September Challenge!

No Snacks, no sweets, no seconds. Except on Days that start with S. Too simple for you? Simple is why it works. Look here for questions, introductions, support, success stories.

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clarebear
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September Challenge!

Post by clarebear » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:16 am

I know we're not quite there yet but getting this one ready for Sunday!
Having the august challenge helped me a lot so want to carry it on!
I have had all green days for august so here's to all greens for September!

Good luck everyone!!

:)

1st S Day
2nd success :) and gym
3rd success and swimming
4th success
5th success and metafit training
6th success
7th S Day
8th S Day
9th success and gym
10th success and metafit :)
11th success
12th success and metafit
13th Success
14th S Day
15th S Day
16th success and gym
17th success
18th Success
19th success and metafit training
20th success and metafit
21st S Day
22nd S Day
23rd success and gym
24th success and gym
25th success and gym
26th success and metafit
27th success and gym
28th S Day
29th S Day
30th
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Starting weight 167 lbs
Goal is to lose 20lbs in time for my wedding!

weagl860
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Post by weagl860 » Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:47 am

I'm interested in joining too! Do we just.post our success on here? Are we allowed to take an 'S' day on a nonweekend? My anniversary is coming up.
September
1-S day
2 Success
3 Success

4 Success
5 Success
6 Success
7-S day
8-S day
9
10
11-S day (anniversary)
12
13
14-S day
15-S day
16
17
18
19
20
21-S day
22-S day
23
24
25
26
27
28-S day
29-S day
30
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clarebear
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Post by clarebear » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:26 am

Hello Weagl860

Yes just post your success here, you can edit your original post each day (click edit on top right of your post) so everything is on one post

I've only been doing No S for a month but yes I believe on special occasions - such as an anniversary you can class this as an S day :)
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Goal is to lose 20lbs in time for my wedding!

eschano
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Post by eschano » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:37 am

Hi all!

I haven't done this for a long time so here it goes: (I will aim to also do yoga 3 times a week)

1 S- DAY
2 :mrgreen: close call but two cups of hot tea saved me; :D no sports
3 :mrgreen: ; :mrgreen: Morning Yoga
4 :mrgreen: ; :D no sports
5 :mrgreen: ; :D no sports
6 :oops: My S days start Friday night so I only have to get through Friday until I'm home ; I have every intention to do yoga today. :oops:
I did only have until the night and yet I ate a piece of birthday cake for my co-worker in the afternoon and no yoga. I hope for a better week next week!
7 S-DAY Yoga as well :mrgreen:
8 S-DAY
9 :mrgreen: ; :D
10 :mrgreen: ; :mrgreen: did 14 minutes today
11 :mrgreen: ; :D
12 :mrgreen: ; :D
13 :mrgreen:; :D -Sday starts after work
14 S-DAY yoga :mrgreen:
15 S-DAY yoga :mrgreen:
16 :mrgreen:; :D
17 :mrgreen:; :D
18 :mrgreen:; :D
19 :mrgreen:; :D
20 :mrgreen:; :D
21 S-DAY; :D
22 S-DAY; :mrgreen: Yoga
23 :mrgreen:; :D
24 :mrgreen: ; :mrgreen: yoga at 6 in the morning!
25 :mrgreen:; :D
26 :mrgreen:; :D
27 :mrgreen:; :D
28 S-DAY
29 S-DAY
30 :mrgreen:; :D

Nice to start with an S-DAY :D I'll update every week. Many thanks for starting the challenge clarebear! :D :D :D :D :D :D
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clarebear
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Post by clarebear » Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:19 am

welcome eschano!
:D
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Starting weight 167 lbs
Goal is to lose 20lbs in time for my wedding!

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Post by Zoid » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:23 pm

Count me in!

1 ;)
2 :mrgreen:
3 :mrgreen:
4 :mrgreen:
5 :mrgreen:
6 :mrgreen:
7 ;)
8 ;)
9 :mrgreen:
10 :mrgreen:
11 :mrgreen:
12 :oops:
13 :mrgreen:
14 ;)
15 ;)
16 :mrgreen:
17 :oops:
18 :oops:
19 ;)
20 :oops: - OK, focusing on getting back on track
21 ;)
22 ;)
23 :mrgreen: - WooHoo!!
24 :mrgreen:
25 :mrgreen:
26 :mrgreen:
27 :mrgreen:
28 ;)
29 ;)
30 :mrgreen:
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Post by clarebear » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:33 pm

good stuff! Welcome!

:D
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Starting weight 167 lbs
Goal is to lose 20lbs in time for my wedding!

GraceW
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Post by GraceW » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:45 pm

This is great! I haven't had a perfect month yet since recommitting to No S in July. I'd love to have a perfect September.

1 S Day
2 :mrgreen:
3 :mrgreen:
4 :mrgreen:
5 :mrgreen: - Discovered that licorice spice herbal tea curbs my sweet tooth
6 :mrgreen:
7 S Day
8 S Day
9 :mrgreen:
10 :mrgreen:
11 :mrgreen:
12 :mrgreen:
13 :mrgreen:
14 S Day
15 S Day
16 :mrgreen:
17 :mrgreen: - 21 days on habit!
18 :mrgreen:
19 :mrgreen:
20 :mrgreen:
21 S Day
22 S Day
23 :mrgreen:
24 :mrgreen:
25 :mrgreen:
26 :mrgreen:
27 :mrgreen: - OMG, I'm on my way to my first perfect month!
28 S Day
29 S Day
30 :mrgreen: SUCCESS!
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Post by clarebear » Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:04 pm

Welcome Grace! You can do it, good luck!!
Just think of how you'll feel after a month in the green! I've just done august and it feels fab!

:D
Finally found a lifestyle change, not a diet!
Starting weight 167 lbs
Goal is to lose 20lbs in time for my wedding!

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Post by grothkat » Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:20 pm

I would love to join in again. Did not do that well in August but am still working on just building the habit. I will post success or no success EVERYDAY with no snacks and no seconds and then success fail separately for sweets. I will also post my activity...and my weight intermittently.

Sept 1: S Day and a good s day... Just a party in the evening with hors d'oerves and wine.
Sept 2: SUCCESS
Sept 3: FAIL Technically on vacation but it is going to be a long one (till Sept. 17th) so I am trying to keep it mostly tames on S days and most like N days on weekdays. Had some Turkish delight and nutella today.
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September

Post by tobiasmom » Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:13 pm

I did we'll the first half of August and am finishing up strong the end of the month, but the week or two mid-month I blew it on vacation! This month I would like to see a lot less red. But this is a new lifestyle for me so nothing's stopping me!

9.1: S DAY!
9.2: SUCCESS!
9.3: SUCCESS!
9.4: SUCCESS!
9.5: SUCCESS!
9.6: S DAY
9.7: SUCCESS!
9.8: S DAY
9.9: FAILURE
9.10: SUcCESS!
9.11: FAILURE
9.12: SUCCESS!
9.13: S DaY
9.14: S DAY
9.15: SUCCeSs!
9.16: SUCCESS!
9.17: SUCCeSS!
9.18: S DAY
9.19: SUcCESS!
9.20: SUCCeSs!
9.21: S DAY
9.22: SUCCeSS!
9.23: SUCCESS!
9.24: FAILURE
9.25: SUCCESS!
9.26: SUCCESS!
9.27: SUCCeSS!
9.28: S DAY
9.29: S DAY
9.30: FAILURE
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Count me in!

Post by automatedeating » Sat Aug 31, 2013 2:22 pm

I am on board for the September challenge! I am one week in to the No S diet. Today is my first S day and I am having a hard time not treating it like an N day..... since I didn't lose any weight yet.
I'm a 5'2'' female and I currently weight 142. The top of my BMI is 135.
Here's to a "green September"!

Update 9/24/13: I have had all green days so far in September. Getting toward the end!
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Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

Dhack
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Month 3

Post by Dhack » Sat Aug 31, 2013 9:34 pm

I love these challenges! Very motivating. I've actually started journaling a little figuring I'll look back on these some day.

1- s day
2- :D
3- :D very interesting day, I was only able to get a couple of bites of yogurt and a small crappy apple for lunch so I was famished for dinner. At the store I bought a large baguette and lots of cheese for homemade mac. I usually binge on this meal by picking here and there and eating seconds and thirds without ever feeling full. Tonight I made up my single plate and wasn't able to finish it. This is powerful for me! It's just like Reinhard said the stomach is really dumb at telling it is full when you pick and pick and pick at food. One plate is such a mental thing: simple but awesome!!!
4- :D
5- :D
6- s day -- pretty bingey with a pumpkin bread
7- s day -- pretty bingey with a lot of things! BAD Day :(
8- :oops: red day -- one non-bingey piece of cake (didn't even finish it, what a waste of a red day :cry:)
9- :D
10-:D
11-:D
12-:D
13-:D
14- weigh in day 153.5 (up 0.5) - s day
15- s day
16-:D
17-:D
18-:D
19-:D
20-:D
21- s day
22- s day - a better weekend over all but still had A LOT of esses. Probably 7 or 8 between the two days.
23-:D
24-:D
25-:D
26-:D - had a wonderful one plate bunco meal. One questionable app was apple with a sugary glaze but I feel very successful. Passed on the candies ad the desserts. Very pleased! :)
27-:D
28- s day
29- s day - 2 ok s days! Had a little bingey moment in the AM today but calmed down. Had a 5 scoop sundae tonigt because I wanted one. No guilt, no yuckiness. Yay!
30-:D
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Post by jellybeans01 » Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:50 pm

I am in. I really failed the August Challenge, but I never did give up even though I wanted to a few times. I posted the whole month. So here is to a better September. My Goal is 5 s events. Because for me the s days feed an unhealthy binging thing.

1-s day
2-success
3-fail
4-success
5-fail
6-
7-
8-
9-
10-
11-
12-
13-
14-
15-
16-
17-
18-
19-
20-
21-
22-
23-
24-
25-
26-
27-
28-
29-
30-
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Post by clarebear » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:29 am

Welcome everyone!
Good luck :)
Finally found a lifestyle change, not a diet!
Starting weight 167 lbs
Goal is to lose 20lbs in time for my wedding!

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Post by Jammin' Jan » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:41 pm

Here's to a successful September everyone!

1. S Day :D
2. S Day :D
3. Fail
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Post by ZippaDee » Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:29 am

I'm in!! :D Taking Labor Day...tomorrow as an S day! Back to work on Tuesday and down to No S business!

1. :wink:
2. :wink:
3. :mrgreen:
4. :mrgreen:
5. :mrgreen:
6. :mrgreen:
7. :wink:
8. :wink:
9. :mrgreen:
10. :mrgreen:
11. :mrgreen:
12. :mrgreen:
13. :mrgreen:
14. :wink:
15. :wink:
16. :oops: County Fair....mark it and move on!
17. :mrgreen:
18. :mrgreen:
19. :mrgreen:
20. :oops:
21. :wink:
22. :wink: sick
23. :oops: sick
24. :oops: sick
25.
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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:07 pm

Count me in, I haven't been exercising, stupid me. I want to change that. I will also track my NoS compliance while I am at it.

1 O O
2 + +
3 + + (R)
4 - + (had some nibbles and bites while cleaning up the kitchen after dinner)
5 + +
6 + - (cycled quite a lot but not 14 min continuously)
7 O O
8 O O
9 + +
10 + + (R)
11 + +
12 + + (Quite hard: breakfast 7am, lunch 12.30, dinner 9pm)
13 + O
14 O O
15 O +
16 + + (R)
17 - O (had seconds after dinner. At first only one or two bites and then I thought okay, now I might as well... And, of course, I was full already.
18 O + (R) S-event tonight. Not an S-day, not an S-day, oh no.
19 + O
20 + +
21 O -
22 O +
23 + - (absolutely no time for exercise - at least this is my excuse)
24 - + (R) watermelon
25 - + (R) beginner's mistake
26 + +
27 + O
28 O O
29 O +
30 + + (R)
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Post by clarinetgal » Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:01 am

Count me in! I lost 4 pounds in August, and I want to keep the momentum going. More importantly, I want to continue to work on building good habits. Also. Last month, I aimed for 20 workouts, and I only made it to 15, for various reasons (mainly an elbow injury). This month, I want to try for 18 workouts.

1. Fail 1/18 workouts
2. Success! 2/18 workouts
3. Fail
4. Success! 3/18 workouts
5. Fail
6. Fail 4/18 workouts
7. Success! 5/18 workouts
8. ? I forgot to keep track.
9.? Same thing. Busy week. 6/18 workouts
10. Fail
11. Success! 7/18 workouts
12. Success! 8/18 workouts
13. S Day (sick)
14. S Day (sick)
15. Success! 9/18 workouts
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Post by clarebear » Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:32 pm

4 pounds is brill! Hope I've done the same (not weighed myself) but i feel great so that's the main thing :-D

Good luck for September! :)

also with the workouts - better to aim high like you did and still get a decent number (14 is more or less every other day!) Keep going you're doing brilliant!
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Post by clarinetgal » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:21 am

Thanks, clarebear! :D

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Post by eschano » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:24 pm

Ok, so far one slip up with NoS and not doing so well with my yoga. Will try to crank it up! :D
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Post by oolala53 » Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:14 am

I've actually been working out more regularly than I have in a few years, but haven't been keeping track very well. Maybe I will for the rest of the month.
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Post by eschano » Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:58 am

Oolala, do join us :D The more the merrier!
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Post by clarebear » Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:39 pm

Welcome oohlala!

Just had a scan through, so much success and green days!
Well done everyone! :-D
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Starting weight 167 lbs
Goal is to lose 20lbs in time for my wedding!

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Post by oolala53 » Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:30 pm

I haven't been very good in the past at adding to a created post. Not sure how to handle that.

I went to a yoga class this morning, but I'm coming to the conclusion I won't regard that as my 14 minutes even though we had a lot of tough moments in a 90-minute class. I will fit it in later, as I've got groceries to bring in and lunch pretty soon.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
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Post by GraceW » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:41 am

Thank you for setting up this challenge! I did it -- my first perfect month on No S!!!

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Post by Elizabeth 7 » Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:03 am

I was not in the Challenge, but CONGRATULATIONS, Grace!!! :D :D :D
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Post by clarebear » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:14 am

Well done Grace, I'm so pleased!! :D
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Post by eschano » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:55 pm

Brilliant Grace!

I had one red day when it came to NoS but good god, was I bad on yoga, haha.

Well, come on October challenge!!
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