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Freegirl New Start

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:56 pm
by freegirl
I am making the new start. I am planning to eat four meals for now. Maybe one day I will become 'vanilla No S' person, maybe not. Four meals is still much better than grazing all day.

Some of the things I need to learn:

* This is a lifelong process, and red days are OK
* Red day does not have to turn to WTH mode
* A string of red days is still much better than my previous way of eating

Day 1 - S Day
Day 2 - S Day
Day 3 - Red

***** From Oct 29, 2012 my mini-meal between lunch and dinner is a handfull of nuts *******
***** From Oct 29, 2012 I am on a 5 week cleansing program, so my S days are the same as my N days *******

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
SW: 213.4 lbs (97 kg), BMI=31.70

Monday October 29: Food - GREEN; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Tuesday October 30: Food - GREEN; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Wednesday October 31: Food - GREEN; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Thursday November 1: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 1 h of yoga
Friday November 2: Food - YELLOW, S event (no sweets); Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Saturday November 3: Food - GREEN, three meals
Sunday November 4: Food - YELLOW - S day (no sweets)
Monday November 5: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 h of yoga
Tuesday November 6: Food - RED; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Wednesday November 7: Food - YELLOW, S event, no sweets; Exercise: RED
Thursday November 8: Food - RED; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 h of yoga
Friday November 9: Food - YELLOW, S event, no sweets; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Saturday November 10: Food - GREEN, three meals
Sunday November 11: Food - GREEN, three meals
Monday November 12: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 h of yoga
Tuesday November 13: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Wednesday November 14: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Thursday November 15: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 hour of yoga
Friday November 16: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
November 17 - 24 -vacation: I ate three meals, seafood and lots of vegetables. I did have seconds, but my second plate was only fruit. I did not eat sweets, but had a few coctails with sugar in the evenings. I lost one pound.
Sunday November 25: YELLOW; no sweets; one fruits and nuts snack
Monday November 26: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 h of yoga
Tuesday November 27: Food - YELLOW - S event; Exercise: RED
Wednesday November 28: Food - YELLOW - S event; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Thursday November 29: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 1 hour of yoga
Friday November 30: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Saturday December 1: :D - S day
Sunday December 2: Food - GREEN, three meals
Monday December 3: Food - GREEN, three meals; Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 hour of yoga
Tuesday December 4: Food - :D (S event); Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill
Wednesday December 5 : Food - :mrgreen: ; Exercise: :mrgreen: (45 min on a treadmill)
Thursday December 6 : Food - :oops: ; Exercise: :mrgreen:
Friday December 7 : Food - :D NWS day ; Exercise: :mrgreen:

CW: 199.8 lbs (90.8 kg); 13.5 lbs lost (6.2 kg) :D

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 3:12 pm
by dana2012
Hi, Freegirl.

I wish you the best on your new start. I don't think there is anything wrong with 4 meals. Some people need four meals. If you are really hungry (as in an empty stomach) then I think it's find to eat. If you are a light eater then your meals will probably digest more quickly than if you eat heavier meals. I agree with you, 4 meals is much better than grazing.

I just started last week so I'll be on the journey with you.

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:50 pm
by oolala53
Given your history, I agree that this is a smart way to proceed. It's best to do what you consider fair and reasonable, so that when the urges come to eat at undesignated times, you can remind yourself that it is ultimately fair to limit yourself the way you've decided to. You are feeding yourself more than adequately and will not starve or damage yourself to limit yourself to those meals. Things will likely change as time goes on. It might be the frequency, the makeup, or the amount of food on your plate. That is one of the beauties of No S. Either what you do or how you feel about it or both will likely be different after 6 months, one year, two years, etc.

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:22 am
by freegirl
Day 4 - SUCCESS
I went to bed hungry, but that's OK; I can tolerate it.

Day 5 Food - RED
I ate fruit between meals

Day 5 Exercise - SUCCESS
1/2 hour on the treadmill

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:16 pm
by freegirl
Thurs Oct 11- Day 5 Food - RED
I ate fruit between meals

Day 5 Exercise - SUCCESS
45 min on the treadmill, 1 hour of yoga

Fri Oct 12 - Day 6 Food - RED
Evening snack

Day 5 Exercise - SUCCESS
45 min on the treadmill
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I had only one green food day this week. I'll keep trying. On the other side, I am happy that I re-discovered how much better I feel when I exercise. I intend to follow the advice that I read somewhere: 'Keep your food goals and your exercise goals separate.'

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:26 pm
by ironchef
freegirl wrote:On the other side, I am happy that I re-discovered how much better I feel when I exercise.
It's strange isn't it? Exercise seems to be the only thing that I forget that I like. Then I do some, and get reminded how much I love the feeling. I never forget that I like, say, chocolate cupcakes.

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:55 pm
by oolala53
HA! Forget I like cupcakes!

freegirl, you are doing awesome. Your fails are small and you don't seem to be experiencing WTH. That is huge. Keep on truckin'.

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:13 am
by freegirl
Days 8 and 9 - S days
I ate too much - emotional eating. I don't want to repeat these S days.

Oct 15 - Day 10
Food - RED: Ate a lot after dinner.
Exercise - SUCCESS: I made it to the gym, but could do only stretching.

Oct 16 - Day 11
Food - SUCCESS
Exercise - SUCCESS: 45 min on a treadmil

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:20 pm
by freegirl
Wednesday Oct 17 - Day 12

Food - S Day

I am planning S days on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It's easier for me to be 'good' 2 -3 days at the time. Today I ate dried fruit and chocolate after dinner.

Exercise - SUCCESS: 45 min on the treadmill.

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:07 am
by freegirl
Oct 18, Thursday - Day 13 Food - RED: Ate after dinner; mainly fruit, but also some leftowers
Exercise - SUCCESS: 45 min on a treadmil, 1 hour of yoga

Oct 19, Friday - Day 14 Food - RED: dried fruit and chocolate after dinner
Exercise - SUCCESS: 45 min on a treadmil
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What I accomplished in the first two weeks:

Food: I had only 2 green days, but I still developed some good habits:
* I did not eat between breakfast and lunch
* I ate once between lunch and dinner ( as planned)
Focus for the next two weeks: keep good habits, plus do not eat after dinner. I will not count as sweet a small portion of dried fruit after dinner ( 1 date or 2 figs)

Exercise:
Went to the gym 8 days, 6 days 45 min on a treadmill; plus 1 hour of yoga on Thursday nights
Focus for the next two weeks:
Add 15 min of yoga in the evenings.

I am soooo glad I succesfully separated my food and exercise goals. :D In the past I would not do anything if I cannot be perfect on all fronts.

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:52 am
by freegirl
I made a big mistake on Saturday - I stepped on a scale. I did not lose any weight. I was dissapointed; even though my food was less than perfect, I exercised quite a lot in the past two weeks. That dissapontment triggered WTH syndrome. Not only that, but I was quite upset. I guess a lot of past failures came alive with that. I am so tired of this battle with my weight and everything that goes with it. :cry:

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:14 am
by eschano
Hi freegirl,

God, I know the feeling.
I had a similar experience last week and am now re-focusing on my N days. No mods, but strict vanilla.

You'll get there!

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:28 am
by freegirl
I decided to follow 2 S-es: no sweets and no seconds. No sweets means nothing with sugar, and also no dried fruit, no juices and no alcohol. I'll keep eating snacks for now (only healthy food and only when I am hungry). I am currently not eating between breakfast and lunch, but I have my afternoon snack, and sometimes also after dinner snack. I figured out that this approach is better than quitting no S altogether.

Tuesday Oct 23 - day 18

Food: SUCCESS
Exercise: SUCCESS (45 min on a treadmill)

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:47 pm
by milliem
Keep at it, I see green days outweighing the red which is brilliant for the first few weeks :) compliance will come with practice, and results will follow from compliance! Do you have a plan to reintroduce the 'no snacking', or are you going to see how it goes for a while?

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:43 am
by freegirl
Yes, I plan to re-introduce no snacking in the future. Actually, I hope that it will happen naturaly.

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:41 pm
by freegirl
I've read my posts, and I see how many new decisions/mods I've made in just 3 weeks. That's not good. If I am not convinced that something is good for me, and I am changing rules all the time, than I cannot make any progress. The only progress I made is with exercise. I read last night about the benefits of 12 h daily fast (e.g. 7 PM to 7 AM). I will definitely include that rule.

I am going on a cleansing program in the next 5 weeks, so all my days will be N days: no sweets, no seconds, only one afternoon snack, no eating after dinner.

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:58 am
by milliem
Have you read the 'phases of NoS' post in the general discussion area? It can be helpful to focus on the basic habits before trying to integrate anything else.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:16 am
by freegirl
Monday October 29
Food: GREEN
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

I ate a hanfull of nuts for my mini-meal between lunch and dinner, and did not eat anything after dinner :D
I eat mostly vegetarian diet. I have to make sure to include some protein in my meals. If I eat only carbs (or a lot of carbs), I get hungry sooner.

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:13 am
by freegirl
Tuesday October 30 & Wednesday October 31
Food: GREEN
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

It's getting easier not to eat in the evening. I feel good. I feel much better during the week than on weekends when I eat sweets. In the next 4-5 weeks I will not eat sweets because I am on a cleansing program. After that, I may introduce a couple of S events weekly.

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:03 pm
by freegirl
Thursday November 1
Food: GREEN, three meals
Exercise: 1 h of yoga
Friday November 2
Food: YELLOW - S event
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

I had an S event on Friday evening. We had friends over, I had a glass of wine and some food. I did not eat sweets, though. I feel so much better when I don't eat sweets.

Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:47 pm
by milliem
Nice work on all those green days :)

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:07 pm
by freegirl
Saturday November 3
Food: GREEN, three meals

I no longer feel a need for my extra meal between lunch and dinner. But it is important to me that I allow it, and that I still count it as success if I eat it. It helps a lot that I decided that it can only be a handful of nuts - nothing else.

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:44 am
by freegirl
Sunday November 4 - S day
One fruit and nuts snack, wine with dinner
Monday November 5
Food: GREEN, three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, one hour of yoga

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:07 am
by freegirl
Tuesday November 6
Food: RED
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

This was an interesting red day. I had an appoinment after work, and I couldn't wait till dinner to eat. I ate nuts and bean chips. When I came home I did not feel like eating dinner, so I ate a lot of fruit.

In a way I am glad that this day was red. It was needed for balance :wink:

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:53 pm
by freegirl
Wednesday November 7
Food: GREEN, three meals
Exercise: RED

Our friends invited us over tonight. I will only drink water. It's important that today is green, after a red day yesterday.
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Well, it did not go as planned. I was hungry, and I ate, but not a lot. It's difficult not to eat when yu are hungry and food is in front of you.

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:41 am
by freegirl
Thursday November 8
Food: RED
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 hour of yoga

I ate fruit (fresh and dried) after dinner.

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:57 am
by eschano
Considering the amount of exercise you're doing it could be much worse than eating fruit :wink:

Hang in there!

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:04 pm
by freegirl
Friday November 9
Food: YELLOW - S Event
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

We are going out with friends tonight, so it will be the fourth meal. It will be after 9 PM, so I cannot delay my dinner untill then. I will treat situations like this as S events.
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I ate only a few bites, and I had one drink.

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:02 am
by freegirl
Saturday November 10
Food: GREEN - three meals

I stepped on a scale today: I lost 9.46 lbs (4.3 kg) :D
CW: 203.94 lbs (92.7 kg)

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:01 pm
by freegirl
Sunday November 11
Food: GREEN - three meals

I don't have S days, but S events. I haven't decided on number of S events per week. Some weeks I may have one ( or none) S event, while others may have 3.

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:27 am
by freegirl
Monday November 12
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 h of yoga

Tuesday November 13
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

There were no S events this weekend. Sticking to three meals was easy.

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:49 pm
by freegirl
Wednesday November 14
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

Thursday November 15
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 h of yoga

Three meals are so natural now. And just a few weeks back I was so afraid to give up snacking!

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:48 am
by freegirl
Friday November 16
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

I am off to my vacation today!

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:11 pm
by milliem
Have a great holiday! And well done on your green week :)

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:14 am
by freegirl
Thanks, Milliem! I came from vacation early this morning. It was great, warm weather and swimming in the ocean.....
I lost one pound on vacation! I ate three meals, seafood and lots of vegetables. I did have seconds, but my second plate was only fruit. I did not eat sweets, but had a few coctails with sugar in the evenings.

Today is an S day. Besides three meals, I ate one fruit and nuts snack.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:05 am
by eschano
Wow, that is an amazing resume after your holidays! I saw on you November challenge that you're doing really well. Let's both make this week green!

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:50 pm
by freegirl
Yes, eschano, let's make this week green! :D


Monday November 26
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 hour of yoga

Tuesday November 27
Food: YELLOW - S event
Exercise: RED

Sometimes my S days are the same as my N days. At other times I have something extra on N day, as today, and I call it S event.

Wednesday November 28
Food: YELLOW - S event again - still PMS
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:08 am
by freegirl
I lost 6.2 kg ( 13.6 lbs) in a month! :D

When I re-started No S on Oct 8, I was very afraid to give up snacks. So, I allowed myself fruit and nuts snacks. However, it did not work so well. On Oct 29 I started with a new mod: if I need snack in the afternoon, I can eat only nuts. I ate like that for 3 days, and after that I no longer needed my afternoon snack!

Also, I did not eat sweets for the entire month - the sweetest thing I ate were dates (in the past couple of days). I have to be very carefull with sweets - I don't feel good if I eat them often. Right now I did not make a rule not to eat them, but I choose not to eat them. When I re-introduce them, it will be max once a week.

I have to say that exercise definitelly helped - it helps me with my emotional stability. Without it, I would not be able to stick to No S.

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:18 am
by ZippaDee
Congrats on the weight loss! Woot woot!!!!!! :D

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:25 pm
by freegirl
Thursday November 29:
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 1 hour of yoga

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:23 am
by freegirl
Friday November 30:
Food: GREEN - three meals
Exercise: 45 min ona treadmill

I am happy how November went. I am planning December with not too many S events.

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:24 am
by freegirl
Saturday December 1:

I was hungru between breakfast and lunch, so I had a snack (rice cakes, hummus, fresh pepper). I had a proper lunch, but wasn't very hungry for dinner, so I did not finish it. However, when we came home from the movies I felt a sudden hunger that felt like an emergency. I ate a lot of fruit and some rice chips.

I don't like this 'out of control' feeling. I am wondering if I should indulge more on S days to prevent this from happening? I was having S events rather than S days lately.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:13 am
by oolala53
Might be a little too early to worry much. Although you might spend some time reminding yourself how you felt after giving in for future reference. I think learning to resist when it's hard is part of the repetoire of skills. Strong urges are likely to come on and off for a long time. There might be some ideal behavior to eliminate them, but it's got to be tricky or it would have become common knowledge.

You are doing great!

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:21 pm
by milliem
Perhaps rather than thinking of it as 'indulging' just allow yourself the freedom of S days. If you only have one or two S's over the weekend then great, if you have more, that's fine! As oolala points out, it's early days and most people need the release valve of S days where they don't have to think too much about what to eat or when.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:51 pm
by freegirl
Thanks oolala and milliem! Opinions of succesful No S-ers really help.

Sunday Dec 2: GREEN - 3 meals

Monday Dec 3:
Food: GREEN (3 meals)
EXercise: 45 min on a treadmill, 1 hour of yoga

Tuesday Dec 4:
Food: YELLOW - S event ( getting together with friends tonight)
EXercise: 45 min on a treadmill

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:39 pm
by ~reneew
I just noticed that you've hit "one"derland! Yea! Your weight now starts with a one! That's my goal! Keep it up, you're doing great!

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:02 pm
by Sweetness
~reneew wrote:I just noticed that you've hit "one"derland! Yea! Your weight now starts with a one! That's my goal! Keep it up, you're doing great!
Freegirl,
Congratulations on the weight loss! Renee's comment makes me think you must now be a "one hit wonder", now that you've "hit one derland" :lol: OK I know, a groaner... :roll:

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:43 pm
by freegirl
Thanks Renee and Patty!

I keep reminding myself to be patient, and not expect weight loss every week. There are so many other benefits to focus on !

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:04 am
by oolala53
Not sure how much you think you have to lose, but not focusing on weight loss EVERY WEEK is certainly good, I'd say. I would have given up LONG ago as I went months at times with no change and even regained for awhile. Maybe something would have speeded things up but I'll never know now.

I'm convinced beeing committed to learning to feel and tolerate hunger for about an hour at least twice a day (before lunch and dinner) will result in weight loss, though it may be slow or in fits and starts. And it certainly has made me feel more sane around food.

But I do salute the weight change your sanity so far has brought on.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:36 am
by Sweetness
Have you looked at spark people? Great meal pans with calorie counting for free. 8)

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:02 am
by oolala53
I've been on Spark for longer than here but I haven't used the food trackers much since I started No S. Even with the convenience, it's time consuming and I think puts the focus in the wrong place. It makes me want to either beat my calorie count or see what I can get away with. Both backfire eventually, and it doesn't usually take long enough to have been worth it.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:51 pm
by Sweetness
Sweetness wrote:Have you looked at spark people? Great meal pans with calorie counting for free. 8)
oops, this was supposed to go to a different thread. Someone who was having to pay for menu plans etc. Ipad is too "touchy."

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:47 am
by freegirl
Red day today :oops:

I was very hungry around 4 PM, but managed not to eat anything till diinner. However, after dinner I kept eating dried fruit and nuts, even some chocolate. I don't feel stuffed, though.

On the bright side, I finished 45 min ona treadmill and will do 1 hour of yoga.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:29 am
by oolala53
In my opinion, it's a victory that you didn't turn your small fail into "crashing the car."
and kudos on the exercise.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:29 pm
by freegirl
December 7:
Food: :D - NWS day - had a buffet lunch, visiting friends tonight
Exercise: 45 min on a treadmill

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:26 am
by freegirl
December 8 & 9: S days
I ate a lot. I did not try to restrict my eating for the first time in over a month.

December 10:
Food: :oops:
Exercise: :mrgreen: - 45 min on a treadmill, 1 hour of yoga

I ate arond 3 PM: apples, dried pineapple, nuts. I am so tired and depressed today. These dark days really get to me.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:56 am
by Sweetness
Keep up the exercise, it should help for the depression. Wish I could send you some sunshine! 8)

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:17 am
by oolala53
Never believe your thoughts after you've been eating a lot. Overeating definitely affects your thoughts, especially too much refined food. It's also part of the habit, so the two get linked.

I'm not sure how busy you have to be, but humans for millions of years led lives greatly reduced in activity during the shorter days of winter. I think it's natural to be a little more tired and even good to rest more. It don't think it's wasted time. I don't even necessarily sleep, but just sit or recline quietly, shifting my attention around to the different sensations in my body. I wish I had developed the habit decades ago. You'd be surprised how much is going on all the time! I've found the more often I pay attention, the more pronounced pulsing I feel when I do it.

Of course, if you get caught up in distressing thoughts, you may need either more pleasurable or productive activities or more strict meditative techniques. You certainly don't deserve to suffer.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:13 am
by freegirl
Thank you Patty and oolala! Your kind words mean a lot to me.

I am prone to low grade depression, especially in winter. So I crave sugar, but as oolala pointed out, eating a lot of sugar only makes it worse. I also have food sensitivities to gluten and dairy (learned it the hard way). Believe it or not, they trigger depression in some people (and unfortunately I am one of them). I ate a birthday cake on Saturday with cream in it. It was delicious, but I am paying the price today.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:14 am
by freegirl
Red day again :oops:

I wasn't depressed today, but I still ate a lot. It was as if I was rebelling against all limitations caused by my food sensitivities, and others that I imposed on myself even though they are not necessary. I guess I was rebelling against my lack of control in other areas of my life. I was rebelling because I can't get what I want from life no matter how strictly I follow No S.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:02 am
by Sweetness
Those of us who are easily depressed have to watch out for negative self talk, and be careful not to beat ourselves up! I have been in pain for the past 2 weeks, and it's tempting to feel sorry for myself. Today, instead I was counting my blessings. It really helped me feel better! 8)

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:36 am
by freegirl
You couldn’t have said it better, Patty! It's not circumstances of our lives that bring us down, it's our self-pity.

Today was red day again, although it was better than yesterday. My main concern now is not to sink into depression. I may try a carb snack before bed (it's supposed to help with serotonin production).

I exercised in the morning - changed it to 1/2 hour on a treadmil and 15 min on weight mashines.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:40 pm
by freegirl
Happy New Year to everyone!

I decided to try again with these mods:

- fourth meal 3-4 hours after dinner (carbs to trigger serotonin production and prevent depression)
- 1 square of dark chocolate after dinner (it works better for me than eating a lot at once)

I am making some other adjustments - I need to get used to failure without getting discouraged. Even 50% compliance rate is much better than not trying!

I will check-in weekly.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:15 pm
by Sweetness
freegirl wrote:Happy New Year to everyone!

I decided to try again with these mods:

- fourth meal 3-4 hours after dinner (carbs to trigger serotonin production and prevent depression)
- 1 square of dark chocolate after dinner (it works better for me than eating a lot at once)

I am making some other adjustments - I need to get used to failure without getting discouraged. Even 50% compliance rate is much better than not trying!

I will check-in weekly.
Sounds like a good plan. When I first started No S,I allowed myself extra dark chocolate on No S days. It has lots less sugar than sweetened yogurt, which Reinhard allows. Now I keep the chocolate bars to weekends, but I add some Hershey's cocoa powder to the ground coffee in my percolator in the morning. Then I add vanilla and milk, and some times stevia to sweeten,sometimes unsweetened. 8)