I'm ending my experiment with No s, Because....
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:30 pm
NoS works, Full stop.
I'm from a family that has never put emphasis on meals. from as long as I can remember it's always been more of a "Dinner is somewhat required but otherwise you find stuff to eat" so I've never really learned how to structure meal time going into adulthood. most of my eating was finding small bits of this or that every 30 minutes or eating big meals only to eat again not long after, Never truly hungry for mealtime always a lingering sense of "not really full, not really hungry". I've always been on the heavy side for my height, But a few years ago I weighed my heaviest. 166 at 5'2 is in the obese category and I didn't want that to happen to me. Lost weight only to regain it, As the story goes for many.
Last summer I weighed in again at 160, so not my highest but not the weight I feel good at so once again time to lose weight! This time around it was....hard, Mentally more so than physically. I felt trapped and anxious, All I cared about was what, when and how much to eat. Lost interest in most everything else in the few months of dieting, By November-December I felt fed up so I tried to maintain/lose slow at 137, but still counting calories so I'd have days of under eating only to over eat later on. I lost little bits of weight but at the cost of still being very much into the diet mentality.
I know that the way I eat is weird, I'm never going to have normal eating habits because I eat next to zero processed foods due to legit health issues. Ultimately I wanted to figure out a way to regulate my eating for the long haul and make it easy for me. I had already introduced the idea of 2-3 meals only and one small snack a day so I felt like it was more habit than calorie counting in theory that would make me be able to maintain or lose very slowly. Found No S the end of January and tried a week of counting calories but not making it dictate what I ate with the routine of no S, Lost 0.8 that week. So going into February I let go and went for full No S
It's been relatively easy, A few red days but ultimately none of it really matter. I don't have true S days but I'm introducing more freedom into my meals, If some days all I want to eat is fruit and bread I guess that's what I'm eating :p. I fully expected to maintain at best, gain at worst because in my mind no calorie count=all I would do is overeat but...I haven't. I've lost nearly 2 pounds, More than I ever thought i could lose without micromanaging my body with numbers. I'm at 131 currently, Only 6 away from my lowest weight and I don't see why I can't get there with no s.
In the end No S has given my sanity back, I plan my meals the night before then I just cook and eat. No more food thoughts beyond "What am I making and how is it done?" and "That was delicious!". I feel free to think and do whatever I want, it has achieved everything I wanted and then some. I want to move forward with my life without having to update a food dairy or be on here so for the time being I'm moving to greener pastures and I probably won't be back unless I run into no S related issues. I truly see this routine of eating as my new normal for a very, very long time. I mean I'm still working out how to do No S for ME but that's something only I can know how and why
I'm from a family that has never put emphasis on meals. from as long as I can remember it's always been more of a "Dinner is somewhat required but otherwise you find stuff to eat" so I've never really learned how to structure meal time going into adulthood. most of my eating was finding small bits of this or that every 30 minutes or eating big meals only to eat again not long after, Never truly hungry for mealtime always a lingering sense of "not really full, not really hungry". I've always been on the heavy side for my height, But a few years ago I weighed my heaviest. 166 at 5'2 is in the obese category and I didn't want that to happen to me. Lost weight only to regain it, As the story goes for many.
Last summer I weighed in again at 160, so not my highest but not the weight I feel good at so once again time to lose weight! This time around it was....hard, Mentally more so than physically. I felt trapped and anxious, All I cared about was what, when and how much to eat. Lost interest in most everything else in the few months of dieting, By November-December I felt fed up so I tried to maintain/lose slow at 137, but still counting calories so I'd have days of under eating only to over eat later on. I lost little bits of weight but at the cost of still being very much into the diet mentality.
I know that the way I eat is weird, I'm never going to have normal eating habits because I eat next to zero processed foods due to legit health issues. Ultimately I wanted to figure out a way to regulate my eating for the long haul and make it easy for me. I had already introduced the idea of 2-3 meals only and one small snack a day so I felt like it was more habit than calorie counting in theory that would make me be able to maintain or lose very slowly. Found No S the end of January and tried a week of counting calories but not making it dictate what I ate with the routine of no S, Lost 0.8 that week. So going into February I let go and went for full No S
It's been relatively easy, A few red days but ultimately none of it really matter. I don't have true S days but I'm introducing more freedom into my meals, If some days all I want to eat is fruit and bread I guess that's what I'm eating :p. I fully expected to maintain at best, gain at worst because in my mind no calorie count=all I would do is overeat but...I haven't. I've lost nearly 2 pounds, More than I ever thought i could lose without micromanaging my body with numbers. I'm at 131 currently, Only 6 away from my lowest weight and I don't see why I can't get there with no s.
In the end No S has given my sanity back, I plan my meals the night before then I just cook and eat. No more food thoughts beyond "What am I making and how is it done?" and "That was delicious!". I feel free to think and do whatever I want, it has achieved everything I wanted and then some. I want to move forward with my life without having to update a food dairy or be on here so for the time being I'm moving to greener pastures and I probably won't be back unless I run into no S related issues. I truly see this routine of eating as my new normal for a very, very long time. I mean I'm still working out how to do No S for ME but that's something only I can know how and why