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Nichole

Yeah, I'd just not buy them. On S Days, you can go to the store and buy individual packs that will just last the weekend, or a special trip to the bakery, etc. On my weekends I have to physically go to Dairy Queen (my fav treat) to get my sweets. Not keeping it around REALLY helps. Eat a cereal that...

Nichole

Welcome!!! So far I've lost 2 lbs. or so.

Nichole

For the first time ever--I plan to pack up all my weight loss books & put them in storage. I may even give them to the library. ( A lot of $$$ there, ya know) I don't need them anymore. I have never been willing to do this even when I was starting a new plan I hoped would work. I always hung on to ...

Nichole

Is this like

DIETS don't work, WEIGHT WATCHERS does?

except with food?

Nichole

I've had a negative experience with this. When I lost a lot of weight about 2 or so years ago, I kept getting these "you look so skinny!" compliments (I was 140 lbs). Well, when the weight crept back up recently, it left me feeling SOOOOO bad about myself. When I was at 154 lbs around Christmas, I h...

Nichole

There was a TON of food at work today for someone's birthday, and a "not so helpful" friend brought me a plate with two small slices of cake on it after we had eaten lunch. I simply gave it back to her and said, "I'm trying not to eat between meals, but thanks." I did not feel at all deprived. In f...

Nichole

I personally enjoy doing my stationary bike while watching TMZ & other dumb shows.

I looove it. So I guess it's movement with purpose since I enjoy it?

Nichole

I'm no doctor and I never had that surgery, but I definitely think No-S can help you maintain your weight, along with exercise.

Congrats on your results so far!

Nichole

Will people stop buying Women's World magazine if they don't need a new diet every week? Funny you brought up Women's World. The new diet they're hawking is whatever Carrie Underwood is doing. Ugh. I heard girls at work talking about it! Something about how she's always been a vegeterian, but now s...

Nichole

:D Hello all, Tonight I am actually, finally cooking a real dinner. I am making chicken breasts parmagina, salad and whole wheat pasta. This will fit on one plate and satisfaction all night for me. Sounds great ! Can I come over? I am also enjoying real dinners without guilt now and also switched b...

Nichole

23-year-old here. I know who Twiggy is! (Even before she was a judge on America's Next Top Model)... I was . . . kinda raised with snacking. I mean we had snacks in pre-school, but I never heard of it again. Mom discouraged the eating of too many sweets and potato chips. I only got into snacking th...

Nichole

A very thin, beautiful girl I work with is doing the South Beach Diet... I don't know, maybe she's heavier than she used to be, but I don't even think she needs to be dieting. I hate hearing people talk about diets that are impossible to stick to in the long run.

Nichole

I love drinking tea. It's easier than coffee to make and I do NOT and have not ever put cream in it, so it's low fat compared to when I drink coffee (which I only like with tons of cream). I use two Splenda packets because I'm so used to it & I like it. I have two canisters at work of Lipton Teas (1...

Nichole

Freudian slip? Just kidding. Anyways, I have only 7 lbs to lose and I was getting the same way. Losing weight is HARD no matter how much or how little there is to lose. I had given up, too, and was so thankful when I found this diet :) I haven't weighed myself, but I believe it's working. It's been ...

Nichole

Toss between Special K Diet and Atkins.

I also tried logging all my foods into mypyramid.gov and I also tried prevention.com. You can actually make your own nutrtion facts. I remember just a couple months ago sitting there filling out the blanks with my soup cup in hand. That got old fast.

Nichole

I did OK, nothing that I could call a binge. On Saturday I had a small slice of birthday cake, some ice cream, one cookie, and two Hershey's miniatures. On Sunday, I had the Dairy Queen thing I had been looking forward to. It wasn't as good as I remembered it and it gave me a stomach ache, at least ...

Nichole

Lol, I never said that I walk that much. I don't!!! I do a recumbant stationary bike and free weights. I was congratulating someone else on all their steps (the original poster)...

Nichole

Well, maybe I'll buy it in a couple weeks. I already spent more than my fair share at the mall on clothes on Wednesday night! Plus, as far as reading, I really wanna finish up Atonement. I'm trying to focus on only one book at a time nowadays!

Nichole

Even if you've read the web site 5 times?

Nichole

Yeah... I always thought she had a beautiful face, though. And I'm getting married in December... I hope I don't end up like that! Which is why I want to get to 140 and stay there (well I know I'll put on SOME pounds with changes down the road). I'd like to think I won't lose control, but you never ...

Nichole

23-year-old here. I know who Twiggy is! (Even before she was a judge on America's Next Top Model)... I was . . . kinda raised with snacking. I mean we had snacks in pre-school, but I never heard of it again. Mom discouraged the eating of too many sweets and potato chips. I only got into snacking the...

Nichole

I feel your pain... :( and also your joy :D. I went to WW the start of the year and in 3 months have only managned to keep off 8 lbs. If it's going to be that slow with WW, then I can better handle the NoS and not have to pay for meetings or special foods, and especially not have to keep counting p...

Nichole

I made the comment about less time digesting food ... and it was based on something i read back when i was a vegetarian - that our bodies spend 60% of their energy digesting food. one of books i read said that we get tired after we eat b/c our body is using SO much energy to digest. their argument ...

Nichole

I guess you're in sugar high withdrawl?

Nichole

Someone said somewhere or another that the flatter tummy is because I'm digesting less food? Who knows--it might be on this thread and I'm overlooking it!! Anyway, that's interesting, wonder if that's true. I have also noticed the less gassy thing! The polo shirt I'm wearing today fit me this mornin...

Nichole

Everyone should just take a shovelglove to their scale! *SMASH*

Nichole

I think this is probably so true. Without buying snacks, for instance, you cut down on a lot of extra packaging. For instance, no more sting cheese for me (which used a lot of plastic) and no more sugar-free pudding cups (less plastic and cardboard). Also, I'm moving from Lean Cuisines b/c they're s...

Nichole

Planning is def a good idea. I've had mine planned since Monday! I've said it before, but an Oreo Brownie Earthquake from DQ. MMMmm. If this everynight ice cream eater can do it you can!:)

Nichole

Is it just my crazy imagination or the No-S diet? I've only been doing this about a week and I've cut sweets (except Sat and Sun) for about two weeks. My tummy is a little flatter, I have lots more energy, I'm sleeping better, I seem less bloated, and I think I might have lost about 1 or so pounds. ...

Nichole

Thanks! Loooove The Beatles.

I forgot to mention that that night I had a canolli and a piece of cake. But I think you figured that out, anyway.

Nichole

Hi..I just started..saw the article in W.W. also..good advertising for the plan. My question is..I have already made plans for dinner at a friends friday night and had asked her to make her world famous chocolate cream pie..I can't not eat it after asking..is it o.k to just this once make friday a ...

Nichole

Nossuzy wrote: I am also going to try to stay away from the scales until day 21... I just don't want to be a slave to the scales and feel like quitting when I don't see immediate results..

That's a good idea!

Nichole

Also, it's so easy to stick with you'll feel proud of yourself, and then that boosts your self-esteem!

That's so invaluable.

Nichole

I'm sure a Today Show appearance isn't far off, once they catch wind!

Nichole

reinhard wrote:It's funny how many people read "no sweets" and understand "no sugar," despite all my attempts to distinguish the two.

My rule of thumb is "if it's sweet enough to be a dessert, then it's a sweet." If not, don't worry about it.

Reinhard

Like Pop Tarts. Those are weekend yummies . . . sometimes!

Nichole

I've only been doing this a week, but here goes: BREAKFAST: Some sort of whole grain cereal with skim milk. LUNCH: I was doing Lean Cuisines, now I'm doing sandwiches on whole grain rolls from the bakery, low-fat mayo, lean luncheon meat, and lots of fresh dill pickle slices, tomato slices, and lett...

Nichole

I think it's everybody's natural urge that they NEED to eat healthy. We're so used to the mentality that we HAVE to eat fruits and veggies and change our eating to lose weight. And for most people it's not JUST about weight, it's about being healthy and that does mean fruits and veggies. People also...

Nichole

Everyone has such great suggestions! Today I bought lean lunch meats and some whole wheat rolls (fresh! not prepackaged!), as well as a fresh pickle, tomatoes, lettuce. I'm looking forward to the yummy fresh food rather than the Lean Cuisines I've been eating. A plus, I got to interact with the deli...

Nichole

Personally, my pants fitting better is a reward in and of itself!!

But I am looking forward to an Oreo Brownie Earthquake from Dairy Queen on Saturday. I don't know if it's a reward, but it's something to look forward to!

Nichole

Reinhard --- Just read the transcript about weighing yourself and you are SO right about how it's even a bad thing to know you've LOST weight. Whenever I get to a good weight of 145 or 6, I "celebrate" and seem to go lax on whatever it is I'm doing to get to a healthy weight and BOOM, the next week ...

Nichole

So many good ideas out there! I researched homemade soups and they don't seem very hard---quite easy, actually. And there are ways to make healthy sandwiches, as we talked about yesterday in the sammie thread. I won't be eating oatmeal for lunch, though, because I have my Multigrain Cheerios for bre...

Nichole

Hiya all, To No-Sers who work during the day: what are you eating at lunch? I've always been perplexed at what healthy fare I should eat at lunch without having to obsess or making it hard with planning and stuff. I've been eating Lean Cuisine-type meals for lunch that I stick in the microwave. I lo...

Nichole

Between 6:30 and 7:30. I start to feel hungry at the end of my work day -- around 3 or 4. But it seems as if as soon as I get in my car to go home, I get so caught up in reading and exercising and just doing what I do that I can usually last until dinner. I always wait for my fiance, unless it gets ...

Nichole

Well, every so often I like to order a hoagie from The Works (take out place near me) and I haven't in SUCH a LOOOONG time because I thought I was fat. I just had an italian hoagie and it was HEAVEN! Only once an a while, though, of course, so fattening!

Nichole

You're smart for giving up Weight Watchers. My sister-in-law is on it and she's not even overweight. I can't imagine sticking to that for the long run. No S, on the other hand, seems easy to stick to. I'm only in my first week, too, and I only have about 10-15 lbs to lose, so there's not much helpfu...

Nichole

*grin* Yep. The rules are: No Sweets No Snacks No Seconds (Except, sometimes, on days beginning with S). C'est tout! Get that habit sorted solidly out before you start micro-decisions about nutrition. (Yes, my lunches are often still salads, but that's more because I LIKE salads). I got the rules, ...

Nichole

Hi all! Question: now that I'm on the No-S diet can I re-introduce the occasional sandwich with lunch meat such as ham or turkey? I know it's high in sodium, and I have long considered it "forbidden". I love a good sandwich of turkey and American cheese with lettuce and tomato on whole wheat and som...

Nichole

I posted a couple weeks ago about being pregnant. Good friday brought on a miscarriage. Despite knowing better I slid so far into emotional eating that I forgot what hunger felt like. Then my pants stopped fitting comfortably. Last night my husband pulled up the website and called me into the offic...

Nichole

One of the best reasons for No S, I think, is maintenance. It's really hard to gain weight when eating this way barring some drastic change in metabolism or diet. Look at it this way. A banana, mozarella sticks and sweet goodie add up to about 200 calories a day or 1000 calories a week if you eat t...

Nichole

You are so right. I'll consider yesterday and today part of the S-Diet way of life. . . Today I had ANOTHER shower (bridal this time!) and I had no seconds, hardly any snacks, and since it's Satruday, I had two little cupcakes. :) This is a lot less than what I usually eat at showers and since I'm n...

Nichole

I got it too! I read you're from Philly, Blondie! Well, I picked mine up in the Hatboro ACME. Hello, neighbor! I didn't find out about this diet through the mag, though. I found out through Slate.com's comments on an article about cutting ALL sugar from your diet: http://fray.slate.com/discuss/forum...

Nichole

Well, health I'm not too worried about, because my numbers are great and exercising definitely keeps me healthy. but you brought up my concern about gradual gain! I tell that to my fiance and he thinks I'm being silly when I say, "if I'm this now, how much will I be later?" It would just be nice to ...

Nichole

I would LOVE to down to a BMI of 23... that would put me at about 135 lbs. I know that no two results are the same , but that's an inspriring success! I recalculated my BMI online & it turns out I'm at 26 at my heaviest (152) and right now I'm at 25 (148). And yes, I this way of eating definitely ap...

Nichole

If I were considered overweight, it is only about a couple pounds. Iâ€™m 5â€™4â€ and 147 lbs. At the most Iâ€™m about 152 lbs, which is a BMI of about 25. That is JUST at overweight. So my question is, will this diet work for me? SNACKINGâ€”I donâ€™t do that much heavy snacking. I eat, say, a banana...

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Re: I am brand spanking new!

Re: no more counting

Is it just my crazy imagination, or...?

Re: Fake S Day

What do you eat at lunch? "Real" food..?

Sammies with Luncheon Meat

Re: Crawling back with my proverbial tail between my legs

I'm not overweight, will this diet work for me?