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Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.

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Post by No BS » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:19 pm

Another newbie here inspired by Reinhard’s brilliant simplicity & this vast archive of wonderful commentary!

JAN 3, DAY 1 – SUCCESS
JAN 4, DAY 2 – SUCCESS
JAN 5, DAY 3 – S DAY
JAN 6, DAY 4 – S DAY
JAN 7, DAY 5 – SUCCESS
JAN 8, DAY 6 – SUCCESS
JAN 9, DAY 7 – SUCCESS
JAN 10, DAY 8 – SUCCESS
JAN 11, DAY 9 – SUCCESS
JAN 12, DAY 10 – S DAY
JAN 13, DAY 11 – S DAY
JAN 14, DAY 12 – SUCCESS
JAN 15, DAY 13 – SUCCESS
JAN 16, DAY 14 – SUCCESS
JAN 17, DAY 15 – SUCCESS

Gave myself 21 days with no distractions to relax into this routine before weighing anything but my habits.

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Post by mulliganagain » Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:57 pm

Wow! Look at all of those "success" days!

Great job! :D
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Post by No BS » Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:39 pm

inswsn, I see by your tagline that you are no stranger to success yourself!!

As a newbie, I am clearly in the honeymoon phase with No "S" but I am heartened by the ease of my past two weeks.

It gives me hope & a small but growing platform from which to build.
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Post by gk » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:29 pm

HOLY COW. I am completely impressed with all that green. Keep on doing whatever you're doing - it's obviously working!!! :)

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Post by No BS » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:52 am

gk, for the time being, at least, it appears that I'm passionately in love with No "S", the smooth talking simply sexy hunk of good health & well being!!! LOL!!! Clearly No "S" means more to me than pseudo-sweets, sloppy seconds & sticky snacks!!

What the last 15 days have revealed to me:

1/> Unlike billions in this world, I have the luxury of greeting hunger as a friend. I won’t die if I am hungry. It feels strange (but good) to be “hollow†& “lightâ€. It feels strange (but good) to have a genuine appetite and not be “full†ALL THE TIME, 24/7/365.

2/> Portion control is easy when you are not constantly grazing, snacking & munching your way through life. Three plates liberated me from food slavery.

3/> It’s a hoot getting a wine buzz from one glass of wine on an empty stomach. I forgot what that was like since I’ve seldom allowed my stomach over the years the absolute freedom to be empty.

4/> Like a genie freed from the bottle, my three plates grant me three wishes daily. Will I plan ahead & use them wisely & well? If I do not, can I learn from my gustatory & gastronomic errors & try again tomorrow? When the plate genie will appear, again, faithfully, and grant me, again, three wishes……………. :wink:
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genie?

Post by HoeHanna » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:29 am

LOVE IT!!! I'm a newbie, started 5 geen days ago! I heart your last post, might print it out for inspiration.
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Post by No BS » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:44 am

Hi HoeHanna!

We are fellow newbies!! Even more hilarious we are both 5'6" and we are both in our fifties!! How cool is that?!??!!!
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Post by gk » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:13 am

No BS wrote:Clearly No "S" means more to me than pseudo-sweets, sloppy seconds & sticky snacks!!

What the last 15 days have revealed to me:

1/> Unlike billions in this world, I have the luxury of greeting hunger as a friend. I won’t die if I am hungry. It feels strange (but good) to be “hollow†& “lightâ€. It feels strange (but good) to have a genuine appetite and not be “full†ALL THE TIME, 24/7/365.

2/> Portion control is easy when you are not constantly grazing, snacking & munching your way through life. Three plates liberated me from food slavery.

3/> It’s a hoot getting a wine buzz from one glass of wine on an empty stomach. I forgot what that was like since I’ve seldom allowed my stomach over the years the absolute freedom to be empty.

4/> Like a genie freed from the bottle, my three plates grant me three wishes daily. Will I plan ahead & use them wisely & well? If I do not, can I learn from my gustatory & gastronomic errors & try again tomorrow? When the plate genie will appear, again, faithfully, and grant me, again, three wishes……………. :wink:
So well put! Love your outlook and musings over the past 15 days. I might have to reflect on this post from time to time as well - such a good reminder of what No S is all about!! :D

Oh, and I love the idea of looking at it as a fun "three wishes daily". You know, you're doing the unimagineable - you are dangerously close to making dieting..........FUN. *gasp!* :shock: :lol:

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Post by mulliganagain » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:21 pm

Hey, No BS!

Your post about what the past 15 days have revealed to you is very motivating. :) I loved reading it! Thank you so much for posting it. :D
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Post by milliem » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:38 pm

Well done on your success so far, you're doing brilliantly! :)

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Post by No BS » Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:07 am

JAN 18, DAY 16 – SUCCESS
JAN 19, DAY 17 – S DAY
JAN 20, DAY 18 – S DAY

For me, No “S†= No Stress

No “S†has allowed me to put food in it’s proper place – food is not controlling me, I am controlling food. Thoughts of food no longer consume me, instead I consume food, on my three full plates a day. And, satiated, I happily, easily move on to other more important matters during the rest of the day. I can’t begin to express how much I value being able to do that once again!

Only 3 more weeks before the sun finally comes back to us & peeks over the horizon again so we can finally say goodbye to three months of darkness! Dark season this year for me has been long & tiresome. Watching out for polar bears is a drag – makes for shorter, googly-eyed walks in the dark with the dogs. It’ll be so wonderful to see daylight again! The wind is out of the SE tonight so it has warmed up to -26C/-15F. Life is good!

Have a great week everyone!! GO GREEN GO!!! :wink:
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Post by No BS » Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:11 am

Hi milliem!

Thanks so much for your encouraging words!

It's a lot of fun & I am learning a lot about myself doing this! :wink:
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Post by No BS » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:41 pm

JAN 21, DAY 19 – SUCCESS
JAN 22, DAY 20 - SUCCESS
JAN 23, DAY 21 - SUCCESS


So, my first 21-day cycle is up. These green habits and my peace of mind are starting to gel.

My discoveries over the past three weeks:

1. I eat as much nutritionally dense food (no franken-foods or industrial food products) as I feel like as long as it fits on my plate. No measuring, no notes, no counting calories, no food insecurity.
2. I don’t eat refined/industrial sugar(s) or flour or any commercially prepared foods with unhealthy/unrecognizable/chemical ingredients. They are my triggers for crap & more crap.
3. I do healthy food from scratch prep (ie: soups/stews/legumes/healthy baking/granola/nut butters) on weekends so I am well prepared for the upcoming work week.
4. I don’t spend weekends breaking all the good eating habits that I spent the prior week reinforcing.
5. My next 21-day cycle will bring the exercise habit into the picture.
6. I lost 3.5 pounds off my body, with minimal effort, and a 1000 pound weight off my mind thanks to No “Sâ€!!!

I am feeling very calm, happy and tortoise like. I suspect that exercise might be the (arctic) hare in this equation!! :wink:
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Jan 24, Day 22

Post by No BS » Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:48 am

JAN 24, DAY 22 - SUCCESS

Breakfast: green grapes
Lunch: homemade chili: beef hamburger, kidney beans, tomato, corn, onion, mushrooms, chili powder
Dinner: chana dal with butter, garlic/basil pesto, parmesan; and medjool dates for dessert

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
Outdoors -33 degrees celcius today, enough twilight at noon to hike the dogs around the loop & on the beach during lunch hour
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Post by Over43 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:03 am

Nice job no bs. Do you really live in the Canadian Arctic, and if where?
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Post by Amy3010 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:30 am

Congratulations on your first 21 days of success! And way to go braving the arctic cold to get out and move - wow! And here I thought we were having some cold weather in Belgium... :lol:

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Post by No BS » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:48 am

Hi Over43: Yes, I really do live in the Canadian Arctic. I live north of the 76th parallel, on Ellesmere Island.

Hi Amy3010: There has been cold weather all over, it seems. Not only in Europe these days but also in southern Canada! Makes me very grateful for central heating, triple pane windows & high R values in the walls/ceilings. And for longjohns & warm coats!! :wink:
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Jan 25, Day 23

Post by No BS » Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:03 am

JAN 25, DAY 23 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none, wasn’t hungry
Lunch: scrambled eggs with butter & morels; unsweetened pineapple chunks in pineapple juice
Dinner: red wine, homemade chili: hamburger, kidney beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, corn, onion, chili powder; thawed frozen strawberries, medjool dates

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
Outdoors: -35 degrees Celsius today, hike with the dogs around the loop & on the beach during lunch hour, ran stairs twice (before/after work)

Fresh produce is flown in once a week, weather & planes permitting. This week all the produce froze on the way here (dragged through three airports on/off three planes over three days travel in extreme cold) and had to be thrown out by the store upon arrival. :cry: Only onions and red potatoes left in produce section. Am living off my inventory of dehydrated, canned and/or frozen (and the remnants of last week's fresh) veggies & fruit until next week's plane (Thursday, weather permitting). Plus my own home grown sprouts & fresh herbs. Fierce craving for an apple (crunch) or a juicy fresh orange for two weeks now…….
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JAN 26, DAY 24 – SUCCESS

Brunch thick cut oats with walnuts, cranberries, coconut, cinnamon, maple syrup & milk
Dinner: turbot (Greenland halibut) ; mashed potatoes; baby carrots; green grapes

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!) - SUCCESS
Outdoors : -33 degrees Celsius today, hike with the dogs, ran stairs once

Great news!! A box of fresh oranges arrived intact on Saturday via plane!! I was lucky enough to score a few at the store in the afternoon! I absolutely love an orange for (or with) breakfast. Funny how something as simple & perfect as an orange can make your day! :D
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Post by No BS » Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:47 pm

I just finished watching this terrific documentary Hungry for Change on Netflix.com. I highly recommend it!

Some dramatic personal stories of conscious life changes from obesity & illness to health, fitness & a healthy weight. Scathing personal stories indicting the commercial food-product industry that generates profits on addicting consumers to their unhealthy food-like products. Very informative & inspiring. It has stiffened my resolve to stay green & focused.

“Hungry for Change: exposes shocking secrets the diet, weightloss and food industry don't want you to know about; deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more. Find out what's keeping you from having the body and health you deserve and how to escape the diet trap forever. Featuring interviews with best selling health authors and leading medical experts plus real life transformational stories with those who know what it's like to be sick and overweight. Learn from those who have been there before and continue your health journey today."
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Post by gk » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:29 pm

Awesome job on all the successes!!! You are doing wonderfully!

Will have to put "Hunger for Change" on my Netflix list - sounds inspiring!

Keep up the great work! :)

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Post by No BS » Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:21 am

Thanks for the cheery words, gk!

I am having a lot of fun with this lifestyle system, the habits make so much sense I am grateful finding it fairly easy to accommodate. :D
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Jan 27, Day 25

Post by No BS » Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:25 am

JAN 27, DAY 25 – SUCCESS

Brunch: eggs, sausage, potatoes & chickpeas fried in duck fat, and an orange
Dinner: red wine, roasted red pepper hummus with raw veggies, homemade dessert of toasted sesame seeds (whole & pureed), coconut meat,dried cranberries,maple syrup

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -33 degrees Celsius, hike with the dogs; ran stairs twice

A peaceful beautiful day. :)
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Post by Amy3010 » Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:16 am

You're doing great! :mrgreen:

And reading about your precarious fruit and veg supplies will make me appreciate the bounty I will see at my store this morning when I do my shopping, and not take it for granted.

Have a great week!

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Post by No BS » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:19 am

Hi Amy: Thanks for your kind comments!

A precarious supply of fruits & veggies makes them infinitely more precious to me than they ever were when I lived down south!

I used to hate going grocery shopping then but now when I hit a southern grocery store I am like an awestruck TOURIST, rubber necking shamelessly & happily groping my way through the massive displays of artfully arrayed produce. Serious produce porn that has my mouth watering!!! :D

I hope you have a super green week & that the weather is warmer in Belgium than it is here!!
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Jan 28, Day 26

Post by No BS » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:29 am

JAN 28, DAY 26 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none, not hungry
Lunch: chickpea soup (chick peas, hummus, tomatoes, onions, garlic, seaweed, spices)
Dinner: red wine, chickpea soup, orange

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -38 degrees Celsius, hike with the dogs; ran stairs x 3

Baby it’s cold outside!! Makes me thankful for my M&M's (mink & merinos!!). :wink:

Goodnight everyone!!! I'm settling in for a long winter's eve nap. :D
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Post by Amy3010 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:30 am

Way to go! And yes, it's warmer here - especially this week. Rain and 10 degrees C. No excuse not to get myself to the gym!
Keep up the good work!

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JAN 29, DAY 27 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: eggs; potatoes, onion & chickpeas fried in duck fat
Lunch: chili: beef hamburger, kidney beans, tomato, onions, corn, mushrooms, spices
Dinner: sausage stuffed cherry tomatoes, baked buckwheat bismarck (eggs, milk, buckwheat flour, butter) with blueberry compote (blueberries, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon juice, maple syrup)

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
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Re: Jan 28, Day 26

Post by gk » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:58 pm

No BS wrote:Breakfast: none, not hungry
I'm sorry - are you speaking a foreign language or something? Can't quite understand what you're saying. :lol:

I don't think I've EVER reported that, diet or otherwise!!! :)
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Post by No BS » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:59 pm

Oh my goodness, gk, you made me bust out loud laughing!!! Too funny. :lol:

You know, I am totally being honest (with myself, first time in a long time) about my appetite and whether or not I am really hungry. When three plates keep coming at me, faithfully, day after day, for filling, it doesn't seem like a big deal to miss a meal or two. I spent the long last while - before No "S" - just eating because food was there or because I couldn't take the time to figure out what else I might want to do instead.

Since I live by myself, and only have to worry about pleasing myself, I really do weigh my appetite now and deliver my food accordingly!! That is another thing I am really grateful to No "S" for: giving me the breathing room (between meals) to actually & honestly weigh the legitimacy of my "hunger". Is it really for food or something else........

Thanks for making me laugh so hard! :wink: Laughter is incredible therapy, too.
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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:50 am

Laughter is incredible therapy
You're a good therapist!
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Post by Amy3010 » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:17 am

I agree! :lol:

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Post by No BS » Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:16 pm

This whole community is incredible therapy!! :wink:

There is a lot of wisdom, courage, compassion and honesty on this bulletin board. It encourages a person to not only treat others that way but to finally learn to also treat & accept themselves that way.

Which - along with No "S" habits - can be a first as well.

It makes me very grateful to be here......every day.
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JAN 30, DAY 28 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none, wasn’t hungry
Lunch: orange (not overly hungry, YET!!)
Dinner: beer, smoked salmon, salad (yellow/green/garbanzo beans, onion, mushroom, black olives, sesame seeds, oil, vinegar, lemon juice, agave, maple syrup)

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
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Post by gk » Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:21 pm

No BS wrote: I spent the long last while - before No "S" - just eating because food was there or because I couldn't take the time to figure out what else I might want to do instead.
Yes, No S really makes you think about your food choices. I remember a (long) while ago, after I had been successful for a couple weeks or so, I couldn't believe how much I noticed the taste, texture, smell, etc. of the food. Even the display of it on my plate before I ate became something to enjoy. I wasn't just stuffing it in, because it was in front of me or because I was eating to cover up something else (emotional eating!) I didn't devour it because I was on a "diet". I just simply enjoyed each meal. Yes, No S fixes ALOT more than a number on a scale. It heals you inside and out. I think that is why I am still around after I struggled for so long. I remember how it feels when you stick to it and I WILL get back to that - it's just the only way that makes sense!!

Keep up the great work! :D
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Post by Amy3010 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:53 am

Good job, NoBS! And I totally agree with you and GK on enjoying meals instead of just eating because food is there - this is most definitely true.

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Jan 31, Day 29

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JAN 31, DAY 29 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: eggs, mashed potato, butter, pear
Dinner: pasta & bean salad, orange

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -35C, hike with the dogs; ran stairs x 1

I successfully fought off a bad “snack attack†that came out of nowhere, violently invading my peaceful home after dinner. I triumphed & kicked the stuffing out of the unwanted intruder!! :lol:

I worked up such a sweat doing so that I downed several glasses of ice water to distract me.

When I crave something sweet it usually means I haven’t eaten enough protein. Lesson learned: I’m thawing a rack of pork ribs for my next dinner !

Hopefully won’t have any more unwelcome after dinner "intrudersâ€. :wink:
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Post by No BS » Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:55 pm

gk wrote: Yes, No S fixes ALOT more than a number on a scale. It heals you inside and out.
Very well said, gk!! Very very true. :) Making the journey with No "S" far more important than the actual destination. :wink:
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WOW!

Post by HoeHanna » Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:16 pm

Every time I get on here, I get a new lesson. I like that you KICKED the crap out of unwanted cravings the way you did. New way to look at and deal with those out-of-the-blue moments.
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Post by Amy3010 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:38 am

LOL! I love the image of you doing battle with invaders! Way to go! :twisted:

Thanks for what you shared on my thread - I believe you will get there too! We are all on this journey together, but we each have our own path and different obstacles.

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Post by No BS » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:31 pm

Hi HoeHanna: Yes, I figger if I don't defend myself from the worst of my habits and the worst food can offer, who will? Plus it makes for a terrific workout!! :lol:

Hi Amy: The joys of any journey is the people you meet on the way! :wink:
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FEB 1, DAY 30 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: pasta & bean salad, orange
Dinner: wine, dry roasted pork ribs, polenta with niblets corn & salsa

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -38C, hike with the dogs; ran stairs x 1


FEB 2, DAY 31 – SUCCESS

Brunch: kamut flake porridge with vanilla, cinnamon, coconut, walnuts, cranberries & milk
Dinner: dry roasted pork ribs, cheddar cheese, blueberries with maple syrup

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:40 pm

Thanks for stopping by - and your vivid descriptions of your life in a completely different world. I would love to see you kicking your way down your snow packed streets.
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Post by Amy3010 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:33 am

Me too - had never heard of a kickglider before, it does sound like fun!

Have a great week! :D

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Post by gk » Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:48 pm

Wishing you a very GREEN week! :)
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:24 pm

FEB 3, DAY 32 – SUCCESS

Brunch: eggs, cheddar cheese, polenta with corn & salsa
Dinner: grapefruit, homemade chocolate pudding: milk, cream, cornstarch, egg yolks, cacao powder, cinnamon, vanilla, maple syrup

Exercise (aka: Stella got her groove back!!): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -38C, hike with the dogs




FEB 4, DAY 33 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: orange
Lunch: oatmeal, cream, cinnamon, vanilla, coconut, walnuts, cranberries, maple syrup
Dinner: wine, raw orange peppers, cheddar cheese, medjool dates

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -34C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 2
Indoors: elliptical, shovelglove (shugging)

Well, I climbed my personal Mount Everest today jumping back on the elliptical/cross trainer! Whoo-hoo! That has been something I desperately needed for a long time but could not marshal the resources to make happen on my own. Today I managed with a little help from my “sherpas†on this BB. Kazillion thank yous!!!




FEB 5, DAY 34 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: orange
Lunch: eggs, homemade beans (navy beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, onion molasses, maple syrup, cinnamon stick, smoked paprika, chipotle pepper flakes)
Dinner: red wine, beans

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -24C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 2




FEB 6, DAY 35 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: homemade beans
Dinner: fusilli pasta with butter, cream. parmesan

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -34C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 2

Crazy busy & missing catching up on the BB!! Still plugging away on No “S†though, my one bit of sanity!
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:35 pm

You know No “S†works & you are losing weight when:

1/> You’re not the only person who is aware that you are sucking in your stomach.

2/> Your new, unworn kazillion dollar winter coat, ordered online from a foreign country that deals in premium wool garments, actually FITS!!!

3/> You bounce when you walk, rather than plod.

4/> You have energy in the evenings.

5/> Insanely busy work weeks don’t make you want to fall into a comfort food binge.

6/> You are quietly confident that you can handle any situation, personal & professional, dealing with food.

7/> You can sit through interminable & stressful meetings without reflexively shoving “table snacks†in your mouth.

8/> You believe, for the first time in a long time, that you have control of yourself & your habits.

9/> You like feeling hungry & hollow before mealtimes.

10/> Honing the delayed gratification skill is a more important discipline than feeding yourself.
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Post by heatherhikes » Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:54 pm

No BS,
first off, I really like your signature, much wisdom in that.

I've enjoyed following your thread and smiling at your fresh sense of humor. Your life reminds me, in a small way, of life in Switzerland. We have in the northwestern part where I live mild weather and little snow, though. (sadly, no snow this week)
Your simple yet delicious sounding meals remind me, also, of my food preferences. I need to try your bean and your homemade chocolate pudding recipe :wink:
I am curious, are you a native to your area, are you a scientist? (hope this is not too personal!) It must be very adventurous to live this far up north.
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Post by Amy3010 » Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:25 am

Right on, No BS! :D

Have a great Friday!

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Post by heatherhikes » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:05 pm

Ditto, No BS, Amy. Wishing y'all a great weekend. :) :P

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Post by No BS » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:39 pm

I am glad you are enjoying the posts - even when they are so delinquent! I enjoy this BB a lot and to miss out on everyone's doings is difficult. The BB helps keep me focussed & on track.

Heddi, I am from southern Canada and have moved up north for my work. I am not a scientist, except for my own petri-dish dinners & the study of human nature!! :wink:
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Post by No BS » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:42 pm

FEB 7, DAY 36 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: orange
Lunch: beans
Dinner: cheddar cheese, red wine, smoked arctic char

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -35C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 2



FEB 8, DAY 37 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: beans, apple
Dinner: pork steak w/cranberry salsa, baby red potatoes, baby carrots, broccoli & cauliflower, dessert: applesauce with dried cranberries, cinnamon & maple syrup

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -30C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 2




FEB 9, DAY 38 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: banana bread, strawberry compote, marmalade, cheddar cheese
Lunch: smoked arctic char, cold broccoli/cauliflower/apple/carrot/potato salad, coconut cookie, chocolate chip cookie
Dinner: raw snap peas, blueberries, lemon pound cake, fig compote

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -27C, hike with the dogs; stairs x none
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Post by heatherhikes » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:58 pm

8) :lol:

You're doing so well. Have a great week! (it's 23:00 Sunday night here)
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Post by No BS » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:32 pm

Hi Heddi:

Well it is 5:00 pm Sunday afternoon here and I cannot help but think of you in Switzerland and what a spectacularly gorgeous & blessed country that is!

Doing good on this system to me just means a lot of planning - because there are barely any edible fresh foods in the store, particularly over the winter. Because I am used of living up here, I learned to compensate.

The biggest thing is growing your own herbs and sprouts, fresh. So easy (as long as you don't run out of seeds!!).

An annual sealift of freight including organic peas/beans/lentils of all varieties, organic dried fruits, nuts, seeds, bulk whole flours, bulk palm sugar, dried mushrooms, dried veggies, canned veggies (yellow/green beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, mushrooms), canned fruit (pears, peaches, pineapple), canned coconut milk, canned pumpkin, plus various salsas, plus a serious spice cupboard and oil/vinegar cupboard and you can pretty much make anything. It actually is kind of fun pretending that you are living like your grandmother did with no refrigeration and no access to flown in produce. You learn a lot about nutrition in the process.

Plus we have no restaurants, theaters, malls, bakeries, fast food joints or all the other "distractions" the rest of the world seems to cope with. So if I want something to eat, I literally have to cook it all myself. You learn very quickly how to eat healthy & nutritiously - or you just don't thrive. Particularly when even providing greens for a salad - or an apple - is beyond the geographic reach of this store.

A friend flew in last week & brought me a dozen organic eggs, some fresh produce and organic home grown pork steak. He might as well have given me the world. :D

Have a super week, Heddi!
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Post by Amy3010 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:26 am

Glad you're back to posting! Have a great week!

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Post by No BS » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:30 pm

FEB 10, DAY 39 – SUCCESS

Brunch: eggs, sausages, cornmeal pancakes, maple syrup
Dinner: raw snap peas, raw carrots, whole almonds, cranberry salsa, orange

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -27C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 2




FEB 11, DAY 40 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: oatmeal w/cream, butter, cinnamon, apple sauce, cranberries, coconut, maple syrup
Dinner: boiled baby potatoes, eggs, orange

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
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Post by MJ7910 » Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:47 pm

Nice week! sounds like you are doing well with eating smaller meals. i get so hungry in between. did you slowly decrease your meals or how did you do it?
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Post by No BS » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:03 pm

Hi MJ!

Sometimes the variety of foods may be small, but my portions certainly aren’t!! :lol:

I usually fill my plate (or bowl: oatmeal) with food and don’t stop until I scarf it all down!! I only eat when I am hungry and I only eat “nutritionally dense†non-processed foods.

If I do this, I am never unmanageably hungry between meals. Yesterday I had lunch @ 12:30 and never ate dinner (meetings delayed me at work) until @ 8:30 pm. And I wasn’t starving either, between meals, so no temptation to snack.

I really don’t care about how much nutritious food is on my plate, I only care that it is enough so I don’t do seconds, sweets or snacks.

I love No "S". It is just such an insanely simple formula. Fill your plate, fill your face & fuggedaboutit!!! :wink:
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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:07 pm

I love No "S". It is just such an insanely simple formula. Fill your plate, fill your face & fuggedaboutit!!!
You're so right!
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Post by No BS » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:11 pm

In reality, GREEN happens to be my favorite colour. :wink:
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Post by No BS » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:17 pm

Jonas, do you think the difficulty to "fuggedaboutit" is simply because we have trained ourselves for years to obsess over food?

And that we have difficulty embracing a freedom from our obsession?

Really, if you free yourself from an all consuming obsession without replacing it with something constructive or positive - how could you "fuggedaboutit"?

I suspect No "S" is not just "diet" - it is lifestyle changes, behavior modification & embracing positive habits, rather than clinging to defeatist obsessions.

A tall order - but eminently do-able. The rewards are enormous. :wink:
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Feb 12, Day 41

Post by No BS » Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:22 am

FEB 12, DAY 41 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: fruit smoothie: peach, banana, coconut milk, cinnamon, vanilla
Lunch: pasta tossed with butter, parmesan, broccoli, cauliflower, salsa
Dinner: same pasta only cold!! :wink:

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -16C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 1

Is it ever WARM out today!! Terrific change coupled with the return of the sun and more daylight hours. :D

There was a polar bear in the village last evening.
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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:23 am

Jonas, do you think the difficulty to "fuggedaboutit" is simply because we have trained ourselves for years to obsess over food?
Yes, I think so. Yes, yes, yehehehes.

It seems to be a habit for most of us :wink: Writing on this board is also one way of compensating for this obsession I suppose

Re: training
I, for example, have never been on a "real diet" but since I've been about 12 I have worried about my weight (at that time I was heavier than most of my friends just because I was taller but I could not see this at that time) and more or less constantly since then I have thought that I "should eat less" and ended up at least 15 kg heavier some years later because as soon as I think "eat less" I must have sth. to eat because of the deprivation thing. This is something most of us seem to experience or to have experienced until they have started on NoS. Over the years I have lost some of those kg because I ran quite a lot and had a good time, but generally I sticked to the insane eating behavior. And over the last couple of years the running could not longer balance the overeating. It got worse when I couldn't run anymore and I had to say goodbye to a healthy BMI and to some of my favourite clothes.

The not-being-in-control and the gaining seem to have stopped now thanks to NoS. I love it.

I don't know if you wanted to read all this - blame yourself for asking questions.
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Post by MJ7910 » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:20 pm

the not feeling in control thing is what always causes self sabotage for me when i do a diet. that inner voice wants to rebel "why can't i have this? i'm going to have it"... i think my whole life i've wanted to be in control. i like how we just have to practice moderation during the week and know that if i want to i can have some stuff on the weekend (and not that i would go crazy every Sday, but just having that option)...
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:25 pm

@ Jonas:

Thanks for answering so honestly :) !

I am definitely interested in your thoughts.

It's interesting over the years how physical activity compensated for a lot of nutritional "sins". Same for me. Inevitably, though, it seems there is always a day of reckoning!!
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:34 pm

@ MJ:

Do you think that your "inner voice" is trying to wrest "control" from you? Or do you think you are trying to wrest control from your inner voice? :?

By electing to control your food intake you have dictated the parameters, the boundaries if you will, of your food environment. Your "inner voice" is the unwelcome intruder entering your domain to do you harm, violating your integrity, and hurting you. It is not a "rebellion", it is lethal sabotage.

You are the police, the jury, judge & executioner in this particular "home invasion" scenario. You have the authority to protect your food environment. Only you can decide if you wish to wield that authority, or not. The damage occurs only if you fail to call your personal 911 to deal with the matter of your sabotaging "inner voice". :wink:
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Feb 13, Day 42

Post by No BS » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:35 pm

FEB 13, DAY 42 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: thawed frozen strawberries
Lunch: smoked arctic char, scrambled eggs with morels
Dinner: red wine, polenta with salsa, pineapple chunks

Stella (exercise): SUCCESS
Outdoors : -14C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 1
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:50 pm

Two – 21 day Cycles of No “S†- SUCCESS

I trust the wisdom of No “So†more than the “wisdom†of my prior BS eating habits.

Full plates at mealtimes, an occasional glass of wine or beer, and my version of “sweets†quite regularly, and only regular dog walking and a bit of stair running.

AND STILL I am losing one pound a week!! :lol:

Time will always pass, the weeks will always go by, as I No "S" my excess off, week by week. :shock: It can't get easier than that!!!

No “S†and no BS – works for me. :wink:

Now I absolutely positively totally completely undeniably and reliably have to up the exercise!! Perhaps a HabitCal??? :?
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Post by No BS » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:20 am

FEB 14 DAY 43 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: none
Lunch: smoked arctic char
Dinner: red wine, raw baby carrots, apple, almonds

Stella: SUCCESS
Outdoors : -16C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 2
Indoors: elliptical/cross trainer (thanks Amy, :), increments work their magic best in my mind where I finally give myself permission to succeed & ,with your help, discovered my personal Mt. Everest is actually a very scalable molehill!!!)

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
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Post by No BS » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:25 am

Sometimes when I am not really hungry & don’t need to sit down with a plate of DINNER, eat eat eat, DONE, that’s it – I build myself a plate of finger food to nosh on, slowly, over the course of time and as my dinner.

Things like: raw baby carrots, apple wedges dredged in lemon juice, almonds, dried cranberries, fresh button mushrooms, raw pepper slices, some loose grapes (whatever our store manages to get in fresh to add to my warehoused items), maybe a small ramekin of cranberry salsa.

I happily graze & nosh over the course of an hour or so, feeding from this prepared plate of nibbles, all washed down with a glass of wine or two. I always feel eminently satisfied. Simple as it seems, it is still a really nice treat for me. :D
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Post by Amy3010 » Fri Feb 15, 2013 7:54 am

That does sound like a really nice way to enjoy your one plate!

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Post by MJ7910 » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:19 pm

sounds great!
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Post by Sweetness » Fri Feb 15, 2013 6:28 pm

Stella, Thanks for stopping by my thread. I just browsed through yours for the first time. I will definitely be appreciating all the fresh fruits veggies and meats I have available here more after reading your,experiences. I walk to the open air market every day and buy most everything I need. You sound like a very creative cook! Congrats on all the green days! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 8)
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Post by No BS » Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:08 am

Thanks, Sweetness! I do have fun with food prep & cooking.

My mouth waters when I think of the gorgeous fresh food markets in Mexico, around the Caribbean (Jamaica, Dominican) and in the Honduras - particularly around this time of the year!!

Fruits & veggies I can only dream about, both in variety & quality.

Enjoy! :)
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Post by No BS » Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:17 am

Hi MJ and Amy:

I really enjoy reading what everyone else is eating - and cannot help myself from posting daily snapshots of my growlies as well.

It keeps me honest & focused, plus it reminds me of my historical record and what works best to keep me on track.

It also reminds me to have FUN with food: when my food becomes "serious business" it means I am losing my balance.

Have a great weekend! :D
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Feb 15, Day 44

Post by No BS » Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:21 am

FEB 15 DAY 44 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: orange
Lunch: cracked wheat, rye & flax porridge w/cream, butter, cinnamon, apple sauce, dried cranberries
Dinner: angel food “cake†w/pineapple & maple syrup

Stella : SUCCESS
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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:07 am

I loved your nosh plate, too.
And I especially liked the "glass of wine or two" bit. I bet there aren't that many of the kazillion (new word, new word, thank you) diets/eating plans on which this is possible.
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Post by No BS » Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:25 pm

Hi Jonas:

Yes, for sure about the occasional glasses of wine & diets. It's so great with No "S" how the variety of food & textures & tastes (and what you wash it down with!!) is limited only by your own imagination! :wink:

I suspect what I like best about No “S†is realizing I don’t just have zero time & a million pounds to lose but rather I have the rest of my life to relax & eat myself well.

It so totally gets rid of the “hurry up & hate†epic diet fail mentality.

I trust No “Sâ€, since my history with food has already proven I can’t trust myself. :D
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Feb 16, Day 45

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FEB 16 DAY 45 – SUCCESS

Brunch: sausages & baked sweet potato slices (olive oil & cinnamon), apple
Dinner: halibut ceviche (turbot, tomato, onion, pepper, mushroom, lentils, rice wine vinegar, olive oil, agave), strawberries

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Post by milliem » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:27 am

Mmm your meals always sound delicious! Although I don't personally think I could count cake as an N day meal :lol: if it works for you then that's all that counts :)

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Post by Kittykat150 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:55 pm

Thank you for stopping by my daily thread. I just browsed through yours and...wow! You are like a superhero on this thing. Good for you. You make it look easy. I am going to steal your three wishes idea when I make my meals. Thanks and keep it up!
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Post by No BS » Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:57 pm

milliem wrote:Although I don't personally think I could count cake as an N day meal :lol:
LET THEM EAT CAKE!!! :lol:

I suspect the way most people bake cake, it probably wouldn't be counted a N day meal Success. However, I suspect this "cake" is like no other angel food cake! :o

This is a no sugar, no gluten (no wheat flour) angel food cake, made out of real food ingredients, any of which can be legitimately eaten on a N day, so I classify it as food not "cake". Ergo the quotes around the word "cake".

Ingredients

12 egg whites, at room temperature
1/4 cup millet flour
1/4 cup tapioca flour
1/4 cup white rice flour
1/4 cup sweet rice flour
1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup agave nectar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoon fresh-squeezed lemon juice

I have many deconstructed recipes for "cakes" and "cookies" and "muffins" that do not include the ingredients that make them horrific caloric or nutritional nightmares but instead nutritious food that can be eaten as part of a healthy, whole food menu. All the ingredients for the recipe can legitimately be put on your plate as part of a healthy No "S" dinner. :shock: My black bean brownie recipe is WICKED :twisted: and perfectly legitimate on any day, as long as it is part of a meal.

Here is the link to the recipe:
http://simplysugarandglutenfree.com/angel-food-cake/

There are literally hundreds of legitimate websites that offer healthy baked food recipes that deconstruct the crap ingredients from what others call cake, cookies, sweets. I wish more people would discover them. It sure has done a lot to help me resolve my good/bad food issues and adopt a healthy approach to all foods. Just takes a little bit of knowledge and a little bit of baking!

When you know you can bake a healthy dessert from scratch & eat it anytime you wish, as long as it is with a meal, on any day you wish, it completely takes the pressure off when it comes to "cheating" on No "S". :lol:

I just stay away from the bought/processed/packaged garbage (even on an "S" day) because that stuff sure is not nutritious or healthy.

Ps: I didn't eat the WHOLE cake for dinner!! :lol: I had two generous slices and gave the rest away to my friend (skinny friend I might add!!) for her & her kids to enjoy. Healthy & tasty as it is, even that "cake" shouldn't be the sole focus of my food attention until it is consumed.

Even though I eat healthy, I still have a lot of ingrained food issues I am slowly addressing.
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Post by milliem » Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:50 pm

What an interesting recipe - that's a lot of different types of flour!

I've seen some of your posts about using real and natural ingredients rather than processed ones and theoretically agree wholeheartedly. Due to ingrained laziness though, I think I'll stick with cutting out sweets during the week and eating what I like at weekends :) I would point out that it's no sweets, not no sugar. I think the idea is to retrain ourselves not to crave so many sweet things by just not eating them so much. I definitely notice the difference after a few N days than coming off an S day. I wonder whether that would reduce even further if I cut out the refined sugars and stuck to things like maple syrup and honey?

I guess we have different approaches but that's ok! I try not to demonise any food, but I just know that I have to wait up to 5 days to eat some of them. Sweet foods aren't bad, they just need to be eaten in moderation right? Your way is as valid as any - make your 'sweet' foods as healthful as possible and enjoy them as part of your meals.

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Post by No BS » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:02 pm

Kittykat150 wrote:You are like a superhero on this thing...... You make it look easy...
I am so not a superhero but I do find No "S" relatively easy. Only because I totally trust No "S" since history has proven to me, time and time again, that I can't trust myself around food. :roll:

It is easy for me when I just do what I am told on No "S". Nothing else. Just do what I am told. :wink:
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Post by No BS » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:13 pm

milliem wrote: I guess we have different approaches but that's ok!
That is so true! I just love this BB because of the kazillions of totally different ways of experiencing this journey - all totally valid and all offered up by people just like us - trying to find a way to live at peace with ourselves, our bodies and our food.

It is really a humbling experience being part of such a powerful, primal and profoundly personal movement. :wink:
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Post by No BS » Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:38 pm

FEB 17 DAY 46 – SUCCESS

Brunch: halibut ceviche (turbot, tomato, onion, pepper, lentils, rice wine vinegar)
Dinner: red wine, soup (beef hamburger, tomatoes, carrots, onions, turnip, adzuki beans, barley, garlic), macademia nuts

Stella : SUCCESS
Outdoors : -39C, hike with the dogs; stairs x 1
Indoors: Elliptical
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Post by MJ7910 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:32 pm

nice work! you seem to be getting the hang of this pretty well.
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Post by No BS » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:51 am

Thanks, MJ! I am enjoying myself with this No "S" but find I struggle every day with my commitment for significant exercise. :roll: I refuse to give up trying, though.
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Post by No BS » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:53 am

FEB 18 DAY 47 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: macademia nuts
Lunch: hamburger soup
Dinner: red wine, medjool dates, macademia nuts, strawberries w/apple sauce & maple syrup

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Post by Amy3010 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:55 am

Well, you've got two days in a row with your exercise - that looks like the beginning of a streak to me! :wink:
Keep up the good work!

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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:18 am

Hamburger soup? I bet the buns get soppy very fast.
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Post by No BS » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:31 am

Hi Amy, my daily exercise ritual that happens no matter what is the dogs walking me for one hour every day, even in -40C. And I do run the stairs most every day, at least once, sometimes two or three runs, as well.

But I don't call that "real" exercise. That's just like breathing, just as reflexive because the dogs don't give me the option of refusing.

What I call "real exercise" that brings out a sweat in me is using the elliptical & using the sledge hammer (5 days a week). That is what I am really really aspiring to do faithfully.

You dedicated exercise pros give me hope that I will get there too! :wink:
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Post by No BS » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:35 am

Jonas Jonasson wrote:Hamburger soup? I bet the buns get soppy very fast.
:lol: :lol:
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Post by No BS » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:39 am

FEB 19 DAY 48 – SUCCESS

Breakfast: pasta with butter, cream, parmesan
Lunch: polenta w/cream, butter & roasted red peppers, eggs
Dinner: orange

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Post by Amy3010 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:04 am

Aha! I see the elliptical on there! Good job! :D

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Post by Jonas Jonasson » Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:44 am

You're doing so great.

I actually looked up hamburger soup because I live near Hamburg. Didn't recognise it, though.
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Post by Strawberry Roan » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:52 am

Morning.

I Love reading your daily check in. Transports me to a different place, love all the international posters on here. Some of the foods sound so exotic. Being from the Midwest (USA), grilled cheese and tomato soup is comfort food here so I am fascinated reading the menus.

Keep up the good work. :wink:
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:32 am

Jonas Jonasson wrote:I actually looked up hamburger soup because I live near Hamburg.
Jonas, your comment absolutely made my day! Thanks so much. :D I never met anyone who lives near Hamburg!! And I will think of you every time I eat my soup!

My "hamburger" soup is just fried ground/minced beef thrown in a crockpot with whatever vegetables on hiatus in the fridge, some beans (kidney, adzuki, navy, whatever) and some grain (barley or bulgur or whatever) plus onions, garlic, canned tomatoes & spices. It is usually a medley of whatever is available so I can never predict with certainty how it will taste.

But it always hits the spot on a cold day! :wink: And it fills me up.
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:34 am

Amy3010 wrote:Aha! I see the elliptical on there! Good job! :D
Thanks, Amy!! Yes, I always feel a million times better (mentally & physically) when I sweat my "excess" (XS??!! :wink:) off on the elliptical!! :lol:
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Post by No BS » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:37 am

Hi Strawberry Roan:

I like reading everyone's threads, too, and appreciate the international flavour to the posts. Also the differences in time zones make for even more interesting "comments" as everyones' day progresses.

And I totally adore reading the various "menus". Infinite possibilities, eh! :D
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