Just to disclose up front, I am not doing Vanilla No S. I am doing No S Lite. Another No eser coined this term, and I liked it, so I'm using this term for my own WOE. What I do is I still eat 3 meals a day. I don't get snacks or seconds. I do allow myself a very moderate portion of sweets. For example, it could be 2 cookies, one smaller piece of cake, etc.. I try to make sure it fits onto my plate, but sometimes it might be at a separate time of day, it just depends on my day. I am also putting my meals onto my 8-inch plates, for the time being.
My goal isn't too elaborate. I want to get back into the 120s and maintain my weight there. Just for reference, I'm 5'1 with a medium/large bone frame. I'm at 130 right now, so I really don't have far to go. However, I want to build the habits that will hopefully help me stay in the 120s for the rest of my life.
Feb 4: Success!
Ex: Super Body Bootcamp Firm It (weights).
Breakfast: Oatmeal with slivered almonds, and 1/4 cup of dried fruit, Morningstar sausage patty, half-caff coffee.
Lunch: Amy's Organic Bean and Rice Burrito, single serving of tortilla chips, salsa, medium apple.
Dinner: Amy's Vegetable Lasagna, nandful of raw veggies with appx. 2 T Ranch dressing
Dessert: 2 smallish coconut chocolate chip bars at my class tonight. 2 cups of tea
It was a successful day! I didn't get overly full with any of my meals. I feel slightly hungry right now, which I'm taking to mean that my body knows it's in deficit mode. I expect to get back into the 120s really soon!
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Feb. 6 S day Since I'm doing No S lite where I allow myself a small amount of dessert, I can't designate too many days as actual S days, but I figure that as long as I don't do it too often, I should be okay.
I was in the 120s again. Woo hoo!!!
B: 2 Kashi blueberry waffles with appx 1 c of frozen blueberries on top, 2 T of Cool Whip, 3 cups of half-caff coffee
L: Costco samples. They had a TON of good samples today, no doubt because of the Super Bowl tomorrow, and I sure enjoyed them.
Snack: Raw veggies with low fat/low cal poppey seed dressing for dip
Dinner: Trader Joe's fish, steak fries, tartar sauce, half a can of clam chowder
Dessert: Strawberry soda cake (yum!)
I was in the 120s again. Woo hoo!!!
B: 2 Kashi blueberry waffles with appx 1 c of frozen blueberries on top, 2 T of Cool Whip, 3 cups of half-caff coffee
L: Costco samples. They had a TON of good samples today, no doubt because of the Super Bowl tomorrow, and I sure enjoyed them.
Snack: Raw veggies with low fat/low cal poppey seed dressing for dip
Dinner: Trader Joe's fish, steak fries, tartar sauce, half a can of clam chowder
Dessert: Strawberry soda cake (yum!)
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2/7 S day. It was the worst S day I've had in awhile! It was like a switch went off inside of me, and I couldn't stop eating.
2/8 Success!
B: Oatmeal with raisins, cinnamon, slivered almonds, Smart Balance Lite. Morningstar sausage patty.
L: Turkey sandwich, small portion of fritos, apple, carrot sticks and pea pods
D: salad with grilled chicken, lettuce, pine nuts, cabbage, carrots, and pea pods. Trader Joe's sweet poppy dressing (yum!). Trader Joe's salmon and spinach crepes
Exercise: 3 segments of Get Moving Walking for Weight Loss (cardio). Stability Ball abs from Tracey Mallett's Quick Blast workouts.
2/8 Success!
B: Oatmeal with raisins, cinnamon, slivered almonds, Smart Balance Lite. Morningstar sausage patty.
L: Turkey sandwich, small portion of fritos, apple, carrot sticks and pea pods
D: salad with grilled chicken, lettuce, pine nuts, cabbage, carrots, and pea pods. Trader Joe's sweet poppy dressing (yum!). Trader Joe's salmon and spinach crepes
Exercise: 3 segments of Get Moving Walking for Weight Loss (cardio). Stability Ball abs from Tracey Mallett's Quick Blast workouts.
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Feb. 9 Success! I've been struggling for awhile to figure out how to handle my Tuesday morning Bible study, since there's always so much good food, and I really enjoy eating it. What I did today was I decided to make my Bible study food breakast and eat moderately the rest of the day.
B: 1/2 a muffin, 1/2 a mini bagel with appx 1 T of cream cheese, a bunch of fruit and veggies with a small amount of dip for the veggies, coffee
L: Turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with reduced-fat mayo, mustard, pickles, Italian seasoning, and pepper. 1/2 caff coffee.
D: Mexican-themed salad with lettuce, black beans, crushed up tortilla chips, pea pods, cabbage, and salsa. Also had a small portion of chips and salsa on the side.
Exercise: Margaret Richard's Strong for Life (weights), 3 segments of Limber for Life (the stretch workout on Strong for Life), Tracey Mallett's Quick Blast Abs Blast A.
B: 1/2 a muffin, 1/2 a mini bagel with appx 1 T of cream cheese, a bunch of fruit and veggies with a small amount of dip for the veggies, coffee
L: Turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with reduced-fat mayo, mustard, pickles, Italian seasoning, and pepper. 1/2 caff coffee.
D: Mexican-themed salad with lettuce, black beans, crushed up tortilla chips, pea pods, cabbage, and salsa. Also had a small portion of chips and salsa on the side.
Exercise: Margaret Richard's Strong for Life (weights), 3 segments of Limber for Life (the stretch workout on Strong for Life), Tracey Mallett's Quick Blast Abs Blast A.
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Today was an NWS day (my birthday), and I enjoyed every bite of food I ate. I won't write down everything I ate, but it included things like pancakes with chocolate chips, strawberry white chocolate cake, Thai food, Chinese food, etc...
I ate a lot, but I didn't make an idiot of myself like I would have in times past, so that's something.
I didn't exercise today.
I won't write down everything I ate, but it included things like pancakes with chocolate chips, strawberry white chocolate cake, Thai food, Chinese food, etc...I ate a lot, but I didn't make an idiot of myself like I would have in times past, so that's something.
I didn't exercise today.
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Feb. 13 S Day
Feb. 14 S Day
Exercise: Punch Up Your Walk (cardio)
Feb. 15 Failure DH took the day off unexpectedly, and we ate like it was still the weekend.
Exercise: 2 Fast Miles from Walk off Even More Weight (cardio), Super Body Sculpt --UB (weights), Abs segment from Super Body Bootcamp Firm It (Abs/Core)
Feb. 14 S Day
Exercise: Punch Up Your Walk (cardio)
Feb. 15 Failure DH took the day off unexpectedly, and we ate like it was still the weekend.
Exercise: 2 Fast Miles from Walk off Even More Weight (cardio), Super Body Sculpt --UB (weights), Abs segment from Super Body Bootcamp Firm It (Abs/Core)
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I am resurrecting my check in. My goal is to focus on getting down these good, moderate eating behaviors, and to not worry so much about my weight. I broke through a weight plateau I'd been stuck in for over a year, and while I feel great about that, I've also started getting really obsessed with the scale again (which is NOT good). My goals for now are to weigh myself once a day, continue allowing myself a limited amount of sweets each day, and to not go way overboard at social events.
I did have a get together tonight, and while I did eat too much, I did way better than I've done at past events, so it's a start. I limited myself to two small plates of food (a combo of desserts and healthier foods), and I ate a few small handfuls of M and Ms.
Anyway, that's all for now. Tomorrow's goals are to weigh myself first thing in the morning (and that's it) and to eat 3 meals with just a small amount of dessert that fits onto either my lunch or dinner plate.
My goal is to focus on getting down these good, moderate eating behaviors, and to not worry so much about my weight. I broke through a weight plateau I'd been stuck in for over a year, and while I feel great about that, I've also started getting really obsessed with the scale again (which is NOT good). My goals for now are to weigh myself once a day, continue allowing myself a limited amount of sweets each day, and to not go way overboard at social events.I did have a get together tonight, and while I did eat too much, I did way better than I've done at past events, so it's a start. I limited myself to two small plates of food (a combo of desserts and healthier foods), and I ate a few small handfuls of M and Ms.
Anyway, that's all for now. Tomorrow's goals are to weigh myself first thing in the morning (and that's it) and to eat 3 meals with just a small amount of dessert that fits onto either my lunch or dinner plate.
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Time to resurrect this check in again. My behavior has gotten WAY off track, since my vacation back in August, so I thought it would be a good time to get back to a sane way of eating again. My goal, for now, is to get back to eating 3 meals a day. My one exception to this will be Wednesday, since I'm taking an intense exercise class in the evenings, and I need a small snack after class (I've been eating a salad for dinner to compensate).
Just to disclose, I am not doing full out Vanilla No S. However, I've lately been able to do a couple of days at a time with Vanilla No S. At this point, I'm taking baby steps.
Here's my meals for today:
Breakfast: Leftover breakfast bar from a cooking class I attended last Saturday (the bar had steel cut oats, dates, almonds, and honey instead of sugar) drizzled with 100% pure maple syrup, 1/5 of a cup of cashews, coffee
Lunch: Sandwich on whole wheat bread with Trader Joe's Almond Butter with Roasted Flax seeds topped with TJ Blueberry Superfruit Spread, nectarine, cucumber slices
Dinner: Beef bourgenion (not good with French spellings) over rice, green beans, zucchini
Just to disclose, I am not doing full out Vanilla No S. However, I've lately been able to do a couple of days at a time with Vanilla No S. At this point, I'm taking baby steps.
Here's my meals for today:
Breakfast: Leftover breakfast bar from a cooking class I attended last Saturday (the bar had steel cut oats, dates, almonds, and honey instead of sugar) drizzled with 100% pure maple syrup, 1/5 of a cup of cashews, coffee
Lunch: Sandwich on whole wheat bread with Trader Joe's Almond Butter with Roasted Flax seeds topped with TJ Blueberry Superfruit Spread, nectarine, cucumber slices
Dinner: Beef bourgenion (not good with French spellings) over rice, green beans, zucchini
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(9/28) Success!
(9/29) Failure, but not a huge one. I did really well with breakfast and lunch. My problem happened with dinner. I ate a light dinner, because I was expecting to do an intense workout tonight (my church has a great workout class Wednesday nights). However, I found out after I got to the church, that all classes were canceled, because my church wanted everyone to attend a missions meeting. I didn't have the heart to take my son and leave, since he loves church, so I went to the meeting. I was still hungry from my light dinner, so I ate two mini donuts that were sitting out on the counter. Once we came home, I was still hungry, so I ate a serving of chips and salsa. I'm not going to beat myself up over this experience. As others on here have said, I'll mark it and move on.
(9/30) S Day DH's birthday.
(10/1) Failure It's definitely hard to get back to normal eating after a mid-week S day. Since I ate cake, ice cream, etc... yesterday for DH's birthday, I was REALLY craving sweets today, and I unfortunately gave in to my cravings. I will mark it and move on.
(9/29) Failure, but not a huge one. I did really well with breakfast and lunch. My problem happened with dinner. I ate a light dinner, because I was expecting to do an intense workout tonight (my church has a great workout class Wednesday nights). However, I found out after I got to the church, that all classes were canceled, because my church wanted everyone to attend a missions meeting. I didn't have the heart to take my son and leave, since he loves church, so I went to the meeting. I was still hungry from my light dinner, so I ate two mini donuts that were sitting out on the counter. Once we came home, I was still hungry, so I ate a serving of chips and salsa. I'm not going to beat myself up over this experience. As others on here have said, I'll mark it and move on.
(9/30) S Day DH's birthday.
(10/1) Failure It's definitely hard to get back to normal eating after a mid-week S day. Since I ate cake, ice cream, etc... yesterday for DH's birthday, I was REALLY craving sweets today, and I unfortunately gave in to my cravings. I will mark it and move on.