Admount's daily check-in

admount · Post by **admount** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:22 pm

Hey everybody! I've casually tried the No S Diet a few times, but I've never been good about persevering through the early mistakes. I'm hoping to make a change this time and part of that is going to be some daily check-ins on the website! I'm hoping to couple this with the 100 day exercise challenge and start some healthy habits for life.

Day 1: SUCCESS

I had a strong start yesterday. I work at a university, so I eat most of my meals in the dining halls here, and I managed to resist all of the Halloween sweets that were out on display. Here's hoping for today!

RAWCOOKIE · Post by **RAWCOOKIE** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:42 pm

Good start! Halloween is a tempting time!

Check out the podcasts (if you haven't already) about habits - there's a bit about how much mental energy it takes to establish a new habit - and how trying to establish more than one habit can make it much, much harder.

Healthy habits of life is a good mantra

admount · Post by **admount** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:36 pm

Thanks Rawcookie! I hear what you're saying about multiple habits being harder to solidify than just one. I'll have to think on that heavily and decide if I want to focus all of my willpower toward No S, which to me is even more important than getting the exercise in.

Day 2: SUCCESS

Yesterday was an unqualified success. It's only day 2 for me, and I'm about to hit my S days (the one mod I'm trying out this time around is to use Fridays and Saturdays as my S days since Friday is my hardest day). Still, I'm glad to have gotten a good start. There was a time when even eating reasonably for two days in a row was a challenge.

Breakfast: Chili, chips, and an egg sandwich.

Lunch: Baked chicken, cantaloupe, potatoes and radishes, pasta, macaroni, and a roll.

Dinner: Two slices of cafeteria pizza, a small piece of miniature stromboli, pasta, peas, and more cantaloupe!

Exercise: Success!

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:47 pm

Before I started No S, I realized that every other time I had lost weight, I had done it during a honeymoon phase. As soon as I started being tempted to not to follow my plan, I was a goner. I saw that I HAD to learn to last beyond the easy part, to say NO when it was HARD. That has paid off.

Enjoy your S days! You'll have many more N days to get it right.

admount · Post by **admount** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:24 pm

It's been a couple of days! I only update this at work so I guess the S days will usually all get lumped in to my Monday post.

Day 3 - Friday October 30

S Day
Exercise: SUCCESS

Day 4 - Saturday October 31

S Day
Exercise: SUCCESS

Day 5 - Sunday November 1

SUCCESS

A good start to the week with a successful N day on Sunday.

Breakfast/Brunch - Salad
Lunch - Sloppy joes, potato salad, carrots, green beans, and a roll!
Dinner - Grilled chicken, french fries, leftover potato salad, and some cantaloupe.

Exercise: SUCCESS

I'm feeling pretty good now, but I'm expecting some hard times to come!

admount · Post by **admount** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:56 pm

Day 6: FAILED

I did well yesterday until about 9:00pm. I ate a slice of my roommate's leftover pizza that he offered, and followed it up with some leftover Halloween candy.

I'm disappointed to break my streak early on, but I'm not afraid of failure! I'll get back on the horse and keep going today.

Exercise: SUCCESS

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:33 pm

That's the spirit! Believe me, you can get better at saying no, thanks, to offers of food. Part of what helped me was my exposure to my sister's thin son-in-law for 25 years. That guy NEVER eats something just because it's offered. He's not unpleasant about it. He might even take some but it will just sit on the plate. And this is around some big eaters. It's just not that important to him, and he gets distracted by the conversation or something else.

Hope the rest of the N day week went well. Even if it didn't, it's okay. It's what you're doing three months or a year from now that really counts.