Everyday Systems

Starting today. No S-ing. Having a hell of a time with food and weight. Found this book a few years ago and tried doing it alone. But now I've checked the "discussion" area ... and I'm going public. This way of losing weight makes so much sense to me. But I've failed at so many attempts to lose weight (starting when I was a kid on Stillman's Water Diet -- remember that, anyone?), that I've lost some hope.

I have been there. I've had the 32" waist, actually less, and the body I wanted. Several times. But I can't keep trying, succeeding, then failing. It's too discouraging.

So, I've decided to use this forum to help keep me on track. And I'm not going to worry about calories, carbs, etc. I'm just going to do the behaviors, take the actions. I'll weight myself when I get up in the am. And begin. Also bought a sledge hammer today. And did 14 minutes of Shovelgloving.

I'm going to do this one day at a time.

I'm a 54 year old male. Growing out of my 38 pants. Probably over 200 lbs., but just. Something's got to change.

Welcome! Delighted you decided to be part of this community, looking forward to reading your thread.

Welcome, leanerman -- glad you've decided to join us!

welcome--post often!

Welcome, you are going to love this, I just know it!

Welcome! The support here is great.

I'm the same way - I've succeeded several times with calorie counting diets, and been at the weight / size I wanted. But I never stayed there. And I've never been happy with the way I interacted with food: I was either strictly controlling while losing weight, or feeling out of control and miserable while gaining it again. A big benefit of No-S is the feeling of really enjoying food again, without a side-serve of guilt.

Thanks for all the "welcomes."

Successful day.
Only one meal (binged last night), and it was at work. I make money as a waiter, so have to deal with food all the time. I had to do a virtual plate, but it worked.

Day 1 - W: 198lbs. BMI: 27.6 Body Fat: 29.4%

Did my 14 Minutes. Onward.

Welcome leanerman- good to have you on the boards. Working around food is hard, I know. Sometimes it has helped me in the past to keep saying "not my food" to myself, in situations where a lot of eating is going on, and it's not my planned mealtimes or not the food I had decided to eat that day. You may find that 3 discrete meals, each on one plate is much better in the long run than virtual plating.

Oh, you're a waiter. That's great - means you're urbanranging in the restaurant. If you added the miles you're running to serve people it would probably be impressive.

Hello and welcome, leanerman...

Had to eat out for both meals, but I know they both fit on a 9" plate.
Did my 14 minutes of anything.
Thanks for the encouragement.

14 minutes of anything - Failure

S day, which was strange considering I just started, but thought I should take these two S days since I don't want to end up feeling deprived, resentful, then eating out of control because of it.

Glad you took your S Days!

Too much indulgence.

leanerman wrote:Too much indulgence.

That's totally normal and will continue for a while. Don't fret about S days. Just fence-around-the-law on N days and you'll be totally fine!

Food was wonky. Stayed wonky. Somehow managed to exercise.
Today is better.

Here I go again. Day 2.
Started, then derailed last week.

Hi, leanerman- Hang in there... the main thing at this point, is not to drift away. Keep posting here and keep starting over each new day and eventually you will find your way. It helps me a lot to read old threads and see what worked (and what didn't) for others who have gone before.

Mark it and move on. No negative thoughts necessary - this isn't a "diet", it's a lifestyle

Thinking about giving away my larger than 9" plates.

My last plate was virtual (I ate out) so it was a little full--maybe wouldn't have fit on a 9" plate, which I have a home, but...I'm okay with this. Getting on track.

Glad you are being gracious with yourself! It's all part of the learning process......