Everyday Systems

For me, Lower Case S= a second helping at a meal OR a snack (but I'm usually not hungry for snacks any more) OR a dessert. A full-on S day for me would be second helpings at each meal AND sweets AND a few snacks thrown in. Plus, there would some guilt, shame and anxiety thrown in for good measure. :...

Yes. I like to have one weekend day be an S day so we can go out to eat and I can have a dessert. The other S day usually falls in the middle of the week. To be perfectly honest, since I never have a full-on S day (lower-case S days instead) I might sneak another lower case S day in there somewhere,...

In my past experience on message boards, I noticed some people could be a little rude. I think when people are on the Internet, they feel free to say things that wouldn't be polite in real life. For that reason, I lurk on many message boards but only participate actively on a couple. I guess you cou...

I had been lurking for a long time when I finally registered.

In the beginning, I would have one square of a dark chocolate bar (60 calories) after dinner in lieu of a seconds and/or a dessert. It helped me reach satiety. I don't need that crutch now but I remember not feeling full after a meal for at least the first couple of a months. Now I save the chocolat...

I read all these posts from the new No-Sers and I remember how hard it seemed in the beginning. "What? No snacks? None? But snacks are GOOD for you! Ask anyone!" I fell off the wagon a few times but noticed how quickly it became easy to not overeat. I no longer craved sweets and no longer was tempte...

... and I'm down thirty pounds from 144 to 114 pounds. I just a bought a new pair of shorts for summer- size two! (I'm 5'3 so it's not too skinny for me). I wouldn't be surpirsed if I lost a few more. This is the easiest, un-diet way of eating in the world. To all the newbies: keep it up! It's so wo...

We do know that snacking controls hunger," she says. People who lose weight successfully eat about four to five times a day, she says. Except that in my case, the more I eat, the more I want to to eat. I've lost almost thirty pounds on N0-S and weight the same as i did as a high school freshman. Sn...