Welcome Monday

It's not been easy keeping to the straight and narrow this past week, and a couple of times I wasn't able to. I honestly don't mind. I didn't expect to be able to jump right back in with a 'perfect' week. I know it will take some time to get back into my routine. But I'm feeling very positive about it.

Since then I had a great weekend. We had sunshine and blue skies and even some spring-like warmth for a while. I spent time outdoors and did things I really enjoy. Of course, I ate some food I really enjoy, too.

Every day is a new start, but Monday is especially so. Here's to a good week everyone.

If It Ain't Broke...

I don't know why I get the urge to tinker with NoS when it's been working so well for me.  I was in a comfortable routine and the scale was going down - even if it was very slow and irregular. Between age and hypothyroidism weight loss is especially difficult to achieve, so slow or not, I was very happy with it.

But eventually I felt the urge to tweak. Of course, this tweaking involved adding more rules. More restrictions. If basic NoS is working, cutting a bit more here and there should work better. Right?

Wrong.

Maybe for some people, but not for me, and not long term. It works for a while, but then feelings of deprivation - either real or imagined - set in. Perfectionism reappears, followed by all or nothing thinking. The results are not pretty.

So here I am, finding my way back to what worked for me.

Sugar, Sugar

I saw this article the other day. I'm not crazy about the title, but the graph is interesting. Here's a quote:

".....It's a remarkably straight line, increasing steadily from 6.3 pounds per person per year in 1822 to a maximum of 107.7 lb/person/year in 1999.  Wrap your brain around this: in 1822, we ate the amount of added sugar in one 12 ounce can of soda every five days, while today we eat that much sugar every seven hours."

I've been thinking of doing an experiment to see how much sugar my family goes through on average. I know it would only be an estimate, but I think it would be interesting.

How do you think your sugar consumption compares to this statistic? Do you feel it's changed significantly since you began the NoS Diet?

A Day in the Life

Things have been very busy and I haven't felt much like posting here. I think part of it is that NoS is so easy, I don't think about it every day. It's not like I have to constantly monitor my food or keep track of anything. It's nothing more complicated than eating three times a day - which isn't complicated at all.

This is one of my days. It's quite bread-heavy, which isn't usual for me, but I bought one of those artisan bread loaves which doesn't keep well so I planned meals to use it right away. It also happened to be a Saturday, and I always make homemade pizza on Saturday for our family 'Pizza and a movie night'. All the butter and cream, however, is normal.

Breakfast was french toast made with thickly sliced rustic bread, (soaked in an egg and cream mixture) butter, (real) maple syrup, bacon, sausage and two cups of tea.

It was a cold, snowy day, and I spent a good couple of hours outside. When I got home I had homemade broccoli and cheddar soup with bread and butter and iced tea. The swirly pattern is cream.

 Dinner as I already mentioned was homemade pizza. Today's toppings: Italian sausage and artichoke.

And being an S-day, I can't forget these!

What does one of your NoS days look like?