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No Snacks, no sweets, no seconds. Except on Days that start with S. Too simple for you? Simple is why it works. Look here for questions, introductions, support, success stories.

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sophie15
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Ready for a change!!.

Post by sophie15 » Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:14 pm

hi everyone ,this is my first day following the no s diet really hope I can find the will power to stick to it.so fed up of battling with my disorganisedeatingbits caused by years of counting cals,points,units the list is endless .I need something simple and easy to follow feel like food is controlling me instead of the other way around( never used a forum before so I apologise in advance iff I make any mistakes )

Amy C.
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Post by Amy C. » Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:17 pm

Welcome! Be patient with yourself - habits that were a long time in forming, take a long time to change. Be persistent and keeping trying.

Mustloseweight
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Post by Mustloseweight » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:06 am

Hope your first day went well. You echo how so many of us feel. I find the sticking to anything, no matter how simple has me rebelling. I think it's when we stop trying to do something that we need to worry.
September 2017 - Starting weight: 19st 9lbs
March 2018 - 17st 2lbs
July 2018 - 16st 4lbs
July 2020 - 17st 10lbs 😟
Target Weight: 11 stones

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ZippaDee
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Post by ZippaDee » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:49 am

Welcome!! Hope all is going well!
"Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there some day." ~Winnie the Pooh ~

A Flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms!

Diets Don't Work.

shelly_k
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Post by shelly_k » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:51 pm

Welcome! I just started on Dec 6! It's harder than I thought, but so far my days are green... I, too, have been through all the diets -- counting calories, points, low carb, paleo... etc... It does get old! These seems more doable to me! Time will tell!
Shelly

Age 40
Started Dec 6, 2014
Start Weight: 173.8
Start BMI: 26.3
Goal Weight: 155
Vanilla NoS

Start: 173.8
Week 1: 172.8
Week 2: 172.8
Week 3: 170.6

oolala53
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Location: San Diego, CA USA

Post by oolala53 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:13 am

I'm fond of saying that No S can be hard at times. It just turns out that for most of us, everything else is even harder. When you really accept that this is probably your best bet, the ups and downs get more acceptable.

Try to take the long view. You really can't know what it will be like after six months or more of compliance, and no one can predict it exactly for you, but there's only one way to find out. Be curious enough to rack up those N days!
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)

Arctic Rose
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:05 pm
Location: United States

5 days in

Post by Arctic Rose » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:58 pm

So HAPPY to find this way of eating, heard about it and checked out the compact copy of the book via local library. Living far north (Fairbanks, Alaska) with only a few hours of daylight right now. Just about everything about my 60 year old body is a challenge in this hard winter environment. Last diet was the Ideal Protein diet, but the weight came back with a vengeance - so out of control with food. Something like the "Yes S (Shame) Diet". Now, enjoying the restfulness between each of the three meals, yoga 2X's per week, and walking! My ego wishes I could loose more #'s in 35 days when I travel; but my true self wants to abide with the No S Diet....much encouragement to all!
I may be lost, but I'm making good time.

oolala53
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Post by oolala53 » Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:24 am

Abide: what a great term. Stick with it. Five more weeks of sanity is going to make you feel lighter for your travel.
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)

LoriLifts
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Location: new mexico

Post by LoriLifts » Thu Dec 25, 2014 4:35 pm

Welcome to our community!

It's tough to shake the "diet dogma" we've been conditioned to accept. Like oolala says, stick with it and take the long view. Escaping from all the obsessive food and body issues takes time but is so worth it.
Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.

oolala53
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Post by oolala53 » Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:52 am

After descending into looking at some diet stuff, I reinforce the wisdom of finding a way to live peacefully with food rather than a way to lose weight. The results of even more rigorous systems than No S do not have very inspiring results for all the effort, in my opinion. I'm convinced that people are much more likely to learn to do with less quite willingly by implementing these principles.
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)

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