- This is the most straightforward and easy to follow diet I have ever followed. In fact I don't really think of it as a diet, it certainly doesn't feel like any diet I have ever followed before, and boy there have been a lot of them over the years!
- It is a huge relief to embrace the simplicity of No S. I no longer have to agonise about every mouthful I eat. I don't have to make separate meals for myself. I don't have to count anything - carbs, calories, grams of fat etc etc. I can eat normal food. I can eat out. I feel free! Free from trying so hard and ultimately always failing.
- I can see this being a lifestyle that I can follow forever. For the reasons outlined above.
- I am starting to see some of the benefits of No S on S days. I am noticing how sweet sweet things are, and they seem less tempting. I am feeling fuller at meals and less hungry between meals.
- Knowing that I can have treats at the weekend is somehow enough to get me through the weeks. I can tell myself 'you can't have it now but you can have it on Saturday if you really want it'. Which makes it bearable. All previous diets have meant denying myself week after week with no end in sight, and eventually I give in, binge on 'forbidden food' and return to my old ways of eating. And put all the weight back on, and more. Such a destructive pattern which I have been stuck in for years and years.
- I have learnt to live with hunger, that it is Ok to be hungry, that hunger won't last forever, the end is in sight with the next meal.
- I am accepting gradual weight loss. Around 1/2lb a week. And actually that's OK because I feel I can keep going with NO S, so at some point in the future I will have lost what I want to. And be able to maintain my weight (I hope! This has always been my nemesis!)
- And lastly, there's a wonderful community out there who will support and understand me, namely all of you who post on these boards and have made me feel welcome. Thank you!
That was long! But it has helped me to get it down. I feel very positive going into a new month.
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