Thoughts after 21 days
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:35 pm
Well, I've been No-S-ing for at least 21 days, depending on when I consider to have started.
In my last thread it was recommended that I find an alternative to Frosted Flakes. Yesterday I accompanied my mom to the grocery store to find one. It is hard. There are so many cereals with sugar in them, it's unbelievable. Even the ones that I thought might be healthier than Frosted Flakes had sugar when I checked the ingredients. I never would have known. Eventually I found these toasted wheat flakes that looked pretty good. I haven't tried them yet, but I couldn't help but notice when I saw the old and new cereal boxes on the shelf that the Frosted Flakes have fewer calories (140) and more vitamins per serving than the new cereal (190). I guess 50 calories for a rather big-ish guy like me isn't a big difference, but what do I know?
Other than that, I've been following No S strictly except when it comes to school lunch. I decided to have some fruit along with my lunch to take place of my salty/sugary afternoon snack. It's kept the hunger away, to an extent. The thing is, I make no attempt to fit the fruit on the same plate or "virtual plate" it because the plates aren't very big anyway. It doesn't bother me, though. I mean, hey, I'm actually eating fruit!
I've screwed up at least once (I had a large chocolate chip cookie for lunch), but that was stupid of me and I'm not going to do it again. My biggest problem, as you could guess, is figuring what's a sweet and what's not. I think I'm getting a better sense of it though. Seeing as I don't eat too many sweets in the first place, eliminating the other S's has been more prominent in my mind.
I'm not sure how much weight I've lost (if any) because I'm going to do it relatively infrequently. The last time I tried No S, I did a once-weekly weigh-in and was disappointed that I had "gained" one pound. I've learned by reading around here that averaging several successive weighings after a long period is best, so that's what I'm going to do, on a monthly basis. I hope to lose 4 pounds; I don't know if that's realistic because I haven't done any exercise yet.
That problem, of course, is going to be fixed. I also got a sledgehammer yesterday (and a kitchen timer), so I'm going to start shovelgloving tomorrow.
Thanks Reinhard and everybody for your help and support!
In my last thread it was recommended that I find an alternative to Frosted Flakes. Yesterday I accompanied my mom to the grocery store to find one. It is hard. There are so many cereals with sugar in them, it's unbelievable. Even the ones that I thought might be healthier than Frosted Flakes had sugar when I checked the ingredients. I never would have known. Eventually I found these toasted wheat flakes that looked pretty good. I haven't tried them yet, but I couldn't help but notice when I saw the old and new cereal boxes on the shelf that the Frosted Flakes have fewer calories (140) and more vitamins per serving than the new cereal (190). I guess 50 calories for a rather big-ish guy like me isn't a big difference, but what do I know?
Other than that, I've been following No S strictly except when it comes to school lunch. I decided to have some fruit along with my lunch to take place of my salty/sugary afternoon snack. It's kept the hunger away, to an extent. The thing is, I make no attempt to fit the fruit on the same plate or "virtual plate" it because the plates aren't very big anyway. It doesn't bother me, though. I mean, hey, I'm actually eating fruit!
I've screwed up at least once (I had a large chocolate chip cookie for lunch), but that was stupid of me and I'm not going to do it again. My biggest problem, as you could guess, is figuring what's a sweet and what's not. I think I'm getting a better sense of it though. Seeing as I don't eat too many sweets in the first place, eliminating the other S's has been more prominent in my mind.
I'm not sure how much weight I've lost (if any) because I'm going to do it relatively infrequently. The last time I tried No S, I did a once-weekly weigh-in and was disappointed that I had "gained" one pound. I've learned by reading around here that averaging several successive weighings after a long period is best, so that's what I'm going to do, on a monthly basis. I hope to lose 4 pounds; I don't know if that's realistic because I haven't done any exercise yet.
That problem, of course, is going to be fixed. I also got a sledgehammer yesterday (and a kitchen timer), so I'm going to start shovelgloving tomorrow.
Thanks Reinhard and everybody for your help and support!