Everyday Systems

I've had this happen to me also, as well as the more common problem - my kids wanting what's on my plate! "Mom, can I have a bite? And another..." I just finish what's left on my plate and if I'm still physically hungry, then I tell myself I can get a little more, but so far I haven't resorted to th...

So true. I am active on sparkpeople.com where people are also trying to lose weight (on many different methods, including NoS). When I see user IDs such as BIGFATMAMA or FATPIG43 or whatever, it makes me kind of sad. Yes, obviously there are issues. But when I weighed 327 I was still a fabulous, won...

I've lost 144.5 pounds over the last two years and one of the key things I did was to switch all of my meals to salad plates (8" or a bit smaller). This Christmas I got my wishlist plates, the Sanga Nova Blue plates, 7" (Amazon, $15 for 4). Yes, blue. I use regular dinner size plates only when we en...

Well, today's my 5th N day and I'm very pleased with things. I've lost a bit more weight than I would have expected, but I've been so conscious of the food that I eat for about 2 years (losing 144 pounds so far) that I know my three daily meals are pretty prudent. So I'm looking at my first S days a...

Well, I'm in love. Let me preface this by saying I've lost a lot of weight since June 2006 doing my own calorie budgeting thing, 6 meals a day. I've gone from 327 pounds to 184 pounds. But the last several months have been hard. My snacking has led to uncontrolled grazing and while I haven't gained ...

So I just read about the plan and I'm trying it out. Through calorie budgeting and go-to meals, I've lost 143 pounds since June 2006. But my snacking has really slowed down my progress and my normal eating, even on track, isn't really doing the job anymore. So today is my first N-day and I think thi...