Simon's 21-day checkin

Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.

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Simon's 21-day checkin

Post by szymon » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:53 pm

So I'm going to check in every day for the first 21 days on here. Yaay.

Today: SUCCESS.

Breakfast
2 x soft boiled egg
3 x slice of toast

Lunch
Polish bean soup with chicken
Broccoli and Cauliflower
2 x small pitta
1 x banana
(yes, I stuck it all on one plate!)

Dinner
Home cooked fried fish
Rice and mixed vegetables
1 x potato waffle
2 x small potato smiley face (hey, the kids were eating them...)

1 x small espresso coffee

Feel free to comment if you think that's too much food! FWIW, I'm 184cm tall and weigh 116kg at the moment. Last time I started No S, I was 120kg, I dropped down to 96kg before my resolve failed (and 20kg has come back on slowly since then).

-simon
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Post by szymon » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:42 pm

Today: SUCCESS

Breakfast
A big bowl of rice crispies with a teaspoon of brown sugar

Lunch
A steak sandwich at All Bar One

Dinner
Two cheese toasties and a large bowl of home made vegetable soup

Not particularly hungry! :-)

-simon
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Wednesday 11th July

Post by szymon » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:27 pm

Was up late working and didn't post this.

Today: SUCCESS

Breakfast
Large bowl of Special K

Lunch
Scrambled Eggs with diced ham, red pepper and onion
Three flour-bread tortillas

Dinner
Mixed chow-mein

Upset at the wife - she backed a cake today for some guests. Temptation ahoy!

-simon
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Post by Jammin' Jan » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:58 pm

Don't worry about eating too much food. Just follow the No-S rule.

Maybe you could put a piece of that cake into a plastic dish so it doesn't get stale, and save it for Saturday?

You're off to a good start!
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Thursday 12th July

Post by szymon » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:12 am

Thanks for the feedback - I've had the wife put a slice of cake in the fridge for me, she says it'll hold til Saturday ;-)

For Thursday: SUCCESS

Breakfast
Four toasts with cheese and ham

Lunch
Two peaches, one small "babybel" cheese, one banana, one Muller Corner yoghurt (strawberry)

Dinner
Huge plate of home made spaghetti bolonaise

I've worked out part of my problem. My wife's a damn good cook, and I like eating ;-)

Can't wait for that darn S day tomorrow. Although it'll take all of my willpower not to pig out - we're going to a barbeque!

-simon
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Post by szymon » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:44 pm

Today: SUCCESS

Breakfast
Two soft boiled eggs
Three pieces of buttered toast
Coffee

Lunch
Tuna salad
Three tortilla breads
Banana

Dinner
Tossed salad with home-made dressing and flash fried chicken, topped with a poached egg
Two pitta bread

S day tomorrow, yaay! :-)

-simon
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Weekend

Post by szymon » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:40 pm

Weekend update: Acted like an idiot. S days, and ouch :-( Oh well, here starts another week...

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Monday July 16th

Post by szymon » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:07 am

SUCCESS

Breakfast
Nothing. Still stuffed from yesterday's excesses!

Lunch
Two small bags of mixed nuts and raisins.

Dinner
Large bowl of tomato soup with rice
1/2 a banana

And not hungry!

-simon
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Post by szymon » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:16 pm

SUCCESS

Breakfast
None

Lunch
Chicken Chasseur with mashed leeks

Dinner
Tomato soup with rice

Feelin' good.

-simon
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Post by Jammin' Jan » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:27 am

You may think you were an idiot on your S-days, but you managed to pick it right up on Monday. Sounds good. Be patient with yourself, and make sure you get enough to eat on N days. Monday and Tuesday's food look very light!
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Post by gratefuldeb67 » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:09 am

Go Szymon!

Peace and Love,
8) Debs
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Wednesday 18th July

Post by szymon » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:37 am

Thanks for the comments guys!

Wednesday: SUCCESS (sort of)

Breakfast
Two poached eggs
Four slices of toast (two with pate)

Lunch
Nothing (but see below)

Dinner
Large bowl of mixed chow mein
followed by small bowl of chicken chow mein in lieu of lunch

What can I say? I was hungry! I didn't have time during the day to have Lunch, so at around 6pm when I sat down to eat the evening meal, I devoured my dinner, and knew I'd still be hungry in the evening. So I had lunch too.

Three meals, no snacking, no sweets, and this wasn't really seconds, it was time-delayed lunch - I'm counting this as a success :-)

-simon
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Post by szymon » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:31 pm

Today: SUCCESS

Breakfast
None

Lunch
Large plate of mushroom soup (Very late lunch)

Dinner
Two sausage toasts

-simon
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Post by szymon » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:05 pm

Today: SUCCESS

Breakfast
None

Lunch
Two small slices of pizza
Large brown bread bap with avocado and prawns

Dinner
Double portion of rice krispies with a teaspoon of brown sugar and semi-skimmed milk

Yaay, S day tomorrow!

-simon
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Post by szymon » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:25 pm

Today: SUCCESS

Breakfast
Two toasts with butter and jam
Two small slices of ham
Small slice of honeydew melon
Small soft cheese
Small pastry

Lunch
None

Dinner
8oz rump steak with green beans, broiled spinach and french fries

-simon
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Post by szymon » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:54 pm

Today: SUCCESS

Breakfast
Small plate of mixed cheeses, cold meats and fruits
Two toasts with butter
One small bread roll

Lunch
None

Dinner
Small plate of hummus with pitta bread (in lieu of lunch)
Mixed kebabs with rice and salad

Getting close to the 21 days!

On the difficult side...we leave for holiday tomorrow evening. Driving to Poland, leaving the kids with family there, then flying to San-Francisco, Hawaii, Tokyo, Hong-Kong and Bangkok over the course of three weeks. How on EARTH do I survive that on No-S??!?!

-simon
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Post by Jammin' Jan » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:08 am

You just do the best you can do, then pick it up again (if necessary) when you get home. Enjoy your trip and don't let no-s be a stress point for you.
"Self-denial's a great sweetener of pleasure."
(Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner")
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Post by szymon » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:09 pm

Thanks :-)

Am officially calling today and tomorrow S days, because I have to drive 1000 miles to Poland and we won't be eating properly!

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Post by szymon » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:10 pm

Today: FAILURE

Breakfast
Plate of cold meats
Two bread rolls
Coffee

Lunch
Raspberries and Blueberries
Broad beans (boiled)

Dinner
Plate of cold meats
Bread roll
Three scoop ice-cream

Damn it's hard to keep to this diet while on holiday!

-simon
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Back from holiday!

Post by szymon » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:34 am

So, end of Holiday was Monday. I gained just under 1kg from five weeks of excess - mainly because it was so hot everywhere that we didn't eat very much! Hawaii, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok - we were eating twice a day, and drinking lots and lots of water!

Tuesday was a failure - I tried, and failed. Too hard, after a long holiday. Wednesday was better.

Wednesday: SUCCESS

Breakfast
Bowl of Special K

Lunch
Kotlety Schabowe (Polish pork cutlets)
Mashed Potatoes
Mushroom Sauce
Green salad

Dinner
Two cheese and ham toasties

And now I'm back :-)

-simon
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Post by szymon » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:37 pm

I won't be updating this thread any more - rather I will use habitcal. This was a very useful way to start off on the diet. I have now lost 2kg since coming back from holiday, so I'm back in the black ;-)

Thanks for all the help and support people.

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