Hello.
This is officially day one of the no S diet for me. I'm so fed up I'm beginning on an S day.
I know it isn't recommended to stick to no S eating on S days, but I'm motivated to begin right now.
So for today
This morning I plan to eat a bowl of Rice Chex with sliced banana. The bananas are big, so to avoid Stuffing my cereal bowl, I'll use only half of the banana and put the other half in the freezer for some other purpose later on.
Here we go: I'd like to see 30 pounds go, and I'll gladly give up calorie counting and point tracking!!!!
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Hi Batty - welcome to no-S. I know you're desperate to get started, but if you start today as a no-S day then you're committing to 7 days before you get another S day. I would enjoy these 2 days - eat as you normally eat and reflect on how you feel when you eat like this. You will then be more than ready to start on Monday and will only have 5 days before your next S day.
No-S is not a race - it's a way of eating for life and S days are an important part of the plan. I know how you feel about calorie counting and point tracking and wish you all the best. I look forward to reading your check-ins.
No-S is not a race - it's a way of eating for life and S days are an important part of the plan. I know how you feel about calorie counting and point tracking and wish you all the best. I look forward to reading your check-ins.
Thanks for the welcome and encouraging advice!
I think I need to get started now, though! I hope I can be an exception to the rule and get through until next Saturday, because I am so fed up (no pun intended, but true in all ways!) I just have to feel I'm getting myself finally committed to something that I can do. I hope I'm not setting myself up for failure, but I feel like I can succeed if I start right now. I sure hope so.
I plan to eat leftover steak, cut into stir-fry for lunch. I'll cut the steak into strips and the two of us will eat one steak, cut up into a stir-fry of veggies and soy sauce. I think I'll leave the rice out because it's very hot, were pressured for time, and I'm lazy!
Supper will be a challenge. We have to rush off to a wedding two hours away, leave early (so there won't be a lot of temptation with foods there, we don't have time to hang around after the wedding), then get back here to attend a sports event, which we'll be late for by that time. Why does everything always happen on the same day for us?
My big problem will be finding something to eat somehow in between the wedding trip and getting to the sports event. I don't know what kinds of fast food joints will be available on the way, and I want to just be able to make a filling, sensible choice. Wish me luck!
I think I need to get started now, though! I hope I can be an exception to the rule and get through until next Saturday, because I am so fed up (no pun intended, but true in all ways!) I just have to feel I'm getting myself finally committed to something that I can do. I hope I'm not setting myself up for failure, but I feel like I can succeed if I start right now. I sure hope so.
I plan to eat leftover steak, cut into stir-fry for lunch. I'll cut the steak into strips and the two of us will eat one steak, cut up into a stir-fry of veggies and soy sauce. I think I'll leave the rice out because it's very hot, were pressured for time, and I'm lazy!
Supper will be a challenge. We have to rush off to a wedding two hours away, leave early (so there won't be a lot of temptation with foods there, we don't have time to hang around after the wedding), then get back here to attend a sports event, which we'll be late for by that time. Why does everything always happen on the same day for us?
My big problem will be finding something to eat somehow in between the wedding trip and getting to the sports event. I don't know what kinds of fast food joints will be available on the way, and I want to just be able to make a filling, sensible choice. Wish me luck!
thanks.
So far it's good to be here, while cooking lunch, I almost grabbed bites of the steack while cutting it for our stir-fry, and then I remembered what I had posted on this board.
I think so far it's kept me from cheating! The steak goes with the stir fry, not with the cooking!
and now, time to enjoy that stir-fry, and not know or worry about how many points, calories, carbs or whatever is in there!!!!
So far it's good to be here, while cooking lunch, I almost grabbed bites of the steack while cutting it for our stir-fry, and then I remembered what I had posted on this board.
I think so far it's kept me from cheating! The steak goes with the stir fry, not with the cooking!
and now, time to enjoy that stir-fry, and not know or worry about how many points, calories, carbs or whatever is in there!!!!
I made it through a busy day yesterday!
Got my green mark on my noS Habitcal, one green mark and a ton more to go.
Today I ate my bowl of cereal and so far I feel like I am starving to death. Greatly anticipating lunch, and I hope that will make me feel better.
Get through today, and then tomorrow starts the real, official No S week for me. I know I started at a bad time, but I just have to feel like I AM started on doing something.
I'll be planning out my treats for next Saturday, all week long!
Today might be hard to get through, because I'm pretty hungry. I'm posting on this board so that I feel publicly watched in my efforts to succeed. So, there it is: I'm hungry, I'm motivated, and I'm telling everybody about it!
Got my green mark on my noS Habitcal, one green mark and a ton more to go.
Today I ate my bowl of cereal and so far I feel like I am starving to death. Greatly anticipating lunch, and I hope that will make me feel better.
Get through today, and then tomorrow starts the real, official No S week for me. I know I started at a bad time, but I just have to feel like I AM started on doing something.
I'll be planning out my treats for next Saturday, all week long!
Today might be hard to get through, because I'm pretty hungry. I'm posting on this board so that I feel publicly watched in my efforts to succeed. So, there it is: I'm hungry, I'm motivated, and I'm telling everybody about it!
Thanks, everybody!
Well I started this on Saturday, in spite of some advice here, then on Sunday screwed up totally. We had unexpected guests, it was very hot, the ice cream tasted very good, the cokes were good, the chips were good, etc. I'm not counting it as failure on my Habitcal, because failure is just not really an option for me until I have a little time under my belt. So I put a yellow day for Sunday, supposed to be an S day anyway.
This is already Tuesday, and Monday was so busy and went by so fast, yet, I did stick with no snacks, no sweets, no seconds and got another green day on record. YAY!!!!
Let's see how today goes. I had strawberries, bananas and toast with jelly for breakfast: I'm not counting the jelly as a sweet because it wasn't for any kind of sugar high or as a dessert, just the only thing I had to put on my toast.
For lunch I'll meet with someone at a Japanese restaurant and I already know which stir-fry I want (the cheapest one!!!!), so that's covered.
Not sure what we'll have for supper yet, but it probably won't be a very big deal, as we're both in meetings for lunch and probably won't want a big supper.
Hoping for another green day to chalk up!
Good luck, everybody!
Well I started this on Saturday, in spite of some advice here, then on Sunday screwed up totally. We had unexpected guests, it was very hot, the ice cream tasted very good, the cokes were good, the chips were good, etc. I'm not counting it as failure on my Habitcal, because failure is just not really an option for me until I have a little time under my belt. So I put a yellow day for Sunday, supposed to be an S day anyway.
This is already Tuesday, and Monday was so busy and went by so fast, yet, I did stick with no snacks, no sweets, no seconds and got another green day on record. YAY!!!!
Let's see how today goes. I had strawberries, bananas and toast with jelly for breakfast: I'm not counting the jelly as a sweet because it wasn't for any kind of sugar high or as a dessert, just the only thing I had to put on my toast.
For lunch I'll meet with someone at a Japanese restaurant and I already know which stir-fry I want (the cheapest one!!!!), so that's covered.
Not sure what we'll have for supper yet, but it probably won't be a very big deal, as we're both in meetings for lunch and probably won't want a big supper.
Hoping for another green day to chalk up!
Good luck, everybody!
been pretty busy screwing up
Hi,
Well I've been keeping pretty busy screwing up. I got so frustrated I started counting calories and trying to just do whatever to get control again, and realized why calorie counting just doesn't work.
Now I'm back to trying again: Nos again starting today!
I sure hope I can get control this time.
Well I've been keeping pretty busy screwing up. I got so frustrated I started counting calories and trying to just do whatever to get control again, and realized why calorie counting just doesn't work.
Now I'm back to trying again: Nos again starting today!
I sure hope I can get control this time.
Hi batty,
Glad to see you are back. Don't think of your first time as a failure. Some where on the site it says that it takes most people 12 times to change their habits, which should make you feel like you're doing pretty good. I think that the minority of people can change to No S habits the first time with no problems. If you keep trying you'll get it sooner or later. It also sounds like patience is challenging for you. I know it was for me when I started. I think the best thing to do-even though its harder than it sounds-is to focus on behavior and forget about results. And by that I mean: DON'T WEIGH YOURSELF! Hide your scale, give it to a friend, post a note on it with a date 1 month from now when you give yourself permission to weigh yourself. I know this will be hard if you're a scale addict but it really helped me. At the beginning of changing my eating patterns I always feel like I should lose weight immediately, but that is unrealistic and I think not seeing immediate results on the scale can lead to failure.
Just my two cents.
Glad to see you are back. Don't think of your first time as a failure. Some where on the site it says that it takes most people 12 times to change their habits, which should make you feel like you're doing pretty good. I think that the minority of people can change to No S habits the first time with no problems. If you keep trying you'll get it sooner or later. It also sounds like patience is challenging for you. I know it was for me when I started. I think the best thing to do-even though its harder than it sounds-is to focus on behavior and forget about results. And by that I mean: DON'T WEIGH YOURSELF! Hide your scale, give it to a friend, post a note on it with a date 1 month from now when you give yourself permission to weigh yourself. I know this will be hard if you're a scale addict but it really helped me. At the beginning of changing my eating patterns I always feel like I should lose weight immediately, but that is unrealistic and I think not seeing immediate results on the scale can lead to failure.
Just my two cents.
This version of myself is not permanent, tomorrow I will be different. --BEP
ShannahR is right - try to see success in terms of getting the habits right. You could use the habitcal to track your green days, or join the July challenge. Some of us find that the accountability of posting on the boards is very useful. I like checking-in daily because I get so much encouragement and some really useful advice. And take it steady - there's no rush. This is a long-term way of eating - not a quick diet.
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