I was about to give up on NoS....
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:11 pm
I have been on NoS since the beginning of April and as of this morning I was going to give up. I've gained 3 lbs. since starting NoS, I've had a few red days, and fairly reasonable S days, I've been cooking healthier meals and my husband has been doing his best when I tell him I want Starbucks to tell me that it's an N day and am I sure I can't wait until Saturday for my Light White Chocolate Mocha Frappachino with Whip Cream?
I am frustrated with the lack of weight loss after working hard for months. I started tracking my weight daily, trying to find a pattern. I know that NoS is meant to stop me from tracking things but I had to figure out what exactly was causing the weight gain, were my portions too big, was I eating less healthy than I thought? After more than a month of keeping track I'd realized that my portions are fine, I am eating fairly healthy though I could always improve and I am still up 3 lbs. in 1 month.
This morning something made me rethink giving up NoS. The other piece of my tracking was measuring inches. As much as it embarasses me to post the numbers, I think that I will anyway. I need to preface this with the idea that I've always lost weight in my upper body, I am one of those pear shaped people, at my wedding I had to have a custom made dress because there was a 6 size gap between my lower body and upper body.
Anyway....Here are the numbers in 1 month.
Bust-39" June, 42" July
Ribs-34" June, 34" July
Waist-34" June, 34" July
Pudge (that roll of fat I carry below my waist but above my hips)-42" June, 39" July
Hips-49" June, 47" July
Thigh-29" June, 28" July
I still need to make some adjustments but I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe I can make NoS work.
Hopefully this helps all of you very frustrated NoSers like me who are rapidly losing hope.
I am frustrated with the lack of weight loss after working hard for months. I started tracking my weight daily, trying to find a pattern. I know that NoS is meant to stop me from tracking things but I had to figure out what exactly was causing the weight gain, were my portions too big, was I eating less healthy than I thought? After more than a month of keeping track I'd realized that my portions are fine, I am eating fairly healthy though I could always improve and I am still up 3 lbs. in 1 month.
This morning something made me rethink giving up NoS. The other piece of my tracking was measuring inches. As much as it embarasses me to post the numbers, I think that I will anyway. I need to preface this with the idea that I've always lost weight in my upper body, I am one of those pear shaped people, at my wedding I had to have a custom made dress because there was a 6 size gap between my lower body and upper body.
Anyway....Here are the numbers in 1 month.
Bust-39" June, 42" July
Ribs-34" June, 34" July
Waist-34" June, 34" July
Pudge (that roll of fat I carry below my waist but above my hips)-42" June, 39" July
Hips-49" June, 47" July
Thigh-29" June, 28" July
I still need to make some adjustments but I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe I can make NoS work.
Hopefully this helps all of you very frustrated NoSers like me who are rapidly losing hope.