Everyday Systems

Congrats! Personally, I think you should keep up your current regimen and see where you plateau, before deciding whether or not you need to try No-S'ing again.... why No-S if you don't need to?

Hot herbal tea with lots of milk helps keep me going... also, really sour liquids like kombucha (but I only like some brands of it).

OMG, not till months later?! Eek! How did you feel? Vindicated? Really smart or lucky that you stopped before it permanently damaged your body

Did you know Kimkins turned out to be a fraud? The inventor never even followed her own diet. Lots of people got health problems from following it and now I think there's some kind of lawsuit. I read the full story at
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2 ... mkins.html

Celebrating the end of my second three weeks on the No S diet. I had a cookie on Friday evening, so I don't think I've yet hit three straight weeks of perfect compliance. My weight is currently in the 141-145 range, which feels like a plateau, but I'm gonna push through it! UPDATE: 9/23 - hit 139 ye...

There are some pretty gross weight loss tactics in this post,
http://jezebel.com/359360/whats-the-dum ... ose-weight

Your insight and self-reflection is really wonderful to read. I realized I have an inner brat too! Lately when it acts up and wants a "treat" I try to give it one of the other things I'm forbidding it (knitting, TV, surfing internet gossip magazines) instead of actual food . . .

Olivia - so sorry to hear about your friend. It's really painful watching someone be unhappy and knowing there's not much you can do to help unless they ask you for advice. :( Crazycatlady - thanks SO MUCH for weighing in with your professional expertise! Now that you point it out, I think what I've...

Hm... I'm starting to think this research means I need to be VERY careful about snacking on S-Days or else I will untrain my stomach.

Anyone else snack like crazy on S days and then get more hunger pangs on Monday afternoon than on other days?

Ha ha, true... if I spent that much time in the kitchen every day I would be mocked mercilessly

How did our culture get the idea that snacking is healthy? Because I definitely feel like I was brought up that way . . . was it that "grazers are thinner" study? Or all the ads for healthy snack foods?

Incredible research! Until I tried this diet, I would never have believed I could train myself to not be hungry between meals.

Oh totally. Nothing makes me hungry faster than eating refined carbs, not even not-eating :lol: Thing about hunger is... there are some cats you can just leave on their own for the weekend with a bowl of cat food and they'll eat the right amount each day, and yet I know some other delightful, intell...

Here’s my diet plan: Cook it yourself. That’s it. LOL wosnes - that's really witty advice... but sadly, my worst pig-outs are generally ones I've cooked myself. At what other point in life does one find oneself faced with, say, an entire pan of already-purchased, piping hot brownies baked exact...

reneew, I don't have a success story yet, but something that really spoke to me was the part in Reinhard's book where he writes about binges being a form of self-punishment and self-harm. I have never been a particularly spiritual person in the past, more an "If there is no god then everything is pe...

Hey, thanks reitschule. :D I think you make an insightful point that No S is an easier to comply with and more joyous diet than the alternatives. I'm also looking forward to the happy pride of seeing a nice wide swath of green on my habitcal! Deb, you're totally right that it can't hurt so I might a...

So I must confess, my weight was stable till I started taking antidepressants four years ago - once I started, I gained 20 pounds in less than a year (still have the stretch marks) and my weight has just kept on going up since then. So um, does anyone know if No S works for chemically induced weight...

Count me in! My goal is to hit 100% compliance.

That tuna fish sounds revolting!
I read this thread on Jezebel with some really insane diet stories
http://jezebel.com/359360/whats-the-dum ... ose-weight

Hi everyone, I've been lurking for 21 days now, but I am so grateful for you guys for being my virtual support group that I thought I would come out and say hello. I am a 31yo female, 5'5.5", and I started No S three weeks ago at my lifetime highest weight of 149 lbs. The BMI charts list that weight...