Everyday Systems

A generous teaspoon of marmite in a mug of hot water. It helps if you like marmite.

A homemade matcha latte if I am really feeling peckish.

I rarely weight myself but yesterday I did and I realised that in the past 2 years I have steadily lost 20 pounds. This means that my BMI has dropped from 34.5 (ish) to 30.8; I have gone from well into the 'obese' section to just above 'overweight'. Over the past year I have mainly stuck to NoS. Oth...

I find, somewhat to my surprise, that I am usually comfortably full after 20-25 bites, so I tend to aim for 20. If it is on an S day then I aim for 20 bites for the main course but will probably have a starter as well, which usually works out at about 5 bites. I have never been much of a one for des...

Sorry, yes a stone is 14 pounds. My favourite number too at the moment.

I realised this week that it is nearly a year since I started following the NoS plan. It has been somewhat hit and miss; there have been some thumping falls from the wagon, a bit of excessive wiggle room on what constitutes a plate of food and some downright wilfulness. I don’t think I have had a ...

I came across the No S diet by chance, I cannot even remember how, but something about it struck a chord. I have always been a bit overweight and had a tendency to comfort eat, but for various reasons it had got rather out of control over the past 2 years and my weight has inexorably gone up. I deci...