I have lost my OS ways, help!

Caterina

Good evening,

Well done to all the NSDers!

Bella, sorry you hurt yourself, nothing OS about being in pain, I hope you get well soon! xx

I did not have a NSD as working with the boys there was some planned spend (to feed and entertain them), overall not bad though, a fiver for two macD happy meals and a box of supermarket ice cream. Spent a bit for my lunch (salad and a value mozzarella ball) and also £2 for free range eggs, £1 for a large punnet of tomatoes and £0.20 for a book in the community farm we visited today.

So even if no NSD, it was not bad at all. Last full day of work though now, until beginning of September when I start the boys pick up job again, 3 afternoons per week. I just turned down a request for 2 extra days from another family as I don't want to have all my days cut at the 3pm mark, would much rather find a morning or two maybe with a baby, on the days that I do the boys pick up, and keep a couple of weekdays free for house matters and me time.

One OS thing I need to do is get to grips with my overeating, it is not OS at all! When I looked after the boys my diet went out of the window because I spent hours just sitting in the kitchen doing very little, reading and cooking and washing up. Now I have the rest of August to pick myself up and eat a decent and moderate diet. Wish me luck, I am fighting a bad sugar addiction!

Good night.

northwest1965

Caterina wrote: »

Wish me luck, I am fighting a bad sugar addiction!

Good night.

Me too, I was only thinking yesterday, I wonder if there is a support group for it:(
If I open a packet of biscuits, I will happily sit and eat the lot!!

Caterina

Northwest there is an OS slimming thread, it is very supportive, but what I really need is DOING, not talking about it! I was ok for a few days but babysitting work all day got me down.

I was sugar free for 2 years and loved it, stopped eating starchy refined carbs, lost 2 stones with no difficulty and was so happy. Now I have fallen back into bad habits and put on nearly one of the 2 stones so am really worried.

Sugar is a drug, no two ways about it, the call of something sweet is really strong, I feel it in the same way that I felt the craving for tobacco when I was a smoker. Luckily I haven't smoked for 8 years now, wish it could ditch the sugar like I ditched the tobacco!

It does not help that well meaning friends give gifts of sugar! Today I received a full tray of patisserie cakes that a friend brought from Sardinia. How could I refuse without offending? I ate 3 and shared the rest with my children and their friends, but the 3 come on top of 4 biscuits, 1 fondant fancy and several slices of bread that I ate in stupefied boredom while babysitting.

For me the only solution is total abstinence. I really got to get my mind in gear as it is a health issue, more than a looks issue!

Good luck with it, if you want we can support each other.

villagelife

NSD for me yesterday and had toad in the hole with sausages from freezer.
Did have to run DS2 to a friends house so used more petrol than I had hoped to.
I managed to dry washing on the line and ironed it - I hope more will dry today.

Caterina

Good morning,

There will be some leisure spending today, as I am meeting a friend to go to a hammam (steam room, sauna, spa). I buy a concessionary ticket as I still have my student card so will only pay £10. It is a rare treat and I am going to fully savour and enjoy the experience.

Before that, I have my bootcamp to attend, I am so glad that the sun is shining, I love working out outdoors in good weather! Then early lunch with DS, something we already have at home, whatever he feels like eating. Then off to the spa.

Tonight after the spa we will go back to my friend's home for a hm curry, she cooks the best curries and I am looking forward to it. I am contributing a bottle of Prosecco which I already have in the fridge.

Last night I spoke with DH on the phone and we decided that when he comes back (only 2 more sleeps, YIPPEE!) we need to set time aside to formulate a simple living, frugal lifestyle plan. Sometimes I feel that I am the lead on all this OS lifestyle and that the rest of the family fall in just out of inertia. For me it is important that our lifestyle goes beyond the " living cheaply", I would like a more rounded, organic plan, something that comes from an inner need to simplify.

I don't want to impose my lifestyle on the rest of my family but it would be lovely to have DH walk this path WITH me, not just drag himself on it because it is the default way. DS might or might not be on board, his youth leads him in a different direction I think, but he is already quite frugal in his own right. We will just have to remind him to switch off the light when he leaves the room! An ongoing battle LOL

Have a good OS day all.

bellaquidsin

Thank you folks for your kind remarks, my pain is easing.


Yesterday we had visitors for dinner. I think I managed to fly the OS flag. We had chicken which at 3 for £10 in Mr. S works at £3.33 to feed four people, not bad. I cooked it in the Remoska so didn't use much fuel. Lots of fresh veg made a good plateful and we finished with a delicious homemade pud - a home made (in the Remoska) sponge flan filled with tinned and frozen raspberries topped with a mixture of double cream and greek yogurt. All in all I think it kept within the OS boundaries.


We then went for afternoon tea and they paid:j


Today we are having DGS for a sleepover and I'm cooking another chicken but I was seriously out of kitchen time so I have bought a little pudding for her and DH.


Caterina I share you fight against sugar. It's relatively easy to eliminate the first time round but once you have gone back on it it's so hard to get the resolve back.


Bella

juliapenguin

Hi

I'm another who has fallen off the wagon, for various reasons including my DH's serious illness which is still an ongoing worry.

I've just started reading posting on MSE again which is really helping but I hadn't seen this thread until now!

Bella - you're so right - I've been on and off sugar for years and each time it's harder. I'm doing well now on a paleo-style diet - I just don't get as hungry if I don't eat too much carby food.

juliapenguin

I wonder why I've suddenly lost the 'thanked' bit under my post count? It was there this morning!

Caterina

Welcome to the thread juliapenguin! I hope you find it as useful as I have done since starting it. BTW your thank you button seems ok to me! Please tell more about paleo, I am quite confused because there is so much contrasting info! How about paleo for vegetarians? Thank you.

I am really amazed at how many have joined this thread and contributed to it, I love our little OS community. I have found it really helpful to read about other people's ways of getting back on course in an OS way, and also useful for me to post every day (or so) how I propose to make my day OS and then check back at the end of the day.

Thank you all for your sharing and participation!

Bella let's do the no sugar thing. I am committing to today without (added) sugar, no cakes no biscuits no ice cream, but a bit of fruit ok. Just had a hm smoothie made with 1 apple, 1 beetroot, a few strawberries and blueberries and half a lime (skin on). Shared with DS and with the lady who teaches my bootcamps, as a thanks for letting me use her wash machine this morning. It was yummy, better than cake any day!

bellaquidsin

Caterina I am currently following a diet which is low in sugar but does not cut it out all together. It allows me a small cup of milk and 1 digestive biscuit last thing at night which is such a wonderful thing to look forward to. I lost a stone and a half then decided to back pedal because I was dropping out of my clothes too quickly but now that I have decided to tighten up again, I am finding it so hard. I have easily another stone and a half to loose but cant face the thought of altering everything in my wardrobe. I feel too ashamed of myself for putting all the weight on in the first place that I will not contemplate buying new. It wouldn't be very OS would it?


Bella.