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- Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: cab54's check-in
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4865
cab54's check-in
The going is slow, so I thought maybe keeping a journal (check in) would help. Last night--Saturday--had a bit of sweets. Going to try and not have any tonight. Once a weekend is enough, I think. Have lost about 15# so far. Wearing 1 size smaller jeans. :D Have been increasing the distance of my wal...
- Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:45 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: okay the rest of October is vanilla no s, anyone with me?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22029
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:10 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Best time of day to walk for weight loss
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15342
I agree it doesn't matter as far as weight loss is concerned. I change mine with the seasons ans the weather. In summer when it's hot, I do it in the morning to stay cooler. In winter (or cooler weather) I walk in the afternoon at the warmest part of the day. But when they weather is really inclemen...
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:56 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone else noticed...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12503
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: okay the rest of October is vanilla no s, anyone with me?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22029
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:43 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Don't bother dieting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14062
Hear, hear, about the sanity! I am so tired of reading something in the paper or hearing it on the news, about foods, and what's 'good' and what's 'bad', and what things to do to lose weight and get healthy......and then to turn around the next day, and they are stating the exact opposite! Literally...
- Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Cheryl restarting No S
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8017
Today is OK so far. Had routine Dr. visit today. Was glad to hear that my Chol. level was way better than before. It used to hover at 254, is now 201. I'll take it! :D They put me on the scale (of course) but with clothes and shoes on. Ugh. :roll: Anyway.....next checkup is 6 mos from now. Hope to b...
- Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:46 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Cheryl restarting No S
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8017
Hi, Denise! I did NoS about 6 mos. a couple of years ago. I always lose slowly, but I lost about 15 pounds. Did pretty well today. Went to a baby shower, and ate lunch there. Then dh and I had Greek food for dinner. Greek salad and pastitio (sp?). Yum. They serve way too big a portion, so I saved ha...
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:32 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Julia Child
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22549
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Quit Worrying about Your Health
- Replies: 12
- Views: 24891
You know, I think about this all the time. I am 55, and can remember when I was a kid/teenager/young adult, and NO ONE was all into all of this health fright stuff. People just ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner (thank you, Reinhard, for reminding us), and did a lot of physical things in their everyda...
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:36 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Denise restarting NoS
- Replies: 137
- Views: 104175
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Cheryl restarting No S
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8017
Cheryl restarting No S
Sure....EASY to restart on a Saturday afternoon, huh? :lol: Well, this is the day I became sick of how big I'm getting. :oops: We (hubby and I) went up to our 'cabin in da woods' all last year, and ate like oinkers, and I sat around a lot, and I'm, yes........even heavier than I was before I quit No...
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Do you like Stevia?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24101
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Unsupportive spouse
- Replies: 18
- Views: 29049
My secret to keeping people from making Pains of themselves...... I don't tell ANYBODY what I'm doing. Not my husband, not my mother, sisters, friends, or strangers. I don't say "I'm eating this or that way." or "I'm on a diet." I don't look for their support OR their annoyance. I just make their op...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Just Do It?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5696
- Sat May 19, 2007 3:37 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Reminder of basic facts
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14941
- Thu May 17, 2007 6:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How automatic are your habits?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13819
- Tue May 08, 2007 2:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Having a hard time with intense hunger on very active days..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11465
Thanks Reinhard, and all you NoS'ers! The milk sounds like a good idea. It won't make me feel as guilty as solid treats and I do like it warm, -- it used to help me sleep. Don't know why I forgot about it. I will try that. I won't feel all is un-done. The good news is that my current pants are getti...
- Sat May 05, 2007 5:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Having a hard time with intense hunger on very active days..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11465
Having a hard time with intense hunger on very active days..
Argh. I have been Spring cleaning--I mean windows, shampooing carpets, gardening---and now I've been helping my mother (who had an MI last year while cleaning and so I don't want her to have another, and have been coming to her aid) --with her chores. Not to mention my dad (doesn't live with mom--di...
- Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:03 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A couple of things I've noticed
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12122
Hello to a fellow knitter, flora! Your post reminds me that the biggest thing I'm getting out of NoS is that no matter WHERE my weight levels off (I'm letting my body reach it's own 'goal', while I just plod along happily eating NoS)---------I will be fine. I no longer have obsessions about food, I ...
- Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Diet Book
- Replies: 83
- Views: 87276
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How do I determine the weight that's best for me?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15730
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How do I determine the weight that's best for me?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15730
Good posts, Reinhold. It was always hard for me to 'let go' of the number game. I HAD to have feedback--a source of PROOF that I was losing, or reaching a goal. I now have a good feeling about how I eat, which feels so much better than mear thinness, and I know I am losing body fat and gaining healt...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Borderline foods..?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21711
I don't consider PB an S. It has way more peanuts (food) than junk in it. Just my opinion. BUT, I only have it on a sandwich, not spoonfuls out of the jar (between meals :shock: ) like I used to. So, it's just a protein (more or less) on a sandwich --like turkey would be--rather than a no-no. I used...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What do YOU mean by sometimes?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 221522
For me, sometimes means a little square of chocolate (dark) on (S)aturday, and one piece (normal size, previously unknown to me) of dessert. This might mean two cookies or one brownie, or a small piece of pie, or a scoop of ice cream. One. 8) Oh, and a glass of wine--about 4 oz--with (S)unday dinner...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I posted at the Atkins Diet Bulletin Board
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23800
FYI--My diabetic husband's blood sugar was higher daily on Atkins then at any other time, on any other diet. With no carbs and no sugar at all. My feeling is that maybe down the road, we will see that this diet (low carb)has an after-effect on many people's blood sugars-- and finally becoming diabet...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Is There A Former Atkins Dieter Here?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22792
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:51 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Is There A Former Atkins Dieter Here?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22792
:lol: ---Toro, you're hilarious! :D Yeah, we've all tried just about everything, most of us anyway, or we wouldn't have come full circle to a SANE diet like this one. :) I tried Atkins---twice (what is that quote about trying the same thing over and over is insanity???? :roll: ) I lost NOTHING each ...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:42 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Is Anybody Else A........
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21368
Annie, that's just how I eat. Except it's toast and banana for me in the AM. :lol: I get more and more simplifying about my life as I get older. I have alwasy been a cook--LOVED trying lots of recipes, and for a while it was French food. Yummy. I still get a cooking 'artistic urge once in awhile, an...
- Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: how much on the plate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10538
What works for me is a 4 corner thing. Picture your plate separated into 1/4 ths. each 1/4 is a corner sort of. In one corner I put a small amt of protein (meat, PB, lunchmeats, eggs, whatever) and for me , I keep it ot the size of a deck of cards. About 1/2 cup. Then, a 'starch', or a carb in one c...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What do you do on S days?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22283
Usually for me, it's a 1-1/2 " square piece of dark chocolate on Saturday, or maybe an oreo :wink: , and then a small piece of desert on Sunday. If I goof up--like yesterday--I went to a family memorial service and ---argh! -- Pot luck. :shock: So, I had a small brownie and a very small piece of my ...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Breakfast and Saiety
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17407
For me, it's generally a small bowl of oatmeal, a hardboiled egg, some fruit and a little veggies (yes, veggies!) like a few celery or carrot sticks. My aim with including even vegetables at breakfast is to have a '4 corner meal'---- At each meal, I put a small amt of protein (from the size of an eg...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:45 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: More observations why people use to be thinner in USA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11683
That's why I always call this the 'grandma diet' because that's how my grandparents ate when I was a kid and my parents too--I grew up in the 50's, 60's, and some of the '70's, and that is exactly it--Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with desert on Sunday. It's just so sensible and simple. :idea: I lov...
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I ate properly today, finally!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9485
Rollo's right, it's just good to feel in control of what you're eating --without having that 'control' thing going in your head all the time. It's just breakfast, lunch, and dinner, breakfast...... I just like that the NoS allows me to eat 'normally' ---even if I didn't lose weight, it would be good...
- Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: french portion sizes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7174
joanna-- I, too, have always been fascinated by the French---and all other countries, who seem to know moderation---something I think we have lost touch with in this country, and probably the main reason why we are overweight, as a nation. I have noticed that most people I know who are normal weight...
- Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: french portion sizes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7174
joanna-- I, too, have always been fascinated by the French---and all other countries, who seem to know moderation---something I think we have lost touch with in this country, and probably the main reason why we are overweight, as a nation. I have noticed that most people I know who are normal weight...
- Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:17 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: chinese food
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18979
- Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:46 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Back again, and an epiphany
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13490
- Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: deleted
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17472
For me, just drawing that line and not snacking on anything at all is best. I KNOW that I will eventually find the way to cross over from celery and carrots, to nuts (like two huge handfuls of cashews- :wink: )because they're healthy, right? --- :mrgreen: ---to a half-sandwich because "it's only a h...
- Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Julia Child's version of a No-S-type philosophy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27665
- Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:16 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Eat what you like!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 28239
- Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:12 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I am at my lowest weight in my time on NoS :)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30284
- Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:09 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Share your non-number goals here!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 46813
Get rid of the 'jowly' look that's happening around my chin-to-neck area. Get into a size (OK---I didn't state a # !!) bigger pants than when I dated my husband. That was 33 years ago, so that might be asking a lot. :lol: Get the weight off my sore left hip. In other words, less pain. Be MUCH less o...
- Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:12 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Amazing Weight Loss!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15955
- Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: WoooHoooo! 8# lost in as many weeks. Feels effortless!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10653
So simple, it's ridiculous. Once I pried my head out of diet books, and stopped looking for a 'miracle' through all of the 'focused gluttony' diets, and crazy $$ making schemes out there, I was able ot see that 3 squares a day is the one constant I lived by, back in my slimmer days. :idea: Wherever ...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New to No S. NOT new to Dieting!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9022
Hi, Judith! I could almost have written your post, as a LOT of my eating has been emotional, and I've tried just about every diet or exercise craze. My hubby went through a lot of hell with depression and ANGER, and took all of us (kids and me) on a fun ride with him for over 20 years. I'm one of th...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:36 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: wine?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10595
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:30 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: You mean there's a name for this???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7312
terryval, I can't say I've BEEN doing this (I wish!) for many years now, but as a child and young adult, that's how everyone ate and so did I. Mom served 3 wholesome meals and chased us out of the kitchen if we tried to snack much between them, and told us eating right before bedtime would give us n...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Need to lose 60 pounds
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7982
apple, I also have 60# to lose (was 180 at end of March '06 and want about 120#---I am very short) and have lost 8# since I started. (172) Which is GOOD. Slow and Steady wins the race. GAWD, I sound like my grandparents! :P Don't forget to do some kind of exercise. I mostly walk, and that's working-...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:14 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: One week down.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8566
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: WoooHoooo! 8# lost in as many weeks. Feels effortless!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10653
WoooHoooo! 8# lost in as many weeks. Feels effortless!
I went on NoS (for the second time, first time heart not really in it) the last week of March or so, and I'm noticing it's been about 8-9 weeks. I have been avoiding the scale, but seeing a big difference in clothes, having dropped a pants size (I'm short--5'1", and a pant size is about 8# for me)an...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: In Praise of Meatloaf
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21505
tricia---DUH! Why didn't I think of that? :oops: And if I made a lot, I can always take some to my aging father, for whom I cook occasionally and take food over. He would eat it! Hubby was on of 5 boys with a mom who hated cooking, so almost every meal was some form of ground beef concoction. :lol: ...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:46 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What do you guys typically eat for your regular 3 meals?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27928
Breakfast for me is usually just buttered toast with my coffee, or in cold weather maybe some hot cereal (what I like about this diet is I can have coco wheats and that's OK!!) If I feel especially hungry, I add an egg, or a piece or two of my hubby's bacon or sausage. But I'm not a big b-fast eater...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:17 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: In Praise of Meatloaf
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21505
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New---tried no S before, returning.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9160
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Thanks, Reinhard, for bringing me back to sensible eating
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7559
gratefuldeb67-- :D Cute name! Yeah, the only thing I remember about the Scarsdale is getting very nauseous after a couple of days. On the NoS (even with MY cooking) not one bit of nausea! :wink: And no murders because I'm comfortably full. Truly, even if I lost not one pound of weight, ----the yo-yo...
- Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Thanks, Reinhard, for bringing me back to sensible eating
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7559
Thanks, Reinhard, for bringing me back to sensible eating
When I was a kid (50's, 60's and 70's--yeah, I could be y'all's momma) we ate 3 meals a day. Your mother would usually chase you out of the kitchen should you even show your face in there other than to help do dishes, or set the table. There was NO snacking, at least not in MY house,growing up. Our ...
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I blew it!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14406
Well....our 'fearless leader' says to say 'you screwed up', and then get right back on the no S. I got completely off of it, and am getting back on as of earlier this week, so I hear ya! :wink: One thing about this is---it's easy to get right back on. No going to the store for weird foods, just a de...
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:21 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New---tried no S before, returning.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9160
New---tried no S before, returning.....
Hi, I'm returning to no S after getting off track, and found this forum. What attracted me to it was that it is the way I ate when I was a young kid at home (mom would chase you out of the kitchen if you tried to snack between meals) :lol: and I was THIN then. Somwhere, like all of you I'm sure, I g...