Everyday Systems

I have had many false starts. I am not perfect on this diet, but I really think it is getting to be habbit.

First tried fall of 2008. In 13 months, probably had only 5-6 Vanilla No S weeks. Starting end of 2009, I felt I really needed to do something and I pulled off 3 months of compliance, losing 8% of my weight that has stayed off. Have had wavering time since then, but my failures were relatively small and I feel I am back on track. I'm confident I am going to get this down.

A lot. My habit in the past seems to have done 3-4 months on the No-S diet, then get pissed off at expectations for women to be sexy and skinny all the time, then not want to THINK about diet or exercise for several months.

So, I'm not going to say that this habit has stuck until I've done this for a year without getting pissed off and quitting.

The reality is that I'm crap at moderation and great at heroic effort, so I'm going to apply that heroic effort mentality to learning moderation and consistency. See if it sticks.

I am someone who had no false starts. It stuck with me from the beginning, and in my first year I believe I had only 4 failures. No S was obviously the right diet for me, and I think I was at the point where I knew I had to do something or face the fact that my weight was going to eventually kill me, and probably sooner than I'd like. It was hard at first, but now the habit is rock solid.

Good luck! There are lots of people around here who show us there are many paths to eventual success on No S.

jellybeans01 wrote:I really think it is getting to be habbit.

Congratulations.

Hard to say. I have been doing this for quite a long time now. There are a lot of things that I don't think twice about now that used to be HUGE issues for me - a lot of habits have become very, very solid.

However, I still have "failures."

But. They're much, much smaller - I think I wouldn't even have noticed many of them at the beginning. I get back on track faster (a LOT faster!!). I can usually spot the trigger, and can figure out strategies for "next time."

The trajectory is in the right direction.

Addendum: I am pretty much sure that I wouldn't have had more success with any other book's suggestion.

i've had no false starts on no s. its the ist diet that is really quite enjoyable...as the week progresses i start looking forward to having an s day, and this past week in particular i was determined, as i said to my son yesterday, to practice extreme moderation even on an s day---which simply meant that i'd indulge in whatever i might want but not be an idiot about it!

friday night was might ist failure as i reached for some "seconds"---but i acknowledged the failure and saw what i did wrong determined to not make the same mistake again.

oh yeah---here's me working out with a sledgehammer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ThPmTFoZM

so all in all I love No S!

It depends on how you define false starts. If you define it as no failures, then more than I can count (and I don't keep track). If you define it as completely falling off the wagon for a period of time and then deciding to climb back on -- none.

I don't aim for perfection, though. Good enough is good enough for me -- and it works for me.

This is going to be my last start. Today is Day 1.

One false start, in 2008, and then I came back in 2009 and got serious. I've maintained the "three meals, no snacking" habit, but but last summer and fall got into other bad habits (not plating meals, buying lunch out) and regained some of my lost weight. However, I never totally veered off the rails and started binging, and did not regain all my lost weight with interest, which has been my prior dieting experience. Conventional diets have proven NOT to be good for my mental health and relationship with food, but No S has never had that effect!

The important thing is not how many starts or failures you have. The important thing is to have one more start than you have failures.

Nicest of the Damned wrote:The important thing is not how many starts or failures you have. The important thing is to have one more start than you have failures.

Oh, that's GOOD. I like that.

And it's an important point!