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bonnieUK

These days are my hardest days to stick to, I'm trying to avoid the temptation of just making them S days LOL (but they do have an S in them!) Ok, realisticly I don't think I should make them S days, but perhaps I should just fill up my meal plates more!

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Anyway, what I do remember is being in Europe and walking a lot and eating good quality food and no snacking. Hi Linda, and welcome! That's interesting actually, I think here in the UK that trend is changing, and this makes me wonder if the reversal of the "no snack" trend is contributing to what t...

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Personally I often say no to these offers (but that is often because things like cookies contain dairy which I can't have anyway) if I feel that what I'm getting is good enough value I can live with that and tell myself I don't need the free bonus calories LOL. Or, you could always be altruistic and...

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LOL Debs! Of course edible hemp seeds have no psychoactive effect unlike their relatives :D (at least the ones I buy don'!) although some people suggest they contain minute traces! I'm still happy with the almond milk, but I've put one of these http://www.totalrawfood.com/products/&c=equipment&r=oth...

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ok, just in case anyone is interested in the results of my "nut milk" experiments (with the aid of a cheap seed mill and even cheaper blender!), I've discovered that sunflower seeds don't work when trying to make a milk subsitute :D (it starts off looking ok, but soon separates into water and "bits"...

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Hi Peeps This may be a little OT but I was just thinking about habit stickiness. For example, No S diet is a habit that has stuck for me, and became "sticky" very quickly (I realise I'm still a newbie, but feel quite habitualised, it's rather Pavlovian). Getting up early is another habit that stuck,...

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Hi all, I read something on here from a while back about how to establish a good waking habits, and thought I'd share how I went from being a lazy student who regularly selpt until the afternoon to become something approximating a responsible grown up :) (getting a 9-5 job was a start!). This may ha...

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Thanks ThomsonsPier! I guess I just need to find a way to get through plateaus, I suppose just including something more interesting will do the trick! I think you're right about the equilibrium changes and effects of lower fat levels on energy, as I do seem to feel a physical change which implies so...

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Hi to anyone who reads this :) I have some issues with exercise, and would welcome any advice / thoughts. Just for some background, in my student days I had daily dance training but have been out of that for several years. I now have a walking and yoga as my main default exercise â€“ i.e. this is th...

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I just do not have the time, energy, or recuperative ability to add athlete to that mix. Hi :) Sorry if this gets a bit rambly, but just wanted to say that I can relate to this, though I was never an â€œathleteâ€ in the conventional sense, I used to have intensive dance training on a daily basis du...

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I have been wanting to lose some excess fat I have which isn't much but I don't want it Hi :) I'm quite new to No S too, seconds was also my biggest problem, but as Reinhard says, habit is very powerful, it only took a few days for me to get used to not having seconds, which I found very surprising...

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I was just reading an article by a vegan body builder and thought this point about moderation being key to enjoying "cheat food" (or S food as we would call it) may be relevant: Soy ice cream is my biggest vice and when not dieting for a photo shoot or bodybuilding show it is not uncommon for me to ...

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Haven't checked in for a while, I've decided I'll just check in if I have something new to report or if I have a failure. It's definitely true that including a good protein source with each meal is the best way to avoid slip ups, I've had one failure and some other near failures as a result of eatin...

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Hi Debs, I was pleasantly surprised how simple it is too! It is a little bitty if you don't seive it, but that doesn't bother me. I'd imagine that using blanched almonds would result in a much smoother milk but have yet to try that. I made hemp seed milk this morning for my cereal, using the same me...

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Hi all, Just posted in the No S forum about smoothies etc. and thought I'd share my almond milk recipe. I have a dairy intolerance so can't have regular milk, until recently I'd been using soya milk but thought I'd try an experiment in making my own nut milks as a way of not having to rely on someth...

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Hi Betty, I'm still fairly new to No S so can't claim to be an expert, but here are my thoughts: To help with the snack issue, have you thought about adding smoothies to help fill the gap between meals? It may mean a few extra calories, but it might be a good compromise to go for instead of eating s...

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p.s. another thought on TV, another thing I do is intentionally not watch advertising. When an ad comes on I lower the sound and get up and do something else. I started doing this when I realised that if you watch an episode of say Lost for 1 hour, 15 minutes of that is wasted time watching ads, tim...

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My # 1 would be to get back into a daily yoga practice - a few months ago I got tired out & bored from overdoing it with a daily ashtanga session, also got a repetitive strain injury in my wrist for the same reason. The upside is this forced me to embrace walking as my main exercise for a while, but...

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I couldn't find any of the Indian food that is supposed to be everywhere in London, either, except at one sort of touristy place I went to on Brick Lane. I'm going to London again in six months--I'll have to do better this time. Wow - that is strange! Must have just been bad luck, but I don't think...

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Haven't logged in for a while, but all going well. Haven't had any failure days! Haven't noticeably lost weight yet, but feeling a bit more comfortable in my clothes - must be a good sign

bonnieUK

It is, indeed. I lived on Cemetery Junction for a year as a student (in Granby Gardens, if you remember any street names). Haha - I lived in Granby Gardens too at one point, very small world :) I was there in the 80s. Had a black cat who used to roam the neighborhood :) When I think traditional Ame...

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Oh by the way, ThomsonsPier - I'm from Reading too originally

Lived in the Cemetry Junction area as a kid. Small world

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Out of interest, what do people think the English diet comprises? Interesting thoughts, I sense a food nostalgia rambling reply coming on :) I have noted that when visiting other European countries they have a particular cuisine style, with particular dishes featured. In the UK, I don't think we ha...

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i also get this water retention. that just a few more days near the bathroom :). and before my period i go through a few days of constipation and the water also helps that. I sometimes get a variety of digestive upsets on my PMS days, I saw an accupuncturist a while back for that and he said it has...

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Thanks for the tip

I'll try it. I do drink a lot of water, but could always fit in some more. I also get a lot of water retention during what I like to call "crazy week"

, so I guess I should be drinking lots of water anyway.

bonnieUK

Hi peeps :) I'll try not to go into too much detail here :oops: , but one week each month I get struck by a severe attack of insatiable, 24 hour ravenousness (I don't just mean feeling a bit peckish, this is more like every cell in my body demanding more calories 24/7). Surprisingly this month it ha...

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Metabolism issues are way overrated, mostly because they seem to provide: 1) a good excuse to not do anything 2) a magic bullet solution that does not involved will power if your metabolism can somehow be tricked. Self-deception regarding food intake is a far bigger problem. By forcing you to see w...

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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." This is great simple advice, and forms part of my myriad of reasons for becoming a vegan several years ago (other reasons include dairy intolerance, IBS, and ethical issues). I think if I lived in different time where animals were healthy, well fed, looked af...

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Hi peeps :) I just had some thoughts on snacking, I've generally found that since on No S I've felt less hungry than I used to when I snacked a few times a day. This point was proven to me yesterday, which was an "S" day as it was my husband's birthday. It was also an odd day for me at work with lon...

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Hi! :) Good post, I too have found that the No S diet and the idea of moderation has found its way into other areas of my life (e.g. generally being more disciplined, reducing caffeine intake etc.) It has made me think about habitual behaviour and taught me that habits can be changed. I've also foun...

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Last Wednesday to Friday - SUCCESS

Was good all last week

I even had Saturday as an N-day, purely because I just didn't feel like having any S foods. Was busy all day doing housework anyway. Ate some S foods on Sunday though

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TuesdaySUCCESS

Another succes. Had a bit of a dodgy moment at dinner though, I made a huge vegetable & seed loaf and it was tempting to eat seconds, I also ate a little piece of the crispy edge when I was transfering the loaf into a container to go in the fridge - a bit naughty!

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Monday SUCCESS

Good all day, lasted well on a small breakfast and small lunch (because I was disorganised and hadn't prepared in advance!), which made me appreciate dinner much more.

bonnieUK

Hi! I'm posting here because I've completed just over 21 days on no S (that's assuming that weekends are included!) I'm actually on day 24 now, but I did have 2 failure days (damn cookies!) plus my first couple of days were "half essed" because I snacked on apples and bananas. However, I think I've ...

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At the weekend I didn't feel the need to have snacks or seconds, which is great. I did eat lots of dark chocolate gingerbread though (after meals). I think this No S ing is gradually reducing my appetite. I used to pack my lunch and 2 healthy snacks (fruit, nuts, crackers etc.) for the work day and ...

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Friday

SUCCESS

Friday was another good day! can't remember exactly what I ate but it was all good and healthy.

bonnieUK

Hi Reinhard - A belated happy birthday from me too! I hope you had some nice S day treats! Just want to say thanks for your expertise, websites and this forum - I've found it all very helpful and encouraging :) I'm on day 20 of No S now and it's going well (aside from 2 "cookie incidents" :D). I see...

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Thursday - SUCCESS!

Breakfast - 2 weetabix with soya milk.
Lunch - homemade pea soup, 4 rye crackers with vegetable margarine.
Dinner - vegetable chili & rice, a couple of felafels, 2 pieces of flatbread, hummous & cucumber salad.

Today is day 20

bonnieUK

Hi, This may be a little off topic but I'm just curious as to what crazy diets people have tried before discovering the fabulously logical and sensible No S diet? I've tried: Raw food diet (AKA stoneage diet) - the concept is that you only eat raw fruits, vegetables nuts and seeds, drink water or fr...

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Wednesday - Success Breakfast: 3 weetabix with soya milk Lunch: Hummus, carrot and basil sandwich on wholemeal bread. A banana. Dinner: 1 bowl of homemade pea soup - small serving of unsweetened soya yoghurt with flax seed oil & a sprinkling muesli. Helpers: decaf coffee with lots of soya milk to h...

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Tuesday - sucess :) Breakfast - 3 weetabix with soya milk. Lunch - bean burger with steamed veg & millet grain. Dinner - wholewheate pasta with soya mince in tomato sauce and a large salad (with lemon juice and olive oil dressing) Helpers - decaf coffee with soya milk x 2 - helps fill that gap betw...

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Hi - me again. Just had some thoughts about the No S diet concept of going back to a more natural or traditional way of eating - i.e. before we all started pigging out on sugar, e numbers and hydrogenated fats LOL It also got me thinking about how other diet plans out there seem to go against natura...

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More proof that most soda is evil, at least as far as I'm concerned. Yech. I feel pretty blech today. Don't forget the aspartame that is added, often even to the non-diet drinks (you'd think that with 7 spoons of sugar or whatever silly amount a typical soda drink contains it'd be sweet enough :D)....

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I gave up sugary foods several years ago (before I discovered No S) and found the same thing - on the odd occasion where I eat something sugary I find it way too sweet. I also found that I learned to appreciate natural sweetness in foods much more (e.g. fruits, honey etc.). I have similar chocolate ...

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Hi! So I've been on No S for a couple of weeks now, successfully got out of my "eating seconds & thirds" habit, also got out of the snacking - so far so good. The interesting thing I've found is that while before, I avoided sugar and had no interest in it, since being on No S I've had 2 "cookie inci...

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Hi! So I've been on No S for a couple of weeks now, successfully got out of my "eating seconds & thirds" habit, also got out of the snacking - so far so good. The interesting thing I've found is that while before, I avoided sugar and had no interest in it, since being on No S I've had 2 "cookie inci...

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Monday failure - Was good all day but had a slip up after dinner (oops!) Breakfast - bran flakes with soya milk. Lunch - leftover steamed vegetables & pasta. Dinner - a bean burger, small serving of millet grain, peas, steamed red cabbage plus a carrot & cucumber salad. Naughtiness - ate 4 small ho...

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Hi Lisa,

Welcome! I'm new here too, only started No S about 2 weeks ago.

I'm in a similar situation to you, not overweight, but found my weight creeping up. So far I've found No S perfect for getting out of my bad habits (overeating, snacking when not hungry etc.).

Best of luck to you!

Bonnie

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Accidentally posted same post more than once.

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Hi! I've been fairly good on No S so far, had a little slip up last week but made up for it by having an N day on Saturday. Anyway, I work with a bunch of terminal permasnackers, there are people all around me who seem to graze constantly on cookies, biscuits, crips etc. There is a more or less perm...

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Accidentally posted same post more than once.

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Accidentally posted same post more than once.

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Accidentally posted same post more than once.

bonnieUK

Today is day 16 on No S. Saturday Ended up as an N day, I'd been "budgeting" for a luxurious chinese meal out but ended up not having much, didn't even have dessert. Oh well, it makes up for a cookie slip up on Thursday! Breakfast: Muesli with soya milk. Lunch: vegetarian chili with rice. Dinner: A ...

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Just thought I should add. The cookies were nice, but not satisfying because I knew I shouldn't eat them. What I should have done was though "mm, those cookies look nice, I'll get some for myself to have on Sunday" rather than sneakily eating 2 and then not enjoying them. Oh well, lesson learned for...

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Just ate 2 cookies because I got stressed at work...must get control of emotional eating!

Oh well, will be good for the rest of the day. At least I now know a good brand of organic cookies to buy on an S day LOL.

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Healthy Vegan on No S diet here (yes, even on a healthy vegan diet you can overeat and put on weight). Target - loose about 3-4 kgs (6-8 lbs) as part of a general bid to get fitter, counteract the sedintary office worker lifestyle and get back to my usual healthy weight. I doubt I'll be able to chec...

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Thanks :) I'm still impressed by how easy it was to ditch having seconds (which I did habiitually pretty much every day) just shows that it can can be easy to re-train the body out of bad habits. I'm finding that I enjoy my food much more when I know I'm only going to have one plate of it. I'm also ...

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I had a similar issue with an evening of dance classes right accross my usual dinner time (returning home at 10pm). I couldn't eat dinner before because I'd didn't want to feel too full, but didn't really want to eat a meal right before bed when I got home. In the end I opted to replace dinner with ...

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Hi Hexagon, I doubt I can offer much or anything more than the helpful comments here already, but in terms of exercise I think it is best to start with something very simple as you've got so much already going on in your life, and its more important to not beat yourself up if you don't get the chanc...

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Hi, I'm new here, started the no S diet last Monday. Apologies in advance if this is long, Iâ€™m not good at keeping things like this short! About me: Female, 28, Vegan (i.e. eat no meat, fish, dairy or eggs â€“ been this way most of my adult life). Fairly sedentary office worker. Never had any prob...

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Can PMS days be S days? LOL

Re: New here and wanted to say 'HI'!

Habit stickiness

getting up early and consistently tip

Any advice / thoughts on exercise issues?

Re: evaluating priorities

Re: Realization

Just another snippet on moderation

Easy almond milk- if anyone needs a milk alternative

Re: Please--some advice needed

Any tips for hormonal ravenousness??

Dangers of permasnacking!

What is the craziest diet you've tried?

Another good day!

Old fashioned healthy eating

Subconscious cookie rebellion?

Subconscious cookie rebellion?

Sensible S days

Perma-snacking colleagues - any tips?

Sensible S days

Sensible S days

Sensible S days

Sensible S days

Emotional eating - oops!!

Bonnie's ad-hoc check-in

thanks for the welcome :)

some advice on the exercise issue

Newbie - started No S last week