Everyday Systems

I love the No S concept. I've tried many diets to maintain a healthy weight. I did lose weight, and have managed to keep it off for a few years, but it's a constant struggle. I always go back to my regular way of eating, and my weight starts to creep up again. It's never more than a few pounds, but I don't want to think about it anymore. I just want something I can sustain. So, I'll give this a go. See if it can work for me. My first goal will be the 21 Day Club. Today is August 10 (but it's only morning yet).

First day yesterday - success!

Welcome and congrats on your first successful day! See how easy it is?

Keep it up! You'll be rewarded.

--david

Thanks for the encouragement. Much appreciated.

Friday - Success (and I had friends over for the evening)

Day 3 - Saturday was an S day, but I still didn't snack after dinner. That's cool.

Welcome Lizbeth! Looks like you're doing great with No S, congratulations on your success so far!

Welcome Lisbeth!
This plan is totally optimized for weight maintenence...
It should be perfect for you!
Give it your best shot and good luck..
Peace and Love,
Deb

Thanks Operababe and Gratefuldeb. It's great to be here.

Day 4 - Sunday was an S day. S days really don't feel as great as No S days. I had terrible heartburn last night. I didn't even eat a lot, but I did eat later in the evening. I'm glad today is Monday and I don't have to think "Do I, or don't I".

Day 5 - Monday - Success!

Day 6 - Tuesday - Success!

I must retain water when I eat junk because my clothes are fitting better after only a few days.

Congrats on the clothes Liz.... YAY! Keep on goin girl.
~Christi~

Thanks Christi. Back at ya!

Day 7 - Wednesday - Success!!! Whoo hoo, one week in!

And last night my husband, who forgets, brought me home a Twix bar. They're my favourite. I am happy to say, it is sitting in my fridge, waiting for an S day.

All is well.

Lizbeth,

You are rockin' when it comes to No S! That's a big deal, letting that Twix bar sit in the fridge until an S day. You are in control, you are using food for what it's meant to be: fuel for your body!

Wow... that was a big step! hard to resist your faves right in front of you. I salute you for making the choice to do what is better for you than what FEELS better right now. Babe is right and controlling your choices is the key, huh? YAY for you Liz!!
~Christi~

It's true, every time I open the fridge and see that chocolate bar I feel that I am in control.

Day 8 - Thursday - Success.

My illusion of control is so nice to hold onto! Tee hee hee. But so far, so good! Keep it steady my friend.

Day 9 - Friday - S-Day (my birthday)

Happy Birthday Lisbeth!!!
Enjoy your weekend!
Peace and Love,
Deb
ps.. Is the twix bar still there???

Happy Birthday!!!Enjoy!WooHoo!

Day 10 - Saturday (S-Day)

Had a great B-day on Friday. Although it was an s-day, cake and a beer were my only extras. What a classy dame. The Twix bar waited until Saturday. I really feel better on my N Days than my S Days. My stomach really likes three clean meals. But its still good to know that I have weekends to do whatever I want.

Yay! Glad your birthday went well! Did the Twix bar taste as good as you remembered it? I hope it didn't LOL that way the temptaion next time (which you resisted succesffuly WOOHOO) will not be so great. Pretty soon we'll all be periodic candy bar eaters instead of compulsive ones!
Take care!

Hi Lizbeth,

Well done with the Twix bar, it wouldn't have survived two hours in this household. But it wouldn't necessary have been me who ate it

I agree with you that it feels better not to snack, don't know why I messed up myself today. It would be really nice to hold on to that feeling when a snack attack comes up.

You are doing really well, keep it up!

Anna

Visited with family for a few days this week. Tuesday was a success, Wednesday was not, and Thursday was also a success. Friday I was home again, but it was not a successful day. I have a really hard time on Fridays because I'm usually so tired. Why do I want to eat when I'm tired? Anyway, I don't feel totally out of control. I'll just jump right back in and start over tomorrow.

Good idea!
I had that conversation with my friend this weekend. Just start right over. hopefully the string of "right-on" days is longer each time we fall down so our sucess override our failures. But, we ARE flawed and LEARNING. And you are doing great.
Best wishes this week.
Hope your holiday went well. Any twix bars?

You are doing just great. I find that schedule changes, like visiting and birthdays etc. are fun but they can get me off schedule. Forgive yourself and move on. I like to keep score like 5 successes and 1 failure sort of thing so I know I am mostly on.

Ok, so it's been ages since I've checked in. Fortunately, I haven't let myself get totally out of control, and I'm still hovering around the same weight. But it's Christmas time in my house, and I know I need a plan or else ...... so I will enjoy my Christmas goodies on the weekends when I'm doing my Christmas visiting, instead of everytime I walk past the deep freeze which seems to be the emerging pattern. Wish me luck.

Good luck and you are right - FAIL to PLAN and you PLAN to FAIL.. SO PLAN girl... PLAN!!

Nice to see you back

Yesterday was my first full day back to No "S" officially. It was great. I had three decent sized, healthy, balanced meals and I was not hungry in the evening. Not that hunger is usually my problem; my problem is that I just like snacking in the evenings. Anyway, it was easier not to snack last night. I loved Mada's idea in other post about baking something special for the weekend. I also love to bake and have lots of friends and coworkers who would enjoy the leftovers. I think a really nice desert to follow Sunday dinner would be something to look forward to. I think I'll try that in the New Year, since right now I have a Christmas party or something every weekend which will offer plenty of opportunities for a treat.

I love the start of a brand new week. My s-days this weekend were very festive and I'm actually looking forward to five n-days in a row.

Going good?

AAAGGGGHHHHH! I'm so frustrated. I'm shocked at how little control I feel I have over my own actions. Why, when I tell myself I'm not going to do something, do I proceed to do that very thing. Well, I totally didn't do No-S over the holidays. Now I feel like a failure because each day I say I'm going to start again I mess it up. AAHHHGGGG!

Ok, now that I have that out of my system, I'm starting again. It's January 11th. I hate not starting things on Mondays, but it has to be today. If I can make it to January 31st, that'll be 21 days.

It's April. My all or nothing personality kicked in again in January. As soon as I slip up, I'm done. Why am I like that? I didn't entirely throw caution to the wind. I do whatever I want for a little while, then start some other stupid plan that I'm bound to fail. Anyway, here I go again. Back to something sensible. I'm not even trying for 21 days. I'm going to see how many days this month I can do this, and then try to beat it next month. No point trying to reach perfection right from the start. Wish me luck!

I haven't been here for a long time. In fact, I checked my posts, and it was April 2007. There was only one check in. In December of 2007 I gave birth to my daughter, and in 2010, my son. Four more years and here I am again. This is still the most sensible option to me, but I'm having trouble doing it. I thought being on the forum might help, so let's see how this goes. I'm going to try for a 21 day streak.

Welcome back!

Day 1 - Success. Yay!

If u do not make the 21 days, do not be discouraged. I rarely go 21 days without a red. I have lost over 50 lbs. I just seek to keep the reds to a minimum rather than try to be perfect.

Thanks r.jean. I really appreciate your taking the time to give me some advice. Just the support I need right now.

Day 2 - Success

Nice job! You can do this!

Day 3 - Success

On a roll!

Clearly I'm numerically challenged. I started this Monday.

Day 5 - Success

Cant even guess what the weekend will bring. I have no feelings about it either way right now. I'm meeting a friend for a 60 min run in the morning, so that's a great start to the weekend.

The weekend is over. Back to n days. I'm actually happy to be back to n days. They feel better. My s days were no worse than any given day before I got back to no s, but definitely nothing resembling an n day. Being able to do what I wanted on the weekend makes the week ahead seem very manageable. Hope it's a good one.

Day 6 - S Day
Day 7 - S Day
Day 8 - success
Day 9 - success

Maybe not posting daily means things are going so smoothly, who cares? I hope so!

I'm still here. Life has been crazy. I haven't given up though. One day this will be my normal.

It's worth it, as long as we don't use it to bang ourselves over the head.