doing a total of 60 minutes of cardio a week, my appetite, well, it kind of plummets and on the days I don't work out and the two days in a row I don't work out my appetite is "very small"
Compound all that with: this is all just very new for me. (i.e. having a small appetite) I have found myself naturally pushing my breakfasts and lunches later and when dinner time comes I am just often not hungry. Like last night I ate at 9:00, I wasn't hungry until then and if it had been a normal N day, I would have already been in bed!
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
SO ... after giving it some serious consideration and discussing it with my husband, I am going to experiment for the month of December with giving myself the "option" of two or three meals on N days. Of course the risk here is that of, as my husband pointed out, feeling "cheated" of a meal which would then set me up for overeating.
I definitely think there is such a risk, that is why I am going to initially limit this "experiment" to the month of December and then evaluate to see how I am doing.
I am certain this would NOT have worked when I first started NO S. I am certain my old bad habits would have been too slippery. But the truth is, after 8 months I am much more in tune with my hunger and I am really struggling with getting in three meals a day every single N day.
To keep myself honest, I'll post my meals and the number I had each N day and just see how it goes. IF i eat 2 OR 3 meals on an N day I will consider it safely GREEN.
In honor of the holidays and it being a "December Experiment" I will call it "Peppermint Striped No S"
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If I start "getting into trouble" or "veering off" I think it will be pretty obvious. But I have really reached the point in my life I do NOT want to exercise more so that I can eat more. IN fact, I would much rather exercise less and eat less. (OH MY GOSH! WHO SAID THAT?!?!?!?!?)
I am posting this to be "crystal clear" about what I am doing and "to keep myself honest",
comments, of course, are always welcome!
Blueskighs