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- Wed May 14, 2008 4:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Dress Size vs. Scale Weight?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25644
30-24-34, size 6. That's a size 4 top and a size 6 bottom. :) However, I wear elastic-waist or drawstring pants which feel pretty good on me in a range of weights/sizes (some pairs are old size 8s, I'm sure there's a 4 in there somewhere). If they ever don't feel good, I'll know it's time to lose we...
- Wed May 14, 2008 4:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Ruthie's Daily Check-in
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16628
- Wed May 14, 2008 4:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: BrightAngel check-in
- Replies: 692
- Views: 731796
Re: Working for 11 consecutive days of no snacking
Congratulations!!!!!!!BrightAngel wrote:I can hardly believe that I've completed 10 consecutive days of no snacking,
(and also 10 days of successful No S)
Beginning work on Day 11.
Tonight, I'll edit this post with my day's results
hugs f
- Wed May 14, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I shouldn't be, but...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27836
Behave moderately, see what happens. And if you're really being moderate, accept what happens. The only thing you should ever worry about is, "am I being moderate in my eating and moving?" If so, then it's all good. Yesterday I became horribly seriously depressed and stressed out, as I usually do b...
- Wed May 14, 2008 4:16 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I shouldn't be, but...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27836
The time you spend exercising seems high to me. How much of that is resistance training? Overtraining can lead to weight gain, especially in combination with a lack of sleep. You mean strength training? About 20 minutes a day 5 days a week (3 days upper, 2 days lower). The rest is walking and it's ...
- Wed May 14, 2008 1:53 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I shouldn't be, but...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27836
You look smashing as you are; I've seen your pictures, your arms are to kill for, in fact whenever I do my biceps curls and I go "I don't wanna!" because I just don't like biceps exercises, I now think of your arms and that alone inspires me to curl and curl. I had to laugh when I read that, becaus...
- Tue May 13, 2008 9:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I shouldn't be, but...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27836
Thanks for all the info. I don't want to imply that I'm running after some kind of unhealthy or unrealistic goal -- I was at 97 pounds for almost a year until I returned to my old job and started eating and bingeing again. Alienbear, I'd never heard that you can unstall a plateau by exercising LESS....
- Tue May 13, 2008 9:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I shouldn't be, but...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27836
It always amazes me that people my height can weigh so much more than I do. and still wear such small sizes. I know there are lots of differences in store sizes. For example a normal size 6 Petite is a size 0 at Chicos. and once in a while I laugh to see a store has a size 2 or 4 that fits. But in ...
- Tue May 13, 2008 9:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Go figure
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5690
Go figure
Psychological Stress Linked To Overeating, Monkey Study Shows
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 125216.htm
Imagine that, as the late great Kurt Vonnegut would have said.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 125216.htm
Imagine that, as the late great Kurt Vonnegut would have said.
f
- Tue May 13, 2008 6:32 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
- Tue May 13, 2008 5:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I shouldn't be, but...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27836
Just for the record, According to http://www.freedieting.com/tools/ideal_body_weight.htm, a small boned woman 5'0"'s ideal weight is between 95-97 pounds. 95 is the low, 100 is the high. Like BrightAngel I would like to have a healthy range , i.e., never ever go below 95 or above 100, which most peo...
- Tue May 13, 2008 5:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, day 13
Still at 107. Feel bloated, tired, angry, depressed and, of course, lest we forget, BORED. :) AM walk: 35 minutes. Break #1: 24 minutes. Break #2: 30 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 29 minutes. Gym: Lower body and back weights plus 80 crunches, total time, 22 minutes. Hamstrings and hip abductors ...
- Tue May 13, 2008 4:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I shouldn't be, but...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27836
I shouldn't be, but...
...I'm depressed about not losing a silly pound in 11 days. I should be ashamed of myself. I look and feel much better, arthritis reduced 50%, no hot flashes, muscular and no poochy potty abdomen. Yet I feel as if I am carrying about 5L water just in my tits, and because it's menopause, it won't go ...
- Tue May 13, 2008 4:03 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Night bingeing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19199
That was my worst problem too. After I started on No S I the "eating three meals a day" solved the problem in a wink. I knew that I just COULD NOT EVER EAT AFTER SIX AT NIGHT AT THE LATEST NO MATTER WHAT EVER AGAIN, and so far (fingers crossed) I haven't, not for 43 days. My other habit was to drink...
- Mon May 12, 2008 10:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, day 12, second attempt
The server ate another of my entries. I think this is the third. Have not lost weight in 10 days. :( Still at 107. AM walk: 38 minutes. Break #1: 20 minutes. Break #2: 30 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 28 minutes. Gym: AM and PM total, 21 minutes upper body weights and abs. No pushups today, did ...
- Mon May 12, 2008 7:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Two Other Peculiar Sequelae of No S
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20730
Your hot flash reduction interests me. Have you an opinion about what you have stopped eating that has reduced them? Not really. It seems to be gradual. I was bingeing great guns before, so that could be the only difference, but I wasn't bingeing every day. Otherwise diet is the same except reduced...
- Mon May 12, 2008 6:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Two Other Peculiar Sequelae of No S
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20730
Two Other Peculiar Sequelae of No S
Since starting No S almost a month and a half ago, I've noticed two other changes. #1: my hot flashes seem to have been wildly reduced, from 2-3 a day to 2 a week, if that. #2: It became a snap to go vegan. I'm not one of those Vegan Police types who can't eat white sugar if nothing else is availabl...
- Mon May 12, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: VSNFA: Very Serious Nonfood Addictions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18940
VSNFA: Very Serious Nonfood Addictions
When I'm bored, I get curious, and since I'm almost always bored, I get very curious. :) Has anyone successfully gone into serious remission or quit a "more serious" addiction than food with No S, such as alcohol, drugs or smoking? I'm not talking about Reinhard's glass ceiling, I'm talking about no...
- Mon May 12, 2008 4:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Oh how I hate to waste Food
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19660
- Mon May 12, 2008 4:01 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Reinhard's Sample Check In
- Replies: 400
- Views: 781386
- Mon May 12, 2008 3:58 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, day 11--S day
Sucked, as usual. :x One hour walk around the perimeter. B: 1 cup granola I was trying to get out of the house :( @ roughly 500 calories, 1/2 cup soymilk. L: 1 oz. baked chipotle tortilla chips and some nibbles of pinto beans and polenta. D: Did well here: only one serving of beans and polenta on a ...
- Sun May 11, 2008 1:56 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: BrightAngel check-in
- Replies: 692
- Views: 731796
- Sun May 11, 2008 1:54 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, day 10
Again, ate too much. Exercise, I hope, made up for it. Walked 2 hours 14 minutes in city doing errands on my twice a month Outing. Hip gave out after the first hour and a half. B: One oatmeal raisin cookie from store, which later on turned out to be THREE OUNCES!!!! :oops: and about an ounce of faux...
- Sat May 10, 2008 1:20 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Philly Phun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12469
f, I posted this on the Urban Ranger board: try this website: http://www.prevention.com/mywalkingmaps/ I grew up in PA about 60 miles north of Philly, so while I'm not real familiar with the city I can suggest walking in South Philly, anywhere in the historic district around the Liberty Bell, etc. ...
- Sat May 10, 2008 1:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No, Reinhard. Thank YOU!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13080
- Fri May 09, 2008 11:01 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I also wonder about skipping meals...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14452
If it were me, I'd just try to eat three meals of what you think are normal amounts. If you can't eat all of one, just put it away and save it for your next meal or for the next day. The idea is to get used to eating three meals on some kind of schedule. I know about being "paranoid" about weight ga...
- Fri May 09, 2008 4:32 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What it used to be like and what it is like now...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9011
You probably don't want to hear from me either, only a two month person, especially one who is going to say the same thing, but I presume someone a year later is doing and saying the same things. :) BEFORE I couldn't walk away from a sweet. Period. Couldn't...do...it. BEFORE I couldn't say no to foo...
- Fri May 09, 2008 3:51 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: BrightAngel check-in
- Replies: 692
- Views: 731796
- Fri May 09, 2008 3:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Back AGAIN! :)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18918
- Fri May 09, 2008 3:02 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, day 9
STILL at 107, it's been exactly a week with no weight loss; might as well kiss that stupid vacation goal goodbye. Feel great though. AM walk: 45 minutes. Break walk #1: 17 minutes. Break walk #2: 28 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour 30 minutes. Gym: 10 minutes upper body weights AM, 12 minutes PM. I...
- Thu May 08, 2008 3:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: re Differences - Don't be an Idot
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27197
The reason I started this Thread was I wanted to call attention to the fact that many short, older women may gain weight if they choose to follow "vanilla" no s, without keeping portion size or lower-calorie foods in mind. I'm another short, older woman, and BrightAngel is, unfortunately, correct i...
- Thu May 08, 2008 3:13 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2--Day 8
AM walk: 50 minutes. Break walk #1: 21 minutes. Break walk #2: 10 minutes (had to leave early) Total walk time: 1 hour 21 minutes. Gym: Lower body weights 21 minutes. I am following a three set/increasing consecutive reps plan sorta suggested by Noel. :) It's working. I can now do 40 something pound...
- Thu May 08, 2008 2:13 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I Heart Water
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11383
Yes, but Hyponatremia wasn't invented by food companies, so, drink your water but don't go overboard, it is a rare occurence but it can be fatal. I personally drink nothing but tea all day long, I make a big teapot of tea as many times as needed and cover it with a thick tea cozy and reach for a cu...
- Thu May 08, 2008 2:10 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Blueskighs Check-In
- Replies: 497
- Views: 462740
- Wed May 07, 2008 11:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Dandelion root
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3514
Dandelion root
Does anyone know if dandelion root is one of those anticholinergic substances old folks shouldn't be taking? It sure as hell feels like one. I'm taking it because it's supposed to be a diuretic, but all it seems to be doing is acting like my incontinence meds, i.e., controlling the urge to pee. (Onl...
- Wed May 07, 2008 5:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I Heart Water
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11383
I Heart Water
I eat cereal for breakfast every day, with 1% milk, a banana and some juice. my cereal choices vary, but i think cereals are clearly coated in sugar or not. I vote LIFE is not. this is the breakfast i've been eating since i started nosing, and it lasts until about 11:45 before i'm starving for lunc...
- Wed May 07, 2008 3:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, Day 7
Water weight will NOT go away, in fact, appears to be increasing. Either that, or it's the fact that I ate 1200 calories yesterday, including 4 measly ounces of garlic bread. You would not believe how many calories are in 4 lousy ounces of garlic bread. I had ONE CUP of pasta with faux meat sauce, f...
- Wed May 07, 2008 3:20 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: BrightAngel check-in
- Replies: 692
- Views: 731796
- Tue May 06, 2008 10:23 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Philly Phun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12469
Philly Phun
I'm going home to visit the relatives in June. Can anyone recommend some really cool urban ranger walks in Philly, also vegetarian/vegan restaurants? I subscribe to the urban vegan blog but since you people are just the best I thought I'd ask. :D f In case anyone wonders why, if I'm going home, I ha...
- Tue May 06, 2008 10:16 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Non-addictive psychological difficulties
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18418
hiya Fkwan, I too greatly enjoy your posts. I can definitely see what your MiL doing as a type of compassion gone haywire -- at least with the gift-giving. She knows you folks wanted pumpkin, so, by golly, she gave you pumpkin. Albeit a scary dented can. :shock: Indeed it would take constraint in t...
- Tue May 06, 2008 6:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
OG, Silly me! I should have known! If my failing memory has some bits left in it, a friend of mine from the Niagara area had family in Peterborough. I'll bet it's gorgeous! My husband and I wanted to stay in BC when he was accepted to university there but our karma wasn't good enough. :( I love Cana...
- Tue May 06, 2008 3:01 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, day 6
Still have not lost the water weight. Seem to be less body fat, however. Tummy almost concave. Huh??! :) AM walk: 46 minutes. Break walk #1: 21 minutes. Break walk #2: 27 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 34 minutes. Gym: 18 minutes lower body and back (hamstring curls, leg press, hip adductor/abduc...
- Tue May 06, 2008 2:20 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Noel's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 258
- Views: 167101
But as I got in I got to thinking. He'd be telling me to remember how I love swimming, how it's been so good for me and that it's hardly disloyal to do it just because of his accident. (My friend was a very spiritual person -- a lot more woo-woo than I am, so it'd certainly have been about being co...
- Mon May 05, 2008 10:09 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2, day 5
Monday morning water weight: 1 pound (107). AM walk: 35 minutes. Break walk #1: 20 minutes. Break walk #2: 28 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 23 minutes. Gym: 17 minutes triceps pulldowns, triceps dips, triceps kickbacks, chest press and flyes (free weights) side and front laterals (free weights),...
- Mon May 05, 2008 7:39 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 30 day Mark
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12009
- Mon May 05, 2008 7:38 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Sugar Cravings
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27801
Re: Sugar Cravings
When I got to the point of being able to eat sugary things, I didn't really want them. Sugar -- or any high starch carbohydrate calorie dense food like pasta, bread or potatoes -- can cause me to binge, but sugar is the worst. When I got rid of sweets during the week, my cravings disappeared and I ...
- Mon May 05, 2008 3:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Observe and Correct
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22076
Re: Observe and Correct
Yup. I have to.Jaymiz wrote:So, there you have it. Anyone else "observing & correcting"?
Otherwise I'll just slip back into the old habits.
The only difference between an S day and an N day is one of the meals involves a sweet. Otherwise I have to be an absolute dragon about portion control or else.
f
- Mon May 05, 2008 3:28 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Which day is hardest for you?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 30967
- Mon May 05, 2008 12:04 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2 Day 4--S day
As usual, could have been much worse. Walked 1 hour around the hated perimeter. B: Finished off the vegan pecan pie ice cream and about 2 tb. caramel sauce; no pie. L: Faux deli meat on whole wheat toast with sharp mustard; salad. D: Tofu, spinach and roasted garlic pizza on pita (1/2 whole pita), s...
- Sun May 04, 2008 2:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: OrganicGal's Daily posts :)
- Replies: 303
- Views: 248011
Re: day 24...S day
I had a box of Glossette Peanuts and about 3 handfuls of popcorn. I read this and went, "what the hell are glossette peanuts?" and then I looked at yr geography and thought, oh, my dream destination, the UK, the sugar paradise! :) I read a lot of Brit murder mysteries and fiction and the characters...
- Sun May 04, 2008 2:35 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Non-addictive psychological difficulties
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18418
Another really wonderful group is NAMI. National Association for Mental Illness. They have great support. Dealing with mental illness is NEVER easy. Living with Crazy is unbelievable hard. Give yourself a break. Don't beat yourself up for being angry or frustrated. Those are natural responses to li...
- Sun May 04, 2008 3:18 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month 2 Day 3
Another wreck of an S day. :( Ate 1800 calories, allegedly burned 2004. Walked 1 hour 45 minutes. Purposeful movements: Picked up and stacked wood on pile 30 minutes. B: 1/2 cup pecan pie ice cream, 2 ounces (!) pecan pie, 1-2 Tb caramel sauce, coffee. Had one apple on walk. Late lunch: salad with s...
- Sat May 03, 2008 3:15 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Hey Losers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15020
BC..sigh...if they'd let Americans work there, we'd still be there. Lovely place. So far, 4 pounds in a month. That's ok for me. I seem to have one "hiccup" a month where I lose 2 pounds in a week. However, I did calories and exercise charting the whole time to keep me on track because I have portio...
- Sat May 03, 2008 3:11 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: getting up early and consistently tip
- Replies: 17
- Views: 34371
Well, I was only 1/2 hour off my goal for this morning: wanted to get up at 0630, got up at 7. Does that mean my square should be pink? :) I have a sucky schedule too. I get home at 2000. That leaves two hours to do all my stuff (I'm a photographer wannabe) and watch TV and veg out and read. That me...
- Sat May 03, 2008 3:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I Feel Like a Cult Person
- Replies: 37
- Views: 38983
I don't tell the people at work. It's true there's always food there so it's hard. <....> Besides I can walk up those subway steps so much better already. Hey, I know the feeling, but I wish I were walking up subway steps too....*sniff* :cry: This is how homesick I am for urbania: I put up the SEPT...
- Sat May 03, 2008 2:57 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Binging = self punishment
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18296
Bingeing is a misdirected expression of power and rebellion. It says, "I can TOO destroy myself! I can TOO do what society frowns upon! You can't make me stop! Nyaah!" Two year old meets adolescent in an eternal nasty yowl. I ought to add here that I was neither psychologically a two year old nor an...
- Sat May 03, 2008 2:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What's wrong with me??
- Replies: 33
- Views: 39500
I had my treat breakfast: 1/2 cup vegan pecan praline ice cream, 2 OUNCES pecan pie @125 calories/oz., and 1 tb. caramel sauce (homemade), 492 calories total. This is why I have to count calories; heaven knows how much it would be if I didn't. And that's a NORMAL human size portion, the kind a Frenc...
- Sat May 03, 2008 2:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Noel's Daily Check-In
- Replies: 258
- Views: 167101
- Fri May 02, 2008 5:15 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: I Feel Like a Cult Person
- Replies: 37
- Views: 38983
I Feel Like a Cult Person
...about this system. (I hate the word diet.) I want to shout and bang my tambourine. I want to leave tracts all over kingdom come. I want to annoy people at airports. :) But seriously. The stupid thing works. I say stupid, of course, in an admiring way. It's so simple. It's so ridiculously obvious....
- Fri May 02, 2008 5:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Hunger and Meals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14194
icz, I also have the "jittery fainting weak hypoglycemic" problem now and again. Make sure you eat about a half cup or more of grain plus fruit plus protein for your meals. Cereal/milk/yogurt/fruit, oatmeal/milk/nuts, eggs/bacon/grapefruit, whatever. (Vegans: you know what to substitute! :)) This sh...
- Fri May 02, 2008 4:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month Two Day 2
I just have to howl: 106 POUNDS Six more pounds to vacation goal! It works, it works, it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AM walk: 36 minutes. Break walk #1: 25 minutes. Break walk #2: 30 minutes. Total walk time: 1 hour, 31 minutes. Gym: 18 minutes upper body weights including, for the first time, twenty-fo...
- Fri May 02, 2008 3:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Tribute to Mom
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27080
OG, My mom did the New York Times crossword in pen, and made the best spaghetti and meatballs on earth until my husband came along. I wish I could have a "visit" from her. She died when I was 13, in front of me, of a cerebral aneurysm. Well, she had the reaction in front of me, and died a week later...
- Fri May 02, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Blueskighs Check-In
- Replies: 497
- Views: 462740
D: pinto beans, corn bread muffin, and sauted chard and kale ... photo on my blog ... www.nosdiet.blogspot.com God did I drool over that blog pic. Beans are my favorite substance on earth, and I LOVE kale. Your beans look more like soup, though, I want the recipe. I was BUSY today ... all this stuf...
- Fri May 02, 2008 3:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: 135 Goal Check-in
- Replies: 126
- Views: 100001
[quote="NicholeI was weighed at the doctor's as 146 with all my clothes on (so my guess at being 145 sounds about right). I asked her what I was last time and I was at 155 (that was in January). That made me feel good! Almost ten lbs. I feel more normal now, but still have bouts with self-image whic...
- Fri May 02, 2008 3:22 pm
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: Hurtin body
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10746
I have rheumatoid arthritis, a bulging lumbar disc, and a stiff right hip from an accident 17 years ago where I was run over while walking. Through all of this (except when I was in a wheelchair) I exercised. When I was IN the wheelchair I went to a gimp gym specializing in wheelchair athletics! So ...
- Fri May 02, 2008 3:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Tales From the Crypt
- Replies: 22
- Views: 25399
Blue, Can I have your mac receipe? Is it out of the Uncheese cookbook? I bought it but haven't gotten around to using it; my husband is the chef, not me. :) And what is this Von's you keep mentioning? I thought they made shoes, or is that Van's? :) Lola, Ya just gotta bring your own. For example, I'...
- Fri May 02, 2008 3:11 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: One Month Down
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20331
p.s. I tried quitting coffee completely in the past, but have had more success just sticking to a "glass ceiling" of 2 day, but sometimes I allow a third :) I also have a rule that it has to be good quality, freshly made coffee, if I'm going to use my "allowance" it has to be worth it! Bonnie, My g...
- Fri May 02, 2008 12:47 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Tales From the Crypt
- Replies: 22
- Views: 25399
Definitely from the Crypt
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2458320288_d4a66fff5b_m.jpg Me at my worst. I never ate a whole anything in my life. I somehow knew it was very bad. I did eat, however, most of: Sara Lee cheesecakes, caramel absolutely anything (see elsewhere), brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and in the candy...
- Fri May 02, 2008 12:41 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: One Month Down
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20331
I am surprised about this! I get his newsletter, though I've not done his diet. I thought his diet was all about health (though I think he has other motives also for promoting veganism), so I wonder why there are so many "binge-ers"! Bingeing has nothing to do with the food, it's all about addictio...
- Fri May 02, 2008 12:37 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
- Thu May 01, 2008 11:03 pm
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: Squirrely server behavior
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8322
Squirrely server behavior
If there's anything at all wrong with the server when I'm entering current text, not only will it lose that text (to be expected), but the last saved entry in a given thread will have disappeared as well. This is the second time it's happened, so I know I'm not hallucinating. :oops: Just so you'll k...
- Thu May 01, 2008 11:00 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Month Two--Day 1
The server seems to have eaten my entry for April 30th. :( This is the second time this has happened, Reinhart... The server freezes up and loses my current entry, and then when I log back in, it's lost the last SAVED entry. Nevertheless, here is the entry for today. Still at 108 pounds but almost a...
- Thu May 01, 2008 9:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: One Month Down
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20331
Thanks Reinhard! Trust me, this will be sustainable. I never ever want to go down into the pit of hell again. :D I er, even dared to mention this on the McDougall board. They have a ton of binge-ers there. (I can't type "bingers". Reminds me of bangers and mash, even though I am (a) not a Brit and (...
- Thu May 01, 2008 6:37 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Most Important "No S" of them All!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23484
- Thu May 01, 2008 5:26 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Tales From the Crypt
- Replies: 22
- Views: 25399
Re: Tales From the Crypt
the first was in high school, I worked in the Galleria in Houston, the seventh circle of Hell, as is the entire city. :) I had my first nervous breakdown there. I would lie on the couch all day watching Astros games and cry. :) The next one was after I sobered up, I would ritualisticly get 6 chocol...
- Thu May 01, 2008 5:07 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: April's Results
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20268
Here's my original post but I'm linking it here because I didn't know there was going to be an April results post! :) http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3267&highlight= All green and yellow on HabitCal for diet; only one red square for coffee glass ceiling, didn't do really well with moth...
- Thu May 01, 2008 5:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Worth it for me but not easy
- Replies: 26
- Views: 29997
and freezing baked goods, treats, etc., is working well for me too. I freeze them in individual portions so makes it easier to eat later. Blue! Another thing (works more for bigger items, not cookies :)) is to weigh the entire item, and then you know how much it is by the ounce. Then you eat 1-2 ou...
- Thu May 01, 2008 5:01 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Tales From the Crypt
- Replies: 22
- Views: 25399
- Thu May 01, 2008 4:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Most Important "No S" of them All!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23484
kwan, having quit smoking 22 years ago, stopped drinking 21 years ago, coffeee, 4 years ago, meat 2 years ago ... I like that ... a lot. I think when we do let go of this habits/addictions we become different people... TRANSFORMED as it were. and the process can be bumpy but rewarding. That's how I...
- Thu May 01, 2008 4:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: One Month Down
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20331
Re: One Month Down
Someone likes pecans! Same here about the sweets, by the way. I have a 1/2 pint and Ben & Jerry's in the fridge and while I'm looking forward to it, I'm not really craving it. Someone likes sugar. :) It's more the brown sugar/caramel praline flavor than the pecans. There's also a whole large Dijon ...
- Thu May 01, 2008 3:51 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: New Way of thinking
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10257
- Thu May 01, 2008 3:47 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: One Month Down
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20331
One Month Down
...start of month two. I lost 4 pounds the first month. Of course, I wanted it to be 5, but that's way better than 0. My clothes are fitting better and I'm starting to see muscle definition again (realistic muscle definition for a 53 year old nonathlete). My arthritis was in great shape until today....
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Pain is Greater than the High
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5540
The Pain is Greater than the High
As for still "wanting" to binge, well that might stay with you forever, but not to the point that you can't handle it. I quit smoking 20 years ago and still "want" a cig every now and then, but of course it's nothing like it was 6 months after quitting. It's all about the big T: TIME. It's also abo...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:29 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S=No Scale
- Replies: 129
- Views: 113029
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Menfolk.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10432
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Most Important "No S" of them All!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23484
Re: The Most Important "No S" of them All!
Coincidentally, I was reading recently about Buddhist Monks and the various precepts they're supposed to follow. One of which was "not to eat at innapropriate times" with some Buddhist Monks/Nuns having a rule not to eat past mid-day (so I guess they'd just have breakfast, lunch and nothing else ap...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: For women: tips on handling monthly cravings?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15039
What if some percentage of the hormonal cravings are HABIT? Noel, Doubt it... I'm smack in the middle of menopause. I have every hormonal surge in the book and every known symptom. I don't notice my cravings any more so than usual. When I was at my worst, though, from adolescence until the age of 5...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:36 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Acceptance of Greed and Gluttoney
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30591
Knowing that S days are a temptation for me to binge, I am now choosing not to binge. I think basically this is the "fine print" of the system. One is allowed to binge on an S day, but once folks figure out that they'll gain weight if they do, 90% of them won't. Then, after they lose their weight, ...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Most Important "No S" of them All!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23484
Wos: (What's a "wosnes"? Is it pronounced WOSNESS or Wones? :lol: ) Another author you might be interested in is Ecknath Easwaran, especially his book Take Your Time . If anyone has read any of the Laurel's Kitchen cookbooks, this is the teacher they talk about. http://nilgiri.org/ Hm, will check ou...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:20 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Most Important "No S" of them All!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23484
Great post!! I too like the buddist philosophies and have read Wayne Dyer in the past couple of years. I would like to get the Eckert Tolle book, as I've heard a lot about it. As backwards as it might sound, if I bring the philsophies of local and taking care of our planet and organic/healthy eatin...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:00 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Most Important "No S" of them All!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23484
The Most Important "No S" of them All!
BrightAngel's posts have made me wonder, though, if it is right for everybody. Reinhard himself posted a disclaimer written by a person with an eating disorder that it may not help a subset of eaters. And I know for myself now with certainty that I cannot binge, no matter what my diet says or what ...
Diane, I'm really, really sorry. My husband is a 55 year old programmer/chef/nurseryman (gardener). He mostly worked as a programmer. He hasn't worked in 4 years, and he can't even get an interview nowadays. The IT departments where I work are totally incompetent and half the time won't even answer ...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:12 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Day 29
B: English muffin, dab of one of those smart heart vegan margarines, leftover salad with beans and rice, 1/3 banana, 1/3 grapefruit L: Garden fresh onion, broccoli, frozen Asian style veggies and dash of faux sausage stir fried; 1/3 banana, 1/3 grapefruit D: broccoli, salad, more faux sausage, 4 oz....
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:24 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Starvation Mode
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18497
It wasn't just starvation. As I recall diseases like dysentery, typhoid and cholera were involved, which involve a hell of a lot of diarrhea and dehydration. I'm not a doctor, but I suspect that sheer terror and an extreme will to survive (if they survived) leads to that "fight or flight" adrenaline...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:03 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Don't give up too soon!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20196
I'm thinking about eating less and less. Today I thought about how long the pecan pie, that I could only eat tiny pieces of two days a week, would keep in the fridge, and would my husband (who made it for me) have to throw it out, or could HE eat most of it.... Needless to say that's the first time ...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:59 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Worth it for me but not easy
- Replies: 26
- Views: 29997
Re: Worth it for me but not easy
BUT it is not as easy for me as it seems to be for many of you! I don't want less just because I am eating less. I want to binge on the weekends even though I'm not letting myself. I don't think anyone who stops bingeing ever stops wanting to binge per se. I certainly don't. I think however that th...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:24 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Great first week!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8685
Re: Great first week!!
i drink way more water eating this way which has been GREAT for me - i drink it when i am hungry - sometimes warm - its more satisfying for some reason warm Me too. Do you have the same problem with air conditioning that we have in Texas, i.e., it's 100 degrees outside (in HI I guess that would be ...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:12 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Gave up last week due to 6 pound weight gain... any ideas?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 37358
I agree with everything folks have already said. Have you ever been at or near your "ideal" weight? You might want to go to one of those calculator sites and see what the numbers are for it, i.e., for my ideal weight it's 1000 calories with NO exercise. Then just for a while you might want to do the...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:57 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: "Easy Rider"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10722
Re: Great post!
Maybe because it's not exciting like No S or Shovelglove?mjn wrote:I wish more people would post on this site.
Maybe I'll start posting photos I take on my walks....
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- Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:08 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kwan's check in
- Replies: 167
- Views: 134112
Day 28
Same old same old. B: Multigrain kashi, hemp protein, flax, strawberries, 1/2 banana, almond milk. L: Leftover veggies from last week: red cabbage, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, broccoli with faux sausage. D: Salad (garden lettuce, tomatoes, garden onions), 1/4 cup rice, 1/4 c kidney beans, 1.5 tb nu...