So... here I am after 2 years of NoS, 149#- exacactly where I was when I started, and a few # down from last year. Not bad really.
I am trying a small mod from vanilla NoS these days... just that evening meals should not have a starch and should be over by 6 pm. This is not a hardship for me at all, just something to keep aware of in planning. (I am not low carb these days, and eat a big plate of fried eggs and potatoes most mornings!)
Anybody else out there following vanilla except for a mod at supper?
Anybody else modifying suppers?
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Anybody else modifying suppers?
-Sonya
No Sweets, No Snacks and No Seconds, Except (Sometimes) on days that start with "S".
No Sweets, No Snacks and No Seconds, Except (Sometimes) on days that start with "S".
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Jennifer24747
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I don't really consider that a mod, really--I try to keep starch out of dinner, or keep the amount very small, just because it works for me. It's still on one plate; it doesn't really matter what it's composed of (of course, try to keep it healthy! 
). I feel lighter the next day without a starch at night, and I don't crash on the couch after dinner. I'm more willing to take a walk or do house work. I just have more energy if I have a protein-and-veggie based dinner.
I've also become pretty creative with "substituting" things for rice or pasta: I've used slightly cooked shredded cabbage as a rice substitute for my stir fries, and spaghetti squash or thin-sliced zucchini as a pasta sub. Usuallly if I make a stand-alone protein (like grilling a steak, or salmon, or chicken--something that isn't necessarily part of a salad or other kind of dish) I'll double up on veggies. So I'll serve a side of broccoli AND carrots, instead of broccoli, meat, and potatoes/rice/etc.
I also can't stop eating at six, because it doesn't work for me--sometimes I don't have dinner ready until 7:00. But I'll be done eating by 7:30 anyway, and I usually don't go to bed until 10:30/11:00pm. Three hours with no food before bed seems like a good buffer.
Experiment with different things and see what works for you! But I'm definitely a fan of no starch at dinner, at least MOST days out of the week.
). I feel lighter the next day without a starch at night, and I don't crash on the couch after dinner. I'm more willing to take a walk or do house work. I just have more energy if I have a protein-and-veggie based dinner. I've also become pretty creative with "substituting" things for rice or pasta: I've used slightly cooked shredded cabbage as a rice substitute for my stir fries, and spaghetti squash or thin-sliced zucchini as a pasta sub. Usuallly if I make a stand-alone protein (like grilling a steak, or salmon, or chicken--something that isn't necessarily part of a salad or other kind of dish) I'll double up on veggies. So I'll serve a side of broccoli AND carrots, instead of broccoli, meat, and potatoes/rice/etc.
I also can't stop eating at six, because it doesn't work for me--sometimes I don't have dinner ready until 7:00. But I'll be done eating by 7:30 anyway, and I usually don't go to bed until 10:30/11:00pm. Three hours with no food before bed seems like a good buffer.
Experiment with different things and see what works for you! But I'm definitely a fan of no starch at dinner, at least MOST days out of the week.
Discovered NoS April 25, 2012!
SW: 157
CW: 156
GW: 140-145
SW: 157
CW: 156
GW: 140-145
I don't think either one of those are mods or even necessary. We haven't been having dinner most nights until at least 9 PM and one night last week it was, I kid you not, 11 PM before we had dinner.
But do what you think will work for you.
But do what you think will work for you.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
I have gotten better about waiting for dinner but I would not choose on a weeknight or even be able to wait until 9 or later to eat. I do on weekends because of snacks or sweets or eating out.
Thinking about not having a starch at dinner makes me want to cry. I guess I am still in love.
Thinking about not having a starch at dinner makes me want to cry. I guess I am still in love.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 71
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
12/20/24 24.1
There is no S better than (mod) Vanilla No S
Age 71
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
12/20/24 24.1
There is no S better than (mod) Vanilla No S
It's not a choice; it's the way it is.oolala53 wrote:I have gotten better about waiting for dinner but I would not choose on a weeknight or even be able to wait until 9 or later to eat. I do on weekends because of snacks or sweets or eating out.
Thinking about not having a starch at dinner makes me want to cry. I guess I am still in love.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."