Jen's Check-in

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:33 pm

I started doing No-S on Weds. April 25. I really needed a successful day because I've started before only to give up. I had a great day. I found I can do this! Of course it was just the first day and I know many times the euphoria and adrenaline of the first day carries me through so on Thurs. I was ready. Thursdays are work days for me and before I never knew what to do about it because I am at work for 5 hours and then home. I decided to throw caution to the wind and eat a good breakfast, go to work and then eat after my shift! I did get myself a diet soda about an hour before going home and that seemed to perk me up because I was getting hungry but nothing else. Not the brownies someone brought, not any of the many snack foods available. And I did great! Coming home, I ate a nice lunch, not a monster-sized one and was fine until dinner. Friday was the almost miraculous day because I woke up and was going to wait to eat until 7:30. Got messed up with the schedule and ended up back home late and realized I couldn't eat because I was going to mass and needed to fast one hour before. So I waited until 9 in the morning and didn't die! Today I am having a few treats but it's funny, they don't taste as great as I thought they would and I like my no-snacking system very much too. I love the peace I feel.

NoSnacker · Post by **NoSnacker** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:09 am

Yes the sanity of No S

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:26 am

Well the week end was an odd wake-up call! I decided to treat the weekend as the sometimes that I'd read about but went a little overboard on Sat! And it felt uncomfortable, like I was cheating on myself or breaking too many rules so Sunday I decided to go back to No-S and made it all the way til the end of the day when I realized I didn't have any of the "treats" I'd wanted to have either day! So I did a little compensatory snacking/treat eating. Felt not so good. Back to No-S and I am hoping more relief...

Jennifer24747 · Post by **Jennifer24747** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:24 pm

I started No-S on the same day as you, and just got through my first weekend--and I feel exactly the way you do, that even having just a few sweets felt not so good.

Thank God it's N-day again!

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:05 pm

Oh wow, it's great to have someone on the same path at the same time! I went to walk my dog and was very hungry and I have been surprising myself how great a companion my hunger is. I came home and quickly made breakfast, 2 eggs, 2 pieces of whole grain toast and some plum jelly and butter. I have a long space of time at work and not a good time to have lunch during the 5 hour shift. So I am going to just tough it out and wait until I get back home. I did it Thurs. and didn't die! I know it sounds funny but I was petrified to go without food and now, it just seems to silly. I wonder how many others feel like this. One person wrote above about no-snacking sanity and I really feel like that is true!
JenD

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:44 pm

Okay, this is getting spooky! I didn't notice your name. Today, the first day back at it in earnest was or still is being great. Instead of it being challenging, it's actually a great routine. Eating between meals certainly took a lot out of me, it seems. I've found myself almost as if I have been "waking up" and looking around. And for the first time in a long long while, I have some hope of actually getting back into some clothes that I love and that aren't that impossible to dream of wearing again. That's something...
JenD

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Fri May 04, 2012 6:18 pm

Not really sure how to use this forum. Feels odd writing on my check-in site but okay, here goes. I started on April 25. Haven't slipped up yet. But funny thing, yesterday I began really wishing I could have something sweet. I just told myself, in a day and a half, you can. I wait on average 5-6 hours between meals during the daytime. Sometimes a little less. I know now I can go for that long and not die. Also a funny thing, eating hasn't been much of a thrill lately. It seems almost a burden to try to figure out what to eat, how much so that I am not starving in a couple of hours. I can stand hunger for a couple of hours but not 3 or 4. Did anyone else ever have this odd odd problem. I figure after the newness of the whole thing wore off, I got down to the hard truth that I have to have something to eat and I get tired of all that! I guess snacking obscured this mundane side of things...
JenD

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Sat May 05, 2012 7:07 pm

Today has been sweet! Really! Treats I have indulged in but not non-stop...Feeling like I have lost a lot of weight! But I don't think it could be that much...But it sure feels like a lot...How could that be? Only been doing this for 11 days!
Jen D

Amy3010 · Post by **Amy3010** » Sun May 06, 2012 10:16 am

You're doing really well!

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Sun May 06, 2012 11:08 am

"Not really sure how to use this forum..."

It is whatever suits you. Some people primarily use it as a food and/or exercise journal. Others use it as an opportunity to chat with others going through the same challenges. Some people read for ideas and inspiration but rarely post.

Welcome!

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Sun May 06, 2012 5:57 pm

Thank you for replying! I wasn't sure how to use it in order to have people actually respond to me! I guess it just ebbs and flows. I have tons of questions about how this all works now that I am on my 12th day. I wonder how much of the stuff we don't do on the weekdays do people do on the weekends? I sort of feel like I could and sometimes do easily overdo the sweets. I always pull back but I am not sure if it should be more planned so I don't feel like I used to feel. Also, is it common to feel sort of blah about food after a while? I feel like I am shoveling the food in so that I don't get hungry and all the sudden, nothing seems really appealing anymore!
Jend

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Sun May 06, 2012 7:51 pm

Sorry to be chatty Cathy but I kind of had a great moment today at lunch. I had this wonderful dinner my hubby prepared and I wanted a little more (2nds are okay on the weekend, right?) so I got up and got just a little more, not even a 4th of a plate full. And I ate and I stopped. I wasn't worried about the first plate being crammed high (as I have been) and I didn't really want but a few bites more the 2nd time. Just stopped, no obsessing, no fretting. Like a normal person...

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Tue May 08, 2012 1:05 pm

May 8, the 14th day of my 21 day start up. I can honestly say I think I have grown accustomed to the process. I am not saying I am home free but I am not currently obsessing. In fact, it's almost a bother to get enough food in at a meal to not feel famished before the next meal. I have accepted the feeling of being famished, learned to live with it for a time knowing that it will be like a fire I put out (for a time...). Just the realization that I won't die, I will have some interesting (but not all-consuming) sweets in a few days, seems to be enough for now.
Jennifer

JenD · Post by **JenD** » Tue May 15, 2012 12:01 am

How can this be possible that I am at day 20 (I think, I stopped count a while ago...)
It's a habit. In fact, eating, planning how to eat enough so I don't starve has become a real pain. Have any of you experienced that? Sometimes I just give up trying to make sure I've eaten enough. It's painful later but I am just out of ideas sometimes. I cook for everyone but when it's just me, I could eat oatmeal. And I know that's not going to do the job. I haven't cheated, except, I do have a coffee in the morning (with a little bit of sugar or sweetner and mild) and I have a tea in the afternoon fixed the same way. I am beginning to think that's not in the spirit of NoS but I am not sure. But I don't eat food between meals...
Jen
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