Kathi's Daily Check-in
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- veggirl1964
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Kathi's Daily Check-in
Yesterday was Day One. Kinda cool starting on an S Day. No worries. I have tried the just one plate of food thing, though. It is weird, as I'm used to grazing for about 2 hours straight, several times a day. Seems doable, however.
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Veggirl1964,
Welcome! Give it a chance, you will love it
Blueskighs
Welcome! Give it a chance, you will love it
Blueskighs
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- veggirl1964
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Re: Kathi's Daily Check-in
Day Two - another S Day. Okay, tomorrow is it - my first N day. I'm a tad nervous about after work. I generally get home between 3 and 3:30 and have a snack (it would actually be a family meal in many countries). Then I graze until I am stuffed. Then I have dinner. I think I will plan on eating my dinner around 5pm and maybe take a walk when I get home. I can do this!
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Hi Veggirl
Just make sure you have a well balanced meal and a whole plateful.. worst case scenario, you will eat a little bit more at one sitting than you are used to, but you are doing yourself a great favour killing the snacking aka "grazing" habit. There is no need for the stomach to have food in it at all times. Drink some juice or some tea in between meals and you should be fine.. Just don't make your meals too small.
Good luck to you
Debs
Just make sure you have a well balanced meal and a whole plateful.. worst case scenario, you will eat a little bit more at one sitting than you are used to, but you are doing yourself a great favour killing the snacking aka "grazing" habit. There is no need for the stomach to have food in it at all times. Drink some juice or some tea in between meals and you should be fine.. Just don't make your meals too small.
Good luck to you
Debs
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- veggirl1964
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Re: Kathi's Daily Check-in
Thanks for the encouragement! Yesterday was fine. I did have to remind myself several times that it was an N day and that I didn't eat snacks between meals on N days. I think I overdid it at dinner -- my plateful was enormous and I was stuffed after. But, I didn't snack and that was what I was most nervous about. Score 1 for me!
- veggirl1964
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Re: Kathi's Daily Check-in
I made another N day! I ate too much for dinner again. In fact, I was completely embarassed by how much food was on my plate. I'm too stuffed now. Once I get used to the no-afternoon-snack thing, I need to pare down on my dinner portions. I just feel so darned hungry when 5:00 rolls around. Although, I think it's more an emotional attachment to the food than any type of real hunger.
- veggirl1964
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I ate a more normal sized dinner tonight and still feel full. Cannot believe I'm not missing eating the snacks! I have designated Friday an S day (Halloween), but am not looking forward to it as much as I was three days ago. Oh, don't get me wrong, I still will probably have a couple of pieces of candy, but it probably won't be the free-for-all I had envisioned.
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- veggirl1964
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KCCC wrote:Veggiegirl, the tendency to eat too much at dinner will "self-correct" over time.
I sure hope it starts self-corrects soon. I think I am eating slightly less this week. But, I think a family of four would still not starve on the amount of food on my dinner plate!
Breakfast and lunch are not as hard. We have green smoothies every day for breakfast and I can't eat much for lunch, as I have students with behavior issues at that time and often need to jump up part-way through and deal with them.