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- Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:13 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks for keeping up with me, oolala. No, I'm @ 150# and haven't budged since Christmas (on NoS since mid May). I lost 20# from a year ago June up to Christmas and have plateaued. I guess since I lost on low carb I should be (and am!!!) very grateful that I haven't gained any of it back, and I supp...
- Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:14 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks, oolala. Sun, S day (Happy 4th of July!!): B: 1 slice toast, banana chutney, coffee Snack: bread, coffee w/milk L: (cook out!!, potluck style) 6 oz marinated eggplant- grilled, banana chutney, 1 hot dog w/sauewrkraut and roll, 1 sausage, baked beans, potato salad, sugar-free jello salad w/ban...
- Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:57 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Food Addiction
- Replies: 26
- Views: 30620
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Fri, N day: B: Corn on cob (1),Black coffee L: 8 oz pineapple, cheese, egg S: virtual plate of a piece of veggie pie thing, a pseudo Indian rice dish and a few dollups of broccoli soup, sugar free banana pudding (I also ate a cookie and 1 square of chocolate, but am not counting that as a failure as...
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:19 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:46 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:45 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Scrybil Check In
- Replies: 84
- Views: 65005
Hi Scryb, Sorry things are difficult for you these days. I think parenting of adult and near adult children is a HUGE thing, and it's one of those things no one tells you how hard it's going to be. Kind of like the death of a partent- one of those things that you assume will happen, baring unforseen...
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:31 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Hi oolala- yeah, whether to try to change N or S days a bit to get some wt loss is a dillema. I'm trying to be a bit more moderate in both, without letting feelings of deprivation creep in... Tues N day: B: 1 sm grapefruit, 2 fried eggs, 1 sm slice french toast w/apricot jam, 1 slice whole grain toa...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:11 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Hi oolala- No, I haven't lost any wt since Jan... I've only been NoSing since May 21, but have no red days, would like to see some wt loss. I had maybe gained a couple # in early May, while traveling that I might have lost starting NoS, but nothing obvious. I wasn't weighing every day and I am now a...
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:57 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: simple vanilla no-s
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14523
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:24 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Sun, N day: B: 1/2 small pineapple, few spoons leftover fruit salad, 6 oz greek yogurt, 1 slice french toast w/few drops sweetener. -All fit on 1- 9" plate, piled high :), 2 c black coffee L: fish w/spicy tomato sauce, injera, black coffee. S: 1 grilled cheese sandwich, 7 oz pan fried green beans an...
- Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:57 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Sat, N day: B: 8 oz leftover roasted potatoes, 2 fried eggs, black coffee. Later: 3 c herbal tea L: 1 big plate at potluck: 1/4 egg salad sandwich, 1 small potato w/chilli on top, 1 small slice hamburger and mushroom pizza, small pile snack crackers, banana/pineapple fruit salad, black coffee. S: Op...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:40 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks for the vote of confidence oolala! Things are going well so far... Fri, N Day: B: 2 oz cheese, 8 oz tomatoes, 2 eggs fried together with olive oil and tarragon (YUM!), 1/3 grapefurit, 1 orange. coffee/peanut drink w/milk. L: oven roasted potatoes (w/red bell pepper, onion & garlic- YUM), sm b...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:33 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Weight Loss Tips from Around the World
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11041
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:08 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Yeah, oolala, the peanut coffee is something I would never in a million years come up with, but someone else gave me a taste of theirs and I've been pretty hooked ever since. It does seem very much "skating on the edge" of snack/beverage. I guess I just want to see if there is wt gain, how I feel af...
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:54 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: oolala53
- Replies: 2369
- Views: 2819112
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:37 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: simple vanilla no-s
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14523
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Hi oolala, No, it's something new to me. It's kind of a fad drink where I live. It's basically 1 t of peanut butter wisked into milky coffee, and reheated together. I figure it's similar in calories and protein to cafe au lait that I often drink. If you think it's a really bad idea, I'd love to hear...
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:17 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Info re: Genes-Environment-Obesity-Maintenance
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21570
Yeah, CC, that's the attitude to have, work with what we have. It's so interesting to me that our bodies can respond differently to carbs not only based on the calories they represent/contribute. It makes me want to get back to my lower carb eating, especially at least on N days. I think it makes a ...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:06 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Info re: Genes-Environment-Obesity-Maintenance
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21570
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:57 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Decided to go with 3 meals after all and have a second lunch, since I skipped breakfast and was distractingly hungry mid afternoon. 2nd lunch (3 pm): 1 1/2 piece sourdough pancake, lentil stew, cottage cheese, 1 c peanut/coffee drink Supper: 9" plate of grilled veggies, rice, kim che and hard boiled...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:52 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Evening problems
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17700
Hi, and welcome, My 2 cents worth is: avoid the virtual plating, which can just be another word for snacking, at least in the beginning. I try either to be satisfied with tea or coffee w/ milk in it, or eat a bigger or later lunch when supper will be late. As far as hubby eating alone, I don't have ...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:48 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: How did this happen??
- Replies: 121
- Views: 104691
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:39 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Food Addiction
- Replies: 26
- Views: 30620
I found an interesting thing re: food addiction, about Yale's approach. They seem to see it as a real thing. There is a Scale people can test themselves with: http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/addiction/FoodAddictionScale09.pdf and an article evaluating it, which I think you h...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:31 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: simple vanilla no-s
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14523
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:54 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: "You can always come back for seconds."
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9267
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:20 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
end of Sun. (N day) Supper: 2 oz pork (it was the only piece left as I joined some eaters in progress) w/ black pepper sauce, salad, baked veggies w/cheese. This was a light meal that was available, cooked by someone else, and I chose to eat it rather than cook something else for myself. It wasn't t...
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:18 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 21 successful days under my belt! What now?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11903
These are good questions/topics. A few thoughts of mine... 1. I think if there isn't a good reason to do a tweak, like you always go bowling on Wednesdays and want a snack there or something, it would be a great idea to do a series of 21 days on vanilla, and see how that feels. Really, probably your...
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:12 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks for checking in w/ me oolala!! Yeah, here's to a little fat in almost every meal! (Friday S day, after the pizza...) machiatto, "peanut butter" drink (yummy, but seems high calorie!!) I "probably" (well no probably about it), ate too much pizza. Not sure how I felt about that. To the question...
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:14 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Denise restarting NoS
- Replies: 137
- Views: 104177
- Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:07 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
S: Bowl veggie soup, 8 oz broccoli, 2 poached eggs, few spoons casserole, few almonds, health tea. This meal seemed really light to me, and I'm feeling hunger shortly after. I think maybe this is one case where I really need the 20 minutes to feel full, because that should have been enough food. Alt...
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:53 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Hi oolala- yeah the freedom is so nice! I did wind up eating that light lunch... late Wed lunch: bowl veggie soup with angel hair pasta, 8 oz grilled eggplant, 10 almonds. S: Virtual plate of: grilled veggies, seasoned rice, yogurt, chopped cashews. Why it was a virtual plate is that I didn't want t...
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:00 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Mediterranean diet advocate dead at 71
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15409
A dear friend of ours recently passed away from heart trouble at 76 -- and she had lived the model of a healthy, active, good, generous life. She was as thin a bird, and riding her bike around Manhattan when it happened. She'd been so healthy that she'd only been hospitalized twice in her life befo...
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:48 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: O43 Check-in
- Replies: 1103
- Views: 1351501
Re: 6-15-10
I'm back, the stress of negotiations nd the school year are over. Just spent a week in the West Indies (Caymans), snorkeled, swam, walked on the beach, and weigh 175 without even trying. I'm happy about that. So, today, getting a "fresh" start.One thought, and I am nit a drinker, but Anthony Bourda...
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:29 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
The rest of Tuesday (N) S: 8" plate of fruit salad, tea I had a dillema: to eat supper and then just have a beverage later, or hold off on eating till an evening meeting where I knew there would be a yummy fruit salad served. (I guess I could have virtual plated, but it would have been a long gap an...
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:28 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: "You can always come back for seconds."
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9267
"You can always come back for seconds."
Don't know if anyone else has this problem, but maybe someone could share their perspective. I seem more and more often, now that I'm really trying with NoS to be at different gatherings (work buffets, pot lucks, leftover sharing, etc.) where the person in charge says something like "I'd just like t...
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:19 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: My No S Musings
- Replies: 220
- Views: 184090
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:58 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Food Addiction
- Replies: 26
- Views: 30620
[quote="RJLupin"]I think it's very real, sadly. Especially high sugar, high fat foods. Having in the past kicked addictions, I think the problems I have with food are very similar. I've struggled with binge eating for years, and it's always the same thing: intense cravings, followed by uncontrollabl...
- Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks, oolala- I feel like I need the encouragement today. I'm feeling all heavy and like this isn't "working". Good reminder about the ratio tipping the scales... proverbially and actually, I think. Thanks, andreamuse- yeah the social thing. Why does eating and drinking alleviate some of that pres...
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: My No S Musings
- Replies: 220
- Views: 184090
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:35 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks for the encouragement Scrybil!! :P I hope we both can manage to do this, be sane, not have the constant "accountability" but still not succumb to eating tons of X. I've found that eating regular white potatoes a few times in the past couple of days is making me terribly hungry. I'm thinking m...
- Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:49 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Scrybil Check In
- Replies: 84
- Views: 65005
Hi Scrybil, Did I see on another thread that you used to be in the HOW program? I've been in Greysheeters, also strict requiring a sponsor. How has it gone for you adding in more carbs and having S days? I'm trying to do this moderately and have some sanity around the food but not be so restrictive....
- Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:39 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Yeah, oolala, I am... hard to keep it limited to 1 plate of that stuff, but I'm learing!! It really involves keeping your butt glued to the chair after one round through a buffet, lol. Today is an S day... B: Dee's Fritata- 8 oz potatoes, onion, red bell pepper, olive oil, 3 small eggs, 2 oz gouda c...
- Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks for words of encouragement oolala!! Today (N day) B: Yummy cold roast beef slices with mayo and mustard, cantaloupe and wattermellon chunks, black coffee L: 2 rollups of Ethiopian sourdough pancake, spinach, lentil stew, spicy chic pea sauce (all fit nicely on 1 9" plate), water, 1 cup black ...
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:03 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Feeling really tired today. Did manage to get in a swim. Yesterday was a red day for my work goals and my exercise, and I can see where seeing red on there can be kind of motivating, don't want to see that on my habitcal much!! Took a (Floating) S day yesterday to eat a lovely (but big) lunch at a c...
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:20 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:20 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Tell me about some of your most satisfying S Days!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17231
I'm new at this, but i had a great S day yesterday- I was invited out for a birthday celebration, and ordered the things I really wanted to have at a restaurant and a cafe. Not the healthiest or least healthy "just because", but what I really wanted. That meant a mushroom calzone, a cinnamon spice m...
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:16 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Really huuuuungry today. Don't know if it's b/c of exercise or enjoying my s day yesterday and having a hard time getting back into the groove. B- 9" plate of strawberries, cantaloupe and cheese L- 9" plate of egg salad, raw tomatoes, grilled veggies S- 9" plate teeming with curried beef and veggies...
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Thanks for writing, oolala! The reason for the floating S days mod is that the weekends are the best days for me to follow NoS (I have veeeery little social life on the W/E and pleanty of time to prepare wonderful satisfying single plate meals), and there are regular social events that I would love ...
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:26 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Setting a weight goal
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28018
- Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:15 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Sonya's checkin
- Replies: 619
- Views: 802690
Sonya's checkin
OK... so I'm starting NoS in ernest. I want to have floating S days, as my main mod. I am trying to eat sort of low carb on N days, but don't want to be rigid about it. I weighed myself to start off and I'm 149# with a goal of 135#. I'd actually be happy to be around 140 for a while and let my body ...
- Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:15 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How do I stop myself from getting BORED?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23831
Just to add my 2 cents... my suggestion would be to get a crock pot. You hardly know you're cooking. Just dump meat, veggies, pre-pared sauce in and leave it on low for a really long time. When you come home just boil some potatoes or rice and voila! Easy dinner with lots of leftovers if you make it...
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Nuts..
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7772
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Combo diet question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10748
Thanks Kathleen. (I think we posted at the same time) I guess I'm hoping to be sort of low carb with the 3 noS rules as my safety net, to keep me from throwing in the towell over small failures. Yeah, I really don't want to get on a cyclical Atkins type of system, definetly moderaiton is preferable....
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:44 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Combo diet question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10748
Thanks RJ. What you said has been my experience a lot. I did well for a couple of months where if I couldn't get my low carb foods conveniently, I would just eyeball the aprox amounts of other food I was shooting for and maintained my weight. But then other times, most notably in office meetings, I ...
- Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:40 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Combo diet question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10748
Hi RJ, Thanks for your response. I can see what you mean that moderation from the get go is a good idea. The diet I'm on isn't too nutso... the basic gist is 8 oz fruit for Bfast and 1# low carb veggies for lunch and again at supper. Each meal has a serving of protein and fat. It's not something I'd...
- Sun May 30, 2010 1:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Combo diet question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10748
Combo diet question
Hi Everyone, Greetings. I'm new to NoS and am wondering how to start. I've been on a very strict low carb diet off and on since October. It goes along well with NoS philosophy except for that it's strict. It is also NoSx3, but it allows no exceptions... no S days, no starches or sweets EVER. So when...