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wosnes

I also always make my own dressings. I have some cardiac health issues and my doctor told me to avoid processed foods. So I do -- and it's made a huge difference. One of my favorite things to do is take recipes that call for processed ingredients and rework them to use "real" food. They rarely take ...

wosnes

Here's tape of a discussion between Mark Bittman and Ezra Klein of The Washington Post. It covers a lot of the things we talk about at No-S -- plus more. It's about 43 minutes long, but it's worth watching and listening to.

wosnes

This is a really good thread. I had a weight watchers leader years ago who told us to count how many occasions we would have between Nov 1 and Jan 1 to go off course. There would be 186 meals. If you were so socially active as to have maybe 15 holiday events, that was a small percentage of the tota...

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used2bskinny wrote:
What do other people do about sheer exhaustion?

I do have a warm drink -- and then I sleep.

wosnes

~reneew wrote:

Any other ideas for deserts and sweets? I need all the help I can get.

I'm sorry -- I don't understand what kind of help you want.

wosnes

I've never been a calorie counter and doubt that I ever will be (never say never). But I know that vegetables are the least calorie dense and most nutritionally dense foods; fat is the most calorie dense and least nutritionally dense foods. In general, plant foods are less calorie dense and animal f...

wosnes

Something I've noticed the last two Thanksgivings -- I'm only eating one plate, though it has a large variety of food on it. There's just not too much of anything. I'm also not eating much in the way of dessert. Truthfully, I'm not that fond of the desserts most associated with Thanksgiving.

wosnes

I've found that if only a little is available, I'm satisfied with that. If there's more -- that's what will satisfy me. There's something to be said for the way many Europeans handle the sweets issue -- they don't make or keep them at home. When you want it, you go to the bakery/patisserie and buy o...

wosnes

I believe Jillian Michaels has a book about that, but I'm not totally sure. That's the only one I can think of for now. http://coaches.aol.com/diet/feature/_a/busting-through-a-weight-loss-plateau/20070515121109990001 http://absolutlyfit.blogspot.com/2009/01/jillian-michaels-calls-us-out-reality.ht...

wosnes

When I was growing up, tradition was that Christmas Eve dinner was meatless. To my parents, this usually meant a "special" macaroni and cheese recipe containing four different types of cheese that was only made on Christmas Eve. But just about any vegetarian or seafood-based dish would fit. I know ...

wosnes

For Christmas Eve, my parents did Oyster Stew. My in-laws most often had lasagna. I make a shrimp bisque. In terms of the complexity of it, I much prefer Christmas dinner to Thanksgiving. We have scalloped potatoes with ham (the ham is mixed in with the potatoes), broccoli and carrots. We typically ...

wosnes

I wouldn't drink the calorie filled drinks, either. As for your portions, you might try putting less on your plate. Try it, the worst thing is that you might get a little hungry. Remember -- THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING HUNGRY!

wosnes

~reneew wrote:
Next... never never weigh yourself on Thanksgiving Night. Never.

The day after isn't a good idea, either. Wait at least until Monday -- or the next week if you can!

wosnes

Congratulations!

wosnes

Happy Thanksgiving to all! We're not celebrating with dinner until Saturday. I'm prepping today.

A neighbor and I went to see The Blind Side and had lunch afterwards. Then I napped and started the prep work. Nice, quiet day!

wosnes

I think when I was there, I didn't even realize I was. It took some years after the fact for me to realize I'd been there.

wosnes

I am really interested in this topic; this is my first holiday season on No S, and I'm a little concerned. I bake a lot of Christmas cookies and use them as gifts. I usually take a couple days off work, add in a weekend and bake for four days straight. How do people handle this? I can't imagine not...

wosnes

ZippaDee wrote:Wow! I guess the opinions are pretty unanimous huh?! My son has a birthday tomorrow and then Thanksgiving on Thursday. I will get started soon though. THANKS!!

You can start today -- both of those are S days.

wosnes

About the protein recommendations -- I found this article in the New York Times today. While I hadn't heard the specific recommendations previously, I'd read that less is best from numerous sources.

wosnes

Many of us have changed S days for very practical reasons -- we have to work or Saturday or Sunday and it's just not an S day or we routinely go out with family/friends on Friday night and take that instead of Sunday. This seems like an emotional reason for changing an S day rather than a practical ...

wosnes

Jump in now. With S days, you can still participate in the festivities.

wosnes

Howdy, I step on mine and have to wait for a minute or 2 before the numbers settle down to one, assuming it doesn't flicker between 2 weights. And if I stand on it in different places, I get different results. I want uniform repeatable measurements. Then I have a zero dial on the back. So if no one...

wosnes

That is awesome! Congratulations!

wosnes

I like a scale that shows how much I weigh -- that's it -- nothing fancier.

I'm supposed to weigh daily (health problem), but I rarely weigh even weekly. Honestly, if I didn't need to weigh for the health reasons, I wouldn't own a scale or weigh regularly.

wosnes

This garlicky spinach and tomato salad is very good, too! The pork chops are good, too!

wosnes

Today is the day for the food section in our local newspaper. There's an article featuring recipes from a popular diet website and cookbook. It's no wonder most of us have failed with other diets! With the exception of a salad, everything sounded horrible -- and full of chemical-laden fake foods. Di...

wosnes

Well, I like to put spinach in a version of Italian Wedding Soup or in white bean soup -- instead of white beans and kale or escarole.. I also like to saute it in a little olive oil and garlic (yum!) with a squirt of lemon juice. Then there's any number of salads with spinach. Our "friend" Clara sug...

wosnes

I'm so weary of the adjective "healthy".

wosnes

There are some people who eat 4 meals daily. The trick to eating more meals is to keep half of them "small" meals. I rarely eat 3 meals daily -- usually only two, but no matter if it's two or three, only one is a large meal.

wosnes

I saw this today.

wosnes

Wow -- some of you folks are going for really low calorie counts. The nutritionist I discussed weight loss with explained to me that usually, if you're eating below 1500 kCal/day, your body is actually starving and not getting enough to run on. I think the nutritionist was talking about an "average...

wosnes

Good heavens! Take an S day and enjoy it. It's a "Special" treat, a once-a-year kind of thing.

wosnes

I hadn't read the article when I posted above -- just responded to the idea of fasting.

So, basically if you practice some form of calorie restriction, you'll lose weight. Wow. What a concept.

wosnes

I've read that one of the reasons the Greeks tend to be slim and healthy is that the Greek Orthodox religion has many days of fasting.

wosnes

Thanks for posting this! I love Jamie Oliver!!! Here's a relevant excert from the article: Stop snacking. Snacking, in my mind, is the big evil. No one is an angel 100% of the time, including me. I like chips and chocolate. But I've never, ever met an obese family that didn't treat snacking like me...

wosnes

Welcome back and good luck! Something I find very interesting is that Americans have more issues with intolerances and allergies than people in other parts of the world. I think it's probably due to chemicals used in growing and processing and in our environment -- which haven't typically been used ...

wosnes

Jamie Oliver has a new cookbook -- Jamie's Food Revolution. I've seen it, but haven't purchased it. Here's an idea of what he's teaching in Jamie's Food Revolution.

wosnes

I think you have to do what works for you.

wosnes

Seems to me that there's a (somewhat) hidden assumption in NoS: you can eat whatever you want on S days, but "whatever you want" is supposed to change over time as you get used to eating more moderately on N days. I'm not sure if it will work if this never happens -- but many people have found that...

wosnes

I remember when I was 15 and finished my life guard training. I thought "This is IT? THIS is what life guards know? ACK!" Suddenly, I no longer felt as safe with a life guard watching over me. The same is true, I think, for adulthood. And probably doctors, the President and 5 star generals. They mi...

wosnes

There might be some truth about the lipid hypothesis, but much of what he's written is counter to how traditional cultures have eaten. Just someone else with a hypothesis.

wosnes

I want to hear about what mods people have taken and have worked long term to reduce binging on S days I think that there are very few days that should be S "Days" -- I've listed them in another post, but basically national and religious holidays, your birthday and so on -- days when you can (and m...

wosnes

Don't give up the S days. But you might try not considering each S day a day to go wild. Instead -- think of events. If you're going out to dinner, you can have whatever is being served (including appetizers and dessert). If you're going to a movie or watching something special on TV or the like -- ...

wosnes

Wow! You're certainly in a good spot to do some PR for No-S! I've not been to the Museum of Science and Industry for a long time -- since my girls were little. I love it -- especially at this time of the year when they do Christmas Around the World. I'm just old enough to remember the sub arriving i...

wosnes

Wosnes. I wonder about that, too. I do know it helps me stay fuller longer, and I know it has a lot of benefits, but I wonder if we need as much as some of the sources say we do. I went on one diet site that said I need 60-over 100 grams of protein a day, and that seems a little high. I think I'll ...

wosnes

As a result of not ever having that adult mother-daughter relationship with my own mother, my daughter and I are extremely close. I've always felt that my three children were cheated out of a grandmother as well, as so I try to be the best grandmother that I can be - without making them all totally...

wosnes

I think the secret to motivation is being committed to doing what it takes -- doesn't matter what you're trying to do. In terms of weight loss, I think it's more important to be committed to the doing what it takes (No-S and exercise, for example) than trying to reach a specific goal. We can't guara...

wosnes

This is totally anecdotal but, from my observation, people tend to divide into two categories - Those who don't fancy food first thing in the morning and who are more than happy to go straight through to lunch without eating anything. If these people eat breakfast, they actually tend to be hungrier...

wosnes

When my mother died -- I was 16. I've read that this isn't uncommon.

wosnes

Grammy G wrote:I think Clara would approve of this item, don't you?

She probably has used one -- or a wagon.

wosnes

Interesting -- the video is good:
Walking for Miles in New York City

I liked Block-a-Thon, too.

wosnes

Thank you for all your thoughtful posts. I do like no s and as long as i can lose weight doing it I will put in the hard work. ( its not that hard) I just wanted to know that it won't take me 12 years to lose 20 pounds or that i will end up heavier by stopping the point counting. Thanks again! Yest...

wosnes

Welcome! Slow is the way to go!

wosnes

Often, I find it hard to eat according to "tradition" because we didn't have any when I was growing up, none passed down from mom... Neither did I. However, there was a comment on one of the blogs at the New York Times (Well or Bitten) about picking a food tradition -- either of your cultural herit...

wosnes

That being said I think protein so totally over rated. Me, too. Especially since most other people around the world eat considerably less than we do. It's one of those dietary mysteries. Why are we taught we need more when other folks don't? It's not genetics. Gee, could it have something to do wit...

wosnes

I could be wrong about this, but I think that all buttermilk is fairly low fat, becuase it started off as what's left over when butter is churned.. most of what you get now is cultured milk, but I think the low-fatness is traditional. Like I said, I could be wrong. ... I need some buttermilk for a ...

wosnes

I absolutely agree that eating a burger & fries on a regular basis would be unproductive. They are obviously too high in everything to be considered a healthy, daily meal. And I completely agree that the calorie count does not match up....one can't eat a meal like a Red Robin burger & fries regular...

wosnes

Congratulations!

wosnes

Nearly all whole food has protein, so maybe you just need to eat a larger volume of food? I have a hard time with the idea of needing more protein since we already eat far more than people in most of the rest of the world. I myself rarely eat an animal source of protein for breakfast OR lunch. Occas...

wosnes

Sounds like what mom used to say -- don't eat between meals or you'll ruin your appetite.

wosnes

I enjoyed these from the book: If you don't think you have time to exercise, just clean your kitchen. I think it's kind of silly -- the people jogging. Scrubbing my floors and counters makes everything strong and my kitchen looks good. When I read that I wondered if she scrubbed the floor on her han...

wosnes

oliviamanda wrote:Bar food is not the healthiest stuff: baskets of fries, cheese fries, onion rings, loaded potato skins, chicken wings, tacos, everything fried!

But if it's on an S day...???

Moderation in all things, including moderation.

wosnes

I've not done that, but I made soup nearly identical to it last week. I've had the recipe over 25 years.

wosnes

My personal rule is no more than 2 drinks -- ever. My mixed drink of choice is vodka and tonic. If it's going to be a "long" night, I alternate between vodka and tonic and tonic only. After the second mixed drink, I stick to tonic only. I still have as much fun as I would have if I drank more. Actua...

wosnes

valerie_19s wrote:
By the way, today is my first S day! Can I replace it with a N-day just to keep the momentum going & take it later this week when I feel like it?

No, that's not a good idea.

wosnes

Another nurse I worked with, who was interested in natural/holistic medicine, said that when you're just starting to feel like you might be coming down with some kind of upper respiratory virus to increase your vitamin C intake. This has to be done with supplements -- not food. 1000 mg every hour wh...

wosnes

Meal patterns in the past probably varied a lot, and probably depended a great deal on your status in life as well as the energy you expended daily. For us now... the whole point of this is habit-building, and I think it's not unreasonable to "start where you are" in terms of breakfast. If it holds...

wosnes

Interesting opinions on b'fast. Since I am not doing any weight training in the AM.. and since I no longer have to eat because of a work schedule.. I will enjoy my slice of stale bread and black coffee and let it go at that! As for the SOS, I do think it was my mom's cooking! Should you rinse that ...

wosnes

Sorry to hear you were ill. The flu -- any variety of it -- can be really nasty. Good luck with your return to No-S.

wosnes

I believe the Army has a version on toast "SOS". Be very glad food has moved on! Or maybe it was my mom's cooking.... I've never tried the pasta with peas because I can't stand canned peas. But I think the liquid in the peas adds some flavor to the mix -- those who tried it with fresh or frozen pea...

wosnes

Just watched that sweetie, Clara! She is thin.. she is 93..she doesn't eat a big breakfast! Not only is she 93..she is a healthy, active,sharp witted lady!! I'm not saying no big breakfast is the cause of all of this ..but...WHAT would you eat if left to your own wants??? When would you eat?? I lik...

wosnes

Clara's Kitchen was released today. I pre-ordered a copy from Amazon and received it today. This is Clara from the Depression Era Recipes thread here. There are many more new recipes from Clara and much wisdom -- kitchen and otherwise. I'm currently reading the chapter about bread. In it Clara says...

wosnes

No S as it is described in the 14 words, without any modifications. "Plain ol' vanilla", you know. Only 13 words on the cover of the book though: No Snacks. No Sweets. No Seconds.* *Except on days that start with S. I read the book before I came to this forum. Perhaps that's why I have been unable ...

wosnes

I've yet to buy this book and try the bread. I'm also interested in this one: My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method by Jim Lahey. His recipe, which Mark Bittman wrote about in the New York Times and Jeffrey Steingarten wrote about in the May, 2007 issue of Vogue, is the one that proba...

wosnes

I allow myself more than one plate (or bowl), but it's always soup or salad on the extra plate. I also don't drink the liquids between meals, but if I need to snack, it's always fruit or vegetables.

wosnes

The problem with human kibble is that humans need and want more variety.

wosnes

You can certainly have milk and/or juice at meals. If you're hungry between meals, you can have a glass of milk or juice to keep the hunger at bay until the next meal. By the way, just for clarification, it's no sweets, not no sugar. If it's something that you think of as dessert, it's off limits un...

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Anoulie wrote:No S as it is described in the 14 words, without any modifications. "Plain ol' vanilla", you know.

I think it would include the one-plate rule and only juice or milk between meals if needed for hunger.

wosnes

Congratulations! It's really pretty simple to understand and implement.

wosnes

wosnes, I always stop and read your entries! I know I will learn something worthwhile. I like this concept and am going to really think about it it terms organizing not only my kitchen, but my house! the first thing that came to mind was my "collection" of utensils I keep on the counter...I could e...

wosnes

I found this at Cheap, Healthy, Good

I'm not a huge fan of the Simpsons, but thought these were good: 25 Lessons "The Simpsons" Taught Me About Cheap, Healthy Eating

wosnes

I stumbled across this today. I've found it to be true:

http://casualkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -food.html

wosnes

I should explain my reasoning for getting rid of the regular S days. The very short version of this is that I'm eating things on weekends that I don't particularly want just because it's the weekend and I can. The other part is that I'm missing things I want on weekdays just because it's a weekday a...

wosnes

1) Weekends are NOT special days. I really need structure on weekends or they become permasnack. 2) Everyday I am allowed a single "S", either snack or sweet. By single, I mean a (small) single measured portion size. 3) Fresh plain fruits/vegs are allowed as a snack if I'm really hungry . 4) I've a...

wosnes

I just posted this on the "Vanilla or nothing?" thread, but it might be helpful here as well. As a result of reading about the mods and tweaks, I've decided to make another modification: I'm going to eliminate Saturday and Sunday as routine S days. Instead, I'm going to take S days as they come. I d...

wosnes

My modifications are well thought out, make sense to me and work for me. I've never been good at blindly following rules that someone else sets for my personal behavior and habits . Reinhard trusted his own judgment in finding what works for him. I trust my judgment to do what works for me. I find ...

wosnes

I saw that, too. Amazing, isn't it? I liked some of the comments on Well:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/2 ... okie-diet/

wosnes

Ultimately, I think No-S is about moderation, being sensible and going back to something that resembles the way people used to eat (before everyone had problems with weight and health). If vanilla doesn't work for you, no problem. Just find something that does work for you.

wosnes

buttercreampillow wrote: I don't feel threatened by anyone's mods--I'm just glad I don't have to do 'em. What worked for me was to just keep on and let the diet change me over time.

I'm glad I don't have to follow vanilla No-S. If I did, I wouldn't be here.

wosnes

Blondie wrote:
My mom is a pumpkin (well, really, pumpkin pie spice) nut. She adds it to anything. Pancakes, coffee, ice cream...

I always thought I hated pumpkin pie until I realized it was pumpkin pie spice I didn't like. Most have cloves and I can't stand cloves.

wosnes

I should change my signature to this (but I like my current one, too):

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
Buddha

wosnes

I think wosnes pointed out in another thread that it has to be your routine, or you'll never make it a routine. However, we can all agree that part of the reason No-S helps you lose weight is because you are limiting your opportunities to eat, and those opportunities correspond with social norms, c...

wosnes

I tend to agree with Mimi, though I'd see it as a failure for myself. Shucks, I wouldn't even be at my niece's B/F birthday! The scones would be a failure, too.

wosnes

Here's one for you:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33399191/ ... _and_wine/

wosnes

I don't think I've ever stuck to vanilla No-S. Initially it was because I didn't realize there was a one plate rule. I ate one serving of whatever was being served and salad was often on a separate plate. When I realized there was a one plate rule, I didn't see any reason to change that. I was alrea...

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guadopt1997 wrote:I think I'm going to make that to bring into the office for my birthday! That, and a gallon of milk!

IMHO milk absolutely ruins cake or cookies! I HATE milk as a beverage. Just my 2Â¢ worth.

wosnes

ThomsonsPier wrote:
While I'm here, does anyone have any good cakey-type tray bake recipes?

Something like this?

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007 ... st_chocol/

wosnes

I'd get rid of the sugar free stuff, eat the pizza and sleep more. Stress does increase our desire for comfort and food is one of the things we associate with comfort. What else comforts you? clarinetgal -- I don't think white pasta or white bread is a problem -- it's the same as the white rice. Sal...

wosnes

I do allow myself a small amount of sweets each day, but I make sure it fits onto my lunch or dinner plate. By doing it this way, I don't overindulge on sweets during the weekend. I do the same thing for the same reason , but I don't worry about it fitting on my plate. However, it's always cookies ...

wosnes

Pumpkin isn't one of my favorites, but I've seen recipes for pumpkin risotto and pumpkin soup. Just about any recipe that calls for squash would work with pumpkin.

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