Just joined
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:33 pm
Hi everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m new to the site and happy to be here. I stumbled upon No S after looking into intuitive eating. Here’s who I am: I’m a 52 yr old male , happily married with two teens. I’m 5’ 7†and about 175 lbs. I’m a stocky person with very muscular legs ( my thighs and calves are quite large compared to most people). I don’t know my BMI but my weight loss goal is about 15 Lbs I’d like to get my pant size to a comfortable 32 from a sometimes uncomfortable 33.
I’ve always worked out with weights once or twice a week and try to get as many steps as possible in a day. Our local library is a mile away with a steep hill and I walk there and back at least twice a week. I would say I average an hour of walking a day.
I’ve experimented with Paleo and low carb for the past 10 years and have lost as much as 15 pounds but I’ve finally decided that I need to get over my food obsession. The final straw was when my wife made a casserole and I refused to eat it. I realized after that that this was no way to live. It had gotten to the point where I would wake up in the morning and start thinking about dinner. I work with a friend who just lost 20 lbs doing wheat belly and honestly, he recites every meal he has to me. I saw myself in him and decided that the stress that I’m giving myself over food choices is probably worse than the extra pounds I’m carrying, heck it could be what’s slowing my weight loss.
So, I’ve been doing No S for a few weeks. I even gained a couple of pounds but that’s o.k. (Yes I have a scale obsession as well), I feel like a tremendous emotional weight has been lifted and the funny thing is, as soon as I read the book the urge to snack and eat seconds went away(sweets are not an issue for me). If any of you are familiar with the late John Sarno’s work on back pain, many people have a similar epiphany after reading his book, but I digress.
My biggest challenge is that I dine out in restaurants quite a bit for work so the danger of overeating is always there. I’ve also been a breakfast skipper but I’m eating breakfast now.
Sorry for the length but I feel that there’s real value to this community and it’s always great to find people with similar goals and experiences.
Good luck to all.
Bob
I’m new to the site and happy to be here. I stumbled upon No S after looking into intuitive eating. Here’s who I am: I’m a 52 yr old male , happily married with two teens. I’m 5’ 7†and about 175 lbs. I’m a stocky person with very muscular legs ( my thighs and calves are quite large compared to most people). I don’t know my BMI but my weight loss goal is about 15 Lbs I’d like to get my pant size to a comfortable 32 from a sometimes uncomfortable 33.
I’ve always worked out with weights once or twice a week and try to get as many steps as possible in a day. Our local library is a mile away with a steep hill and I walk there and back at least twice a week. I would say I average an hour of walking a day.
I’ve experimented with Paleo and low carb for the past 10 years and have lost as much as 15 pounds but I’ve finally decided that I need to get over my food obsession. The final straw was when my wife made a casserole and I refused to eat it. I realized after that that this was no way to live. It had gotten to the point where I would wake up in the morning and start thinking about dinner. I work with a friend who just lost 20 lbs doing wheat belly and honestly, he recites every meal he has to me. I saw myself in him and decided that the stress that I’m giving myself over food choices is probably worse than the extra pounds I’m carrying, heck it could be what’s slowing my weight loss.
So, I’ve been doing No S for a few weeks. I even gained a couple of pounds but that’s o.k. (Yes I have a scale obsession as well), I feel like a tremendous emotional weight has been lifted and the funny thing is, as soon as I read the book the urge to snack and eat seconds went away(sweets are not an issue for me). If any of you are familiar with the late John Sarno’s work on back pain, many people have a similar epiphany after reading his book, but I digress.
My biggest challenge is that I dine out in restaurants quite a bit for work so the danger of overeating is always there. I’ve also been a breakfast skipper but I’m eating breakfast now.
Sorry for the length but I feel that there’s real value to this community and it’s always great to find people with similar goals and experiences.
Good luck to all.
Bob