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Congrats on your good start!

The same thing happened to me when I started. I lost 9 lbs! Sure, a lot of it was water weight but it still felt good. I did really well the first month and lost about 1-2 lbs. a week.

Good luck!

Finally I feel back on track. I really got back on track Sunday. I'm feeling good about it this time.

Well, I got way way off track after Easter. I have a week of vacation and I guess that my diet was on vacation too because all of my new habits fell apart.

Today I am picking myself up and trying again.

You are doing great! Sometimes we think that we want something but later realize that it wasn't that important to us after all. It seems that you have your priorities in order.

O.K. I ate my way through the weekend but today is Monday and I am more than ready to have a great and green week.

Yea for you! Look at you go! Stay strong!

failure Thursday, failure Friday
O.K. people- please no more Easter goodies in the office after the holiday!
Something in me has definitely rebelled. I will get my head together this weekend. I will not give up like I've done on diets in the past. This is a lifestyle. I WILL make new habits.

FAILURE! Wednesday my willpwer just deserted me. I had sweets, seconds, and snacks! I don't know what happened! I just fell back into old patterns.

Success! Yesterday was a challenge because I was hungrier than usual but I stuck to the plan and made it through. I just told myself that the next meal wasn't that far away and I could eat then. Today I am tired but proud of myself because I did my exercise anyway. I did 15 min weights, 20 min elip...

Welcome! You're history sounds like mine. I'm a diet junkie who has been struggling and gaining for the past 20 yrs. also. I have been doing NO S since the begining of March and it is going really well for me. It gives me structure but also choice. I like that. I hope that you have the same positive...

SUCCESS! Monday.
My weekend wasn't fantastic but now I am back to the structure of N days, thankfully.
This sums up my weekend-bad moods+ bad weather=almost a whole bag of pita chips among other things. Oh well. Next will be better.

Your meals sound delicious! I made curried chickpeas and spinach, with a side of quinoa for lunch today.
Sounds like you are doing great!
-woods

Keep trying Jeanne! Don't give up!

Maybe try adding in more fruits and vegetables? I try to have 2 fruits or 2 veg or one of each at every meal. You can also add them into whatever you cook to lower calories but not the volume of the food you eat so you can still have a full plate of food.

Hi Robin! You are doing great! I have 2 teens and am also a former WW member. I would lose 20 lbs. with WW, get tired of counting pts. and gain it back. Join again a year later. The same story kept repeating itself. I am so happy that this is working for me and I hope to be able to get all the way t...

Ahhhh, the weekend is here. Success Wed, Thurs. Friday! Yeah a green week! Last night was hard at about 9pm when my DD was watching a movie with me and eating cookies. She said to me "You can't have any tonight, it's not an S day." Well that kept me on the straight and narrow. Loved the movie Marley...

SUCCESS! Mon and Tues. Yea! I was very busy yesterday and I had to use the virtual plate technique at lunch. I think that I did O.K. Now for the challenge of Wed. I think that it may be a stressfull day today at work. I brought my lunch and I have an easy dinner planned tonight so all should go O.K....

Count me in! I have had only 2 red days this month. 3/28/09 171.8 4/1 Success! 4/2 Success! 4/3 Success! 4/4 168.6 (I only weigh once a week.) s -day 4/5 S -day 4/6 Success ! It wasn't easy after the weekend. 4/7 Success! 4/8 FAILURE !My willpower just left. 4/9 failure 4/10 failure O.K. I'm out. be...

SUCCESS! I made it to the weekend! All green this week! Yea for me! I lost 2 lbs. this week also. I'm glad that I resisted all of the snacks and sweets that I did this week. That muffin this morning was a sweet reward snd tasted all the better because I could enjoy it without any guilt. I'm proud of...

Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions. I'm glad to see that I'm not alone!

SUCCESS! It was tough to make it over hump day but I did it! I guess a little longing is good. I'll enjoy my weekend all the more.

Anyone else have trouble mid-week? Every week around Wed or Thursday I have extra trouble staying on plan. The weekend seems far away and I feel less motivated than I do on Monday or Tuesday. How do you get through it without falling back into old habits? Right now I'm trying not to wish my life awa...

Welcome! I've been doing no s for 3 weeks now and I like it. I am losing weight without counting calories or points! What's been working for me is dividing my plate into fourths and trying to have 1/4 veggies, 1/4 fruit, 1/4 beans, and 1/4 whole grains. I just use this as a healthy guideline, not a ...

Congratulations on your success so far!

I have been NO S ing for about the same amount of time-I'm in week 4 and I have had similar success. My pants are getting looser and I'm not starving or eating unfamilar foods. Yea for us!

-woods

The weekend went fine. I enjoyed my S days but didn't go crazy.
Monday : SUCCESS! I am getting used to the routine of meals and wasn't even hungry between meals. I am enjoying my meals more and more. I love that I choose what to eat and I eat what I like!

SUCCESS! Friday I did well. I was tempted b/c if was friday but I stuck with the program. Today I weighed in and was disappointed that I didn't lose any weight this week. This is the week I retain water every month so it is to be expected. Next week I'll lose. I had one failure day this week and jus...

Failure! Wednesday I had a bad day emotionally and I was tired. Before I went to bed I gave in to cravings and ate sweets, seconds, and it was snacking.

Success! Thursday I got back on track. It was tricky b/c of a evening concert but it all worked out.

Hi! I have started week 3 and I am slowly getting used to not snacking between meals. Snacking or grazing all day long was a huge problem for me. At meals I did well but all the snacking I did made me gain. I hope that you hang in there until the weekend. It's hard but not impossible so keep that in...

Hi! I am new to the no s diet also but not to dieting. I have done plenty of those! None of them have really worked for me. I am into week 3 of this and it is going very well. I have lost weight both weeks. I also workout at home. I am too cheap to go to the gym, who needs it?! Keep working out howe...

SUCCESS so far this week.
I am tired today but it is a beautiful, sunny day so that should get me through.

I love this!
My father in law is an ex-marine and he has a T-shirt with the original saying but I like this one much better.
-woods

SUCCESS! I have been doing the No S Diet for 2 weeks now and I am quite pleased. I have lost weight both weeks. I lost a lot of water weight the first week and I lost 2 lbs. this week. I was perfect the first week but I had one failure day this week. On that day I had too long a stretch between meal...

Thanks for all your input!
-woods38

Hi everyone! I am new to NOS. I have read the book but I am still fuzzy about how to handle foods that are served in bowls such as soup and cereal. I have been putting my soup or cereal in a bowl and then putting the bowl on top of a plate and fillng in the empty space with other foods. At other tim...