Cool trick! Try it!
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:00 pm
Hello - this is my second atttempt at the No S Diet and am loving it! I made a half-hearted attempt earlier this year, then screwed it up by trying to add too many rules, exceptions, etc. This time, I am just following the original rules of the diet. I hope to lose 30 pounds on this diet in 6 months. Starting weight is 170 at 5"8 inches.
One cool trick that I have been doing that is SUCH a great motivator is that I have been tracking in a journal "calories saved" instead of calories consumed. I hate journaling in general (I did Weight Watchers for years). Rather than making myself miserable by tracking evey morsel of food, thereby obsessing over food, I now track the estimated daily calories saved by not indulging in a sweet, second helping, or snack. You do need to be honest with yourself and track ONLY what you would have eaten in the old days. For example, I am a snacker - the other day, someone was passing around a box of donuts in the office. I KNOW I would have taken one in the past, so I marked approx. 150 calories saved in my journal. If donuts are not your thing, don't write it down. One day last week, I kid you not, I saved approx. 800 calories (I also try to lowball, so it was probably more!) I was shocked and motivated when I saw that. It is truly amazing how quickly the added calories add up on your body when you are not careful. The 800 calories saved that particular day was not due to some huge meal, but little "extras." I'll break it down:
-Refused a bagel with cream cheese at breakfast meeting, as I had already eaten (approx. 200 calories)
-No dessert at lunch with friends (at least 400 calories, chocolate lava cake)
-No birthday cake a a relative's birthday dinner (approx. 200 calories, as it was a small slice).
I saved 800 calories in just one day. I hate to journal, but this is different, because it is NOT time cosuming (I just estimate, so I don't need to go hunting for calorie counts) and it is motivational.
Please try it!
One cool trick that I have been doing that is SUCH a great motivator is that I have been tracking in a journal "calories saved" instead of calories consumed. I hate journaling in general (I did Weight Watchers for years). Rather than making myself miserable by tracking evey morsel of food, thereby obsessing over food, I now track the estimated daily calories saved by not indulging in a sweet, second helping, or snack. You do need to be honest with yourself and track ONLY what you would have eaten in the old days. For example, I am a snacker - the other day, someone was passing around a box of donuts in the office. I KNOW I would have taken one in the past, so I marked approx. 150 calories saved in my journal. If donuts are not your thing, don't write it down. One day last week, I kid you not, I saved approx. 800 calories (I also try to lowball, so it was probably more!) I was shocked and motivated when I saw that. It is truly amazing how quickly the added calories add up on your body when you are not careful. The 800 calories saved that particular day was not due to some huge meal, but little "extras." I'll break it down:
-Refused a bagel with cream cheese at breakfast meeting, as I had already eaten (approx. 200 calories)
-No dessert at lunch with friends (at least 400 calories, chocolate lava cake)
-No birthday cake a a relative's birthday dinner (approx. 200 calories, as it was a small slice).
I saved 800 calories in just one day. I hate to journal, but this is different, because it is NOT time cosuming (I just estimate, so I don't need to go hunting for calorie counts) and it is motivational.
Please try it!