New to No S
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:36 pm
Hey! I'm new to No S, and was just wondering if anyone had any advice or tips for those like me just getting started.
I've been a compulsive snacker ever since my childhood. Both of my parents suffer from obesity, but my mother just had bariatric surgery. I find it extremely difficult to stick to a diet plan of any kind, especially the ones with counting. I have a very obsessive personality, so any kind of mess up really puts me down.
Starting around 4 years ago and lasting for about a year and a half, I had great success with a modified low carb diet. I lost around 80 pounds and kept it off as long as I was low carbing. However, I found it extremely hard to follow such a diet with the amount of eating out my lifestyle requires. Yes, I could do salads and burgers without buns, but one can only eat so many chicken caesar salads before getting totally burned out.
Since then, I have tried a calorie counting diet, but the obsession of having to count everything I eat and wondering about foods that I wasn't sure of counts on about drove me insane. I've given up on that.
Last week I finally just got fed up with myself. I just looked at myself in disgust in the mirror and decided I had to do something. I struggle a lot with self image and that in turn leads to much discomfort in social situations. Thankfully, the next day I was on a train with my family and happened to glance over at my mother's Woman's World magazine and saw the article about No S. I determined that when I returned home, I was going to start to change something.
So all in all, that brings us to today. I'm hopeful that the community here will provide me with the support I need to FINALLY stick with eating well!
I've been a compulsive snacker ever since my childhood. Both of my parents suffer from obesity, but my mother just had bariatric surgery. I find it extremely difficult to stick to a diet plan of any kind, especially the ones with counting. I have a very obsessive personality, so any kind of mess up really puts me down.
Starting around 4 years ago and lasting for about a year and a half, I had great success with a modified low carb diet. I lost around 80 pounds and kept it off as long as I was low carbing. However, I found it extremely hard to follow such a diet with the amount of eating out my lifestyle requires. Yes, I could do salads and burgers without buns, but one can only eat so many chicken caesar salads before getting totally burned out.
Since then, I have tried a calorie counting diet, but the obsession of having to count everything I eat and wondering about foods that I wasn't sure of counts on about drove me insane. I've given up on that.
Last week I finally just got fed up with myself. I just looked at myself in disgust in the mirror and decided I had to do something. I struggle a lot with self image and that in turn leads to much discomfort in social situations. Thankfully, the next day I was on a train with my family and happened to glance over at my mother's Woman's World magazine and saw the article about No S. I determined that when I returned home, I was going to start to change something.
So all in all, that brings us to today. I'm hopeful that the community here will provide me with the support I need to FINALLY stick with eating well!