I'm noticing my thinking is changing!

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alice2002
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I'm noticing my thinking is changing!

Post by alice2002 » Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:54 am

When I first started No S, it was constantly on my mind. All day long, I'd be thinking about it. When I can eat, reminding myself not to snack or lick the spoon or whatever.

Several weeks in, I no longer thought that much about it, but I started really noticing how often I would have snacked. For instance, many times during the day it would hit me that "hey..I would have grabbed a bite right now...or, I would have had a snack with my kids" etc. It really hit me how much less I was eating since I wasn't snacking.

Today I noticed that I'm not even thinking that way anymore. I don't even think about snacking (unless I'm really hungry or something). It' like I've gotten to a point that maybe this new habit is taking root! It's so interesting to see how my thinking has changed over the past few months!

mestahl
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Post by mestahl » Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:01 pm

Hi alice2002, I totally agree with you. I had no idea how much food I was eating and not even thinking about it. I must have consumed about 400 extra calories while cooking alone! Now - I still catch myself ready to pop a chopped veggie for a salad in my mouth and I have to step away from the chopped carrot.

oolala53
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Post by oolala53 » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:22 pm

It's so good for people to hear that things evolve around the habit.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23

There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)

osoniye
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Post by osoniye » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:18 pm

eveninglightwriter wrote:...and I have to step away from the chopped carrot.
Hehe. I think this is one of the fun things about NoS, Sometimes I can have a Doughnut, but on N days, this! 8)
-Sonya
No Sweets, No Snacks and No Seconds, Except (Sometimes) on days that start with "S".

oolala53
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Post by oolala53 » Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:06 pm

I think what people need to see is that successful, happy, longterm moderate eating is as much about what we think- or don't think- as about what we do.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23

There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)

Nay-Nay
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Post by Nay-Nay » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:53 pm

alice 2002, I am so happy for you! That second nature that Reinhard talks about in the book is exactly what I am looking for again and sounds like you have found. Congrats!

oolala53, You are so right! My brain is what got in my way!

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