Everyday Systems

Hello!

I'm new and this is my 1 week of No S. I just read the website on Sunday, I haven't read the book. I have read a lot of the message board and according to the lingo I'm doing vanilla No S.

I just have to say how much I love this. When I was eating breakfast on Monday it was so amazingly normal really I don't think I can truly put how I felt into words. I it might sound odd but its true. You see I have been trying for years (and I do means years) to master hunger/fullness type eating. So although I haven't counted a calorie in forever I was still caught up in eating by certain rules like; am I truly hungry? have I had just the right amount or can I have more? So much questioning and still overeating mostly because I could wait to start eating it was the stopping that was the problem. Back to how awesomely normal it is not just at breakfast but at dinner as well. A lot of days I would eat lunch or snack in the afternoon and end up overeating and not being hungry for dinner but wanting to eat with my family just the same, telling myself I would just have a few bites and eating at least a plate. Most days I would feel bad because I didn't eat with my family or bad because I ate and wasn't hungry. No S has removed all the questions. I have been hungry for my meals because I am not eating in between them, one plate always fills me so there is no internal dialogue over whether or not to have another serving, and no worrying if I have room for dessert (and deciding not and eating it anyway).

I have (thankfully) taken to No S with relative ease I guess because I am used to going for hours with out food waiting for hunger. I love the cut and driedness, no guessing. This is when I eat and how much, done.

I threw out my scale a few weeks ago because I was an obsessive weigh-er so I don't know if I've lost weight this week but I hardly even care I just love this normality so much its enough for me right now.

Sorry I wrote a book! Hope you have had a great No S day!

Hi Deanna, and welcome! You really hit the nail on the head with your comment on the "cut-and-driedness" of No S. That is probably what appeals to me most about the plan. Like you, I always tried to negotiate with myself by saying "if I have this, then I'll make up for it later by not having that (or by working out, or whatever). Just a constant cycle of deprivation and indulgence - and it didn't work! No S is so liberating. I've been doing it for almost 3 months now, and even though I am not trying to lose weight, my clothes fit better and I just feel more at peace about my relationship with food. Don't you just LOVE feeling NORMAL? It's been a long time since I felt that way! Wishing you continued success and happiness with No S.

Hardly a book! have you seen some of my posts?

Enjoy a sane life with No S.

Welcome aboard! A lot of us had that "Wow" reaction when starting NoS, and it's great to hear that you did, too.

Welcome! I didn't even realize how twisted and unhealthy my thinking had become until I'd been on No S for a while. I've been doing it for almost a year now, and the mental rewards are just as enjoyable as the physical. I enjoy seeing newcomers have the same experience!

oolala53 wrote:Hardly a book! have you seen some of my posts?

Enjoy a sane life with No S.

Exactly what I was thinking about many of my posts!

Thanks everyone! I'm so glad to be here.