New and looking for advice on two topics
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:03 pm
Hi,
I'm on my third week of No S and am liking it so far, but I wanted to take some time to reflect adn get some advice on how things are going since I'll hit my first 21 days soon.
I started No S because I was sick of counting calories and wanted to adopt a healthier relationship with food. I'm not technically overweight (5'4", about 120lbs), but I have about 10/15 vanity lbs I wouldn't mind vanishing. I'm pretty active- I run 40-50mpw, plus some cross training- so I've got the exercise thing down, but I'm having two issues with No S that I hope you can help me with.
1. Before No S, I used to eat 4 meals a day (6, noon, 4, and 7:30) and the 4pm habit monster is still alive and well to tempt me then. So every day at 4pm I've been having a caloric drink- a glass of milk or OJ- to help get through to 7:30. I know that's technically allowed, but I feel like I'm sawpping one bad habit (eating at 4pm) for another (drinking at 4pm). However, if I don't have something, I'm extremely crabby and have low blood sugar by 7:30. Is this just something I have to deal with until the habit forms?
2. My eyes, my brain, and my stomach are having a war over the 1-plate rule. When I get my meal together, my eyes say, "That's a good amount of food," my brain says, "That looks healthy", and my stomach says, "I want twice that much!" For example, my eyes and brain agree that a good lunch would be a plate with a green salad, a piece of fruit, and a sandwich (with whole grain bread, blah blah blah), but my my stomach says, "I'd really like to add another piece of fruit and some bread with hummus or peanut butter to that" and the plate starts to get very full. To be honest, the only way I can get from lunch to dinner without feeling super hungry is if I eat a high-fat/protein lunch (like restaurant food), which is not very healthy. The first few days I really tried to go with my eyes/brain and fight against my stomach, but I felt hungry all the time: before, after, and during my meals, and I didn't have much energy to work out. So my long-winded question is this: What should I do about this? How can I work on getting my brain/eyes/stomach to work together instead of fighting it out every day? Or do I just need to ignore my stomach and assume it's operating on habit, and once the habit of eating too much is broken then I won't feel tired and hungry all the time anymore. I know No S isn't supposed to be about constant deprivation.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I'm on my third week of No S and am liking it so far, but I wanted to take some time to reflect adn get some advice on how things are going since I'll hit my first 21 days soon.
I started No S because I was sick of counting calories and wanted to adopt a healthier relationship with food. I'm not technically overweight (5'4", about 120lbs), but I have about 10/15 vanity lbs I wouldn't mind vanishing. I'm pretty active- I run 40-50mpw, plus some cross training- so I've got the exercise thing down, but I'm having two issues with No S that I hope you can help me with.
1. Before No S, I used to eat 4 meals a day (6, noon, 4, and 7:30) and the 4pm habit monster is still alive and well to tempt me then. So every day at 4pm I've been having a caloric drink- a glass of milk or OJ- to help get through to 7:30. I know that's technically allowed, but I feel like I'm sawpping one bad habit (eating at 4pm) for another (drinking at 4pm). However, if I don't have something, I'm extremely crabby and have low blood sugar by 7:30. Is this just something I have to deal with until the habit forms?
2. My eyes, my brain, and my stomach are having a war over the 1-plate rule. When I get my meal together, my eyes say, "That's a good amount of food," my brain says, "That looks healthy", and my stomach says, "I want twice that much!" For example, my eyes and brain agree that a good lunch would be a plate with a green salad, a piece of fruit, and a sandwich (with whole grain bread, blah blah blah), but my my stomach says, "I'd really like to add another piece of fruit and some bread with hummus or peanut butter to that" and the plate starts to get very full. To be honest, the only way I can get from lunch to dinner without feeling super hungry is if I eat a high-fat/protein lunch (like restaurant food), which is not very healthy. The first few days I really tried to go with my eyes/brain and fight against my stomach, but I felt hungry all the time: before, after, and during my meals, and I didn't have much energy to work out. So my long-winded question is this: What should I do about this? How can I work on getting my brain/eyes/stomach to work together instead of fighting it out every day? Or do I just need to ignore my stomach and assume it's operating on habit, and once the habit of eating too much is broken then I won't feel tired and hungry all the time anymore. I know No S isn't supposed to be about constant deprivation.
Thanks in advance for your help.