Everyday Systems

I challenge you to publicly set a goal for the rest of the month!
This is for anybody who needs encouragement and daily accountability. Think of this as your own little cheering section.

- post your progress once at the top with your goal and edit that first post all month. It's easier to skim-read and find each other. Accountability helps!
- please re-read that last one, some people don't get it.
- after a couple days we can post encouragements and support at the bottom.
- anyone can start whenever through out the month. The more ~ the merrier!
- good luck and have fun with it!

I want to finish the month all successfully green. This will be tough for me since I have been getting really wishy-washy. I need to set my mind on track before the holidays!

November
7- yea! and I might add my first green day in a week and a half.
8- I can't even tell you how many times I fought temptation and won! I am better than that dish of reeses pieces!
9- yep, fail. I actually thought I should just finish the party size bag of reeses pieces just to get it over with! UG. They are still around... and I can't toss them.
10- S big day as my senior-starter son went to play state football at the dome! Good thing it was Saturday. Nervous munching. They won!! One last game for Champions!
11- S
12- I ate breakfast. I wasn't hungry... I guess that's what happens when I make homemade bread for breakfast for the kids. I always starts me off on the wrong foot.
13- close!
14- barely
15-
16- another nervous excited trip to the dome for more football... We won! We won! My Senior son won our class 2A at state football!
17- S pumpkin pie for breakfast. That should tell you how the rest of my weekend went. BAD
18- S Football celebration banquet.
19- out to eat with daughter home from college. Ate too much, then snacked.
20-
21-
22- S for Thanksgiving... maybe I'll give myself one s instead of snitching/thirds/desert/leftover nibbles. Hmmm... I'll think about it.
23- Just color me red and delete the rest of the month? Ug. NOT doin' so good.
24- S (like I deserve that S)
25- S
26- but really? I believe I failed my goal for the month...
27- I did come up with a plan for my holiday treat problem... writen on my "daily"
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29-
30-

My goal is all green vanilla No-S with S days being pure enjoyment rather than bingeing so S-s will be qualified here.

7- Green
8- Green
9- Green - YEAH
10- S-DAY
S-s: 3 pralines, popcorn (self-made with a tea spoon of olive oil), one piece of cake (strawberry and cream victoria sponge), 2 meals
11- S-DAY
S-s: 3 pralines, 2 aftereight, 1 hot chocolate, self-made popcorn, 1 grapefruit, 2 meals
12- Green - 1st of a new batch of 21 days
13- Green
14- Green
15- Green
16- Green
17- S-DAY
S-s: 2 scones with clotted cream and jam, 4 chocolate pralines, 2 amaretti
18- S-DAY
S-s: complete permasnacking on both Christmas cookies (self-made at least) and Tortillas. A very wild day. Disappointing but YOU CAN'T FAIL ON S DAY.
19- Green
20- Green
21- Green
22- Green
23- Green
24- S-DAY
S-s: Permasnacking as I had a Xmas party with partyfood only -so who knows
25- S-DAY
S-s: A muffin, a quiche, some coconut macaroons, cheese with bread, plain yoghurt with fruit.
26- Green
27- Green
28- Green
29- Green
30- Green

Thanks reneew! Another inspiring challenge.

I'm in. My goal is to stay on track til the end of the month when I will be delivering our second baby boy (S days for me are Wed and Sat)!!

6: GREEN
7: S DAY!
8: GREEN
9: GREEN
10: S DAY!
11: GREEN
12: GREEN
13: RED
14: S DAY
15: RED
16: RED
17: S DAY
18: RED
19:
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30:

I'm all green so far this month, so my goal is a totally GREEN month. I haven't done this yet, my best effort has been 1 red in a month.

7- GREEN
8- GREEN
9- GREEN
10- S-DAY
11- S-DAY
12- GREEN
13- GREEN
14- GREEN
15- GREEN
16- S Event Anniversary Lunch
17- S-DAY
18- S-DAY
19- GREEN
20- GREEN
21- GREEN
22- GREEN
23- GREEN
24- S-DAY
25- S-DAY
26- GREEN
27- GREEN
28- GREEN
29- GREEN
30- GREEN

My goal is to have a totally green remainder of the month! (I've also been extraordinarily wishy-washy lately too, and it's getting out of hand--eep!)

8- RED ):
9- ...and I'm the only one who keeps getting RED )':
10- yeah, red... PLEASE HELP ME!!!
11- Although it was an S-day, it was green. (:
12- Red
13- Green!
14- Red
15- Green!
16- Red
17- Red
18- Red
19- Red
20- Green!
21- Red
22- Red
23-
24- S-DAY
25- S-DAY
26-
27-
28-
29-
30-[color=red][/color]

I am with you!! here is to rest of November....starting tomorrow because I just ate some of the kids candy.
I just need to learn to do the editing thing that you mentioned.
Nov 8th green
Nov 9th green plus 40 min walk
Nov 10 s day
Nov 11 s day
Nov 12 not perfect
Nov 13 green plus 40 min walk
Nov 14 green plus 20 min walk
Nov 15 green

YES! I need this so desperately! My goal is Vanilla NoS for the remainder of the month.

Nov. 6
Nov. 7
Nov. 8 grrrr!!
Nov. 9 grrrr!! Actually considered just not coming back here since I failed. BUT, I am not gonna wreck the car! I am moving forward from here. The rest of my month can be GREEN right? RIGHT!! ONWARD
Nov. 10
Nov. 11
Nov. 12
Nov. 13 So, my daughter bought bacon on sale, which we very rarely buy! We made blt's last night. I ate TWO. I consider that seconds...so fail! I have some greens worked in here, which I have not had for months. I continue to fight my way back!!!
Nov. 14-Nov. 25... Mark it and move on. Today is a new day!! Aiming for green TODAY. One day at a time!! I too am not feeling well from all the junk I ate over the long weekend.
Nov. 26:
Nov. 27: YES!! Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov. 28:
Nov. 29:
Nov. 30:
So, I ended strong! Choosing to dwell on the positive. Onward to Dec. challenge!

I'm in I'll go for a full green rest of the month.

9th
10th - S
11th - S
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th - S
18th - S
19th
20th
21st
22nd - nws
23rd
24th - S
25th - S
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th

Moderate meals for the rest of November.

Th 8.11.12
F 9.11.12
Sa 10.11.12
Su 11.11.12
M 12.11.12
Tu 13.11.12
W 14.11 Picked before and after dinner.
Th 15.11 Non-weekend S day
F 16.11
Sa 17.11
Su 18.11
M 19.11 Not doing so well this month. Ate too much at dinner, plus a bit of home baking afterwards. Onwards and upwards.
Tu 20.11 Good!
W 21.11
Th 22.11
F 23.11
Sa 24.11 Ate too much at a social occasion. An S day, so not red on HabitCal, but nonetheless not moderate.
Su 25.11 Too much picking late afternoon. As above.
M 26.11
Tu 27.11
W 28.11
Th 29.11
F 30.11

I'm in! My goals will be slightly different, because I'm trying to take baby steps to get my eating back on track. Goal 1: No eating after dinner. Goal 2: One sweet with a meal, and that's it.

11/9 First day. Fail.
11/10 Success!
11/11 Success!
11/12 Fail It was just a crazy day. I'm not going to be too hard on myself about it. I will get back on track tomorrow.
11/13 Success, but a qualified one, that's why I used a different shade of green. I did meet my goal of not eating after dinner. For my one sweet goal, I did have one sweet (a large cookie) iwth lunch, but the cookie was large enough that I should have split it in two. Oh well.
11/14 Half success. I had two sweets today, instead of one. However, I met my goal of not eating after dinner.
11/15-11/25 Big fat fails. Thanksgiving weekend has been particularly bad, and I've been feeling slightly sick from it. I WILL get back on track tomorrow!
11/26 Success!
11/27 Success!
11/28 Fail
11/29 Fail
11/30 Fail

Well, this was not a good month for me. On the positive side, I'm still within the weight range I've been maintaining for awhile, so at least I"m not gaining. However, I need to start losing again.

Green days before and after my vacation (17-24 November)

Saturday Nov 10:
Sunday Nov 11:
Monday Nov 12:
Tuesday Nov 13:
Wednesday Nov 14:
Thursday Nov 15:
Friday Nov 16:
Vacation Nov 17 - 24:
I lost one pound on vacation! I ate three meals, seafood and lots of vegetables. I did have seconds, but my second plate was only fruit. I did not eat sweets, but had a few coctails with sugar in the evenings.
Sunday Nov 25: - S event
Monday Nov 26:
Tuesday Nov 27: - S event
Sometimes my S days are the same as my N days. At other times I eat something extra on an N day (when meeting friends, or because of PMS), and I call it an S event.
Wednesday Nov 28: - S event again - still PMS
]Thursday Nov 29:
Friday Nov 30:

Goal - Green Month!

I am not doing Vanilla NoS because sometimes I do not eat breakfast. S days are finally better after years of practice so I am hoping this is going to be an easy challenge

10- S-DAY
11- S-DAY
12- GREEN
13- GREEN
14- RED - 2 meals but my dinner is a cake (1 slice) because sweets are the only options on our meeting
15- GREEN
16- GREEN
17- S-DAY
18- S-DAY
19- GREEN
20- GREEN
21- GREEN
22- GREEN
23- GREEN
24- S-DAY
25- S-DAY
26- GREEN
27- GREEN
28- GREEN
29-
30 - S-DAY Fiesta Patronal

For those of us showing a tad bit of red... Keep going!!! If it makes you feel better, the title does say "the rest of November" so you COULD legally erase it and start from here... or continue and shoot for greens! We can do it!

My mod for November has been to eat sweets or snacks on S days only in the company of others. Otherwise, Vanilla. So far, so good.

If I make a list of the days, I just forget to come back and record. I hope I'll remember or someone else will reply just to bump the thread up and send out an email alert.

Jumping into No S again after being on the diet bandwagon. That wagon train has passed me by, I'm never getting on it again.

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So far so good. Took an S event lunch today for my anniversary, but otherwise a green day with breakfast and dinner as normal, in fact a little smaller as I'm full after a big lunch.

Hope everyone else is going well in the lead up to the silly season

It is the 17th and I'm joining back up.

I had about 10 really good days, then used my mom's visit as an excuse to snack... and snack... and keep snacking...

So, I am going to do pure no S for the rest of the month. A cup of coffee in the morning and a cup of tea in the afternoon are OK for me besides water between meals.

Emily

Go, go, all! We can do it.

I am on day 21 of a 21 day challenge which I started Oct 30. I am confident in today's success so it looks like this

Glad to join you all for the rest of November! I feel confident after 21 days already successful.

Tu 20
W 21
Th 22 Even tho I'm in Mexico we do celebrate Thanksgiving.
F 23
Sa 24 pie for breakfast, wedding dinner- yum. Popcorn at a movie, ice cream...
Su 25 Way too many Esses this weekend. Should have never brought home the leftover pie from Thanksgiving! Oh well, I can still have a green week!
M 26 really good to have just 3 plates today!
Tu 27
W 28
Th 29
F 30 Sick day

Green month!

Thank you sweetness! Unfortunately all of the little celebrations involve food and I am struggling to get back on track.

Renee, It's hard to focus on just the people, not the food, but isn't that what you're celebrating? The important people in your life. Anyway we have an opportunity for 2 green days before Thanksgiving. Lets go for it!

Have not kept to my mod completely, but it has helped me feel much more comfortable more of the time on S days.

Had a fail last evening, but it was small.

Got exercise in the last two days.

I started a new thread on the general board today. Couch to 5 K challenge. Check it out if you may be interested in getting off the couch for the next several weeks! (It's easy, and only 3 times a week!)

Just 6 more N days between me a my first ever GREEN month!

As a former runner (dropped out during late pregnancy), I'm keen for the couch to 5K too

My HabitCal is looking like Christmas....lots of pretty green and red colors with a splash of yellow. Picking the week of Thanksgiving is a heck of a time to start No "S". Two weeks ago, I didn't even know this diet existed (when the student is ready) so my time is challenging.

I must say that this week was a real motivator. After eating only 3 meals, NO S for a couple of days, I crashed and burned shortly thereafter.

HOWEVER, the red day made me feel ILL. Bleech! Sure, old habits die hard, but first they will make you sick. I ate too much and my body said "what the hell?! Are you trying to kill me?" Today, I'm paying for it. I am hungry between meals and yet I feel a bit "ill" too. It's almost easier to stay No S most of the time and just moderate a little on the yellow days.

I consider myself to be an intelligent person but sometimes I just need to learn the hard way. That's what I get.

Here's my goal for what's left of the month: To go FULL NO S Monday through Friday of this last week in November. AND, to do ONLY ONE deviation from No S on Saturday/Sunday (a snack, a dessert, or one second) but just one for each day.

Water lily I'm feeling a bit ill too after too many Esses this weekend! The beauty of no s is it motivates me to eat sanely during the week when I remember how this feels. Let's go for the green!

I'm feeling that too! Too many esses this weekend also. Here we go green! (:

As I wrote in my check in for this challenge, I've been feeling sick from too many treats, also. I will work very hard tomorrow to get back on track.

Oh, yay! It's not just me then! Peptol Bismol has become my best friend these days.

Must be something about the body adjusting. Another benefit is that I find myself focusing on healthy meals, rather than obsessing about rice having 5 more carbs or 1 gram of sugar than I should. All that kind of accounting did was make me gain weight.

I've always done best keeping my meals to about 500 cal or less and not eating after dinner (and the No esses, of course).I'm thinking of making stir fry for dinner and NOT worrying about 2 tbsps of my favorite spicy sauce due to the relatively low (but present) sugar content. I ALMOST don't know what to do with myself except start eating like a normal human being. The fresh veggies are actually starting to sound GOOD!!

Waterlilly, I know what you mean! It's nice to be able to focus on the meal as a whole, and to not have to obsess over how many carbs, how many grams of fat, etc... I, too, am craving healthier meals. I've been eating salads for lunch almost every day, but it's by choice! I always feel better, after eating a lot of veggies. Stir fry sounds very good!

Well, I failed miserably over Thanksgiving (week) but am back on track now.

I have to laugh. As I read through here, I see such a variety of "successes" and "fails".
I read of habit cals colored brightly for the holidays, weightloss during a vacation(wow!), lots of pepto bismol, and I was not the only one who had pie for breakfast (though I did it 2 days in a row and cleaned out the tub of coolwhip while I was at it). My point is that if we try our darnedest and start over daily, pick ourselves up and brush off the crubs when we "fail", the habit will eventually take over, we'll move on with our thin lives, and not feel any more guilt. We are all made beautifully after all!
My advice? Plan now for the holidays!!!!!!!


Think I should issue another challenge for December??? Let me know what you think please.

Yes, please, Renee. I think it would help with holiday excesses.

Yes! I really need another challenge!

Definitely! This is my first holiday season (we don't do Halloween or Thanksgiving), so I'm keen to both savor and stay sane!

Yes!

Yes, your challenges are really helpful! They certainly keep me on track. Thanks!!!!!

Just two more meals between me and a green month!! So excited

Reneew - this challenge has been really helpful. Especially this week, my son has been sick and was up all night Wednesday night. In my exhausted state, I wanted to snack on sweets the next day, and the thought of this challenge thread definitely made a difference.

Yea! December challenge posted. Finish off the month green people! I am so impressed by all of the green.

ironchef wrote:Just two more meals between me and a green month!! So excited

Reneew - this challenge has been really helpful. Especially this week, my son has been sick and was up all night Wednesday night. In my exhausted state, I wanted to snack on sweets the next day, and the thought of this challenge thread definitely made a difference.

Fantastic! Congratulations, ironchef, particularly when you've been up with an ill child. I hope he's better soon.

Wooohooooo! November down - December here we come

eschano wrote:Wooohooooo! November down - December here we come

Yes!!!!