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Nicole in MD

Nichole, I have been eating Paleo (defined as grain and sugar free) for nearly 2 years. It has worked well with NoS and it is the only way I have ever eaten where I am not hungry. When I add in grains (not necessarily carbs), my fingers swell so that I can't wear my rings and I have tummy bloat. Wh...

Nicole in MD

Nicole, Can you be tested for food allergies? That would be a first step. When I first started on the Intuitive Eating approach, I was above 200 pounds. The diet was that you eat what you want and then your body no longer craves what you want. I had not eaten peanut clusters in perhaps 20 years. Th...

Nicole in MD

Your body is starving, you finally are feeding it what it wants, and it is indulging. Do you want to be managing your weight by paying careful attention to exactly what goes into it, or are you willing to give up on a specific weight goal and let your body gradually gain confidence that another sta...

Nicole in MD

I wrote a really long (even longer than this!) response but decided to just keep it separately because I so often go overboard. (Apparently, food is not the only thing I overdo, though food less so these days...) If you would like to read it, I'll send it to you or post it. I'll just humbly say tha...

Nicole in MD

I've learned that anytime you eliminate a food group from your diet, you're going to lose weight. Depending on the food group, it might be a lot of water weight, not "actual" weight. When (and if) you resume eating that food, you're going to gain weight. So that could be at least part of your weigh...

Nicole in MD

wosnes wrote:Where are the menus you posted?

Sorry--meant to say they are posted in my thread on the Daily Check In page. Here's the link- http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8811

Nicole in MD

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been MIA. Well, I wish I had better news to report but after doing No S for about a month and not weighing, I got on the scale yesterday and am up to 181.6 This is roughly 9 lbs higher than when I started No S. I could be ok with a 9lb gain if I were starting off "underweight...

Nicole in MD

Just checking in after the weekend. I still haven't weighed myself but I feel a bit "bigger" right now. I haven't been going crazy with my S days but my green days are a bit more lenient than they were before No S since I was doing strict Paleo (no dairy, no sugar, no grains). Now I do eat some dair...

Nicole in MD

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been MIA lately--my boyfriend and I went away last weekend and my boys and I are still getting used to heading back to school (elementary and highschool for them and Anatomy and Physiology for me). I had a VERY splurgy (is that a word??) weekend at the beach. One day we basic...

Nicole in MD

All GREEN DAYS so far this week :) Can't say I'm feeling very "thin" but I am happy and content so that counts for a lot. Won't weight for at least another week or so. I usually start my S days on Friday evening and end them after brunch on Sunday but I think I'm going to do full S days on Saturday ...

Nicole in MD

Jumping in here at the VERY tail end of this challenge! LOL I have had 2 1/2 perfect weeks for my first experience with No S so I guess you could say I successfully completed the challenge :) Hoping to hop into the next challenge if there is one for September. Great job to everyone else who succeede...

Nicole in MD

I feel your pain--I have 3 boys whom I've homeschooled from day one and just yesterday my oldest (15) and youngest (10) went to our local public schools for the first time ever :( My middle (13) has NO desire to "do school" as he says so he's still home with me but I feel like I've lost two limbs of...

Nicole in MD

It's been SUPER crazy around here this week because my oldest (15) and youngest (10) sons just went to school for the first time EVER in their lives on Monday (they've been homeschooled) and then I had my first Anatomy and Physiology class yesterday (super tough class!). It's been so nice not having...

Nicole in MD

Hi all! I went away for the weekend with my boyfriend to Shepherdstown, WV and it was SO nice to not have to obsess about food all weekend! I definitely feel heavier today but I know it'll come down once I get back to my green days this week. Hope everyone else had a great weekend! 8/24-8/26 S Days ...

Nicole in MD

I know that for me, a bowl of cereal does NOT hold me over and usually leads to a drop in my blood sugar within an hour or so of eating it. I am totally a protein-type and need high quality protein to keep my blood sugar even. That's why my stint at being vegetarian/vegan didn't last long--the heada...

Nicole in MD

Green day yesterday :) And now that I've had my weight revelation, I'm ready to put the scale away! I decided to get on it today because I figured how much worse can it be then 175.2 (up 2 lbs from early last week) that it said yesterday? So I stepped on and it was 174. And THAT'S when I decided I ...

Nicole in MD

On quoting Reinhard: â€œI don't think there is much point in having an ideal weight. Have ideal behavior -- habits of moderate eating and exertion. Whatever you weigh then is ideal.â€ Thank you for posting, Nicole. You have captured the spirit of NoS and made it your own much faster than some of us...

Nicole in MD

Well, I said I wasn't going to get on the scale until next Friday but....when I woke up this morning, I looked fairly thin in the mirror (I have all kinds of signs I look for like how well I can see my collar bones and my cellulite LOL)--so I figured what the hell--I'll just get on and see where I a...

Nicole in MD

Hi all! I've been No Sing since Aug 10th and I wasn't going to get on the scale until next Friday but....when I woke up this morning, I looked fairly thin in the mirror (I have all kinds of signs I look for like how well I can see my collar bones and my cellulite LOL)--so I figured what the hell--I'...

Nicole in MD

Hi Girls :D Good to see you! Have you found anyone here starting No S right after HCG or another deprevation style plan? Or any results starting close to goal? No, but honestly I haven't read everyone's story here yet either. I've seen some Weight Watchers and some low carb though and they seem to ...

Nicole in MD

2 more GREEN days under my belt! This seriously seems TOO easy and TOO good to be true :) Still have avoided the lure of the scale and want to wait until next Friday to get on it. Hope I can hold off until then! Here's what I ate the last two days: 8/20- GREEN â€¢ buckwheat bake (let me know if you ...

Nicole in MD

Weekend update :) Had my first full weekend of S meals and I have to say that I feel HUGE today! I don't feel like I went too crazy but I guess the freedom to eat whatever made me feel guilty :( Guess that's just part of the letting-go process of all our old engrained diet messages! I did walk both ...

Nicole in MD

Hi all! Had another green day yesterday and ended it with my S day starting at Friday night dinner (will stop my S day after brunch on Sunday). Things are going really well and I have to say that I feel like I'm cheating even with my legal meals since I'm eating some things that I wouldn't have eate...

Nicole in MD

where do you get your millet-chia bread? sounds interesting. i'm thinking of making my s-days friday @ 5pm stopping at 2-3 on sunday. just b/c i'd rather have a bit more freedom on friday evening than sunday evening. I totally agree with starting S days on Friday evening! I can easily eat a legal g...

Nicole in MD

where do you get your millet-chia bread? sounds interesting. i'm thinking of making my s-days friday @ 5pm stopping at 2-3 on sunday. just b/c i'd rather have a bit more freedom on friday evening than sunday evening. I found it yesterday at Whole Foods in the gluten free frozen foods by Udi's and i...

Nicole in MD

:D hi nicole! you're doing awesome!! thanks for posting your foods. i like to see what others chose for their 'plates'. :) I'm keeping track for my own knowledge but I know how much I like seeing other's menus so I thought I'd share :) Honestly, the no snacking isn't that hard for me since I used t...

Nicole in MD

My menu for the past 3 days...all GREEN days :) Feeling SO free and finally not obsessing about food. I still have to be careful with gluten because my body really doesn't like it but it still feels so fun to have things like rice or a half a baked potato again! 8/14 â€¢ Coffee with cream, two eggs ...

Nicole in MD

My dinner plates are 10 in in diameter but only about 7 1/2 in of that is usable space since there is a raised decorative border around the outside.

Nicole in MD

8/11- S day
8/12- S day
8/13- Green day
8/14- Green day

Will start my daily food log here at the end of today

Nicole in MD

My first post after starting No S :D I finished up my round of HCG at 171 but bumped up to 177.8 last week after a few days at the beach and eating kinda off-plan for the maintenance phase of HCG. I made the decision to ditch the HCG plan and jump right into No S. I started No S on Saturday and had ...

Nicole in MD

I did...I have even been zero carb.... Lets face it, over the years I have done EVERYTHING! Got fatter every time! I still eat paleo friendly, and I am gluten free. I have a coeliac son and hubby has gluten induced arthritis. It is easier for us all to be G-F. I make brilliant LSA pancakes! But oth...

Nicole in MD

I haven't started No S yet--still reading the book and finishing up my HCG protocol but I know on my S days I will still not have seconds or snack and will probably keep it to one splurge meal each day as opposed to 3 meals both days. I just think if I went hog wild both days, not only would I feel ...

Nicole in MD

Just wondering how much you guys splurge on your S days? Do you truly eat whatever you want for 3 meals, 3 times in a weekend or do you tend to splurge more on just one or two meals in a weekend? I don't think I will do seconds--even on my S days since I don't do seconds now--never really have. And ...

Nicole in MD

Hi Rachel! Hopping over here from our HCG board and wanted to say hi! I can't start No S for another 3 weeks until I finish out my Phase 3 of HCG but I am SO looking forward to it!!! Your bio sounds suspiciously like mine (I did my intro in the general forum under a thread about Bios). Your writing ...

Nicole in MD

Nicole is a recently divorced 39-year old mom to 3 amazing boys (10, 13 and 15) who has tried EVERY diet known to womankind! She is a licensed massage therapist who is actually entertaining the crazy idea to go back to school to become and RN. She is thoroughly enjoying being back to her pre-kid wei...

Nicole in MD

I have been eating Paleo for the past year or so (protein, good fats, veggies, some fruit and no sugar or dairy). I just cannot wrap my head around the fact that I could eat "normal" carbs (pizza, burger on a bun, pasta etc...) and NOT gain! So who here went from an Atkins/Paleo-like diet to No S an...

Nicole in MD

Firat of all, congrats!! The first trimester was pretty bad for me. If I had it to do over again, I would have just allowed maybe a fourth meal. The nausea is hard to deal with for sure! I am now 20 weeks and am out of excuses. I am sticking with the three-meal structure now. Of course I crave suga...

Nicole in MD

As a childbirth educator and doula, I will say that the most important thing to help with nausea is making sure it eat enough protein throughout the day and eating no less than every 2 hours. I know that goes against No S but one of the reasons women get nauseous is because their blood sugar drops d...

Nicole in MD

Thanks for the replies! I think I will start out slow with the carbs since my body really isn't used to eating them. I also eat VERY little processed food and only eat out twice a week or so. I think I'll start with a slice of Ezekiel bread with either breakfast or lunch but not both and if I have a...

Nicole in MD

Hi all! A little background on me--tried every diet known to womankind (I'm 40 this year and a mom to 3 boys ages 10, 13 and 15). I recently lost 30 lbs using HCG. It wasn't easy but it was the only thing that has worked for me in the past 15 years. I am doing a decent job of keeping it off (fluctua...

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