overly beige's daily check in

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:13 am

6/5/07 SUCCESS
6/6/07 SUCCESS
6/7/07 FAILURE

I failed on day 3 by having a sweet snack, then had a strawberry lemonade with my dinner. The successful part of the day was that I couldn't finish my dinner. With only two days of nos my capacity for large meals had decreased. Also I don't feel that well, and I really enjoyed how good I was feeling the first two days.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:22 am

6/8/07 SUCCESS

It is very interesting to me to notice how often I think about snacking. I can really see how easy it would be to eat quite a bit more with snacks and also with seconds than without. I'm enjoying the process.

Jammin' Jan · Post by **Jammin' Jan** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:54 am

Sounds like you're learning what you need to learn! Welcome to No-S!

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:29 am

Thanks Jan. I do feel like I'm learning a lot about myself. I am really noticing this tendency to think of food when I am stressed or bored.

6/10/07 SUCCESS

I have decided that for myself I will consider s days a success if I neither deprive myself nor binge. I don't want to feel sick from overeating or eating too much overly rich food, but I also don't want to head back into the no s days with any feeling of deprivation.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:31 am

I wanted to add that on an intellectual level I always knew that I ate when I was stressed and sometimes when bored, but I just wasn't really that aware of it. Now it is becoming really apparent.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:34 pm

6/11/07 SUCCESS

I ate dinner much earlier than usual. In the past that would have always meant some snacking later. This time although I did experience some mild hunger I resisted the snacking.

I am still just so amazed by how often I think of snacking. Sometimes I'll realize that it is actually time for my next meal (not that I am following a strict time schedule just that it would make sense to have my next meal now). Other times I am just bored or stressed. It is so much easier to just say no (to borrow a phrase that I used to hate) than to analyze whether or not I should snack and what kind of snack would be acceptable.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:11 am

6/12/07 SUCCESS

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:10 am

6/13/07 FAILURE

Usually I wouldn't be thrilled to bite into a cookie and find that it tasted so bad that I couldn't possibly eat it. On a nos day however I was very happy to have my failure consist of one bite of a cookie. I was debating whether to call it a success since it was only one bite of a cookie, but I realize the failure was not in what I ate it was in the decision. It was luck, not a successfully instilled habit, that resulted in only one bite of a cookie being eaten.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:38 am

6/14/07 FAILURE

I realized a couple of things from the last two days. One is that I need to some planning if I am going to be very busy, the other is that I will have trouble being successful with this is I don't eat a decent sized breakfast early in the day. I am still feeling really good about the program despite having a couple of failures in a row.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:11 am

6/15/07 FAILURE

Argh, I didn't even want to post tonight.

Charis · Post by **Charis** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:31 pm

Hang in there! I think you will find that staying within the boundaries will get easier. You are right though, a decent sized breakfast does help me to get off to a great start for the day. There is no way I want to be battling hunger from morning until I go to bed. Don't give up, I think you will find the rewards beneficial.

mimi · Post by **mimi** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:08 am

Charis is right! Hang in there and you'll see improvement and results.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:26 am

Thanks Charis and mimi. I appreciate the encouragement.

6/16/07 SUCCESS
6/17/07 SUCCESS
6/18/07 SUCCESS

I was happy with the amount of snacking and sweets on Saturday and Sunday. I had a satisfying amount but didn't feel like I pigged out.

I started freaking out a little over the weekend because my weight was up a little. I started to think about doing a different program, but decided that I really want to stick with this and I don't want to impose any extra rules at this time. I can always add some extra restrictions down the road if I need to in order to lose weight.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:25 am

6/19/07 SUCCESS

I'm still just amazed by how often I think about snacking.

mimi · Post by **mimi** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:27 am

It's not you, overly beige - it's the nature of the culture that we live in! We can break out of it, though, with some effort! Keep up your good work!
mimi

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:37 am

Thanks mimi. It is weird to me when I will think about having a snack. I will be telling myself I can't have any snacks. I have to wait for my next meal. I will look to see how long I should wait and sometimes I will realize that I am past due for a meal. Yet my first thought when I was hungry was not about having a meal but about having a snack.

6/21/07 FAILURE
I only ate two meals and one definitely included seconds. Calorie wise I have no doubt that I was fine for the day. Habit wise it was not a good day. In order to really make this work I need to get used to eating breakfast earlier in the day before I get to work. Otherwise, I will sometimes (like today) not manage to eat my first meal until about 1 p.m. Considering I was up at 7 a.m. and at work at 9 a.m. this is not acceptable. I had seconds at dinner. I suppose I could rationalize it and call it two separate back to back meals.

But I won't!

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:04 am

6/22/07 FAILURE
6/23/07 SUCCESS
6/24//07 SUCCESS
6/25/07 FAILURE
6/26/07 SUCCESS
6/27/07 SUCCESS

I'm really happy with my experience with the diet lately. I am much less susceptible to temptation in terms of snacking. My biggest issue is not fitting in breakfast. Monday I had seconds so I considered it a failure but the real issue was that I hadn't had breakfast. Tonight and last night my husband and MIL (who is visiting) were having fudgesicles after dinner and I wasn't even tempted. It isn't that they didn't sound good but I just really didn't think of it as an option. On Tuesday night we were out to eat and my MIL asked if I wanted to have dessert it was so nice to say no and not feel like I should look at the menu first and consider it. I know I can treat myself on the weekend so I don't feel deprived denying myself during the week.

So far I tend to put on water weight (mostly water) during the weekend and then take it off towards the end of the week before the next weekend. I am hoping that I will see some weight loss this week, but I am planning to stick with this regardless. As I have mentioned before I want to follow this pattern permanently, if I also have to add some additional rules to lose weight I will do that as well not instead.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:56 am

6/28/07 SUCCESS
6/29/07 SUCCESS
6/30/07 SUCCESS

I am loving this diet.
So far no weight loss. However, I hardly exercised this week, I had a house guest and ate out a lot of rich meals at restaurants and despite this I did not gain any weight. I really enjoyed going out to eat and not even looking at the appetizers or desserts. No need to tempt myself or torture myself with indecision I knew I could just say NO!
I really like not thinking about food so much. I can look forward to my next meal. I can eat some rich things without feeling guilty.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:25 pm

7/1/07 SUCCESS

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:22 am

7/2/07 SUCCESS
7/3/07 SUCCESS

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:57 am

7/4/07 S DAY
7/5/07 FAILURE
7/6/07 FAILURE
7/7/07 S DAY
7/8/07 S DAY
7/9/07 SUCCESS
7/10/07 SUCCESS
7/11/07 SUCCESS
7/12/07 SUCCESS
7/13/07 FAILURE

I was on vacation from 7/5/07 to 7/8/07. I hadn't reread the section on vacations before I left and I misremembered it as being allowed to treat vacation days as S days. Oops!

Well at least I really enjoyed myself!

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:15 am

7/14/07 SDAY
7/15/07 SDAY

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:43 pm

3/6/08 SUCCESS

I'm back. It's been a long time and unfortunately I am still overweight and still prone to gluttony.

I'm motivated and reading the book. I am also working with some cognitive therapy techniques to help me.

I have decided both with habitcal and here that I will start the day as a success and then edit later if I have to.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:28 am

3/6/08 FAILURE
3/7/08 FAILURE
3/8/08 SDAY
3/9/08 SDAY
3/10/08 SUCCESS

Unfortunately 3/6/08 turned into a failure.

overly beige · Post by **overly beige** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:34 am

3/11/08 FAILURE

I think I may need to work on coping mechanisms for stress or I am going to have a lot of trouble sticking with this.

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