I'm new around here...
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:26 pm
Hello everyone,
I'm new to both the no s diet and the boards so I just want to introduce myself. I'm a recent college grad from Louisiana and I've always struggled with my weight. I came upon the no s diet quite by accident just a few days ago. I was at barnes and noble with my bf and I usually wander around the diet books section while he's off looking for some obscure philosophy book...
Well, I saw a book there I hadn't seen before, and the cover design was so bare-bones amidst all the colorful, overly-wordy covers of other books around it. I read the back and I was intrigued, it seemed like such a simple concept. I didn't buy it, of course, because I had to see what people said about it on Amazon first.
12 great reviews was sufficient enough, so I went back the next day and bought it. This was Thursday. I completed the book and my first n day on Friday. It probably wasn't a good time to start the diet, right before two s days. So, needless to say I've been going kinda crazy this weekend. Even so, I already feel less guilt about it because I know it's going to be okay. For the first time in a very long time, I feel like I can totally do this. I've always done what Reinhard calls "accounting" diets, and it's very true, they can't be maintained. I've done WW about 3 times which I gave up years ago. Even though I went from 175 to 135 (I was 16 yrs old!) with WW, I gained it back and then some because I was so tired of counting all the time! So much conscious brainspace was wasted thinking about points! Even in the past two months I tried to track calories on an excel spreadsheet. It worked for about 6 weeks but I just couldn't do it anymore. I joined a gym a year ago but stopped going because I just couldn't stand waking up early and sitting through morning traffic.
But I've come a long way from weighing in at 190 lbs the summer after high school graduation. Almost 6 years later, I've managed to get down to 155, through various intentional and unintenional means, and more or less maintained it for a good two years. Also, in the past 6 months, I've become an active pedometer user. I aim for 10,000 steps a day, this has been a great tool for weight maintenance. I encourage you all to get one, they are great!
Yet, a 23 yr old female at 5'5", I'm still overweight. I'm tired of rolling the boulder up the mountain. I'm hoping the no s diet will give me that final push so I can be a healthy weight forever and never have to waste another brain cell with accursed "accounting" diets.
Thank you for listening. I hope to keep you posted on my progress and I would love it if you would introduce yourself and tell me your success story. Have a happy s day!
I'm new to both the no s diet and the boards so I just want to introduce myself. I'm a recent college grad from Louisiana and I've always struggled with my weight. I came upon the no s diet quite by accident just a few days ago. I was at barnes and noble with my bf and I usually wander around the diet books section while he's off looking for some obscure philosophy book...
Well, I saw a book there I hadn't seen before, and the cover design was so bare-bones amidst all the colorful, overly-wordy covers of other books around it. I read the back and I was intrigued, it seemed like such a simple concept. I didn't buy it, of course, because I had to see what people said about it on Amazon first.
12 great reviews was sufficient enough, so I went back the next day and bought it. This was Thursday. I completed the book and my first n day on Friday. It probably wasn't a good time to start the diet, right before two s days. So, needless to say I've been going kinda crazy this weekend. Even so, I already feel less guilt about it because I know it's going to be okay. For the first time in a very long time, I feel like I can totally do this. I've always done what Reinhard calls "accounting" diets, and it's very true, they can't be maintained. I've done WW about 3 times which I gave up years ago. Even though I went from 175 to 135 (I was 16 yrs old!) with WW, I gained it back and then some because I was so tired of counting all the time! So much conscious brainspace was wasted thinking about points! Even in the past two months I tried to track calories on an excel spreadsheet. It worked for about 6 weeks but I just couldn't do it anymore. I joined a gym a year ago but stopped going because I just couldn't stand waking up early and sitting through morning traffic.
But I've come a long way from weighing in at 190 lbs the summer after high school graduation. Almost 6 years later, I've managed to get down to 155, through various intentional and unintenional means, and more or less maintained it for a good two years. Also, in the past 6 months, I've become an active pedometer user. I aim for 10,000 steps a day, this has been a great tool for weight maintenance. I encourage you all to get one, they are great!
Yet, a 23 yr old female at 5'5", I'm still overweight. I'm tired of rolling the boulder up the mountain. I'm hoping the no s diet will give me that final push so I can be a healthy weight forever and never have to waste another brain cell with accursed "accounting" diets.
Thank you for listening. I hope to keep you posted on my progress and I would love it if you would introduce yourself and tell me your success story. Have a happy s day!