, there. I am new to the group but not new to the No S Diet. Tried it a few years ago and believe that it works. By the "S" days, I didn't really have a desire for any sweets. Unfortunately, I didn't stay on it long enough to notice any big results.
I recently turned 26 and realized that my energy level was not where I wanted it to be nor my clothing size. Started No S today (10/5/2009) and am looking forward to positive results. No more fad diets, diet pills, or failures.
I realize this in not an "easy fix" plan but rather a lifestyle decision. To all of those new and old to the group, be encouraged and stay encouraged.
Recently visited my family that lives 100 miles from me and left my scale with them which may be a wise/unwise decision according to who you are. Will likely visit again in about three weeks and look forward to a lower number on the scale. I am especially looking forward to results before the holiday season. I think it is important to adopt this plan before then so that you are likely to have more self control when those days roll around.
As I occassionally travel for my job, it is challenging to eat right when you get to go to some really nice restaurants and don't have to always worry about the costs. Nonetheless, I have the willpower and am committed to this goal. Following my success, I hope to encourage many family members/friends.
I plan to incorporate 30-45 minutes of aerobic exercise daily following my first complete week on the plan.
October Challenge
Day-by-Day with Vanilla No-S
1 Before No-S
2 Before No-S
3 S Day - Before No-S
4 S Day - Before No-S
5 Start of No-S
6
7
8
9
10 S Day
11 S Day
12
13
14
15
16
17 S Day
18 S Day
19
20
21
22
23
24 S Day
25 S Day
26
27
28
29
30
31 S Day
I plan to update my HabitCal at least once weekly. I think it will help me track my success in the best way possible.
Happy No S-ing to all!
I recently turned 26 and realized that my energy level was not where I wanted it to be nor my clothing size. Started No S today (10/5/2009) and am looking forward to positive results. No more fad diets, diet pills, or failures.
I realize this in not an "easy fix" plan but rather a lifestyle decision. To all of those new and old to the group, be encouraged and stay encouraged.
Recently visited my family that lives 100 miles from me and left my scale with them which may be a wise/unwise decision according to who you are. Will likely visit again in about three weeks and look forward to a lower number on the scale. I am especially looking forward to results before the holiday season. I think it is important to adopt this plan before then so that you are likely to have more self control when those days roll around.
As I occassionally travel for my job, it is challenging to eat right when you get to go to some really nice restaurants and don't have to always worry about the costs. Nonetheless, I have the willpower and am committed to this goal. Following my success, I hope to encourage many family members/friends.
I plan to incorporate 30-45 minutes of aerobic exercise daily following my first complete week on the plan.
October Challenge
Day-by-Day with Vanilla No-S
1 Before No-S
2 Before No-S
3 S Day - Before No-S
4 S Day - Before No-S
5 Start of No-S
6
7
8
9
10 S Day
11 S Day
12
13
14
15
16
17 S Day
18 S Day
19
20
21
22
23
24 S Day
25 S Day
26
27
28
29
30
31 S Day
I plan to update my HabitCal at least once weekly. I think it will help me track my success in the best way possible.
Happy No S-ing to all!
Count me in..
I started no s yesterday, and can tell that I'm going to need some accountability. My goal is to keep my days green...
Oct 5: Success!!!
Oct 6: Fail (at my parent's and just didn't do well)
Oct 7: Success
Oct 8
Oct 9
Oct 10
Oct 11
Oct 12
Oct 13
Oct 14
Oct 15
Oct 16
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 20
Oct 21
Oct 22
Oct 23
Oct 24
Oct 25
Oct 26
Oct 27
Oct 28
Oct 29
Oct 30
Oct 31
Oct 5: Success!!!
Oct 6: Fail (at my parent's and just didn't do well)
Oct 7: Success
Oct 8
Oct 9
Oct 10
Oct 11
Oct 12
Oct 13
Oct 14
Oct 15
Oct 16
Oct 17
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 20
Oct 21
Oct 22
Oct 23
Oct 24
Oct 25
Oct 26
Oct 27
Oct 28
Oct 29
Oct 30
Oct 31
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clarinetgal
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- Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:16 am
- Location: Western Washington State
I think I'll join the challenge after all. My main goal for this month is to get more self-control back into my eating. I'll start tomorrow, since I just came back from vacation today. Edited to add one more challenge. I also want to spend this month firmly establishing the habit of doing my exercising first thing in the morning. My days go SO much better when I get it done before my son wakes up.
10/7 Success! Failure for exercising in the morning (however, I did exercise during my son's nap).
10/8 Success on both!
10/9 Failure on both -- altough I got quite a bit of exercise this afternoon. 49 minutes of toning, a 30 minute stroller walk, and some very hard scrubbing on my kitchen chairs and floor and in both bathtubs.
10/10 S day -- exempt for exercise (Saturday is a rest day)
10/11 S day -- exempt for exercise
10/12 Success Failure on exercise (I didn't do anything yesterday)
10/13 Success for both!
10/14 Success for eating Failure for morning exercise (but I did exercise this afternoon)
10/15 Success for eating Failure for morning exercise (I have GOT to get my act together and exercise first thing in the morning)
10/7 Success! Failure for exercising in the morning (however, I did exercise during my son's nap).
10/8 Success on both!
10/9 Failure on both -- altough I got quite a bit of exercise this afternoon. 49 minutes of toning, a 30 minute stroller walk, and some very hard scrubbing on my kitchen chairs and floor and in both bathtubs.
10/10 S day -- exempt for exercise (Saturday is a rest day)
10/11 S day -- exempt for exercise
10/12 Success Failure on exercise (I didn't do anything yesterday)
10/13 Success for both!
10/14 Success for eating Failure for morning exercise (but I did exercise this afternoon)
10/15 Success for eating Failure for morning exercise (I have GOT to get my act together and exercise first thing in the morning)
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Oct Challenge
A few days late, but count me in!
This is harder than I thought it was going to be. Yesterday I went to Sam's club where little old ladies are offering food samples galore. . .and I did not resist the temptation to sample.
Today I am on a layover in a hotel that is offering a FREE FULL SERVICE BUFFET (casino is attached so of course the hotel has an ulterior motive to drain our bank accounts). . .and I did not resist the temptation to have dessert but I did resist the temptation to gamble.
So I am off to a rocky start for October.
I have promised myself to look on the bright side- -which is being more aware of situations that catch me off guard and taking note. . .and being a bit more prepared for the unexpected. By the time October is over, I will have compiled a list of fattening habits based on my NO-S failures.
October stats:
N-day 5-Fattening Habit #1 (Sampling stuff at Sam's Club)
N-day 6-Fattening Habit#2 (Chocolate cake with whipped cream and chocolate sauce flowing from a chocolate fountain)(I'm a total chocoholic. Forget glass celing for alcohol. . .I need a chocolate allowance during the week! )
N-Day 7 Fattening Habit #3: Thinking about the chocolate I ate last night . Had a chocolate chip cookie
N-Day 8 Fattening Habit #4: Having another piece of chocolate cake- - and another cookie
N-Day 9 Fattening Habit #5 Snacked munchie mix . . .procastinating about exercise
S-Day 10 I stepped on the scale and was down 1 pound Go Figure! But after reading thru the latest podcast on "sustainable habits" I do realize that even if I do lose weight with my fattening habits, and the weight loss would be unsustainable for the long run.
S-Day 11
N-Day 12
N-Day 13
N-Day 14
N-Day 15
N-Day 16
S-Day 17
S-Day 18
N-Day 19
N-Day 20
N-Day 21
N-Day 22
N-Day 23
S-Day 24
S-Day 25
N-Day 26
N-Day 27
N-Day 28
N-Day 29
N-Day 30
S-Day 31
This is harder than I thought it was going to be. Yesterday I went to Sam's club where little old ladies are offering food samples galore. . .and I did not resist the temptation to sample.
Today I am on a layover in a hotel that is offering a FREE FULL SERVICE BUFFET (casino is attached so of course the hotel has an ulterior motive to drain our bank accounts). . .and I did not resist the temptation to have dessert but I did resist the temptation to gamble.
So I am off to a rocky start for October.
I have promised myself to look on the bright side- -which is being more aware of situations that catch me off guard and taking note. . .and being a bit more prepared for the unexpected. By the time October is over, I will have compiled a list of fattening habits based on my NO-S failures.
October stats:
N-day 5-Fattening Habit #1 (Sampling stuff at Sam's Club)
N-day 6-Fattening Habit#2 (Chocolate cake with whipped cream and chocolate sauce flowing from a chocolate fountain)(I'm a total chocoholic. Forget glass celing for alcohol. . .I need a chocolate allowance during the week! )
N-Day 7 Fattening Habit #3: Thinking about the chocolate I ate last night . Had a chocolate chip cookie
N-Day 8 Fattening Habit #4: Having another piece of chocolate cake- - and another cookie
N-Day 9 Fattening Habit #5 Snacked munchie mix . . .procastinating about exercise
S-Day 10 I stepped on the scale and was down 1 pound Go Figure! But after reading thru the latest podcast on "sustainable habits" I do realize that even if I do lose weight with my fattening habits, and the weight loss would be unsustainable for the long run.
S-Day 11
N-Day 12
N-Day 13
N-Day 14
N-Day 15
N-Day 16
S-Day 17
S-Day 18
N-Day 19
N-Day 20
N-Day 21
N-Day 22
N-Day 23
S-Day 24
S-Day 25
N-Day 26
N-Day 27
N-Day 28
N-Day 29
N-Day 30
S-Day 31
If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution. ~Author Unknown
You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut. ~Author Unknown
You can't lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut. ~Author Unknown
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