Everyday Systems

Actually these challenges of course are against ourselves and not a competition..we are all here to succeed and work through any failures! Cheers! p.s. feel free to copy the dates!

For me it is No S Vanilla all the way..and perhaps some moderation on my "S" days.

1 S A day to be proud of - binge free!
2 S slightly questionable - I'm aiming to be binge free

3 N
4 N A little struggle with thoughts of snacks..
5 N Thankfully no struggle yesterday!
6 N
7 N

8 S over the top
9 S over the top

10 N
11 N
12 N
13 N - nice took pizza and wings over to my son's and shared dinner - guilt free
14 N

15 S bought a decedent brownie for my weekend treat!
16 S

17 N
18 N
19 N Fail
20 N Fail
21 N Fail

22 S
23 S

24 N Fail
25 N Fail
26 N Fail
27 N Fail
28 N

I'm in!! I think I'm on my 8th month.

1-:D
2-:D - made it through superbowl party!
3-:D
4-:D
5-:D
6-:D - g pa's birthday
7-:D
8-:D - girls' birthday
9-:D
10-:D - friendly's the temptations never cease!
11-:D
12-
13-
14- FAIL Valentine's day. It was a lovely meal but WTH effect kicked in and Grrrrr!
14-
16-:D
17-:D
18-:D
19-:D
20- :/ dinner was too big... Vacay
21- lunch was my main meal vacay
22- vacay
23- FAIL Vacay
24-
25-
26-:D weigh-in 141.5
27-:D
28-:D

My goal is to read at least 1 hour to my kids on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
1: S Day
2: S Day
3:
4: S Day
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6: various picture books and a few chapters from The incorrigible children of Ashton place
7: S Day
8: S Day
9: S Day
10: read picture books, Incorrigible Children, and our history book
11: S Day
12: Yay! I am loving this challenge. It's so good for all my family.
13: Utter fail. Took a "family night" movie that sounded like a good plan...an unusual treat for us. The movie ended up WAY too scary, then we stopped it early, the 8-yr old had a total meltdown and I ended up reading ZERO minutes to my kids today. Ah.... it hurts to fail that colossally.
14: S Day
15: S Day
16: S Day
17: Fail only read 30 minutes, not the full hour
18: S Day
19: Yay!!! This success feels huge to me.
20: minor fail. read 50 of 60 goal minutes. Considering I was so tired that any reading felt like a challenge, I think of it as a pretty great result, actually!
21: S Day
22: S Day
23: S Day
24: YAY! Another success that feels huge.....when I succeed, I know that I am parenting how I want to be.
25: S Day
26: Success!
27: FAIL. It's become clear Thursday nights are my biggest challenge in the reading dept.
28: S Day

I'm in!

Same as last month tracking:
No S / Steps (10k) / Shovelglove

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11 - / / - totally exhausted last night, just happy I was good with my eating
12 - / / - WooHoo back on track!
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16 - / / -ate way too many cupcakes this weekend
17 - / / - registered for my first 5k today!
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23 - / / - migraine = sick day
24 - / / - migraine = sick day
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28 -

Automated...I love your goal!!

Dhack, how cool....your 8th month!

Zoid...let's keep bumping to the top

Finally back! I haven't been using a computer since I got laid off and it's a pain to do the check-ins on my iPad.

1 S - a piece of pie and 3 drinks (GC fail)
2 S - a piece of pie, a milkshake, and 2 drinks (GC fail)
3 N - success! ran through a gauntlet of treats at work though (no drinks)
4 N - fail! felled by spinach dip at Bachelor, dammit. Glass Ceiling success (1 glass wine)
5 N - success! my husband ate the last of the pie, thankfully! (no drinks)
6 N - fail! my snow day turned into an S day, apparently...snacks & sweets. Glass Ceiling fail
7 N - fail! my routine is ALL screwed up because we are snowed in. With homemade cookies. Which I ate. Two. Glass Ceiling success (1 glass wine)
8 S - cookies cookies, and a soda! GC success
9 S - cookie! GC success
10 N - success! Offloaded the last of the cookies onto my coworkers. (GC - no drinks)
11 N - success! I got 10,000 steps in yesterday. Much better than I've been doing lately. (GC success - 1 beer)
12 N - fail! dammit, I ate one piece of chocolate toffee after dinner. Not worth it because now I have to count the entire day as a fail. (GC - no drinks)
13 N - success - although I totally forgot to bring dinner to eat during the work event. I just suffered until I got home. Ended up eating just a huge hunk of challah bread and a glass of red wine. Whatever, it works. (GC- success - 1 glass wine)
14 N - fail due to V-Day (sweets). My husband made an amazing chocolate bread pudding. (GC fail - 3 glasses of Champagne)
15 S - chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. Oops. GC fail - 3 glasses red wine (argh, that 3rd glass...it is so hard to not take!)
16 S - chocolate, but not as much! GC success - 1 glass white wine
17 N - fail! Two birthday cake Oreos. Dammit. They weren't worth it. (GC success - 1 glass wine)
18 N - fail! Two more Oreos. And GC fail - 2 glasses wine. In my defense, I got laid off today. So yeah. More info in my check-in thread. I think it will actually be a good thing.
19 N - success! Finally! (GC - no drinks)
20 N - ?
21 N - success, we went to Ruth's Chris for happy hour as dinner (GC success - 2 glasses wine)
22 S - went to Utah for vacation to visit an old friend (GC fail - 3 glasses wine)
23 S - Utah! (GC fail - 2 glasses wine)
24 S - Utah! (GC fail - 2 glasses wine...in my defense, their child is exhausting)
25 N - back home, bachelor night: fail (snacks), GC fail - 2 glasses wine (argh)
26 N - no food in house, husband still in Utah skiing, means chips & guacamole AND Oreos for breakfast (hah!) - fail (GC success - no wine)
27 N - SUCCESS! Husband back. GC success - 1 glass wine
28 N - SUCCESS! Avoided the snacks at a friend's house last night. (GC success - 2 glasses wine)

Yes please!

1 S - a good Saturday
2 S - baked a (slightly) sweet treat - a good Sunday

3 N
4 N
5 N
6 N
7 N

8 S Good & sensible Saturday : )
9 S gonna say coulda been better, but coulda done worse : )

10 N
11 N
12 N tough one but I did it!
13 N

14 S V-Day is OK
15 S a decent Saturday
16 S not too bad really

17 N
18 N
19 N
20 N
21 N

22 S OK! Most sensible S-Day yet! : )
23 S : )

24 N
25 N
26 N
27 N
28 N

anna418 wrote:Hi! I'd like to join in! What do you do about vacation? I am taking a long weekend to see an old friend in February and wondered if those count as S days. Thoughts?

Hi Anna, you would use an S day for your extended weekend. Most people I have seen try to stick to 3 squares but might add something from the S category on vacation. Enjoy your meals and have fun!!

Count me in! Will also note when I exercised.
1. S day
2. S day
3. Success and did a spin class
4. Success
5. Bad
6. Bad and yoga
7. Success and spin class
8. S Day
9. S Day
10. Success
11. Success and Zumba
12. Success and spin class
13. Success
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I'm in!!!! Vanilla No S!
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Thanks so much for starting this NoSnacker! I'm in!!! Had a week being ill last week so delighted to get back on track

1 Sday - tame
2 Sday - tame
3 N Success YEAH
4 N Success YEAH
5 N Success YEAH
6 N Special S Day - musical and dinner with shared dessert
7 N Fail YUCK- colleague's birthday donut - not worth it whatsoever!
8 Sday - snacking a lot on the couch in bad weather
9 Sday - ok-ish, neither tame nor the worst ever
10 N Success YEAH
11 N Success YEAH
12 N Success YEAH
13 N Success YEAH
14 N MEGA Success YEAH Had originally scheduled this as an extra S day but ended up a Green day
15 Sday hang over food
16 Sday snacking
17 N Success YEAH
18 N FAIL YUCK - felt very deprived on Sunday and as I'm currently packing my stuff to move I came accross Kinder Buenos (like 5 left) and dried mango. Well, mark it and move on and lesson learnt again: not to deprive myself on S days!
19 N Success YEAH
20 N FAIL YUCK - oh boy this week was a write-off.
21 N Special S Day
22 Sday
23 Sday
24 N Success YEAH
25 N Success YEAH
26 N Success YEAH
27 N Success YEAH
28 N Success YEAH

I'm in! Haven't had a good run of greens since October! February is my month

18. SUCCESS!
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I'm in - new member - meant to start last week and then we had Atlanta SnowJam 2014 - and there were warm baked goods and treats. And that is OK, but now time to No S Vanilla for me




3 N
4 N
5 N
6 N
7 N

8 S Wink
9 S Wink

10 N
11 N
12 N
13 N
14 N

15 S Wink
16 S Wink

17 N
18 N
19 N
20 N
21 N

22 S Wink
23 S Wink

24 N
25 N
26 N
27 N
28 N

Ok, jumping back in to help me get back on track after a crazy December / my sister's wedding / new job, etc. I've just been sick as well (sympathies eschano!), so need to knuckle down and get back to business.

1 Sday
2 Sday
3 Sick
4 FAIL - Slice of fruit toast after cycling to work
5 N
6 N
7 N
8 Sday
9 Sday
10 FAIL Strawberry from my son's fruit plate without thinking
11 N
12 Planned S event
13 N
14 N
15 Sday
16 Sday
17 N
18 N
19 FAIL Spoon from my son's semolina without thinking - same stupid fail!!
20 N
21N
22 Sday
23 Sday
24 N
25 N
26 N
27 N
28 N

Oh no Ironchef! Get better soon! Also: good to see you

Do you not have a daily check-in anymore?

Hey eschano, good to see you too
Re: daily check in. I've been lazy about checking in, so I let my thread drift. Then a few months later I got off track No-Sing (mostly around changing jobs, my sister's wedding, Christmas), so I figured I'd better get back to what worked before!

Hey Sweetness! Good to see you here too

Sweetness: you select the dates with your mouse (hovering over the first date, hold down left mouse button) and drag down to how much you want to copy, highlighting it all. Let go of the left mouse button. position the mouse over the highlighted field, click the right mouse button and select copy.
Then click post reply and in the field right click and select paste.

I'm sure there is someone who can explain it much better

Ironchef: looking forward to reading your thread!!!

Sweetness, yup good instructions from eschano. If you want a green smiley face you would type mrgreen between : :, or wink between : : for the yellow smiley or the smile is just a colon and ).

catservant wrote: Slipped a little, but didn't let it throw me over the edge into a full fledged gobble fest, so I see that as an improvement!

Totally agree, a little slip doesn't mean we are failures and continue on with eating...

I keep in mind that when those thoughts come, they are junk from a part of my brain that insists on the behavior (binge, eat more, oh tomorrow I'll start again), etc. but our higher self wants better for us...I know strange! Below is the link to a free e-book and the concepts I have been applying

http://dramyjohnson.com/wp-content/uplo ... ohnson.pdf

Eschano, NoSnacker,

Thanks for the help! Saved me some typing. My Ipad wouldn't let me do it, but my laptop works.

I am starting small with renewed goals: Vanilla No S. Habit Cal tracking.

1-S
2-S
3-Red
4-Red
5-Green
6-Green
7-Red
Okay so week one was a blow out. It was the same reason each time; after dinner snacking, mainly sweets. At least I am tracking rather than just ignoring it.
8-S day
9-S day-(Very moderate S day). I did refill my soup bowl for dinner.
10-Over the top Red.
11-Green
12-Green
13-Green
14-Red
Week two was slightly better than week one, but still working on it. I am getting back to basics. I had gotten lazy with the rules. I have returned to strictness. Marking the reds makes me accountable.
15-S day
16-S day
17-Green day in spite of hosting a family birthday party. I skipped the birthday cookie and stayed at one large plate. I also joined a gym today. I am resigned to the fact that we may have many more weeks of this harsh winter that has been impeding outdoor exercise.

I got sick a couple days after I wrote this and spent the rest of the month fighting a nasty upper respiratory infection. I abandoned all tracking which was really not necessary. I was sick but not incapacitated after all! I am going to try tracking better in March (on my daily check in).

r.jean

I love using the habitcal. Actually when I came back this time after my first 2 attempts I went back to my habitcal from 2011 and 2012 and found after 2 months the reds slowly started there way back in and my weekends were so terrible...so now I'm aware that after a couple months my old habits might try to kick back in...

It is very encouraging for me to see that starting my 3rd month back in I have been green all the way, weekends are becoming somewhat tolerable, but I'm applying a new concept that I have shared on the discussion thread..based on fighting the urge..

Happy Friday everyone!

Bump up!

Sweetness wrote:10 N good day, stopped myself from sampling my cooking before dinner, walked about 55minutes.

Very good!

anna418 wrote: 10 N - success! Offloaded the last of the cookies onto my coworkers. (GC - no drinks)

So cool, make someone else happy and keep the cookies from attaching to you

Zoid wrote: 1 - / /
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Doing so well!!!

Thanks NoSnacker!!

I had a rough night last night and had to fight off the inner voice that kept saying "go eat something, one little snack won't hurt anything".

I felt bad not exercising, but feel good that I defeated the inner voice!

Zoid wrote:I had a rough night last night and had to fight off the inner voice that kept saying "go eat something, one little snack won't hurt anything".

Nice work! I always like reading about these small wins. And the best news is that it will be a little bit easier next time you need to flex your determination muscle.

Something I thought I would share....I repeat this to myself often..actually how we build our habit of not eating/binging

"Given the repeated practice obeying my urges is how I created the problem, repeated practice ignoring my urges is how I will change it!"

Bumping this up,

I couldn't bear to put all the red on my calendar, so I am starting fresh for the rest of the month. I had a few great months, but can't seem to get back on track!
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Getting to the back half of the month here - keep going everyone!

Hope everyone had a lovely Valentines Day

Sweetness wrote:I'm in and will be starting tomorrow the 6th. No Snacker, can you tell me how to copy your dates? Otherwise I can type them in tomorrow. My goal is Vanilla No S, and exercise at least every other day. If I finish out the month, that will be 23 days on habit. Great to see some old friends on this thread!!! Remember me???
6 N A bit generous for dinner but OK, 3 miles jogging.
7 N 1/2 hour jogging

8 S 3.5 miles jogging
9 S extra treats but not bad for a birthday!

10 N good day, stopped myself from sampling my cooking before dinner, walked about 55minutes.
11 N Success Good meals, jogging and walking.
12 N Success, had a little struggle after supper because it was light and early, solved it by having some milk with vanilla and stevia, and then ignoring further urges! Jogged 3.5 miles.
13 S out for date night/ valentines day Had an Icee and popcorn at the movie and half a sweet roll later.
14 N good day

15 S 2 miles jogging 3 meals and some snacks & sweets
16 S going well, really enjoyed my dark chocolate today... Will go for a jog in late afternoon/evening


17 N FAIL; samples at Costco. Mark it, move on...
18 N VERY stressful day, (see my daily check in) but 3 meals and jogging.
19 N Jogged 3 miles or so
20 N Walked about 2 miles to and from wallmart-lifted weights (carried bags) coming back.
21 N went to the gym, 1 hour on treadmill

22 S kind of over the top eating, miserable feeling
23 S Better day, regular meals plus chocolate this morning.

24 N Went to the gym with hubby. good workout
25 N Stayed home except to go to Wallmart with DH Resisted samples!
26 N Good workout at the gym!
27 N I did do some virtual plating for dinner.
28 N Fail, I decided to have seconds at the party last night because my friend's salad was so good. I also had more fruit and a peice of sweet bread. It was worth it. I had a great workout at the gym this morning, so I don't really feel bad about the month. Two fails, not bad.

Not sure what I did I now have two charts on here I'll stick with this one, and try to remove the original.

catservant wrote: 10 N Fail I'm embarrassed by all these failed days

Please don't be embarrassed, we have all been there done that..just hang in there...I do see GREEN

Catservant, I second NoSnacker! You're still out-greening the fails and sometimes we have months like that. Remember, it doesn't mean anything about you as a person, just mark and move on and succeed at the next plate!

I agree about the failures. Mark them and move on. We all go through times of noncompliance. I'm doing well this month, but have had months with far more red than green.

Remember, it does get easier with time. But even then we all mess up sometimes.

Also, please read the "reflecting on failures" thread that our very wise eschano just bumped up. There's a wealth of knowledge in that thread.

Averaging one small fail each week this month. I'd love to finish February off with at least one completely green week.

I know this is late, but I think I'll jump in. I'm trying to really tighten up on my No S habits. My goals are to stick to 3-4 planned meals a day (I have reflux, so I'm supposed to eat smaller, more frequent meals), and to have a sweet once a day with a meal (of course, I'll always have the option to not eat a sweet that day). My eventual goal is to do more Vanilla No S, with only eating sweets 1-2 times a week, but I think this will be a good start.

20. Fail my day was very busy, and I didn't eat the best. I didn't eat too excessively, though, so I would call it more of a minor fail.
21. Fail again, although once again, not huge (as in I'm no longer pigging out on junk food at nights), so it's still progress.
22. Success!
23. Fail, but minor. I ate a biscuit after my kids went to bed. It was stupid of me, because it gave me a mild stomach ache for the rest of the evening. Oh well. Other than that, my eating was good.
24. Success!
25. Success!
26. Fail
27. Success!
28. Fail

Come on NoSnacker! Mark it and move on!

bump!

Go everybody! How about a green week for the end of the month? I'm making that my goal this week.

I'm in ironchef! Great idea.

I'm delighted with the accountability these challenges provide, even if I find it at times discouraging to see some red on my bit but I then remember that ever next plate is a chance for a green plate!

ironchef wrote:Go everybody! How about a green week for the end of the month? I'm making that my goal this week.

Yes! Good goal. So far so good for me, I'm really happy with how habit has kicked in for me. Yesterday at Wallmart they had several samples. I was able to resist even though my husband was eating them.

Finishing this off - proud of everyone!