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- Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:09 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting Article on Culinary Elitism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23817
- Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:47 am
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Second year
- Replies: 10
- Views: 28015
- Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:45 am
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Strawberry Roan's Yearly Check In
- Replies: 13
- Views: 29282
- Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:59 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Real Reason We're Gaining Weight
- Replies: 15
- Views: 25091
Young recommends sticking with three meals a day and choosing healthy snacks (such as fruits and vegetables) rather than processed foods. "And keep your portions in check," she says. I'm all about fruits and vegetables being healthy, but has anyone else wondered if this mixed message is part of wha...
- Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:32 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Sienna's Annualish Check-In: The First Year
- Replies: 17
- Views: 38847
Thank you everyone for your responses! It really has been quite a year and I'm looking forward to the next one. It's great to see others inspired, because reading the testimonials is probably what gave me the push I needed to get started. The plan was so simple, I knew I could eat that way. But know...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:57 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Something my Mom told me.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 40802
yes, but Marilyn Monroes size 14 is our size 6. The average has risen so drastically, not to mention vanity sizing. I've read that before and believed it. I also remember my Mom at the same time and she wore about a size 14. Believe me, it was nothing like a 6 is now. It was bigger. Here's an inter...
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Sienna's Annualish Check-In: The First Year
- Replies: 17
- Views: 38847
Sienna's Annualish Check-In: The First Year
The First Year of the Rest of My Life This is going to get long, so I'll try to split it up into sections. That way you can scroll to sections that interest you and skip those that don't. My Intro To NoS One year ago today, I stumbled upon the NoS website. It was a Tuesday night after dinner, and s...
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:17 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: HELP, need encouragement
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36329
Re: wonderful
If I'm eating 3 squares that are healthy because of how I learned to eat are we saying that might be a downfall? Would this be considered dieting? I really do enjoy healthy eating. I do have high cholesterol that I need to manage with food as I can't take the medication to lower it. I think it's mo...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: don't read if you don't like talk of calories
- Replies: 26
- Views: 32101
I've never eaten at Cheesecake Factory. Are their portions just that big that they end up so calorie inflated or what? I've only been a few times. Their portions certainly aren't skimpy, but I've never felt that they are considerably larger than other restaurants. I think a lot of their sauces have...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: don't read if you don't like talk of calories
- Replies: 26
- Views: 32101
Getting 1300+ calories on a plate is actually relatively easy - especially at restaurants. Check out the Top 20 Worst Restaurant Foods in America from Men's Health to see some "single plates" that put the McD's Big Breakfast to shame. At least the Big Breakfast admits to being big.... There's even a...
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Hot cocoa okay???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18195
I don't consider hot chocolate a sweet for me (I'll occasionally have some on an N day), but I do consider juice a sweet (it's S day only). Backwards? Maybe. But I will not have more than 1 mug of hot chocolate a day. Not because I made a rule about it. Just because I've never (even pre-NoS) felt th...
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:12 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Tobiasmom's Journey
- Replies: 485
- Views: 373683
Failures happen. Sometimes they happen all in a row. But you have a great stick to your guns attitude, and that will get you through! I'm with the others with my skepticism of the Paleo Diet. I know you are planning on just not doing it (which to be honest is probably what I would do...), but is the...
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:23 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 497907
Congratulations on your first failure! And I don't mean that sarcastically or meanly at all. But rather, I hope this allows you to move onto the next part of your journey. Generally there are 3 types of people on NoS: Those who've failed, Those who haven't been on the plan long enough to fail, and T...
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:12 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Dilemma...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17419
Plus then you'll only need one more green week for the 21 day club! Will you be up late watching the movie so that the desert can wait until midnight? (Which is more likely what I would actually do instead of skipping it altogether) Or could you get a desert that you husband can enjoy tonight, but ...
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:21 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Dilemma...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17419
Honestly, if you'd been at this for several years I don't think the occasional cheat would be a big deal. But the early days are the toughest and the most essential for habit building. So if it were me, I'd skip the desert. Plus then you'll only need one more green week for the 21 day club! Will you...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:19 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Butterfly's Check In
- Replies: 102
- Views: 93596
Hi Butterfly, I posted a reply to your question in my check in thread, but I wanted to come by and see how you were doing. Welcome back! I'll reiterate the one step at a time advice you've already gotten. What's that old store about the hare losing the race? Be the tortoise :) If evening snacking is...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Hi Butterfly, Welcome to NoS and good luck on your journey! The diet cycle is the worst. I tried calorie counting and fasting and crazy exercising several times before I stumbled upon this sensible way to eat. To be completely honest though, it wasn't just Reinhard's incredibly easy and sane plan th...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Sophiasapientia's "During" Story
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30117
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: 10% goal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 24807
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Any big losers here?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14036
Awww, thanks everyone! I promise a real testimonial in that part of the forum when I officially hit the one year (hopefully I haven't spoiled the suspense too much!) But I wanted to make sure erialicia could get easy access to one in this thread. Testimonial Spoiler Alert: It's been a great journey ...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Orthdoxy -- when the rules stop making sense to me
- Replies: 32
- Views: 35242
I think some of us *need* the black and white of succeed versus fail. I know I sort of do. That said, something I don't really discuss much here (for simplicities sake) is that in terms of personal evaluation and reflection I don't track failures by day, but by event. I have a bowl of ice cream on M...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Orthdoxy -- when the rules stop making sense to me
- Replies: 32
- Views: 35242
There's no rule that says only 3 meals daily. I agree with KCCC -- and I also always warn against perfectionism. Strive to do your best, not to be perfect. Remember: Perfect is the enemy of good. If you feel NoS isn't right for you, then it isn't necessarily right for you. But it sounds like you ar...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:30 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Any big losers here?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14036
Definitely check out the testimonials TooSolidFlesh linked. But as someone who started with a lot to lose, I wanted to personally offer you some encouragement. I started with 75+ lbs to lose. I'm not there yet, but since the end of June 2010, I've lost 60 lbs. My rate of weight loss has slowed in th...
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:42 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A lesson at the Chinese buffet..
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22354
@mamamia Congrats on limiting yourself to one plate! It's a tricky habit to get into, especially when other people are getting multiple plates and you feel like you are getting ripped off if you don't get enough food. But really getting more food for your money at a buffet just means having to cut o...
- Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:38 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Egyptian Mummy Paradox
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18235
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:41 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: making up for missed meals...?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22540
I think the critical question is not "what do you call it this time." It's "What will you do if this happens again" Figuring out optimal strategies for YOUR life is what gives No-S it's power. I agree with this. All in all, 3 plates and an extra piece of fruit in a day isn't so bad. So maybe it's n...
- Tue May 31, 2011 1:16 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Any tips for those with 10lbs or less to lose (or nr that!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16071
I didn't think weight requirements for employment was legal. May I ask what you do? Fashion model? Crash test dummy? Ladder tester? Not to derail the thread, but weight discrimination is actually completely legal. The only real exceptions are if you are obese enough for it to be considered a disabi...
- Sat May 28, 2011 3:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Ugggh! Help and Advice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8070
Here at NoS, we don't count calories. But that doesn't mean that calorie logic doesn't come into play. While there is debate over whether or not certain calories "count" more than others, on some level it still comes down to creating a calorie deficit. The heavier you are, the more calories you burn...
- Wed May 18, 2011 3:20 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
I really need to get back in the habit of updating more frequently. I've been so busy lately I've been just skimming the occasional thread in the main forum and not even making it over here. But it's really good for me to stay on top of myself. Since last week, I've really gotten my act together. Wh...
- Wed May 18, 2011 3:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: S Events- how many per week, and how to track?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20355
I agree. I've recently been in a bit of a plateau. Why? Well, it probably doesn't help that I'm at the weight I was in highschool - when I was an in-shape varsity athlete. But honestly? Those bright line rules? Since April, I've let them get a little blurry. Net result? No real weight loss. The good...
- Wed May 18, 2011 1:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Teeth
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17565
I agree with the previous posters who have said to go see a dentist. I am not a dentist, but I used to do periodontal (gum) research - and while I don't think you need to be in full panic mode, it does sound serious enough that you should book an appointment as soon as possible. Gum health is incred...
- Mon May 09, 2011 1:38 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Thanks, guys. It's always a fine line between being hard enough on myself, and not being too hard. A week later, I think I recovered well from last Monday's Rein of Nonsense and I'm back in the swing of things. The rest of the week was all green, and I had a pretty sane weekend without even trying -...
- Fri May 06, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Food Revolution "postponed"
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22958
I think that it's the idea of chocolate or strawberry milk as an everyday experience is why I'm not thrilled with it. The recommendation from the No Sugary Milk campaign is that those milks be saved for occasional treats which is right in line with the No S philosophy. I don't know... I tend to thi...
- Fri May 06, 2011 3:03 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Too many modifications?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 30726
What about incorporating sweet or fruity type things into your savory meals to help satisfy your sweet cravings without having true super sugary sweets? It usually works for me if I'm having really bad cravings. Here's one of my favorite sweet savory recipes: Maple-Chili Glazed Pork Medallions http:...
- Thu May 05, 2011 7:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Ketchup a sweet?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19118
- Wed May 04, 2011 11:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
So Monday night was about as red as can be. I just sort of said screw it and had seconds AND thirds! I'm not even entirely sure why, it was really weird and almost out of body - I knew what I was doing, didn't really want to do it, and did it anyhow :roll: Yesterday I was back on track. And today ha...
- Mon May 02, 2011 4:46 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: OMG A MOD!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6591
- Mon May 02, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
So I had to go out of town for a bit, but I'm back now.... Traveling is always tricky for me. The stress, the greater availability of bad foods (yes, I know that no food is banned on NoS, but not being banned doesn't make a giant plate of fried food *good* for you!), the lack of my standard diversio...
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:54 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Spark team interview
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11855
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Kids are kind of a full time job on top of everything, though, aren't they? :) Leftovers last night, and we have more available for tonight, but I'm at lunch now thinking to myself that it might be nice to do something different. So I may stop by the grocery store and pick up stuff for turkey burger...
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:26 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Tobiasmom's Journey
- Replies: 485
- Views: 373683
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:07 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Being overweight is healthy?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 33505
I think the point was is being in the overweight category necessarily unhealthy. I thought the categories were determined by correlated health risks. They do go up in general for higher weights, but there are always exceptions. While the categories were sort of determined by correlated health risks...
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
I know back when I lived in Iran, the women in my neighborhood cooked two full meals a day, lunch and dinner. But they didn't have jobs. Yeah, I wish I had time for that! I'd make all sorts of crazy things if my full time job was to cook and keep house. But alas between work and class and home work...
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Weight Fluctuations
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17826
I'm wondering about the scales used. I weigh daily using electronic scales. I sometimes wonder if the batteries, as they age, produce quirky scale behaviour, including somewhat wilder weight fluctuations. I use the Wii Fit for a scale, so its electronic. But I have the rechargeable battery pack and...
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:46 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Weight Fluctuations
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17826
I always find it funny/interesting/ironic that some people weigh less frequently for the same reason I weight frequently - just goes to show how different our mindsets can be even when we have the same goal! Water fluctuations make sense, except that I haven't had any change in water consumption lev...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:28 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Weight Fluctuations
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17826
Weight Fluctuations
So while I know there are many ways to handle weigh-ins, I choose to weight daily (first thing in the morning, without clothes for as much consistency as possible). I do this in part so that I can see the short term fluctuations in my weight as well as the long term trend. And its not necessarily un...
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:46 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Do you take any supplements?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 30154
Re: Vitamin K and Vitamin K2 I'm not a nutritionist or a vitamin expert. But, I thought that Vitamin K2 was actually produced by the body's intestinal bacteria from Vitamin K1, which I think is what is typically found in supplements and probably the herbs vmsurbat mentioned. I'm sure there may be ca...
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:23 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Thanks for the tips and the support all! I do love leftovers, so I usually plan to make extra of whatever I'm making. I am thinking I should get more in the habit of freezing than refrigerating them though, because DH often gets tired of things right away. Which usually means I keep eating the lefto...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:56 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Hi Bright Angel: Actually, I just tried out your cheeseburger pie recipe this week. It was really good and it was a hit with my husband, so I'll certainly be making it again. Thanks for the recipe! But I didn't plan it in advance. I just stopped by the grocery store on my way home for work to pick u...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:08 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Pretty good week. Baked a cake Wednesday night and decorated it on Thursday morning. It was for an S even I had Thursday night (friend's B-Day party), so I did have a little treat last night. BUT I only had one small taste of cake batter to verify I hadn't done anything stupid and I resisted all of ...
- Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:51 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A Polish fan of the No S diet
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19950
- Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
And, I'm back. Took some time off posting to get my life back in order. April's goal (meal planning) was a bust this week (mostly because I started off sick and that just through my life out of whack). I have done a decent amount of "cooking" though, because I had a bunch of leftovers in the freezer...
- Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What should I advertise?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 37090
How about clothing? Workout clothing is good, but also just regular clothing. I know amazon sells a lot of the major brands, and needing new clothes is often one of the side effects of the NoS diet. I'm not sure quite how the amazon advertising works (if you have to pick a specific item or if you co...
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Ugh. Just Ugh. It's been a rough couple of days. Thursday and Friday were somewhere between fails and pseudo-compliant (technically, I was sick and the rule breaks made me feel better at least temporarily, but they feel like fails). And I'm still feeling sick so the weekend has been a bit miserable....
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:49 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: imprisonedbeauty's Daily Check In
- Replies: 40
- Views: 38565
My 29th day was a failure . Those darn emotions got to me again! Sad I need to find something other than sweets that will make me feel better... music doesn't do anything for me, and I can't always take a walk whenever I feel the need... I just don't know. I just wanted to wish you luck finding a g...
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:08 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Tobiasmom's Journey
- Replies: 485
- Views: 373683
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:05 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: ellgee's Daily Check In
- Replies: 55
- Views: 57917
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:03 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Awwww, thanks guys! Glad I can inspire some of you :) And thanks for reading my long rambling posts. I've never been much for journaling, but I'm finding the occasional (or frequent depending on my mood!) long post here very therapeutic. Twenty-five pounds less ago and twenty years ago, I aligned my...
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:43 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Easter is coming!!!!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21146
My general rule for NWS days is to celebrate the day as I normally would. That means if I wouldn't normally celebrate with food in any way, then its an N day. If I would celebrate it with food, but am celebrating it on a weekend instead? N day. If I would normally celebrate it with a single food eve...
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New and hopeful
- Replies: 25
- Views: 29075
I would recommend just having the book around somewhere where she'll see it, but where it won't be obvious that you want her to look at this. Someplace like the coffee table, or the magazine rack in the bathroom. And/or buy a magnet you can put up. Seriously, I pretty much stumbled on NoS from anot...
- Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:56 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New and hopeful
- Replies: 25
- Views: 29075
Welcome and good luck! Oh if only I'd found this plan in college... :-) To this: 1. I have a meal plan, how can I pick foods to eat at my school when I have no idea how they are made because it is hard to cook for myself. As others have mentioned, with the exception of not eating sweets, NoS is abou...
- Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:14 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: ellgee's Daily Check In
- Replies: 55
- Views: 57917
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:18 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Split today's post because I've just been doing a lot of thinking/reflecting, and that makes for a long post! But I figure it will be interesting for me to look back on these thoughts in a few months... On a related note, I've been feeling really down about my body image lately. Which is stupid, sin...
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:05 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Hahaha, thanks for stalking oolala - keeps me honest :D Today starts a new week - and the last week in March. So far March has been all green, including for exercise. And yet I don't at all feel like I've established an exercise "habit". Perhaps because my requirements were too vague? I settled on 5...
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: oolala53
- Replies: 2369
- Views: 2815894
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:57 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: MysteryLover's Final Journey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15888
Welcome back, Gina! Good luck as you start the journey. Remember that the first few weeks are the hardest while you are cementing the habits. Also, good luck resisting the doughnuts. I know how tough it is to have to resist something that is right in front of your face (its like its taunting you), b...
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S breakfast
- Replies: 39
- Views: 38646
I guess I have one last question for you lovely folks; do you drink juices (I only drink 100% if any) but if you do, should it be limited to meal time? I guess what I am a little fuzzy on is, through the No S diet are you trying to refrain from any calorie intake outside of mealtime? or is it just ...
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:46 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
So since I exercised yesterday (lots of walking!), last week was all green, despite only getting 10 minutes in on Wednesday! (M-F diet green + 5 days of 15+ minutes of exercise) So one more week to go for March! And then its on to April goals. My goal for April is to cook/meal plan more. Because Apr...
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: newbie with a question about snacks
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17479
You've already gotten good advice, but I wanted to add that I think that timing is key. Virtual plating is great. But barring being at an event that makes it impossible, I think its best to take out and assemble everything you plan to eat *before* you eat it - at least when you are first starting ou...
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Reinhard's 2010 "during"
- Replies: 31
- Views: 39137
I have no idea who the "P90x guys" are, but I assume this is a complement? For your reference, this is Tony Horton, the P90x guy http://muscleconfusionplyometrics.com/images/en_US/products/programs/p90x/p90x_03.jpg http://www.durrettcheese.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Tony-Horton.jpg But I think ...
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:33 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Roxy is Back and Trying Again!!
- Replies: 832
- Views: 673651
Big hugs Roxy! I know how frustrating over indulgent S days can be. Between the feeling physically crappy from eating to much and feeling frustrated at myself for allowing myself to eat to much, its just not fun all around. To be honest, I found (and find - I still have the occasional over the top d...
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:45 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 290 lbs.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 25359
thanks.. yeah it is a pain.. I don tmid walking in a little snow, but wow we have been gettign blizzards here that dump like blinding snow. I dont trust peopl enough to be out walking around in it I hear you about the snow. This winter has been pretty brutal! When I'm not up for other exercise, I'v...
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:24 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Stuffed....and fed up with myself!!!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 29330
I don't know if it's so much a lack of emphasis on "Sometimes" as a different interpretation of what Sometimes means. To me, the sometimes clause just means that I shouldn't feel compelled to eat something just because its an S day. It's basically a way to express that "No snacks, no Sweets, no seco...
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Overall a good week. Diet green Monday - Friday, yesterday was a pretty reasonable S day and I got in exercise Tuesday-Saturday, so its officially a green week. That said, my exercise wasn't exactly super vigorous and I pretty much did the bare minimum (15 minutes) to count. But I'm going to look at...
- Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:40 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: * * * March challenge * * *
- Replies: 29
- Views: 31754
- Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:36 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Jaw surgery....soft/liquid diet for 6 weeks!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28702
I got my current blender for $5 on Black Friday, but it probably only retails in the $15-$25 range (WalMart). It's a Hamilton Beach brand. One nice feature is that it has "solid" and "liquid" lines on the front for making smoothies. Basically if you put in solids (anything frozen) to the solid line ...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:29 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Jaw surgery....soft/liquid diet for 6 weeks!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 28702
How about smoothies instead of shakes? Lots of fruits and even some vegetables can be made into delicious liquid meals without a lot of sugar. I mean, they would still be sweet in the sense that a bowl of fruit is sweet, but it probably wouldn't seem as S-ey as a shake. This months FoodNetwork magaz...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:07 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Cheating?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20784
I might be having a brain fart here, but what sweets are associated with St. Patrick's Day? I can't think of any. Shamrock shakes, grasshoppers, anything made with midori sour.... So mostly beverages come to mind. I may have St. Patrick's Day party/night out tomorrow (it's been and on and off thing...
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Another reason not to drink sugared beverages
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18523
Hi Graham, If you are looking for details on how to organize and/or analyze epidemiological studies, try The Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods. It's online at google books here: http://books.google.com/books?id=8qIMMbsO784C&lpg=PP1&dq=encyclopedia%20of%20epidemiologic%20methods&pg=PP1#v=onepage&...
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:03 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Another reason not to drink sugared beverages
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18523
Hi Graham, Incident in this context basically means new cases of kidney disease. The relationship between prevalence and incidence is often stated as: prevalence = incidence x duration So if disease A struck everyone in the world, but only for 1 day and disease B only struck 10% of the world but las...
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Had time for a quick walk on Friday, so had a solid week of exercise last week! Also had a great weekend - pretty sane PLUS I got in a nice walk on Sunday. I'm so glad that the weather isn't so horrible anymore. Today was a green diet day, but I skipped exercising. Developed a stress headache right ...
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:41 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Not lasting to lunch!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29680
Hi montanajack, thanks for the references! I've paged through the abstracts and a few of the articles, although admittedly I haven't finished reading all of the articles yet. But based on what I've seen thus far I think I've found a source of miscommunication, so I wanted to address that. Your origi...
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Not lasting to lunch!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29680
I'm overweight (and not just a little bit - up until about a month ago I was obese). My blood sugar levels have never been even a tiny bit problematic. I routinely have just oatmeal for breakfast and find that (for me) it fills me up just fine. And I've never had a problem with a high carb breakfast...
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Not lasting to lunch!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29680
Can you eat breakfast at work at a better time for you? Oatmeal rewarms fairly well in a microwave or would stay warm in a thermos. Also, you might try adding some protein to your breakfast. Eggs can be hardboiled in advanced and grabbed on the go from the fridge. If time at work is an issue, perhap...
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:09 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Another reason not to drink sugared beverages
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18523
Although it may seem like they controlled and compensated for everything, BA is right: correctional or association is not the same as causation. Because I think examining scientific studies is interesting, I'm going to spend a little time talking about that, but since that may be long and boring for...
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S is good for stress eaters and boredom eaters
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21296
Me! I agree with you completely. Monday through Friday it doesn't matter how stressed or bored I get - it's 3 meals per day and no sweets. And additionally I've found that since starting NoS I've gotten better at distinguishing between emotional hunger and True hunger on S days. I'm sure I still som...
- Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:46 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: So You Want to Lose Weight"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 25868
It reminds me .. yesterday I saw this program on TV and two 30-40 years old women were trying to lose weight ... but they were hardly doing any exercise and eating fast food twice per week, big fast food meals ... they were saying : "Well, cutting that entirely would be too hard, we used to go 4 ti...
- Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:39 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A Paradigm Shift with Atkins?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18184
Oh yea, 5000 calories of watermelon would be stretching it, but hyperbole goes a long way. :wink: But while 5000 calories of watermelon might be hard to get (a quick online search suggested 37 calories for 10 melon balls, so you'd need to eat over 1300 melon balls!), 5000 calories of something like...
- Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
This week has been pretty good. All green so far with only a half day left to go. I've also exercised every day this week so far (Mon-Thurs). More on Monday and Tuesday, but I hit my 15 minute minimum on both Wednesday and Thursday, so there's that. Tonight might be tricky to fit in exercise - I had...
- Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What's a Fail?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 28400
I think it depends on whether or not you consider root beer a sweet and would normally disallow it. If you made the decision when starting NoS to consider soda a sweet, then it's a fail*. If you decided that for you soda was okay, then it's not a fail. But it's not really about the amount. Because w...
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:07 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Well, got through the weekend okay, although I was a slug on Sunday. I did exercise on Saturday though, which means the first week of March was both diet AND exercise green (with 4 days of exercise - most weeks will have 5, but the first week of March was missing a Monday). I also exercised today fo...
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:31 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: [URGENT] How many NWK S days per month?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10396
- Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A Paradigm Shift with Atkins?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18184
I think more and more people, especially diet gurus, are realizing how easy it is to jam so much food into the day with a lifestyle of unlimited snacking. Even if that is healthy snacking (healthy food is still food, still has calories, and can still make you fat). And when you are spreading it out ...
- Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Finally Did It
- Replies: 21
- Views: 26602
Congratulations on an amazing first week! Nine pounds in one week is awesome! But please don't panic if it slows down. Sometimes flushing toxins and dropping water weight can cause drastic immediate results, but this plan will help you maintain a nice and steady (if not sometimes slow) rate of weigh...
- Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: RJ's check in
- Replies: 71
- Views: 54673
Hey, we all have bumps in the road or even bumpy stretches. So now that you're aware of the issues, don't beat yourself up over the first part of the month - just focus on the future. Liquid calories can be really sneaky. Alcohol can apparently be doubly sneaky because in addition to adding calories...
- Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:18 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Thanks, Kevin. What really gets me is that I made exercise my March goal, and I messed up so early on. Part of my problem with getting exercise is solidifying a habit of actually doing it. The diet habits were (comparatively) easy for me. Once I had a set of easy to follow rules that made sense (NoS...
- Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:57 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: So You Want to Lose Weight"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 25868
Hysterical. But perhaps a little too true for myself than I'd like to admit. Well, my old self that is. Thank goodness something somewhere in Reinhard's book clicked and helped boot my butt into gear! It's amazing how we can be told the same thing 1000 times, and then its not until the 1001 time tha...
- Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:45 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What Helps Me With Sweet Cravings
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13780
Another variant of that is channeling my "inner snob." Which, I confess, has gotten stronger with respect to sweets the longer I've been on No-S. There's a whole range of stuff that I used to eat that just doesn't appeal anymore. Mental commentary: "No, thanks, I'll wait til the weekend and get the...
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:40 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Sizing can vary but it would still be such an enormous psychological boost! It must have been a lot of fun to go through your old clothes and expand your wardrobe without even having to spend money ^ _ ^ Oh, HUGE psychological boost! And since my husband and I just bought a house, it's really helpf...
- Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:38 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sienna's Daily Check In
- Replies: 131
- Views: 112486
Thanks guys. I've had some down periods lately, so I'm trying to record positive milestones to look back on when I have future down periods to help keep me going. Life is full of ups and downs, so I don't know why I should expect weight loss to be any different. I started the March challenge with a ...