Daily Recap

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:37 am

After reading many daily posts, I decided I will try to do the same for a while. I think it will keep me motivated to keep going on NoS.

Today was an N day. (I prefer to have my S days on Friday and Saturday).

Workout: Power walk with hand weights 75 mins.

Brunch (prefer to combine breakfast and lunch as I am never hungry early in the morning) = Oatmeal with hemp hearts, chia seeds, ground flaxseeds, wheat germ, pumpkin protein powder, raisins, apple, pb and banana all mixed together. YUM!

Dinner = Subway grilled chicken footlong sub with avocado and all veggies.

Seem to feel my best on 2 larger meals as opposed to 3 meals. Reduces my obsession with food a great deal.

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:33 am

Workout- abs, interval trng

Brunch- protein oatmeal
Dinner-black bean quesadilla,bagel w/margarine,light cheddar

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:42 am

So I guess I'll recap the week since I didn't do it every day.

Monday and Tuesday were green but Wednesday was a big fat red. Struggled with feeling sick and tired all day-always makes me want to binge. Finally caved around 7pm and ate Halloween treats-LOTS and LOTS!!! Result was a food hangover on Thursday AND Friday.

Sat: power walk 75 mins in morning,heavy weights and abs work in afternoon. Working out has never been an issue for me.
Brunch-big bowl frosted mini wheats with skim
Dinner-Subway foot long turkey sub
Snack-green grapes,apple
GREAT S DAY!!!

jw · Post by jw » Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:30 pm

Good to see you over here on the daily check-ins, lderoc! You've got a great attitude, have your exercise routine in place, and seem very health conscious. I'm sure No S will give you another piece of the puzzle!

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 1:48 pm

Thanks for the vote of confidence jw!

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:41 am

Today was a huge success for me. Finally an S day that isn't totally out of control. Started off the day with yoga. Then had warm almond milk with cacao and stevia. Eating breakfast early just starts an all-day eating marathon. After church, we headed to the city for brunch. Had a delicious veggie omelette with multi-grain pancakes. One plate, no extras. Next meal came 5 hours later with banana pb wrap and luna bar. Third meal was a little naughty, but not excessive like usual. 5 mini chocolate bars, a few handfuls baked potato chips, and a few handfuls nuts. Now it is 9:30 and I feel hungry, but it is more emotional so I will resist. Here's to a great No S week.

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:58 am

Another successful day! Although I did feel like hitting the leftover Halloween treats in the evening.

Brunch - oatmeal with PB, banana and apple, 2 scrambled eggs
Dinner - large salad with canned tuna

Workout: 10 minutes abs routine
HIIT trng

lpearlmom · Post by **lpearlmom** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:42 am

Great work--keep it up!

Linda

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:42 pm

Thanks Linda!

How was yesterday for you?

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:36 am

I will call Tuesday another success. Almost fell off the wagon this afternoon but stuck to one large (heaping but still just one) plate. It was emotion more than hunger that drove that train!

Brunch: 0atmeal with pb,banana,apple and blackberries,scrambled eggs

Dinner: homemade turkey vegetable soup,slice bread with margarine,lite cheddar,pumpkin flax cereal,sunflower seed butter

Workout: 30 mins interval trng

lpearlmom · Post by **lpearlmom** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:49 am

One big plate is still a success! Mine were heaping too at first. They will get smaller.

Linda

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:18 am

Wednesday is a success!

A day of eating very clean.

Brunch: Banana PB Oatmeal

Dinner: Large spinach feta salad
Clean homemade apple cake with greek yogurt

Workout: 65 mins. power walk in morning, heavy lifting session in afternoon.

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:56 am

Thursday was a success, but it was a close call. I wanted so badly to eat chips and chocolate. I resisted and now I'm going to bed before I do some damage.

Breakfast: Banana PB Oatmeal (love that stuff!)

Mocha

Lunch: Homemade baked beans, lite cheddar, Popchips

Cappuccino

Dinner: String cheese and turkey breast lunchmeat - had this late in the day. Normally wouldn't need this meal but was too hungry to go the bed like that.

Workout: HIIT Cardio, abs work.

automatedeating · Post by **automatedeating** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:52 am

When i read your posts it sure doesn't seem like you eat much. Dare I say... you eat like a bird?

Everyone used to say that about my Grandma. No one has EVER said that about me! lol.

And I am always impressed (but not enough to do it myself!!) when i see someone like yourself that does intense workouts. Awesome!

Here's to a great weekend!

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:16 pm

Thanks for the vote of confidence! But if you could only see the size of my plate, you would laugh! And the Popchips...did you know you can pile a whole bag on a plate? Because I'm fairly new to NoS, I still go back and count calories at the end of the day sometimes just for fun to see where I'm at. I average between 1800 and 2000 cals on most days. My portions are definitely something I would like to see go down in the future.

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:19 pm

S day started just past midnight Friday. I had been having that empty stomach feeling in bed for the past few hrs. This is a feeling I occasionally get since I changed that nasty habit of eating in the evening a few yrs back. (That was a tough one to overcome). Anyways, I got up and saw hubby eating leftover Halloween treats. Decided to join in-it is an S day after all! Had more than a few but did not binge. It was fantastic! Woke up without a food hangover. What an awesome feeling!!!

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:39 pm

Sunday was a sane S day- FINALLY!!! Wasn't easy though. Especially late afternoon/evng.Wanted to hit the kids' leftover Halloween treats when we got home. This morning, I feel great! No bingeing hangover. Definitely worth last night's effort.

Yesterday's meals:
Brunch: IHOP spinach mushroom omelette with harvest but pancakes-YUM!
Dinner: pop chips,low fat frozen dessert,a few nuts (on the road with family so eating in the car)

Workout: yoga in hotel room

Today's meals:

Brunch: whole wheat kd or oatmeal
Afternoon: some kind of coffee drink
Dinner: Maybe a crockpot dinner

Workout: cardio today

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:38 am

Failure today!!!!

When it was time to eat my first meal, I realized I was out of syrup. I was craving pumpkin protein pancakes. Instead, went straight to the fridge and started eating. Definitely had seconds and definitely had sweets.

Brunch: 2 slices whole wheat bread with margarine, leftover whole wheat KD, lite PB, flax and raisin cereal, oreo cookies and a whole lot of Halloween treats. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!

Having said that, there was still some progress, as I did not eat anything else for the day. Simply was not hungry after all that food. In the past, I would not have been hungry but would have eaten anyway. Because, "the day was shot already".

Here's to a green No S week!

automatedeating · Post by **automatedeating** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:48 am

Good for you for "self-arresting" your "what the hell" desire to eat! For me personally, I find that restricting eating to three distinct mealtimes is the biggest habit for me to establish, even if the content of those meals leaves something to be desired.

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:31 am

I am declaring today an S day. It's been a long week of working many hours and not having time to make good meals. Came home late again today. Was really craving something sweet so added a third meal and made it sweets.

Brunch: oatmeal
Lunch: microwave popcorn, ham and cheese stick,pear,protein bar,roasted carrot chips
Dinner: lite pb,honey,dried apricots,raisins,Fiber 1 cereal

Workout: heavy weights in am

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:09 am

What a rough day! I just feel fat!!! Let's hope tomorrow is better. Having said that, today was still an N day.

Brunch: 6" turkey breast sub from Subway
Lunch: banana pb wrap
Dinner: other half of sub

Workout: 55 mins cardio

jw · Post by jw » Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:49 pm

That third meal on Thursday doesn't look like an S to me, lderoc -- it looks like one of Reinhard's default go-to meals of oats and dried fruits and nuts. Happy S days ahead!

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:59 pm

Thanks for the encouragement jw.

The type of food was fine, it's just the amount. Did not use a plate and if I did, I'm sure it would've been way more than one.

Today was a good day again though. Was an N day on purpose. Had NO desire to eat sweets,seconds or snacks. Sunday will probably be the same.

Brunch: eggs, turkey bacon, tomato, sprouted grain toast
Skinny cappuccino from McD's
Dinner: banana pb wrap, grapes, lite cheddar,turkey bacon

Workout: 40 mins interval training

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:44 pm

Making this a weekly check-in. Didn't get a chance all week.

Success all week. Made Thursday my S day again. Like this system for me. Might have another S day on weekend. Not sure yet. Looking forward to pumpkin protein pancakes. YUM!

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:20 am

OK! Yesterday was an epic binge day! I'm pretty upset with myself. Don't know what happened. I had planned to make myself pumpkin pancakes. Came home from checking in at work around 10:30 am and started eating whatever was in sight. Finally stopped. Thought I had it under control but started again at 3:30. Wasn't even hungry. The result was feeling stuffed and lethargic. Here's what I had (if I can remember):

Meal 1: 2 sweet rolls with margarine, 3 handfuls of Almond Joy candy, light cheddar, 4tbsp light pb, full box Special K cracker chips, handful mixed nuts, 2 chocolate chocolate chips pancakes leftover from IHOP, Special K pastry crisps

Meal 2: 2 pkgs Bear Paws, Ruffles chips (many handfuls), candy and chocolate (again, many handfuls), Whopper with cheese, 3 mozza sticks, 2 onion rings, handful fries, a few mixed nuts, 5 mini chocolate chip cookies, 2 handfuls kettle cooked chips.

Why am I writing approximate quantities you ask? So I can hopefully look back on this in months to come and see what progress I've made.

Today's eating was much better. Chose not to exercise today though. My body needs one day of rest.

Meal 1 was: baked pumpkin oatmeal, banana

Meal 2: half a sweet potato, apple, roast chicken breast (not much hunger still stuffed from yesterday.

automatedeating · Post by **automatedeating** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:31 am

your post seems balanced.... as in, you're not beating yourself up for eating more than your body needed on Saturday. It's totally normal, and I'm sure your body will "learn" that it doesn't like that feeling. Some people say that takes years to really body-learn that.

Fun to read your posts!

lderoc · Post by **lderoc** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:59 am

It's been another crazy week with many things going on. I try to check in everyday but don't always have time to post.

Had a great N week. Reduced the amount I ate at meals and also increased the time between meals. Both felt fine and I didn't feel really hungry all week. As a result, I thought about food a lot less. Love that! Took my S day Friday, as I often do. Think it was still a little excessive, but won't worry too much for a while, I think. After reading a lot of posts here, it seems that it will take some time before that calms down.

Today's meals:

Brunch: 1/2 usual protein oatmeal

Dinner: other half of oatmeal, tuna stuffed sweet potato and 2/3 quest protein bar