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- Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:01 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: NEW!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22293
I love love love the forum here. It's like having a meeting, but you don't have to tell anybody your weight (unless you want to), and you don't have to go out to a meeting. I can post here with Nicest Baby in her swing or her crib, and get up to nurse her anytime if I need to. I don't have to get he...
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Down 10 more pounds
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21960
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:15 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: NEW!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22293
Re: NEW!
I did notice my belly growling AWFUL lastnight in bed! It NEVER does that. I ate around 5:50 and went to bed at 10:00. Have you been eating between dinner and bedtime before you started No S? If you're used to eating at a particular time, you'll feel hungry at that time. But that doesn't mean you'l...
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:42 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Down 10 more pounds
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21960
Down 10 more pounds
I've lost another 10 pounds since November, in addition to the 30 I had lost by then.
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:11 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What's for dinner?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 91957
- Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:41 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: the new Jenny
- Replies: 22
- Views: 30135
- Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Benefits of getting "back on the horse"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11286
Re: Benefits of getting "back on the horse"
Anyway, I have been back on for almost a month, and I am excited to report that I don't have to start from "scratch" every time, at all. Some habits kick back in like riding a bike -- and each time I think I've gathered new healthy insights about my own eating patterns. I don't have to go through t...
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:44 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: having a hard time keeping N days green
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9145
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Frustrated
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9298
Re: Frustrated
I have signs of low blood sugar. How would this program help me lose the weight. I like to have a snack in the afternoon, to keep my blood sugar even.... Have you been diagnosed with low blood sugar by a doctor, or is this a self-diagnosis? If you haven't seen a doctor about your low blood sugar, t...
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Advice for a Newb?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21518
Re: Advice for a Newb?
Its too much work to figure out how many calories you've eaten, the exact portion sizes for everything, and what you can eat with the calories you have left for the day. No S is great for people who are not organized enough to keep a food diary. It's also great for people who recoil at the idea of ...
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:10 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Advice for a Newb?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21518
If you don't have any kind of metabolic problem, and you're overweight, it is not possible for you to starve to death in one day, or even to do any serious damage to yourself by not eating for a few hours. Several religions have fasting as a religious practice. If that really were harmful to the ave...
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:02 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Advice for a Newb?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21518
S days are not earned. They are given. You can't get more S days if you exercise, or something like that. They are also not a reward- you shouldn't give yourself another S day because you got that promotion at work. You should celebrate things like that, yes, but if you feel a need to do that in a w...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:30 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Breaking a bad S day binge habit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13734
I have a couple of mods that I do to keep myself from binging: The Sitting mod. No eating in any position other than sitting, even on S days. The NEP mod. This stands for No Eating from Packages or No Eating without a Plate. If I'm going to eat something, I have to put it on a plate or in a bowl and...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Advice for a Newb?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21518
Re: Advice for a Newb?
So any advice for making it through the first few months? It's common and normal to hit a rough patch about 2-4 weeks in. Initial enthusiasm will get you through the first week or so. After the first month, you start to establish habits, so you don't have to think so much about doing No S. But betw...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New Mod inspired by Mark Bittman's Food Matters
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12898
Nice idea! But I think the trick will be how to handle the "dinner guest" conundrum. If you cook for yourself it's easy, but if others are cooking for you or you have others' palates to please it's hard. Reinhard Actually, that's why I'm doing it. Nicest Husband is trying to cut down on the white c...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:35 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Americans snacking more than ever, survey shows
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11826
Americans snacking more than ever, survey shows
http://www.thedailymeal.com/americans-snacking-more-ever-survey-shows This article has something that may hint at why telling people to eat healthy snacks isn't enough: In an interesting bit of irony, the majority of snackers found it important to only snack on healthy food items, but the most comm...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:29 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New Mod inspired by Mark Bittman's Food Matters
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12898
New Mod inspired by Mark Bittman's Food Matters
I've been reading Mark Bittman's Food Matters cookbook (highly recommended, by the way). He mentioned that he treats white pasta as a treat. I came up with the White Mod: foods that are primarily white carbs, such as white pasta and white rice, are for S days.
- Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:26 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Reading check ins; discouraged at lack of success
- Replies: 21
- Views: 28459
No S isn't the kind of diet where you should expect to see results in a few days. The time scale for losing weight on No S is more like weeks to months. Think of it as a long-term investment. My lament was centred around the fact that fatties like me( going by the check in threads ) appear to not ev...
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Is there a benefit in NEVER weighing yourself ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19862
It keeps you focused on your habits rather than the number on the scale. That's good, because you don't have complete control over your weight. It can fluctuate from day to day for no good reason. On the other hand, you always control whether or not you eat between meals, eat sweets, or take seconds.
- Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:37 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Hi! Finally ready to give this a go!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16769
I'm a new mommy, had my baby girl 8/5/12. As of the last time I weighed, I'm down 30 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. You can do No S as a new mom, and it can help you lose your pregnancy weight. One thing I like about No S, as a mom, is that I know, when Nicest Baby gets a bit older, she will be w...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:44 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Let's play, "The Price is High"!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26342
The reason why you don't want to do lots of mods early on is that you've only got so much willpower. If you try to make too many changes at once, the usual result is that you can't stick to any of them. This is one reason why so few people manage to stick to New Year's resolutions, and why so many o...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:18 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Let's play, "The Price is High"!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26342
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Let's play, "The Price is High"!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26342
A couple of things I do to keep S days under some control, without feeling deprived: The Sitting mod . You can't eat in any position other than sitting. In other words, no eating standing up. The NEP mod . It can stand for No Eating from Packages or No Eating without a Plate. If you're going to eat ...
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:01 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What's for dinner?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 91957
Niceest I adore risotto sounds delicious! I got the recipe from The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook . It has lots of interesting vegetarian risotto recipes, and all the ones I've made have turned out well. One of the great strengths of No S is that we don't have to give up eating any particula...
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What's for dinner?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 91957
What's for dinner?
Nicest Husband and I like to cook. One of the things I love about No S is that we can cook anything we want and even eat it on an N day, as long as it is not a sweet. Last night, I made butternut squash and sage risotto for dinner. It turned out rather well, if I do say so myself. For dinner tonight...
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:21 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: -30
- Replies: 13
- Views: 27549
Thanks! That makes a lot of sense, to just count something as medicine if it's only for the purpose of helping with the nausea. You'd have to use some common sense. If you found you were using it as an excuse to eat, then you'd have to revisit that decision. I didn't find that to be a problem with ...
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:14 am
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: -30
- Replies: 13
- Views: 27549
Did you have much trouble with morning sickness? I've been wondering how to handle trying not to snack, when eating something dry seems to be the only way to keep the nausea at bay. I did, but eating didn't seem to help much. I did eat candied ginger when I was feeling nauseous. I didn't count that...
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:17 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A civil engineering metaphor and Mireille Guiliano
- Replies: 12
- Views: 23406
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:32 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Brand new / Day 3 !! Help!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15719
I had a perfect green week last week as my first NoS week. But this week has taken me for a tail spin - haven't had a green day yet. Would it help to hear that this is common? Last week, you had all the initial enthusiasm that anybody starting a new project has. A week or two later, life has happen...
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:20 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Brand new / Day 3 !! Help!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15719
You can lose weight eating what you're eating now, just less of it. A professor of nutrition proved this a few years ago by losing weight on a diet of junk food: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html Conversely, you don't necessarily have to eat junk food to be overw...
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Brand new / Day 3 !! Help!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15719
Re: Brand new / Day 3 !! Help!
So far so good- any warnings you can give me about pitfalls I may run into?? Watch out for the extinction burst: http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/07/07/extinction-burst/ It can seem like you're on the road to establishing your new habit, but you suddenly get an overwhelming urge to cheat. That's no...
- Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 10 Laws of Thanksgiving Dinner
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3203
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 8:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: -30
- Replies: 13
- Views: 27549
I'm not - just noticing it. :D That was more of a general comment, not aimed at you specifically. I have found that No S is also compatible with being the mother of a newborn, or at least with being the mother of a relatively easy baby like mine. It doesn't require a lot of time or planning. I took...
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: rules of longevity Blue Zones
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12622
Interesting stuff, although I'm not sure that saying don't do exercise is particularly helpful! It might be, for all-or-nothing thinkers who don't like working out. Maybe they don't exercise at all because the all-or-nothing thinking tells them it won't do any good if they aren't going to the gym s...
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: -30
- Replies: 13
- Views: 27549
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: -30
- Replies: 13
- Views: 27549
-30
I went to the doctor today. She only has weights for me going back to last year (I started No S in 2010), but I'm down 30 lbs over the last year. In that time, I was pregnant and had a wonderful baby girl. I'm now 3 months postpartum and weigh less than I did before I was pregnant. Vanilla No S seem...
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:07 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Should I Be Depressed, Have Other Negative Emotions on No S?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18786
Do you ever get legitimately hungry? Not just an urge to eat, but real, stomach-empty hungry? After two years of No S, I still can't tell the difference. The great thing about No S is, I don't have to. Even if you are legitimately hungry, being hungry for 12 hours or so is not going to hurt you, as...
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:42 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New Here....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10188
Re: New Here....
Not sure why the thought of not being able to eat again until lunch has me nervous though. I know I'm not going to die of starvation or anything. Seems weird Feelings aren't always rational. I had this, too. Eventually, the part of my brain that was panicking over not being able to eat for several ...
- Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:38 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Should I Be Depressed, Have Other Negative Emotions on No S?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18786
You don't have to get rid of all your negative emotions before you can lose weight. If that were true, then it would be even harder than it already is to lose weight. No one would ever be able to do it, because everybody has negative emotions. When I started No S, I felt angry and resentful when I c...
- Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:45 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Trying again, with questions!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9524
Re: Trying again, with questions!!!
I want to lose weight so badly, but sometimes I just ignore this when I'm feeling a little extra hungry, when I'm bored, when there is something delicious in the cabinets and no one else is around. After I'm full I can rationalize forever...but for some reason when I'm in the moment the rational th...
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Criticisms for Intuitive Eating?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 39204
A problem with "eat only when you're hungry": eating isn't always a solitary activity, like going to the bathroom. People like to eat with other people. If you're eating only when you're hungry, you aren't going to be able to schedule times to eat with other people. With No S, you can arrange your s...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:38 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Day 1 :)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12552
Re: Day 1 :)
I know this is my struggle time, just have to fight it. Tell myself I don't snack anymore. I am not really hungry. It is just habit and boredom. Any tips? Even if you really are hungry, that's not an emergency, as long as you have a normal metabolism (ask your doctor if you have a condition such as...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:30 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Sugar free mocha?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9574
People have different practices when it comes to drinks. Some people consider all beverages to not be food, and therefore OK for N days. Others consider any sweet-tasting beverage to be a sweet, even if it doesn't have any sugar in it. You'll have to figure out what works for you. Bear in mind that ...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:09 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Yet Another Newbie with S Day Bingeing Questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20102
It's too early to worry about what happens on S days. One problem with restricting your S days now is that you've only got a fixed amount of willpower. If you try to make yourself follow too many rules at once, what's likely to happen is that you'll end up actually sticking to none of them. And no d...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Sweets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6614
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Is it hopeless?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12502
I had given up on dieting or eating healthy for 10 years when I started No S. I had bought into all-or-nothing thinking about eating healthy- either you keep food journals, count calories, fat grams, or carbs, and never eat anything remotely unhealthy, or you might as well do nothing and just eat wh...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:21 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A side benefit to No S
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13403
I think No S helped me with breastfeeding. Not because I'm on No S while breastfeeding (I'm losing weight now on the baby diet, where my baby doesn't give me a lot of time to eat, so No S as well would be overkill), but because I had a hard time breastfeeding at first. Nicest Baby was in the NICU fo...
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:05 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: This is great! - This is stupid! - This is great!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22469
Re: This is great! - This is stupid! - This is great!
I didn't want to tell myself "no" anymore. If you stay on No S long enough, that will happen . You won't have to tell yourself "no" any more, because the No S rules will be your normal way of doing things, and will seem natural. It just won't occur to you to do anything different most of the time. ...
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:58 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: pay at the pump?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10400
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:54 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Not a Fan of 21Day Club
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23471
BTW, in case it applies, I've been listening to audiobooks and reading on this whole topic and it sounds to me like one of the biggest mistakes people make is trying to eat all healthy foods right off the bat. If someone has been eating a hamburger, fries and a shake for lunch, it seems to me the b...
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:43 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: seasoning while cooking
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12142
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:38 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A Good Warning Label in A French Advertisement
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20262
- Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:06 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Your best advice
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23670
Being hungry is NOT an emergency red-alert situation. There are people who would like you to think it is. Many of them are somehow involved in selling food. I wonder why people who sell food might want you to think being hungry is an emergency that needs to be taken care of RIGHT NOW, hmmmm? Don't t...
- Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:49 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: pregnancy throwing off my habits...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15513
One final motivator - after a certain point (not sure how many weeks) the fetus can "taste" what you eat via amniotic fluid (and later via breast milk). So not only does eating real, healthy food provide you both with nutrients, it helps set them up to like healthy foods later. And after he or she ...
- Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:40 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Sugar Binge
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15901
Could your sugar binge have been an extinction burst? http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=7503&highlight=extinction+burst These are a NORMAL part of breaking an old habit and making a new one. Most people who break a bad habit or establish a good one don't just decide to start doing things...
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: serving sizes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11347
But let's face it. if you leave food at the plate in the restaurant, you are not losing money. You are paying to not overeat. What a bargain! If you gave half (or whatever fraction) of your portion back to the waitress when she brings it to the table, do you really think the restaurant would refund...
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:14 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: pregnancy throwing off my habits...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15513
Re: pregnancy throwing off my habits...
I am so grateful to be newly pregnant. But with that, comes waves of nausea and strange cravings and some habits I hope to not sustain. The past few days I have been caught standing in my sister's kitchen eating Ruffles out of the bag. Licking the salt from them. Today with friends I polished off t...
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: serving sizes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11347
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 desir...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:30 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Secret Weapon!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22861
Thanks for your support. I'm actually looking forward to surprising everyone when I lose weight. Maybe then I'll tell them about No S. (Maybe...if they're nice!) You should know, though, that the weight loss on No S is almost always gradual. That's the inevitable result of going on a diet that is s...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:24 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Checking in after a bit
- Replies: 15
- Views: 24187
This is good advice, thank you. I think my biggest thing with the fruit isn't that I eat it because I'm still hungry, but because i just want to be munching on something. Gum can be what I use to replace this sometimes (I tend to be a chain chewer, bad habit). I guess the solution to this would be ...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Deflecting Enablers... what do you do?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12362
I consider social obligations to be a legitimate reason for an S day. If you feel obligated to go to your dad's birthday party, that's an S day. Do NOT skip regularly scheduled S days to "make up" for something you did in the past. There are a number of problems with doing that: 1. It makes S days a...
- Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Secret Weapon!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22861
One of the great things about No S is that you can keep people from finding out about it, if you want. I didn't tell Nicest Husband until I had been on No S for a couple of months. He had noticed that I was eating less, but hadn't figured out the specifics. Keeping your diet a secret is a lot easier...
- Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The No Eating In The Car Mod
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6317
I'm 34 weeks now. I was a 36-week baby, so I know that she could come pretty soon.Amy3010 wrote:Excellent reminder - and gosh, that must have been scary. Glad to hear you and your baby are doing okay - you must be getting ready to deliver soon, right? Best wishes for a smooth birth and a healthy baby!
- Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:42 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What is wrong with me??!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20619
The resentment sounds SO FAMILIAR! I struggle with that too. I try to remember that eating whatever, whenever doesn't actually feel good... at least not more than once in a while. Which is what S days are for, right? If your problem is wanting to eat too much at meals, like mine was, it might be he...
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What is wrong with me??!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20619
I resented even the mild restriction of the plan because I was (am) totally fed up of being told how to eat. I have been ‘diet hopping’ for maybe the last 20 years (I’m 33). I resented the hell out of No S for not letting me eat until I was full at meals and not letting me snack, at first. I ...
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:12 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: making life not surround thoughts of food is the key
- Replies: 26
- Views: 29967
But the big difference is the thinking about food is not an obsession, not marked with fear, not filled with "Oh no!" panic....it just fits into the rhythm of life, it is part of life. It involves far more than eating...there is planning, and prepping, and cooking (Lots of this as one gets away fro...
- Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: making life not surround thoughts of food is the key
- Replies: 26
- Views: 29967
I am going to be working on a plan to limit thinking about food and body issues in the next week or so. It should be a nice adjunct to No S. i for one am very interested in doing this too. i have a vacation coming up and i want to put in some energy researching the local area, planning, etc. so i t...
- Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:44 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I have been bad...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24429
No, a sugar crash isn't about being hungry and grumpy. In a sugar crash, you get this really distant feeling, a buzzing in your ears, and darkness closing in on your field of vision that just about finishes before you see the nice ground coming up to greet you. If something like this happens to you...
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I have been bad...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24429
I put "low blood sugar" in quotes in my last post, because I'm skeptical of a lot of people's claims to have it. In many cases, they're not diabetic, they've never been diagnosed with a blood sugar problem by a doctor, and they have no evidence of having low blood sugar other than being hungry and ...
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I have been bad...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24429
I put "low blood sugar" in quotes in my last post, because I'm skeptical of a lot of people's claims to have it. In many cases, they're not diabetic, they've never been diagnosed with a blood sugar problem by a doctor, and they have no evidence of having low blood sugar other than being hungry and c...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Obsessed with Food
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18133
Don't be too hard on yourself. You have no way of actually knowing how often most people think about food. You can't put a meter in someone else's head that will tell you how many hours out of the next 24 they spend thinking about food. You can know how often people think they think about food, how ...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:11 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I have been bad...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24429
Being hungry and grumpy in the first few months of No S is also normal. That will eventually go away, but it takes time, and there's no way to rush it. You don't want to get into counting protein or carbs to try to keep from getting hungry and grumpy, or into modifying your meals (at least not yet)....
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:51 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The No Eating In The Car Mod
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6317
The No Eating In The Car Mod
This is a mod you may want to consider if you regularly eat in the car, especially if you eat while you are driving. Eating in the car is messy, dangerous (if you're driving), and, think about it, the food most people who eat in the car eat there is not the healthiest. Eating while driving is distra...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:26 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I have been bad...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24429
Re: I have been bad...
I was going to make Saturday a No-S-day just on principle because I have been bad this week No. Don't do that. It's not a big step from there to two problem behaviors: 1. Making every day an N day. That won't work, because it amounts to giving up sweets forever. You will get cravings for them, and ...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Instant Cup a Soups
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8535
Re: Instant Cup a Soups
Are instant cup a soups allowed between meals - they are liquid and stave off chocolate attacks when genuinely hungry. Do you consider them food or a beverage? You want to get out of the habit of having anything that you consider to be food between meals. I consider them food, so they would not be ...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: hunger is not an emergency
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8020
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Obsessed with Food
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18133
Re: Obsessed with Food
Can anyone help me with this problem? I feel like NoS will help but sometimes I make my meals way too big and even when I'm on NoS I'm still constantly thinking about what my next meal will be. I don't want to be this way I just want to think about food like a normal person Any advice?? :( Remember...
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Fat Identity?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16471
Re: Fat Identity?
I am afraid of being a new person. Well, then, don't be. Just be you, only eating less often. I spent years looking for a diet so I could not eat too much but not be one of "those people", who are always on a diet and always worried about eating something unhealthy. No S lets me do this. Try turnin...
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:21 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Need a morale boost NOW!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 26375
Two red days in your first month is normal . You haven't developed habits yet, so you're still relying on conscious effort to keep yourself following the rules. It's easier when you've been following the rules for a while and they become more automatic. And new food rules do become automatic after a...
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:11 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Baby!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29936
I'm at 32 weeks now. I don't track my weight, but my OBs have not said anything about it, so I assume I'm doing OK there. I had an aversion to beef, too, earlier in my pregnancy. At least that seems to be gone now. I'm working cravings into my normal framework of meals. If I'm craving something, I a...
- Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Baby!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29936
Congratulations! Good for you for not worrying about your weight gain during pregnancy... I had three kids and my body naturally sought out the same weight at the end of the pregnancy for all three of them. I've heard of this happening. I think the Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy mentioned it, that...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:15 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Baby!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29936
Re: congrats
I am increased risk cuz I have high blood pressure and take meds. So I'm trying to keep my weight gain down!! So do I. I don't track my weight, or look when they weigh me. But I assume the OBs would say something if they were not satisfied with the changes in my weight. They haven't. One of the ben...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:21 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Baby!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29936
No S Baby!
I'm currently 22 weeks pregnant. My due date is August 13. It's a baby girl (we had a CVS) and so far she looks healthy. I'm doing vanilla No S, without the mods I had been doing, while I am pregnant. The OBs have not said anything about my weight, so I think things are going well. I'm still overwei...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Plate size?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20650
If you're on day 2, use whatever size plate you've been using for meals. Doesn't matter if that's a saucer or a disk sled. I was doing a mod where I used nine-inch plates (the Nine Inch Mod), but I gave up that mod when I got pregnant (I'm at 22 weeks now). It was working pretty well, and I plan to ...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: FRIDAY FAILURE - ANY SUGGESTIONS?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19820
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New to No S and have questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8761
Okay, you're on your FOURTH DAY. It is way too early to be worrying about whether you are eating too much. Let the process happen and don't expect quick weight loss or everything to be over in a week or two! Way, way, way too early. As Jim Lovell said in Apollo 13 : All right, there's a thousand th...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Sigh... fell off the wagon
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18022
Re: Sigh... fell off the wagon
I was doing ok at keeping track of what I was doing, then I had a bad week and fell off the wagon completely. Well, I have been more-or-less managing to eat real meals at the table instead of snacking in front of the computer, but I have been snacking and eating sweets far too often. So, I am going...
- Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: NoS and college life... compatible?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11921
Or are you feeling you don't get to partake in the excesses of youth? Well, that would be true on any other plan, wouldn't it On No S, you get to partake of any excesses you want , just not all the time. And that helps keep them special, rather than their becoming a normal, everyday thing. When I w...
- Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:37 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Total newbie needing reassurance!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9670
I think one of this things about this (non)diet that appeals to me is the acknowledgment that it's OKAY to be hungry, at least for awhile. The thought comes into your head - "hmm, I'm hungry" - and you can acknowledge it and move on, knowing that you can address that hunger at your next meal. Hunge...
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A vaguely amusing difficulty.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16112
You're right. I haven't seen that before. FWIW, I generally don't count small nibbles that are purposeful; i.e. tasting a soup to see if it needs more salt. These aren't fails because you aren't setting yourself up to go off habit. I also include store food samples in this, but only if I'm actually...
- Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S and Saving Money
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14007
No S and Saving Money
On another message board I frequent, there is a thread about ways to save money, for a person whose spending is largely on food. I mentioned No S, and said that cutting out snack foods and sweets would probably help save some money. I suspect I'm spending less on food since going on No S, but I don'...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Some tips to help you not push food on people
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5355
Some tips to help you not push food on people
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/11310/1187532-109-0.stm "No means no", when it comes to food as well as sex. An interesting quote from the article: Food practices of today have their origins in times of food scarcity and hunger. In an environment of too little food, it makes perfect sense to fret ove...
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: My lesson learned at least for today
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23319
Re: My lesson learned at least for today
I went to buy the kind of sauce that I always do that only has 1 gram of fat per 1/2 cup. Hmm... wonder why it has any, my homeade doesn't have any You don't saute onions or garlic in olive oil for your homemade sauce? Fat free cottage cheese!!! I'll strain off the milky part and it'll be JUST like...
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Losing momentum/motivation?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18479
the no s diet is boring That's the point. It doesn't include a lot of thinking about what you're going to eat, by design. It's supposed to be so boring that eventually you will automate it into habit. This is a diet for people who don't want to have to think about their diet all the time. If what y...
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Starting Fresh!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15582
Re: Starting Fresh!
After a hectic summer and an antidepressant-induced (okay, Cheez-It & chocolate induced too) weight gain We don't judge here. That's one of the really nice things about this board. You can't do anything now about whatever made you gain weight in the past (unless you have a time machine- if you do, ...
- Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:24 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Help please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8501
- Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:33 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Why No S works (at least for me)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10272
- Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Losing momentum/motivation?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18479
Re: Losing momentum/motivation?
I did the Vanilla No S for about 2 1/2 weeks straight, and before I hit three weeks I got a bit complacent, wasn't seeing any results, and went back to my old eating habits. Before, Vanilla No S was a breeze for me! I refused every snack and sweet and seconds except on S days with absolutely no pro...
- Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:40 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I joined Relish! (trying to cook more, eat out less)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12206
You're right about that! Although, it does depend on the restaurant. Yes, I should have said chain restaurants. You might have to visit around to find a place that prepares most of their food from scratch/with minimally processed ingredients. Casual chain restaurants (TGI Fridays, Chili's, Applebee...
- Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:29 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Holiday sweets
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15678
I tend to do a mix of options 1 and 2. The hard truth is, if you want to lose weight on No S (or any diet), you're going to have to eat less than you were before. The laws of thermodynamics dictate that. (On this diet, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!) That includes eating fewer home-baked treats...