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Jethro

on No S, I've gotten better and better at estimating how much of a plate of food in a restaurant is going to satisfy my need for nourishment and pleasure before I get too full. (It's about 1.5 to 2 fists in volume of dense foods, including the salad DRESSING, but that's me.) Just keep thinking: the...

Jethro

I asked my doctor, why do I have to fast 8-12 hours before an operation? Answer: that's how long it takes to empty your stomach, which is approximately the size of your fist. In other words, eating food the size of your fist will fill your stomach. Keep that in mind next time you think you are hungr...

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I like these posts because they help us see how to curtail them for our own use. I hope it's not a downer that I post my caveats. Reinhard keeps emphasizing we need to be specific about our BEHAVIORS, not the results. To aim at results, we can get caught up in all kinds of crazy behaviors to meet t...

Jethro

Not only is your success good for you, it gets me fired up on my NOS.

Jethro

Congratulations. Would giving cigars violate NOS?

Jethro

At a 75% NOS compliance average since December 2010, it's evident I'm not in the 21 day club.

But with 45# lost already - 25 to go - you can say I'm a member of the fall, get up, dust-off and keep moving club.

I invite you to join me. Like my high school football coach used to say "hit and drive."

Jethro

I'm looking for some tips on how to handle a mutli-week vacation. I can't make these all S days, right? I'm into my second month of No-S and really liking it. I've lost about 8 pounds so far. After next week, I'm going away on a vacation for the rest of September in south west WA. I'm really lookin...

Jethro

I did weight watchers for a while. I thought I had the perfect set up: count points, control your eating and lose weight. Unfortunately for me the points count eventually wore me out. And I'm an accountant by profession. It was an utter failure. And the issue of bank points for a future deficit/surp...

Jethro

wosnes wrote:Actually, I'd recommend that you forget about carbs, protein and fat and think about food.

Great recommendation! I'd like to add, if I may, think about food you like!

Don't eat because you have too, eat because you like to.

Jethro

Since I haven't reached target weight (165#) or target waist (34"), and I still have slip ups every now and then (although I'm improving), food and weight loss has all my attention, but it's not an obsession.

Eventually I'll reach my targets and my habits will become automatic.

Jethro

Brian Wansick, PhD - who wrote the book Mindless Eating in which he looks at external and environmental cues that influence how much we eat without us realizing it - did a study that points out another important and often missing piece to this apparent paradox The study, Internal and External Cues o...

Jethro

You need to give NOS more time.

This is a lifetime system, not a system to "make weight" for an athletic event.

I started on December 2010, and my NOS compliance has been around 75%.

I needed to lose 80 lb., I've lost 46 and I have enjoyed the journey.

Jethro

Those bodies in the media are not only rare, they're not "normal" and the people who have them are paid to have them. However, we look at them as if they are normal. . too true... Was reading about some workouts that some actors did for various movies a few days ago... 6+ hours working out a day is...

Jethro

I earned a bronze in NOS.

Jethro

According to wikipedia, on average our French brothers and sisters consume 13.66 liters of pure ethyl alcohol per year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption This equals 13,660 grams of pure alcohol http://www.convertunits.com/from/grams/to/liter To make it simple let...

Jethro

Anybody that drops enough body fat with minimal exercise (i.e., NOS 14 minutes of shovelglove, calisthenics, weights, etc.) will have an athletic physique.

This graphic representation will give you an idea as to where you are:

http://bretcontreras.com/wp-content/upl ... atios1.jpg

Jethro

jellybeans01 wrote: The key I believe, move forward. If you mess up just don't give up. Start right the next meal.

How rightfully so. With NOS you are always one meal away from getting back on track!

Jethro

I try to walk at least 1/2 hour everyday. When walking I relax my mind and just enjoy the walk with its scenery. While walking in my neighborhood, sometimes people in cars flag me down asking for directions. I hate it because the interruption takes me out of my "zone." I developed a response. Whenev...

Jethro

Nicole don't worry about the ex. HE made the mistake.

With NOS you'll be the best you can ever be!

Jethro

For breakfast I use Reinhard's recommended oatmeal "Old Wessex Scottish style oats," (1 scoop) mixed with a protein shake (1 scoop), at circa 7:00 AM, and although I eat lunch (to maintain the habit), with this breakfast I can be good until dinner time.

Jethro

Hi everyone! I'm different. I'm a seasonal smoker. I only smoke during regular football season tailgate parties, 16 games, and during the playoffs (up to 4 games), if my team makes it. I'll smoke 1/2 to 1 pack of Marlboro lights. So I'm smoking no less than 200 cigs, no more than 400 cigs, per year,...

Jethro

Last night I went to a tailgate party where I had seconds, thirds, fourths, etc., and today I'm still stuffed. If your overindulgence on an S day carries over into Monday - on which you are not hungry - what would you suggest to stay within the spirit of NOS: 1. Eat a tiny bit on your three one plat...

Jethro

Looks cool.

Doing Chopin's Ã‰tude Op. 10, No. 12, Revolutionary on them would be quite a workout!

Jethro

Love the site. Love the idea. Just came across it the last couple of days. Going to try this No S thing out. Also the shovel glove sounds like a neat idea. I probably won't start that shovel glove thing for a month or two though because I'm on another workout system at the moment. ( day 59 of the P...

Jethro

heddi55 wrote:
Jethro wrote:A 1,000 journey starts with a step...if the horses are blind just circle the wagons.
Jethro, would that be 1000 horsemen or the journey of a 1000 nomads?
Just teasin' ya.
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Lov
Hedster

You got me! I skipped the word miles.

Jethro

Anyway, my question is a quick one: are any of you using NoS to maintain weight loss? I'm not at maintenance yet, but I can assure you I'll be eating this way for the rest of my life. And why not. I'm eating what I like yet I'm losing weight. Thus, every meal is a delight to my palate. I look forwa...

Jethro

Anyway, the bad news. :oops: Yesterday, I get this urge for sweets. Which I gave in to. But I only ate a very tiny amount. It tasted too sweet and yucky. I threw it away into the bin. I was very proud of myself. But today...same again. And I'm in the sweets again and eating quite a lot. And snackin...

Jethro

Let's be conscious that it is not the size of the plate that dictates what we eat, it's what we put on it.

Jethro

I'm not surprised. Reinhard cited stats that 90% of the daily 500 calorie increase in calorie consumption in the United States since 1977 has come from between-meal eating. Folks, 90% of 500 calories amounts to 400 annual EXTRA CALORIES PER DAY, equivalent to an additional 40 LB PER YEAR! Ever since...

Jethro

A 1,000 journey starts with a step.

There will be mountains and rivers along the way. Just keep going.

And remember, if the horses are blind just circle the wagons.

Jethro

This is awesome. Your figure shows it.

Jethro

I used to have a habit where most days of the week, always on weekends, I would have a midnight lunch in which I gobbled up chips, oreo cookies, ice cream, saltines and cheese all washed down with 3-4 brewskies. Just thinking about it now makes my mouth water. it was very enjoyable and something to ...

Jethro

It sounds like I might have offended you. Sorry! :oops: Not at all! Nothing to be sorry about! I just wanted to emphasize Reinhard's concept of shame because once I grasped it, after reading the book and site several times, NOS started working wonders for me. This might help others. :wink: :wink:

Jethro

Frankly, for most repeat dieters, if shame worked to motivate them, they'd all be skinny. Reinhard stated "No Seconds. No Seconds means limit each meal to one physical plate. You can fit a lot onto a plate, but you can't do it without seeing that it's a lot. That gentle pressure on your eyeballs is...

Jethro

NOS concept of the plate is to make you aware how much you'll be eating and hopefully shame you into eating less. If you are eating many smaller plates, you may want to place them all on a "normal" plate or place them mentally on a "virtual normal" plate if a physical plate is not feasible (i.e. a r...

Jethro

Over 2.4 million years humans evolved taking long slow walks (looking for food and/or shelter) with occasional sprints (run after prey or runaway from predators) and heavy lifts (carrying hunted game to the cave).

Exercise within these parameters should be OK for most people.

Jethro

And, if I may boldly say, Paris is not a reference for France. Paris is the capital. It is another world. Only one sixth of the French population lives there, and yet, one sixth of the population is massed there. In Paris, when you rent an apartment, you should be happy to be an engineer and afford...

Jethro

There is a common thread to all of your examples. All victims died while engaged in chronic cardio - Intense cardio for long stretches at a sustained heart rate in the 80+% range. Although many engage in chronic cardio without any ill effects, folks with congenital problems may die while engaging in...

Jethro

Since everyone in my household is slim - except me - I had to allow sweets. I couldn't deprive my loved ones from their joy.

How did it affect me? It took me a year to not succumb to temptation on N days.

Better late than never.

Jethro

My son does P90X. He's lost quite a bit of weight. Of course, he's young and adding muscle and is monitoring what he eats, too. Don't measure yourself by those young lads. My two sons - 33 and 31 - have a six pack, they never workout and their after work "cocktail" is a pound bag of MMs and an lite...

Jethro

Hey jld, don't be discouraged.

It's happened to all of us.

Fudgetabout it! You are always a meal away (the next one) to get back on track!

Jethro

Once again, I think Reinhard has the right idea. Eat and exercise moderately and consistently for vitality and be happy with the results. It isn't likely you'll be able to do more than that for the long "run" anyway. There is an infomercial called Insanity where personal trainer Shawn T promises a ...

Jethro

All of you have provided great points and tips!

Jethro

You said you have about 74% compliance. What are the failures over? I assume they're not this, since you were asking. 60% of the 26% non-compliance was snacking, 30% seconds and 10% sweets. Brad Pilon, the big guns on intermittent fasting, says the most important thing is to just eat regularly the ...

Jethro

oolala53 wrote:How long have you been at it and how compliant have you been?

NOS since Nov 2010
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As per my HabitCal, NOS compliance rate is 73.4%.

Jethro

I try to time my three daily meals at around 7:00 AM for breakfast, noon for lunch and 6:00 PM for dinner. Yesterday, due to unforeseen circumstances, I missed lunch. I had dinner and was planning on eating an additional meal later at night but I was not hungry, so I didn't. Since NOS is about estab...

Jethro

Persistence-hunting, water-carrying, tree-climbing hunter-gatherers donâ€™t actually expend more energy than lazy soda-guzzling Westerners, a new study has found, dispelling the popular notion that losing weight is all about burning calories. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjou...

Jethro

I was doing Paleo - the PHD version - before I started NOS. At first, I tried to incorporate it into NOS (Reinhard has said it's OK to include other diets with NOS). However, after I became firmly convinced by Reinhard that the US obesity problem is not due to the composition of the food but its add...

Jethro

According to Reinhard, you may drink fluids between meals as long as they are not sweets. In the book and this site, he provides guidelines as to what is a liquid sweet.

Jethro

Getting more food for your money, if you're talking about food that is to be consumed at one sitting, really isn't a good way to go. Some restaurants have used this as an inexpensive way to differentiate themselves from their competition, and have managed to convince a lot of us that this is a desi...

Jethro

You wanna hear about "failure?" Based on my HabitCal, my NOS compliance rate since Nov 2011 to today was 73.4%. During this period I had a broken hand and a cancer operation. Yet I've lost 45 lb. I know it's slow (2.5 lb. per month), and I still have 25lb. to go. But I'm getting there, slowly for su...

Jethro

I eat about the same on N days and S days. The only difference is sweets on S days that may become snacks and seconds.

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littlegreendog wrote: my grandma who lived a very healthy life to 96 ate whatever she wanted, but 3 small meals a day. No worrying about food groups, counting anything, or diet foods.

Welcome littlegreendog. My grandpa lived to 99 and ate the same way. Hopefully we'll get there!

Jethro

Awsome!

Jethro

Remember that weight loss usually is not linear. You always experience peaks and valleys. I have.

Concentrate on compliance with NOS and you'll be OK.

Jethro

Insanity is insane! Ha Ha Ha! As a veteran of fitness/diet plans, let me tell you there is nothing magic about insanity or any other system. They even tell you in the infomercial - in small letters - that "results are not typical" when they show successful subjects. In reality the weight loss, at le...

Jethro

A thousand mile journey starts with the first step.

Welcome and good luck!

Jethro

Before NOS I did just about every diet. I did Nutrisystem, WW, Atkins, Paleo, BB, Ornish, Protein Power, PHD, etc. My success in these diets was temporary because I could not sustain them indefinitely, for reasons well explained by Reinhard on this site and in his book. Like you, I carried over into...

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This morning at the deli, I saw a new wine cheddar cheese that looked good. I asked the deli lady about it and she gave me two slices to try. I ate them, loved them and ordered 2 lb. 5-10 minutes later I realized this was a snack. I wasn't upset about it because we are taking ur youngest son to dinn...

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Messier TUK, my wife and I spent five days in Paris and then went through Normandy, Bourdeaux, etc. and finished at Nice. Form Nice we went to Monaco and back.

I loved the people, the food, the ambiance and the way of life.

All I can say is "I'll be back!" Vive la France

Jethro

I'd appreciate it if you'd stop mapping healthy to attractive, please. I'm not and never will be good looking, no matter how skinny I get. The idea that health is impossible because I am not attractive is nonsense. Lady, please re-read my post. I clearly indicated that it is the ADA, NOT I , who pr...

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In defense of Wosnes I have to say that it's difficult to take dietitians' advice seriously when we see the The American Dietetic Association has sponsors, such as The Coca Cola Company, Mars Incorporated (chocolates), Pepsico, General Mills, Kellogg's. The ADA that supposedly exists to guide the pu...

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During the week (an N day), after I filled my dinner plate, I realized, after I took a couple of bites, that I did not serve myself enough plantains to fill it, so i reached for the casserole to serve myself more. Between plantain servings there was about a one minute lapse. Do I have to construe th...

Jethro

Thanks again for your reply. I'm publishing my response to your email because it may help others: Now I see what my problem was. Evidently the 2 non-weekend S-days a month program was throwing me off when applied to the shovelglove calendar that I use to record compliance with my personal routine th...

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To ensure minimum protein, two scoops of protein shake, consumed roughly equally with each meal.

Bulk of carbs from the following tubers: plantains, yucca, cassava, malanga and sweet potatoes.

Cold water fish 1-2 times a week.

Daily multivitamin.

Jethro

i usually eat less at breakfast than at lunch or dinner. Thus, there is always empty space in my plate.

Does the three plates rule require plates of uniform size?

Will it impair my habit creating if each meal has a different size plate?

Jethro

I've noted on HabitCal that when I add yellow days (exempt) during weekdays, my score percentage on stats goes down and I miss medals.

Am I supposed to be punished for selecting yellow (exempt) days from Monday to Friday?

Jethro

According to the USDA data base, listed liqueurs range from 30-56% of total calories.

Since all taste sweet anyway I'll consider them sweets and save them for S days.

Jethro

I enjoy liqueurs every now and then. I never indulge more than 2 daily units, as per glassceiling rules.

But, Am I violating N days' no sweets rule if my two alcohol units are liqueurs ?

Jethro

"I get what you mean, mind. But "toned" is a myth. Either you're putting on muscle or you're not. "

Exactly! To look toned you just need to lose weight for the muscle to show. Not too much though. You don't want to look like a concentration camp survivor.

Jethro

I've read where some pundits declared that you should wait at least three hours after your workout before eating because your fasted state will promote creation of fat burning growth hormone. There is always a million contradictory studies that claim to prove the ultimate truth. In reality, nobody r...

Jethro

Like many, I've also succumbed to the what the hell syndrome. To avoid it, I ask myself: I missed an exit on the expressway, would I crash my car against the guard rails or do I get off on the next exit and comeback? This little mantra has worked for me. But I admit that sometimes extenuating circum...

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Reinhard recommends 14 minutes of exercise during weekdays. This is good but what if I can results as good or better in two minutes per week? According to UK scientists two 20-second cycle sprints on exercise bikes, three times per week, would be as good as or better than five 30-minute sessions of ...

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I just came from a month vacation in France. Noting that overall French are slimmer than Americans - although I did see some fat (not obese) French - Ii asked a few what they ate. This is more or less a general description: Breakfast - an expresso coffee Lunch - a ham and cheese (or other meat) bagg...

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Thanks for your kind responses. I got it down to 29 minutes (I purposely included this odd number) which will include interval training, strength training (push ups, pull ups and squats, one set of each), core work (hips, abs, lower back, thigh and hams) and stretching (same as core). However, this ...

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A new study provides real evidence for the benefits of imaginary eating. When people imagined themselves eating M&Ms or imagined themselves eating pieces of cheese, they became less likely to actually gorge on the real things. Findings from the study at Carnegie Mellon University were reported in th...

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I recently started a thread in which, among other things, I said that my current routine was less than the required 14 minutes. http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6966 I adjusted my routine to comply with the 14 minute rule. My problem is that starting this week my routine will exceed 14 ...

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My Father in Law - who lived to 99 and was all of his life +or- 5 lb. of his high school weight - had his own version of NoS. He followed the diet to the T except: 1. His S days were family reunions (Thanksgiving, etc.) On these days his glass ceiling was 3-4 units. 2. NEVER snacks and/or seconds. 3...

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If I have my daily 1-2 shots between meals is that considered a snack?

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My WW friends told me they could "bank" points to eat more latter or "withdraw" points to eat more now.

Unfortunately, eventually they were all "overdrawn."

Jethro

WW points system is a calorie counting system.

People I know that were on it eventually fail, even in maintenance, because keeping points' count mentally wears them out .

Jethro

Hi Spudd! Thanks for your response. As far as number 2, before NOS I ate dinner until I burst. That's why I started NOS. Seems to me the plate rule provides an automatic break on food volume. My problem is how to fit the last 2 daily plates in the evening: A. Two at once, or B. Two evening dinners o...

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Hi everyone I'm new in NOS and have questions. 1. Sometimes I like to have for breakfast a protein shake. It fits in a plate. Does this count as a meal in a plate? 2. Sometimes due to unforeseen circumstances I cannot eat lunch. Do I use 2 plates for dinner or 1 for dinner and 1 for a midnight dinne...

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