Everyday Systems

I sort of "unofficially" did the No-S diet all last week, almost unconsciously -- after reading about it and saying, "No snacks? No sweets? Impossible!" I sort of trained myself off them gradually. This week is official.

Monday: Day 1 - SUCCESS
- Breakfast: Half a banana, Nutrigrain bar
- Lunch: sandwich, half a banana, handful of Doritos
- Dinner: chicken, cous-cous, corn

Day 2: SUCCESS
- Breakfast, 11 AM (late!): Nutrigrain bar
- Lunch, 2 PM: Sandwich, banana, chips
- Dinner, 7 PM: Chicken breast, sliced tomatoes, cous cous

Twice last night I found myself wandering into the kitchen with the munchies. The first time I satisfied myself with a glass of milk, the second time I just said, "Not allowed."

Day 3: SUCCESS

Tough one, though -- at around 4 PM a fellow cubicle slave offered me half an orange, which I accepted and very nearly chomped down on (even though I wasn't even hungry) without even thinking about it. Caught myself, and bagged it up for later.

Breakfast, 10:30 AM: Nutrigrain bar
Lunch, 2 PM: Sandwich and banana
Dinner, 8 PM: Chicken breast, sliced tomatoes, cous cous.

I always get the urge to snack in the evening between dinner and bedtime -- largely out of boredom rather than hunger. I moved dinnertime to a little later to see if that makes it easier.

Day 4: SUCCESS

Skipped breakfast - no time
Lunch, 12:30: 1/2 shrimp burrito
Dinner, 8 PM: Sandwich, half a banana

Haven't been checking in, but I have been sticking to it:

Day 5, Friday: SUCCESS

Days 6 & 7, S-Days. I treated myself on Saturday with a piece of chocolate cake that I tried to convince myself was small, but it was in fact quite large. I guess the good news is that there was none left to tempt me afterwards.

Day 8, Monday: SUCCESS, but skipped breakfast again, and ate dinner too early, so I went to bed with my tummy growling.

Day 9, Tuesday: SUCCESS, and don't remember anything too remarkable about the day.

Day 10, Wednesday: SUCCESS, however my eating schedule was way out of wack. I had breakfast at 11:30 AM, lunch at 3:30, and finally got around to dinner (of sorts) at 11:30 PM, just before bed. I didn't want a large meal at that hour, but since I hadn't actually had dinner I didn't feel any meal I had could legitimately be called a "snack." I had a sandwich just to knock down the stomach growling.

Yesterday *felt* like I was grazing because my mealtimes were at very strange hours, but I did have only three meals, and none of them very big meals either -- lunch was probably the heartiest, BBQ chicken and corn on the cob. So I'm counting it as a success -- but I'm also paying closer attention today to when I eat, not just what I eat.