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by Common Sense M
Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:43 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Just an update to say that I am still alive and kicking and that NoS is still a part of my life.
by Common Sense M
Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:37 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: An article that cheers me
Replies: 0
Views: 6809

An article that cheers me

I recently stumbled across this article and found it very helpful:

http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.fr/2011 ... ll-it.html
by Common Sense M
Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:19 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Knowing me, I probably wouldn't be satisfied with how it looked. It would not look tidy and the little cards would be shifting around in the pockets. I would get fidgety about it. But, I think perhaps if I make this my first 4 day challenge, practicing one each day and making a decision on day 4, th...
by Common Sense M
Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

PS: thank you for directing me to the Four Day Win à la Martha Beck. It seems like a really concrete example of using small win strategy to move forward!
by Common Sense M
Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:55 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Hi Oolala! Thank you, you are right and I am glad that you are there to remind me. If it seems crushingly difficult, then I need to take it more slowly. This leads directly into the question that I was asking in the sense that I once knew about that (strategy of small wins), but forgot it and couldn...
by Common Sense M
Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:22 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Hi all, struggling, perpetually struggling, but hanging in there. Who wants to weigh-in on a trivial matter that paradoxically feels potentially life-changing right now:

-typed
-hand-written on index cards
-hand-written on letter paper
by Common Sense M
Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:31 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Intuitive eating
Replies: 33
Views: 50088

Re: I have tried that method

Hello. I have tried many different intuitive eating books/programs. I found they did nothing for me and were actually more harmful than anything else and definitely a waste of my time and money. You may be different, but the lack of structure drove me crazy, always having to question my hunger. I t...
by Common Sense M
Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:24 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Hi everyone, thank you for the kind words and firm suggestions. I am sorry that I sent up the red flag like that. I was having a particularly hard day (work deadlines keeping me up into the wee hours of the night after being a SAHM during the day, my youngest cutting teeth), but not anything I have ...
by Common Sense M
Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:26 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

I am really flipping out. The kids are in bed and now I can't stop crying. I don't know what to do.
by Common Sense M
Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:22 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Hi everyone, thank you so much! To answer your thoughts, yes,the seasons do have something to do with it. I often feel more fragile during the winter. I have been taking 5000 international units of vitamin D since November to see if it might help. It seems to be helping with seasonal tiredness, but ...
by Common Sense M
Tue Dec 09, 2014 1:28 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

I am having such a hard time right now. It feels awful. My appetite feels really excessive and it seems like food is on my mind all the time. I feel a distinct sense of discontent, being ill-at-ease, because I am not snacking. I am not hungry at all - it isn't the lack of calories - I just want to e...
by Common Sense M
Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:01 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

How to turn that frown upside down

Dear everyone, I have a question. Does anyone else get really crabby by the end of the week? My No S is moderate, I generally feel good about how it is working out, and I am able to stick to it, but it seems like come Friday I am grouchy and slightly depressed, and not just in an 'end of the week' w...
by Common Sense M
Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:55 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What's your No S?
Replies: 45
Views: 68468

Mods: I *can* have dessert at lunch and dinner, but within simple parameters that keep me under 25g per day (WHO recommendation). Snacking is off the table, even on S days. Intelligent Dietary Defaults: homecooked everything Alcohol: no Coffee: no Diet soda: no Other Notes: The dessert mod seems to ...
by Common Sense M
Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:09 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Just another update to say that I am doing well. I am using a homemade behavior tracking sheet that works for me. I am averaging a solid B (85%) as far as compliance goes. My goal is to get up to a B+. What I have the most noticed is how little time I ever spend fighting with myself about food now. ...
by Common Sense M
Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:25 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Just a quick update to say that I am doing well with this kind of tactic. I respond really well to it.
by Common Sense M
Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:25 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

While 2012 is still visible in the rear-view mirror, let’s take a look at a trio of books about willpower published, and/or publicized, in 2012. If you feel poor in willpower, you will get rich quick from perusing these three engaging and helpful books. Bulleted tips will help you decide which one...
by Common Sense M
Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:43 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Thanks you, Lisa! As a mom of seven, you know better than anyone about the value of saving willpower for what really matters. I've got three myself, all under five at the moment!
by Common Sense M
Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:40 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

That's a great idea, Mitchell! You know, the funny thing is that, like you, I am not actually that crazy about sweets. When I really stop and taste them, I realize that I infinitely prefer a good chili or chicken soup. Sweets are complicated, a lot of social considerations drive their consumption in...
by Common Sense M
Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

So far the sensible baking habit has been deployed. I have not tackled any others formally yet, but I am keeping them in mind and developing action plans. I think 'no sweets' will be the next habit I set in motion. In any case, just practicing sensible baking seems to have a positive effect on my ov...
by Common Sense M
Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:41 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Goal: create and follow a school day routine that roughly spreads out my time across my various responsibilities and takes into account my children's schedule I am exerting willpower (in the form of actually following through with the routine) in order to get something that I want (1) time gained th...
by Common Sense M
Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:22 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

These routines that I am formulating may sound complicated, but I think that is okay. I liken it more to learning, or Eastern mind training practices. In Eastern thought, they talk about 'antidotes', which are simply consciously chosen, pre-planned, positive counter-responses to one's own destructiv...
by Common Sense M
Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:04 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Another facet of moderating my eating is when I am cooking or cleaning up. I have the bad habit of BLTs (bites, licks, and tastes). It adds up quickly and is also just a rude bad habit. I am trying to brand the replacement habit because that idea appeals to me as being useful. Possibilities that I h...
by Common Sense M
Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:59 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Sensible Baking

When I want to bake... My plan is to: -ask myself what the reason, purpose, or occasion is -check that I have a clear, time-tested recipe (no 'just wingin' it') -check that the recipe makes something that my family actually enjoys -if not -> plan to get nice biscuits -don't dwell on it, go do someth...
by Common Sense M
Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:55 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Goal: serenity about food, health, and weight control

Goal: to cultivate peace of mind about food, health, and weight control

Goal metric: something related to how much time I spend planning meals, reading about nutrition, maintaining my systems, and participating here
by Common Sense M
Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:54 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Goal: moderate sweets

Goal: to reserve sweets for sometimes on Saturdays, Sundays, and Special days, in the company of others Plans When there is a craving for sweets on an N day, my plan is to: -breathe deeply -remember "I can have that on an S day". -remember why: 1) eating sweets regularly doesn't make me feel good, 2...
by Common Sense M
Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:01 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Thanks for chiming in! Ironchef and Oolala, what you are describing is exactly what I want to put into action. I am glad to know that it is working for you. My planned start day is tomorrow. Yesterday at the doctor's, I was 9kg over the weight that I feel the best at, 11kg over my lowest adult weigh...
by Common Sense M
Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track
Replies: 51
Views: 73102

Ideas about starting, practicing, and keeping on track

In terms of behavior modification procedure, I know that I will need more thorough and systematic guidance than the foundational mnemonic (for all the "but what about...?"). My idea is to try to stick to the No S plan and gradually design and put into action responses to the scenarios that trump me ...
by Common Sense M
Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:39 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Newcomer needs help with diet anxiety
Replies: 19
Views: 31380

Thank you all for your input! It calms my nerves to read your thoughts and experiences. It sounds like everyone does better staying in the vanilla end of the pool. That is probably what I should start with. I would like to drop snacking altogether, for it is frowned upon as being a very antisocial b...
by Common Sense M
Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:54 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Newcomer needs help with diet anxiety
Replies: 19
Views: 31380

The Sticky Subject of Sugar

Thanks for chiming in Vicki, I will definitely be mining the mantra sticky section! Your 6-year maintenance is absolutely commendable and very encouraging! Clarinetgal, I bought into the smoothie craze too, but gave it up after it began to harm my health (namely sudden tooth demineralization). What ...
by Common Sense M
Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:04 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Newcomer needs help with diet anxiety
Replies: 19
Views: 31380

This is a good reflection on the history that you are referring to:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/ ... eader-card
by Common Sense M
Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:57 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Newcomer needs help with diet anxiety
Replies: 19
Views: 31380

Hello everyone, thanks for sharing your empathy and support. I used to be utterly ashamed of these thought patterns, but I have come to realize that it's probably a lot more common than anyone would guess. We are inundated with information about the obesity crisis, as well as diet and health reporti...
by Common Sense M
Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:30 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: Newcomer needs help with diet anxiety
Replies: 19
Views: 31380

Newcomer needs help with diet anxiety

Hello everyone, I am a newcomer here. I have been aware of No S for two or three years, but only recently realized that this is where I need to be. I have been trying to get away from dieting for about a year. My problem is that I cannot seem to get 'diet chatter' out of my head. It makes me really ...