Jammin' Jan's Check-In

[Jammin' Jan]

It was a funny thing on Friday night. We had planned for dinner before going to Wolf Trap for the play, but when my manager at work was telling me that you could take a picnic and eat there, I said to her, that maybe we would eat dinner in the restaurant and just order dessert to go and eat there, on the lawn. But even as the words were coming out of my mouth, this little voice was running around in my head, "No sweets, no snacks, no seconds...it's only Friday." No-S is definitely habit-forming!

Monday

Got to work some extra hours today which was nice. Nothing of note on the food scene. Steps for the day will total about 7000. Good day today!

[Jammin' Jan]

Tuesday

Breakfast: oatmeal with raisins and walnuts; an orange

Lunch: leftover rice/ham/corn/peas dish; apricots

Dinner: lamb chop with Italian-seasoned tomatoes; veggie and potato mix

Exercise: Shovelglove; 12,000 steps


I had this weird dream last night where I was teaching a Shovelglove class to a large group of people. Guess I shouldn't be reading this board just before bedtime. However, it did inspire me to SG this morning before work!

[Jammin' Jan]

Wednesday


Breakfast: bagel; oatmeal; grapefruit juice (really hungry this a.m.)

Lunch: frankfurters; green beans; mixed fruits in little containers in my lunchbag

Dinner: 2 guacamole tacos; little bit of black beans & rice; NO CHIPS!

Exercise: Shovelglove this morning (my triceps hurt!). Steps = 9,000

Sure is hard to type with a cat on my lap who likes to play with the keyboard!

[Jammin' Jan]

Thursday

Breakfast: oatmeal with raisins and walnuts; grapefruit juice

Lunch: piece of chicken, half a sweet potato; English muffin; green beans
(Funny business: ate that muffin a half an hour before lunch because I was so hungry)

Dinner: noodles topped with chicken, mushrooms, and gravy; snap peas; mangos & mandarin oranges

Exercise: Shovelglove; steps = 7000

[Jammin' Jan]

Friday

Breakfast: English muffin; bowl of oatmeal with raisins and walnuts; grapefruit juice

Lunch: leftover noodles and an omelette

Dinner: goat cheese and spicy pecan salad; hot from the oven bread with olive oil. Mmmmmmmm!

Exercise: steps = 9500


No funny business today. I was especially hungry this morning, so I just had a larger breakfast than usual, which will keep me from starving before lunchtime.

[Jammin' Jan]

HAPPY S-DAYS, Y'ALL!!!

[Jammin' Jan]

Monday

Breakfast: oatmeal with walnuts and raisins; grapefruit juice

Lunch: chicken; peas; v-8 juice

Afternoon Failure: Attended a social with my husband at his school and ate some really good stuff. No sweets or soda, but stuck with fresh fruit, and some spanokopita and little kalamata tart things. Still, it wasn't lunch and it wasn't dinner, so it was just

Dinner: lamb chop, couscous, seasoned tomatoes; green beans with almonds.

Exercise: over 11,000 steps

[Jammin' Jan]

It is with great joy that my husband and I announce the birth of our first grandchild....Happy Birthday, Baby Zach! Mother and child are doing fine and our son is a proud Daddy.

[Jammin' Jan]

Wednesday

Breakfast: oatmeal with raisins and walnuts

Lunch @ Famous Daves: fried catfish; green beans; corn muffin; drunken apples; ice tea

Dinner: ham with tropical fruit; corn; potatoes

Exercise: 6700 steps

[Jammin' Jan]

Thursday

Breakfast: oatmeal, raisins, walnuts

Lunch: leftover ham and tropical fruit; V-8; English muffin, which I saved for afternoon, after work.

Dinner: pork chop with applesauce; browned potatoes; snap pea pods

Exercise: steps = 9000

[Jammin' Jan]

Friday

Breakfast: oatmeal with raisins and walnuts; applesauce

Lunch: salmon pattie; mashed potatoes; field greens with lemon juice

Dinner: peanut butter sandwich; dish of peach slices

Exercise: steps = 8000

[Jammin' Jan]

Saturday

14,000 steps


Sunday

5600 steps

[Jammin' Jan]

Monday

Breakfast: oatmeal, raisins, walnuts; cranberry juice

Lunch @ work: container of peas topped with a ground turkey/seasoned tomato mix; little container of pear halves

Dinner: ham with browned potatoes; corn on the cob

Steps: 11,000

[Jammin' Jan]

Tuesday

Breakfast: oatmeal, raisins, walnuts; an orange

Lunch: cold chicken; corn; tropical fruit mix; Juicy Juice box

Dinner: lamb chop; potatoes; snap peas; blackberries

Evening Snack: since dinner was around 4 pm, I was hungry to the point of getting a headache by 8 pm, so ended up having a snack (English muffin). Well, it was a good day otherwise.

Exercise: calisthenics; chi kung; 11,000 steps

[Jammin' Jan]

Wednesday

Breakfast: oatmeal; cranberry juice

Lunch: leftover ham, potatoes, and green beans

Afternoon snack, deducted from dinner: apple; juice

Dinner: piece of chicken; wax beans; rice with corn

Exercise: 6000 steps

[Jammin' Jan]

Thursday

Breakfast: oatmeal, walnuts, raisins

Lunch: chicken; wax beans; peaches; juice

Dinner @ Lone Star: small steak with sauteed mushrooms; garlic mashed potatoes; Mr. Pibb

Exercise: 7500 steps + Shovelglove

Current Shovelglove Routine

Left and right, 25 each:

Shovel Snow
Paddle Canoe
Smash Ceiling
Churn Butter
Hammer Nail
Chop Wood
Wash Clothes
Stab Dragon
Scratch Back

[Jammin' Jan]

Friday

Breakfast: oatmeal, walnuts, raisins; apple

Lunch: sweetpotato with butter and cinnamon; green beans; orange; juice

Dinner: cold shrimp; veggie; fruit

Exercise: tba

[Jammin' Jan]

Going back to Minnesota for the week to visit children and grandbaby. Catch y'all later!

[joasia]

congratulations on your grandbaby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quick question: when you prepare vegetables do you saute them in olive oil or do you usually have them steamed?

[Jammin' Jan]

Back today.

Breakfast: 2 eggs; 1 piece of toast with Earth Balance; glass of orange juice

Lunch at work: 1 frankfurter; container of green beans; an orange; some baked whole wheat crackers (Not enough food and I was starved by 3 pm., but I resisted the box of Christmas cookies sitting on the counter behind my register.)

Dinner: pork chop; peas; potatoes with green chiles; 3-bean salad; left a hole in the center of my plate to fit the orange and craisins that were on a separate little plate.

[mimi]

I never got to congratulate you on the birth of your first grandson! We had two new grandchildren born this summer too! My daughter's first (girl) was born in August, and my son's third (boy) was born three weeks later! What joy they all are! The holidays will be very special for your family this year! Best wishes on your return to NoS!

[Jammin' Jan]

Thanks Mimi!

[Jammin' Jan]

Friday, Day 2 Recommitment

Breakfast: bowl of Cheerios in soymilk

Lunch: burrito and rice at a restaurant. Skipped the chips and salsa.

Dinner: all the fridge leftovers I can fit on one plate.


Back in the beginning of my no-S career, Reinhard liked my smiley rating system, so I think I will do that again, as I work toward rejoining the 21 Club.

No Sweets:
No Snacks:
No Seconds:
Exercise: (rest day)

[Jammin' Jan]

Saturday

No Sweets: S-Day treat (maple syrup; a small square of dark chocolate)
No Snacks:
No Seconds:
Exercise: 6800 steps

[Jammin' Jan]

Sunday

No Sweets: S-day treat -- Dr. Pepper with my lunch

No Snacks:

No Seconds:

Exercise: 10 minutes calisthenics; walking around a mall.

[Jammin' Jan]

Monday

No Snacks:

No Sweets: (This, despite the armload of fine chocolates our boss dumped on the counter for the cashiers this afternoon!)

No Seconds (Funny business: the sliced orange wouldn't have fit on my dinner plate)

Exercise: (12 min. calisthenics this morning, then walked to work; total steps = 7500)

Today was Day 5 of my 21- day recommitment.

[joasia]

Jan, as I recall you are very small. You are using this system to lose 2-10 pounds at most. And, I can't fathom that your weight gain has been more than a few pounds. Anyway, I wanted to say that you are an inspiration to us all. And I admire your discipline and drive.

[Jammin' Jan]

Thank you for the kind words. I think I would probably get farther if I could just figure out which direction I am driving.

[joasia]

time and time again I have tried to adopt Dr. Fuhrman's plan (I know you are familiar with him). I know this plan is really healthy. But time and time again I have failed because it is just too strict. And when I get too strict, I binge on junk. Anyway, I have to promise myself that moderation is the way to go for me.

[Jammin' Jan]

I could never in a million years do Fuhrman's plan. McDougalling was restrictive enough.


Tuesday, Day 6

No Sweets, No Snacks, No Seconds, and No Funny Business!
................................. ......................

Exercise: Walked to work, 15 minutes. Total steps today, 7800

[Jammin' Jan]

Wednesday

No Sweets (chocolate-covered goodies are multiplying behind the counter!)

No Snacks

No Seconds

Exercise: (15 min. calisthenics; 15 min. walk to work)

[Jammin' Jan]

Thursday

No Sweets: (finally caved and had two chocolates at work)

No Snacks: (I ate the chocolates between lunch and dinner!)

No Seconds: (well, at least I got something right)

Exercise: too many hours on my feet yesterday.


Actually yesterday was a wonderful day, in spite of my slip-ups. After work, my husband and I went to the Kennedy Center for the National Symphony performance of "Messiah." It was magnificent! Two hours of heaven on earth. So, here's a just for that!

[gratefuldeb67]

It is with great joy that my husband and I announce the birth of our first grandchild....Happy Birthday, Baby Zach! Mother and child are doing fine and our son is a proud Daddy.

Belated congratulations Jammin!
Hope you are enjoyin him
Bless,
Debs x

[Jammin' Jan]

Friday, Day 9 (I'm going to add one extra day to my 21 to make up for yesterday)

No Sweets:

No Snacks:

No Seconds:

Exercise: (rest day, just cruised through a mall for a couple of hours)

[Jammin' Jan]

Saturday, Day 10

Isn't it nice to have a couple of days each week in which you absolutely can't do anything wrong no matter how hard you try?

Happy S-Day y'all!

[Jammin' Jan]

Monday

No Snacks:
No Sweets:
No Seconds
Exercise: (9000 steps)

Best wishes to everyone on the No-S board!

[Jammin' Jan]

Tuesday

Merry Christmas! I ate three solid meals today, with one treat, which was dessert at dinner. A good day!

[Jammin' Jan]

Wednesday:

All the No-S stuff:
Exercise: (walked to work)

Thursday

Succumbed to 2 cookies
Exercise: (walked to work)

Friday

Back to business:
Exercise: chi kung set(bend, stretch, flex, twist)

More good than bad this holiday season.

[Jammin' Jan]

Saturday, Day 16

S Day.
Treat for today: an extra tortilla after dinner.

Exercise:
Chi kung, 10 min. Walked to work, 15 min. Total steps for the day: 8700

[Jammin' Jan]

Sunday, Day 17

S-Day

Walked around a mall after lunch.

[Jammin' Jan]

Monday

No sweets
No snacks
No seconds

Exercise: chi kung, 10 min., walk to work, 15 min., total steps for the day = 9300

[Jammin' Jan]

Tuesday: Happy New Year everyone!

S Day


Wednesday, Day 20

No Sweets
No Snacks
No Seconds

Ate lunch at Chevy's Fresh Mex. I ordered some side dishes (rice, beans, guacamole, corn cake) and asked for it all on one plate. Came out on four plates! Well, I think it was just about one plate's worth of food. Limited myself to just a few chips.

Exercise chi kung, 10 min. Walked around the mall after lunch.

[gettnbusy]

My downfall is always the chips. The chips. ARGH!!!

[Jammin' Jan]

Buckling down during Lent. No S is going well.

[reinhard]

Jan,

Very belated congratulations on the birth of baby Zach!

I'm so sorry I haven't been popping in here more frequently -- my own babies have been very distracting.

Also glad things seem to be going well no-s-wise.

Best,

Reinhard

[Jammin' Jan]

Thanks!

No-S is going swimmingly!!

[Jammin' Jan]

Successful n-days here. Haven't really been taking s-days. Haven't felt the need lately.

[Jammin' Jan]

I am so excited about the book coming out! Can't wait to get my copy!

No-S is going very smoothly these days. Nothing noteworthy to report.

[Jammin' Jan]

No slip-ups this week, and only one (an evening snack) since Ash Wednesday.

Gold star for me!

[Jill]

congratulations on your grandchild! It's inspiring to see how you slip and then get right back on the diet. It gives me a lot of hope

[Jammin' Jan]

All's well!

[Jammin' Jan]

Absolutely starving when I got home from work today, but I resisted a snack and instead just warmed up a cup of 100% cranberry juice and drank that. Very satisfying.

[Jammin' Jan]

Had dinner at 4:00 yesterday, which meant that by 8:00 I was pretty hungry again. Sooooo...had a bowl of oatmeal as an evening snack. Yesterday was really a hungry day.

[Jammin' Jan]

Well, just as I was really hungry last night, so I woke up hungry this morning. Had a couple of eggs and some leftover fruit salad at 7:00 am. By 8:30, I was really hungry again, so had a bowl of Optimized Oatmeal. Finally! Felt better! The rest of the day went just fine. Don't know why I just couldn't seem to be satisfied, but now I'm okay.

Just in time for S-days!

[Jammin' Jan]

I'm reading an interesting book right now..."The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. I'm enjoying this one better than the last one I read, which was "The Pleasure Trap."

We have so many choices when it comes to food in the Western World, that I wonder if it's possible to go through life both healthy and without food issues? Food should be satisfying, maintain natural weight, be health-supporting, and foster social interaction. What do we have instead? Unhealthy processed junk foods, and bookstore shelves filled with diet books. Disease, yo-yo weight, and social isolation are the result.

No-S is the sanest program out there, and I hope the book sells a million copies.

(I'm waking up in an interesting mood today!)

[Jammin' Jan]

Hooray...Amazon says my book has shipped!

[Jammin' Jan]

Flying out to gather with family to baptize our litte grandson, so I will be gone for a few days.

I solemnly promise to behave myself on Wed, Thurs, and Friday, and not to be an idiot on Sat. and Sun.

When I get back to work on Monday, my No-S book should be waiting for me. Woo hoo!!!!!!

[LoriLifts]

Hi Jan,

I hope you're having fun with your grandbaby.

I just wanted to stop over and say how inspirational your blog is. You must have been one of the original No Sers.

Reinhard's book is terrific. I hope it introduces lots and lots of people to this way of eating. And he gets the notoritity and success he deserves.

He needs to go on Oprah!

Lori

[Jammin' Jan]

No-S didn't go so well on the trip.

Between exhaustion, 3 hours' worth of time zones, meals when we could grab them, a tight flight connection schedule, and a massive allergy attack, I ate off-program several times. Oh well, I'm home now, and on-program today, having had enough s-days to last me a good long while.

I hope my No-S book is waiting for me when I get to work tomorrow!

[Jammin' Jan]

It was so good to be eating N-style today! The past week was just too disorganized as far as meals were concerned.

Breakfast: Optimized Oatmeal; couple of cups of decaf coffee with lowfat soymilk

Lunch: green beans; pears with cinnamon; baked whole wheat crackers; juice pack

Dinner: potato gnocchi in marinara sauce; green peas; broccoli

My No-S book was indeed waiting for me when I got back to work!!! I gobbled part of it up between lunch and dinner.....does that count as a snack???

Wonderful book, everyone should read it!

[Jammin' Jan]

Breakfast: optimized oatmeal

Lunch: container of leftovers from last night's dinner (gnocchi, peas, marinara) and another container of tropical fruit

Dinner: tomatoes and spuds; green beans; pinto beans; peaches & walnuts, sprinkled with cinnamon

Exercise: walk to work, 15 min., then 8 hours running around the bookstore.

[MerryKat]

Jan you are such an inspiration. Congratulations on getting back on track after your vacation.

I agree everyone should read Reinhard's book - it is awesome.

[swimfit]

have you read Michael Pollan's most recent book? In Defense of Food Pretty interesting read, especially the concept of "nutritionism" which I certainly bought into, it can make you crazy! Reinhard talks about this in his book I believe. Absolutely love the book, in fact that is how I found out about No S ------ browsing at Barnes and Noble! How did everybody find out about No S before the book???

[Jammin' Jan]

I have "In Defense of Food" waiting next in line. I like Michael Pollan's books very much. He makes sense... like Reinhard. I agree that "nutritionism" can drive you a little crazy. Maybe that's my excuse!

[Jammin' Jan]

Breakfast: optimized oatmeal, which I eat almost every morning with much gusto and not a shred of guilt

Lunch: one perfect plate of potatoes, seven-grain bread with Earth Balance, and green beans

Dinner: one bowl of the best beef stew I've ever had and one very tiny slice of Irish soda bread.

Today is my husband's birthday, and we went to an Irish pub for dinner to celebrate. I kept the day as an N-day, but just had a little S-day treat for dessert. Husband and I shared a very small piece of incredibly wonderful chocolate cake. It was a small slice to begin with and divided in two was just a few delicious bites. We got to do something special together without going all out, and with keeping the rest of the day on-program.

[Jammin' Jan]

Breakfast: optimized oatmeal

Lunch: leftover beef stew; 2 slices seven grain bread with Earth Balance; mandarin oranges

Dinner: orzo and tomatoes; spinach; fresh pear slices with pineapple chunks

Exercise: 10 min. Shovelglove movements with my body bar; walked to work, 15 min., ran around all day at the store.

[Jammin' Jan]

Day off from work. Husband and I ran some errands, which got us quite a good number of steps.

Breakfast: omelet; two pancakes with Earth Balance; small grapefruit juice

Lunch at Macaroni Grill: "build your own pasta bowl". Mine was bow tie pasta, pine nuts, artichokes, and black olives, with marinara sauce. I asked for a take-home box early in the meal, and transferred half of the bowl to the box. Didn't eat the bread and olive oil. Realized that it wouldn't have fit on a plate with the pasta. Hot tea, black, to drink.

Later, we stopped at Starbucks for a decaf coffee with soymilk.

Dinner: veggie Boulangerie, which is potatoes and pink beans seasoned with thyme and baked. Also had steamed green beans.

The end of a great week for eating!

[chiquitabanana]

Wow you are an inspiration. I love the healthy choices that you make for your meals and your workouts! I wish you continued success!

[Jammin' Jan]

Today I was playing around with Shovelglove moves using a broom instead of the sledgehammer or body bar. I have an old shoulder injury which acts up whenever I use weights. So today I focussed on the abs and lower body movements using the broom and was very pleased with the workout I got. I would mentally target the muscles involved and then consciously contract. No pauses between reps or sets. I also did some of the upper body moves, and enjoyed the full range of motion they provided. I think I'm going to work some of these into a floor aerobics program I do.

Limitations can become opportunities!

[joasia]

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. They mean a lot. I am going through a divorce and it is really difficult. But I am nosing, praying, and trying to cut out excess drinking. The spaghetti factory was good, but not wonderful. About 15 years ago I ate at the Newport Beach Spaghetti Factory in California and it was wonderful. This last outing was the Spaghetti Factory in Riverside, Ca. It was good, but not like homemade. I know I could make it better at home. I might have attended on an off day. Thank you again for your words.

[Jammin' Jan]

Saturday: normal no-s meals, but S-Day treat of whole grain bread, toasted, with Earth Balance, as an evening snack.

[Jammin' Jan]

Heartier breakfast than usual, and and evening snack of buttered bread. Other than that, just a normal day.

[Jammin' Jan]

I always feel a kind of relief when S days are over and N days begin again. It's like the pressure's off and I can relax into the structure of the program. Maybe "N" stands for "normal" rather than "no". Wonder if anyone else feels this way?

[franxious]

I definitely feel relief at the start of N days. It's like getting off a balance beam or something. I'm always tempted to have a weekend with no S days, but I'm sure that's a bad idea...

[swimfit]

I too feel relief when S days are over, and I also have thought about not having S days, but like you said that is probably a bad idea. I also feel MUCH BETTER physically on N days! that should tell me something!

[chiquitabanana]

Urban ranger 5 miles wow that is so awesome. I feel inspired! Have a great day!

[Jammin' Jan]

Good eats today.

Breakfast: optimized oatmeal, my default breakfast.

Lunch at work: container of peas; container of pear slices sprinkled with cinnamon; two slices seven grain bread with earth balance

Dinner: red beans and rice; corn; one slice bread (okay, it was balloon bread, yuck, but at least I only had one slice and not two)

Exercise: walked to work and back, 30 min. total; 10 min. aerobics with body bar.

I was pleased to see "The Omnivore's Dilema" quoted in the No-S book. I'm really enjoying reading it.

[Jammin' Jan]

My husband and I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary today! I will observe a regular no-s day, but will have a little treat when we go to dinner: there is a piece of "death-by-chocolate" cake with my name on it for dessert. Hubby and I will share it.

Since I know what I'm eating today, I may as well post now as later.

Breakfast: optimized oatmeal; cranberry juice

Lunch: 7-grain bread with earth balance; green beans; mandarin oranges

Dinner: corned beef and cabbage (which, I think, also has potatoes and carrots with it); Irish soda bread; yummy slice of cake.

Exercise: walking to and from work, 30 min. total.

[Jammin' Jan]

Posting for Wednesday:

My work shedule was different than usual, which messed up my meal schedule, there was a family problem, then I was asked to work late to cover someone who didn't show up (more hours for me, but dinner was delayed by two hours), then there was a crisis after work to deal with, then a lady from the Census Bureau showed up at nine o'clock...what a day.

Breakfast: I tried to eat a little later than usual because I knew lunch was going to be later. So that was okay.

Lunch: the usual stuff I bring to work.

Dinner: much later. Small victory: I was getting really hungry, but I didn't hit the vending machine.

Later, around 10 pm, I really was hungry and didn't want to go to bed like that, so I ate a bagel. Small failure.

I sure hope today is a better day.

[Jammin' Jan]

Thursday: another late dinner!

Breakfast: default optimized oatmeal; cranberry juice

Lunch: default vegetable, fruit, bread

Dinner: got a chance to work late today, but I was really hungry (because my lunch is at 11 am), so my husband brought me something to eat, which was bread, green beans, and juice. Nearly a meal. Then when I got home, he had dinner laid out on the table: black-eye peas and tomatoes; corn; potatoes. Had a small serving of beans and potatoes. Al together it was probably more than one plate, but it wasn't too awfully bad when I think of all the vending machines in the building that I didn't visit.

[Jammin' Jan]

Friday: no problems with no-s

Sat. and Sun. Happy S-Days!

I will be here this week, but then will be travelling and computerless more or less for a couple of months. I will try to check in from time to time if I can get a computer at the public library.

My goals while I'm gone:

+ Absolutely strict with vanilla no-s

+ Lots of Urban Rangering, since I'll be in a nice place for walking and won't have a car anyway

+ Will hit the treadmill several times a week

[Jammin' Jan]

Monday: resisted the jelly beans and chocolate eggs in the dish behind my register.

Breakfast: optimized oatmeal and half a fresh pear

Lunch: leftover hashbrowns; asparagus; tropical fruit mix

Dinner: hmmmmmmmmm




(how am I going to survive without a computer?)

[Jammin' Jan]

Tuesday:

Totally stressed this morning and blew it by breakfast (bagels before the oatmeal!).

Lunch was okay. Bottle of orange juice this afternoon. Dinner was pretty good, some virtual plating, but it was all non-fat veggie which isn't very filling.

Tomorrow will be better.

[Jammin' Jan]

Didn't do very well this week on No-S. No junk food, but some snacks here and there (more here than there!). I think the stress of arranging the move was really getting to me. But now everything is set and all I have to do is get on the plane, so I am relaxing a little.

Repeating to myself my resolution for while I am away:

Vanilla No-S. Urban Rangering, and lots of it. Read a couple of pages of the No-S book every day for continued inspiration.

I'll check in whenever I can get a computer at the library.

Be well. Be happy, everyone!

[Jammin' Jan]

Here I am back in Minnesota! Everything is going well. I don't have a computer here, but I am able to log on at the public library. Finally...a good use for my tax dollars!

No S has been going really well, with only a couple of slip-ups. I have been sticking to Vanilla No-S, and not worrying about the quantity on my plates. This works well. Stress-free and totally satisfying.

I have really been putting the steps on my step counter the past couple of weeks, averaging between 10,000 and 16,000 a day (no car). Sometimes it's Urban Rangering, exploring my new hometown, and sometimes it's on the treadmill. The nice thing about the treadmill, is that there is a tv in the fitness room that gets cable. I don't have cable in the apartment because I will only be here a couple of months and then will return to Wash DC until August.

Reinhard, you should feel flattered....your No-S book was one of only four books that I brought with me.

Hope everyone is doing well here. This is my first time checking the board since the Women's World article came out, and we have so many new people. How wonderful!!!

Well, I see the clock is ticking away on this computer so I had better stop typing now.

Take care, everybody, and a big happy welcome to all the new folks!

[Blondie]

Hey Jan, glad you made it back north safely--I hadn't really been following too closely, but I know you weren't all that thrilled with my former hometown...anyway, keep up the good work, as usual!
M

[Jammin' Jan]

Thanks, Blondie!

I finally found a copy of Women's World! Good article, although I wish they hadn't put that stuff about the diet soda at the bottom. Not forbidden, but not recommended...maybe confusing for beginners? Anyway, I was please with the two-page spread. Between the book and the magazine, there are so many new people on the board!

Vanilla No-S...still some slip-ups occasionally, but not much.
Urban Rangering...very nasty winter storm hit here and grounded me, so I have mostly been doing treadmill for the last couple of days. Too much ice on the sidewalks and a very cold wind blowing, so I don't want to be outside walking. Just getting to the busstop to come downtown to the library was a challenge.

Anyway, hope everyone is happy here. Today's an S day...how cool is that?!!!

See y'all on Monday!

[Jammin' Jan]

Vanilla No-S: Beautiful! No problems!

Urban Rangering: all over town!

Reading the No-S book: just a little piece immediately before bed, and immediately upon rising. It sticks well that way and is a great support.

[joasia]

This site has exploded, I had to look for you. I keep you in my thoughts. Sounds like nos is going for you.

joanna

[Jammin' Jan]

I'm just amazed at how many new people we've picked up here! Hope everyone is doing well! You're in my daily prayers, Joanna.

Report since my last check in:

Vanilla No-S: splendid!

Urban Rangering: averaging about 14,000 steps each day. Discovered some new walking paths by the historical museum, which, conveniently enough, is right across from where I live.

Still reading a piece of the No-S book each day for support. It's a big help since I am away from this board so much right now.

Today is an S-Day!!! Gotta find something special!

See you folks next week! Be well!

[Jamiebf]

Hi Jan,
I am impressed that you have been doing this for so long. I do believe it is something I can stick to. May I ask in the amount of time you have done this how much weight have you lost? I am on day 19 and love this way of eating.

[Jammin' Jan]

Dear Jamie, My goal is to maintain my good weight, and I am doing that on No-S. Losing is one thing, but maintaining is for a whole lifetime. Not sure I could do that on my own or on another program.


Tuesday check-in:

Made a great dinner last night: spaghetti and veggie "meatballs", green beans, with rice pudding for dessert. The pudding had no sugar in it at all (nor any fake sugar substitute), and was really good.

Continuing to walk. The No-S book sits next to my bedside and I have been reading a little piece each day.

See y'all on Thursday.

[Jamiebf]

Thanks Jan,
I am not to my healthy weight but intend to get there free of obssesing as I have done for years. I need to loose about 30 and like some on the site I may have gained. I refuse to step on a scale because that too is one of my crazy obbsessoing that can send me off in tears. So my hubby hid them for me and that is just fine with me. However I have had to pull out my size 14 because my 12's are too tight. Not with all my pants but some so I do feel as if I may be heavier. I am on day 22 today and yesterday decided to make more healthy choices with my meals and continue to exercise. I am not giving up and I encourage my friends out there with the same struggle to keep going. We all want the fast results but what always happens more than not is we fail and can't maintain.

Thanks for the advice Jan. It is nice to hear from a noser with some years under her belt.

[Jammin' Jan]

Not much to report. Food is pretty much on track, with not much variation even on S-Days. Walking like crazy; yesterday I had 18,000 steps on my counter. That's about 9 miles! I don't have a scale where I am right now, and don't miss it. When I get back to Washington in another month, I think I will get rid of the one we have there. "Don't buy what you don't need; don't keep what you don't use" has long been one of my mottos.

Besides walking, I have been amusing myself by watching all 86 episodes of the old "Danger Man/Secret Agent" series, along with "The Prisoner." I've been a Prisoner fan in a big way since the late '60's. I was 16 years old when I first saw it; about 30 when I saw it next, and 57 now. Like all literature and art, it has grown and deepened as I age. Not that this has anything to do with No-S, but it's where my head is at right now, while I am sitting here in the library typing this post.

Take care, all. Be seeing you!

[Jammin' Jan]

I am finally back home in Minnesota for good, and it is so good to be here! Washington DC was fun for two years, but this is home.

We are enjoying having our grown children nearby and having a good time babysitting our 1-year old grandson.

I have been on and off with No-S over the past few months. Mostly on, but too many slip-ups. Time to re-commit...again! This is a good time, since we are mostly settled and life has gone back to comfortable routines.

Hope everyone is doing well!

[Jammin' Jan]

Oh, and just for the record...

When we packed to move back to MN, I did indeed throw the bathroom scale in the dumpster and I do not intend to buy another one.

This has been very freeing.

[Jammin' Jan]

The main thing that sidetracks me when I am trying to do No-S faithfully is a variable work schedule. One day I'm home, eating three meals on time. The next day I'm working through lunch or dinner, after that maybe I'm around for the meals but one or more is an hour or two late. It's hard to form a habit when the schedule changes every day!

I've been No-S-ing for 3.5 years now and every single time I've gone off-program, it's been for this reason. I've never really found a solution to this.

BCNU

[reinhard]

Welcome back, Jan!

The work schedule issue is tricky...

I can't speak from personal experience because I've got a pretty regular 9-5ish schedule, so I'm not sure how useful this will be, but here goes:

How far in advance do you know your schedule? Is it regular from week o week? Even if it varies from day to day, maybe you can map out a weeks worth of meals in advance -- and if it's necessary on some days, add a fourth mini meal. Better to plan exceptions than have them imposed on you.

Best of luck getting this sorted out one way or the other and great to see you here again in any case,

Reinhard

[Jammin' Jan]

I think what I will try to do is to permit myself a bowl of oatmeal (my "default" food) on those evenings when I work late and come home hungry. I agree with you that it is easier to plan an exception rather than having it imposed on me by someone else.

As always, your level-headed wisdom is much appreciated!

[Jammin' Jan]

Today is my first day on my new job...bookstore, naturally! I'm really nervous!

I ate a bigger than usual breakfast because I don't know what the lunch schedule is, and packed my usual lunch to take with me. Dinner will be on time, so I think I'm set for the day.

Did I mention that I'm a nervous wreck this morning?????