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Sienna

So, before No S I was drinking a lot of lemonade and some regular soda. Last couple of days I have been feeling like I want something to drink with a bit of a taste. I hear you, I love juice and lemonade and such! Have you tried cutting fruit juice with seltzer water for something with a little fla...

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To be fair, I think the piece is directed at society rather than at individuals. The author even basically admits to looking at this from a public policy perspective and not a medical one. To me it is saying that to address the societal problem of obesity, it is more effective to address it with you...

Sienna

I had some trouble with evening cravings when I first started. I think part of it was knowing that I couldn't eat again until morning made me antsy. But I think the majority of it was boredom and trying to break the habit of evening eating. I dealt with them by finding other non-eating things to do....

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You can do it! Congrats on the successful day!

Sienna

Finally worked out today, after about a week off. Felt good, but it was hard to get motivated. Hopefully I can get back in the habit soon. Done okay on the diet side recently, so that's good. I also seem to officially have dropped under 200 lbs, after hovering around that for awhile. So YAY, I have ...

Sienna

Just wanted to check in and see how your week has started. Hope all is well!

Sienna

I'm definitely in the picky eaters club! Vegetables are the biggest issue for me. I've gotten better at being able to tolerate them (read: suppress the gag reflex when I eat them), but they are far from enjoyable. Cooked vegetables are better than raw, and I'm better off if they are in things. It's ...

Sienna

I'd clear it with a doctor before taking any doses of any vitamin that are significantly higher than 100% of the RDA. Some vitamins can be toxic in large doses (Vitamin A and iron are examples), and it's better to be safe than sorry. All vitamin supplements are not free, and you wouldn't want to wa...

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I have bought multivitamins before but then would forget to take them! I used to just take everything with my birth control pill and when I stopped taking that, I began to forget about all the others I have this problem to. But since vitamins work the best when taken with food, I started keeping th...

Sienna

Thanks guys. Feeling considerably better to day, but still failed on movement. I think I'll give myself the weekend to recover some more, but come Monday I WILL get back on track. Food was okay today. I forgot to eat lunch, and was then so hungry by dinner that I ate more quickly than normal, which ...

Sienna

It's okay. Just tell yourself the brownies will taste so much better tomorrow, because they will be success brownies. Stay up until midnight and have one then if you need to, just so you can have that feeling of a successful day. You can do this! I believe in you. :) Some things you can do between n...

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I also think that link to people's pics and their supposed BMI's is interesting. I wonder where they are getting the info on the pictured person's weight? I think some of those people are kidding themselves, though there are probably a few who are legitimately misclassed. I'm sorry, but I really be...

Sienna

I think it's been steady at 34% for a few years now. With four obese contacts, then theoretically that would be 4% risk. And with 1 in 3 people being obese, it's not hard to imagine someone having 4+ obese contacts - possibly without even realizing it. (Remember, obese does not necessarily mean morb...

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According to the article, 34% of Americans are obese and an additional 34% are overweight but not obese. That leaves approximately 1 in every 3 Americans at normal or underweight. I find research on the social transmission of obesity fascinating. This especially struck me: Hill, Rand, and colleagues...

Sienna

Yay! Way to face and conquer that challenge! I think donuts taste waaaay better on S-days anyway

Have a fantastic day 24!

Sienna

If you can't find anything safe, stable and step like around the house, you can still do the step aerobics without a step. Just try to lift your knees a little higher as you "pretend" to step onto the step and keep your arms moving to increase the intensity. The old step aerobics program my mom used...

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Thanks, tobiasmom. I hate feeling under the weather. Today was another no exercise day for me, I just didn't have the energy, but I stuck to the eating plan. Dinner was pretty heavy (still one plate though), but since I had a really light lunch and breakfast that's not necessarily surprising, and my...

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Hello Sarah. First, big hugs to you! You've had a tough day - we all have. It will get better. But don't be too hard on yourself. Just remember: today you may have had a failure, but YOU are not a failure. But then I see a cute guy at school and think "dang, I should have be No Sing so I can be thin...

Sienna

Congrats on getting back on track!

I've always felt that getting re-started can be harder than getting started - so go you!

I vote for a pedicure.

Sienna

Wosnes, my biggest problem is I hate most vegetables. I just wanted to let you know that I also hate most vegetables. With a passion. I even have an inexplicable gag reflex to carrots and some types of lettuce that takes a lot of effort to suppress if I'm at a formal dinner or something where I fee...

Sienna

I think for me the crux of the issue is whether I decide it's an Exception BEFORE or AFTER I put the food in my mouth. As someone who has fallen into the trap with other diets of "oh, I failed, this day (or even week) is screwed up might as well go nuts until tomorrow (or Monday...)", I think that a...

Sienna

I agree with pretty much everything in the last 3 posts. One tiny change that I made (without even knowing I was making it), was to treat a few no-sweet foods as unofficial S foods. It wasn't ever a conscious decision, I just sort of started trying to save some of my worst offenders foods for the we...

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Congrats on the loss (or the win :wink: )! I unpacked a couple boxes today. One of them had smaller clothes...size 14/16. I won't be able to wear those for a while, but I put them in my closet. It will be so exciting to wear them! I'll just try them on every once in a while. I think I need to lose a...

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Alright, this week has not started out well at all. I've been sick since Monday (even had to take off from work Monday and Tuesday), so I missed 2 workouts. I need to get back on track (and make up for it), but at the same time I don't want to push too much because I don't want to overtax my body an...

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I like things like that because I'm a sucker for structure (and praise and reward - even if it is a virtual trophy!). I need to vary my exercise a bit actually as I'm doing the same thing almost every day. Need to get creative! I agree. I used to be a pretty intense athlete in high school. Never ha...

Sienna

Congratulations on your promising start! Since you mentioned needing a kick in the morning, I thought I'd suggest tea (I also hate coffee). Some of it can have as much caffeine as coffee, but it comes in some wonderful flavors. And if you don't sweeten it (or buy it sweetened), it has almost no calo...

Sienna

I hope you are feeling better than yesterday. And remember sick days are S days - so if nibbling is what you need to feel better after throwing up, that's okay. But either way I think you are right to move forward, no point dwelling on it. Good luck this week! :) (And congrats on hitting 21 days!)

Sienna

Welcome back! SUCCESS But then I came to my senses and realised that the only way to fight excess is with the moderation that No S brings - if I make too many severe restrictions I know I will rebel and end up right back where I started - overweight. So instead I am planning to stick to No S to the ...

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Hello! I'm back from vacation, so time to update! @Tofu Queen - the 6 Week Challenge is part of the EA Sports Active - More Workouts Video Game for the wii (http://www.amazon.com/EA-Sports-Active-Workouts-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002KJ9XE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1288129563&sr=1-1) Basically the...

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Anyway, I did make it through the day. Don't know why it was tough....hmm.... Hang in there. Tough days occasionally are part of the deal - but the important thing is that you stuck to habit and beat the tough day. And sometimes I think making it through a tough day successfully is more rewarding t...

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Interesting tofu advice, Tofu Queen. I've always been hesitant to cook tofu myself, because I heard it was hard to make it not slimy - but that sound simple enough. I may have to try it. Thanks!

Sienna

Thanks tobiasmom and Tofu Queen! :-) I really appreciate you stopping by and reading my thread - helps me stay accountable knowing that other people are watching :shock: :) @tobiasmom - unfortunately migraines really can be debilitating. I've gotten them since I was 12, and I've taken more sick days...

Sienna

Depending on how much you're drinking between meals and how much extra food you're putting on your plate, it wouldn't be difficult to have the equivalent of another meal or two calorie-wise. I know that this is something that I've struggled with. Juice especially is problematic for me - it's not ha...

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2. I exercised again on an S Day, just because I wanted to! I am realising that half an hour on my bike listening to my music makes me feel really really good. This can only be a positive thing! Very Happy

This is fantastic!

Sienna

S-Day again tomorrow, but I think I will lay off the soda tomorrow. It doesn't even taste like I've dreamed of.... You've noticed this too? Before NoS, I was a diet soda junkie (actually switched to diet soda from juice because of the supposed caloric savings) I thought I was really going to miss m...

Sienna

I'm with the it depends on your personality crowd. I weigh every day, so that I have a record and so I can have a better idea of my actual weight without the confusion of fluctuations, but I don't actually look at it every day. I do try to be consistent in how/when I weigh. Always first thing in the...

Sienna

Yesterday was awful. I had a headache all day and ended up moving as little as possible. Then woke up about 4am with a horrendous migraine (so bad I had to send DH to get the Excedrin from the medicine cabinet because I couldn't move). I think it's finally gone today, but I still have that sluggish ...

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Yesterday actually turned out to be better than good on the exercise front. Not only did I work out in the morning before work, but I did about a 40 minute workout with the Wii Active yesterday. Also started the 6 week challenge that comes with the software on medium intensity (4 days/week). I figur...

Sienna

You say that you are okay with N-days, so you clearly have the necessary willpower to follow reasonable rules, I think that's step 1. :-) The next step is to find reasonable rules for S days that help you adjust your behavior, without feeling like you are eliminating your S days (as Reinhard says S ...

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Hi ZippaDee, welcome to NoS! Don't let us confuse you! I'm not exactly a veteran at this, but since I brought up calorie monitoring upthread, I just wanted to assure you that NoS isn't (or doesn't have to be) about calorie counting. Although I counted/monitored calories at the start, it was mostly m...

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I have this, too. When I was working, I ate out almost every day, because I'm not organized enough to plan to pack lunches. Yeah, I have that issue too. One thing that has helped me is to keep a bunch of go to lunches under my desk at work. So I have a healthy-ish default if I don't pack one. Gener...

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I totally want to be a No-S cheerleader and tell everybody I know about it, but I have tried and failed so many diets....nobody will listen to me right now. I have zero credibility. I have never stuck with anything! Never. So this is my own little secret for now. But you wait. Six months down the l...

Sienna

Baking is always tough for me too. As much as possible I try to save it for S-days. One thing I've found that can be helpful is to brush my teeth and use some mouth wash right before I start. For me it stops the mindless tasting (because it's just not worth it with that awful toothpaste taste). Soun...

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@tobiasmom - another good review for the striptease video! Perhaps I should just suck it up and order it! I can be really good about working out at home or really bad. I live in an upstairs apartment so I have to be a careful not to jump around too much. When there was no one in the apartment below ...

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I started NoS about a month before a really high stress period at work. So I'd had a little bit of time to build habits, but not a lot. Being a stress eater, I was really sure I was going to gain weight, but resolved to try to stick to NoS anyhow. Some things that I found that worked for me: 1. Tell...

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I agree with everything KCCC has said in this thread :-) But I thought I would share something that kind of helped me as I was starting out. No promises that it would help anyone else (it hasn't, for example, helped my husband who is still struggling with this). I'll even preface this with I hate ca...

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Hi tobiasmom! Thanks for stopping by my thread, knowing people are reading is really going to help me be more accountable about my exercise. 'Cause pretending to anonymous people on the internet is just silly, and yet I don't want to look like a complete lazy bum exercise failure in front of you all...

Sienna

Thank you everyone for your thoughts! Vmsurbat, I found your post especially helpful. I really like the part about clear boundaries - even if they aren't exactly the same as someone else's boundaries. I think the stewed apples are definitely going to be an N food for me. They are healthy, have no mo...

Sienna

Yesterday was a success. Even though it was a sort of holiday, I went ahead and kept it an N day. I didn't move as much as I would like, but I'm hoping to get in at least a short workout tonight.

Monday:

Food:

Movement:

Sienna

It's fall. The leaves are turning, the holidays are fast approaching, and the grocery stores and farm stands are packed with apples. I love apples. My understanding of No-S is that apples (and other fruits), while naturally sweets are not forbidden "S" food in and of themselves. So I'll occasionally...

Sienna

Saturday (S-day) was reasonable on the food front, although I didn't get in a lot of extra movement. Today (S-day) has also been reasonable so far for food, and it should stay that way for the rest of the day. I also took a nice 45 min walk with my husband this afternoon, so movement was good. But i...

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This week was technically a success for food, but today it was only a barely because I had a piece of cake to celebrate a friends birthday. That fits within my rules, but it was an incredibly rich cake (but delicious!) so I'm feeling a bit bad about it. Over the last few months since I started No-S,...

Sienna

I'd always heard that sleep deprivation could slow weight loss - but thought that a lot of that was probably due to consuming additional calories while being awake longer. But according to a new study, how much sleep you get determines what kind of weight you lose (more lean muscle mass than fat if ...

Sienna

Yesterday was another S day - so check on food. Also got in around a half hour of walking.

Sunday:
Food:

Movement:

Sienna

It's the weekend, so S days, but I at pretty reasonably yesterday anyhow.

Danced for about 20 minutes yesterday, so that's a win.

Saturday:
Food:

Movement:

Sienna

Happy Birthday!

Sienna

Today has been a success on the diet side. Went out to an all you can eat lunch buffet for lunch with some colleagues, but only made one trip to the buffet. And I didn't overload my plate - even though it was a late lunch and I was incredibly hungry. Buffets can be tricky for me so I was really prou...

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I asked myself if it were possible for me to starve in a 3-6 hour period of time. This question in itself allowed me to relax a bit and not gorge every meal. I really like this, and I think it might help. I really think if he gets the hang of eating enough, but not too much at meals, he'll have the...

Sienna

I have a quick and easy cajun chicken soup I like to make. I start with a can of plain cream of chicken soup (usually the Campell's brand Heart Healthy kind). While it's heating, I chop some chicken, coat it in cajun seasoning and cook it the skillet with some chopped onions and sometimes peppers (t...

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I've been doing No S for about 3 months now. I've got the food habits down pretty well, but could use a little bit of accountability to build the exercise habits. I've been furtively reading the forum for the last few months, and have already gotten a lot out of the discussions and testimonials (Yay...

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I found this worked completely by accident. Eat one full plate of food. No half-plates or smaller portions. Just one normal sized plate of food. I often still feel "hungry" (that is, I could eat more) when I finish that plate. But 20-30 minutes later I realize I'm completely satisfied. And I stay s...

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Hello! I found this diet in June. By the end of July I'd decided it wasn't so much a diet - but a lifestyle. Unlike any other diet or exercise routine I've ever tried, I can actually see myself eating like this forever - and being happy while I do it! I've always been an emotional eater. Specificall...

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